Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[yulilin3]

For those of you who have had your AP extended, were they 4 months exactly? Honestly that is extremely disappointing if they aren’t extending them longer than the actual closure, which will be just 4 days shy of 4 months. Universal gave almost an entire month free and they don’t require reservations. I hope this is just an initial extension.

4 months

 

[MrsSmith07]

This thread needs to be renamed: Jumping To Conclusions About WDW Operations.

Guilty

 

[emilymad]

Don’t take a afternoon break then?

Don't take an afternoon break in July is equal to please take me directly to the hospital due to heat stroke. It may more for some people but not all.

 

[Broncho52]

Some people dont have the option to not take one. There are a lot of factors, especially in the summer when dealing with children

I get it I have 3 kids under 5. But everyone is expecting the trips to be exactly the same. If I’m going to go with kids I’m going to have to switch how I tour the park if I can’t get in until 11 and have to leave at 7. Just because you always take a afternoon break doesn’t mean you have to this trip when the options change.

 

[HokieRaven5]

This thread needs to be renamed: Jumping To Conclusions About WDW Operations.

"that's the worst idea i've ever heard in my life" - Michael Bolton

 

[WonderlandisReality]

My eyesight is bad and that is a fuzzy picture but I know enough Latin to think that may not all be gibberish...I think I catch the phrases for network management and maybe “procedures”. Can anyone help?

 

[Hoodie]

So I figured there would be timed entries. I actually think it may have been mentioned really early on that arrivals would be staggered in the first 2 hours. My kids are always up at 6:30 regardless of where we are and when they go to bed so we have always been early people. It will suck to be 2 hours after opening, especially at places like Epcot and DHS which are opening so much later.

Which brings me to - I guess the "Boarding Groups" idea is done for Rise of the Resistance? Could you imagine opening that when only the 10 am arrivals are there?

 

[Marionnette]

Just got an email from Disney Destinations and jumped out of my seat. Alas, it's only a notification that Disneyland is reopening

Disneyland Resort Proposes Plans to Begin Phased Reopening July 9, with Proposed Reopening of Theme Parks July 17

Sixty-five years to the date after the historic opening of Disneyland park, we are planning to open our theme park gates once again on July 17, 2020, welcoming guests back to the Disneyland Resort

Wasn’t that opening day widely considered to be disastrous? They really enjoy tempting the Fates, don’t they?

 

[rteetz]

Wasn’t that opening day widely considered to be disastrous? They really enjoy tempting the Fates, don’t they?

It was due to counterfeit tickets and some aspects not being finished.

 

[Llama mama]

So I figured there would be timed entries. I actually think it may have been mentioned really early on that arrivals would be staggered in the first 2 hours. My kids are always up at 6:30 regardless of where we are and when they go to bed so we have always been early people. It will suck to be 2 hours after opening, especially at places like Epcot and DHS which are opening so much later.

Which brings me to - I guess the "Boarding Groups" idea is done for Rise of the Resistance? Could you imagine opening that when only the 10 am arrivals are there?

I was thinking them same . All good virtual passes would be distributed before the later waves arrived.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Don't take an afternoon break in July is equal to please take me directly to the hospital due to heat stroke. It may more for some people but not all.

Even if you don’t arrive at the park until 11?
What time would you take a break then?

Some people dont have the option to not take one. There are a lot of factors, especially in the summer when dealing with children

Everyone is different, but I have little kids and if we didn’t arrive until 11, we would just stay at the park until we were done for the day. Taking a break would be pretty much pointless for us with a late arrival and early close. Especially if we eat lunch and dinner at the park.

 

[SwirlTheCitrus]

"that's the worst idea i've ever heard in my life" - Michael Bolton

I was going to make a joke about a game where you jump on a mat ... Called jumping to conclusions!

"Wait. Michael Bolton? Like the singer?"
- the Bobs

Love it.

 

[vinotinto]

Don’t take a afternoon break then?

And that's what we may do some days come July if we get a later reservation, as long as it doesn't interfere with my pool time reservation

 

[Llama mama]

And that's what we may do some days come July if we get a later reservation, as long as it doesn't interfere with my pool time reservation

 

[Farro]

This thread needs to be renamed: Jumping To Conclusions About WDW Operations.

Just reading about all the different things that people are upset about - no "extra" time on APs, no afternoon breaks, no hopping, entering late, entering early...

Pandemics, they're just no good, amirite?

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

I get it I have 3 kids under 5. But everyone is expecting the trips to be exactly the same. If I’m going to go with kids I’m going to have to switch how I tour the park if I can’t get in until 11 and have to leave at 7. Just because you always take a afternoon break doesn’t mean you have to this trip when the options change.

We have 4 kids, 1 tween and 3 young and close in age. We've never once taken a midday break. (Although now I'm questioning that decision, since we never went to SAB any of the times we've stayed at BC and YC. Apparently we should've been going to SAB, given how upset everyone is at it being closed.) Most of our friends also have kids, and I tend to read online reviews/discussions about traveling w kids. Based on what friends and people online say, it's apparent that a lot of families have a routine and don't ever consider there are other ways of doing things (I think a lot of parents assume their kids are inflexible, when in reality it's the parents who aren't flexible and don't give the kids a chance and/or influence the kids.) I know there are always special circumstances, but for the most part, people are comfortable with what they know and will insist they can't do something another way, such as alter how they vacation (eg, they MUST take an afternoon break). Unfortunately, it looks like for the foreseeable future, we're all going to have to go with the flow and work with new policies if we want to visit a Disney property.

 

[LSUmiss]

Yeah I doubt they will make people leave after entering for the day. Just a way for Disney to avoid having too many people at the gate all at once

But will that mean you can’t leave & take a break & get back in?

 

[SaintsManiac]

"that's the worst idea i've ever heard in my life" - Michael Bolton

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

I'm grown with no children and religiously take an afternoon break during the summer at Disney

 

[sara_s]

I'm grown with no children and religiously take an afternoon break during the summer at Disney

Same! It's nap, shower, dinner res, and maybe back in a park til close. The good ol' days.