Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1321120915367907334

 

[pixieprincess925]

Per Disney’s website they left it open that it could open before years end but of course being vague. I’d imagine this is due to issues outside their control, likely supply chain.

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At least they opened the other leisure pool though. I think that is new!

 

[HokieRaven5]

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I'm there in almost 2 weeks so the more they add the better! Bring on the plexiglass!

 

[MrsBooch]

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there better not be any grubby fingerprints in my line of sight
& I hope they made it out of the same stuff my eye doc puts on my glasses to avoid glare. Having never experienced it in person I feel like that is glare filled. I mean for example - I’m glaring just thinking about this.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

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that one preshow where looks like standing in a narrow aisle looks a little tight/rough but the rest seems ok and if it increases capacity by 40% I think it is worth it

 

[hereforthechurros]

Any guesses if availability will open up around Christmas? We need one park reservations for one person at MK on Christmas but no clue how realistic that is. And we don't want this person booking a flight if they can't do the park days they want. But they need to book their flight ASAP. Ugh.

 

[skeeter31]

Any guesses if availability will open up around Christmas? We need one park reservations for one person at MK on Christmas but no clue how realistic that is. And we don't want this person booking a flight if they can't do the park days they want. But they need to book their flight ASAP. Ugh.

It’s hard to say. They have been reallocating the availability closer to the dates, but Christmas day is another story.

 

[Farro]

So I just read a post on wdwmagic that Disney is not letting people in the Mickey Runaway Railway stand-by line today if too big. He said that may be one way they are trying to control lines this weekend. Capping amount of people. He said idea is that if they cap one line, people will go wait in another line....

Oh I would be so mad if now they told me I couldn't even wait in the stand by line... now just a bunch of people are going to be milling about waiting for the line to open.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

So I just read a post on wdwmagic that Disney is not letting people in the Mickey Runaway Railway stand-by line today if too big. He said that may be one way they are trying to control lines this weekend. Capping amount of people. He said idea is that if they cap one line, people will go wait in another line....

Oh I would be so mad if now they told me I couldn't even wait in the stand by line... now just a bunch of people are going to be milling about waiting for the line to open.

yeaa, unless they are going to do a virtual queue thing where you can leave and then get back in line later but not really lose your spot you are just going to wind up with people milling about in the area until they open up the queue ... what are they going to do? shoo people away from being anywhere in the area?

 

[Farro]

yeaa, unless they are going to do a virtual queue thing where you can leave and then get back in line later but not really lose your spot you are just going to wind up with people milling about in the area until they open up the queue ... what are they going to do? shoo people away from being anywhere in the area?

I'll just keep coming back with a different mask on!

 

[DGsAtBLT]

So I just read a post on wdwmagic that Disney is not letting people in the Mickey Runaway Railway stand-by line today if too big. He said that may be one way they are trying to control lines this weekend. Capping amount of people. He said idea is that if they cap one line, people will go wait in another line....

Oh I would be so mad if now they told me I couldn't even wait in the stand by line... now just a bunch of people are going to be milling about waiting for the line to open.

This is why I thought for sure they would be opening with expanded virtual queue usage back in the spring. Not to act as a FP and lessen waits, but to be used as a crowd control measure like with RotR to prevent a physical line from getting too long.

I guess from the bits we’ve heard it could be an IT issue preventing that but it sure seems like a good thing to have for the bigger headliners, especially given that they may eventually increase capacity before distancing can be lessened or dropped.

 

[rteetz]

So I just read a post on wdwmagic that Disney is not letting people in the Mickey Runaway Railway stand-by line today if too big. He said that may be one way they are trying to control lines this weekend. Capping amount of people. He said idea is that if they cap one line, people will go wait in another line....

Oh I would be so mad if now they told me I couldn't even wait in the stand by line... now just a bunch of people are going to be milling about waiting for the line to open.

This was from Len Testa btw. This isn't the first instance of this either. Disney has done it before but it hasn't been a main stay.

 

[Farro]

This was from Len Testa btw. This isn't the first instance of this either. Disney has done it before but it hasn't been a main stay.

I wasn't sure if we could say the names of posters from another site.

 

[rteetz]

I wasn't sure if we could say the names of posters from another site.

Len Testa is a pretty significant person in the Disney community so I don't see any problem there.

 

[Moliphino]

So I just read a post on wdwmagic that Disney is not letting people in the Mickey Runaway Railway stand-by line today if too big. He said that may be one way they are trying to control lines this weekend. Capping amount of people. He said idea is that if they cap one line, people will go wait in another line....

Oh I would be so mad if now they told me I couldn't even wait in the stand by line... now just a bunch of people are going to be milling about waiting for the line to open.

They did that when I was there weeks ago (morning of 10/6). The line was too long, so they weren't allowing people in the line anymore and told them to come back in 20 minutes.

 

[sara_s]

My wife and I used to have some great nights sitting on the second story balcony on the lobby of WL with a to go drink or 3 from Territory Lounge. Was our idea of a perfect evening/night. We were alone most of the time just waiting for the EP music to start.

Reminds me of the time we watched HEA from Narcoossee's and right afterward, EP started, confusing some people around us. My husband says loudly "If you thought the fireworks were good, wait til you see the REAL show!"

We used to stay late at Geyser Point just to dance along to EP.

 

[Mit88]

Any guesses if availability will open up around Christmas? We need one park reservations for one person at MK on Christmas but no clue how realistic that is. And we don't want this person booking a flight if they can't do the park days they want. But they need to book their flight ASAP. Ugh.

Id say there’s a “25%” chance availability opens 30-40%

 

[indylaw99]

So I just read a post on wdwmagic that Disney is not letting people in the Mickey Runaway Railway stand-by line today if too big. He said that may be one way they are trying to control lines this weekend. Capping amount of people. He said idea is that if they cap one line, people will go wait in another line....

Oh I would be so mad if now they told me I couldn't even wait in the stand by line... now just a bunch of people are going to be milling about waiting for the line to open.

When we were there last Thursday we arrived around 9:30 (walked from Boardwalk) and were told that the line was already 2 hours long so it was closed (park didn't even open until 10). So I am guessing if you want to ride first thing in the morning, you have to get there around 9? Once they got through the opening rush of people, the line seemed to fluctuate from about 70 to 100 minutes throughout the day depending on cleaning cycles and breakdowns.

 

[rteetz]

Rise reportedly will attempt to raise their capacity by the end of the week.

 

[Mit88]

Rise reportedly will attempt to raise their capacity by the end of the week.

I shouldn’t have ridden it when we had our own ride vehicle. Now the next time I ride it I’m going to be angry to have to share the vehicle.