Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Ursula J]

Citizens of Hollywood and Monsters Inc...my daughter is just about in tears hearing about this. Like andyman8 said, it's their choice, not an inevitable thing. Chapek has to go.

 

[Farro]

What are they to do with all these empty buildings??? The parks are going to be just plain depressing.

This is crazy.

 

[yulilin3]

So many friends laid off in a matter of minutes. One had just got a contract to sing on MiSi, she was so excited in March, I can't even process it, she's at my son's house crying. This is going on in hundreds of households right now

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Oh nooooooo. I’m not even going to tell DD about CoH. She’ll be devastated.

I’m really contemplating cancelling this March trip. It doesn’t seem that it’ll be worth it.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Citizens of Hollywood and Monsters Inc...my daughter is just about in tears hearing about this. Like andyman8 said, it's their choice, not an inevitable thing. Chapek has to go.

Being ruthless and making incredibly unpopular decisions like this could be the reason Disney comes out of this pandemic in a decent or even good place.

I don’t think these decisions are inevitable in the sense that it’s lay these CMs off or go under, but I’m not going to sit here and pretend like I know better. It’s devastating though obviously for guests who are going to miss this stuff but mostly my heart hurts for those CMs who put their heart and soul into those shows and are now just done .

 

[OnceUponATime15]

My heart just breaks for the countless number of performers across WDW. Nothing appears to have gone untouched.

The parks have lost their heart & soul tonight. Where does the purge of anything familiar end....

 

[Farro]

They said Green Army Men are gone!!!

 

[MrsBooch]

Hoop Dee Doo is done

 

[yulilin3]

They said Green Army Men are gone!!!

Yes one of my friends wasd the first female sarge, she was also paige turner from CoH
Also affected are the citizens of main street

 

[HokieRaven5]

Welp I'm glad This Is Us is on TV now. I can cry randomly during that and not have it made aware that it's about all of this news from the evening.

 

[LSUmiss]

Citizens of Hollywood and Monsters Inc...my daughter is just about in tears hearing about this. Like andyman8 said, it's their choice, not an inevitable thing. Chapek has to go.

Yes & ppl will put up with a lack of entertainment for now b/c of the situation & for the trade off of hoping for lower crowds, but that’s not going to last.

 

[LSUmiss]

Oh nooooooo. I’m not even going to tell DD about CoH. She’ll be devastated.

I’m really contemplating cancelling this March trip. It doesn’t seem that it’ll be worth it.

I think a lot of ppl will cancel. I know ppl who have trips booked for next year in hopes that things will be back to normal by then somewhat. If these are permanent cuts, ppl will go elsewhere.

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

This is awful. I certainly hope these things are all able to return (and soon), but if and when they do, what will they look like? Hopefully the affected CMs will be able to find employment elsewhere, but they won't be available to return if the shows come back. Seems like the permanent loss of a lot of experience.

 

[rteetz]

Just a note: while we don't know for sure what will come back, not all of this is gone for good. Some likely is and its devastating. Festival of the Lion King for example is destined to return. Its an award winning show. Hoop Dee Doo has a good chance as well since its a dinner show so there is a ROI. I mainly worry for things like Citizens as that has been stripped several times already.

 

[mattpeto]

Disney World is a shell of itself right now. DL being closed isn't helping either.

Really hard and really brutal...Feel so bad for all of those CM.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Bingo. They brought back Frozen sing a long of all things. They could’ve brought back FotLK, and Laugh Floor. This is to save money.

I agree, but I do think bringing back Frozen was strategic since there are only two rides without any height requirement at Hollywood Studios, TSM and MMRR. Even AS2 has a (short, 35”) height requirement. I think they needed to open something there because without any shows & meet and greets, there’s not much for under the 35”/38” tall age set at HS.

 

[sullivan.kscott]

The entertainment is WHY people come. Rides and shopping only go so far. If, when the pandemic is “over,” these offerings or something to replace them don’t return QUICKLY, Disney will struggle to fill their parks and (more importantly to bottom line) resorts.
I understand the FNtM due to spacing of performers. I understand FotLK because of the inevitable heavy breathing of the performers. I understand the streetscape because the walkways need to be as clear as possible right now. But, once back to “normal” being possible, these things NEED to return or have shows in their respective theaters.
With Frozen Sing-a-Long opened, there is no excuse, IMHO, for Monsters, Inc, to be dormant.
We’ve never partaken in Hoop-Dee-Doo, so I can’t speak to the show or the theater. But accounts I’ve read make it sound cramped and not conducive to the current climate, and modifications I’ve imagined in my inexperienced mind can’t be cost-effective. I hope it returns, because it’s something we’ve talked about even as a pre-cruise dinner.

 

[Farro]

I think a lot of ppl will cancel. I know ppl who have trips booked for next year in hopes that things will be back to normal by then somewhat. If these are permanent cuts, ppl will go elsewhere.

This still won't put us over the edge to cancel. I'm very sad for everyone who lost their jobs though.

Hopefully there will be enough of us that go to help push through this tough time and at some point Disney can come back to hopefully most but not all its former glory.

 

[yulilin3]

I agree, but I do think bringing back Frozen was strategic since there are only two rides without any height requirement at Hollywood Studios, TSM and MMRR. Even AS2 has a (short, 35”) height requirement. I think they needed to open something there because without any shows & meet and greets, there’s not much for under the 35”/38” tall age set at HS.

And yet B&B is gone, open theater option, only 2 equity actors to pay, still popular show, it doesn't make sense

 

[rteetz]

I agree, but I do think bringing back Frozen was strategic since there are only two rides without any height requirement at Hollywood Studios, TSM and MMRR. Even AS2 has a (short, 35”) height requirement. I think they needed to open something there because without any shows & meet and greets, there’s not much for under the 35”/38” tall age set at HS.

Right but why do they have to stop there. DHS could use even more. Opening BatB could go a long way. That purely to save costs. At the same time though even with the covid testing site on property there are still issues within performing.