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- Oct 2, 2006
I see on this thread people who are moving their trips or how the number of people on their trips is now very small. Ours is October 20 2020 and is still listed as accepting for a waiting list. I just heard back from my email to my vacationista (Enid, who I think is incredibly helpful and I really like) that our trip has 40 guests confirmed.
So apparently we are not the only ones who still hope it is safe to go, and are trusting Disney to guide us.
We have NO issues wearing a mask.
We are also on an October departure and I don't fancy wearing a mask in Egypt. We live part of the year in Florida, and even though summer is not quite yet here, I find wearing a mask outdoors akin to having a sauna attached to my face. I only wear it outside when absolutely necessary (on property at our country club from my car to one of the clubhouses for example, or heading to the pickle ball courts -- places it is required). I have no issue wearing one inside and do every place that I go, but outside is massively uncomfortable in the heat and humidity. If we were traveling in a tour group of 40 (gasp -- that is *way* too big in this environment) I would want to wear one outside for protection at tourist sites where social distancing isn't possible. Another thought that pops into my mind is how will ABD protect their guests on the cruise and the bus and plane rides. Basically there's just way too much uncertainty for me to put myself in this kind of situation presently. Add to the fact that dd's first semester of uni will now (unless they change their minds) be online (which makes me incredibly sad for all she's going to miss out on, but I digress) and there is no chance that we will be going on this trip. I believe we are on the same departure, so you can count 2 less travelers .
I was just reading an article on group travel and it was mentioning that a few of the effects of this is that we can expect that group sizes will be much smaller and more people will be looking at traveling on their own, where they can mitigate their risk instead of leaving it to others. Also they expect a boom in domestic travel and more people putting together their own groups to travel with. I certainly agree with this -- I just can't bring myself to even consider booking another group trip currently or traveling anywhere where I can't control my environment (i.e. leave if I find the crowd level is higher than I'm comfortable with), especially with ABD where group sizes are too big.