NBA at Walt Disney World

[Farro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1315482119104270336

Congratulations!

Now get out of Gran Destino!

 

[NoTime42]

Laker Quinn Cook got the full WDW experience when he missed the bus after the game

https://twitter.com/x/status/1315511649034547201

 

[SaintsManiac]

Laker Quinn Cook got the full WDW experience when he missed the bus after the game

https://twitter.com/x/status/1315511649034547201

I'm dying!!!

 

[sara_s]

I'm dying!!!

"QC gotta fly!"

 

[KBoopaloo]

Looks like the cast members at Coronado sent the Lakers off with a nice little ovation as they left the Bubble this morning.

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[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1315657491661938689

 

[lovin'fl]

Now can they please open Toledos for ADRs?!?!?

 

[Mit88]

https://nypost.com/2020/10/26/lebron-james-could-skip-start-of-season-in-nba-disaster/


Thought this was an interesting enough snippet from the article to warrant a revival of this thread. Nothing specific about Disney, but if it turns out they go back into a bubble, and there’s 4 of them, it’s probably likely that Disney would get 1

 

[Marthasor]

https://nypost.com/2020/10/26/lebron-james-could-skip-start-of-season-in-nba-disaster/
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Thought this was an interesting enough snippet from the article to warrant a revival of this thread. Nothing specific about Disney, but if it turns out they go back into a bubble, and there’s 4 of them, it’s probably likely that Disney would get 1

I think that makes total sense. They already have the logistics down at WDW so would be pretty easy to get it going again. I would imagine they would only need CSR if only 1/4 of the league would use it at any one time? I would guess Las Vegas would be another spot - huge hotels/convention centers and they are already used to using that locale for the summer league.

 

[TonyaG83]

https://nypost.com/2020/10/26/lebron-james-could-skip-start-of-season-in-nba-disaster/
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Thought this was an interesting enough snippet from the article to warrant a revival of this thread. Nothing specific about Disney, but if it turns out they go back into a bubble, and there’s 4 of them, it’s probably likely that Disney would get 1

I think if the season does begin Dec 22, I can’t imagine they have time for camps and player development. I can totally see the veterans sitting out the first month and the younger players and bench mobs starting the season.

as of now, they are saying they’re trying to do a full mini series of games between a few teams in each area to keep their exposure low. Right now, Raptors need a new home “bubble” because of the border closure, but they’re floating KC, Newark, and Buffalo as options, not Orlando

 

[KBoopaloo]

A couple of weeks into the season and the NBA is having COVID issues. Makes me realize once again just how effective that Disney bubble was! I miss the vlogs.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1347972026586329099

 

[pkrieger2287]

A couple of weeks into the season and the NBA is having COVID issues. Makes me realize once again just how effective that Disney bubble was! I miss the vlogs.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1347972026586329099

Was actually announced yesterday that NBA G League will be playing in the bubble starting in February.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1347607051648774145

 

[TonyaG83]

The G league is going to be awesome this year. The NBA is kind of a disaster right now, but operating in the bubble will make it easier for them to play the games with full rosters, as intended. Plus, a lot of NBA players who weren’t picked up in the short off season because the camps really didn’t give them time to “audition”, are participating. Linsanity 2.0 could be coming our way.

I mean, the Sixers have 9 active players tonight and besides Danny Green and Dwight Howard, the rest of available players are basically G-leaguers anyways. Bubble G League at Disney all the way!!

 

[Helvetica]

So... Where are they going to sleep? Lots of the resorts that the NBA players stayed at previously are already open to guests. I guess Port Orleans: Riverside/French Quarter. All-Star Sports/Music are all options, but with 18 teams won’t a lot of them have to stay off-site?

 

[starry_solo]

So... Where are they going to sleep? Lots of the resorts that the NBA players stayed at previously are already open to guests. I guess Port Orleans: Riverside/French Quarter. All-Star Sports/Music are all options, but with 18 teams won’t a lot of them have to stay off-site?

Boardwalk (hotel)
Wilderness Lodge

no idea what else is available?

But as I was seeing the COVID numbers for the NBA, I was like, they need to get back into that Disney bubble...

 

[skeeter31]

So... Where are they going to sleep? Lots of the resorts that the NBA players stayed at previously are already open to guests. I guess Port Orleans: Riverside/French Quarter. All-Star Sports/Music are all options, but with 18 teams won’t a lot of them have to stay off-site?

These are G league players, not stars. A lot of them are kids, or aging players. They’ll probably put them in All Star and Port Orleans, or they’ll stay offsite. These are not the NBA stars that needed GR or the tower rooms. They wouldn’t use Boardwalk or Wilderness Lodge for them and have to worry about putting up the blue walls again.

 

[TonyaG83]

These are G league players, not stars. A lot of them are kids, or aging players. They’ll probably put them in All Star and Port Orleans, or they’ll stay offsite. These are not the NBA stars that needed GR or the tower rooms. They wouldn’t use Boardwalk or Wilderness Lodge for them and have to worry about putting up the blue walls again.

I agree, and proximity isn’t an issue because they have busses to transport them. I doubt they’d put them at the All Stars, but I don’t think the POR resorts are out of the question.

 

[KBoopaloo]

Where did the WNBA stay during their bubble? Maybe the G League will usr offsite accommodations and just bus them in to the WWOS?

 

[TonyaG83]

Where did the WNBA stay during their bubble? Maybe the G League will usr offsite accommodations and just bus them in to the WWOS?

Dorms of some sort and the conditions were HORRID. They'd be better off staying at the All Stars. I hate saying this, but I think they will treat the G League players better than they did the WNBA ones.

 

[Helvetica]

Where did the WNBA stay during their bubble? Maybe the G League will usr offsite accommodations and just bus them in to the WWOS?

They stayed at the school’s dorms.

I was just thinking about the number of rooms that they’d need. I guess there’s also the Disney College Program rooms.