*** Yay May! OFFICIAL MAY 2020 THREAD!!! Flowers are starting to bloom! ***

[FutureDisneyEventPlanner]

If anyone is still holding off on cancelling, my Sangria University class at Coronado Springs was just cancelled for May and they said the next date is June 21st.

 

[pooki1]

The conspiracy theorist in me wonders why someone would try to get others to cancel preemptively? I don’t gain or lose anything personally so I’m going to wait for Disney to give me the no go or go go and stay pop century positive

 

[FutureDisneyEventPlanner]

The conspiracy theorist in me wonders why someone would try to get others to cancel preemptively? I don’t gain or lose anything personally so I’m going to wait for Disney to give me the no go or go go and stay pop century positive

I don’t know if this was directed at me but I was just giving information from Disney directly. Use it if you want, or don’t. It doesn’t bother me.

 

[Roscoe18]

I got my official Disney Destinations email today saying that the closure "impacts your current reservation" and suggesting that I rebook for the summer with the free dining. So that seems like the first real word from Disney that the closure extends into May (which we all knew, let's be honest). My trip was supposed to start 5/2, FYI.

 

[Suzie88]

If anyone is still holding off on cancelling, my Sangria University class at Coronado Springs was just cancelled for May and they said the next date is June 21st.

The new date is my check in’ date and I can’t say i’m reassured that will happen right now!

 

[pooki1]

She wants to wait to the bitter end to cancel and so do I, so we are in for the long haul. Disney will have to cancel for us not to go

This! We’ll either go down swinging or be doing a victory lap around the castle,who’s with me?!
P.S the only email I got today from Disney was about Egg-ticing recipes

 

[wdw_dine_junkie]

We have reservations May 6-10 at Ft Wilderness. I haven't gotten an email yet, but since we would not be eligible for free dining, that could be why. No reason to cancel now, just going to let it play out and see what happens.

 

[Erica Ladd]

We have reservations May 6-10 at Ft Wilderness. I haven't gotten an email yet, but since we would not be eligible for free dining, that could be why. No reason to cancel now, just going to let it play out and see what happens.

why are you not eligible?

 

[wdw_dine_junkie]

why are you not eligible?

Ft Wilderness campsites typically aren't available for free dining promotions, only the cabins. We have APs and book room-only reservations as well.

 

[SMRT-1]

Well, it's been fun here, but now that MDE shows the parks as "Closed" through May 2, which was the first day of our trip, I've officially cancelled our May trip and re-booked for December. Good luck to all of the later May folks who are still hanging in there.

 

[Roscoe18]

Well, it's been fun here, but now that MDE shows the parks as "Closed" through May 2, which was the first day of our trip, I've officially cancelled our May trip and re-booked for December. Good luck to all of the later May folks who are still hanging in there.

Just curious - did you get the Disney Destinations email that I got? My email came yesterday and only this afternoon did I see the parks showing as closed through 5/2.

 

[SMRT-1]

Just curious - did you get the Disney Destinations email that I got? My email came yesterday and only this afternoon did I see the parks showing as closed through 5/2.

I did not, but we were staying at the Swan, and had also booked through Costco, not Disney.

 

[NewDisneyEnthusiast]

Hi everyone, a newbie to the forum who is about to cancel/rebook our May trip. Has anyone purchased their AH event tickets through Undercover Tourest? Not sure how to get those tickets refunded. Do I go back through UT or leave them in MDE, any suggestions?

 

[karen4546]

Well, it's been fun here, but now that MDE shows the parks as "Closed" through May 2, which was the first day of our trip, I've officially cancelled our May trip and re-booked for December. Good luck to all of the later May folks who are still hanging in there.

was it posted online or just the app. I just logged in and it just says until further notice.

 

[Roscoe18]

was it posted online or just the app. I just logged in and it just says until further notice.

If you go to the calendar on the website and look at month view, there are no hours or events listed for all of April and as of now, May 1 and 2, which wasn’t the case as of this morning

 

[SMRT-1]

was it posted online or just the app. I just logged in and it just says until further notice.

They haven't been making announcements, so the official timeframe is still stated as "until further notice." However, they have been quietly updating the park hours on the website and MDE, cancelling package reservations, and refunding hard-ticket events. If you look at the park hours through May 2, they're listed as "Closed" on the app, and are blank on the website.



https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/calendars/five-day/2020-05-01/

 

[Lilylogan]

I just moved our 5/5 trip to October. I was holding out but I could hardly find any availability at AKL in a standard room in Oct and flights were $79 on southwest so I went ahead and did it. Hoping for some kind of promo bc our reservation is now like $900 more..

 

[j2thomason]

I went on MDE today to customize our magic bands and there was a notification saying that they were not doing any magic band selections right now We are APs and have magic bands, but I had wanted to see if they had any new premium options. It's sad that you can't even choose your magic bands

 

[butterscotchcollins]

I did not, but we were staying at the Swan, and had also booked through Costco, not Disney.

Does that mean you're not eligible for the Free Dining promotion?

 

[SMRT-1]

Does that mean you're not eligible for the Free Dining promotion?

Unfortunately. However, I can't say whether booking through Costco precluded us from the free dining deal since the Swan isn't eligible for the dining plan. It might be different for Disney-owned resorts booked through Costco, I'm not sure. Even if we'd booked a full on-property resort directly through Disney, though, we'd still not have been eligible for the free dining deal since that's only valid for arrival dates from 6/1-9/30, and we re-booked our trip for December.