Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Bjn10]

So I know my resort won’t open do to the NBA and park reservations are Monday it would be nice to know where I’ll be

 

[rteetz]

Maybe they can include them in the TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR photo package.

$169 if you buy in advance

Not my point though. How do they get connected. Some rides like Mine Train and Slinky don't have a ride photo touch point like Space Mountain does. They are connected via active battery powered RFID in the magic band. So will they now add that feature to the phone is my question which will likely be an added battery drainer.

 

[Eric Smith]

Do we need to select an "exit time" as well?

Or can standby guests enter as in park guests leave for the day.

I doubt you'll need to reserve an exit time. I also doubt anyone without a reservation would be able to enter a park for a while.

 

[hereforthechurros]

I totally get why they would do the times entry, but I agree - if you get one of the later entry times (I assume it will be covering at least a few hours) that means a pretty short total park day

Perhaps you choose a six hour window. So everyone gets similar time in the park but coming/going is staggered. Like perhaps your MB stops working for rides when your window is up? Who knows.

 

[CastAStone]

How does it currently work for offsite guests who don't buy MBs?

It doesn't work without a magic band. There's 2 or 3 rides like that now.

 

[firefly_ris]

$169 if you buy in advance

Not my point though. How do they get connected. Some rides like Mine Train and Slinky don't have a ride photo touch point like Space Mountain does. They are connected via active battery powered RFID in the magic band. So will they now add that feature to the phone is my question which will likely be an added battery drainer.

My guess? You don't get the photo, it's an 'advantage' of paying for a MB.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Eek, we have no ticket media for our December trip, but we do have a resort. Seeing as people can make reservations starting Monday for like, the next year, I'm guessing we need to jump on the AP vouchers were were going to purchase :-/

It seems to not be clear for how long out you can book park days - so yeah, you might be able to book your Dec 2020 park days starting Monday (or even August 2021) but it might only be for the next 30 or 60 days and be a rolling window. It doesn't confirm either way

 

[rteetz]

How does it currently work for offsite guests who don't buy MBs?

They don't get those photos I guess? Photopass cards don't have the capability to do it.

 

[TropicalDIS]

We have an April 2021 DVC rental with valid park tickets. Assuming I can make park reservations Monday (?), how can they possibly have park hours / timed entry for parks ten months from now? Even if I decide to book a park, can it be modified? What if Epcot is listed as opening at 11:00 but they eventually change it back to 9:00? Can I adjust my entry time?

I love that whenever we get an answer we're waiting for from Disney, it leads to about ten more questions!

I assume it will be like fast passes. Yes you can modify, depending on availability.

 

[koszmok]

I’m really confused. We don’t have a package. We have a RO reservation and linked tickets from UT. So...

This. I already have tickets for next year - which I bought for my planned holiday 09/28/21-18/10/21 - but they stopped selling rooms 2 days ago. My plan was to book room only. Can Disney force us to buy a holiday package to get into the park ?! Room only and tickets from TA won`t be good enough to get in ?

 

[zemmer]

$169 if you buy in advance

Not my point though. How do they get connected. Some rides like Mine Train and Slinky don't have a ride photo touch point like Space Mountain does. They are connected via active battery powered RFID in the magic band. So will they now add that feature to the phone is my question which will likely be an added battery drainer.

I would guess they still want people to BUY magicbands so they’ll still be available only to those that have them.

 

[jbreen2010]

I am guessing the announcement that I can "reserve" a park starting on monday for my stay while onsite at disney on starting July 24th means inherently that I will technically have a room somewhere onsite. Caribbean Beach isn't even posted as opening up yet. What a cluster. This was launched so shortly ago and people have 100's of questions already all over this forum. I can't even keep up

 

[amelia18]

Re: park and ride photos, can’t you just get a photopass card and scan that? It’s an extra step than just having your MB for sure, but a possibility nonetheless. am I imagining that as an option?

edit: I wasn’t thinking about the rides that throw it right on the MB without scanning. That would be a bummer.

 

[Pens Fan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1273991222324060163

I know. But after everyone who currently holds a ticket or an AP makes their reservations, realistically what slots will be left over to reserve?

 

[Jacq7414]

So we have a short stay booked April 1-3. We have a cruise booked after that from April 3-10. Was thinking about cancelling and doing a split stay instead. We have another trip booked May 13-16. It would make sense to get (money wise) an AP right? We are out of state so would have to get a platinum one.

 

[nicket]

We have an April 2021 DVC rental with valid park tickets. Assuming I can make park reservations Monday (?), how can they possibly have park hours / timed entry for parks ten months from now? Even if I decide to book a park, can it be modified? What if Epcot is listed as opening at 11:00 but they eventually change it back to 9:00? Can I adjust my entry time?

I love that whenever we get an answer we're waiting for from Disney, it leads to about ten more questions!

This is one of my biggest questions as well. We have been booked for a February 2021 trip since November. I'm not even sure I want to go in February as it was supposed to my toddler's first trip, we were thinking of postponing to later in 2021. We had kinda hoped to be in more of a wait and see how things go character wise before deciding. But seems like we need to call June 24 and convert to a ticket package just to reserve park days. Didn't see having to make that decision so soon coming. And the park hours questions as well...

 

[kverdon]

No they aren't (yet) but if a guest doesn't opt to buy them then how will they get their mine train ride photo for example. Those get connected to your account through active RFID. Will they add that capability to your phone now? Further draining your battery.

They could replace RFID with a WiFi/Bluetooth ping to your phone like they do with RFID but yes, this is going to put a huge squeeze on battery life. Get “Buy a droid backpack that comes with a 11,000mah battery for your phone!” ;-)

 

[2letterwords]

Just spoke with a CM via chat. No clarification right now on how the reservation system will work with split stays. He said he will pass those concerns along for clarification in future updates.

He did come back with this info though:

Abraham
at 11:31, Jun 19:

We haven't been told that there is a specific time of day that the Park Pass system will become available. After some double-checking, however, I did find that park re-entry on the same day will be permitted.

 

[Farro]

$169 if you buy in advance

Not my point though. How do they get connected. Some rides like Mine Train and Slinky don't have a ride photo touch point like Space Mountain does. They are connected via active battery powered RFID in the magic band. So will they now add that feature to the phone is my question which will likely be an added battery drainer.

If we got memory maker, we would buy magic bands for that reason. I doubt they'll be that expensive anyways.

 

[Spridell]

If I buy an AP today and link it, will I then be able to reserve dates starting next week?

Sorry if this has been asked already