Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[SaintsManiac]

 

[everreal15]

Very true! I guess that situation is more of a necessity to me (like the players have to sleep somewhere, and some staff has to be there for operation and liability reasons, plus it seems much easier to not come in direct contact with CMs in a hotel setting than in a ride queue), so it didn't seem as curious to me. Like, it's one thing to take small risks in one essential situation you can't really do anything about, but it's another to add in additional risky situations that aren't necessarily necessary, especially after working so hard to minimize as much risk as possible.

I wonder if these events will be separate shifts for CMs who haven't been working with the public all day, or if CMs scheduled through the day will stay into these extra hours.

It's definitely a good question about if the CMs who will be in the parks when NBA after hours experiences are going on will be the same from earlier. I would think they would be rotated out but maybe more details will come out to show how they handle this.

This doesnt really bother me, players were already told they could golf on property so there isnt really much more risk going to an empty park than that. We also dont know if CMs will be there to greet them and give them a "Disney" experience or if they will just be there to operate what needs to be open for them and its pretty much zero interaction.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Disney really needs to figure out a way to deal with eBay resellers. Its pretty obvious when someone is buying for themselves or even family and a couple friends vs grabbing as many items as they can possibly haul out of the store.

I know its a tricky issue but it just seems ridiculous.

My unpopular opinion is I don’t even blame resellers for taking advantage of Disney not limiting purchases enough, and people’s willingness to pay stupid amounts of money for these items.

I think it’s the fault of the fan community for going crazy over pieces of merch that Disney releases and making it worthwhile for resellers. They’d stop awfully quick if they were stuck with a whole bunch of stuff they couldn’t break even on, never mind making a profit.

I feel this way when a toy becomes a hot toy during the holiday season too, if we collectively stopped losing our minds over this stuff it wouldn’t happen.

 

[JacknSally]

Deni from The DisUnplugged team has been streaming periodically from the Magic Kingdom on The Dis's Facebook page today. There are several short videos on their account, and I was able to watch them without being logged in, so maybe it will work for others! She's live in Frontierland now.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/the.dis/

 

[Amy11401]

I wonder if the NBA players will be wearing masks on the attractions and in the parks.

They better be. That would be really bad PR.

 

[Mit88]

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Maybe theyre just really big fans of Splash Mountain and want to build a fort built from br’er plush in their living room.

 

[parasail_of_congress]

I wonder if the NBA players will be wearing masks on the attractions and in the parks.

Unless something has changed, NBA players are not allowed at the parks.

 

[I_love_Cruising]

Our cruise on Oct12 would be in the next round of cancellations. I haven't heard a thing. We only have a few more days to cancel with no penalty. We're going to cancel if they don't cancel us. Our state is now on the NY quarantine list thanks to that little rally that was held here a couple of week ago. Up until then, we were doing great. We saw them triple over the weekend and everyday since then, we've increased by 20-30% every day.

I would also be in the next batch. Panama Canal, PIF, but pretty sure that they Disney won't send Wonder back trough the canal for us. We would cruise out of San Diego, California is not doing so well at the moment , but that could change in the blink of an eye.

I hope that they cancel on both of us, so that we can get our 125% FFC and enjoy a cruise at a better time.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Unless something has changed, NBA players are not allowed at the parks.

https://*****.com/2020/06/nba-playe...sney-world-theme-parks-during-resumed-season/

A bit upthread you can see they’re going to be able to ride EE, RnRC, and possibly another I’ve already forgotten lol, after hours.

 

[Mit88]

Unless something has changed, NBA players are not allowed at the parks.

They are allowed to reserve a spot to go on select attractions during an afterhours “event”. They don’t have the run of the parks

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Maybe theyre just really big fans of Splash Mountain and want to build a fort built from br’er plush in their living room.

They look like my kids hauling their stuffies around the house. It’s fine. Nothing to see here.

 

[gatechfan99]

Isn’t RNRC is a pretty tight squeeze for the super tall guys? Interesting choice.

I'm 6'8 and have no problem on it. I would imagine a few inches taller could be a problem, but there's probably not a lot of rides ideal for the 7 foot crew.

Honestly, I've always been able to fold myself into any ride there except Astro Orbiter. Just can't make that ride fit for some reason. I was worried about FOP from what I had heard before riding, but never had a problem with that. Even Barnstormer and Goofy's Sky School at California Adventure. The only other ride anywhere I couldn't fit was Coastersaurus at Legoland. I have heard Hagrid's is tough though, but haven't been there to try it out.

 

[Jrb1979]

What I am surprised with is the lack of cleaning between rides. Cedar Point is cleaning every coaster train between rides.

 

[everreal15]

My unpopular opinion is I don’t even blame resellers for taking advantage of Disney not limiting purchases enough, and people’s willingness to pay stupid amounts of money for these items.

I think it’s the fault of the fan community for going crazy over pieces of merch that Disney releases and making it worthwhile for resellers. They’d stop awfully quick if they were stuck with a whole bunch of stuff they couldn’t break even on, never mind making a profit.

I feel this way when a toy becomes a hot toy during the holiday season too, if we collectively stopped losing our minds over this stuff it wouldn’t happen.

I agree with you on this completely. There is more than on party involved: Disney, the resellers and the consumers.

The resellers are just doing what Disney lets them, that's not on them. I may think its ridiculous but if people buy it from them then its going to continue.

Disney cant control people buying up all of the resellers merch, but they can limit the ammount of supply they can get if they change some policies. It will never eliminate it because there are people that will always buy, but Dis can definitely try and cut back the problem a bit by adding limits on items you can buy at one time, especially limited editions without getting in the way of the average consumers that buy 1 item or a handful for themselves and fam/friends.

Like the image someone posted of people walking out with garbage bags of merch...that can easily be curbed with the change of some policies without effecting the masses.

 

[Anna_Sh]

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Wow...thank you for making Disney’s profit margins just a little bit better this quarter.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I agree with you on this completely. There is more than on party involved: Disney, the resellers and the consumers.

The resellers are just doing what Disney lets them, that's not on them. I may think its ridiculous but if people buy it from them then its going to continue.

Disney cant control people buying up all of the resellers merch, but they can limit the ammount of supply they can get if they change some policies. It will never eliminate it because there are people that will always buy, but Dis can definitely try and cut back the problem a bit by adding limits on items you can buy at one time, especially limited editions without getting in the way of the average consumers that buy 1 item or a handful for themselves and fam/friends.

They’re going to look really stupid if Splash doesn’t close for months, even a year, and Disney keeps a steady supply of plush in the store.

 

[JacknSally]

My unpopular opinion is I don’t even blame resellers for taking advantage of Disney not limiting purchases enough, and people’s willingness to pay stupid amounts of money for these items.

I think it’s the fault of the fan community for going crazy over pieces of merch that Disney releases and making it worthwhile for resellers. They’d stop awfully quick if they were stuck with a whole bunch of stuff they couldn’t break even on, never mind making a profit.

I feel this way when a toy becomes a hot toy during the holiday season too, if we collectively stopped losing our minds over this stuff it wouldn’t happen.

Agreed completely! I think CM's also have a 50% discount available right now, plus AP's get 20% off merch, right? So that also encourages this type of thing. Disney knows all of this, though. They just don't really care what happens after the parks as long as they get their cut.

The Splash merch frenzy is also kind of humorous to watch just from the standpoint that
1) everyone trying to turn a profit on this stuff on eBay right now is buying the same merch - none of them will be listing anything unique,
2) none of this merch is limited edition or final run or discontinued, and
3) it could be another year or two before Splash goes away, and it's not like WDW is going to leave that gift shop empty for 1-2 years if everyone buys the merch now. I have a feeling there will be more Splash merch.

 

[MaC410]

Wow...thank you for making Disney’s profit margins just a little bit better this quarter.

I mean that merch was most likely going to be sold anyway...But now the people who actually want the merch will have to pay hundreds of dollars on ebay.

 

[Mit88]

What I am surprised with is the lack of cleaning between rides. Cedar Point is cleaning every coaster train between rides.

They’ve been cleaning them as much as they’ve agreed to. Cleaning between each ride would be insanely time consuming and cause impatience in the lines which would lead to people to get antsy in line and cause non-compliance in social distancing which would make the extra cleaning useless.

 

[yulilin3]

Went to guest relations to ask about gaiters
So Disney did their own study and found the gaiters are only about 20% effective when stretched on face so they literally changed the rule yesterday and are not allowing gaiters, not even looped. Now again I've seen people wearing them but it's like when people sneak in a selfie stick. So do yourself a favor and get regular masks