Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

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I wonder if pathways and even wait times at DHS will become an issue when RotR is down (if nothing changes, this could potentially be for hours a day). Even with all the new stuff I think DHS has somewhat of an attraction problem, they don’t have a lot people eaters that the whole family can enjoy. It almost has too many (I know I know lol) headliners and thrilling attractions without the slower attractions to balance it out. Without the shows that problem is going to be magnified. We saw this when the park was suddenly flooded with people actually staying there for longer periods when RotR opened, the wait times were very long across the park.

I hope they didn’t use the same formula for figuring out capacity across all 4 parks. DHS definitely has considerations others don’t right now.
 
DGsAtBLT said:
I wonder if pathways and even wait times at DHS will become an issue when RotR is down (if nothing changes, this could potentially be for hours a day). Even with all the new stuff I think DHS has somewhat of an attraction problem, they don’t have a lot people eaters that the whole family can enjoy. It almost has too many (I know I know lol) headliners and thrilling attractions without the slower attractions to balance it out. Without the shows that problem is going to be magnified. We saw this when the park was suddenly flooded with people actually staying there for longer periods when RotR opened, the wait times were very long across the park.

I hope they didn’t use the same formula for figuring out capacity across all 4 parks. DHS definitely has considerations others don’t right now.
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Yeah, lack of shows there (even if they weren't the best of property) negatively impact a the capacity at that park
 
Florida and WDW are getting hammered in the headlines IMO. And I know it’s a lot of clickbait but it’s got to be hard on Disney PR.

The Disney commercial being dubbed to horror music on Twitter didn’t help.

Florida released their numbers today and the headline is Florida has more new cases today than ALL of Europe combined. Wow. That makes the optics hard to work with for the governor.
 
disneyland_is_magic said:
Florida and WDW are getting hammered in the headlines IMO. And I know it’s a lot of clickbait but it’s got to be hard on Disney PR.

The Disney commercial being dubbed to horror music on Twitter didn’t help.

Florida released their numbers today and the headline is Florida has more new cases today than ALL of Europe combined. Wow. That makes the optics hard to work with for the governor.
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Nobody talks about Legoland which doesn’t even require masks... Yes a smaller park but still. Universal and SeaWorld also have been open much longer. Disney will always be the one to catch the headlines due to size and popularity though.
 
So we flew in this morning. Fair warning, Magical Express is probably going to be the longest line you wait in all vacation. Currently 60 minutes and counting for us. Buses are at reduced capacity as expected, but they are also FAR FEWER of them arriving.
 
rteetz said:
Nobody talks about Legoland which doesn’t even require masks... Yes a smaller park but still. Universal and SeaWorld also have been open much longer. Disney will always be the one to catch the headlines due to size and popularity though.
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The media doesn’t care about the little fish, they go after the biggest fish in the sea. The bigger the fish, the bigger the splash.
 
rteetz said:
Nobody talks about Legoland which doesn’t even require masks... Yes a smaller park but still. Universal and SeaWorld also have been open much longer. Disney will always be the one to catch the headlines due to size and popularity though.
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I mean, how often do we see the national news cover something in Florida in general and use a photo of Cinderella's Castle? It is just the symbol for the state and they get all the positives and negatives that go along with it
 
DGsAtBLT said:
I did a really good job avoiding MMRR spoilers since we were supposed to be there about 3 weeks after opening, but I finally caved and watched it sometime in April or May, and it was weirdly a big part of letting go of our trip mentally.

So I sympathize for sure!
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I haven't hit that point yet! We were there in Feb and supposed to be back the first week in April, so we haven't seen MMRR yet. I've seen a few things like the spots on Disney +, but have not watched a ride-through. Hoping to get back soon! If only they'd let APs pick up regular ticket-holder spots.
 
Mal6586 said:
So we flew in this morning. Fair warning, Magical Express is probably going to be the longest line you wait in all vacation. Currently 60 minutes and counting for us. Buses are at reduced capacity as expected, but they are also FAR FEWER of them arriving.
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Yep, finally tally was 75 minutes from MDE check in until my butt was in a seat. They are assigning seats as they load the bus as well.
 
rteetz said:
Nobody talks about Legoland which doesn’t even require masks... Yes a smaller park but still. Universal and SeaWorld also have been open much longer. Disney will always be the one to catch the headlines due to size and popularity though.
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I think some of it is due to timing as well. The other parks re-opened earlier when the numbers and focus on the state were quite low.

Disney is unfortunate to be re-opening at the exact same time as Florida itself is in the spotlight for how badly the virus is hitting there.
 
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