Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

jlwhitney · Oct 22, 2020

hertamaniac said:
Yes, the ~1 month trend is going upwards.

but it’s going up much slower so far then our summer spike

hereforthechurros · Oct 22, 2020

No word on the Chip & Dale Christmas tree spree scavenger hunt right?

Disdreamprincess · Oct 22, 2020

hereforthechurros said:
No word on the Chip & Dale Christmas tree spree scavenger hunt right?

Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition
Go on a festive quest around World Showcase hunting for holiday traditions that Frozen’s most loveable snowman has gathered—and lost—along the way!
This holiday season, Olaf can be spotted sledding all around World Showcase, collecting new and interesting holiday traditions to share with Anna and Elsa. Unfortunately, he’s had a bit of a bumpy ride… and has misplaced some traditions during his journey.
To help him get back on track, simply purchase your Scavenger Hunt map and stickers ($7.99) at participating locations, including Disney Traders, Mouse Gear, World Traveler and Port of Entry. You can also find them at Stroller Rental locations at the Main Entrance and at International Gateway, as well as the merchandise cart in the Canada Pavilion.
To play, search for Olaf in each pavilion, then match the tradition on his sleigh to the location on your sticker map. Once you have found all of the traditions, visit Disney Traders, Mouse Gear or World Traveler to redeem your map for a gift worth melting for (while supplies last).

hereforthechurros · Oct 22, 2020

Disdreamprincess said:
Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition
Go on a festive quest around World Showcase hunting for holiday traditions that Frozen’s most loveable snowman has gathered—and lost—along the way!
This holiday season, Olaf can be spotted sledding all around World Showcase, collecting new and interesting holiday traditions to share with Anna and Elsa. Unfortunately, he’s had a bit of a bumpy ride… and has misplaced some traditions during his journey.
To help him get back on track, simply purchase your Scavenger Hunt map and stickers ($7.99) at participating locations, including Disney Traders, Mouse Gear, World Traveler and Port of Entry. You can also find them at Stroller Rental locations at the Main Entrance and at International Gateway, as well as the merchandise cart in the Canada Pavilion.
To play, search for Olaf in each pavilion, then match the tradition on his sleigh to the location on your sticker map. Once you have found all of the traditions, visit Disney Traders, Mouse Gear or World Traveler to redeem your map for a gift worth melting for (while supplies last).

How cute! Thanks so much for sharing this I totally missed it.

jade1 · Oct 22, 2020

We flew Delta and hope they keep the middle seats empty forever as well.

Also hope they keep the line spacing here forever as well.

Today at 7DMT.

Precovid 7DMT

SaintsManiac · Oct 22, 2020

I don’t want to hear “PLEASE FILL IN ALL AVAILABLE SPACE” ever again.

skeeter31 · Oct 22, 2020

SaintsManiac said:
I don’t want to hear “PLEASE FILL IN ALL AVAILABLE SPACE” ever again.

Oh the HM line was famous for that. Horrible line pre-COVID, to just have both the FP and standby lines merge into a mass of humanity with the only non-happy CMs on property continually telling you to keep squeezing together. Not to mention those tents did nothing to keep the temperature down outside, so you were sweating and then had to get as close to people as you could while still outside. I never want to see that again!

SaintsManiac · Oct 22, 2020

skeeter31 said:
Oh the HM line was famous for that. Horrible line pre-COVID, to just have both the FP and standby lines merge into a mass of humanity with the only non-happy CMs on property continually telling you to keep squeezing together. Not to mention those tents did nothing to keep the temperature down outside, so you were sweating and then had to get as close to people as you could while still outside. I never want to see that again!

It was the absolute worst. My husband and I sandwich our daughter between us because I’m always worried about some creeper grabbing at her in there. That was by far the most uncomfortable place in pre Covid WDW.

rockpiece · Oct 23, 2020

Chapek is lying about capacity. My mom talked to a CM yesterday that was helping her in one of the shops on Main Street at MK, Capacity was at 20% until October 1st and has gone to 30% since then.

skeeter31 · Oct 23, 2020

rockpiece said:
Chapek is lying about capacity. My mom talked to a CM yesterday that was helping her in one of the shops on Main Street at MK, Capacity was at 20% until October 1st and has gone to 30% since then.

Yeah because a Main Street store CM has the inside knowledge of what the capacity limits for the entire theme park are right??

MickeyWaffles · Oct 23, 2020

rockpiece said:
Chapek is lying about capacity. My mom talked to a CM yesterday that was helping her in one of the shops on Main Street at MK, Capacity was at 20% until October 1st and has gone to 30% since then.

As a former CM, I can confidently tell you that a CM helping someone in a shop on Main Street would not be privy to that kind of information. Rumors and speculation spread among CMs just as they do here.

No different than a bus driver rumor.

gottalovepluto · Oct 23, 2020

EP extended hours ADRs opened for my Nov trip. Check if you’ve been waiting!

abs1978 · Oct 23, 2020

gottalovepluto said:
EP extended hours ADRs opened for my Nov trip. Check if you’ve been waiting!

Thanks for the heads up! Just grabbed Rose and Crown for our first day. I've been waiting for that!

osufeth24 · Oct 23, 2020

Just got an email from Universal basically saying please don't come on weekends lol

hereforthechurros · Oct 23, 2020

rockpiece said:
Chapek is lying about capacity. My mom talked to a CM yesterday that was helping her in one of the shops on Main Street at MK, Capacity was at 20% until October 1st and has gone to 30% since then.

While CMs mean well we’ve learned they are notoriously misinformed or under informed, and often do not get first hand knowledge.

Which leads to an interesting question - does the union get exact capacity numbers? Not sure how they could agree to much without them during this time. And how much of that would leak down to managers/supervisors and possibly CMs? I mean somewhere along the way people need to know crowds for the day for staffing.

New Mouse · Oct 23, 2020

osufeth24 said:
Just got an email from Universal basically saying please don't come on weekends lol

Guess they should have rethought that free til the end of the year pass!

rteetz · Oct 23, 2020

osufeth24 said:
Just got an email from Universal basically saying please don't come on weekends lol

https://twitter.com/x/status/1319648903634079745

TakesFaithTrust&PixieDust · Oct 23, 2020

skeeter31 said:
Yeah because a Main Street store CM has the inside knowledge of what the capacity limits for the entire theme park are right??

My thought exactly. Cast members are speculating like crazy. But none of them know what the capacity is and if they’ve increased it. They are guessing like everyone else.

tlmadden73 · Oct 23, 2020

rockpiece said:
Chapek is lying about capacity. My mom talked to a CM yesterday that was helping her in one of the shops on Main Street at MK, Capacity was at 20% until October 1st and has gone to 30% since then.

I would guess that is just anecdotal from what they are seeing? The parks were obviously not reaching their "max capacity" during July/August/September ... now (as their is the holidays to celebrate and people have had 3 months to see that WDW is safe) ... more people are coming and they are closer to reaching that max capacity so it just simply IS more crowded, but I doubt WDW increased their max capacity (as they probably didn't need to since they weren't reaching it).

Either way, there is a breaking point of how crowded the parks can get with the severely reduced ride throughput and spaced out queues. Disney's main draw right now is "low crowds" .. but if that is negated by reduced ride capacity and thus "normal" length lines with no FP option .... you'll have a lot of frustrated guests who feel they are paying a lot of money for a severely less vacation experience (while having to wear masks all day).

I just wonder what that breaking point is .. obviously Universal is reaching that point on the weekends.

BorderTenny · Oct 23, 2020

hereforthechurros said:
I mean somewhere along the way people need to know crowds for the day for staffing.

Not really. At most, whoever makes the schedules for any location (if it's even done by a human) just needs to know how many CM's they need to schedule at any time. I'm no computer expert, but I'm guessing this can probably be determined by a computer algorithm that directly pulls the number of park reservations made from the park reservation system. Nobody needs to see actual attendance numbers that way, so no way for them to leak. There's just the casual observation of "more CM's on a shift"="higher attendance", which is foolish to extrapolate to mean "attendance cap raised".

Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

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Wait for it.

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