Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Eric Smith]

The one that supposedly begins today?

Can you post what you're talking about?

 

[Farro]

I don't know how everybody does it. Reads and talks about Covid day after day.

I opened the news-sites today, read just the headlines, closed the sites and took my coffee outside to stare at the sun (well, not directly ) . Sometimes it's just too much. I can't imagine how people with depression or anxiety are dealing...may I suggest just turning off the world for a few days? It helps to take a "mental" vacation from everything. Kind of letting go of things we have no control over.

I am still loving the reports from parks though! If I could be anywhere, it's Animal Kingdom.

Have a great day all!

 

[SwirlTheCitrus]

Can you post what you're talking about?

There is an article from yesterday on a specific Disney news website that I can't link... supposedly people with medical concerns will be able to wear face shields instead of masks beginning today..

 

[Mit88]

Just a reminder for anyone interested that the Disneyland 65th merch goes on sale today in just under 3 hours. Here’s the link to the queue page.

https://eventswithdisney.queue-it.net/?c=eventswithdisney&e=disneyland65th

 

[gwynne]

There is an article from yesterday on a specific Disney news website that I can't link... supposedly people with medical concerns will be able to wear face shields instead of masks beginning today..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282868653046759426

 

[SwirlTheCitrus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282868653046759426

Thank you!

 

[BrianR]

Someone on Twitter has reported no Show Room, Car Design Studio or Post-Show at Test Track

I would LOVE if they add the car design studio to the Play app. Also if you already have a car on your band it'll most likely still be there if the MB sensors on ride load are still active.

It is very likely that the people who pull their masks down on rides are doing it on every ride they go on (or that they think they can get away with.) One person doing this can expose a lot of people over the course of a day.

It is hilarious to me that people don’t realize every ride is video monitored by CMs . If you’re on a ride, someone can see you. Disney know this is happening. But are they going to have a CM monitoring video radio a CM at the exit to confront these people? That’s really the only way to stop it.

If there was ever a time to enforce policies, it would be the one that relates to the global pandemic. I mean honestly, this isn’t like cutting or typical “Disney stupid guest” nonsense, this is legit a health and hygiene issue

Yeah, the whole point is empowering CMs to enforce it without repercussions if the customer chirps up the chain. There's a lot of unlearning / relearning that we're seeing with regards to CM policies and such. Until there's example / precedent that a CM did the right thing and got praise for it internally, I would expect to see some gun-shyness about kicking people out.

PS. I edited out a reply because the post I replied to got vaporized.

 

[Geomom]

The one that supposedly begins today?

It is still face masks, not shields. There was talk of shields for ADA people, but Disney will need the union to agree to it before it can happen. (I read this somewhere on these boards today.)

 

[bernina]

We're here now and just wanted to give my 2 cents on things. Disney is doing a great job on almost all the things they can control (face coverings, distancing, crowd levels, pop up parades, princesses and other characters randomly spotted around the parks). A few kinks need to be worked out around QS mobile order pick up areas (lots of bunching) and some ride exit areas.

The areas they can't control likes guests bunching up behind you in lines, especially when those guests are racing to see how many times they can ride a certain ride before park close, are generally ok but all it takes is one person or group not paying attention or not caring and you'll find yourself closer to someone than you'd prefer to be. This is life in general and you have to go into this knowing you will run into these people a few times each day.

The one major fail for us is DS in the evening. The area around the parking garage escalators that dump you into DS are awful. I feel for the one or two security guards stationed there that are constantly surrounded by mobs of people deciding which way to head, waiting for sanitizer stations, and just generally acting like they always have at DS pre covid. For this reason we won't be returning to DS in the evening, we personally did not feel we could maintain distance and as many others have reported, face covering use there is much lower than the parks and resorts. We'll keep our lunch reservations as day time was much less crowded.

As for masks, they're much less of an issue than I thought they'd be. They're uncomfortable but as the days wear on you really do get used to them. The younger kids I see are doing an excellent job keeping them on, I see very few noses poking out, and our 9 yo has not complained about her mask a single time. The key is to get one that fits and doesn't hurt your ears. We're having the best luck with the Athleta brand ones for adults and the basic kids sized cotton ones from Old Navy for DD. We bring extras in a ziplock bag but only once did DD ask for a fresh one. We have a handful of masks each and need to do a load of wash every other day to make sure we always have a clean one (thanks DVC!). Keep that in mind when packing if you won't have access to laundry. You can wash in sink but it's much better to wash and dry to really get them clean and freshened up.

That being said, we have had a generally very positive experience. Wait levels are insanely low, we've been able to experience stand-by queues we've never been through thanks to FP, and no price can be placed on the freedom of randomly picking what ride you want to go on without constantly being nose down in your phone. Guests and CM are friendly, there's a general aura of being in this together and wanting to be respectful to each other. Reminds me a bit of the atmosphere on the smaller Disney cruise ships. We're all in this bubble together.

 

[JoeA]

I don't know how everybody does it. Reads and talks about Covid day after day.

I opened the news-sites today, read just the headlines, closed the sites and took my coffee outside to stare at the sun (well, not directly ) . Sometimes it's just too much. I can't imagine how people with depression or anxiety are dealing...may I suggest just turning off the world for a few days? It helps to take a "mental" vacation from everything. Kind of letting go of things we have no control over.

I am still loving the reports from parks though! If I could be anywhere, it's Animal Kingdom.

Have a great day all!

Sometimes reading these posts, news sites etc is MORE painful than staring at the sun!

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 you live streaming from AK today?

I was now getting video for SiDisney

 

[AmberMV]

DLP opening day:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282948853235417088

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282948932830625792

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282949015231959040

The one takeaway I have from that video is that everyone is wearing long sleeve shirts, jackets and sweaters in mid-July

 

[RamblingMad]

I am in no way condoning the attitude etc. and I do hope CMs will be able to actually do something to ppl. like this, but when I read the comment "so just note you told me," I admit I laughed. I agree totally unacceptable and I hope they were able to remove him, but you gotta admit the guy knows Disneys ways lol.

FL has become one of the biggest outbreaks in the country. It's only a matter of time before WDW will close again. Folks not wearing masks will only shorten the time the park remains open. CA shutdown pretty much today with far fewer cases than FL.

I’m 36 years old and I have my Disney autograph book from kindergarten. 31 years ago. Autographs from costumed characters are not a new thing. I guess it depends on what you classify as new. But yeah, costumed characters have been doing that least 31 years.

I have photos from this time of me standing with maybe 5-6 other kids all hugging at the same time with people crowding around. It wasn’t like each person had a turn. All my photos from the late 80s have tons of other random people in them.

There are more people in the parks now than back then. And much safer for the character performer to be in a more controlled line so they can’t be accused of anything inappropriate or knock someone over, etc. They are able to prepare for the interaction - can you imagine what a guest just “running up and hugging” is like for the character performer? Also the line deters the people who think it’s funny to sneak and try to pull Pluto’s tail, etc.

Disneyland has some more spontaneous character interactions, but they still end up being pretty organized.

I do love these new character interactions they have started doing! I don’t see this as an either or thing - I hope lines for M&G come back someday, and that they continue these fun random appearances.

Yep. I’m about ten years older than you, and I had an autograph book too. We used to do character dining at the Contemporary back in the 80s. No idea what the restaurant was called. But I do remember we went for breakfast.

You’ll still find the appearances at DL.

 

[rteetz]

There is an article from yesterday on a specific Disney news website that I can't link... supposedly people with medical concerns will be able to wear face shields instead of masks beginning today..

A Scott Gustin tweet was posted here last night. Disney is reviewing such as a possibility but has not made a decision to allow it yet.

 

[OSUZorba]

When will the water parks open? Has there been anything official on that?

 

[AmberMV]

When will the water parks open? Has there been anything official on that?

Water parks are likely going to be down for a while since FL cases are pretty high.

 

[AmberMV]

The state report doesn't look great today, not going to lie

Also nearly 4,000 non FL residents now have tested positive, and the worst piece is in here though I will not mention what it is

 

[KBoopaloo]

Yeah the report is not good today. Percent of tests coming back positive is back up to 15% and the worst day for deaths yet (132).

 

[aibo]

Well, thats it...See you in 2021. On the way to New York march numbers.

Florida coronavirus reported deaths jump record 132 to pass 4,400

 

[mshanson3121]

And sadly, as tragic as the deaths are, they are really only a small part of the picture. The number that they're not showing is the number of people who will have life-long damage from this disease. So many of the people that survive (most of those that required hospitalization), unfortunately, will never be the same due to the damage caused to their heart and lungs. And that number is much higher than the number of deaths. And, includes many middle aged people - not just "old" people.