Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

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Given the suspension of the DP I'm getting the feeling very few if any table service restaurants may be open. May only have a few QS options available in each park that use mobile ordering. Just speculating and no insider information.
I would be MAJORLY surprised if this is the case. People need to eat, people need to be separated into a large number of places for social distancing, and they did say that people would have first dibs on their old dining reservations.
 
I'll offer my take on the FP thing. I do believe virtual queues are part of it but I also think what we are going to see if disney using both the standby and FP lanes for more queue space and more social distancing. How often do you enter fastpass and just walk all the way through a pretty long and empty queue? quite often on many. So they could have a CM out front and send party 1 to FP lane and then party 2 to standby lane and use both for most space and more room to spread parties out and keep number of people in each about the same. Would give a lot more room for social distancing of people.
 
I'll offer my take on the FP thing. I do believe virtual queues are part of it but I also think what we are going to see if disney using both the standby and FP lanes for more queue space and more social distancing. How often do you enter fastpass and just walk all the way through a pretty long and empty queue? quite often on many. So they could have a CM out front and send party 1 to FP lane and then party 2 to standby lane and use both for most space and more room to spread parties out and keep number of people in each about the same. Would give a lot more room for social distancing of people.

Didn’t they even mention this? Maybe in the blog post? I can’t remember there was so much coming from so many places yesterday.
 
@Dallasmomoftwo, what exactly was cancelled? Your resort reservation? Or FP and ADRs? We are out of state AP with an on-site trip w/res at AoA booked mid-August...
Our ADRs were canceled. The resort reservation is still there. I was mainly posting because they said we would be given priority access to reschedule and someone with a reservation at Swan/Dolphin had previously asked if Swalphin guests would be treated the same as guests at Disney owned resorts. The email I got leads me to believe we will be.
 
Then you have the choice not to go and move on to perhaps a more attractive entertainment venue this year. 😀 I’ve worked at another major theme park and saw the behind the scenes financial aspect. Other parks are doing the same thing in regards to refunds and bookings. Whether or not you want to give them a pass is a personal decision. For me getting angry over it isn’t worth the effort since it will be straightened out in the near future. I’m more concerned with 30 million people losing their jobs, people struggling to put food on the table and keep a roof over the heads of their family. And I also put my money where my mouth is by donating. To me that’s the real crisis of this pandemic. But that’s just me.
Those 30 million you’re so concerned about include Disney employees too that have been effected by the way Disney has handled this. We all know what the real crisis is, but this isn’t a crisis or pandemic board, it’s a Disney board for goodness sake. Since we are listing things we are concerned about these days, I’m most concerned about the level of self-righteousness this pandemic has exposed in ppl.
 
They are probably expecting to have to use these measures in some form until a vaccine is ready. this gives them the ability to add back some stuff if it comes earlier, but they are likely going off the health officials stating a vaccine wasn't likely for 12-18 months.
A vaccine in 12-18 months is very ambitious! Not sure that will happen but viruses become weaker over time so hopefully it will be the case here! In 18 months not only are you going to have to have a fully tested safe vaccine but you are going to have to distribute it! What happens to parents who don’t want their child vaccinated they can’t go to Disney? What about medical reasons not to vaccinate? No Disney? Just donusee the vaccine being the be all and end all of this Disney situation!
 
I'll offer my take on the FP thing. I do believe virtual queues are part of it but I also think what we are going to see if disney using both the standby and FP lanes for more queue space and more social distancing. How often do you enter fastpass and just walk all the way through a pretty long and empty queue? quite often on many. So they could have a CM out front and send party 1 to FP lane and then party 2 to standby lane and use both for most space and more room to spread parties out and keep number of people in each about the same. Would give a lot more room for social distancing of people.
Didn’t they even mention this? Maybe in the blog post? I can’t remember there was so much coming from so many places yesterday.
I appreciate that I am not the only one who seems to have not slept more than a few hours before hopping right back in.
 
... According to Disney, only those who were cancelled by Disney get first dibs... 😕
Yeah and if they were better at communicating, maybe some wouldn’t have cancelled. I personally cancelled because I just wanted my money already. They held it for 10 months at least and I am convinced they knew they couldn’t/wouldn’t honor my reservation a month and a half ago. Oh well, I guess I won’t get whatever offer they come up with, but let’s be honest...I never even get emails from them so was I really going to get it anyway?
 
It's so hard to keep up with all this, so I need a few points clarified about what's being discussed. The thread is about 50 pages longer than when I checked it last night.

-I have a DVC stay booked with points on July 17. Is the current thought that reservation will be cancelled and I will have to rebook it in some way based on availability?

-The comment about APs being frozen - does that mean the expectation is that even though I have an active AP for that trip that I had previously used to book FPs, it won't be valid and I would have to buy multi-day tickets if I wind up getting a park reservation and going?
 
Does anyone want to start speculating on what park attractions are closed?
Really hoping ROTR and the Millennium Falcon are up and Running. But no Splash mountain would be my dealbreaker.
Child #1 needs all 3 toy story land attractions and #2 needs Dinosaur at AK.
 
This may be our deal breaker, my 6 year old fine, but newly 2 year old isn’t going to wear a mask for long plus I don’t thinks it’s safe for her to wear one either.

Before I get roasted for saying it’s not safe, mask guidelines say 2 or over and being able to know when the mask is making it hard to breath, or when it’s causing issues. My 2 year old cannot do that.
And 2 is a huge range. 2 almost 3 MAYBE can handle it. Just turned 2 is basically still a baby.
 
The cancellation email people are getting... it doesn't include a link to re-book or anything, right? So whether you DID or DID NOT get the email, you really have nothing that others don't yet have, except acknowledgment by Disney, that you are being cancelled? And a note that says you'll somehow be given priority over those that don't have current reservations?
Still no info on HOW and WHEN you will be able to re-book, right?

Is my understamding correct?

We have July 5-11 trip scheduled (Original QS Free Dining promo, upgraded to DDP with FP+ and ADRs made), and I have yet to see an email. I keep checking my email and the website to see if anything allows me to re-book.
As far as I know you are correct. I am one who canceled my trip earlier this week but still got an email. But yes, it doesn't have a link or anything. I also had another trip or reservation earlier (I forget exactly now, it's all a blur), but I also received the offer to rebook with free dining even though I wasn't entitled. However, I was unable to actually book that too. So I wouldn't fret either way about getting an email or not.
 
I appreciate that I am not the only one who seems to have not slept more than a few hours before hopping right back in.

In all fairness if it was up to me, not my adorable little alarm clock (he’s lucky he’s cute), I would still be sleeping. 😂
 
With DVC and FW being the first resorts to open--places where guests can prepare their own food, store groceries, etc., I'd be a little concerned about restaurants being closed or take-out only for a while. Crazy. But if they have to get the DVC's open ASAP, are not opening the daily resorts at the same time AND canceling all ADR's--I am sad to say it is also plausible.
If i was staying DVC at CR and i could get cali grill delivered to my room for same cost as to eat there.... omfg sign me up EVERY. NIGHT.
 
It's so hard to keep up with all this, so I need a few points clarified about what's being discussed. The thread is about 50 pages longer than when I checked it last night.

-I have a DVC stay booked with points on July 17. Is the current thought that reservation will be cancelled and I will have to rebook it in some way based on availability?

-The comment about APs being frozen - does that mean the expectation is that even though I have an active AP for that trip that I had previously used to book FPs, it won't be valid and I would have to buy multi-day tickets if I wind up getting a park reservation and going?
Your DVC reservation is safe. No changes.

APs will be extended when parks reopen (that's what the cast member who I called last night said). Annual passes will be valid for trips.
 
Just caught up on the thread, and honestly, I've been cheerleading for Disney throughout the whole process, but honestly feeling sick to my stomach right now. If all of my ADRs, DDP, and FPs were cancelled, that would definitely be my tipping point. Masks? Cool. Reduced hours. Totally understandable. While that would also be understandable, having to start all over would just be kind of a disaster.

Hopefully this isn't official, but I have a bad feeling it's going to be.
Though we cancelled our trip, I'd be royally steamed if I saw my ADRs cancelled without any kind of notice. More happy that we cancelled after reading about that!
 
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