Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[chicagoshannon]

Right....so where I was going with this is.....what's to stop people from getting 7 park reservation days, even if they may only need 4, just to cover themselves just in case?

And, won't this create even more of a logjam to try to get those park reservations if people are taking more reservations that they need?

If you want to spend the money on a 7 day ticket but then only go 4 days that's your choice. I don't think there will be any sort of punishment for not showing up to the park for your reserved day. I plan on booking all 9 days of our trip. Will we go every day, hopefully for at least a bit, but I can't guarantee my kids won't want a whole day by the pool!

 

[Krandor]

If Disney would just work a little bit harder at finding a successful vaccine they wouldn’t have to worry about all of this, and we could focus our efforts on tracking boarding groups per hour again.

That was supposed to be our good news.

disbey just needs to finally finish their weather control machine so they can build the virus protection field machine And complete the Disney bubble.

 

[mmackeymouse]

I mean if somebody wants to spend the money more park tickets then they really need nothing can be done to stop that. Have a ticket can get a reservation But for 7 reservations you’ll need 7 tickets.

I guess I was just looking at it similar to ADRs. Part of the reason ADRs are so hard to get is people hoard the ADRs, get more reservations than they need, and then they figure it out and cancel once they make an ultimate decision.

If park reservations follows the same way, I could see park reservations becoming very difficult to come by, because people will hoard all the days.

I’m thinking it will be just like the FastPass system. If there is availability, you can log in to the app and switch your reservation before entering the park. If they’re full, you’ll be out of luck. Another consideration is weather...

Great point.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I think it woukd make sense to have some of the 15 minute tests onsite.

Concur. Especially with an operation as big as Universal runs.

 

[Krandor]

I guess I was just looking at it similar to ADRs. Part of the reason ADRs are so hard to get is people hoard the ADRs, get more reservations than they need, and then they figure it out and cancel once they make an ultimate decision.

If park reservations follows the same way, I could see park reservations becoming very difficult to come by, because people will hoard all the days.

it’s possible but I’d look at them more like fast passes then adr.

 

[evino526]

it’s possible but I’d look at them more like fast passes then adr.

I say a mix. FP+ in a sense that you’re limited to the number you get and are tied to having park tickets. ADR in a sense that there’s a penalty if you don’t show.

 

[Violetspider]

It will be whatever ticket you buy. If you have a 7 day stay but only buy a 4 day tickets you get to go 4 days. We're there for 8 nights and have AP's so should be able to book 9 days since we're on property.

Yes! I stepped away and you answered exactly as I would have. Many DVC are AP as well. We want the ability to go to the parks everyday, multiple parks. Not being able to walk over to MK or take the Monorail over to Epcot at anytime we want is going to be very difficult to get used to, if those are not the park reservations we have for that day. I sure hope the park reservation thing is simply a result of the times we are in and not the new normal. Park hopping when staying at BLT is our normal.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I guess I was just looking at it similar to ADRs. Part of the reason ADRs are so hard to get is people hoard the ADRs, get more reservations than they need, and then they figure it out and cancel once they make an ultimate decision.

If park reservations follows the same way, I could see park reservations becoming very difficult to come by, because people will hoard all the days.






Great point.

Days can’t really be hoarded, as from what we know you’ll only be able to book one park per day and that ability is tied to having valid tickets.

It would make sense that people can reserve up to the number of days on their ticket, some limit for AP’s (we have heard 3), or length of stay for APs with a reservation. ADRs don’t have that kind of limitation. Even FP had less limitation than that.

 

[Krandor]

I say a mix. FP+ in a sense that you’re limited to the number you get. ADR in a sense that there’s a penalty if you don’t show.

Fair point. I know six flags has language in their documents saying they can penlize people (mainly pass holders and members) by limiting their ability to get reservation slots in the future. Obviously disney may do things different but six flags right now is the only theme park reservation system up and running so is good to look at for an idea of what disney might look like.

 

[chicagoshannon]

Yes! I stepped away and you answered exactly as I would have. Many DVC are AP as well. We want the ability to go to the parks everyday, multiple parks. Not being able to walk over to MK or take the Monorail over to Epcot at anytime we want is going to be very difficult to get used to, if those are not the park reservations we have for that day. I sure hope the park reservation thing is simply a result of the times we are in and not the new normal. Park hopping when staying at BLT is our normal.

yeah we're at BCV and were planning on going to Epcot every day in the evening. So sad!

 

[Krandor]

Yes! I stepped away and you answered exactly as I would have. Many DVC are AP as well. We want the ability to go to the parks everyday, multiple parks. Not being able to walk over to MK or take the Monorail over to Epcot at anytime we want is going to be very difficult to get used to, if those are not the park reservations we have for that day. I sure hope the park reservation thing is simply a result of the times we are in and not the new normal. Park hopping when staying at BLT is our normal.

I'm sure reservations will go away at some point when they are not trying to control capacity so much. I think we'll see a few phases. Initially (due to demand low supply) they will be tough to get then as capacity increases they will become easier and easier to get to the point where isn't an issue at all and the finally they'll be dropped and hopping comes back.

A lot though will just depend on how covid does, how numbers look, are there spikes, and how work on vaccine is progressing how quickly we are able to move through those phases.

 

[Taylor'sMom]

Sorry if I missed it... I know we don't KNOW, but do we think you'll be able to make your reservations for your whole vacation duration when your "window" opens, or is it more likely to be a rolling clock (ie. For a 7 day vacation, you'd have to go in for 7 days ina. row and try to get a reservation)

 

[mshanson3121]

I thought the original post was saying no busses, which just hasn't been addressed. Sorry, it wasn't specifically addressed toward you. It was more just a general comment that came to mind with my response.

Oh okay. Sorry, I wasn't sure if you meant the busses, or were referring to the reservation system.

 

[anthony2k7]

Also FT will start getting calls as soon as tomorrow. Union FT/PT CM can be recalled as late as 5 days before scheduled

So over a month before parks open and at least 3 weeks before apparent earliest resort opening? Sounds like a fair amount of training and prep work for them to do then. Makes sense to me.

 

[evino526]

yeah we're at BCV and were planning on going to Epcot every day in the evening. So sad!

I’m in the same boat. I’d like to see something where your reservation gets you admission to the park, but doesn’t mean you can come and go as you please. That way it could open up general availability day of as people leave throughout the day.

 

[Violetspider]

Sorey if I missed it... I know we don't KNOW, but do we think you'll be able to make your reservations for your whole vacation duration when your "window" opens, or is it more likely to be a rolling clock (ie. For a 7 day vacation, you'd have to go in for 7 days ina. row and try to get a reservation)

I personally think it will be length of stay, maybe with a cap at 14 days. It would be too much of a disincentive to stay onsite if you could not reserver park days for the length of your stay. I don't think Disney wants to lose business. Maybe they need to get the numbers down for the first 30 days or so, but I wouldn't think so after that.

 

[evino526]

Sorey if I missed it... I know we don't KNOW, but do we think you'll be able to make your reservations for your whole vacation duration when your "window" opens, or is it more likely to be a rolling clock (ie. For a 7 day vacation, you'd have to go in for 7 days ina. row and try to get a reservation)

I would think so unless they changed how dining worked too.

 

[rpb718]

yeah we're at BCV and were planning on going to Epcot every day in the evening. So sad!

Makes me wonder if the monorail will be running from MK to EPCOT and vice-versa if the "one park one day" is in effect.

 

[Krandor]

So over a month before parks open and at least 3 weeks before apparent earliest resort opening? Sounds like a fair amount of training and prep work for them to do then. Makes sense to me.

I'm sure it won't be everybody at first but there is a lot of prep work to do to get everything setup for social distancing. I doubt it has all been done yet even with the inspection by the county. I expect they did up a few areas (like a model house) to show what their plans to do accross the whole parks are. With things like getting rid of FPs, queues are going to need to be reconfigured to use all that space, food has to start being ordered, and so forth.

probabaly a limited crew to start with to start working on those preparations and then more and more the closer things get.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Makes me wonder if the monorail will be running from MK to EPCOT and vice-versa if the "one park one day" is in effect.

It would have to be unless they’re busing people from monorail resorts.