Question: which do you think is a bigger concern, potential covid lawsuits or the really bad optics/pr/impact to attendance that would come with any perception of WDW contributing to an outbreak? As has been pointed out, would be really hard to prove you got it at Disney. I think they have a legal obligation to protect their workers, hence the contract with the union laying out mask requirements etc. At the same time they have been pretty explicit in saying if you come here you are assuming the risks associated with covid. Any lawyers in the crowd, is that warning enough to protect them?
Just out of curiosity, I see a lot of people talking about reservations into next year. What is the incentive of scheduling a year in advance? There aren't discounts and offers extended out that far, are there?
I wouldn't see why not. Not everyone uses the magical express or flies into Mco. I use Lyft a lot when I'm staying on property mainly because I'm not a fan of Disney transportation.
Not out of the realm of possibility if they need to get capacity lower than it is now. Our trip is the first week in August, staying at POR, and it’s possible that they say "sorry but POR will be closed during that time and all relevant resort reservations will be refunded." But I remain confident they would have done that BEFORE offering the 35% discount to so many people.
We go a few times a year and usually book a month or two in advance and come from MA. I NEVER book this far in advance but our trip for june was cancelled sadly. So, we are booking in February for my 30th birthday and I want to make sure we can actually book the dates we want. Who knows what February will bring, if there will still be restrictions etc. but I know a lot of people are re-booking to next year. Otherwise like I said we book 30-60 days in advance. No incentive, but I know many people that secure their resort and room choice and then can apply promos when they come out if they are valid for their stay!
They are bringing more problems onto themselves because they are giving out little bits of information here and there. Without a full picture of what a guest can expect, it seems many people are holding out on cancelling their reservations because not one of us really knows what to expect from a visit. I know I am. I want to know:
Good question, but I'm not sure they have a bigger concern, think they're pretty much hand-in-hand at the moment. "Proving" you got it at Disney may be hard to do, but that won't stop the lawsuits from being filed and costing Disney millions of dollars to defend against. I completely agree with protecting the workers, and in this case I'm glad there are unions that can provide one or two fronts for Disney corporate to deal with in lieu of thousands of individual workers, but unions also have an eye for looking out for themselves and their pocketbook so not everything they do is for altruistic reasons; most unions would not blink an eye if they could bankrupt management...until they realize that means no more union dues coming in. No, not particularly anti- or pro-union myself as I have worked while in a union and without a union in some of my positions, and know both have their positives and negatives.
I think the rumor was that you could use the 35% off for a future trip but it looks like they're just automatically issuing that discount if your free DP was deleted. Nothing about future trips yet.
I have a feeling Disney won't cancel existing reservations for when the resorts are open. Opening and running the resorts cost a chunk of money that Disney won't want to be without. They don't want to run them on too much of a loss. If they have to keep the resorts open for DVC members then it does not cost much more to open it up for others as well. This, I believe is why moving evereyone to the DVC resorts makes sense. I really could be wrong but I just don't think the weeks before opening are gonig to be that busy. The only folks there are die hard Disney Fans that want to get away, DVC owners that have to use or loose points and/or people that have to take mandatory time off in that time period and say "Ok, what the heck lets just go hang out at Disney". (We happen to fall into the latter category).
This is an excellent point. People choose resorts for very specific reasons, and some of those reasons have nothing to do with cost. Proximity to parks, dining options, transportation options, bed configurations, overall feel/vibe of the resort, etc. Whether it's a move within category or an "upgrade" there are some people who won't be happy with the move regardless. So I do hope that Disney makes the resort decisions sooner rather than later and gives people enough time to cancel if they choose.
Do you get refunded for diner reservations or did your card get refunded for a purchase of a Disney dining plan?
