Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[MusicalAstronaut]

You were given incorrect information. Pop IS open for breakfast, just offering a reduced menu.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en_CA/dining/pop-century-resort/everything-pop-dining/menus/

Phew! Hopefully it’s safe to assume that Capt Cook’s is open, then.

 

[Katrina Y]

Do you have some pictures of people complying? Post some of those with guests 6' apart with masks. Good luck.

Do you just troll this forum in order to try to stir up negativity? This is a Rhetorical question, no need to answer.

 

[Amy11401]

Do you have some pictures of people complying? Post some of those with guests 6' apart with masks. Good luck.

You can also go on YouTube and watch videos that people put up from today. I watched ResortTV1 for most of the day and saw people social distancing the whole time.

 

[HokieRaven5]

So with the SDMT photo yes it's a bad look that those individuals weren't social distancing appropriately, but it appears to me from what I saw all of them were at least wearing appropriate face coverings.

Most likely a case of the ride reopening and the normal rush back to a ride while neglecting the abnormal situation we're in.

 

[everreal15]

Do you have some pictures of people complying? Post some of those with guests 6' apart with masks. Good luck.

Go back and rewatch parts of live streams from today. The vast majority of guests where following guidelines. A few blips on the radar shouldn't define the entire experience for the day.

The line for Splash Mountain was way beyond the ride entrance and people were following social distancing. There are many other examples of this today.

 

[MrsBooch]

Lol me too.

Weird, but I kind of hope this person is serious. But only because I’d love to see the video of Disney and the CMs making an example of someone thinking they’re above the rules. But chances are this was posted from a troll account

What if they ARE serious - and they actually work for DFB and this is all part of some clickbait campaign?!?

 

[Vern60]

Sometimes I think I'd like to be reincarnated as a troll, seems like it'd be pretty easy to get folks riled up these days.
I did watch a good bit of ResortTV1 stream today, (I'm another one with near zero social media presence), which was nice but I have to get used to the absence of crowds

 

[jsbowl16]

Do you have some pictures of people complying? Post some of those with guests 6' apart with masks. Good luck.

You will be at the beach this summer where everyone always social distances 100 percent of the time and everyone always wears masks so why are you even worried about WDW?

 

[disneyfan150]

Made me cry

I haven't watched Dev's video yet, but Yulilin's stream made me cry like a baby! I'd better get the tissues for round #2.

 

[A2DisneyMom]

Looks like a go for Saturday.

In a statement on Tuesday, Disney’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Pamela Hymel, said new requirements from temperature checks, to face coverings and extra sanitation would enable guests to enjoy Disney World “responsibly.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...pening-is-on-track-for-saturday-idUSKBN248301

Good! COVID is going to be with us for a while before a vaccine and we have to find a responsible path between ignorance and lockdown. Here’s hoping WDW (and their guests) can help set that example!

 

[Jothmas]

The quote is from another thread, but I was shocked by that and wondering if it’s news or rumor? There is no check for a Park rez when making an in-park ADR?

It would make sense to let someone get their preferred ADRs first, and then let them get the matching park passes afterward. The ADRs for popular restaurants are more scarce and a person may want to select their park for a given day based on the ADRs they were able to get.

 

[one_cat]

Watching the live streams today it occurs to me there is no way they will be able to gradually increase attendance. Social distancing will require very limited attendance as a constant until social distancing is no longer necessary.

 

[Clockwork]

So are they going to send a bill to out of state ppl?

They send it to whoever the car is registered too, in LA they won’t do anything because they don’t have a policy in place.

 

[MrsBooch]

Watching the live streams today it occurs to me there is no way they will be able to gradually increase attendance. Social distancing will require very limited attendance as a constant until social distancing is no longer necessary.

what makes you say that?

 

[one_cat]

what makes you say that?

Let’s see if I can explain my thought. social distancing is not a continuum. You can’t decide that in September it is 6 feet but in October 4 feet is good enough. And certainly you cannot gradually increase crowds on Main Street and in stores where a certain number of people per 100 square feet is ok in September but more is ok in October. Social distance is binary. Either you do it or you don’t. Does that make sense?

 

[Clockwork]

Let’s see if I can explain my thought. social distancing is not a continuum. You can’t decide that in September it is 6 feet but in October 4 feet is good enough. And certainly you cannot gradually increase crowds on Main Street and in stores where a certain number of people per 100 square feet is ok in September but more is ok in October. Social distance is binary. Either you do it or you don’t. Does that make sense?

Makes sense to me, I don’t think they plan on increasing attendance, if anything they may limit it more. I don’t think they’ll release more tickets or rooms unless they have abysmal attendance.

 

[AmberMV]

DPB new video

And this part at the end threw me for a loop. Not because it was new information, as Disney has said over and over that quarantines are not to be done on Disney property, but because they blatantly say "Reschedule if you are restricted by any quarantine orders"

 

[one_cat]

DPB new video

And this part at the end threw me for a loop. Not because it was new information, as Disney has said over and over that quarantines are not to be done on Disney property, but because they blatantly say "Reschedule if you are restricted by any quarantine orders"
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Certainly not a surprise. That’s our plan if one of us gets sick.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

DPB new video

And this part at the end threw me for a loop. Not because it was new information, as Disney has said over and over that quarantines are not to be done on Disney property, but because they blatantly say "Reschedule if you are restricted by any quarantine orders"
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Too bad they aren’t actually doing anything to enforce it (so far) so people are all over various online groups proudly stating they they’re coming anyways.

 

[MrsBooch]

Let’s see if I can explain my thought. social distancing is not a continuum. You can’t decide that in September it is 6 feet but in October 4 feet is good enough. And certainly you cannot gradually increase crowds on Main Street and in stores where a certain number of people per 100 square feet is ok in September but more is ok in October. Social distance is binary. Either you do it or you don’t. Does that make sense?

ok...while i do understand you - I don't know why today would be a good indication of not being able to increase?

What I was asking is why did TODAY tip you off? Do you think that today's number is about as high as they will go? Because in my opinion- it was pretty empty. I am sure there are people working for Disney who did the exact binary math you're talking about down to the square footage. They already know about how much space a typical guest occupies, and how much time they spend occupying it. They know ride patterns, crowd patterns, and I assure you they already know how high they can go. They will definitely increase attendance capacity, and based off what I saw today - they can fit quite a bit more in and still maintain their spaces.