Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[chasgoose]

WDW Couple is on RoTR right now, and it already looks a lot better than that tweet showed (parts of the pre-show were modified

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it appears they entered the Star Destroyer from the same door they entered

. Looks like Disney is adapting pretty quickly and has found a better way to slow down the flow of people into the parts of the ride where social distancing is harder (and they are doing a great job in the part right before you enter the main "ride vehicle", and the CMs are enforcing social distancing in character a little too). Also they said that Disney is shutting down access to queues if the lines hit a certain point (this is why MDE has been showing RoTR and MMRR as "closed" for various parts of the day). For both of them once they hit 60 minute waits, they start shutting things down.

ETA the CMs ordered riders to sanitize their hands before entering the last pre-show room before the actual ride, that's pretty fun.

And it broke down... which is still really interesting honestly.

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At least it broke down in the AT-AT room. There could be worse places to have extra time to look around.

 

[rteetz]

And it broke down... which is still really interesting honestly.

Still one of the most technologically advanced attractions and they didn’t work on it during the closure.

 

[rteetz]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...udio-component-switched-off-for-reopening.htm

 

[cgattis]

I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with the mask pricing by Disney. I’m seeing MANY in the $10-15 range elsewhere, but they’ve chosen $6, or 4 for $20 (same as the pre-orders). Gotta give them a thumbs-up here.

 

[MusicalAstronaut]

At backlot Express rn. Empty in here, same procedure, you mobile order outside and when food is ready you can go in
Only problem spot was rotr, today you can see why this ride is not ready for standby, people also crowding at the entrance, once people got in the queue they seemed to adhere to the markers
Im waiting to do rise on Wednesday
Walked on mmrr, sdd as2 and mfsr

I watched some of your live stream and heard you ask a CM about rise, but didn't quite hear the answer. You can ride Rise once per day, and is it whenever you want because it's standby? So you just scan & go in and that's how they make sure you only do it one time?

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282720968117563394

 

[HokieRaven5]

I watched some of your live stream and heard you ask a CM about rise, but didn't quite hear the answer. You can ride Rise once per day, and is it whenever you want because it's standby? So you just scan & go in and that's how they make sure you only do it one time?

For the CM preview CMs seem to be given a digital access card to ride it once with their admission, on Wednesday it will be virtual queues.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282722391471394817

 

[WonderlandisReality]

Any rumors about Ratatouille yet?

 

[rteetz]

Any rumors about Ratatouille yet?

Fall at the earliest. Discussion in other threads/places.

 

[CastAStone]

One of the toughest parts of having to postpone our May 2020 trip is many more months of trying to avoid RotR spoilers.

Bloggers aren't making it easy either. Videos from DFB, AllEars, and others frequently include long, spoiler-y clips of RotR with no spoiler warnings.

Yeah. It's been open so long that it's easy to forget that it's only been open for about 100 days.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282724153888583681

 

[JacknSally]

Princess cavalcade in World Showcase! Sorry for the terrible screenshots.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282724718420918276

 

[chicagoshannon]

Horses pulling princesses in a trolley in Epcot. I think this might be the first time we've seen horses in Epcot.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282725831845056516

 

[JacknSally]

And Goody leading a M&M cavalcade! It’s no double decker bus but still a cute experience!

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282726726943084544

 

[MegaraWink]

Omg, Elsa & Anna roaming Epcot, that's so exciting! I cant wait!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

At backlot Express rn. Empty in here, same procedure, you mobile order outside and when food is ready you can go in
Only problem spot was rotr, today you can see why this ride is not ready for standby, people also crowding at the entrance, once people got in the queue they seemed to adhere to the markers
Im waiting to do rise on Wednesday
Walked on mmrr, sdd as2 and mfsr

Since they are limiting to one ride per guest, I wonder if best to hand out an arrival window for people as they get to the park so you don't have all that crowding to start the day. Baring the ride going down for a significant amount of time everyone that wants to should be able to get on given low park capacity