Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[DGsAtBLT]

Rebooking info..
At Walt Disney World Resort, guests wishing to make new reservations can save up to 25% on rooms at select Disney Resort hotels for stays most nights through August 31, 2020, when they book through August 31, 2020.
This is a room-only discount which is available to the general public, and not only those affected by trip cancellations or park closures.

I think I missed who is this info directed at? Just people in general who want to cancel vacations past June 1?

 

[AtlantaDisneyDreamer]

Based on what is supposed to be in this statement looks like the free dining offer is over and they are offering 25% off select resorts through end of August instead.

That doesn't give a lot of time to use the offer but the select resorts is interesting too. That may indicate what we have speculated in terms of only some resorts being open. Be interesting to know what the select resorts for the 25% offer are.

That 25% off offer has been out for months. It is their typical summer offer.

 

[gottalovepluto]

The entirety of June is available for most DVC resorts. Yes. they're a little laggy, but it's all there & bookable.

Just wait

 

[Krandor]

I think I missed who is this info directed at? Just people in general who want to cancel vacations past June 1?

Anybody who books a resort room for July or August can get the discount (subject to terms and conditions). So they likely think they'll be open by July 1st then To give such a small window for the offer.

EDIT; normal offer and nothing specific to the current situation so tells us nothing.

 

[Krandor]

That 25% off offer has been out for months. It is their typical summer offer.

Didn't know that. Good to know. Just saw it in the announcement. Seemed like a short window (basically 2 months) so that makes a lot more sense.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Anybody who books a resort room for July or August can get the discount (subject to terms and conditions). So they likely think they'll be open by July 1st then To give such a small window for the offer.

Silly question, wasn’t this already an existing offer?

ETA: never mind lol

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Mayor Demmings on CNN now.. just asked about WDW reopening
Is mentioning DS - phased re opening

Says he “thinks” Resorts will be next also phased

Theme parks last - phased opening..

In other words - nothing new

 

[joelanza5]

Well it has been two weeks since Georgia opened and the cases still remain flat and has dramatically decreased in relation to number of positive tests. That will be a good indicator for Disney to be able to move forward and open sooner

This will probably get flagged for being off-topic. But according to COVID tracking project numbers for Georgia, you're right that cases have remained flat-ish. But in that 14 day period there were 9,411 new positives (from April 25 to today) out of 108K new tests administered. Slightly less than 10%. And that's just Georgia.
If Disney were my business (which it's not), I'd have to see more data. I would think they would want to see even flatter numbers before opening back up.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

I think I missed who is this info directed at? Just people in general who want to cancel vacations past June 1?

Everyone booking.. regular summer discount

 

[JayhawkCruiser]

I mean even if it's true you can't book June anymore, it doesn't technically mean they wouldn't open in June. Maybe they just want to limit more people from booking June due to capacity?

this was my first thought as well.

 

[mshanson3121]

Not sure if this has been shared or not... No more June reservations.

https://allears.net/2020/05/08/news...ccepting-reservations-for-july-1st-and-later/

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Me thinking out loud, I have to assume that resort bookings vary from day to day, in different parts of a month, etc. Also that they are fluid even at the best of times. To flat out stop taking reservations for a full month all at once seems like an odd choice if it was simply due to hitting their desired on site capacity.

Unless maybe they are already over where they want to be for entire month. I don’t know. Odd choice if it isn’t a step towards a closure past June 1, IMO.

 

[joelle89]

I also just saw that Efteling in The Netherlands is opening as well on May 18th. They are also doing date based tickets, masks & no indoor theatres/shows. I think looking to these parks will help to show us if these measures will increase virus spread or be neutral. They could inform Disney if they are okay to open as well as to ease peoples fears of increased spread if they go to a theme park.

The Efteling is indeed reopening. On May 18th & 19th they will hold trials with select AP holders. On May 20th they will reopen to the general public at 30% capacity. The goverment allows them to reopen at 50% capacity, but they chose not too. Tickets will be date based & AP holders need to make an online reservation in order to get in. No masks required for park guests. Since the Dutch government doesn’t allow restaurants to open before June first, no table service meals at first. Counter service take out only.

Hope they’ll set an example & Disney Parks will soon follow.

 

[AtlantaDisneyDreamer]

I mean even if it's true you can't book June anymore, it doesn't technically mean they wouldn't open in June. Maybe they just want to limit more people from booking June due to capacity?

I applaud your optimism. I would be right there with you. But I have seen too much to lay much hope here.

I also have a mid-June trip and am hoping and hoping that they will open, but it is not looking good- especially if they are opening in phases and DS doesn't even start to open until 5-20, then they will have to phase in resorts and phase in parks. There were many, many resort rooms available in June just a few days ago. If they do open in June and they think they are already at capacity, it will be very, very limited capacity.

I already had a first-week-of-July backup, but after this closing June reservations news came out, I just made a late July third-backup-trip. It is my last and final hope for the summer. I have to go back to work after that.

It may end up being a summer beach trip for us. Or one of the other theme parks that opens.

 

[Alana20]

Didn't get Survey, but here is my 2 cents:
For me it all comes down to their safety measures and then PRICE.

How committed am I to my current plans? Considering my plans are mid-June and I have no idea when they will be open, or if they will be open. I am committed UNTIL I know that.

What would make me considering keeping my vacation?
I am going to want a HUGE discount or incentives (current or future) to NOT cancel a full-priced vacation this summer if they are running with 'reduced experiences' and things are just going to be running "abnormally" due to all the extra safety precautions. Simple as that for me. I don't want to be paying full price and not be able to M&G characters, go on certain/rides shows, etc. Throw me a guaranteed boarding pass to Rise of the Resistance .. and that would go a LONG way.


If I feel they are taking enough safety measures WITHOUT disrupting the overall experience and give me some sort of incentive to go sooner than later, I'll go, otherwise I am happy to rebook for fall/winter (some date that is near 180 days out) and just "wait and see"

I completely agree. I did receive the survey (have a July reservation) and although it asked some interesting questions about limited experiences, it did not tie it to price in any way. I think a lot of people feel the way you do about this aspect of the reopening.

 

[andyman8]

Don’t underestimate the timing of this memo/announcement (Friday after 5pm).

Also a few other small updates: Discover Disney tickets (which originally were valid through late June and then extended through late July) are now valid through late September BUT are no longer available for purchase. It also appears that the vacation package change fee waiving (which was effective for arrivals through June 30) has now been extended through the end of August.

Yes, it’s possible they’ll still reopen some of the resorts during June (and potentially need to move people around), but (and I say this as someone who was pretty convinced that some sort of Park June reopening was likely) I’m not sure they’re reopening in June, certainly not June 1/early June.

 

[LSUmiss]

I mean even if it's true you can't book June anymore, it doesn't technically mean they wouldn't open in June. Maybe they just want to limit more people from booking June due to capacity?

That’s what I was thinking. That everything is stopped until they figure it out.
Also, the timing coincides with the day that Shanghai Disney sold out in one day. Maybe they realize that there will be demand & they need to start weeding some ppl out.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Question about the survey Disney sent out.. Did anyone with a June reservation get a survey? I’m seeing allot of July guests and a few August - just curious.

 

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

They better extend this 25 percent off to the end of the year...

 

[Krandor]

Question about the survey Disney sent out.. Did anyone with a June reservation get a survey? I’m seeing allot of July guests and a few August - just curious.

June people got the survey.