WDW COVID-19 Operational Changes- Reservation System-Rope Drop Procedures

[GADisneyDad14]

I could see EPCOT being 11am-9pm. Each park has a staggered opening time, allows them to probably limit some of their transportation as well logistically.

Nailed it.

 

[Lumpy1106]

Huh - I have a 7:25 CRT reservation - looks like I am out of luck? Not thrilled with that - gotta eat somewhere.

 

[Llama mama]

Shanghai has timed entry, so along with your reservation to the park they give you a time, so not everyone shows up at the same time

What if you have a pre park opening ADR and fastpasses booked at your reservation park. Wonder if they will cancel all pre park opening ADR? Also, if you can’t snag a park reservation on those days , fastpasses will get mightily crazy.

 

[osufeth24]

Nailed it.

Yup looks like all open for 10hrs with each park opening one hour later than the other. And closing 1 hr after the other

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Caveat that they might not be done yet and it could change of course, but at least with the exception of no EMHs at DAK in July, the pattern/schedule of EMHs is still in tact on the park calendar.

If it holds, that's good news for the on-site or otherwise eligible folks. Although I probably just jinxed it.

 

[ToyStoryManiaMouse]

Canceling the shows saves them money, and allows them to help justify the early closing of parks, which saves them more money. If the early park closures were for allowing enough time to adequately clean off the attractions, they would not be open continuously throughout the day.

I don't see why the parks can't be open until like 9, at least. As mentioned, the 7pm closure would make it so everyone leaves at that time...just like party nights in the Fall and Holidays. Closer to normal hrs would help spread out traffic.

Parks are probably closing early for time for cleaning. Imagine having to wipe EVERY surface in a city each night. They also need light for some of this.

 

[ToyStoryManiaMouse]

I'm FUMING right now. I'm paid in full for my trip, which would have started July 9th. Well, I obviously want to reschedule this to December. I can't do that! I can't even get my money back right now. What gives? What kind of BS is Disney trying to pull here?

A million people just called all at once. Literally a million probably. They aren't trying to pull anything. Just trying to deal with a million cancellations and moving days all in one day.

 

[GPC0321]

Water parks will not be part of the reopening

I don't blame them. They're going to let Universal and SeaWorld literally "test the waters" first to see how all of this goes. Learn from their mistakes.

 

[TFM1980]

Man, I'm usually not a Disney apologist, but the people upset here about Disney's lack of details and slow roll out are missing the point that this plan hasn't even been approved by the Florida Governor yet. They can share a plan, but can't really begin to implement most of it until the government provides its approval as well. They are walking a fine line between "share as much info as you can" and "leave wiggle room in case the government provides additional conditions or requirements."

 

[dawnball]

They are walking a fine line between "share as much info as you can" and "leave wiggle room in case the government provides additional conditions or requirements."

They're in Florida. Sunshine laws means that this is a rubber stamp.

However, stuff does take time. We're sitting here watching hours propagate as fast as the back end can work. Hours have to be loaded into the fastpass system, and the ADR system. We're going to see reservations cancelled, or impacted emails go out. We're going to see fastpasses rebooked. There's a lot of preliminary/setup work that has to be done. If they push the systems too far, you'll get queuing issues and the whole thing will grind to a halt.

There's also a LONG time between now and July 11th. 45 days is a lot of uncertainty. What did any of us think May 27th was going to look like 45 days ago? That was April 12th. I'm sure we could dig through the archives, but lets just observe that on April 12, NYC schools had just decided to close for the rest of the year.

 

[peaceluv&mickeymouse]

Kind of crazy how much more conservative Disney is being vs other parks

I’m not surprised. They are all about people and family.

 

[osufeth24]

I’m not surprised. They are all about people and family.

lol, maybe in the 60s and 70s. That's long gone. It's all business

Are you saying Universal and Sea World aren't?

 

[yulilin3]

I don't blame them. They're going to let Universal and SeaWorld literally "test the waters" first to see how all of this goes. Learn from their mistakes.

CityWalk opened first, I was there and had a great time, DS opened later, didn't learn from Universal at all, this morning was a major disaster on their part. Disney is not opening water parks because they are saving money (I don't blame them for this, it's just fact) I don't see them opening the water parks at all this year, along with COVID, they have hurricane season, then Fall and Winter to give them good excuses.

 

[VeronicaZS]

A 6 hour wait in a virtual queue to get into World of Disney today! Is this an indicator or how the parks will be??? It keeps getting harder and harder to justify a trip in August.

 

[WEDWDW]

Is this enough time to bring back the Cultural Reps for World Showcase-wouldn't be WORLD Showcase without them!

Do you think the College Program be part of the reopen?

 

[Tbella]

That's big since that rules out almost all gaiters

What did I miss? Isn't a gaiter considered a face covering?

 

[osufeth24]

What did I miss? Isn't a gaiter considered a face covering?

In their website it says a face covering that it tied or secured by an ear loop, gaiters don't have either, basically it's just the compression that keeps it up

 

[Anna H]

My husband checked our resort for openings an hour before the task force meeting just for kicks and it was all available. Why wouldn't they block availability if they reached capacity? That seems needlessly shady. We booked our August trip back in April and I'll be a monkey's uncle if we get bumped for this new reservation system.

 

[Anna H]

Water parks will not be part of the reopening

Where did you hear this? I just tried to search it.

 

[yulilin3]

Where did you hear this? I just tried to search it.

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