Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Searc]

I got an email about changes to my upcoming vacation. I don't have anything booked or tickets in MDE.

 

[Nightmarefandom]

Has anyone with valid tickets and hotel stay NOT gotten an email yet? I know this particular email doesn't mean much, but it makes me nervous that if we don't receive this one, we won't receive more important emails down the line????

I haven't recieved one yet July 13-20

 

[RamblingMad]

Everything Disney is doing is a knee jerk reaction, no planning, no foresight. Universal caught them with their pants down and it shows.

And since UO is a different experience, there is only so much they can copy and paste.

I look forward to seeing videos on UO when it reopens. I’m also curious how WDW is going to work especially getting in and out of MK.

 

[Eric Smith]

And I love how the Disney Vloggers keep thinking it "is for the safety"...Disney obviously does not care about safety if they are focusing on a "new system" instead of implementing more safety standards.

How do you figure that? If Disney didn't care about safety, then they would be opening alongside Universal. Disney is a much different beast than Universal. Universal doesn't have dining plans, pre-booked fast passes, their own hotels, transportation between the parks and hotels, significant table service dining in their parks.....the list goes on.

 

[sullivan.kscott]

The DDP cancellations to me says we are not confident in our ability to provide guests with the value they want for the DDP, and we don’t want to deal with a bunch of angry people who have paid DDP prices for a quick service and a heavily modified table service when what they really wanted was to use their credit for was an expensive character meal.

Yeah there will be food and restaurants. Who knows what access and selection really looks like.

I'd have gladly kept my free dining time at CR and been a guinea pig for Disney. I'd have used TS credits for chicken nuggets and bags of Veggie Chips for the chance to enjoy SOME semblance of a WDW vacation. In fact, we were going to rent a car for the first time, just to avoid buses and monorails. We are keeping our UOR time in early August (extended it, actually), knowing full well that everything won't be the same. Our family is probably in the minority, and I get that. But, now, we wait until things appear closer to what we've come to expect. Major changes are no doubt coming; I just hope against hope that they bring back entertainment, parades, and M&G's when appropriate.

I will say, I hope that the shorter ADR window sticks after all the dust, masks, and droplets settle. Because there is nothing more frustrating than knowing people are holding on to reservations they'll never show for, even pay $10 cancellation fees for forgetting. I really hope that once back to capacity PPO breakfasts and Liberty Tree Thanksgiving week dinners are easier to come by. Honestly, ADRs should probably be linked to valid theme park admission in MDE just to get them.

 

[Jroceagles]

I got an email about changes to my upcoming vacation. I don't have anything booked or tickets in MDE.

my take is it went out to anyone that has an active MDE sign in. or at least those that have been active on it over the last 18 months. Mine came 12 hours after most

 

[xuxa777]

It is going to be fascinating come July to see where they are in relation to the rest of the country and other parks and entertainment venues. With Disney being so large and not being able to react quickly is going to create some interesting situations and possibly hurt them. With trends and data continuing like they are and learning much more everyday about the risks.

It is looking like most everything will be close to back to normal (in phase 3 or 4 or higher) by then in a majority of states. Texas is already allowing fans in stadiums for outdoor pro sports at 25% starting next week and by July that will be much higher and many more states.

Disney being conservative probably did cause them to be caught off guard once things started showing improvement. The plans we are see announced now were be devised over a month ago when we didn’t know that much as we do now. That is when there were a significant amount of people thinking the parks would not open till next year. The plans made sense then, but in a month and a half it will look quaint.

Disney will have to change and relax the procedures outlined because they won’t get many to come to the parks when there are many other options with no restrictions. the good part relaxing and adding back things like fireworks, parades can be done overnight. With the communication lacking and now cancelling everything and setting up a new IT system, thinks are not looking great in Disney from a customers perspective.

ETA even among the disney fans here, already we are seeing numerous cancellations, going to other parks this summer etc. The general public is going to be even worse in choosing not to spend their vacation at Disney.

 

[vinotinto]

Has anyone with valid tickets and hotel stay NOT gotten an email yet? I know this particular email doesn't mean much, but it makes me nervous that if we don't receive this one, we won't receive more important emails down the line????

I haven't gotten anything yet.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

Disney IT isn't exactly known for consistency or flawless rollouts, so I expect these emails to keep trickling in for awhile.

 

[RamblingMad]

How do you figure that? If Disney didn't care about safety, then they would be opening alongside Universal. Disney is a much different beast than Universal. Universal doesn't have dining plans, pre-booked fast passes, their own hotels, transportation between the parks and hotels, significant table service dining in their parks.....the list goes on.

They have boats from their hotels to City Walk. UO is more like DLR.

 

[BrianR]

My 8 year old just said "Well if there's nothing to eat, and no rides to go on, then why take the trip?" after our ADR/FP got cancelled. Granted she's been asking every 2 hours if we're going for the last 2+ months. It's one thing if I have information to have a discussion with them, but this limbo garbage really stinks. And I would think this would be x10 for any poor TA caught in the middle. I hope they have a wine slushie Friday for the foreseeable future, because they'll need it.

 

[CogsworthTN]

Has anyone with valid tickets and hotel stay NOT gotten an email yet? I know this particular email doesn't mean much, but it makes me nervous that if we don't receive this one, we won't receive more important emails down the line????

Not a word yet.

 

[JPM4]

Has anyone with valid tickets and hotel stay NOT gotten an email yet? I know this particular email doesn't mean much, but it makes me nervous that if we don't receive this one, we won't receive more important emails down the line????

We have August 7-10 and November 8-14 and have not received email yet

 

[DanSG]

Disney IT isn't exactly known for consistency or flawless rollouts, so I expect these emails to keep trickling in for awhile.

Imagine if they broke their systems and can't get the emails to stop... I am about to block the email

 

[Lord Fantasius]

Has anyone with valid tickets and hotel stay NOT gotten an email yet? I know this particular email doesn't mean much, but it makes me nervous that if we don't receive this one, we won't receive more important emails down the line????

Have reservations for 7/07-7/11 ASMu with Free DDP (from January promotion upgraded to regular DDP)...absolutely NOTHING yet in terms of emails, texts, smoke signals, etc.!
Maybe they don't care about us in the lower rung?

 

[TDSAXX]

All employers start at an initial rate, but based on usage of the fund, the state can change their rate after their initial year...

IE - Since Universal got through this laying off no one, expect their rate to go down next year, if it wasn't already the min...since Disney was the reverse, expect theirs to rise...how much it rises will be based on how long they suck money from the fund...https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/taxesfees/Pages/rt_rate.aspx

PS - With the mid july start, they could have 3qtrs of fund usage (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, and Jul-Sept, thus the likely tax change hit)...although they technically kept all on payroll til mid-Apr, so that would be 2 qtrs, but the gov could be feeling he's getting used, so...https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/taxesfees/Pages/rt_rate.aspx

Not sure about Florida; but in PA since it was a government mandated shutdown any COVID-19 related layoffs will not count against a company’s rate.

 

[bellanotte10]

Haven’t received an email yet. We’re nov 5-10 room only. We were just going to buy tickets this week and now I’m worried we won’t be able to, or will be put behind the 8 ball of people who already had them. We made ADRs though. I do have 4 one day park hoppers I haven’t attached to MDE yet... I wonder what would happen if I tried to do it now.....

 

[skeeter31]

It is going to be fascinating come July to see where they are in relation to the rest of the country and other parks and entertainment venues. With Disney being so large and not being able to react quickly is going to create some interesting situations and possibly hurt them. With trends and data continuing like they are and learning much more everyday about the risks.

It is looking like most everything will be close to back to normal (in phase 3 or 4 or higher) by then in a majority of states. Texas is already allowing fans in stadiums for outdoor pro sports at 25% starting next week and by July that will be much higher and many more states.

Disney being conservative probably did cause them to be caught off guard once things started showing improvement. The plans we are see announced now were be devised over a month ago when we didn’t know that much as we do now. That is when there were a significant amount of people thinking the parks would not open till next year. The plans made sense then, but in a month and a half it will look quaint.

Disney will have to change and relax the procedures outlined because they won’t get many to come to the parks when there are many other options with no restrictions. the good part relaxing and adding back things like fireworks, parades can be done overnight. With the communication lacking and now cancelling everything and setting up a new IT system, thinks are not looking great in Disney from a customers perspective.

I think Disney is also going this route on the chance this flares back up in the fall, they may be able to remain open since they’ll already have these restrictions in place, while UO and all the lesser theme parks will have to close again. With the major restrictions Disney is instituting, they’re not going to just cancel them overnight. These are here to stay for quite a while and I really think they’re looking down the road to the second wave.

 

[Carolnole]

I have a PIF trip June21-25 with free dining (recovery from late March trip). Wonder if I am counted in the same group with existing reservations for July 11 onward? Do I get to go the front of the line to rebook with the 35% discount (no email yet). Incidentally, I booked another trip Thanksgiving week (not PIF) in case restrictions were just too much in June. Can I just move everything to that trip and get the discount?

 

[vinotinto]

Also, for anyone booked with Free Dining, I created a thread/poll to keep track of emails/offers, etc.:
https://www.disboards.com/threads/a...-been-contacted-and-what-offer-given.3803098/
(I don't always get emails, so hopefully having that thread will help us find out about offers, instead of getting buried in this massive thread).