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I wonder if any of the normally-character dining restaurants will open without characters? I'd kinda love to see spaces like Crystal Palace, but I've never been keen on roaming characters while I eat.
There are CPs scheduled to arrive throughout August. My own opinion is that they won't have CPs until after the first of the year (if then) due to issues with that many young adults living at one place (same situation as college dorms), and they need to get all their FT and PT working before they bring in CPs. CPs are not the majority of staffing. They may be the majority of closing shifts, but they're less than 10% of the Disney work force. There's talk in this thread of multiple hotels not opening, water parks/mini golf not opening, shortened transportation... all of those people can be redeployed into parks and the hotels that are open. I just don't see Disney needing CPs for awhile.By the time MNSSHP starts will CP kids be back? With the loss of CP and international CP, is there not a staffing issue also contributing to lessened hours? And I don’t mean Disney trying to cut labour costs, but physically having enough staff to not require the current CMs to become overworked, do they even have enough right now? They must have to shift people around to cover the holes that college and international usually fills.
From what we're hearing so far, characters will still make appearances at dining venues but will not give hugs or let you stand with them for pictures.I wonder if any of the normally-character dining restaurants will open without characters? I'd kinda love to see spaces like Crystal Palace, but I've never been keen on roaming characters while I eat.
I switched from my work email to personal email last year when my work made us limit personal emails. But Disney still uses both - I get dining stuff on work email and payment/reservation email on personal email. She couldn’t change my sign in info (she said) so it is still my work email. When I went in yesterday to try and change it to my personal email for logging in (hoping it would eliminate emails sent to my work) it says my personal email is already in use! SoJust a reminder - we believe emails are being sent to the email listed on your My Disney Experience account. I often have clients that have 'old' email addresses for the MDE vs what they use normally. So, if you haven't gotten your letter yet, check and see if you have a different MDE email address.
Last thing Disney wants is people to judge Character Dining on its merits.I wonder if any of the normally-character dining restaurants will open without characters? I'd kinda love to see spaces like Crystal Palace, but I've never been keen on roaming characters while I eat.
Have they addressed when AP holders can book on site rooms again? Or can anyone read between the lines and tell me?
For example my wife and mil want to take the kids sometime in July. We are all AP but have no rooms booked. Do you think we will be able to get rooms?
At the moment it appears Disney is really trying to thin their reservations on their books. They removed all Dining plans, ADRs and Fast passes through the end of 2020. Once they have thinned enough to meet capacity limits if there are availabilities under their determined capacity I expect, yes, you will be able to book a room.Have they addressed when AP holders can book on site rooms again? Or can anyone read between the lines and tell me?
For example my wife and mil want to take the kids sometime in July. We are all AP but have no rooms booked. Do you think we will be able to get rooms?
I've used the same email address for 20+ years. My AP emails stopped with my first renewal like 3 or four years ago. I get all sorts of other Disney emails, just not AP ones anymore. Go figure!I switched from my work email to personal email last year when my work made us limit personal emails. But Disney still uses both - I get dining stuff on work email and payment/reservation email on personal email. She couldn’t change my sign in info (she said) so it is still my work email. When I went in yesterday to try and change it to my personal email for logging in (hoping it would eliminate emails sent to my work) it says my personal email is already in use! So
Pretty sure I saw that Disney announced no CP for the rest of the year.There are CPs scheduled to arrive throughout August.
It doesnt, it actually forces a larger crowd together rather than spreading out like they normally would. Close a park at say 6pm and people are looking for entertainment elswhere, so now Disney Springs is even more crowded.
The only thing closing early does is limit labor costs.
Yeah I actually wanted to go for the food at Garden Grill.I wonder if any of the normally-character dining restaurants will open without characters? I'd kinda love to see spaces like Crystal Palace, but I've never been keen on roaming characters while I eat.
Presumably Disney is taking this day by day. People who need to plan things far in advance will not like this new system.I’m curious how far into the future these booking preferences will continue. December trips? March next year? How long will these freeze new trip planning?
From what we're hearing so far, characters will still make appearances at dining venues but will not give hugs or let you stand with them for pictures.
I don’t believe they have officially yet.Pretty sure I saw that Disney announced no CP for the rest of the year.