Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Fido Chuckwagon]

And since there has been no cases linked to either UO or SW I think this is big for Disney too moving forward.

I have heard NOTHING on the local news here about SW or UO since their opening. Which is a good thing

FLorida is doing basically zero contact tracing. You’re not going to hear about where the cases are coming from because nobody is bothering to check.

 

[Jothmas]

I watched a video of how Sea World did their fireworks last night. They had giant orange circles painted on the ground as well as the Bayside stadium seating open. It looked they did a pretty good job. They were even enforcing masks when people were socially distanced in their circles.

It will be good when the first videos come out from guests at the Disney parks to show how well Disney will be doing to keep people safe. Visual images will work better than just their statements to show people it’s okay.

 

[constanze]

FWIW I agree with everything you’ve written here. But if Disney opens now it’s going to be written about in the history books and it’s going to damage their brand forever. It’s just the reality of the situation.

... or not... right? Might not even be in history books? Might just be story in the news with a picture of low crowds with people in masks following social distancing rules adapting to the new normal that we all live in— I mean— we’re all on the same side here, right? Hoping for a positive result for everyone’s health and safety? I would think Disney wouldn’t risk their brand without giving it serious thought—— I cannot believe I got sucked into this conversation— mic drop — I’m out—-

 

[Spridell]

No, if it there has been community spread among the young in Florida for months resulting in asymptotic cases that spread wouldn’t have stopped over the past few months. Now that people under the age of 35 are two thirds of those being tested we are now seeing the asymptotic community spread that has been there for months.

EXACTLY this.

I personally know a couple who went to a hospital in Orlando to have their baby. Were tested the minute they got into the hospital and BOTH tested positive and BOTH not one symptom.

Lots of cases like that we are seeing in Fl. Plus people being required to get tested before returning to work

 

[rteetz]

FLorida is doing basically zero contact tracing. You’re not going to hear about where the cases are coming from because nobody is bothering to check.

That is a problem yes. However people are still traveling to Florida and other states are doing contract tracing. I haven’t heard anything about such being traced back to Universal or SeaWorld. If there has been I may have missed it. In travel though it’s hard to trace because of all the points. It could be airport, plane, hotel, etc.

 

[RWinNOLA]

Because these high cases we have been seeing the last 2 weeks are really from 3-4 weeks ago which was BEFORE the bars closing and the new masks orders

We need to see what happens in the next 2 weeks or so which will line up with the new mask mandates and bars being closed.

Can anyone on here from the Orange County area comment and whether they have observed a change in people’s behavior out in public the last couple of weeks since masks were mandated?

I’ve mentioned before that my parish (county) here in southeast LA is one of the only ones that did NOT make masks mandatory but I did notice a much larger % of people in the store yesterday wearing masks.

 

[gottalovepluto]

UOR is proof of concept as they are generally enforcing their measures. So if masks & distancing work to slow the spread they should stay open. If they do not work, they should close. I think they work so I’m happy to see big businesses opening where employees and customers can be safe.

 

[rpb718]

No, if it there has been community spread among the young in Florida for months resulting in asymptotic cases that spread wouldn’t have stopped over the past few months. Now that people under the age of 35 are two thirds of those being tested we are now seeing the asymptotic community spread that has been there for months.

Again - nonsensical unless you claim the positivety rate has remained steady all this time. If what you claim is true it would not be increasing and would have started just as high as it is now.

 

[chicagoshannon]

And since there has been no cases linked to either UO or SW I think this is big for Disney too moving forward.

I have heard NOTHING on the local news here about SW or UO since their opening. Which is a good thing

And we would have heard ALL about cases stemming from the theme parks for sure!

 

[Spaceguy55]

Lots of numbers being thrown around here..the main number I'm looking at when it comes to my upcoming planned trips in the next couple weeks and months is the heat index number..when it's over a 100 degrees I think twice, especially since most of the park time is during the hottest time of the day..

 

[DGsAtBLT]

If we’re going to talk about all the people who catch COVID and are relatively unscathed (for now at least), and this is true there are a lot of people that are asymptomatic or not hit very hard, I think it’s fair to bring up those who were never hospitalized, didn’t die, but have been struggling with the effects for months. MONTHS. It’s a roll of the dice how it impacts you.

Downplaying what it can do is so dangerous,
IMO.

 

[Jothmas]

FWIW I agree with everything you’ve written here. But if Disney opens now it’s going to be written about in the history books and it’s going to damage their brand forever. It’s just the reality of the situation.

If everything goes well with the re-opening as expected, it will still be written about in the history books. This is a very historic situation.

 

[xuxa777]

Ok we get it

Florida has more cases. Positives are high. We get it. Next month another state will be in the same position.

Thankfully the vast overwhelming over 95 percent of them are going to get better and Many don’t even feel like they are sick.

At this point, people going in July already made up their mind about going to Disney

A lot of people on here are backhandedly trying to get people to change their opinion on going. If you don’t like it and don’t want to go, fine don’t. Stay home, but stop trying to influence other people to agree with you.

Some People don’t wanna open ever. It might not effect you but it affects tens of thousands

Have fun everyone going to Disney. Enjoy yourselves and stay safe

Actually it is even a bit higher closer to 98% and even higher the younger a person is, close to essentially zero for kids. And with positive case numbers going up and hospitalizations staying relatively the same, that will be even more the case.

 

[Brianstl]

Again - nonsensical unless you claim the positivety rate has remained steady all this time. If what you claim is true it would not be increasing and would have started just as high as it is now.

The positivity rate among young people with no symptoms could have been this high all along. The CDC antibodies study from the first week in April suggest that it was much higher in Florida than the positive rate at that time. We don’t know for sure because that was a group that wasn’t even allowed to be tested at that time.

 

[rteetz]

I think we are straying too far off here. I may have inadvertently contributed to that myself. Let’s try to keep this to the theme parks at hand and not the numbers and hospitals and stuff like that.

 

[xuxa777]

Enjoyed seeing all the transportation methods being tested, boats ferries, and monorails, coming back to life these past few days. One area I will really enjoy social distancing.

 

[Spridell]

Today it jumped out at me that this says “People tested on multiple days will be included for each new day a result was received.” Sounds like someone testing repeatedly to return to work is counted each time as long as it is on different dates.

Supposedly the computer program can "distinguish" if it is the same person.

However, if a person uses different labs i can see same person testing positive over and over from different labs used being counted more than 1 time

Edit: Ok sorry going off topic so just wanted to reply to you.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I agree with you 100%

I blame media for a lot of this. You NEVER hear about the people who have recovered or have no symptoms. It is always doom and gloom every story you read.

Yup, and it’s what needs to be reported more. Much more. People see the low chance of dying and brush it off, or hear about how you can be asymptomatic and think they’ll get over this like a cold. And maybe they would, but there are so many reports of people struggling with major symptoms (even symptoms that are rarely spoken about like neurological or heart issues) for months that are lumped in with people who are recovering at home.

There’s a lot more than a relatively low fatality rate at play here and to consider before you decide the risk of *insert activity of choice* is worth it. I wish it was more widely reported too.

 

[Spridell]

Enjoyed seeing all the transportation methods being tested, boats ferries, and monorails, coming back to life these past few days. One place I will really enjoy social distancing.

Do we know if they put barriers on the boats too like they did on the monorail?

 

[KBoopaloo]

Today it jumped out at me that this says “People tested on multiple days will be included for each new day a result was received.” Sounds like someone testing repeatedly to return to work is counted each time as long as it is on different dates.

Florida reports two different positive percentages. One is what you noted above - anyone who has tested positive even a retest. That number for today is 15.84%. Then they also report the percentage of completely new positive tests meaning people testing positive for the first time. That number for today is 14.1%. The first number is always a higher percentage but they do report both and when I post numbers I always post the second number because that is the true %positive for new cases.