To Go or Not To Go

[kyomagi]

My friends and I are going in 18 days (end of August) all 3 of us are fully vaccinated in our 20s. We got N95 masks to wear in any type of crowds, and surgical masks as well. We thought about canceling, but just couldn't justify losing the tickets (my friends are former cast members, and the comp tickets they had gotten to keep expire in September.) We are planning to avoid rope drop crowds and stay later at the parks instead, and we are DVC so will be doing a certain amount of meals cooked in our own space. I'm still a little nervous, however these groups have helped me feel more prepared.

Dont be nervous, if you got the jabs and wear a mask, the chances of having a breakthrough infection is low, and extremely low to get hospitalized; just go and have fun

 

[Jonathan Friedman]

My wife and I are healthy and in our 30’s, I had Covid last year and we both are vaccinated. We have an unvaccinated 3 1/2 year old. We are planning on taking my in laws, in their late 60’s, also vaccinated Oct 11-22. We are thinking of canceling due to our little boy not being vaccinated. Playing it day by day.

 

[TheBigErn]

Hello. I hope everyone is doing well. I’m looking for some info and others perspective.
First with out violating any HIPPA Rules, is their any information about how many positive cases are being attributed to WDW or Universla Studios? What are they these parks doing if someone is suspected of being positive?
Are there any reports of people quarantine in there rooms (onsite properties) ?
We are suppose to leave for. 20 day trip beginning on Aug. 10. (Doing Universal and WDW) my wife and I are vaccinated and have two children 8 and 10 (thank god are in good health) but of course to young to be vaccinated.
We are early risers and rope droppers, and mid day breakers. So I understand the expectations with lines and so on, but it is the risk of the children being infected and having to be quarantined for a majority of the trip.
Looking for some friendly but honest advice. Thank you.

My advice is that if you're that worried; don't go. Reschedule.

 

[emmabelle]

My friends and I are going in 18 days (end of August) all 3 of us are fully vaccinated in our 20s. We got N95 masks to wear in any type of crowds, and surgical masks as well. We thought about canceling, but just couldn't justify losing the tickets (my friends are former cast members, and the comp tickets they had gotten to keep expire in September.) We are planning to avoid rope drop crowds and stay later at the parks instead, and we are DVC so will be doing a certain amount of meals cooked in our own space. I'm still a little nervous, however these groups have helped me feel more prepared.

we're going then too, in our 50's, vaccinated, and just planning to zig when others are zagging.

 

[Cynner]

My advice is that if you're that worried; don't go. Reschedule.

I'm with you here. We had reservations back in April 2020 for Easter. Rented DVC points even. We'd decided we were going to take the wash and not go - which meant literally losing thousands of dollars. (I'd never gotten trip insurance for those because I've always said anything big enough to make me miss a Disney vacation - I have other things I'm more worried about; and that was the case here.) We super lucked out and the Parks themselves closed and then our DVC rental agency gave us credits to use later. (I also had credits for a June and Oct 2020 trips - it was a big year for us. I have since learned my lesson and now use a travel credit card with travel cancelation insurance built in - yes, I know it won't cover COVID cancels as it's a 'known' event now, but it will cover hurricanes and new things.) I used some of my DVC travel credits for a savannah view 2-bdrm AK DVC in Oct and even if the parks do close (though I do not think they will), I'd still go and do a resort stay there.

 

[MyTwoPrincesses]

Reminder:

Posts with Covid statistics are not allowed. Thread has been cleaned of these.

Warnings and points will be awarded to those debating/stating Covid cases in FL or elsewhere.

Keep this thread to Disney discussion or we will be forced to close the thread and there are many who are finding the discussion here helpful when it stays on topic.

Curious why accurate and factual information is not allowed. I understand why you would remove false information, but statistics and facts about COVID case rates in Disney are highly relevant to the conversation.

 

[Murron]

Take your own hand sanitizer and use it when ever you leave a ride, attraction or store. For years I have avoided touching the railing in the ride lines as much as possible. With everyone touching them, dirty backpacks resting on them and I’ve see little kids put their mouth on them, they must be some of the dirtiest things at Disney.

Definitely bring your own sanitizer. We were there last month (July) and I can attest that 75% of the sanitizer stations were empty. I'm thinking with the huge crowds, there was not enough staff to continually refill.

 

[Eastern]

Agree. Many of them mention capacity and SD. It sounds like WDW has no interest in rolling back capacity and/or reinstating SD rules.

How can they roll back capacity? People booked parks (and paid for tickets), ADRs, and resort reservations based on Disney's park pass inventory. How would they take people off the list?

 

[Threehearts]

Does everyone there get properly fit tested for an N95? (Something we have to do every year here working in a hospital) They aren't really that great unless they fit properly, and there are many different sizes. Even ones that feel tight, usually aren't. Several people don't even fit test properly and aren't able to wear one. That seems odd to me. Or do you wear KN95s, which are pretty significantly different?

In my work, we are fitted for N95s. We also say that if your glasses are fogging up, you don't have a good seal in your mask. The approved true N95s are not easy to find online. The imitation ones are plentiful. People should remember as well that if your mask has an exhalation valve, you will be more comfortable but those around you will be potentially exposed to virus. We don't allow exhalation valves, single layer masks, gaiters or bandanas/scarves. Good, approved KN95's though expensive, do a fairly good job although not quite the protection of an approved N95.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Curious why accurate and factual information is not allowed. I understand why you would remove false information, but statistics and facts about COVID case rates in Disney are highly relevant to the conversation.

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[lovethattink]

Curious why accurate and factual information is not allowed. I understand why you would remove false information, but statistics and facts about COVID case rates in Disney are highly relevant to the conversation.

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[AngelsAmongUs]

For me this is the biggest reason to cancel - even if I can convince myself that it's a fairly low risk to my unable-to-be-vaccinated kids, I just do not want to invest the time and money into a Disney vacation where I have to spend every minute monitoring the crowd levels and behavior of people around me and just generally worrying about which decision might be the one I regret; it just sounds like the opposite of relaxing.

We still have our 50th GF reservation on the books but I will cancel it and the air as late as the day prior if I think this will be a compromised experience and/or that we will have to deal with something where strain of staying healthy > fun of being at WDW. We just don’t want to spend that much to repeat our last experience (late July early Aug.)

 

[davper]

I have only read through 2/3s of this thread.
My wife and I are fully vaccinated and have kept to ourselves mostly during this pandemic. We did go in April with no issues other than raw ears from wearing masks the entire time.
We are DVC and stay in a 1br with the full kitchen. We didn't have any dining reservations last time and made most meals in the room to avoid crowds. With APs, we don't gain anything by canceling.

For our sept/oct trip, it will be more of the same. For us, it is a risk worth taking given what we have seen. We have no kids. but if we did, we would not be going. Risk seems too great for unvaccinated kids.

If I do have to isolate after the trip, my office is completely remote still. So it would be no change for me and my wife does not work.

 

[emmymac17]

My wife and I are healthy and in our 30’s, I had Covid last year and we both are vaccinated. We have an unvaccinated 3 1/2 year old. We are planning on taking my in laws, in their late 60’s, also vaccinated Oct 11-22. We are thinking of canceling due to our little boy not being vaccinated. Playing it day by day.

Very similar boat...although my toddler also tested positive when myself and my husband were sick earlier this year. All adults in our travel party are fully vaxxed and half of us have prior infections on top of the vax. So hard to make a decision...we went in early May and felt great about it, but very iffy on our September trip. I also think things could change quickly too and the situation may be pretty different in 1-2 months. Argh...

 

[Kmedders]

I am the only one vaccinated in my family - and we are still planning on going in September and again at Thanksgiving. My kids go to public school, so honestly, I don't see any difference in going to Disney World. I actually would have more control on vacation with them than I will having them in school. In our state, schools are not allowed to mandate masks, where at Disney, they can. And I can make sure they are wearing them. Our decision to keep the trips is based on the fact that I don't see any increased risk associated with going than we already have living our normal daily life. Just my perspective.

 

[snowwhite84]

I am the only one vaccinated in my family - and we are still planning on going in September and again at Thanksgiving. My kids go to public school, so honestly, I don't see any difference in going to Disney World. I actually would have more control on vacation with them than I will having them in school. In our state, schools are not allowed to mandate masks, where at Disney, they can. And I can make sure they are wearing them. Our decision to keep the trips is based on the fact that I don't see any increased risk associated with going than we already have living our normal daily life. Just my perspective.

I agree with this perspective, I think about it a lot. I have to weigh risks with my four year old. A thought technique that has helped me is, “Do I live in an area with moderate or low transmission and above average vaccinations? And am I traveling somewhere with high transmission and below average vaccinations?” This has aided me in determining where our family feels comfortable going.

 

[Kmedders]

I agree with this perspective, I think about it a lot. I have to weigh risks with my four year old. A thought technique that has helped me is, “Do I live in an area with moderate or low transmission and above average vaccinations? And am I traveling somewhere with high transmission and below average vaccinations?” This has aided me in determining where our family feels comfortable going.

Exactly. I have the opinion I have because I am traveling from North Texas. Our numbers are, and have been, following a similar track as Orlando/Florida. So, I personally don't feel at any higher risk there than I do here. Now, that perspective would likely be different if I lived in an area with completely different percentages/numbers.

 

[snowwhite84]

Exactly. I have the opinion I have because I am traveling from North Texas. Our numbers are, and have been, following a similar track as Orlando/Florida. So, I personally don't feel at any higher risk there than I do here. Now, that perspective would likely be different if I lived in an area with completely different percentages/numbers.

I see, yeah I can follow that line of thought. I’m the opposite, I live somewhere with really encouraging numbers so while I’m comfortable sending my daughter to her local preschool, I’m not yet comfortable bringing her to Florida. Honestly at this point I think we’re just waiting it out until vaccines are ready for kids!

 

[persnickity]

How can they roll back capacity? People booked parks (and paid for tickets), ADRs, and resort reservations based on Disney's park pass inventory. How would they take people off the list?

They could still reduce capacity for days and parks that are not fully booked. They could not return cancelled reservations to the pool of available reservations (I've noticed October 2 keep going from yellow, back to green, back to yellow, so it doesn't appear that they are doing even this for fully booked days.)

It seems like they are still keen to continue marketing to the people who aren't risk averse, rather than return precautions. And that seems to be working out fine for them, so it seems unlikely they will change course.

 

[igrsod]

With the continual rise in cases in Florida, we finally made the sad decision to cancel our September trip. This is the 4th trip cancellation since covid. Hopefully my Feb. 2022 trip is a go.
First world problems... literally.