Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Mit88]

I think that is a guarantee at this point. My guess is they keep it somewhat limited when they refill stock to keep it hard to get and in demand. Disney found a way to make Splash merch a must have.

If Disney announced Mission Space was closing tomorrow people would rush to go ride it, immediately regret their decision, and then buy all of the merchandise in the store afterwards.

Ellen’s was a walk on for the longest time. Disney announced it was closing, it turned into a 2 hour wait

 

[kylenne]

I’ve heard the number varies a bit park to park. Obviously MK should have a bigger number than say DHS due to size and number of attractions to spread people out.

I would imagine DHS would have the lowest capacity, no? No shows running would take a lot of crowd-eaters out of the picture.

 

[Mit88]

Just saw on Insta that Prep School heard capacity for AP previews is 7000 with double that expected for normal park days.

So about 15% (max) capacity, or 30% average day capacity.

 

[Mit88]

I would imagine DHS would have the lowest capacity, no? No shows running would take a lot of crowd-eaters out of the picture.

Same capacity percentage would have DHS around 12,000 people

 

[TropicalDIS]

If Disney announced Mission Space was closing tomorrow people would rush to go ride it, immediately regret their decision, and then buy all of the merchandise in the store afterwards.

Ellen’s was a walk on for the longest time. Disney announced it was closing, it turned into a 2 hour wait

Absolutely. If Disney announces a ride is going to close. People are going to want to ride it again at least one more time. Problem is everyone has that mentality.

It’s the same thing as when Wishes was ending. Many people made special trips for it.

if they ever announce they are closing Pirates or HM, you will have to drag me off the ride.

 

[Brianstl]

They will. When the attraction closes and PatF retheme opens, people will remember the good deed of Disney changing the ride, not that they kept making merchandise until Splash closed.

What good deed is retheming the one attraction that is based on real African American folklore with German folklore? Disney has a Song of the South problem and not a Splash Mountain problem. Retheming Splash doesn't do anything to actually address their SotS problem. It only removes the one legitimate nod to African American culture in their parks. A real fix to Disney's Song of the South problem would be to tell the stories the movie was based on in a new production headed by African American producers, African American writers and a African American director. Then update Splash for that production.

 

[TakesFaithTrust&PixieDust]

This one?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1281292659018080257

If they’re cast members and someone identifies them and they sell it on eBay I believe they can be terminated. There are some pretty strict rules about buying merchandise for others with a cast discount and selling merchandise.

 

[Dentam]

I'm really impressed with Disney so far based on everything I'm seeing in live streams and reading here. Waiting to see how the official opening goes this Saturday and how things are handled after that.

 

[Noparking]

God seeing people with 10 bags of splash mountain plushes in the middle of a pandemic makes me cringe. They probably have their passes just for situations like this. To get the exclusive merch to resell. No wonder America is the only country that didn’t handle corona.

 

[rteetz]

I would imagine DHS would have the lowest capacity, no? No shows running would take a lot of crowd-eaters out of the picture.

Yep

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Now that we have so many of our social media people back in the parks, I think I know why I didn’t like the castle until we got some close shots. Still looks strange from far away (like it did from CR/BLT), especially from different vantage points in the park. It looks stunning from Main Street/Hub/Fantasyland. Maybe it just takes getting used to from each angle lol.

 

[TropicalDIS]

So about 15% (max) capacity, or 30% average day capacity.

average day capacity at MK is about 48K?

 

[Brianstl]

This is interesting to me; even in pre-COVID times, I know any QS-type (non-Disney) food place I've worked in has required gloves (in addition to hand-washing!) when handling food... but now I legitimately can't remember ever noticing before if the Disney QS CM's have worn gloves or not!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1281300822928826370

She just should have stayed at home.

 

[dlavender]

I mean we don't even know when Splash is going away....

Could be an entire year. They are going to sit on this stuff that long? Or is shop disney not going to be carrying this stuff that soon?

 

[Janet McDonald]

So about 15% (max) capacity, or 30% average day capacity.

so with double the crowd of today, whoops taking the wait times and doubling them be a pretty safe bet to gauge wait times from the 11th on you think?

 

[hereforthechurros]

I’ve heard the number varies a bit park to park. Obviously MK should have a bigger number than say DHS due to size and number of attractions to spread people out.

This was specific just to MK I believe. Makes sense each park will be different.

 

[Mit88]

Now that we have so many of our social media people back in the parks, I think I know why I didn’t like the castle until we got some close shots. Still looks strange from far away (like it did from CR/BLT), especially from different vantage points in the park. It looks stunning from Main Street/Hub/Fantasyland. Maybe it just takes getting used to from each angle lol.

Just like the Cake castle. It took 25 years, but now I’m used to seeing pictures of it

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Just like the Cake castle. It took 25 years, but now I’m used to seeing pictures of it

Now that is some fun merch worth going to find in my parents basement, unlike the book.

 

[SwirlTheCitrus]

so with double the crowd of today, whoops taking the wait times and doubling them be a pretty safe bet to gauge wait times from the 11th on you think?

Is the AP preview smaller than the anticipated capacity?

 

[dlavender]

I mean we don't even know when Splash is going away....

Could be an entire year. They are going to sit on this stuff that long? Or is shop disney not going to be carrying this stuff that soon?

I see they already don't sell them on shop disney.

So this is just a play to see if the demand is already out there from people with no plans to go to the parks.

I hope Disney decides to sell the rest of their stock online at a discount to crush the resell market, lol