Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Mit88]

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?

Except for Carpets of Aladdin. I’d expect that line to be the longest in all of WDW with its newfound popularity

 

[Janet McDonald]

Is the AP preview smaller than the guests that will be allowed per day?

A few post back someone said the AP preview has about half of what the regular day will have.

 

[Janet McDonald]

Except for Carpets of Aladdin. I’d expect that line to be the longest in all of WDW with its newfound popularity

well that and barnstormer

 

[kylenne]

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?

I don’t think anything is necessarily a safe bet. If this is anything like Uni, crowds got a lot smaller after AP previews and opening day.

Josh over on easywdw does some really great wait time analysis and I’m very interested in seeing his writeups.

 

[Mit88]

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

I know we were there during that time, but I’ve never found any merch or even pictures of the castle. Easy to say my parents werent fans of the cake castle

 

[JacknSally]

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

At least they painted the whole back of the castle this time!

 

[hereforthechurros]

Is the AP preview smaller than the anticipated capacity?

By all accounts, yes.

 

[Mit88]

I don’t think anything is necessarily a safe bet. If this is anything like Uni, crowds got a lot smaller after AP previews and opening day.

Josh over on easywdw does some really great wait time analysis and I’m very interested in seeing his writeups.

Yeah, the double capacity is there for number only. DHS will obviously be at their capacity, but the other parks arent sold out, so its easy to assume the amount of people in the parks will be less than what is allowed, unless people rush for reservations.

 

[Mit88]

At least they painted the whole back of the castle this time!

Maybe they pulled the cake out of the oven too soon and the back wasnt cooked all the way through

Even Stitch TP’d the back of the castle

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I don’t think anything is necessarily a safe bet. If this is anything like Uni, crowds got a lot smaller after AP previews and opening day.

Josh over on easywdw does some really great wait time analysis and I’m very interested in seeing his writeups.

I was thinking the same thing - I mean, the first week or so might be more crowded but after a while I bet the capacity won't be full ... so even if capacity on a regular day is double the AP preview days it probably won't have double the crowds on most days

 

[SierraT]

Call me crazy, but can't you just call Disney Parks merchandise and order something from the park? Maybe I'm remembering things wrong but I think my husband did it before with wine glasses from Epcot. It was a long time ago so I could be wrong.

Who on earth would pay 200 for a stuffed rabbit?

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I’m sure some of you have seen this on various stories and streams, but for those who haven’t, the castle is paint by number

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[kylenne]

I was thinking the same thing - I mean, the first week or so might be more crowded but after a while I bet the capacity won't be full ... so even if capacity on a regular day is double the AP preview days it probably won't have double the crowds on most days

I think the fact that they released an AP discount is pretty telling about how many guests they expect. Based on how they were seemingly desperate to get people to cancel, it's rather shocking to me, but I guess they did too good of a job discouraging people and it's affecting that "break even" number I think they were aiming for. I'm very curious to see how things pan out in the next couple of weeks.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I think the fact that they released an AP discount is pretty telling about how many guests they expect. Based on how they were seemingly desperate to get people to cancel, it's rather shocking to me, but I guess they did too good of a job discouraging people and it's affecting that "break even" number I think they were aiming for. I'm very curious to see how things pan out in the next couple of weeks.

Im guessing COVID spikes did more to discourage people than Disney ever could. Also guessing there was a decent number of people holding onto reservations incase Disney gave an incentive to move or cancel.

 

[Mit88]

I’m sure some of you have seen this on various stories and streams, but for those who haven’t, the castle is paint by number

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what color each number matches with will be the next mask debate

 

[yulilin3]

Gaiters were never allowed. Hotel guests have been told this for more than a week now. It has always been in the 'know before you go' documentation that no one really read throughly (myself included). It was not enforced or even mentioned during CM previews at MK on the first day. Not sure if they changed that going forward but my DH and DS wore gaiters all day and no one said a word. I brought standard masks just in case but no one said anything so I figured it wasn't an issue. Now I see it everywhere that gaiters aren't allowed so they will have to make the choice whether to go back to the parks and wear a standard mask or stay away for the time being.

the CM told me that they all got notification YESTERDAY that gaiters weren't allowed because of this new internal study they did

 

[Mit88]

I think the fact that they released an AP discount is pretty telling about how many guests they expect. Based on how they were seemingly desperate to get people to cancel, it's rather shocking to me, but I guess they did too good of a job discouraging people and it's affecting that "break even" number I think they were aiming for. I'm very curious to see how things pan out in the next couple of weeks.

Disney 3 weeks ago: “Please cancel, please cancel, please cancel”
Disney today: “Please come visit us, please come visit us, please come visit us”

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 Do you knowhow are the QS lines today? Is it hard to find a table once you get your food because some tables aren't open?

yes, again long outside, I actually had lunch again at Pinocchio's and mobile order and my food was ready in less than 5 min, you cannot enter the restaurant until the order is ready. from there a CM escorts you in and tells you which window to pick up your food, I didn't find any problems finding a table inside, all of the tables outside were available This was around noon
Walked over to Pecos Bill huge amounts of people waiting for Mobile Order, not sure how the situation looked inside
Again your best bet is to try and eat at off times

 

[CastAStone]

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

This is true and the park is very small, but the total ride capacity is actually pretty robust now with 5 new rides in the last 26 months. The park can provide something like 13,000 rides/hour at full capacity, which is more than double what it was right after TGMR closed. With social distancing obviously this will be reduced.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I’m sure some of you have seen this on various stories and streams, but for those who haven’t, the castle is paint by number

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