Dont get me wrong, theyre hurting. I’m sure they’d much rather have 50,000 people in MK every day than 5,000. But if they were that worried about it, they wouldnt care about the public perception if they tried to get in out of state guests. The parks are already open, they’ve been hit with the “You shouldn’t be open” brigade. What’s the worst that people would say if they saw a WDW vacation commercial right now? “You still shouldn’t be open”? “Stop advertising that you’re open”? The complaints on social media have already dialed down, just like with everything else that the internet gets worked up about.
So I dont think its a public perception thing. I think its a we’re-hurting-but-not-enough-to-beg-out-of-staters-to-come-on-vacation-during-a-spike level of hurting.
Just my opinion and how I view it