Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Remy is Up]

Anything that has a large audience capacity, they aren’t going to bother with trying to get people to social distance. They can’t get people to file in and move to the end of a row for heavens sake.
SR
ROTR
I think the entirety of Star Wars Land is at risk. Can’t do Oga’s, Lightsaber, Droids and if they cut the rides, nothing much left.

Star Tours
Avatar
Space Mtn
Splash
Kali
Anything with a long indoor queue or where you get wet could be problematic.

Just my list of possibilities based on them not really working too hard to adjust experiences to allow for distancing so far. To quote Scar.....Be prepared!

You'd be surprised what they can mamage with the system they will be using. Star tours, avatar, space mountain can all be managed. Water rides and sge cannot. Some shows can be managed provided the way to get people in without distance violation works. Others not so much. And large crowds in enclosed theaters isn't something they really want to mess with initially.

 

[AmberMV]

They should be but if you don’t actually need them and free dining is being taken away I bet they’d give you a refund if you wanted.

Yeah the single reason I booked with the promo and agreed to purchase more tickets at full price and full price room was because it actually did still make financial sense since the dining was free. Without free dining it makes absolutely zero financial sense to keep the reservation as it stands paying a full price room with extra tickets when we are Florida residents with APs I booked my August trip with a TA and she offered to start the refund process but I told her I want to see where this crazy train ride is heading since we've already been cancelled on 3 times with me booking directly through Disney. Basically I want the full picture from Disney, not tiny tidbits that don't actually tell me what I can expect when I visit.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Mission Space would need to be family groups only.. proximity is too tight to ride with strangers.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

No happy with the email that "annual passholders will find it difficult to book for certain dates," and "the number of reservations that annual passholders can make will be limited."
Hopefully my resort booking makes it MORE likely?

I think Remy said it should.

As an aside, this reminded me of that random website that said AP’s would have to buy tickets if they wanted to come in and everyone freaked out and said no way. Not that they were correct, but they are limiting AP’s in some fashion

 

[OnceUponATime15]

So this went up on DFB a little while ago and is a lot of not-news for us, I'm pretty sure. I did want to highlight this one section from it, though, just because a lot of people here are asking about it. Red and italics are MY emphasis.

Park Hopper Add-Ons Will NOT Be Automatically Refunded

At this time, park-hopper add-ons will NOT be automatically refunded. According to a Cast Member we spoke with, “It will not happen automatically due to the fact that we currently do not have information on if our Guests will be able to park hop.” Keep in mind, this was what we heard this from one Guest Relations Cast Member and could possibly change. Disney has not shared specific information on if guests will have the ability to park hop or not at this time.

Guests who are interested in changing their tickets may call the Ticket Services department at (407) 566-4985.

https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

So basically we're right back where we were, but I just wanted to clear it up (I guess) that as of right now, no park hopping is still unofficial.

Travel agent on FB or phone CM... it’s a flip of the coin at this point...

 

[AmberMV]

Our AP timing and not being local are identical. The AP system is a mess, especially since everyone has different times they can attend and different number of days left on pass. I am starting to think Disney will give activated APs free renewals.

Man that would sure wipe the slate clean for Disney in my books. I wouldn't even care what happened with the rest of my AP year this year if that were to happen.

 

[Remy is Up]

So this went up on DFB a little while ago and is a lot of not-news for us, I'm pretty sure. I did want to highlight this one section from it, though, just because a lot of people here are asking about it. Red and italics are MY emphasis.

Park Hopper Add-Ons Will NOT Be Automatically Refunded

At this time, park-hopper add-ons will NOT be automatically refunded. According to a Cast Member we spoke with, “It will not happen automatically due to the fact that we currently do not have information on if our Guests will be able to park hop.” Keep in mind, this was what we heard this from one Guest Relations Cast Member and could possibly change. Disney has not shared specific information on if guests will have the ability to park hop or not at this time.

Guests who are interested in changing their tickets may call the Ticket Services department at (407) 566-4985.

https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

So basically we're right back where we were, but I just wanted to clear it up (I guess) that as of right now, no park hopping is still unofficial.

Everything is "unofficial" put the dots together and reach a logical conclusion. This is what they had to consider. And no cms currently have no "official" answer they can give but think the way disney is
If we cap attendance and allow reservation by park by day only. You can't control that capacity if you allow hopping. What is capacity is 15k per park to start but all of the sudden 3k from 3 Park decide to hop to the 4th. No way to manage it. It also wouldn't fit with other plans. Just sayin

 

[JacknSally]

Travel agent on FB or phone CM... it’s a flip of the coin at this point...

My money would be on the travel agent, assuming the travel agent had an official-looking screenshot

I'm just saying Disney still hasn't announced they made that change official yet.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

So this went up on DFB a little while ago and is a lot of not-news for us, I'm pretty sure. I did want to highlight this one section from it, though, just because a lot of people here are asking about it. Red and italics are MY emphasis.

Park Hopper Add-Ons Will NOT Be Automatically Refunded

At this time, park-hopper add-ons will NOT be automatically refunded. According to a Cast Member we spoke with, “It will not happen automatically due to the fact that we currently do not have information on if our Guests will be able to park hop.” Keep in mind, this was what we heard this from one Guest Relations Cast Member and could possibly change. Disney has not shared specific information on if guests will have the ability to park hop or not at this time.

Guests who are interested in changing their tickets may call the Ticket Services department at (407) 566-4985.

https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

So basically we're right back where we were, but I just wanted to clear it up (I guess) that as of right now, no-park-hopping is still unofficial.

So they probably don’t mean this, but I’m picturing AJ calling the general phone line and then reporting on what the CM said.

 

[fla4fun]

No happy with the email that "annual passholders will find it difficult to book for certain dates," and "the number of reservations that annual passholders can make will be limited."
Hopefully my resort booking makes it MORE likely?

I am sure it will, just like pass holders could make length of stay FP at 60 days even though normally they were restricted to 7 within 30 days. The resort stay entitlements (such as they are, lol) should always override the pass entitlements.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

You'd be surprised what they can mamage with the system they will be using. Star tours, avatar, space mountain can all be managed. Water rides and sge cannot. Some shows can be managed provided the way to get people in without distance violation works. Others not so much. And large crowds in enclosed theaters isn't something they really want to mess with initially.

So IASW.... too watery?

 

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

Mission Space would need to be family groups only.. proximity is too tight to ride with strangers.

They should just change the movie to a old fully open Disney world promotional video instead of space.

 

[JacknSally]

Everything is "unofficial" put the dots together and reach a logical conclusion. This is what they had to consider. And no cms currently have no "official" answer they can give but think the way disney is
If we cap attendance and allow reservation by park by day only. You can't control that capacity if you allow hopping. What is capacity is 15k per park to start but all of the sudden 3k from 3 Park decide to hop to the 4th. No way to manage it

Ok, yes, I know all that. I have put the dots together and I personally am expecting park hopping to not be allowed. People have just been asking if it has been confirmed by Disney yet or is still an unconfirmed (even if assumed and all signs point to YES) rumor, since things get hard to keep track of in here, and I was just sharing that as of right now, Disney still hasn't announced it to the public.

 

[chasgoose]

Travel agent on FB or phone CM... it’s a flip of the coin at this point...

That "rumor" tells us nothing. All it tells us is the CM they talked to didn't know what the park hopping policy was going to be. Obviously Disney wouldn't be automatically refunding PH tickets if hopping were allowed...

 

[Rebma512]

You'd be surprised what they can mamage with the system they will be using. Star tours, avatar, space mountain can all be managed. Water rides and sge cannot. Some shows can be managed provided the way to get people in without distance violation works. Others not so much. And large crowds in enclosed theaters isn't something they really want to mess with initially.

There you are

 

[disneyfan150]

You'd be surprised what they can mamage with the system . . . Water rides and sge

Sorry! Brain overload-what is sge?

 

[Remy is Up]

I think Remy said it should.

As an aside, this reminded me of that random website that said AP’s would have to buy tickets if they wanted to come in and everyone freaked out and said no way. Not that they were correct, but they are limiting AP’s in some fashion

The reality is. This is a very limited group they want at the parks so they maintain control. Aps will be fine and have plenty of opportunity to reserve days. It is the out of state and day ticket guests that are being limited under the new system

 

[Dis5150]

Ok, yes, I know all that. I have put the dots together and I personally am expecting park hopping to not be allowed. People have just been asking if it has been confirmed by Disney yet or is still an unconfirmed (even if assumed and all signs point to YES) rumor, since things get hard to keep track of in here, and I was just sharing that as of right now, Disney still hasn't announced it to the public.

Thank you! My DD was specifically asking if it was rumor or news and I couldn’t remember! I appreciate your post.

 

[Sandiz08]

Very curious as to what resorts end up opening up. I hope no one gets booted offsite.

 

[CastAStone]

Very curious as to what resorts end up opening up. I hope no one gets booted offsite.

Opposite problem. Everyone with a room (currently) won’t get into the parks.