Rumor about “modified experiences” when Disney reopens (read 1st post for potential modifications being considered)

[gottalovepluto]

This is pure speculation on my part, but from my time in China, it may have some legs. They have a strict national ID. Everyone has one, and it's necessary to get into schools and government run jobs and whatnot. They also have essentially a government monitored social media called WeChat, like WhatsApp or Facebook, except your social credit score is impacted by what you do online. Embedded in this app is the QR code for contact tracing. Green QR = good to go Red= Quarantine 14 days. Yellow I'm not sure. Anyway all this set up to ask if maybe she's having her identity checked to make sure her green QR code is really her?

Hmm- could be!

 

[Lisa75]

I got this (in addition to regular masks that I’ve been wearing to work).

https://www.coolibar.com/unisex-face-mask-upf-50.html

 

[Mit88]

Links? Because I haven't seen any such thing. They even have a plan to delay the start of the season.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports...0200504-m7fasbfyvnfmfkq5wiszyomj24-story.html
https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/05/03/nfl-schedule-release-start-on-time

 

[micheleq]

I have a cooling neck gaiter that I wear for yard work and for hiking that fits comfortably over the nose and mouth. I was thinking this might be a good option for a face covering at WDW since the language used in the DS opening is "appropriate face covering."

I have four Buff UV+ neck gaiters from Orvis ordered as well as masks by Greyson (they make performance golf wear). I’m hoping these are comfortable if our June trip is a go.

 

[Sandiz08]

For those following the cheer events, looks like Varsity finally canceled the Summit cheerleading event. The update was posted on their website today. No indication that Disney cancelled on them, they were supposed to have the event at the end of June at WWOS.

 

[alison228]

I would hope those planning a trip with an infant during a pandemic would think twice. Immune systems are still developing at that age.

It is next year and we would obviously not take our newborn if it was unsafe. We don't know what next week will bring, let alone 11 months from now

 

[SierraT]

It is next year and we would obviously not take our newborn if it was unsafe. We don't know what next week will bring, let alone 11 months from now

Mine are older but taking an infant for us was much easier because we could control what was touched and the cover over the stroller provided some protection from sun and germs. Toddlers on the other hand, the Winnie the Pooh queue made me nauseas, all those germy little hands.

 

[AtlantaDisneyDreamer]

CNBC complied some nice photos from opening day. I believe you are discussing the phenomenon seen in Photo #3 lol

Did you see the one of the people on the boat- wearing their masks? One cannot breathe through a wet mask. The CDC recommends changing the face mask when it gets "damp"- including from "condensation from your breath." How many masks per day will the average person go through in an 8-12 hour day? Who will be responsible for making sure those masks are readily available? Will every person be required to bring in a minimum amount of masks? Will people be forced to buy them? Or will Disney provide them for free? We can watch Shanghai to see how they handle this.

CDC also recommends "washing and sanitizing your hands before and after you touch your mask." Who can follow that rule at Disney (or most anywhere other than a medical setting)?

I was reading a Forbes article about how to keep your mask from being contaminated, and it would be nearly impossible to keep your mask from being contaminated at a theme park.

Touching your mask contaminates it.
Taking off your mask and laying it on a table (or any surface) contaminates it and the surface.
Touching your phone to your mask contaminates your mask.
Putting your mask around your chin or neck contaminates the mask.

They recommend storing your mask in a brown paper bag when it is off. But experts warn that if you take off your mask and put it in the bag, take it out, and put it back in backward, then all of the germs on the outside of the mask get on the inside of the mask and now the mask if contaminated and you are exposed.

The constant on-and-off of the mask at a theme park- to eat, drink, ride water rides, answer your phone, breathe, or any other number of instances- just isn't practical for a theme park setting. And what happens when it rains?

Watching the people at Shanghai, you can see these practices that cause contamination.

When one reads all of the ways masks can be contaminated, how they cause us to do things that are unhealthy (like sneezing or coughing without covering our mouths because we have the false sense that the mask will catch everything), and all of the recommendations regarding them, it seems that it could actually be worse for our health wearing them than not.

 

[chad_1138]

Mask + Kali River Rapids = Water Boarding!!!

 

[thingaboutarsenal]

Mask + Kali River Rapids = Water Boarding!!!

You could water board me right now if it meant I could ride Kali River Rapids.

 

[jerry557]

Mask + Kali River Rapids = Water Boarding!!!

Good point....
So what do you do when it's raining and your mask gets all wet? It will rain every day in Florida during the summer. And everyone crams into the stores dripping wet.

Face masks all day in a tropical climate isn't going to work. May as well just stay closed.

 

[Pickle Rick]

Good point....
So what do you do when it's raining and your mask gets all wet? It will rain every day in Florida during the summer. And everyone crams into the stores dripping wet.

Face masks all day in a tropical climate isn't going to work. May as well just stay closed.

If you want WDW to open with less restrictions, or none at all, then they will open later. If you want them to open earlier, restrictions, likely including masks, will be put into place.

 

[koszmok]

Did you see the one of the people on the boat- wearing their masks? One cannot breathe through a wet mask. The CDC recommends changing the face mask when it gets "damp"- including from "condensation from your breath." How many masks per day will the average person go through in an 8-12 hour day? Who will be responsible for making sure those masks are readily available? Will every person be required to bring in a minimum amount of masks? Will people be forced to buy them? Or will Disney provide them for free? We can watch Shanghai to see how they handle this.

CDC also recommends "washing and sanitizing your hands before and after you touch your mask." Who can follow that rule at Disney (or most anywhere other than a medical setting)?

I was reading a Forbes article about how to keep your mask from being contaminated, and it would be nearly impossible to keep your mask from being contaminated at a theme park.

Touching your mask contaminates it.
Taking off your mask and laying it on a table (or any surface) contaminates it and the surface.
Touching your phone to your mask contaminates your mask.
Putting your mask around your chin or neck contaminates the mask.

They recommend storing your mask in a brown paper bag when it is off. But experts warn that if you take off your mask and put it in the bag, take it out, and put it back in backward, then all of the germs on the outside of the mask get on the inside of the mask and now the mask if contaminated and you are exposed.

The constant on-and-off of the mask at a theme park- to eat, drink, ride water rides, answer your phone, breathe, or any other number of instances- just isn't practical for a theme park setting. And what happens when it rains?

Watching the people at Shanghai, you can see these practices that cause contamination.

When one reads all of the ways masks can be contaminated, how they cause us to do things that are unhealthy (like sneezing or coughing without covering our mouths because we have the false sense that the mask will catch everything), and all of the recommendations regarding them, it seems that it could actually be worse for our health wearing them than not.

I absolutely agree with you. In my opinion wearing a mask in a theme park would do more harm than good.

 

[jerry557]

If you want WDW to open with less restrictions, or none at all, then they will open later. If you want them to open earlier, restrictions, likely including masks, will be put into place.

They are going to have so many problems with enforcement that if masks are the only way they can open, then they better stay closed. It's just going to cause problems.

Everyone keeps comparing us to Shanghai. We are not China. Face masks are not a problem over there. They will be a problem here. What happens when someone gets so hot they pull their masks down to their necks? You get the CMs to scream at them? OK. And when a few people refuse you get security to kick them out. Fine. But then what happens if 20% of people start doing it?

 

[AmberMV]

They are going to have so many problems with enforcement that if masks are the only way they can open, then they better stay closed. It's just going to cause problems.

Everyone keeps comparing us to Shanghai. We are not China. Face masks are not a problem over there. They will be a problem here. What happens when someone gets so hot they pull their masks down to their necks? You get the CMs to scream at them? OK. And when a few people refuse you get security to kick them out. Fine. But then what happens if 20% of people start doing it?

Yup. IMO Disney Springs is the test run since they are requiring face masks for CMs and guests both. If they see little compliance on the guest's parts, WDW will just stay closed longer.

 

[thingaboutarsenal]

Yup. IMO Disney Springs is the test run since they are requiring face masks for CMs and guests both. If they see little compliance on the guest's parts, WDW will just stay closed longer.

I plan on being there May 20th. It's my son's birthday. We are going to experiment with masks. My servers at my local Mexican joint were talking about different masks and the annoying parts of each, they're indoor serving the best Mexican food on the planet so we thought taking different kinds to DS as a test run for the eventual park opening would be a good idea. That and we're bored to death here. Having a toddler on CV lockdown has made me really appreciate what his daycare teachers do all day.

 

[AmberMV]

I plan on being there May 20th. It's my son's birthday. We are going to experiment with masks. My servers at my local Mexican joint were talking about different masks and the annoying parts of each, they're indoor serving the best Mexican food on the planet so we thought taking different kinds to DS as a test run for the eventual park opening would be a good idea. That and we're bored to death here. Having a toddler on CV lockdown has made me really appreciate what his daycare teachers do all day.

I see your 1 toddler on CV lockdown and raise you 3 toddlers on CV lockdown. Last time we left the house as a family was Feb 18 to Epcot

 

[Pickle Rick]

They are going to have so many problems with enforcement that if masks are the only way they can open, then they better stay closed. It's just going to cause problems.

Everyone keeps comparing us to Shanghai. We are not China. Face masks are not a problem over there. They will be a problem here. What happens when someone gets so hot they pull their masks down to their necks? You get the CMs to scream at them? OK. And when a few people refuse you get security to kick them out. Fine. But then what happens if 20% of people start doing it?

you’re admitting the stupidity of people is why places like Disney are having problems opening up sooner rather than later. I agree.

 

[thingaboutarsenal]

I see your 1 toddler on CV lockdown and raise you 3 toddlers on CV lockdown. Last time we left the house as a family was Feb 18 to Epcot

God bless you. I'd be in the corner carving pictures in the wall telling my wife about conspiracy theories. You have my respect

 

[MrsSLF]

I cannot, for the life of me, understand why adults can't simply follow directions. If you want to go to Disney, you're going to need to follow the rules that are in place. Why try and exert your 'freedom' to do whatever you want just to go to Disney. As a company, I completely believe they're doing everything they can to go about reopening in a way that is safe. If masks are required of guests, masks are required (or face covering). This shouldn't be about how to hypothetically get around a possible policy because this isn't China and it ruffles your 'freedoms'. You're not entitled to go to Disney, no one is.

It's honestly pretty simple: go with the restrictions in place or wait until the restrictions are lifted but for the love of all things great in this world, can people stop acting like they're entitled to a Disney vacation the way you want it at all times.