This is the main reason I cancelled my June reservation before Disney cancelled it. The behavior of people either mad that people aren't following their idea of "the new normal" or mad that others are telling them what to do sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. The anger displayed in stores like Home Depot in our small town made me think it will only be much worse once you add heat/travel stress/and pent up frustration.
A lot of people with reservations, like me, are sitting and waiting to see what Disney's plans are to see if they will cancel. ..anyway, my vacation is $4k which is probably lower than most. I would be happy with a partial refund for Memory Maker in the form of an onsite credit. Not asking for lower priced tickets or anything like that. I am sure initially the demand will be there, but I was thinking more long term. We are going into a recession unlike anyone has ever seen. It is going to be hard to charge $6 for a churro, or $200 a night at Pop Century in the middle of a recession.
Oh darn, you just reminded me of the night vision goggles at Animal Kingdom Lodge. My kids really enjoyed that but yeah, I imagine that will be out too, though I suppose you could wipe them down between guests? (Something they should probably do anyway).Good question! And not something we have discussed on this thread much. I am guessing that face painting at AKL is going to be out . . . . Maybe they could do mask art?
I don't think they will be able to have pool games, but I don't know. We were given pool guidance for our HOA that said no pool games were allowed.I am not sure why. You could play Disney trivia or Name that Tune and maintain social distancing. I guess anything you have to touch that others touch is out- like hula hoop contests and Bingo.
Are marshmallow roasts out? How about outdoor movies?
Resort activities are so much fun. It will be sad to see how many of them don't exist for a while.
Yes, I have been fortunate to be able to work from home, and am currently saving $1600 a month on childcare, so I have been extremely fortunate to still be able to plan an expensive Disney trip. After everything settles though, jobs are going to be permanently lost. I work in the Entertainment industry in LA (we have a very familiar company as a client), and have friends left and right that have permanently lost their job. I am sure Disney will get back to normal, but don't expect it to happen right away. At the very least, I don't expect huge, if any, increases on ticket prices in the near future. I was priced out of a premier pass a few years back. $1400 increase in 10 years is absolutely nuts.
I have a lot of difficulty believing Disney targets the middle middle class at this point. We are high income (not top 1%, but top 2%) and have been turned off by Disney prices recently, especially compared to other vacations. We've been saying for a while that Disney was focused on short term profits and not planning for what would happen if a bad recession hit - well they are about to find out. After the initial backlog, they will have to lure people back in. It's not just poor people who are unemployed or underemployed, and the economy is going to be hurting for years. For example, this may be all because of a health problem, but the medical community has lost billions in revenue, and many doctors and nurses have been fired or had their wages reduced. That's just one example.
Yes I agree with that and that jobs will be permanently lost. That said I still think there will be demand. Look at Shanghai. Demand was still quite high in the days before the closure. Will demand be like it was when things were "normal"? No probably not but I think Disney won't have a problem selling out whatever allotment they decide on.
I had some lady flip out on my for refreshing fastpasses while I waited for my wife to buy a hat for our son at the Emporium. She said something to the effect of "if everyone wasn't in their ***** phone all the time". Like, hello, you came to a theme park, the core of which is a technology tied to your phone. I'm kind of a jerk and it was so petulant that I just laughed, to which she got even more angry as she stormed away, cursing about me. Now imagine people like her thinking your behavior will give them a disease? I'll still be at City Walk Thursday and DS on May 20th and MK whatever day because I'm going to live my life and I enjoy angering these people, but others, my wife included abhor conflict and I do have sympathy for them.
They are probably over capacity and are hoping people will cancel when they release the restrictions, bringing them to a more manageable level IF they decide to open any time in June.
Disney surely has moved into targeting the upper class more and more with things they have done the past few years. However the middle class is still their bread and butter. Without it, they wouldn't sell out things like they do.
Yes, initially I do not think they will have a problem with whatever capacity they set. That's why they are sending out all these surveys, etc to gauge interest. They are trying to get to the perfect operational efficiency. They purposely set the Shanghai capacity extremely low to show how they sold out in 3 minutes despite being dead opening day. I am sure initially, they will set the capacity extremely low on purpose. It definitely makes sense to start very slow. Long term, though, Disney will have to make concessions.
That’s much more of a safety issue than a legal issue. If a CM “lashes out” in many cases it will result in escalating the situation. The more escalated a situation the more likely violence will ensue.
HOW??!!! At least every other day over an embarrassing amount of trips I have heard this in the parks or at the hotels or on the transport.
