Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[MusicalAstronaut]

Not true. Small world is a cruel and unusual form of punishment and I’d rather be in quarantine for 8 more years than ride that again, and I will die on this hill.

This is a fun one, what ride/show is worse than being home in quarantine? My USO one is Rip Ride Rockit, because holy crap that vertical hill terrified me. Like, I've been skydiving and this roller coaster I felt like I was going to die. Something about the straight up was a big no-no for me!

Disney it's Primeval Whirl.

 

[Tigger's ally]

Yeah, Jurassic vs. what is probably the best themed ride EVER is not a fair fight. And I actually like Jurassic.

 

[brockash]

What did Universal do with its hotel reservations? have they been cancelling them in a rolling manner like Disney or did they just cancel all reservations at once?
Has Universal resorts been taking reservations for June or did they stop them like Disney?

Just curious how both parks (UO and Disney) plan on integrating their existing reservations with being open .. but at a limited capacity. Obviously UO has it a lot easier with only a few resorts super close to the parks and the parks with one point of entry (the parking garage) to get to City Walk and then both parks. Disney's widespread layout is probably a detriment to some of these safety procedures.

Not sure what they've been doing, but I was just able to change our canceled Disney trip to a Universal one, same dates, staying at a Universal hotel.

 

[Eric Smith]

I'm genuinely curious: Do you think Disney is totally in the right by offering a promotion to incentivize people during a pandemic, then hear crickets from them on whether their vacation is still happening, then slowly send out a generic cancellation email to those same people with 2 weeks notice, with no indication that they will be offered anything else, and they cannot modify their vacations? I don't hate Disney, I just do not believe this was handled as well as it could have been for guest recovery. But I also realize that Disney's #1 duty it to their shareholders, period.

I think Disney offered a promotion for a timeframe when they thought for sure that they would be open. Did anyone here think back in mid-March that things would be largely shut down in the US for two months straight? I know I didn't.

Now that Disney is having to cancel reservations, I think they don't want to repeat their mistake. I think they'll announce something once they re-open the parks and they are sure that they won't have to close them again due to another outbreak. What do you want them to do? They could offer another promotion, but be closed during that timeframe as well. This is a very dynamic situation and I think we all need to be patient.

 

[Mit88]

They updated this ride in CA. That version should eventually come to FL.

I haven’t been on the UH updated version yet, but from videos, it doesn’t seem all too drastic of a change

 

[RamblingMad]

Now, I expect Disney to copy and paste Universal and add some Mickey art to their signage.

 

[Tigger's ally]

Then they’d have to close off Disney Springs....

Why? None of those hotels are near the Springs. Neither is WWOS.

 

[tinkerhon]

Agreed that UO's best rides are wildly overrated. I personally prefer the UO of the older days, Jaws, King Kong, etc, over the many screen based rides it has now.

Loved those rides ! And the E.T ride -- and Earthquake !
And Terminator !

 

[Eric Smith]

No chance. Disney is torpedoing the value of DVC memberships.

How?

 

[mshanson3121]

Not true. Small world is a cruel and unusual form of punishment and I’d rather be in quarantine for 8 more years than ride that again, and I will die on this hill.

My husband will fully support you on this. In fact, anytime the children start to sing the song, he threatens to never take them back.

 

[Eric Smith]

Jurassic Park is FANTASTIC. I just love how completely soaked you get! Disney needs a ride like that. I even rode it this past December and froze my butt off after. I went on Hagrid's for the first time 2 days before ROTR....I love them both and please don't make me choose. I rode Hagrid's three times in a row. Gringott's was a disappointment though. I'm just not a huge screen person. The audio on parts of the ride broke for us and that quickly made me realize how much we didn't move.

Go to Disneyland and ride their Splash Mountain. You'll feel like you just jumped in to a lake. I've never gotten so wet on a ride in my life.

 

[hertamaniac]

My thought is that Disney is opening at such a reduced capacity that it's not monetarily worth it, NBA may make more money for them in short term, while possibly being able to open later with less restrictions, more capacity.

Probably won't happen.

And, speaking frankly, even for some non-vlogger locals such as myself.

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

We LOVE Splash Mountain. Probably been on that ride more than any other at Disney. On the other end of the spectrum, I agree that Small World is just a terrible, awful, no good, very bad ride. The People Mover is WAY better than Small World.

 

[xuxa777]

Then they’d have to close off Disney Springs....

why would they?

 

[mshanson3121]

I think Disney offered a promotion for a timeframe when they thought for sure that they would be open. Did anyone here think back in mid-March that things would be largely shut down in the US for two months straight? I know I didn't.

Several of us in fact did. And we were all informed of how crazy we supposedly were for thinking so But then again, many of those same people didn't think they'd shut down period, in the first place.

 

[Pickle Rick]

Loved those rides ! And the E.T ride -- and Earthquake !
And Terminator !

E.T. is the only ride left from the original UO opening.

 

[cakebaker]

okay guys can we stop with the which-rides-are-better..... tbh all rides are better than just sitting at home in quarantine all day

Apparently that’s the hot news today....who has better rides. Universal giving an opening date with all those details. Who cares, right?

 

[Eric Smith]

Much better than the one in IOA now, IMO.

I was frustrated that I waited almost an hour to go on that garbage ride. Their innovation was to drive you through a tunnel of screens. Great job Universal! /s

 

[Dis5150]

The next Task Force meeting, and Disney's next opportunity to present a plan, is next Wednesday, 5/27. I would assume they will not release anything ahead of time in case the Task Force, Mayor, or Governor reject their plan. They may also choose to continue to wait.

Do we know when the agenda for that Task Force meeting will be announced?

 

[Pickle Rick]

We LOVE Splash Mountain. Probably been on that ride more than any other at Disney. On the other end of the spectrum, I agree that Small World is just a terrible, awful, no good, very bad ride. The People Mover is WAY better than Small World.

People Mover is one of the best rides in MK, heck at WDW, IMO.