WDW COVID-19 Operational Changes- Reservation System-Rope Drop Procedures

If the VQ app works like the rest of the IT with Disney, they need to work more on it.
lol, agreed. We saw changes about a month ago, I guess they forgot to turn it off or whatever (I am not IT savvy) but we saw the screen of the multiple VQ experiences wording, not the actual attractions that would have them.
Anyways, at least we know they have been working on it for a while now
 
lol, agreed. We saw changes about a month ago, I guess they forgot to turn it off or whatever (I am not IT savvy) but we saw the screen of the multiple VQ experiences wording, not the actual attractions that would have them.
Anyways, at least we know they have been working on it for a while now

Sometimes that happens when you are working on the live version. But it makes no sense that they would do that. They should have a copy they are writing code on, not the live version. . .

If anything, COVID19 should force Disney to do something about their IT problems. I predict when they come back, the first day, there are going to be multiple IT problems that knock out the VQ for a period of time, and it will be early in the day.
 
Why are they still accepting reservations right now if they plan to reduce capacity? Have they not reached the limit for 20-30% capacity already? I wonder how many people canceled because they don't feel safe to visit yet and/or don't want to have a modified experience.
 
Why are they still accepting reservations right now if they plan to reduce capacity? Have they not reached the limit for 20-30% capacity already? I wonder how many people canceled because they don't feel safe to visit yet and/or don't want to have a modified experience.
international people are having to cancel at least for July since a lot of airlines have pulled flights, and due to travel restrictions, that makes up a large number of WDW guests. Also, a lot of people stay off site or are local, depending on how they prioritize park entrance they could be trying to get most of that capacity from onsite guests (they can get more money that way) and they can have a more accurate count of who will be in the parks. If they've had a lot of cancelations, for any number of reasons (people scared to travel due to the virus, high unemployment causing people to pull their trips, guests who don't want to wear masks to the parks in the middle of summer) then they still have plenty of rooms to fill even for reduced capacity. When I look for my dates there is so much still available, way more than you sually see for July, so it makes sense to me that they would still want/need to fill some rooms.
 


Why are they still accepting reservations right now if they plan to reduce capacity? Have they not reached the limit for 20-30% capacity already? I wonder how many people canceled because they don't feel safe to visit yet and/or don't want to have a modified experience.
and just to add from what is posted above, Disney has never said what type of capacity they will open with. At SDL they opened with less than 30% because the government said they had to open that low. Here the Governors guidelines states 50% for phase 2 (which we should hit in the next couple of weeks) and then no capacity for Phase 3.
 
I'm curious what 100% capacity is for each park? Does anyone know? If it's 100K, 50K still seems like a lot to me, even if it is 50%.
 
I'm curious what 100% capacity is for each park? Does anyone know? If it's 100K, 50K still seems like a lot to me, even if it is 50%.
I don't think anyone here knows. And it is very rare for the parks to actually close due to reaching "capacity". So 50% could still have plenty of people around & look like a fairly normal day at Disney World, though not an extremely busy one.
 


I don't think anyone here knows. And it is very rare for the parks to actually close due to reaching "capacity". So 50% could still have plenty of people around & look like a fairly normal day at Disney World, though not an extremely busy one.
That's kinda my point. It will still be "crowded" at 50% capacity.
 
I'm curious what 100% capacity is for each park? Does anyone know? If it's 100K, 50K still seems like a lot to me, even if it is 50%.
Disney doesn't release numbers but here is a good guess from several different ssites
MK 95k
Ep 95K
DHS 75K
AK 60K
average day guests at MK is below 65k since that is when they start phased closings
So lets say Disney announces they will reopen at 50% capacity, that means for MK it will be slightly lower than 50K
Now if they say they will cut 50% of regular park attendance that will be for MK about 32k
 
Capacity is tricky, since we don’t have a hard daily average to compare or even an estimate.. it’s one of the best kept dis secrets. But..
If Disney decides to be as cautious at WDW as they were in Shanghai, opening capacity will be lower then what the government is suggesting to start.

The government target for reopening in Shanghai was 24% capacity - Disney chose to go less and build to the 24% by adding 5000 more guests periodically until they reached the target.

Good news out of Shanghai today - ALL park shows have now resumed! 😊
 
I'm curious what 100% capacity is for each park? Does anyone know? If it's 100K, 50K still seems like a lot to me, even if it is 50%.
I absolutely don't recall where I heard this, but I specifically recall someone from Disney saying it would be at average park capacity- meaning not the legal capacity they would be going off of. I think it was the earnings meeting possibly? I know what I've read is Disney, on a busy day runs at about 55k and they start closures at 65k. If they went at 50% of legal capacity, you're talking a pretty busy park. I really think they'll either go much lower at legal, or base it on average capacity.
 
I don’t see WDW opening before the 6/14 date that they already cancelled res for.
can you see the amount of complainers they will have to answer to if they say we cancelled your trip but are open??

Capacity compared to taking reservations is also tricky because not everyone goes to the same park or same time of day.
In Theory, you could have (let’s make it simple) one resort open Nd all four parks...if capacity for each is 100k, the resort could be filled 100% with each park at 25% and since not everyone would go at the same time, you could have more than 100k in resort guests
 
Has anyone found anything that states how face-covering rules apply for Universal for 2-year-olds and less?
 
What do me make of this new update from Disney Parks?

@yulilin3 any thoughts?

I know Disney World much more complex than UO with more hotels and parks etc.... but man what I take from this is, July is now looking in question

I would of never ever thought UO would be open for weeks and months before Disney (speculation)


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https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...vacation/?CMP=SOC-DPFY20Q3wo0521200527200011C
It’s an announcement that announces nothing.

I have no idea why they released this.
 
I am trying to find out if I still have to make our final payment 30 days before our trip, which is scheduled for June 24th? I thought I saw somewhere that it had been changed to 7 days before arrival due to everything that is going on.
 
I am trying to find out if I still have to make our final payment 30 days before our trip, which is scheduled for June 24th? I thought I saw somewhere that it had been changed to 7 days before arrival due to everything that is going on.
It is 7 days before arrival at this time.
 
I am trying to find out if I still have to make our final payment 30 days before our trip, which is scheduled for June 24th? I thought I saw somewhere that it had been changed to 7 days before arrival due to everything that is going on.

I called them because I was concerned about this for our trip scheduled to start in mid-june, and they told me that it final payment is NOT due until 7 days prior. Reminder e-mails, even one saying past due at 30 days, will continue to come as they're automated, but not to worry.
 

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