Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[osufeth24]

Ahhh cool air

 

[Brianstl]

I think you’ll start to see more vacationers than locals now that all 4 are back open. Not a huge influx, but certainly more now that we’re getting further from the reopenings

I think it is actually going to slow down after the first couple weeks.

 

[anthony2k7]

Anyone know what the crowds are like at universal now?

 

[dismom58]

That is three days in a row of a declining first time positive test rate now. Also, 142,981 is just a massive amount of tests results to come back in one day.

The numbers don’t reflect daily testing some private labs are sending in weekly results

 

[Makmak]

Just you worry about whether the coffee machines will still be there when you get there!

Well the coffee machines are in the rooms at pop but I brought my own bc I never use the in room coffee makers. I’ve seen things. Therefore I don’t trust them even under normal circumstances.

 

[Makmak]

Anyone know what the crowds are like at universal now?

25 mins gringots and 15 mins Jurassic Park

 

[Mit88]

I think it is actually going to slow down after the first couple weeks.

It could definitely slow down. But given the number of “it’s safer than grocery stores” comments as opposed to “no one is following the rules”, there’s a possibility more people will become more comfortable with the notion of going to the parks.

 

[Makmak]

It could definitely slow down. But given the number of “it’s safer than grocery stores” comments as opposed to “no one is following the rules”, there’s a possibility more people will become more comfortable with the notion of going to the parks.

I agree. Every day we see more influx at the resort. First days we hardly saw any arrivals but yesterday there were back to back magical
Express busses here.

 

[Pksmom03]

According to MDE, EE is down. Wasn’t it down all day yesterday too?

 

[RWinNOLA]

According to MDE, EE is down. Wasn’t it down all day yesterday too?

Yes it was.

 

[birostick]

According to MDE, EE is down. Wasn’t it down all day yesterday too?

they are low key fixing the Yeti

/s

 

[osufeth24]

Rise amazing as always

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1284512803043389441

 

[Llama mama]

Does anyone know if you have to have a reservation at a resort reservation to park over there? We are staying at Contemporary and want to get Tonga toast. Trying to figure out logistics of resort hopping for quick service food

We will be at the Contemporary end of the month. I was too afraid to try QS (in case they denied entry) at another resort so we booked a dinner at Whispering Canyon. I figured we would just Uber over.

 

[Mit88]

they are low key fixing the Yeti

/s

Thats what they’re allocating the SSE, festival pavilion, Mary Poppins, Primeval Whirl, Stitch, and Festival of light budget for.

 

[Brianstl]

I really think dining plan is going to come back soon. The new menu signs for Taste of Food & Wine have snack credits listed on them. They are definitely new menus since they include 12 ounce beers.
My guess is they start selling some level of dining plan before the end of August. I think the delay is probably figuring out if they can do it with table service or if they will have no plans with table service.

 

[Brianstl]

Listed wait times appear to be a little longer today for several attractions than the past few days.

 

[dreamit]

ROTR was down first thing this morning. Our BG 7 was called around 11:20, entered the queue at 11:30. To avoid spoilers, we made it halfway through the beginning and are now being held up due to technical difficulties. This will be our second HS day of our trip where we’re late to an ADR because of ROTR going down. I shouldn’t be complaining about this but all areas (queue and attraction) at ROTR are freezing cold. It’s great at first but not for any length of time. My teeth chattered after being in a particularly cold area of the line for an hour on Wednesday, and I’m a Minnesotan.

 

[skeeter31]

I really think dining plan is going to come back soon. The new menu signs for Taste of Food & Wine have snack credits listed on them. They are definitely new menus since they include 12 ounce beers.
My guess is they start selling some level of dining plan before the end of August. I think the delay is probably figuring out if they can do it with table service or if they will have no plans with table service.

Unfortunately I don’t see the dining plan coming back until all restaurants are open and capacity is back to normal. Who is going to purchase it if they can’t use it where they want to? Those F&W menus were most likely printed and made back in January or February when they start planning for the next F&W festival.

 

[Mit88]

Listed wait times appear to be a little longer today for several attractions than the past few days.

Maybe we need you-know-who to come back and “lie” about non-compliance and lack of enforcement to bring those crowds and wait times back down