Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[MinnieMSue]

A few days ago we were talking about the updates to FuelRod at WDW etc - wanted to pop back in and say I was approved for my Founder status today!! They must have found it from my CC info, because I had no other proof of purchase information besides a picture of my fuel rod. If you were on the fence about applying for Founder status but really do qualify, give it a shot. They were able to find me somehow.

i got approved yesterday and I wasn’t sure it would work since I don’t think I ever gave them my email address with purchasing and I just threw in a few cc numbers.I had purchased 3 in total but no idea when (though the first couple were when it was brand new and one was at an airport ).

 

[TwoMisfits]

More likely the opposite i think and they got the menus printed before they decided to stop the dining plan

That exactly...and there was no way they'd pay the money to print them again...

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1284558889900544002

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1284559952003182595

 

[FrankieWinthrop]

How does one go about meeting the cast?? Though that may not be a thing when they return. I’ve seen the show probably a dozen times the past few years and the actor playing Marlin has always been the same. I know there must be more than one as no one works seven days a week but we’ve never seen anyone else. I’m so familiar with him as Marlin that once I could tell thirty seconds into the show that the poor man had a cold.

Our family has been Nemo Disneybounding since my daughter was small. Now 6 1/2, she’s on her 2nd Nemo dress made by her grandma and I wear a blue dress with a yellow sash. I made us Dory and Nemo ears. Little brother (4) has a Nemo shirt and hat and Dad wears a blue crush shirt. We’ve been escorted to the VIP section in the front several times and twice a CM has gotten us afterwards to ask if we’d like to meet the cast. I definitely have my favorite CMs in the show, especially Dory (jennwarrenvoice), Mr Ray (Billy Flannigan - a 38 year Disney performer), and Bruce (I don’t know his name but I did get to tell him he was my favorite and give him a hug when we met them once).

 

[kimyinpink]

Does anyone know how rider swap is working now? Do we wait like normal and reenter through the now nonexistant fast pass line or is there a different protocol?

 

[hereforthechurros]

That exactly...and there was no way they'd pay the money to print them again...

That and there’s no end date for F&W so they’re covered if they restart the DDP during.

 

[Mit88]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1284559952003182595

the absolute obvious choice. When you give guests an inch, they’ll take the mile. Keep letting people walk around with drinks and food, they’ll see how far they can get away with it.

 

[gatechfan99]

Just a comparative note, I took the oldest 2 kids to SeaWorld this afternoon. It is truly a different world over here (no pun intended). I’ve seen a good number of people simply walking around with no mask. Probably half of those with it on are doing the “chin mask” thing. The idea of social distancing is much harder to work at here. You’ll find a good spot on a bench or ledge to sit down and immediately someone comes and sits in the open space next to you.

Again, give total credit to everything Disney is doing to make you feel safe. It’s a shame the media loves to try to run with the one picture or anecdote that makes them look bad when it’s so much worse other places that never get a mention. It honestly would’ve been nice if some of the Disney bloggers and writers had spent a day in another park so they could give you a good comparison on how well Disney is doing.

 

[Mit88]

Just a comparative note, I took the oldest 2 kids to SeaWorld this afternoon. It is truly a different world over here (no pun intended). I’ve seen a good number of people simply walking around with no mask. Probably half of those with it on are doing the “chin mask” thing. The idea of social distancing is much harder to work at here. You’ll find a good spot on a bench or ledge to sit down and immediately someone comes and sits in the open space next to you.

Again, give total credit to everything Disney is doing to make you feel safe. It’s a shame the media loves to try to run with the one picture or anecdote that makes them look bad when it’s so much worse other places that never get a mention. It honestly would’ve been nice if some of the Disney bloggers and writers had spent a day in another park so they could give you a good comparison on how well Disney is doing.

I think Tim Tracker put it best. Everyone associates Disney with big crowds, packed Main Street, packed hub for fireworks/parades, long lines with people stuffed into pre show rooms, so when the general public hears “Disney is reopening”, they think all of these things are coming with it.We here see the full story, people not on Disney boards only see the bad. It’s easy to be critical when all you hear is the bad stuff

 

[Dentam]

the absolute obvious choice. When you give guests an inch, they’ll take the mile. Keep letting people walk around with drinks and food, they’ll see how far they can get away with it.

Yep. I really enjoyed the ResortTV1 livestream from Epcot last night, but I found myself getting annoyed seeing entire families walking around with their masks off simply because they had drinks in their hands. I hope the CM's do a good job of enforcing this now that Disney has clarified their rules on this.

 

[Dentam]

Again, give total credit to everything Disney is doing to make you feel safe. It’s a shame the media loves to try to run with the one picture or anecdote that makes them look bad when it’s so much worse other places that never get a mention. It honestly would’ve been nice if some of the Disney bloggers and writers had spent a day in another park so they could give you a good comparison on how well Disney is doing.

Prince Charming Dev went to Legoland, Universal, Sea World and all of the Disney parks. He did a great job of going over the safety standards at each park and even ranked which Disney parks he felt the safest at (Epcot and AK).

 

[glocker]

Just a comparative note, I took the oldest 2 kids to SeaWorld this afternoon. It is truly a different world over here (no pun intended). I’ve seen a good number of people simply walking around with no mask. Probably half of those with it on are doing the “chin mask” thing. The idea of social distancing is much harder to work at here. You’ll find a good spot on a bench or ledge to sit down and immediately someone comes and sits in the open space next to you.

Again, give total credit to everything Disney is doing to make you feel safe. It’s a shame the media loves to try to run with the one picture or anecdote that makes them look bad when it’s so much worse other places that never get a mention. It honestly would’ve been nice if some of the Disney bloggers and writers had spent a day in another park so they could give you a good comparison on how well Disney is doing.

Isn't this part of the problem though? Here's a scenario: a Disney resort guest who has come from another state adheres to Disney protocols while at Disney. He/she decides on a day trip to SeaWorld... it's as you report. Despite this guest's best efforts, he/she is exposed to significant risk in the greater Orlando area. That same guest goes back to the resort on Disney property and continues their trip. Disney can do a great job, but can still be part of the problem because they cannot control the behavior of the migratory guests and CMs. The risk in the surrounding area is such that none of these parks should be open, and until they close, or there is truly mandatory masking/social distancing everywhere, Disney, despite their best efforts, helps to keep the spread at a steady 14%.
That said, I am very glad to see that the vast majority of guests on Disney property seem to be doing their best to mitigate the spread by adhering to the rules.

 

[Krandor]

I got approved for fuel rid founder status. Had just what o thought was cc number and date. I knew the locations code for the fuelrid at Atlanta airport thar has a swap fee and this is how it looks.

priceduee is.
1. login to app
2. select swap
3. scan qr code of kiosk or enter location code
4. shows no charge with confirm button. Since I wasn’t there I didn’t go further but I’m assuming confirm tells kiosk to accept your old battery.

 

[osufeth24]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1284558889900544002

Been doing this anyway.

I forget common courtesy goes out the window for some people when on vacation

 

[gatechfan99]

Isn't this part of the problem though? Here's a scenario: a Disney resort guest who has come from another state adheres to Disney protocols while at Disney. He/she decides on a day trip to SeaWorld... it's as you report. Despite this guest's best efforts, he/she is exposed to significant risk in the greater Orlando area. That same guest goes back to the resort on Disney property and continues their trip. Disney can do a great job, but can still be part of the problem because they cannot control the behavior of the migratory guests and CMs. The risk in the surrounding area is such that none of these parks should be open, and until they close, or there is truly mandatory masking/social distancing everywhere, Disney, despite their best efforts, helps to keep the spread at a steady 14%.
That said, I am very glad to see that the vast majority of guests on Disney property seem to be doing their best to mitigate the spread by adhering to the rules.

In that scenario, I still feel it would be very unlikely they would spread it at Disney based on all the previously mentioned reasons about how Disney is running. I don’t see it as Disney’s fault if the guest is lax and spreads it back home based on getting it at SeaWorld.

 

[AmberMV]

There continues to be good availability in the Park pass calendar for APs through July (except for DHS). Every single day has the other 3 parks available, even several days after it was announced more spots would be open. I am still confused as to why there is this much availability, unless there are truly far more local APs who are holding off for now than I expected there to be (me being one)

 

[MickeyBalloons]

For those who want to know what this week is like, here is part two! Today was MK. We were in a slow moving clam shell when it started to rain, so we decided to call it a day. We will head over to D Springs this evening.

We were at the parking gate at 8:05 and got to into the park at 9. We took the ferry. Very few people. Everyone must have taken the monorail. There were far more guests than the previous days, but it was easy to just amble around. The ice cream stands selling Mickey bars are all closed...the bakery has limited offering, Starbucks has a line down the street, Casey's is closed, shops have new summer items.

The light was different today, the castle blue looked perfectly purple. In the morning, we walked right onto rides, even Splash and HM. You can easily do every ride in the park if you start early, no FP is fantastic! freedom! We rode Dumbo alone...no other guests. Tea cups were half full. Peter Pan, 5 minutes to Never Neverland. Later in the day, many waits grew to 30 minutes.

Today was our best day for character spotting. We were greeted by Mickey & friends at the train station, the Main Street Trolley with Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Rabbit, Merida on her horse, the princesses on parade, Goofy & friends, Tinker Bell, more Princesses posing at the train station, finally, Mickey and friends on a float. People were so happy! everyone waving, it almost felt like a normal MK day minus a few thousand....

We took the monorail over to the Poly for lunch. No little boats were running to the Poly or GF. Ohana's looked closed and the pool was busy, otherwise it was very quiet. At the Pineapple Lanai? BUSY. Saw someone with a Dole Whip the size of a football. Had to look twice...what???? They took our temps again before boarding the monorail back to MK. We rode in empty cars today, when do you ever get to do that?

Almost everyone had masks on correctly and were following rules. The worst place for rule breakers? In line for the rides. People could not read the spacing stickers on the ground and follow the directions... For the most part, besides a few bouts of anxiety, we felt relaxed and yes, even forgot the world outside now and then. It was easy to keep your distance from others. It feels good to be walking around outside for hours. Hope things stay this calm and relaxed as park capacity increases.

 

[coolbrook]

We have a park reservation at DHS today. Was at EPCOT all day yesterday and wasn’t really able to follow this thread to closely.
That said, I haven’t seen anyone mention but I received a notification from MDE yesterday stating that boarding groups would be available for ROTR at 10, 1, and 4 and that you do not have to arrive early. Wording is confusing and it kind of implies that you do not have to be inside the park but it’s not 100% clear.

I've seen this statement a couple times that no 4:00 boarding groups were given out, but I was there on Wednesday and the family sitting next to us trying for one at 4:00 like we were got one and were high fiving and happy and we did not. We were there before 10 and tried at 10, 1, and 4 with 4 phones and previous experience and were not able to get a boarding group. Soooooo frustrating and a long day. A guest experience cm/ leader took pity on me and put us in a boarding group, but trying to get people to show up later won't work if it is still so hard to get a BG.

p.s. This was my DD16 first time to ride and she loved it!

 

[cindianne320]

I got approved for fuel rid founder status. Had just what o thought was cc number and date. I knew the locations code for the fuelrid at Atlanta airport thar has a swap fee and this is how it looks.

priceduee is.
1. login to app
2. select swap
3. scan qr code of kiosk or enter location code
4. shows no charge with confirm button. Since I wasn’t there I didn’t go further but I’m assuming confirm tells kiosk to accept your old battery.

How long did it take you to be approved? Thanks!