Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[butterscotchcollins]

I've had such a crappy day already and now this. I'm opening wine and starting a fight.

I’ll join you

I agree. Star Wars this year was supposed to be my first rD race, now it moved to Marathon weekend. I’ve done the virtual ones but I really want to do an in person one. It would actually be my first 5k ever.

Same here. I’m really hoping Marathon Weekend was planned with capacity limits/social distancing in mind :/

Regarding shortened park hours, I’m pretty upset. The parks better be a freaking ghost town because our first park day is Sept 8th which means we will quite literally have just missed the current slate of hours and I was very much looking forward to short lines and getting to do everything we wanted multiple times in a (shortened) day.

Like others I am also concerned as to how to entertain ourselves at night - we saved our ADRs for dinners to try and fill some of that time but there are only so many nights I can spend shopping at Disney Springs or drinking at the hotel bar.

If Disney wants the demand back, bring back fireworks and nighttime entertainment - with the current crowd levels there is obviously more than enough room for everyone to space out

 

[WonderlandisReality]

I’m in a FB group with someone who was told BC will not be open in September 2021. 2021!! They are being offered Kidani 2br or Yacht CL.

Did they get Sven/Flynn/Finn?

 

[Farro]

I’m in a FB group with someone who was told BC will not be open in September 2021. 2021!! They are being offered Kidani 2br or Yacht CL.

If true, that's just idiotic. Panic.Why would they do that now???

 

[anthony2k7]

The demand spread across the 4 parks is low overall. They don’t need to have more operating hours to have guests feel like they are getting their money’s worth for those who agreed to go. September is a slow time.

For one, it allows for park hopping (With ticket), merchandising, specialty foods and themed attractions. Mix a social distancing parade and fireworks people will buy it.

If the ticket price was $600 each, would people buy it? A few may but not enough for it to be viable.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I’m in a FB group with someone who was told BC will not be open in September 2021. 2021!! They are being offered Kidani 2br or Yacht CL.

What a sad cloud over the 50th this all is.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Did they get Sven/Flynn/Finn?

If they’re being offered changes it’s not the same level as a Sven giving his two cents. Not the only person to report that either.

 

[rockpiece]

This reduced hours is not fair to people who already paid for tickets expecting the normal hours. Hopefully there is some type of compensation.

 

[HikingFam]

Did they get Sven/Flynn/Finn?

There are other people saying they are getting the same calls about BC.

 

[Poohbear538]

I'm the optimistic one. I'm in for Dopey in January and Star Wars kessell run in April.

My first half marathon was disney (marathon weekend) and was a great place to hit a milestone like that. Love the races there. I typically do 2 race weekends every year (right now marathon and Star Wars). Such a great experience and I hope you get a chance to do it. They are so much fun. If I'm there when you are after you finish the race would be glad to buy you a beer.

Wow! I haven’t been running that long and this mess has just taken the wind from my sails. I planned on getting to a marathon by Star Wars but that’s not going to happen. I wanted to try the Wine and Dine once I saw the medals but I just can’t justify that much money for a virtual race. I am excited for 2021, still hoping for the best. Deal on the beer

 

[JacknSally]

I’m in a FB group with someone who was told BC will not be open in September 2021. 2021!! They are being offered Kidani 2br or Yacht CL.

Meanwhile I’m still being told to wait on changing our POFQ res for this December because there’s a chance it could reopen by then. Just depends on who you talk to. We booked a back-up room at Dolphin yesterday but we’re holding on to our POFQ package until the last possible minute.

 

[anthony2k7]

There are other people saying they are getting the same calls about BC.

Will it just be BC, or the other currently closed resorts as well?!!

 

[Farro]

There are other people saying they are getting the same calls about BC.

Someone needs to explain to me how they know Beach Club will be closed 13 months from now.

I guess they are a LOT worse off than the other day lead me to believe

 

[DGsAtBLT]

This reduced hours is not fair to people who already paid for tickets expecting the normal hours. Hopefully there is some type of compensation.

Why? Hasn’t ticket price remained steady since before the pandemic? They shouldn’t compensate, that’s a can of worms IMO. Refund hoppers and the like, but otherwise where do they draw the line? They’ve already been operating with reduced hours and offerings since July 11, this just a further reduction. People can choose not to use their tickets.

 

[AmberMV]

This reduced hours is not fair to people who already paid for tickets expecting the normal hours. Hopefully there is some type of compensation.

It's the same thing as everything else going on. The people in Feb 2020 paid the same price for more offerings than people who went in July. People in September pay the same price as people in August, but with further reduced hours. I don't see them compensating anyone for it, sorry.

 

[AmberMV]

Will it just be BC, or the other currently closed resorts as well?!!

I have resort reservations for August, September, January, May and September and so far have not received calls or communication for any of them. Contemp, OKW, CSR CL tower, Yacht and Riviera though.

 

[anthony2k7]

Someone needs to explain to me how they know Beach Club will be closed 13 months from now.

I guess they are a LOT worse off than the other day lead me to believe

Coincidental that todays bad news all come out same day with that survey saying 70% of Americans didn't feel safe visiting theme parks right now!!!

 

[Mit88]

I find it hard to believe that they can decide for certain that they’ll have their resorts closed in January, let alone in September. If theyre upgrading reservations, it could just be that theyre preparing for worst case.

For all we know this thing could disappear or we have a vaccine by March (both unlikely), economy is in a better place (also unlikely) and the summer of the 50th is still packed with people that want to be a part of the celebration. We dont know, they dont know, but making these decisions 13 months ahead would seem very dumb

 

[mattpeto]

I hate to be cutthroat but don’t go if you feel like things aren’t fair right now. Pandemics wreck things like natural disasters.

 

[Poohbear538]

Thank you @Krandor My SiL and I signed up for the 2012 Star Wars virtual race because I hate to say it, I wasn’t sure it would happen then either. I was a bit too optimistic for Marathon weekend.

Ha! Meant 2021. I really just want to get out of 2020 and it doesn’t matter which way it seems LOL!!

 

[one_cat]

After the email from Disney yesterday and the park hours announcement today it sure feels like Disney is trying to get people to cancel their vacations. I wonder what the next hit will be?