Disneyland Reopening Speculation Superthread

[disneychrista]

I am hoping we get to hit DL before Halloween. What kind of lead time do we expect them to give for people to make reservations? Like, do we think they’ll open up 30 days in advance like the Flex?

I think Disney will announce about 10 - 14 days before they plan to open. They will likely not announce a date until they have the okay from the state.

 

[Michele King]

So today I was supposed to be getting everyone ready for our trip to Disneyland tomorrow...... we were supposed to check into the GCH Sunday and stay until Tuesday. Considering the high in Anaheim is 105 tomorrow, I can’t say it would’ve been the best trip ever, but still wish we were headed north on the 5 tomorrow!!!!

Us too. We were supposed to check in today. We could have really used that. We've got some sufferers of some bad COVID depression in our house. We need something to show the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[Lesley Wake]

A lot of local people are lamenting that there’s no Street Fair in Orange this weekend, but I think it’s kind of a blessing because people would have been passing out from heat exhaustion!

I am hoping we get to hit DL before Halloween. What kind of lead time do we expect them to give for people to make reservations? Like, do we think they’ll open up 30 days in advance like the Flex?

It will be interesting to see their reservation system. WDW basically opened up all the park passes for a full year in advance! Helps for people with future trips but APs were limited to 3 at a time, so they have to navigate park pass availability (though WDW has been adding more availability for APs every week or so). They also don’t have as severe differentiation between AP levels, with anyone not from Florida or DVC pretty much funneled into Platinum and all discounts for all APs the same. I wonder if DL will do some sort of tiered system? Higher levels of passes get first choice of park pass dates and/or maybe could hold more future park reservations at a time. Again, pure speculation on my part, but DL does treat APs differently.

 

[DLgal]

Disney Tourist Blog updated their prediction to Oct 1st. Still all speculative but they usually have reasonable justifications. https://www.disneytouristblog.com/when-will-disneyland-reopen/

That's my birthday! I'll take it!

 

[disneychrista]

Disney Tourist Blog updated their prediction to Oct 1st. Still all speculative but they usually have reasonable justifications.

I would say this would be the earliest that I can see the parks opening because it will allow time to see if OC see's a spike in cases due to the Labor Day.

 

[midnight star]

Saw this on Facebook

 

[SeaDis]

Disney Tourist Blog updated their prediction to Oct 1st. Still all speculative but they usually have reasonable justifications. https://www.disneytouristblog.com/when-will-disneyland-reopen/

There's an interesting comment at the bottom of the article about "October 1st" from a CM. All 2nd hand and far from official. Maybe that is the internal date, subject to the State. Although, the internal date could just be slipping week by week.

"Rachel September 3, 2020
I had a trip planned September 19, I called on August 18 (to pay or cancel) the cast member on the phone told me the Disneyland parks new reopening date is October 1st depending on the governors approval. She also said if I were to keep my park tickets they are only valid until the end of 2020 so we cancelled and will rebook when we know for sure."

 

[DLgal]

There's an interesting comment at the bottom of the article about "October 1st" from a CM. All 2nd hand and far from official. Maybe that is the internal date, subject to the State. Although, the internal date could just be slipping week by week.

"Rachel September 3, 2020
I had a trip planned September 19, I called on August 18 (to pay or cancel) the cast member on the phone told me the Disneyland parks new reopening date is October 1st depending on the governors approval. She also said if I were to keep my park tickets they are only valid until the end of 2020 so we cancelled and will rebook when we know for sure."

Well, considering that the information this CM gave about tickets is inaccurate, I wouldn't trust anything else they said. Didn't Disney already say previously purchased tickets would be good until Dec 16, 2021?

 

[Cal-Pie]

Well, considering that the information this CM gave about tickets is inaccurate, I wouldn't trust anything else they said. Didn't Disney already say previously purchased tickets would be good until Dec 16, 2021?

There has been no extension on regular tickets that are set to expire on Jan 12, 2021.

 

[gottalovepluto]

There's an interesting comment at the bottom of the article about "October 1st" from a CM. All 2nd hand and far from official. Maybe that is the internal date, subject to the State. Although, the internal date could just be slipping week by week.

"Rachel September 3, 2020
I had a trip planned September 19, I called on August 18 (to pay or cancel) the cast member on the phone told me the Disneyland parks new reopening date is October 1st depending on the governors approval. She also said if I were to keep my park tickets they are only valid until the end of 2020 so we cancelled and will rebook when we know for sure."

Screams Phone CM Gossip to me... A couple on another forum called around the same time and were told Sept 16. The current policy is no extensions on tickets so the CM isn’t totally wrong there- for right now.

 

[Aurora0427]

October 1 makes some kind of sense. The hotel discounts are over 9/30. I dunno. I feel like 10/1 is a possibility.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Well, considering that the information this CM gave about tickets is inaccurate, I wouldn't trust anything else they said. Didn't Disney already say previously purchased tickets would be good until Dec 16, 2021?

Briefly. Then a day or a few days later they quietly updated their website to no extensions. Class Act.

 

[DLgal]

Briefly. Then a day or a few days later they quietly updated their website to no extensions. Class Act.

Really? Well, what happens if they don't reopen in 2020?

 

[DLgal]

Briefly. Then a day or a few days later they quietly updated their website to no extensions. Class Act.

I imagine they will apply the cost of the ticket to a new ticket purchase once they resume ticket sales for people who could not return in 2020. There are way too many travel restrictions to simply say "too bad so sad" to people with unused single day or multi day tickets. That would be a PR disaster.

They have literally extended every other ticket type to Dec 16, 2021. It makes no sense to have a different set of rules for full priced tickets.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Really? Well, what happens if they don't reopen in 2020?

Good question! Which they have not answered. But I think they’re giving refunds on tickets when asked so at least there is that.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I imagine they will apply the cost of the ticket to a new ticket purchase once they resume ticket sales for people who could not return in 2020. There are way too many travel restrictions to simply say "too bad so sad" to people with unused single day or multi day tickets. That would be a PR disaster.

They have literally extended every other ticket type to Dec 16, 2021. It makes no sense to have a different set of rules for full priced tickets.

Yes that is what they say they will do, you can use your ticket value toward another ticket in the future. That way they can force anyone who bought tickets to pay the current price when they get around to going.

Ridiculous all other tickets got expanded exp dates

 

[StormyCA]

Just curious......what happens to someone with a multi-day ticket with unused days due to the closure, say 2 days left on a 5 day hopper?

 

[Malcon10t]

Interesting -- my Sept 25th reservation has not been cancelled yet. What were your travel dates?

My Sept 25th is probably not happening. I just need to stop hoping.

My Sept 21 - 25 is still there too.

My trip is still there. But we cannot now book rooms then. Earliest date to book is oct 1.

 

[lcp9]

oh my gosh talk about ticket expiration dates reminded me that I bought tickets back in February for what we thought would be an October trip. I totally forgot I had those...which makes me a little nervous about what other thousand dollar mistakes I've made so current policy is just to apply the value to new tickets? We're from out of state so even if they do reopen, I want to see how things go for a while and make sure it's worth our trip (attractions open, etc.)

 

[hiroMYhero]

Just curious......what happens to someone with a multi-day ticket with unused days due to the closure, say 2 days left on a 5 day hopper?

Those unused days will be valid through 12/16/21 ~ info on the DL app.