Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[gottalovepluto]

First delaying the reopening the parks after setting a date, and now delaying the reopening of VGC 2 days before they were set to reopen. Yikes

I’ll give them a pass on the theme parks in July. The whole CA theme park industry literally thought they’d be allowed to open. None of them had a clue what Sacramento actually thought about them.

That said, Disney should fire their COVID projector. Waited long enough into summer to opened WDW at peak summer COVID and then waited so long to open GCH DVC they hit the third round? Please. It didn’t take a genius to know Halloween + Thanksgiving would equal very bad COVID numbers

If they had opened GCH DVC in Aug they could have gotten 4 months worth of bookings into this year before being shown again.

 

[New Mouse]

I’ll give them a pass on the theme parks in July. The whole CA theme park industry literally thought they’d be allowed to open. None of them had a clue what Sacramento actually thought about them.

That said, Disney should fire their COVID projector. Waited long enough into summer to opened WDW at peak summer COVID and then waited so long to open GCH DVC they hit the third round? Please. It didn’t take a genius to know Halloween + Thanksgiving would equal very bad COVID numbers

If they had opened GCH DVC in Aug they could have gotten 4 months worth of bookings into this year before being shown again.

Yes the person in charge of GCH for DVC has been A disaster

 

[osufeth24]

It’s the only festival I haven’t been to, and have always wanted to. It’s just during a time of year that I’m never there.

It's fun, got to experience last year. I wanted so many different art pieces lol.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

If they had opened GCH DVC in Aug they could have gotten 4 months worth of bookings into this year before being shown again.

I’m actually most surprised they set a date in the first place. They had to know another stay at home order would possibly come back down from Newsom at some point in the fall or during the holidays limiting leisure travel and outdoor dining again. There have been rumblings about another stay at home order for months. I’m surprised they even set a December opening to begin with. I feel so badly for the CMs expecting an opening and now already out of work again before a guest even arrived. And right now at the holidays.

As a DVC member, I understand the importance of opening VGC - members should have the ability to use their points at their home resort.

But besides starting to unburden the points system and making DVC members happy to use their points at their home resort, what would those 4 months of VGC bookings really get Disney here? With very little for guests to spend money on, what does Disney get out of opening this very small number of villas?

The DVC portion of GC is so small. There are only 2 grand villas and 48 2 bedrooms that can be split down to 1 bedrooms/studios. There usually is not much (usually not really any) availability at VGC for cash. The vast majority are points bookings at all times of the year.

Seems like Downtown Disney/Buena Vista Street are consistently busy enough without anyone staying at VGC. So, what’s in it for Disney to just open 50-75 or so villas (other than because they should so members can use their points and it would start unburdening the system?)

 

[SaintsManiac]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1335225110391820291

 

[scrappinginontario]

I love the idea of the cavalcades and hope they stick around but not at the expense of actual character meet and greets, when these can safely be done again.

cavalcades work great as my daughter is older but I would never exchange them from the personal character experiences she had as a child!!

 

[Farro]

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Wow! I'm assuming it's locals? People can't still be on Thanksgiving vacations...can they?

 

[yulilin3]

Wow! I'm assuming it's locals? People can't still be on Thanksgiving vacations...can they?

I've seen an uptick of south american tourists, I don't think this is all locals

 

[Jrb1979]

Wow! I'm assuming it's locals? People can't still be on Thanksgiving vacations...can they?

I don't car who is going right now but seeing that many people crowded together isn't a good look with Covid cases rising.

 

[Farro]

I've seen an uptick of south american tourists, I don't think this is all locals

That's interesting! I just assumed no one was traveling internationally at this point.

 

[yulilin3]

That's interesting! I just assumed no one was traveling internationally at this point.

the only south american country that believe is banned right now is Brazil, I have heard lots of portuguese at the parks recently though, along with a lot of people from Colombia and Venezuela. Federico from SiDisney recently came over, he's from Colombia

 

[chicagoshannon]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1335225110391820291

We had reservations for DHS today. I cancelled last night because our flight gets in too late. Glad we won't be there.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Wow! I'm assuming it's locals? People can't still be on Thanksgiving vacations...can they?

I think it’s probably more of everyone, locals and travelers. Some travelers were probably freaked out by the thought of Thanksgiving crowds and thought they might see a slower week this week.

 

[andyman8]

Wow! I'm assuming it's locals? People can't still be on Thanksgiving vacations...can they?

My impression is that the parks are still seeing the majority of their visitation from APs and locals. Resort bookings certainly reflect that.

We should get a better sense in a couple weeks when a slew of APs become blocked out. That’s why I think they’re still having trouble with the last of half the month.

 

[osufeth24]

I just interviewed two furloughed cast members for a job opening we have, I wanted to talk to them more about their experience at Disney then do an actual interview haha

 

[Yooperroo]

the only south american country that believe is banned right now is Brazil, I have heard lots of portuguese at the parks recently though, along with a lot of people from Colombia and Venezuela. Federico from SiDisney recently came over, he's from Colombia

We were there in July, and again in November, and we absolutely noticed an increase in the amount of Spanish we heard spoken around us when we were there last month. Enough so that we commented to each other that there must be a lot more travelers coming from central and south America now.

 

[chicagoshannon]

We were there in July, and again in November, and we absolutely noticed an increase in the amount of Spanish we heard spoken around us when we were there last month. Enough so that we commented to each other that there must be a lot more travelers coming from central and south America now.

I'm sure there are more there now but I did notice quite a few in September when we were there. I noticed because I was really surprised they were there (They seemed to be Brazilian but could have been another country). I just didn't think they would be there due to the travel. There weren't any of the big groups but I did notice a lot of families.

 

[Carol Jackson]

I don't car who is going right now but seeing that many people crowded together isn't a good look with Covid cases rising.

I’m at Hollywood Studios right now. It is NOT that crowded. I believe that is an old photo.

 

[Carol Jackson]

Did the Single Rider Covid test this morning at Disney. Took about half an hour total. Arrived 15 minutes before they opened.

 

[rteetz]

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