Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[sullivan.kscott]

Gonna go out on a limb and say some of those days will see extended hours between now and then. But the 2 weeks following March 6th are going to be our first real test gauge to see what crowds may look like this year

Forgive my ignorance, but why those weeks? Honest question.

Easter is mid April, so won’t we have spring breakers until then, in various amounts? The rest of what’s in my head is a little OT, but I’m wishfully hoping we’re in a place that might entice some fence-riders to book or keep travel plans again after Easter.

 

[rteetz]

Forgive my ignorance, but why those weeks? Honest question.

Easter is mid April, so won’t we have spring breakers until then, in various amounts? The rest of what’s in my head is a little OT, but I’m wishfully hoping we’re in a place that might entice some fence-riders to book or keep travel plans again after Easter.

Many schools have set Easter breaks especially colleges. Many have those in March.

 

[midnight star]

Forgive my ignorance, but why those weeks? Honest question.

Easter is mid April, so won’t we have spring breakers until then, in various amounts? The rest of what’s in my head is a little OT, but I’m wishfully hoping we’re in a place that might entice some fence-riders to book or keep travel plans again after Easter.

Some spring breaks are in march.

 

[Aimeedyan]

Anyone heard anything more about the no free magic bands after Jan 1?

We're staying at AKL in January; when I went on to just see if they'd let me still order a band, the plain color ones were now $5. I have no less than 400000 bands so we skipped paying for one.

Then last week I got a ship notification for magic bands. Went into my account and they have mailed us gray bands for that stay

Hadn't heard any changes mentioned but I really thought they were not sending anything now, not that they would send you gray if you refused to pay $5 for a color.

 

[rteetz]

Anyone heard anything more about the no free magic bands after Jan 1?

We're staying at AKL in January; when I went on to just see if they'd let me still order a band, the plain color ones were now $5. I have no less than 400000 bands so we skipped paying for one.

Then last week I got a ship notification for magic bands. Went into my account and they have mailed us gray bands for that stay

Hadn't heard any changes mentioned but I really thought they were not sending anything now, not that they would send you gray if you refused to pay $5 for a color.

They are sending emails to guests now too that they are not going to get free magicbands. You just got lucky I guess.

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/12/spea...gp-kmwwOmdjcW2PYDjL_bQyUtChDvn3Nlnk3Gqyr68ZOw

 

[CarolynFH]

Forgive my ignorance, but why those weeks? Honest question.

Easter is mid April, so won’t we have spring breakers until then, in various amounts? The rest of what’s in my head is a little OT, but I’m wishfully hoping we’re in a place that might entice some fence-riders to book or keep travel plans again after Easter.

Most school districts in Texas have Spring Break those two weeks. The universities too - except many of them have cancelled SB for 2021.

 

[sullivan.kscott]

Some spring breaks are in march.

Thanks. MT’s is 3/6-3/13, but when we lived in Cincinnati it always seemed to tie to Easter week, probably because of the strength and size of religious private education there.

 

[Mit88]

Thanks. MT’s is 3/6-3/13, but when we lived in Cincinnati it always seemed to tie to Easter week, probably because of the strength and size of religious private education there.

Usually the grade school breaks tie in with Easter. But the last couple of years you’ve seen crowds grow exponentially right around St Paddy’s for the college breaks. Mid-September and Mid-March have the big newest busy season at Disney and Universal

 

[yulilin3]

To help spread the crowds out Sea World will be performing the fireworks show 4 times on NYE.

 

[Betty Rohrer]

I don’t think they would do something that they thought was a bad idea. They clearly know what they are doing, they’ve been doing it for a long time. I don’t think they will be opening as normal either. It is likely a phased approach with limited offerings. A place that is supposed to be a happy place for critically ill kids is likely a place that has consulted medical experts on this as well.

cam not remember the name mentioned but one was mentioned when I read her letter. for some of these kids it is now or never. the kids doctors have to sign off on any trip or at least that was true when my 2 grandsons had their trips there

 

[runjulesrun]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/12/spea...gp-kmwwOmdjcW2PYDjL_bQyUtChDvn3Nlnk3Gqyr68ZOw

Doesn't say if they are two way speakers but I hope so. I always feel so bad for CMs who are trying to hear what I'm trying to say through my mask + plexiglass.

 

[Leight19]

The Mara at AKL is showing breakfast hours for Dec. 23 - Jan. 2nd.

Don’t want to get my hopes up but traveling in January and Mara being open (or any jambo food really) is my Christmas wish haha. Here’s to hoping this plays out and isn’t a system glitch.

 

[gottalovepluto]

This one is normally a favorite of the family's, but we were really disappointed with the limited menu. It was perhaps the most noticeable to us beyond the resort QS.
Hope it, and others, can make a full return "soon."

I was so excited to try that but when I got look at that limited menu- yikes. We passed.

 

[sullivan.kscott]

I was so excited to try that but when I got look at that limited menu- yikes. We passed.

If it comes back to 2019 offerings, it was worth it for desserts alone. Some pretty innovative flans and cheesecakes for the discerning Midwesterner

A pretty good bar, too, but La Cava and Choza are still open so nothing overly innovative there.

 

[Wreckem]

Yeah, six feet is a minimum. You’re not magically protected if you stay six feet away and get 14mn59seconds/24hours exposure.

Disagree. Public health is not a personal choice. It is something that every individual and business needs to be involved in. Businesses have a moral responsibility to protect people’s health and life to a certain point. A pandemic requires different measures than normal times, some of which will hurt profits. It is not a personal feeling of being unsafe. The theme parks ARE creating unsafe environments based on the scientific data about the virus. The theme parks have changed their tune since July when they advertised they would keep everyone six feet apart- though the verbiage on the websites, signs, and audio recordings that state distancing is in place and expected of guests is still there. They are contradicting their own published policies.

The rest of the world uses 1m or 3 feet not six.

Also ventilation is found to be more important than masks or distancing. There is no scientific basis to sit people six feet apart on a fast moving outdoor rides. Airplanes aren’t having outbreaks and they are all in a steel tube less than even 2 feet apart.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

Doesn't say if they are two way speakers but I hope so. I always feel so bad for CMs who are trying to hear what I'm trying to say through my mask + plexiglass.

Maybe this will prevent people from sticking their head UNDER the plexiglass to talk to CMs like I saw multiple people do on our trip.

 

[midnight star]

Maybe this will prevent people from sticking their head UNDER the plexiglass to talk to CMs like I saw multiple people do on our trip.

WHAT

 

[TikiTikiFan]

WHAT

One dude did this in one of those plastic barriers where there’s just like a little box cut out to pass food and cards... My son and I were behind him in line like uhhhhhh..

Someone’s gonna end up getting their head stuck like Winnie the Pooh!

 

[Heather07438]

Anyone heard anything more about the no free magic bands after Jan 1?

We're staying at AKL in January; when I went on to just see if they'd let me still order a band, the plain color ones were now $5. I have no less than 400000 bands so we skipped paying for one.

Then last week I got a ship notification for magic bands. Went into my account and they have mailed us gray bands for that stay

Hadn't heard any changes mentioned but I really thought they were not sending anything now, not that they would send you gray if you refused to pay $5 for a color.

That's odd. Not sure but may have been your timing.

Was your trip booked before June 2020 (which had the cutoff date for placing free MB orders for resort stays after Jan 1, 2021)? And did you go onto the MB page and poke around without sending an order before that cutoff date? Maybe that triggered the system to automatically grandfather you and send free MBs.

Our upcoming split stay qualified us for 2 sets of MBs. We ordered one set before the cutoff, those included free plain MBs. More recently we ordered the other set: 1 plain MB for $5 and 2 upgraded MBs.