Covid-19 Temporary and Permanent Closures Thread

[mattpeto]

We need a centralized thread for things we are losing temporary and permanently due mostly from Covid-19. Some notes at the bottom of the post.

It’s Back (or soon):

• Park Hopping (1/1)
• Electrical Water Pageant
• Savi's Workshop - Handbuilt Lightsabers
• For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration (DHS)
• Following calendar year packages (All of 2021 open)

Resorts Scheduled for Opening:

• March 22, 2021 Disney's All-Star Movies Resort
• May 30, 2021 Disney’s Beach Club Resort
• June 6, 2021 Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Summer 2021 Disney's Polynesian Village Resort

Temporarily Suspended:

1. Select resorts and their restaurants. (Reopening dates below)
2. Evening hours at all park, effective September 8th. See Operational Updates below.
3. Full Magical Express Service (luggage currently not handled by Disney)
4. Nighttime Spectaculars (Fireworks)
   • Happily Ever After
   • Epcot Forever
   • Fantasmic!
   • Smaller shows: Once Upon a Time, A Galactic Spectacular, etc.
5. Parades
   • Festival of Fantasy
6. Extra Magic Hours
7. Paid Before/After Hours Events (such as Disney Villains After Hours)
8. Holiday Parties/Events
   • Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
   • Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
   • Candlelight Processional at Epcot
   • Cinderella Castle Dream Lights
   • Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
   • Sunset Seasons Greetings
9. Water Parks (one scheduled to reopen March 7, 2021)
   • Blizzard Beach
   • Typhoon Lagoon
10. FastPass+
11. Disney Dining Plans
12. Resort Services
    • Club Level
    • Resort Airline Checkin
13. Advanced Dining Reservations at 60 days (Instead of 180)
14. Character Meet & Greets
15. Dinner Shows
16. All Character Dining except:
    • Topolino's Terrace (limited experience)
    • Garden Grill (limited experience)
    • Hollywood & Vine (September 25th)
17. All Buffets
18. Tomorrowland Transit Authority Peoplemover
19. Dessert Parties
20. Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique (both locations)
21. Entertainment/Shows (notable below):
    • Beauty and the Beast Live (DHS)
    • Festival of the Lion King (AK)
    • Finding Nemo (AK)
    • Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular (DHS)
    • Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple (DHS)
    • Pandora Drummers (AK)
    • Star Wars Launch Bay (DHS)
    • Tam Tam Drummers (AK)
    • Tree of Life Awakenings (AK)
    • Voices of Liberty (Epcot)/ returning for Christmas show
22. Annual Passes limitations (3 days reservation and cannot purchase new AP passes)
23. Operational Changes:
    • Face coverings and temperature screenings required
    • Reduced park hours (staggered openings for Transportation and social distancing purposes)
    • Disney Transportation limitations such as:
      • TTC to Epcot Monorail
      • No bus transportation from Disney Parks to Disney Springs
      • Valet service is temporarily unavailable
24. Tours
    • Behind the Seeds
25. Park Restaurants including many in Epcot World Showcase
26. Voyage of the Little Mermaid (updated 9/11/2020, but overall fate TBD)

New Experiences Delayed:

1. Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure (originally summer 2020)
2. Space 220 (originally Winter-Spring 2020)
3. Journey of Water Inspired by Moana (originally targeted for 2021)
4. Harmonious (originally targeted for 2020)
5. Spaceship Earth Refurbishment

Postponed (potentially Permanent):

1. Reflections – A Disney Lakeside Lodge
2. Mary Poppin’s Attraction
3. Epcot Festival Pavilion
4. NBA Experience (all employees laid off)
5. Minnie Van Servic (all employees laid off)

Permanent:

1. Rivers of Light
2. Ample Hills
3. Stitch’s Great Escape
4. Primeval Whirl
5. Grand Floridian Society Orchestra (October 3rd)

Resorts Closed not Scheduled for Bookings:

• Boardwalk Inn (Cash)
• Animal Kingdom Lodge (Cash)
• Port Orleans French Quarter
• Port Orleans Riverside

Notes:

• I’m sticking to Disney World only for this post.
• Disney Springs - I can include significant closures or changes if you feel it's worthwhile, but I'll need help with that.
• This list may includes things that may have gotten cut anyway without Covid, some we will never know for sure.
• Labor dispute between Actors’ Equity Association and Disney main reason why many of the entertainment/shows are closed.

Feel free to chime-in and let me know if I missing something. When we get ETA’s, I’ll edit this post. It will feel good to see things return.

 

[rteetz]

Spaceship earth also postponed

 

[SaintsManiac]

Thank you for starting this thread!

 

[LuckyEmblem]

Super helpful list. Definitely inspires patience. I'll just save for a big 2021 trip

 

[Farro]

Is it weird the only thing in the suspended column I'm sad about is park hopping?

Oh yes, and my loss of Primeval Whirl.

Great thread!

 

[jlundeen]

Nice job on getting everything in one spot.... thanks!

Not sure where this fits in, but there is also shorter park hours. 10 hours per day, with staggered opening/closing times.

 

[mattpeto]

Nice job on getting everything in one spot.... thanks!

Not sure where this fits in, but there is also shorter park hours. 10 hours per day, with staggered opening/closing times.

Good idea, I originally had "Face masks and temperature screening" listed in Temporary too but it felt like a slippery slope. I'll add them both.

 

[mattpeto]

+ Added Disney Transportation limitations (no Park to Disney Springs buses, etc.). If there are more, lmk.

 

[skeeter31]

+ Added Disney Transportation limitations (no Park to Disney Springs buses, etc.). If there are more, lmk.

I’m unsure if that’s confirmed. Buses normally never run from parks to DS until after 4pm. The report from the other thread didn’t specify what time the person was trying to get from HS to DS.

 

[yulilin3]

I’m unsure if that’s confirmed. Buses normally never run from parks to DS until after 4pm. The report from the other thread didn’t specify what time the person was trying to get from HS to DS.

several reports on several threads across the board confirm no buses from parks to DS at this time

 

[hertamaniac]

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/epcot/behind-the-seeds/

 

[rteetz]

Can you check if the miniature golf courses are fully operational?

Fantasia Gardens is. I don’t know about Winter Summerland.

 

[hertamaniac]

Fantasia Gardens is. I don’t know about Winter Summerland.

The WDW website shows they are open, but not sure if the hours are impacted.

 

[*DisneyDreamer]

I totally missed the news about Little Mermaid! I don’t do it often, but it’s a cute show and something nice to have as an option now and then.

 

[rteetz]

I totally missed the news about Little Mermaid! I don’t do it often, but it’s a cute show and something nice to have as an option now and then.

It’s not official yet

 

[mattpeto]

+Restaurant Link.

I might individualize these at some point.

 

[jlundeen]

One other thing I just noticed that is not covered on the list is the Resort Airline Checkin... this to me is such a loss! But, I guess we hauled suitcases to the airport before they started doing resort checkin, so we can again.

So sad to see so many of the things that make WDW what it is, are not working as normal.... 2020 just is NOT a good year all the way around!!

 

[SaintsManiac]

One other thing I just noticed that is not covered on the list is the Resort Airline Checkin... this to me is such a loss! But, I guess we hauled suitcases to the airport before they started doing resort checkin, so we can again.

So sad to see so many of the things that make WDW what it is, are not working as normal.... 2020 just is NOT a good year all the way around!!

I'm with you. RAC is a MAJOR perk of staying onsite. We were going to stay at Swan and Dolphin in the future until I realized they don't have it.

 

[mattpeto]

+No/limited evening hours became a major bullet-point
+Resort Airline Checkin (thanks jlundeen and saintsmaniac)

 

[mattpeto]

+Savi's Workshop - Handbuilt Lightsabers