Yes, I was surprised to read tonight that according to the Welsh Government regulations: "No person living outside Wales may enter or remain in Wales without a reasonable excuse". And that "No person living in Wales may leave Wales without a reasonable excuse."
I assumed (incorrectly) that we could travel freely to Tier 1 and 2 places in England.
Me too!!! And I suppose that it will get worse post Brexit, when the EHIC falls away. Also, slightly peeved that obese people are jumping the COVID vaccine queue here.
DVC is currently allowing un-borrowing, and points are renting out for more than I would have expected. I'd cancel sooner than later, to make sure I could un-borrow and that there is time to rent out the banked points. The borrowing policy could change any minute. I'd actually made sure I did it it on the phone to make sure the points would be un-borrowed.
Vaccine roll out started in the UK today and possibly will start in the US next week. If things go well we might see 20-25% vaccinated in the US by the end of the first quarter.
It looks like Welsh regs have been changed today to allow non-essential travel to Tier 1 & 2 areas in England. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55170248 I'm in Wales and have formed an extended household/bubble with my partner who is in England, in a Tier 2 area currently. We've had to scrutinise the regs carefully whenever there's any change but so far the only time we haven't been able to meet up (since first lockdown) was during the first tiering system in England and in the 2-week Welsh lockdown. We are sure that both the English and Welsh regs have considered bubbles as exceptions and reasonable excuses to the cross-border travel restrictions, so have been meeting for the past couple of weeks. We missed one weekend after the Welsh firebreak ended because we hadn't realised that the regs allowed it!
The timeline that's been suggested here (in Israel), would mean that our grandkids won't be vaccinated until the second half of 2021, at the earliest.
We won't visit WDW without being vaccinated.
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Well, as it turned out the FAA was run by Boeing perhaps they don't have much faith in the FDA now.the prime minister here in israel has decided to follow the UK's lead and not wait for the FDA to give its approval....
Apparently, we'll begin vaccinating as soon as the companies can ship..
things keep changing......after the above, the news reports referred to "regulatory approval"....Well, as it turned out the FAA was run by Boeing perhaps they don't have much faith in the FDA now.
Me too!!! And I suppose that it will get worse post Brexit, when the EHIC falls away. Also, slightly peeved that obese people are jumping the COVID vaccine queue here.
I remember reading your post and thinking you might have been a bit hasty but yesterday I put in place cancellations for our August 2021 '3 weeker'.
I personally think that by August 2021 we'll be able to travel to Florida but I really think that by then it will still be a reduced experience. It's only 7 months away and I can still see there being all the restrictions in place that take away that 'magic'. A trip like this costs multiple thousands of pounds for a family of 4 and it's not a trip we can take year upon year. When we go it HAS to be how we want/remember it to be. I saw a YouTube video with perspex screens in the queue area of Frozen, the same screens between rows on the ride vehicles. It's necessary, I get that, but I don't see those magically being removed in 7 short months and that's not the kind of experience I want. I feel that 2022 would be the best bet at this time. Also, Tron and Guardians of the Galaxy and hopefully EPCOT renovations complete by then (my fave park)
Disney have been great and have initiated a refund of our park tickets. I thought that might be an issue as I think they gave a cutoff date of November. Beach Club also cancelled. Just waiting to hear back from Discovery Cove. My VA flights are open until December 2022 so that's it, our trip is now officially on hold.
I can wait, it doesn't bother me at all, the only twinge of sadness is that my boys will be 5 years older that when we last visited. I wanted one last trip while my eldest was still at that innocent age. Thanks COVID....something else you've ruined.
Happy New Year to you all. It's been a grim old year, let's hope things are going to turn around sooner rather than later.
Dene
I'm booked for Mid October 2021, and I'm very confident about it. At the end of the day, it is highly likely the experience will be better than it is right now, not worse. And from all the videos I see on YouTube, it really doesn't look that bad. I don't mind all the dividers etc there (in fact, it makes things less icky!!). But I would not enjoy the mask wearing in that heat. In terms of my trip, I am not at all concerned about the UK's ability to rollout a vaccination - as I don't see that becoming an entry requirement in to the U.S. The biggest impact will be the U.S. speed of vaccination. If the U.S. vaccinates a sufficient proportion of the at-risk population over the course of the next half a year, I suspect that the mask requirement will disappear but social distancing will still be "recommended". Best case scenario, it's the best of both worlds - slightly lighter crowds, and little impact to the overall experience. Worst case scenario, masks are still needed (which is not the end of the world!).
We have just pushed our April trip to Disneyland until late July, its our last throw of the dice as our DVC points are only good until the end of July.
Agreed - we spend thousands to go to Florida for the truly wonderful Disney experience but now that experience is far from the wonderful that we used to enjoy. We have put off all thoughts of returning until things are back to normal and if that never happens then so be it and we will enjoy our memories of how it was.I remember reading your post and thinking you might have been a bit hasty but yesterday I put in place cancellations for our August 2021 '3 weeker'.
I personally think that by August 2021 we'll be able to travel to Florida but I really think that by then it will still be a reduced experience. It's only 7 months away and I can still see there being all the restrictions in place that take away that 'magic'. A trip like this costs multiple thousands of pounds for a family of 4 and it's not a trip we can take year upon year. When we go it HAS to be how we want/remember it to be. I saw a YouTube video with perspex screens in the queue area of Frozen, the same screens between rows on the ride vehicles. It's necessary, I get that, but I don't see those magically being removed in 7 short months and that's not the kind of experience I want. I feel that 2022 would be the best bet at this time. Also, Tron and Guardians of the Galaxy and hopefully EPCOT renovations complete by then (my fave park)
Disney have been great and have initiated a refund of our park tickets. I thought that might be an issue as I think they gave a cutoff date of November. Beach Club also cancelled. Just waiting to hear back from Discovery Cove. My VA flights are open until December 2022 so that's it, our trip is now officially on hold.
I can wait, it doesn't bother me at all, the only twinge of sadness is that my boys will be 5 years older that when we last visited. I wanted one last trip while my eldest was still at that innocent age. Thanks COVID....something else you've ruined.
Happy New Year to you all. It's been a grim old year, let's hope things are going to turn around sooner rather than later.
Dene
I've got two red lines on it.now that experience is far from the wonderful
My daughter and I are still booked for March/April. I am ready to cancel but my daughter can’t bring herself to make the ‘final cut’; she wants to wait until the end of February to make a decision. The choice then is whether to rebook for October (HHNs) or next March.... or maybe a Christmas trip. The BA voucher runs out in April 2022. My daughter works in a school so we are limited by school holidays.