Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Krandor]

that’s what I’m thinking, discounts like after 9/11 , it’s going to take a lot IMO to get people to travel so soon after

Yeah and one of the things we could see is a chicken and the egg thing with transportation and destinations. If airlines are worried people are not going to fly they may not have as many flights open and then if due to low inventory your only flight to orlando would be 2 layovers of 3 hours each you may decide it isn't worth booking WDW. Transportation and events/places people want to go are two industries very dependent on each other and both are in trouble right now. So how the ramping back up of both happens could be critical and could be a bit of chicken and the egg problem.

 

[MamaBear12]

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/travel-information/
Unexpired tickets will get extended to Dec 15th and if you cannot attend by then you'll get credit for future tickets.

Thanks! Even if we’ve already used some of the days on it? Will they give us a 2-day ticket for the days we can’t use?

 

[mshanson3121]

Noone has been willing to use the d word yet but I dont see it as out of the realm of possibility depending on how long this lasts. From an economic standpoint. This is very very bad. People are accustomed to everything will be ok. And long term. They will. But people also dont realize the full effects of this just yet

It may be my lack of sleep, but what is the d-word?

 

[Jchoma]

We have a trip booked 4/3-4/11. MYW package with 8-day tickets and split stay (AKL part of package, then a room-only reservation at POR. Sounds like WDW will close past 3/31, but even if they do open on 4/1, we will not go. I already booked a second replacement trip in June. My question is, if we canceled our vacation package now I believe we would have to pay the $200 fee. If we do not cancel but Disney closes, I know that we will get our money back. But will our tickets that are part of our package be refunded? Or just extended? And how about our resort stays?

I haven’t called Disney directly in effort to keep the phone lines free for those with more immediate trips, but would love any input from anyone who knows these answers. Thank you so much!

 

[Krandor]

It may be my lack of sleep, but what is the d-word?

depression

 

[Pages26]

I Reckon none of it will reopen to start of June now.
Will Disney now start the spaceship earth revamp early?
What will be interesting is that Disney (ratoulie), universal (Bourne) SeaWorld (icebreaker) and Busch Gardens (iron gwazi) will probably all be ready before parks reopen. If all parks reopen on same day, wonder if the YouTube bloggers try do unheard of challenge 4 rides on opening day in 4 different parks

 

[Krandor]

Thanks! Even if we’ve already used some of the days on it? Will they give us a 2-day ticket for the days we can’t use?

The way i read it is your existing 2 days will just simply be valid through Dec 15th. I'd look and see if they are marked anyway like that in MDE and you may want to call when you can and confirm.

 

[Krandor]

We have a trip booked 4/3-4/11. MYW package with 8-day tickets and split stay (AKL part of package, then a room-only reservation at POR. Sounds like WDW will close past 3/31, but even if they do open on 4/1, we will not go. I already booked a second replacement trip in June. My question is, if we canceled our vacation package now I believe we would have to pay the $200 fee. If we do not cancel but Disney closes, I know that we will get our money back. But will our tickets that are part of our package be refunded? Or just extended? And how about our resort stays?

I haven’t called Disney directly in effort to keep the phone lines free for those with more immediate trips, but would love any input from anyone who knows these answers. Thank you so much!

Disney has said there will be no cancellation fees for trips cancelled that are booked through June 30th. So you can cancel right now with no cancellation fee.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/travel-information/

 

[gottalovepluto]

Lost revenue?? They will just increase prices on everything to make up for it. And you know what? People will still come

Disney is obviously worried those days are done for now. If this throws us into recession, people aren’t going to be spending nearly as much “fun money” and vacation is one of the easiest things to cutback.

 

[Krandor]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/03/coll...ocked-from-all-disney-world-theme-parks-today
This is a nice gesture.

 

[fsjking]

Animal kingdom costs a lot to run with the animal bills and specialized cast members.

The animal costs are there if they are open or not. You can't just stop feeding them.

If it ever came to that, gotta think it would be things like mini golf and NBA experience that got shut down first followed by the water parks. Then consolidating resorts, underbooked hotels would get closed first and the guest given upgrades to more popular hotels (All stars consolidating to one of the 3, closing all large sections of the mods, maybe closing just Kidani or leaving only the grand destino tower open and closing the rest of coronado) They would trim hours at the main parks but to completely close them once the virus passes wouldn't be likely

Can they just close the DVC resorts? What does the contract with the owners say about this kind of thing?

 

[Krandor]

The animal costs are there if they are open or not. You can't just stop feeding them.



Can they just close the DVC resorts? What does the contract with the owners say about this kind of thing?

DVC I don't think they could. If they had to consolidate resorts you may see something like 1 all-star or pop open and AoA closed or things like that.

 

[mshanson3121]

depression

Sorry, should have known.

 

[NJlauren]

Yeah and one of the things we could see is a chicken and the egg thing with transportation and destinations. If airlines are worried people are not going to fly they may not have as many flights open and then if due to low inventory your only flight to orlando would be 2 layovers of 3 hours each you may decide it isn't worth booking WDW. Transportation and events/places people want to go are two industries very dependent on each other and both are in trouble right now. So how the ramping back up of both happens could be critical and could be a bit of chicken and the egg problem.

Totally!

I Will be following closely for many reasons

 

[MamaBear12]

The way i read it is your existing 2 days will just simply be valid through Dec 15th. I'd look and see if they are marked anyway like that in MDE and you may want to call when you can and confirm.

Thanks for clarifying! I just checked our tickets and they now say use before 12/15/2020. Looks like we’ll be planning a return trip this fall!

 

[Krandor]

Thanks for clarifying! I just checked our tickets and they now say use before 12/15/2020. Looks like we’ll be planning a return trip this fall!

That is one of the nice things about having things in MDE. If there is an issue like this they don't have to manually give people replacement tickets one by one. They can just flip a switch and adjust everybodys tickets all at once. Really pretty efficient for an issue like this.

 

[Farro]

All the entertainment we are losing at Epcot...I'm actually kind of scared at what it will all become after this.

 

[Jchoma]

Disney has said there will be no cancellation fees for trips cancelled that are booked through June 30th. So you can cancel right now with no cancellation fee.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/travel-information/

Thank you!! I had not seen this.

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

If all parks reopen on same day, wonder if the YouTube bloggers try do unheard of challenge 4 rides on opening day in 4 different parks

First world problems.

Too soon?

 

[rteetz]

https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/walt...restaurants-but-interaction-to-be-limited.htm