Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[DGsAtBLT]

First, that was just funny and they are fixing it.

Second, please, people would still say "I hate it" even if there was no error...

Poor creepy clown deserves justice. An icon replaced by a typo. No respect.

 

[Farro]

Poor creepy clown deserves justice. An icon replaced by a typo. No respect.

They should have kept the misspelling. Then they could misspell words all over the resorts/parks on "accident" and it could become a new hidden Mickey game!

 

[Mit88]

What???
Disney fans on the internet don't like something that they haven't even been able to fully see yet???
I can't believe it...

I think the only thing Disney fans don’t hate are the Tokyo parks lol. And Disneyland.

 

[Marionnette]

First, that was just funny and they are fixing it.

Second, please, people would still say "I hate it" even if there was no error...

Can I say “I hate it” because I have never liked the form of animation used?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think the only thing Disney fans don’t hate are the Tokyo parks lol. And Disneyland.

true - I feel like when I even mention that I was underwhelmed by Disneyland people come out of the woodworks to attack me for having the audacity to not gush over it

Similarly I know when Kevin and John from the DIS /Dreams were giving their review of the Tokyo parks and said they didn't get the hype for Disney Sea people (including many who have never been there) jumped all over them

 

[The Pho]

They should have kept the misspelling. Then they could misspell words all over the resorts/parks on "accident" and it could become a new hidden Mickey game!

They already do. Especially for things in Aurebesh. Galaxy’s Edge has a lot of typos.

 

[Mit88]

Can I say “I hate it” because I have never liked the form of animation used?

Im just teasing people here about hating everything. Everyone has their own opinions on things and what you love about Disney and things being taken away sucks. I just find it funny that everything Disney introduces seems to have backlash. Hell, even the character RVs going to resorts had pushback here

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I think the only thing Disney fans don’t hate are the Tokyo parks lol. And Disneyland.

I am worried about you not taking the opportunity to mention CoA here. You okay?

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Im just teasing people here about hating everything. Everyone has their own opinions on things and what you love about Disney and things being taken away sucks. I just find it funny that everything Disney introduces seems to have backlash. Hell, even the character RVs going to resorts had pushback here

We are a nostalgic bunch. The only change we like is bringing back things from the past and even sometimes no to that.

 

[Mit88]

true - I feel like when I even mention that I was underwhelmed by Disneyland people come out of the woodworks to attack me for having the audacity to not gush over it

Similarly I know when Kevin and John from the DIS /Dreams were giving their review of the Tokyo parks and said they didn't get the hype for Disney Sea people (including many who have never been there) jumped all over them

It’s just crazy how much toxicity there is from a fanbase of something that’s supposed to bring joy in our lives. I haven’t been to Tokyo yet, so I can’t say what I feel about it, I just know that it’s one thing people seem to almost never have anything bad to say about. Disneyland, imo is nicer that MK, but I’m never going to choose the California Parks over the Florida parks. Unless maybe if they ever build Westcot

 

[Mit88]

I am worried about you not taking the opportunity to mention CoA here. You okay?

My true feelings about CoA was deleted in the great deletion purge of Monday afternoon

 

[DGsAtBLT]

My true feelings about CoA was deleted in the great deletion purge of Monday afternoon

I won’t even ask

 

[firefly_ris]

Poor creepy clown deserves justice. An icon replaced by a typo. No respect.

 

[PrincessV]

I totally forgot to mention ride seating from my visit last week...

A party seated in every row: LWTL (with plastic between rows), Soarin (with seat skipped/plexiglass between parties in same vehicle), BTMRR, Safari (plastic between rows, CM driver = no mask while talking, which surprised me), EE.
A party in each car: SE, Pooh (we were a party of 2 and had our own car - no other party in 2nd seat of car), Nemo, UTS, HM.
Rows skipped between parties in same vehicle: Dino

I was totally okay with this... until on UTS, I realized I was within spitting distance of the man in the car next to me when we were side-by-side, and on Soarin, when I was in and end seat and realized once we were in the air, I was maybe 2' from the person in the next vehicle's end seat. Nobody took their masks off, so I wasn't worried, exactly - just aware of the proximity, I guess.

I mostly find it mentally problematic that WDW felt more distance was necessary before, and now thinks they can stuff more people in at closer distances - but hasn't mentioned the why behind it. Did the science say we now know that distance isn't necessary? Or are we the proverbial toads in the slowly heating pot as WDW increases capacity to get more $$ flowing through?

 

[PrincessV]

On Thanksgiving day my husband and I walked out there to look at the projection as we passed from fronteirland to tomorrowland, and while it looked like a sea of people everyone was spaced really well. Of course that can change day to day, but I know now just to stay behind the castle and ride rides while everyone else gawks at the castle. Tomorrowland was empty, it was glorious, if people want to be stupid that's their business but I have the ability to avoid it and I do/will.

I spent a few minutes off to the side, looking at the situation while I was there... parties seemed to leave anywhere from 1' to 10' between them in the hub. My first thought was, "Well, that's on them, if they want to roll the dice. I'll stay safely out of it, myself." But it was later followed by, "Except that these people who may infect each other standing in the hub will go on to share that infection with other Guests, CMs, local restaurant workers, airport workers/passengers, family & friends at home..." It's problematic from a larger view. Just a bad look for WDW, IMO.

 

[hereforthechurros]

I totally forgot to mention ride seating from my visit last week...

A party seated in every row: LWTL (with plastic between rows), Soarin (with seat skipped/plexiglass between parties in same vehicle), BTMRR, Safari (plastic between rows, CM driver = no mask while talking, which surprised me), EE.
A party in each car: SE, Pooh (we were a party of 2 and had our own car - no other party in 2nd seat of car), Nemo, UTS, HM.
Rows skipped between parties in same vehicle: Dino

I was totally okay with this... until on UTS, I realized I was within spitting distance of the man in the car next to me when we were side-by-side, and on Soarin, when I was in and end seat and realized once we were in the air, I was maybe 2' from the person in the next vehicle's end seat. Nobody took their masks off, so I wasn't worried, exactly - just aware of the proximity, I guess.

I mostly find it mentally problematic that WDW felt more distance was necessary before, and now thinks they can stuff more people in at closer distances - but hasn't mentioned the why behind it. Did the science say we now know that distance isn't necessary? Or are we the proverbial toads in the slowly heating pot as WDW increases capacity to get more $$ flowing through?

Right. We are in a far deeper healthcare crisis now than we were when they closed down, or stayed closed, but now is the time to push the limits of safety?

 

[Farro]

Right. We are in a far deeper healthcare crisis now than we were when they closed down, or stayed closed, but now is the time to push the limits of safety?

I think the train has left the station on this. They are going to start pushing up to the limit of what they deem safe and unless something even more catastrophic happens (god forbid), I doubt they will turn back.

Luckily everyone has the choice to visit right now or not and there are plenty of vlogs out there showing the crowds. If people don't feel it's safe, they won't go. Which may solve the crowding problem all on it's own.

 

[Sarahslay]

I spent a few minutes off to the side, looking at the situation while I was there... parties seemed to leave anywhere from 1' to 10' between them in the hub. My first thought was, "Well, that's on them, if they want to roll the dice. I'll stay safely out of it, myself." But it was later followed by, "Except that these people who may infect each other standing in the hub will go on to share that infection with other Guests, CMs, local restaurant workers, airport workers/passengers, family & friends at home..." It's problematic from a larger view. Just a bad look for WDW, IMO.

It's really, sadly, doesn't change much in my mind. I'm doing what I can, that's all anyone can do, and these people willing to cram themselves in to the hub with other people likely aren't as careful in their day to day life either. More than likely taking part in activities where masks and social distancing aren't required, it doesn't bother them, and that's why they do it. We are still around them in the park regardless, as well as everyone else in the parks, and if it's going to spread from them it's going to spread.

We've had covid in my house already, way back at the beginning when everyone believed that by not touching our faces we were good. No masks, no social distancing, and only about 3 symptoms to look for. I got sick, for 2 weeks, and had months of lingering issues. Then they came out with other symptoms, like loss of taste and smell, and I remembered back to a week before I was sick when my oldest couldn't taste anything. She was pouring salt on everything in hopes it would give flavor, no luck. Then my youngest spiked a fever for 5 days and had a slight cough, then I got hit. All the while through it all my husband never had any symptoms. He shared a bathroom with me, he came to bring me food, and on my oldest daughters birthday I thought I was better (felt great, it had been a week since I got sick and I thought I was safe) I made her cake, dinner, and shared a table with the family in close contact with all of them. My husband never got sick. I say all that to say this: we still don't know a lot, there seems at times to be no rhyme or reason to anything with this virus. So we do what we can to keep ourselves safe, and realize we can't control what everyone else does. If what Disney and other people are doing make you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, don't go. That's it.

edit to add: that night I had a birthday celebration with my daughter I came very close to being admited to the hospital. It got real bad real quick when the sun went down. I was not ok, yet there I was celebrating in the calm before the storm.

 

[choirfarm]

I spent a few minutes off to the side, looking at the situation while I was there... parties seemed to leave anywhere from 1' to 10' between them in the hub. My first thought was, "Well, that's on them, if they want to roll the dice. I'll stay safely out of it, myself." But it was later followed by, "Except that these people who may infect each other standing in the hub will go on to share that infection with other Guests, CMs, local restaurant workers, airport workers/passengers, family & friends at home..." It's problematic from a larger view. Just a bad look for WDW, IMO.

Exactly.

 

[Justrose]

I have never used park hopping before, but plan to on my April trip. Are there busses at the parks that go to other parks (meaning, can I take a bus from AK to MK?) or do I have to go back to my hotel, then take a bus?

I hope this makes sense.