WAstateDVCDaddy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2021
Now that Hawaii is lifting the Safe Travels restriction, I’m guessing that was the final key to unlocking Aunty’s.
Keeping in mind the staffing difficulties, and the constant changes in state and federal guidelines, planning to re-launch Aunty’s would have been difficult. Add on to that the fact that Disney, more than just about any other American company is their reputation, opening an activity which is completely about child care, and then having that show up in the news as a “superspreader” event, was almost certainly not worth the risk and effort.
(Companies have a hard enough time trying to police adults to keep in compliance with things like social distancing and mask enforcement. Having to do this for kids, and then being blamed when kids get infected, and people start sharing the “kids weren’t wearing their masks, and Disney wasn’t doing anything about it!” videos? No thank you!)
Can’t wait for our August trip. We will go with or without Aunty’s being open, but our daughter LOVES her playground time - she always makes new friends, and environments like Aunty’s are really important to her. While I would just as soon spend the whole day with her playing in the water, I know she’ll love time with other kids.
Keeping in mind the staffing difficulties, and the constant changes in state and federal guidelines, planning to re-launch Aunty’s would have been difficult. Add on to that the fact that Disney, more than just about any other American company is their reputation, opening an activity which is completely about child care, and then having that show up in the news as a “superspreader” event, was almost certainly not worth the risk and effort.
(Companies have a hard enough time trying to police adults to keep in compliance with things like social distancing and mask enforcement. Having to do this for kids, and then being blamed when kids get infected, and people start sharing the “kids weren’t wearing their masks, and Disney wasn’t doing anything about it!” videos? No thank you!)
Can’t wait for our August trip. We will go with or without Aunty’s being open, but our daughter LOVES her playground time - she always makes new friends, and environments like Aunty’s are really important to her. While I would just as soon spend the whole day with her playing in the water, I know she’ll love time with other kids.