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Do you think that Disney world will reclose its gates due to the rising number of COVID cases in Florida and around the country?
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carolina_yankee
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I would agree. HIs job is to sell the safety procedures Disney has put into place and he's done that. I think he's right. This is a new normal. When all this started, I though sure, four to six weeks to let things burn out and then we'd be fine. Well, four months later and we'll open my congregation to a handful of people ready to return. Until there is a vaccine or readily available guaranteed treatment, this is the new normal.
What we can do safely, we should do.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
Sorry, I left out two important words. (and/or) because it would be a god send for Disney if they were losing more money then when open or Two, all by itself if the State doesn't call for a shut-down and they are bleeding cash profusely. That isn't likely for a long period of time, but even Disney isn't immune to that type of thing happening.
MonorailCoral
Active Member
Why would Disney need a god-send from the state to shut down if they're losing more money being open / if the number of people they are attracting is not significant enough to cover the additional expenses incurred by being open?
No one is forcing them to stay open and lose money.
Captain Neo
Well-Known Member
Where do you get your information from? They have storage units stuffed full of dead bodies out here in california and arizona because the morgues are full.
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
A Disney spokesperson is never going to say "well, I think we should have waited a few weeks".
Josh's job is to toe the company line. Expecting otherwise is setting yourself up to disappointment.
I actually just posted another thread about how empty the parks (universal & BG) have been on a Saturday. I really have to wonder if they are operating in the black. If they are it must be just barely.
MonorailCoral
Active Member
If they are (and if Disney is too), then it proves how absurdly overpriced their structures had become back in BC ("Before Coronavirus") times when the places were routinely packed shoulder-to-shoulder.
There is no way they are unless you factor in resort profits. No way they are pulling in enough in ticket sales.
SoFloMagic
Well-Known Member
Forgive us, but it's hard to keep up with this circular logic. Percentage is fully 50% based on number of tests.
Also, wasn't it like two weeks ago that yall were yelling that positive percentage was the end all be all and that we were idiots for being concerned about 5k cases?
SoFloMagic
Well-Known Member
Wasnt universal paying employees while closed? If so, opening wouldn't really add a ton of additional costs, right?
And for sea world, servicing all that debt must be pretty tough with no revenue.
rreading
Well-Known Member
There’s so much noise everywhere about this.
People need to be careful if they are high risk, especially if hospital beds are lacking. There are treatment options being utilized with some degree of success but if there’s no capacity for care then sheltering is the only truly safe option.
The reality though is that each one of us is likely to catch this. Maybe the vaccine will ride in to save the day, but I’m not counting my chickens. I’m worried about what’s going to happen this winter if the flu hits like usual (or maybe the masks will help). But despite the link @Sirwalterraleigh posted a while ago, our bodies routinely produce immunity to previous infections (and if we cannot mount a true immunity to this corona, then a vaccine likely would not produce true immunity either); once we have caught this, subsequent infections should always be milder.
The idea that we can isolate this virus to its demise is naive - the world is too connected. Until we are all immune - either naturally or from a vaccine, there will continue to be outbreaks. Here in Texas, we’re catching it for better or worse. Hopefully for the best.
an addendum: so Sweden has been the maligned pariah on this and the press has not been kind for sure, but recent numbers are promising that maybe they’re already getting over the hump and I don’t see articles suggesting that this improvement is due to restrictions.
www.worldometers.info
People need to be careful if they are high risk, especially if hospital beds are lacking. There are treatment options being utilized with some degree of success but if there’s no capacity for care then sheltering is the only truly safe option.
The reality though is that each one of us is likely to catch this. Maybe the vaccine will ride in to save the day, but I’m not counting my chickens. I’m worried about what’s going to happen this winter if the flu hits like usual (or maybe the masks will help). But despite the link @Sirwalterraleigh posted a while ago, our bodies routinely produce immunity to previous infections (and if we cannot mount a true immunity to this corona, then a vaccine likely would not produce true immunity either); once we have caught this, subsequent infections should always be milder.
The idea that we can isolate this virus to its demise is naive - the world is too connected. Until we are all immune - either naturally or from a vaccine, there will continue to be outbreaks. Here in Texas, we’re catching it for better or worse. Hopefully for the best.
an addendum: so Sweden has been the maligned pariah on this and the press has not been kind for sure, but recent numbers are promising that maybe they’re already getting over the hump and I don’t see articles suggesting that this improvement is due to restrictions.
Sweden COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer
Sweden Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.
www.worldometers.info
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Jedi Stitch
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All I know is that just having Downtown Disney open on this coast, I see every major blogger enjoying just getting to be immersed in Disney. The fact that you have parks opening, is great. There is a lot of negative going around, and I for one would like to see more positive. I doubt Disney could afford to stay closed much longer with out filing for some sort of protection.
They were paying only full timers 80% of their salaries, which was why they desperately wanted to reopen immediately.
Captain Neo
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I feel like Walt Disney World is about to become like Westworld and Jurassic Park
LITERALLY
LITERALLY
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
No, but PR wise unless they were forced it would look bad for stock holders. So my feeling is that would be a hard choice to make unless the government made them do it.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
True, that would prove that their profits were beyond reasonable on an epic scale.
DisneyDebRob
Well-Known Member
Didn’t you get the memo? Goal posts were moved again. This is the new talking point until that goes away and they will be moved again.
DisneyDebRob
Well-Known Member
I so want a Westworld park. But the original Yul Brenner movie park, not the reboot.