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All of that aside, I doubt there will be any nighttime entertainment like fireworks until after people start flying in again. I doubt that will happen before October/November and I wouldn't be surprised if things were largely as it is now until 1st Quarter 2021.

This is very much what I see too-- relatively affluent people who would go to WDW not wanting to because of 1) having to take a flight to get there; and 2) the relative value for what you get now (decreased hours, experience, etc). If they're close enough some have driven that would normally...

Air travel is going to be hurting for a while. A good bit of that is due to the flight itself, even aside from the destination. How does the phrase go? "It's the journey, not the destination"? Even people that may not be as concerned about WDW, may think twice about getting on an enclosed plane...

I totally agree with you on the air travel angle. I'm not sure air travel is going to get anywhere back to normal in years. And without air travel, WDW is massively handicapped. That said, it's interesting that United is betting pretty heavily on Florida come November...

Definitely true. The only time I care about the school (or honestly if they even went to college) is if I need someone with a masters or phd for very specialized positions. Without that need, it's basically a checkbox at most. Honestly, I think we've done society a disservice by making people...

Generally I agree here, except for the comment on the "they'd just be increasing their overhead to accommodate them" part. If the part has open but non-AP holder capacity, and they're contributing positively (not turning a profit, but covering their operating costs plus a bit) which they must...

Hot zone or not is pretty immaterial. We're talking about people being unwilling to travel but the South East seems willing to travel -- as long as they can drive. Take a look at the Sturgis Rally in South Dakota. If you went to that you were driving by definition to bring your bike, and they...

Not really disagreeing with any of this, but it's also not _just_ that. There's also a huge economic problem here too. Too many families are disadvantaged and don't have computers or even home internet (although they might have smart phones). I'm not sure how to solve that without a lot of...

It's amazing how many people extrapolate their locality to the entire nation too! ;) I'm sure that people that live in the NE and MW, or really anywhere that you really need to fly to get to WDW/Florida, are much less likely to come. At the same time, I'm not seeing that in GA; I spoke with...

This one is literally a mile or so from my house -- it's where the kids in my subdivision go to school. I've yet to see/hear of a particularly good elearning system here. One of the schools ran a load test on Monday to have all the students log in to make sure things were good, and it crashed...

I really don't think this is so clearly cut and dry. I'm sure there is some percentage of people that feel that way, just as I'm sure that there are a percentage that feel differently. You can see this acting out today by the people protesting about schools not being open, for example. I'm...

Yeah-- google "Viva Las Office"... there's some restrictions, but it's not a bad deal. They're trying to get people onto the casino floors, obviously. Disney could do something similar -- offer lower/reduced hotel stay or ticket package or even a form of "dining plan" similar to how Vegas is...

I still tend to come down on the value side of the equation. Example- today MGM Resorts announced a "deal" where you could stay at the Bellagio or Aria in Las Vegas for $100/night and get a $50 per night food credit and get a $50 flight credit. I've already talked to 3 people that have said...

Yep; people up here are getting away. They're going to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg and Florida and Savannah and Myrtle Beach. Places that are easy to drive to. Several people in my office have been to the Florida panhandle (Destin/Pensacola/Panama City) and Orlando; a few people several times over...

Definitely agree that people aren't flying. Some of that is due to not feeling safe, other is due to the already miserable experience being made even more miserable. Most of the people I know that are traveling are doing so via car specifically because they don't want to deal with all the...

Same here. From Atlanta, TN (GSMNP/Dollywood/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg), SC (Myrtle Beach), and FL (Panhandle/Orlando/Beaches) are easily reachable. Several people I work with have gone to several times. Actually, that's one of the "good things" about this whole mess-- since our office is...

As a counter point--- I love Disney but I bought a Universal annual pass last month. I'm not a huge fan of Universal, but the price was pretty cheap compared to WDW and they let me do a flex pay plan even though I'm out of state. With Disney's current reservation system, we just pop over to Uni...

Probably true-- I suspect most of those 50% of non-Floridians are driving there. Most people I know have no desire to hop on a plane but will gladly make the drive. If i'm correct, then most of those people are from the south-east (GA, AL, MS, SC, NC, and TN).

This is sad... Skipper Canteen is probably my favorite restaurant at MK. The food isn't that "exotic" although it does tend to be "flavorful" -- which I find to be welcome difference to most of the bland food there. I absolutely LOVE the "Jungle Green Salad"...