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Your numbers are a little off-- So as-of today, the mortality rate in Florida is closer to 4.2% than 5.7% based on reported data. The expectation has always been that there would be an increase in cases upon reopening. The intent, however, is that that increase in cases would not overwhelm...

For some reason I find this massively funny. But funny in a sad way... my wife is an avid collector, and she has many "books" (I'm not sure what else to call them) full of all of her pins. We started going through it a while ago and to get an idea how much she's spent on them, and we stopped...

Just to clarify things-- Texas has posted the largest number of hospitalizations, that is true. But to say they're being "crushed" right now is bit misleading. The whole point of the lockdown was to make it so the hospitals wouldn't be slammed. This is the current data for Texas: So...

It could be that Universal's crowds are low because Disney isn't open. I wonder how many people come to Orlando just to go to Universal. I wouldn't be surprised if Disney overall was a bigger draw and that a significant number of people use a single trip to go to both Disney and Universal (and...

Definitely good news. I'm not sure about the crowds at the moment- when we were just there, crowds were pretty light in the evening (7p+); it could have just been we were there, but I suspect crowds are mostly locals at the moment. It may not get more crowded until after the parks open and out...

Wow. Did not realize that was still in effect. I had assumed that it would have expired after 30 or 60 or 90 days. Thanks.

Well, if they follow the Shanghai model, they dont know how long they’ll be extended for because they don’t know how long they’ll operate under restrictions. At a minimum we know the parks reopen on 11 July, so it’s a simple matter to figure out the expiration date would be based on that alone...

Well, to be fair- it depends on when your pass expires, doesn’t it, mine expires on July 2nd so if I wanted a refund, I’d get back exactly what wasn’t used. That sounds correct to me. at the same time, they’ve said they aren’t processing refunds yet, so we don’t know how they’re really going...

I don't follow. I'm not aware of a flight ban *into* Orlando. I can get a flight today from LHR to MCO on American, United, BA, Air France, etc. Even the state of emergency which currently has a quarantine order for people from NYC et al is currently scheduled to expire around July 9th (unless...

Well, they've already said AP holders can elect to get a refund of their pass if they want. But if they follow the same rules that they did for Shanghai, AP holders will be able to use their pass with a free reservation when the parks re-open in a limited capacity, but the expiration date will...

I don't think so- I don't think there's a third group that they're targeting- those people who would come with restrictions and allow them to protect the Brand and gain learnings on how to navigate the new world while reducing losses. Over time they'll reduce restrictions - by removing the...

If you think about it, this makes sense. For example: If they have limited capacity at a given park, and everyone staying at the resorts wants go on a given day, there may not be enough capacity to allow everyone admittance. That said, since reservations are required and that I believe...

That's what I was alluding to earlier-- that what looks like a fairly large subset of people don't see things as significant enough *to them* to keep safety measures in place. Probably because they don't see any direct significant impact from the virus to them. To me that's a failure in...

I didn't say this has been an overreaction. I don't know if it has or not, and I honestly don't think we'll ever know. It is what it is. You're correct: everything was about flattening the curve and not overloading our healthcare system. Luckily that seems to have worked. One point, though-...

I'm not sure to what "talking point" you're referring... I was talking about someone trying to compare WW2 to CV as it relates to having people think that sacrifices are warranted, not that CV hasn't been (and still isn't serious). I didn't bring up WW2 to begin with, but if someone does and...

The difference is that with WW2 there was a visible *reason* why people needed to sacrifice-- they knew their son, father, brother were not at home and in danger; they may not hear from them for extended periods of time; the news talked about the amount of devastation occurring and people could...

Ok, this is actually _really_ funny. One of my favorite episodes!

I'd agree with this. I've spent the past 5 days here in the Orlando area doing touristy stuff and Disney Springs, City Walk, and Kennedy Space Center seem to be the exception rather than the norm. At the SpaceX launch, the minority around us were in masks and there was a LOT of people there. I...

I don’t necessarily disagree...but I was disputing the “enforcement” comment. I saw no one- not security, not the cast in the yellow and black, not custodial, etc doing anything to enforce the policy except at the entrance. I did see most masks come off as soon as people got back to the parking...

This hasn't been true from what I've seen. I just left there about half an hour ago, and have been there three times total over the past 5 days. While most people are wearing masks, I've seen lots of people not. The most "enforcement" I saw was one cast member saying something like "don't forget...