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I'll take "Things We Already Knew" for $1,000 Alex.Disneyland reveals which COVID-era changes will stay, which will go
Disneyland and Disney California Adventure have lifted rules about crowds and distancing. Fireworks are coming back. But some changes will stick.
Looks like Park Reservations are here to stay apparently
Eh. It was already clear that it’s sticking around for WDW. DLR is/was more unclear since it is largely a locals park.
I like this, makes sure the parks don't get too out of control. I hope they never bring back fastpass.Disneyland reveals which COVID-era changes will stay, which will go
Disneyland and Disney California Adventure have lifted rules about crowds and distancing. Fireworks are coming back. But some changes will stick.
Looks like Park Reservations are here to stay apparently
They will absolutely bring it back, especially since they already have the infrastructure for it... But they will probably make you pay for it.
Oh, they're going to bring back Fastpass, 100%. For one thing, Maxpass brings in revenue, and that's pretty much all Disney cares about these days, is Revenue. The only question is whether they will also charge for Fastpass as well when it returns.
If they do it like Universal where its expensive, this is totally good with me. My problem is when tons of people can get fastpasses it makes the wait times huge. If they want to charge 200ish dollars a person for fastpass, that shouldn't make a difference in wait times.
This area was designed and mostly built before the shutdown though.
It very well could be. The CEO could have been trying to save face for Star Wars Land's underperformance as well as their massive profit loss during the shutdown. I certainly dont like how they wordsmith things to pretend they are doing better than ever when their revenue was down 5 billion year over year.
I know, but if they were seriously thinking of getting rid of Fast Pass, they could easily have removed the big sign that says Fast Pass Entrance, and made it into a regular queue. The fact it's still there seems like an indication that it will be utilized as it was intended at some point.
All that matters is they sell out before the day of. And that seems to be what’s been happening so far.
I have to wonder how many of the tickets used so far were existing tickets that people are trying to use up. I know a number of people who still have multi-day so cal resident tickets to use. Once all those tickets dry up and people have gone once or twice back, will the demand still be there?
It just opened up to out of state, and it's the heart of the summer. It always quiets down as of Labor Day, and non-local visitors drop significantly. If they're not making reservations to full amount possible, that too will be increased.
The busy holiday period won't start until mid-November, and they usually compensate for that with Blockout dates. Not sure how that will work under whatever program they intend to come out with.
