Magic Kingdom was designed to handle 10 million guests per year, has barely increased its attraction capacity, has unused retail capacity and has even lost dining capacity over the past 30 years. Parks with less visitation, more service and lower prices were able to be profit centers for Disney.
Sending you healing thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery!
I never got a flu shot up to five years ago, got the flu and don't ever want it again. I get it every year now. Wish the vaccine were more effective though.
Both of us are "essential" factory workers, I've only been off April 12th-May 4th because of suppliers being shut down. How it was the days I was working and how it will be when I return to work is this with a 5th grader no family that isn't high risk and childcare closed: I work 4 blocks from home, she has a cell, our elderly neighbors across the street keep an eye on the house, as well as our next door neighbor who's restaurant closed. Camera set up in the family room for my sanity, I run home at lunch and make quick food for us to eat then run back to work and call during my breaks. DD and I came up with a daily reminder sheet (still get ready everyday and eat breakfast before my husband leaves, which classes to check, her normal chores, ect.) My manager knows she is at home and I'm allowed to keep my cell on the shop floor. With the manpower being down my hours are and will be 12 hours at least 5 days a week if not 7 at the moment. My employer will only give 80 hours "covid-19 pay" for being sent home for symptoms, quarantine requirement, or no childcare. After that use vacation if you have it, then 5 unpaid sick days, once those are used it only takes being off or late 2 days in a year to be fired. FMLA/STD goes through UNUM which has denied even high risk individuals from being off because they don't meet their requirements.
You havent been to NYC Lately huh?? The subways and bus system were less crowded when they were running at 100% capacity at the beginning of this thing. That has been cut too as the ridership is down and to allow workers time off to not have to expose them to the virus. Masks are being worn, but social distancing is NOT a thing on the subways for sure. I saw a news report about a nurse who was saying that there is no social distancing on the subway. She is a nurse and is an essential worker but she has no other way to get to work. Once businesses start opening up again, social distancing on the public transportation system will not be possible. Marie
Yes, if shows are closed, there are fewer places for guests to go and less for them to do. I'm wondering how many paying customers they need in the park in order to make some money. Closing shows actually saves money (cast, techs, etc.), which makes the answer to my question complicated: how few people could Disney admit into a showless, paradeless, social-distancing-barricaded park and not lose money?
Based on my experience, Country Bears and the Tiki room are easy to maintain social distancing.
Haven’t been to NY since January. I hear the same reports about philly, about 20 miles from me. It is impossible to social distance and just wait to the trains and buses start ramping up again, won’t work. I agree 100% with you.
This is why I was referencing that Disney Transport will open. With social distancing or not, it will open. You weigh the risk and you take the risk or you do not. Practice good hygiene. They may not cram folks into buses or monorails to start, but they also will not enforce the 6ft apart guideline, just as the currently operating mass transit is not enforcing.
Weird! Pressed like, then refresh and the entire thread disappeared!BTW, I 100% blame @ParkerLoLs for the existence of this thread. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't even be discussing COVID-19 on these boards.
Not only not surprising but I just read that cruise lines got enough of a bailout to keep them afloat (no pun intended)for the rest of the year.Was a article in a weird news area so I’m looking it up now to see if I can find some better reporting.
I would be shocked if those dates hold. Likely they push that back a while. The cruise line should be the last part of Disney P&R that should open.
