Looks like Cinco De Mayo will be a box full of surprises for TWDC.
We are averaging 550 new cases per day since Monday, so it's getting much much better (the worst peak was almost 2K, end of March)
I’ll throw down a few Coronas while listening
TWDC does the evening earnings call after the market closes so it’s socially acceptable for me to start drinking. My wife, kids and dog may have looked at me funny if I was drinking at 9am
The governor made no mention of large theme parks yesterday and we will get some more details today from the local government. I think as Steve said on the main page the ball will be in Disney’s court to announce something. If it’s going to be June 1 I’d say by the 5/5 earnings call makes sense. They may even do a press release earlier that day and then talk about it on the call. If they are going to delay until later in the summer or into fall I doubt we hear anything other than deflection. That’s just my gut feeling. It’s also possible they say nothing on 5/5 and still announce an early June opening a few weeks before it happens.
I think the biggest question is can the theme parks really open in phase 2 or will they wait for phase 3? If they open in phase 2 there are a lot more hoops they may have to jump through to meet the recommendations (not required to do but Disney tends to be pretty conservative). Taking away emotion and just looking at it logically it should probably be phase 3. It doesn‘t look like the state or local governments are going to make that call so it will be up to Disney to decide.
I agree with you on this. You kind of have to lowball based on paranoia. If I were fighting for unemployment, not sure of my job and when it restarts, I'd be looking for a new one by now. WDW at the rate they have borrowed, millions lost per day and what is it 40+ thousand furloughed; I'd say it's time.
He is leaving it up the state governors and local officials to make the call, it will be a patchwork based on local conditions. I guess he forgot that people travel.
It's based on the state. California for example opened the beaches and just announced they are closing them. NJ governor is meeting with the president to work on opening. The travel ban on international flights would be the concern if I were overseas.
Thanks for clarifying
have a trip I rescheduled for November so hoping international flights will resume before then
It’s odd that you want to talk about WDW in this politics thread but I’m game
It will be interesting to see what the local guidance is that comes out Friday. The other thing is they don’t really address what changes in phase 2. IMHO WDW has to wait for phase 3 (based on the federal guidelines) but I don’t make that call. It will be up to the weatherman and Chappie. If they give the green light to open in phase 2 then 5/25 is probably right around that time.
The capacity limit is going to be interesting to see too. So 50% of full capacity with everything open at MK is way more people than will show up. That number could be reduced dramatically if a number of attractions are closed. Disney could also limit the capacity further than required. The real tricky parts will be ADRs and transport.
The other thing that Disney could do which was rumored in the other thread is a phased opening starting with just MK and monorail resorts. That could be in phase 2 with a full opening in phase 3. The only thing I know for sure is I have no idea what’s going to happen.
Central Florida plexi-glass companies will be probably be awarded multi million dollar contracts installing the plexiglass glass in many sections of WDW and throughout Central Florida.
Talk about a company hitting the lottery if you were involved with installation. You could name your price and still be under what they would pay.
