I feel very sorry for people who have rented DVC points and for the owners who have rented these points out. It must be a legal quagmire trying to work out whether contracts that have been signed require money to be re-paid in these circumstances.
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It’s a tough call. During the closure period all of the points will be returned to the owner by Disney so it’s really difficult to justify just keeping someone’s money and also get the points back. However, if an owner used at least part of the money to pay annual maintenance fees they may not have the cash to return. I could see a good compromise being an offer to rebook a future stay using the same number of points. This way the owner keeps the cash and the renter gets to use the points. The only rub is you will most likely have to wait 7 to 11 months to redo the trip since rooms aren‘t available at most DVC resorts this summer/fall.
The state has 200K. I can walk into LabCorp tomorrow and get a test. It is unlimited now. Get your doc to order it and it may be covered!
I’m right there with you. Except I’m thinking maybe not quite as long a wait. If FL moves relatively quickly to phase 3 of opening and social distancing is relaxed at that time there’s no need for these impractical hoops to jump through. They will still have modifications for a while but not masks and maybe not temperature checks which have their own issues in the FL sun. That’s when the parks open.
This doesn't work if the owner's "use year" for those points is expiring (e.g. if they have made the reservation using banked points from a previous year). The points may only be valid for re-booking in a time frame that doesn't work for the renter, so the owner will lose the points. That's why it all starts to become a contractual matter, rather than a matter of good will, and why it could become very messy for people in the rental market.
I just had one done,
For cancelled stays (March up until now) they are extending the points into the next use year. So even if you banked 2018 points into 2019 with a March use year and used them for a March stay they are giving owners an extra 6 months to a year to use them. They are also returning borrowed points to the original use year so borrowed 2021 points get out back in the 2021 use year. If the person wants to cancel an August trip right now then the use year and all the rules still apply. It’s only for trips that were forced to be cancelled. It’s still a bad situation.
I agree with on the masks. I don’t think their affective. If anyone decides to wear them just know there going to very irritating to your skin when they get wet. The moisture and the rubbing will most likely cause some kind of rash. Wearing one all day is very different than wearing one for an hour or so. I’m not sure if there something you can put on your skin to help with this. I haven’t found anything that helps.
I tend to agree here.
Luckily I just had to go to OCC health.
My son gets REALLY bad chafing and a rash from bathing suits. The only thing that's helped is body glide...he hasn't had a single issue since he started using it.
I can imagine a scenario where the video on the Magic Express bus (if the service continues) starts with the type of video you get on the plane (exit points, seat belt requirements, oxygen masks etc), but instead focuses on mask wearing in the parks with tips to prevent chaffing, advice on when to change masks etc.
That falls 100% into the laps of the officials involved - there's been no consistent message on face-coverings or masks other than to leave N95 masks for health care workers (which they should be).
I agree with this. I’ve been wrong about more things than I can even remember since this started. I think Disney will open the parks when they feel they can make money, keep their employees and guests safe and they can provide a minimum level of quality in the experience. They won’t feel pressure financially or pressure from park fans to open earlier than those things can be accomplished. FL seems to be relatively closely following the Federal Guidelines laid out and there’s really no practical way to open WDW until phase 3...so we sit and we wait. Hopefully things continue to go well with re-opening things.
