For the most part at Disney theme parks or any other theme park you are moving around and with the lighter crowds most people can position themselves away from other groups unless you are in a line that is at a standstill for some reason.
That may be true, but the virus is primarily transmitted by prolonged (around 15 minutes), indoor contact with an infected person. I haven't seen any health experts state that it is likely you will get enough of the virus to make you sick by merely walking past someone. People need to stop treating every encounter as equally dangerous - they are not.
With the protocols WDW has (short of going through a sterilization airlock) the risks of exposure to someone infected are way less than at any other venue outside Disney property. Of course people move around but do not remain in close proximity to each other very long, they do distance.
Quite the difficult question to answer. I certainly think the vaccine will be involved before masks will be dropped entirely from the picture. What percentage of people vaccinated I couldn't tell you that. Could it 75% or 50%. I don't know.
The only problem now is, the crowds are no longer light at WDW and Disney Springs and the capacity of both will be cranked up and up over time.
I myself have never been to WDW. I have only been to Disneyland California. I live in Vancouver, BC so it is quite the distance from WDW, but we do hear some news from there from time to time and it does seem like they are doing everything they possibly can to keep the guest and workers as safe as possible.
Some people want Disney to make money so they can stay in business.
I hope you're right! I'd like to be there, mask-free, in June.
I suppose if someone had plans on getting married at Disney and had to keep pushing the wedding date back it is great news. However if I ever get to walking down the aisle it won't be at Disney because it is too damn expensive.
I always kind of chuckle and shake my head when I drive by a place with outdoor dining and the outdoor seating/tents are full.
No. For goodness sake, this thing doesn't transmit in 10 seconds of being near somebody that is infected. If it was as contagious as that implies, over half of the population would have been infected in March before anybody did any "mitigation."
I think the masks are going to be one of the last things to go; we'll keep masks but drop capacity and social distancing requirements first. Since they are low cost and easy. So "more than that." Either this is declared endemic, or when case numbers drop to minimal levels in a post-vaccine world indicative of growing immunity. That may not mean every business will require them, especially businesses that can do rapid testing. So, people might have to wear them in an airport before the "check" point, but after a negative rapid test then people can remove them. So your flight would be mask free. Same for WDW, maybe you wear them when you arrive at a park, but once inside they can be removed. But I think the expert advice will be to wear them as much as possible. Honestly, I think the way the restrictions have tampered down flu season in the Southern Hemisphere, that if the North does the same, I think the experts will want to normalize mask wearing for illness, like in Asia. This doesn't mean everyone wears masks all the time, but you may see at least one person wearing a mask every day. Especially, on public transportation.
You could also live in the same house as someone that's infected and never get infected.
So true!
