Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[DCBaker]

Legoland Florida extends coronavirus closure into mid-April

Legoland Florida is extending its temporary shutdown through April 14, the Winter Haven theme park announced Friday. Its original closure period, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, was intended …

www.orlandosentinel.com

 

[Virtual Toad]

If I had a cent for every video.... but anyway!

Many thanks from the Toad household as well Martin! We're taking a virtual "EPCOT of the past" vacation this week and thanks to your videos my kids now finally know what Hydrolaters are all about

 

[LittleBuford]

Previously, all Disney auditions had been canceled or postponed.

In addition to the new not-canceled auditions for Awesome Mix Live (mentioned above), DL Paris now has auditions back happening...

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Disney Auditions

Disney Auditions

jobs.disneycareers.com

tag @wdwmagic

They all appear to be online auditions, though. Is that usual?

 

[Dead2009]

Confirming the speculation that those people in your video meetings aren‘t wearing pants either

Amid coronavirus, Walmart says it's seeing increased sales of tops — but not bottoms

A Walmart executive says the retailer is selling more tops, but not bottoms, while so many Americans are using videoconferencing tools to work from home.

www.yahoo.com

Pants are overrated anyway.

 

[zombiebbq]

Sorry to hear that. I have read to go to the grocery store in your county, the store is only letting 50 people in at a time?

not that I've seen...

 

[MisterPenguin]

They all appear to be online auditions, though. Is that usual?

It is unusual. Only rarely have they had online auditions or submissions by video.

 

[Jwink]

Legoland Florida extends coronavirus closure into mid-April

Legoland Florida is extending its temporary shutdown through April 14, the Winter Haven theme park announced Friday. Its original closure period, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, was intended …

www.orlandosentinel.com

Are they paying?

 

[21stamps]

For people booked in March that was the case - including my trip. You also lost any promotions you were booked under. To be fair, its not their fault this happened and they can only do so much.

Oh I didn’t realize that your trip was cancelled. Sorry that happened.
It’s not their fault, for sure.

 

[wdwmagic]

London's Gatwick airport to close North terminal. (Used by Virgin and BA for flights to Orlando)

Gatwick Airport will consolidate operations into the South Terminal from 1 April and limit runway opening hours to protect staff, passengers and the business from the impact of COVID-19
27/03/2020

• Runway to be in use between 1400 and 2200 for scheduled flights, and remains available for emergency landings and diversions only outside these hours
• Measures to be in place from 1st April for one month, with the situation kept under regular review

The severe and unparalleled impact of COVID-19 on the global aviation sector has led Gatwick to make the difficult decision to consolidate passenger processing and facilities into the airport’s South Terminal and to limit scheduled flights on its runway to between 1400 and 2200, with effect from 1 April 2020.

As a responsible business, the airport has made this decision to protect the health and safety of passengers and staff, and to shield the business following a dramatic fall in airline traffic.

The airport’s operations will be consolidated into the South Terminal and the runway will remain open for emergency landings and diversions only outside these hours.

The temporary closure of the North Terminal will last a minimum of one month and the situation will be kept under regular review.

 

[MisterPenguin]

‘We Take the Dead From Morning Till Night’ (Published 2020)

No country has been hit harder by the coronavirus than Italy, and no province has suffered as many losses as Bergamo. Photos and voices from there evoke a portrait of despair.

www.nytimes.com

 

[DCBaker]

Are they paying?

Their website update doesn't say.

 

[Jwink]

Their website update doesn't say.

Did it say for the last update?

 

[Parker in NYC]

Coronavirus likely to kill 81K in US over next four months, study warns

The final death toll is unlikely to be less than 38,000 nationally and could be as high as 162,000 — with the team predicting the most likely number to be 81,114 deaths.

nypost.com

Even the Post is reporting this? I am more and more surprised at how this seems to be leveling the playing field among the New York press.

 

[marni1971]

London's Gatwick airport to close North terminal. (Used by Virgin and BA for flights to Orlando)

Gatwick Airport will consolidate operations into the South Terminal from 1 April and limit runway opening hours to protect staff, passengers and the business from the impact of COVID-19
27/03/2020

• Runway to be in use between 1400 and 2200 for scheduled flights, and remains available for emergency landings and diversions only outside these hours
• Measures to be in place from 1st April for one month, with the situation kept under regular review

The severe and unparalleled impact of COVID-19 on the global aviation sector has led Gatwick to make the difficult decision to consolidate passenger processing and facilities into the airport’s South Terminal and to limit scheduled flights on its runway to between 1400 and 2200, with effect from 1 April 2020.

As a responsible business, the airport has made this decision to protect the health and safety of passengers and staff, and to shield the business following a dramatic fall in airline traffic.

The airport’s operations will be consolidated into the South Terminal and the runway will remain open for emergency landings and diversions only outside these hours.

The temporary closure of the North Terminal will last a minimum of one month and the situation will be kept under regular review.

Manchester went down from three to one terminal on Wednesday. And a single runway. No mention yet of curtailed hours.

 

[Andrew C]

Coronavirus likely to kill 81K in US over next four months, study warns

The final death toll is unlikely to be less than 38,000 nationally and could be as high as 162,000 — with the team predicting the most likely number to be 81,114 deaths.

nypost.com

Bull...

 

[wdwmagic]

Getting word that we'll find out something today.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Oh I didn’t realize that your trip was cancelled. Sorry that happened.
It’s not their fault, for sure.

Its no biggie, we were just there in February and still have trips booked for late May & September... I'm hopeful at least one of those will work out.

 

[Parker in NYC]

Bull...

I think you're quoting the wrong story.

Nude woman ignores coronavirus warnings to straddle ‘Charging Bull’

Where are her gloves?! This blond bombshell straddled the “Charging Bull” statue in the nude Thursday — brazenly ignoring all coronavirus protection measures. With quarantine in effect and the stre…

nypost.com

 

[marni1971]

Getting word that we'll find out something today.

You would hope so. Comcast called it and the unions are demanding it.

 

[marni1971]

Small steps. From the BBC.

Spain has seen a sharp rise in the number of deaths caused by coronavirus but the rate of new infections is stabilising, officials say.
Confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, rose to 64,059, a 14% increase compared with 18% a day earlier and 20% on Wednesday.
In 24 hours, 769 people died, a daily record, taking the total to 4,858