News Disney mask policy at Walt Disney World theme parks

[celluloid]

Here’s one based on common sense: they’re going to continue indoors till the spring. Good or bad…just a hunch

I think that is more than a safe bet. They are not likely to make the move of no masks as they get the biggest attendance to the parks since shut down reopening for the Christmas break weeks.

I imagine the backstage vaccinated rule is the step that also helps them reinforce that it is ok to bring the CP back with the same rule.

 

[LittleBuford]

i think the CDC said masks should be worn indoors i areas of “high” transmission. Orange County is already in moderate. So WDW is already behind the 8 ball.

Their website is confusing and inconsistent in this regard. Near the top of the page, it says this:

“In areas with high numbers of COVID-19 cases, consider wearing a mask in crowded outdoor settings and for activities with close contact with others who are not fully vaccinated.”

This would seem to support your point. Yet when you scroll down and use their “county check” tool, you get the following advice, which couldn’t be clearer:

Masks and Respirators

Wear a mask with the best fit, protection, and comfort for you.

www.cdc.gov

ETA: I just looked again at the page and saw this under the bullet point I quoted earlier:

“If you are fully vaccinated, to maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.”

 

[Heelz2315]

Those benchmarks are extremely low to meet…

but they HAVE to be.

“endemic” is the goal

that’s been part of my fear all along is that these goals are hard to meet and even if we do get there they won’t last long then it’s back to masks.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

that’s been part of my fear all along is that these goals are hard to meet and even if we do get there they won’t last long then it’s back to masks.

I think there’s little chance that Disney says “close enough” on masks and pulls them before they feel that there’s almost nil chance of going back.

I think they made a mistake this year that probably impacts them for several moving forward as far as planning goes.

people forget: policy and price today is not about the florida resident going next weekend or someone who booked a year ago…it’s about getting people consume in high quantity/price in 12/18/24 months from now

 

[Chi84]

I'm at the point now where I've done everything I was told to do - stayed home and avoided travel, wore a mask as required and got each of my three shots as soon as possible. And I was fine doing this to protect others, but now people have the ability to protect themselves and are choosing not to do so.

What I (and many, many others not necessarily in this particular echo chamber) want to know is this: for a triple vaccinated person, how much good am I doing by wearing a mask? How much safer am I from getting COVID and how much is my wearing a mask protecting others? If the answer is not much, but there are unvaccinated people out there who are getting seriously ill and we don't know who is vaccinated and who is not, then that's a different problem with a different answer than making me continue to wear a mask.

If this goes on much longer, and I don't think it will, it's going to be necessary to revisit the unpopular vaccine requirements for participation in society, including travel, restaurants, etc. My state is looking to remove mask mandates very soon, so I'm hoping it doesn't come to this.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Their website is confusing and inconsistent in this regard. Near the top of the page, it says this:

“In areas with high numbers of COVID-19 cases, consider wearing a mask in crowded outdoor settings and for activities with close contact with others who are not fully vaccinated.”

This would seem to support your point. Yet when you scroll down and use their “county check” tool, you get the following advice, which couldn’t be clearer:

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Masks and Respirators

Wear a mask with the best fit, protection, and comfort for you.

www.cdc.gov

Bet they’re not giving enough consideration to the oppressed “expensive amusement park clientele” are they?

I’m joking…I hope?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I'm at the point now where I've done everything I was told to do - stayed home and avoided travel, wore a mask as required and got each of my three shots as soon as possible. And I was fine doing this to protect others, but now people have the ability to protect themselves and are choosing not to do so.

What I (and many, many others not necessarily in this particular echo chamber) want to know is this: for a triple vaccinated person, how much good am I doing by wearing a mask? How much safer am I from getting COVID and how much is my wearing a mask protecting others? If the answer is not much, but there are unvaccinated people out there who are getting seriously ill and we don't know who is vaccinated and who is not, then that's a different problem with a different answer than making me continue to wear a mask.

If this goes on much longer, and I don't think it will, it's going to be necessary to revisit the unpopular vaccine requirements for participation in society, including travel, restaurants, etc. My state is looking to remove mask mandates very soon, so I'm hoping it doesn't come to this.

You should sit down for this:

the vaccine rounds may start again. The only thing that should have been done…since day one…is give the virus globs no where to go/spread. That was isolation for almost a year…now it’s vaccination for one.

it’s really never up for debate. But here we debate.



ok…enough masks…when do the Steelers play?

crap…Monday?

 

[Lilofan]

I'm at the point now where I've done everything I was told to do - stayed home and avoided travel, wore a mask as required and got each of my three shots as soon as possible. And I was fine doing this to protect others, but now people have the ability to protect themselves and are choosing not to do so.

What I (and many, many others not necessarily in this particular echo chamber) want to know is this: for a triple vaccinated person, how much good am I doing by wearing a mask? How much safer am I from getting COVID and how much is my wearing a mask protecting others? If the answer is not much, but there are unvaccinated people out there who are getting seriously ill and we don't know who is vaccinated and who is not, then that's a different problem with a different answer than making me continue to wear a mask.

If this goes on much longer, and I don't think it will, it's going to be necessary to revisit the unpopular vaccine requirements for participation in society, including travel, restaurants, etc. My state is looking to remove mask mandates very soon, so I'm hoping it doesn't come to this.

On the plus side, you must be saving some money by staying home!

 

[Chi84]

On the plus side, you must be saving some money by staying home!

That's definitely true, although we significantly increased our take out orders/delivery tips to help the local restaurants during the time we were advised to stay at home. Also, I'm afraid much of what we saved went to WDW a couple of weeks ago! At least we didn't have to wait in any lines.

 

[LittleBuford]

I don't think any of this is really worth arguing about. Masks are currently required indoors at WDW but won't be forever (or even much longer). Those who are OK with the requirement can visit now and those who aren't can wait a few weeks or months (whatever it ends up being). I'm not sure why this discussion has become so charged and angry.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Great I have a trip to Universal in two weeks!

I love Uni. You should go all in there! Won’t be like $11,000 per trip

 

[Trauma]

I don't think any of this is really worth arguing about. Masks are currently required indoors at WDW but won't be forever (or even much longer). Those who are OK with the requirement can visit now and those who aren't can wait a few weeks or months (whatever it ends up being). I'm not sure why this discussion has become so charged and angry.

I don’t think anyone is charged or angry.

Even if we can’t effect the outcome it still serves a purpose to discuss with others our views to help us organize our personal hierarchy of values.

I genuinely enjoy interacting with everyone on these forums, most of all those I disagree with.

Someone like Walter for example writes in a way that I can only explain as somewhat abstract and poetic.

I greatly enjoy my interactions with everyone and if any comments seem mean spirited then understand that my intentions where good natured and I failed my intent.

 

[Trauma]

I love Uni. You should go all in there! Won’t be like $11,000 per trip

Im sure I can find a way

 

[DisneyCane]

I think there’s little chance that Disney says “close enough” on masks and pulls them before they feel that there’s almost nil chance of going back.

If they are going to use the ridiculous CDC scale that considers 0.05% of the population testing positive in a week as being "substantial" community spread then there is never going to be a "nil" chance of going back. The probability of Orange County never exceeding that level again after dropping below it is almost nil.

 

[Touchdown]

If they are going to use the ridiculous CDC scale that considers 0.05% of the population testing positive in a week as being "substantial" community spread then there is never going to be a "nil" chance of going back. The probability of Orange County never exceeding that level again after dropping below it is almost nil.

5% not 0.05%.

 

[Parker in NYC]

I'm at the point now where I've done everything I was told to do - stayed home and avoided travel, wore a mask as required and got each of my three shots as soon as possible. And I was fine doing this to protect others, but now people have the ability to protect themselves and are choosing not to do so.

What I (and many, many others not necessarily in this particular echo chamber) want to know is this: for a triple vaccinated person, how much good am I doing by wearing a mask? How much safer am I from getting COVID and how much is my wearing a mask protecting others? If the answer is not much, but there are unvaccinated people out there who are getting seriously ill and we don't know who is vaccinated and who is not, then that's a different problem with a different answer than making me continue to wear a mask.

If this goes on much longer, and I don't think it will, it's going to be necessary to revisit the unpopular vaccine requirements for participation in society, including travel, restaurants, etc. My state is looking to remove mask mandates very soon, so I'm hoping it doesn't come to this.

People felt this way before the booster. Unfortunately, and especially now that international travel is officially reopening, people are going to have to gripe and bear it. Want the economy to recover? Wear a mask. Want it to founder? Stay home.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

I think that is more than a safe bet. They are not likely to make the move of no masks as they get the biggest attendance to the parks since shut down reopening for the Christmas break weeks.

I imagine the backstage vaccinated rule is the step that also helps them reinforce that it is ok to bring the CP back with the same rule.

My bet is still early January, after the Christmas/New Years crush. (Assuming no new variants ).

By then the 5-11 age group will have had time to get vaccinated and 94% of the population will have had access to the vaccines.

 

[Parker in NYC]

My bet is still early January, after the Christmas/New Years crush. (Assuming no new variants ).

By then the 5-11 age group will have had time to get vaccinated and 94% of the population will have had access to the vaccines.

Haha, we’ve learned that access doesn’t mean ANYTHING in a social media hive mind world.

 

[Tom P.]

People felt this way before the booster. Unfortunately, and especially now that international travel is officially reopening, people are going to have to gripe and bear it. Want the economy to recover? Wear a mask. Want it to founder? Stay home.

Or in most of the country, do neither and go on with life. As was discussed upthread, that's what the majority of the country is doing right now.

 

[DisneyCane]

5% not 0.05%.

Substantial = 50-99.99 New cases per 100,000 persons in the past 7 days according to the CDC definition

50/100,000 = 0.0005

0.0005 x 100 = .05

It's 0.05% of the population testing positive over the past 7 days that the CDC ridiculously considers "substantial" community transmission.