News Disney mask policy at Walt Disney World theme parks

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They can't decline you service, but if you provide proof of vaccination they can exempt you from certain protocols. Royal Caribbean is doing this.

On another note, does everyone think single rider lines and pre-shows are sticking around through this wave?

Pre-shows have to go away again.

single rider is silly now until the thing is OVER.

and it’s a joke they are worried about getting people on rides via single rider when they’ve made no effort to get crowd control back in place

 

[Goofnut1980]

Disney can put in place any policy they would like.. People getting mad about masks, it is what it is. Don't go if it's not for you. Maybe this will curb people from going? LOL

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Agreed, though I’m not sure why they’re waiting till the 30th.

Prolly because 36 hours isn’t long for another operational shift?

 

[LittleBuford]

It gives people just enough time to scramble to get masks.

Unless things have changed in the last few days, masks are very easy to get at the moment.

 

[donsullivan]

Agreed, though I’m not sure why they’re waiting till the 30th.

Logistics mostly. They need to get all of the signage back in place, update the website (already done) and communicate the return of previous policy to all CM's for proper enforcement.

 

[LittleBuford]

Prolly because 36 hours isn’t long for another operational shift?

I don’t understand how the shift entails preparation time. They’re just reverting to their former policy.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They enforced it in extended queues when we were there in May. Standing outside in the sun in an extended queue for Muppets of all things and had cast members ask my 3 year old to mask up (constant battle).

But that was when all the 2020 restrictions where still in place…I do believe?

 

[Figgy1]

Unless things have changed in the last few days, masks are very easy to get at the moment.

It still will take a bit of effort if you're already on property with tens of thousands of your nearest and dearest all trying to get them at once

 

[disneygeek90]

But that was when all the 2020 restrictions where still in place…I do believe?

There was a brief period (2 weeks ish) that masks were only needed inside. They weren’t required in extended queues but were once you got to an actual queue even if it was technically outside. Think Pirates.

 

[jmp85]

But that was when all the 2020 restrictions where still in place…I do believe?

Yeah, I don't know. I hope it doesn't cover extended queues anymore. It was ridiculous.

 

[relic827]

Pre-shows have to go away again.

Do they? The CDC says to wear a mask indoors, not to not gather indoors at all. Not saying they won’t go away again. Just questioning whether they really “have to.”

 

[Stitch826]

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1017...xperts-call-it-a-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated

“More than 99% of recent deaths were among the unvaccinated, infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said earlier this month on NBC's Meet the Press, while Walensky noted on Friday that unvaccinated people accounted for over 97% of hospitalizations.”

Requiring vaccinated individuals to wear masks is ridiculous. If individuals choose not to get vaccinated, that’s their issue and theirs alone.

And before someone responds with “what about the kids?”…

From https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/in...in-extremely-low-new-studies-find-11625785260 …


“Children are at extremely slim risk of dying from Covid-19, according to some of the most comprehensive studies to date, which indicate the threat might be even lower than previously thought.

Some 99.995% of the 469,982 children in England who were infected during the year examined by researchers survived, one study found.”

 

[LittleBuford]

It’s probably going to take that long to get signs / announcements ready and to get all cm’s and managers up to speed. Just my guess. The wdw Resort is so huge it’s hard to do something quickly... like turning a battleship around! Ha.

I hadn’t thought of the signs! That makes sense, and also fleshes out the point @Sirwalterraleigh made (I’m reading posts out of sequence).

ETA: And thanks also to @donsullivan.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I don’t understand how the shift entails preparation time. They’re just reverting to their former policy.

Because they’re packed…they have limited space…and they already are without their computerized inventory control.

“just shift the line”…or even “just enforce the masks” may not be such an easy thing

and we are hours away…

also…their are people there mid trip who don’t even have the masks. Yes…many more than you’re willing to believe

 

[jmp85]

There was a brief period (2 weeks ish) that masks were only needed inside.

Yes, that is when we were there (the day after outdoor masks were dropped actually).

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1017...xperts-call-it-a-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated

“More than 99% of recent deaths were among the unvaccinated, infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said earlier this month on NBC's Meet the Press, while Walensky noted on Friday that unvaccinated people accounted for over 97% of hospitalizations.”

Requiring vaccinated individuals to wear masks is ridiculous. If individuals choose not to get vaccinated, that’s their issue and theirs alone.

And before someone responds with “what about the kids?”…

From https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/in...in-extremely-low-new-studies-find-11625785260 …


“Children are at extremely slim risk of dying from Covid-19, according to some of the most comprehensive studies to date, which indicate the threat might be even lower than previously thought.

Some 99.995% of the 469,982 children in England who were infected during the year examined by researchers survived, one study found.”

Same crap as the hoax period last year…

if you want to go to Disney…you have to wear a mask inside for now…

buck up…stop complaining. The mass public has proven time and again they can’t be trusted without rules to follow. Hence why Florida is sitting at 49% vaccination rate when it could be 90% at this point.

 

[networkpro]

I guess tomorrow is when we'll start hearing the indignant cries of "I'm canceling my Disney Vacation". But watch the park and dining availability not budge an inch.

 

[Figgy1]

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1017...xperts-call-it-a-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated

“More than 99% of recent deaths were among the unvaccinated, infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said earlier this month on NBC's Meet the Press, while Walensky noted on Friday that unvaccinated people accounted for over 97% of hospitalizations.”

Requiring vaccinated individuals to wear masks is ridiculous. If individuals choose not to get vaccinated, that’s their issue and theirs alone.

And before someone responds with “what about the kids?”…

From https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/in...in-extremely-low-new-studies-find-11625785260 …


“Children are at extremely slim risk of dying from Covid-19, according to some of the most comprehensive studies to date, which indicate the threat might be even lower than previously thought.

Some 99.995% of the 469,982 children in England who were infected during the year examined by researchers survived, one study found.”

There is no way for Disney to tell who is and isn't vaccinated

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Yes, that is when we were there (the day after outdoor masks were dropped actually).

Ok…so literally the next day?

what was the question again?

 

[Touchdown]

Why would preshow go away? The recommendations are only for masking, not distancing.