Agree on both counts. I think the reservation system is an advantage for Disney to know how to staff each park and plan for food and mechandise ordering.
A couple confounders: most visitors are Californians, where the rate is higher. Most are wealthy, where the rate is higher. You now need to have money and be computer savvy to visit the parks.
Regarding reservation system...from this article https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/202104/8175/
Exactly what I said in my trip report yesterday. If he’s concerned about the guest experience, he doesn’t let the park experience get to what it is right now.
This is why I just cancelled our reservations for the end of this week--because I have an 11 year old. I don't trust other people to be truthful about their vaccination status. Guess we wait until my daughter is vaccinated now. Bummer.
This isn’t Vegas, sir. Keep it on. No one wants to see your Millennium Falcon.
That sounds like a whole new kind of Disney
Isn't it funny how folks have had in the label like "snowflake" in spite of their deep concern for people around them. But the people that have no concern but for their own two square feet of Earth are somehow empowered as being without fear. But they, in conversations, seem to be the ones that have the most fear about the world around them and how it's all falling apart. Being in a place where a lot of people are wearing masks without grumbling because of their care for one another I definitely appreciate your carefulness.
You didn’t ask me, but I’ll answer your question, as I feel the same way SoCalDisneyLover.
My wife and I were just talking about wearing them on planes. They can talk all they want about the airflow, but planes are nasty.
I suspect you're going to see a greater usage of masks in this country during the cold/flu and even allergy seasons going forward. Something a lot of countries outside the US have been doing for a long time.
Exactly. All that filtered air really is nasty and I hate feeling like I’m catching a cold whenever I get off planes. I’m catching a flight this Wednesday and of course will be wearing a mask because it’s mandatory, but I’m going to keep wearing them years down the line. It ain’t hurt.
I suspect the same. My allergies were really acting up last week when the winds in Los Angeles started rolling through. I remembered to wear a mask while out walking my dogs and it made such a huge difference.
I’m not that fearful of germs. I just don’t want to get sick while flying to a vacation destination. One year we came to WDW for Christmas and I came down with the flu about 36 hours into the trip. There is a non-zero chance that it was the plane. Really sucked—sore throat for a couple days (with congestion) and then I lost my voice the remainder of the vacation. Now I bring Clorox wipes on every flight to wipe all the surfaces when I board. People used to look at me strangely. They don’t anymore. I’ve seen the perfunctory between-flight “cleansing”. Even during Covid, it isn’t impressive.
