We are the exact example you point out. We were originally planning a big, month-long trip to Spain, France, and Italy this summer for oldest DS's HS graduation present. But I just didn't feel quite comfortable yet (more of a COVID thing at the time) spending that much money and having something go wrong in Europe (related to COVID). My boys were happy to go to WDW/USO for 10 days instead. Never thought there would be an invasion of Ukraine (who knows what would be happening in Europe in summer)? My DH mentions it about every week that he's so glad we bought our airfare the beginning of Feb. before airlines started raising fares/dropping flights. We also managed to buy our tickets to WDW before the price hike as well. Summer trips prior hadn't been as bad "crowd-wise" as some trips we took in the fall, so I'm crossing my fingers for the same this year. Either way, we're committed a this point and committed to be positive and have a good time!
There is a seismic shift happening, so it may take time for it to all hit and impact actual attendance. What many are not realizing is that attendance keeps going up, but Disney has not and still is not properly adding capacity to their parks to compensate. For example, as of 2021, MK now averages 10,000 extra people per day more than they did in 2011. Has Disney added ride capacity for 10,000 per day in the Magic Kingdom in the last 10 years? Hell no, what have they done? Built over 2 dozen resorts that now give all those thousands of people exclusive access to early magic and extra magic hours. Then you have Golden Oaks with their infinite fast passes that is now sold out. It all adds up significantly. And now the older rides, Carousel of Progress, Peter Pan, Small World, Country Bear Jamboree, Princess Hall instead of Snow White, are all drawing significantly lower crowds than they used to, say in the 80's-90's. So everyone bum rushes the newer/popular rides, because of this fact you could say the addition park ride capacity has actually been stagnate over the years and I would say its hitting a breaking point. (Someone needs to do a quick capacity check on ride thru puts for all MK rides over the years.) Ontop of that you have all these Vloggers and Disney Vacation Websites trying to make money giving away the best times to go, crowd calendars, tips to avoid long lines, if everyone knows those tricks, they are no longer tricks to avoid crowds and its crowded everywhere all the time. FYI
I suggest you invest in a family Atlas. Europe is a continent (like the Americas) and the traditional vacation spots Americans might visit are nowhere near any conflict zones. The distance from Ukraine to Paris is about the same as the distance from Orlando to Canada. Given the rubbish tires on the Russian tanks (made in China, I believe), they ain't getting near London. Paris, Rome, Madrid, Copenhagen, Vienna, Berlin, Prague, Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva, etc anytime soon.
Fear isn't rational, I'm supposed to take 7 women to Greece in August, 3 have canceled due to the invasion. In times of war, uncertainty and deep stress humans tend to "hunker down " But thanks for the gracious, friendly advice
FYI: Skyliner mask policy changes tomorrow.
They're Disney's guests in Disney's parks. If their guests are pigs, they need to staff at a level that they can clean up after them.
Tomorrow, not today.
So, if you were a guest at a friend's house you think you can behave like a pig and that your friends should clean up after you? Seriously, there are enough bins and you don't need much of an IQ to know how to use them. Your comment beggars belief.
I'm not excusing the CMs for not enforcing the policy. Just offering a bit of information that might explain why they chose not to engage over it today.
This is something I have never understood (and it's often more than bad language- many are horrendously pervy.) I've seen this since the 80's and not to be regionalist, but only during my travels in that area. I've never understood how any adult thinks it appropriate in or outside of a family park, or why it's not a cause for ejection or at least they should be told to change shirts or turn it inside out.
I wasn't excusing the behavior. Honestly, what good does it do to gripe about other people's behavior? This is Disney's deal. If their guests are pigs, they need to find a way to exclude the pigs or they need to suck it up and clean up after them. Since we know there's no way to exclude the pigs, there's really only one choice left.
How were you "taking" your 7 vestal virgins? Flying the plane, paying for the vacation, making the bookings? Perhaps they can make their own risk assessments and go it alone? Greece is not at risk from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. All you do by cancelling the trip is punish the Greek economy for an irrational reason.
Oh I'm not canceling, 3 women canceled their trip on the tour operator. I'm working for the tour operator, a small boutique travel company that gives women only vacations. Clients usually are single (for whatever reason) ladies, who want to travel but dont want to go alone. Just finished up a fabulous trip to Iceland. As I said, fear often times is not rational. Get no argument from me on that point but then again if human beings were perfectly rational then a lot of stuff would not be happen.
now whether or not their "virgins" of any kind...we're classy, we stopped doing pelvic exams a while back