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Jones14
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Even when Disney takes all the tape off the ground, I’d imagine guests will keep spreading out at least a little more than they used to. That alone will have ripple effects across all the queues in the parks.
You’d hope. Society in general could do worse than cleaning up it’s act a little.
dmw
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- In the Parks
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I expect the opposite. I have visited some smaller amusement venues and their outdoor queues have no distancing or mask requirements. Even with suggested marks on the ground, the guests in line were not observing those, and did not seem to care. I think WDW guests will return to tighter lines very quickly.
Pre covid people in lines would be right up your back.
And even when WDW first reopened my wife got into a verbal conferation when she reqested some teens space out as they were literllay bumping into us. There was a language barrier and it was getting heated and I was worried about an altercation with my children there.
Just becuse we requested they stand on the marker on the ground.
We were at Animal Kingdom last night, and the people were bumping into us behind us in the line for FOP.
I would love the distance after masks are gone.
But i do look foward to the masks going away, they are brutal in the Florida Summer.
And even when WDW first reopened my wife got into a verbal conferation when she reqested some teens space out as they were literllay bumping into us. There was a language barrier and it was getting heated and I was worried about an altercation with my children there.
Just becuse we requested they stand on the marker on the ground.
We were at Animal Kingdom last night, and the people were bumping into us behind us in the line for FOP.
I would love the distance after masks are gone.
But i do look foward to the masks going away, they are brutal in the Florida Summer.
TTA94
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One good thing that happened the past year is more “personal space”. Who doesn’t like personal space! Unfortunately in the theme park world personal space doesn’t normally exist and sadly won’t much longer. Some may find it hard to go back to not having personal space, myself being one of them lol, but that’s life.
Surferboy567
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I know this is said every time their is an investor call but are we expecting any movement on this tomorrow?
FeelsSoGoodToBeBad
Well-Known Member
Excellent point!
Dangit! And here I was hoping WDW would charge only double for floaties for those affected!
Better?
From what I’ve been told by people who have been there this year, people not social distancing in queues and just in general around the parks has become more of an issue.
No. Disney's crystal balls don't actually work. They can't announce timelines for things that are going to happen when the crisis is over because they don't know for sure when the crisis will be over.
The purpose of the meeting is corporate business, not to be a general address to their customers.
Surferboy567
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I assumed this, in listening to these meetings I have actually become more and more interested in the corporate side of the meetings and am surprised when anything news worthy comes up.
Interesting. Seems opposite of what I would think. Keeping masks would allow them to reduce (and maybe eliminate) physical distancing.
Masks need physical distant and vice versa to be effective.
djkidkaz
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Disney is always going to play the waiting game with stuff like this to cover their butts. They will let universal relax mask standards and physical distancing for about a month or two and then they will follow. This way if anyone says anything they can point to the fact that they actually waited longer than other theme parks.
SoFloMagic
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Yeah, ride queues have been getting worse. Food and drink lines have been fine. Masks have been surprisingly good still
JohnD
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Except for calling ghosts to materialize at a swinging wake.
JohnD
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Whenever we return to no masks, I can go with keeping the wait here signs for maintaining queue distancing. Before the pandemic, I didn't like people invading my personal space anyway. An exception, for example, would be the portrait gallery in HM where it would return to its original purpose of gathering guests in a room where "you can't get out!" before the wall opens.
I don't disagree that both in combination are the best approach. But, if you had the option of being 1 ft from someone with a mask or 3ft from someone with no mask, what would you choose? To me masks would prevent spread far more effectively than just distancing (especially since there will be momentary lapse of judgement).
Editing to add: my initial comment was in regards to the post by magic feather that masks may be gone before distancing. If distancing/masking is only for the pandemic response then I would feel better with masking over distancing IF one was gone before the other.
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ToTBellHop
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Yes, but masking is a harder sell if they are not required outside Disney. Telling someone to “stand here” is always reasonable in a theme park. Eventually people will just throw their masks out.
TeriofTerror
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If anyone thinks people have gotten better about respecting personal space, you may want to avoid the video floating about from a Bath and Body Works last weekend. I thought line-jumping at WDW was a hot button topic. 