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News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot
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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. 
FeelsSoGoodToBeBad
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I went to B&BW during one of their semi-annual sales a few years ago (maybe 3 years, now?). HOLY. CRAP.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.
Those stores are super-small to start with and they had a line roped off in the middle of the mall that stretched in front of several stores. The checkout line was from the back of the store (where the registers are) almost back out the entrance.
NEVER. AGAIN.
Giss Neric
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Was the cause of the scuffle about line-jumping? I thought the cause was one of those anti-maskers.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.
1HAPPYGHOSTHOST
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Did this open yet?
Giss Neric
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Semi-annual sales are really popular events cause people don't wanna pay full price so they wait and go all out on those days. I personally do online shopping but since last year their website crashes a lot due to the volume of orders. Unless, of course you're not that into their candles and fragrances (I'm obsessed with it), might as well just go on a regular day and avoid sales.
FeelsSoGoodToBeBad
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I have a friend that spoils me every Christmas with a box of Twilight Woods body wash and moisturizing cream. I LOVE that scent but no way am I dealing with those crowds to get it. LOL
So... anything new with Ratatouille?
ToTBellHop
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Still waiting to open...
If Universal can open a very-noticeable, major roller coaster in June, surely Disney can open a D-ticket no one really cares about hidden in the back of their lowest-demand park by then.
If Universal can open a very-noticeable, major roller coaster in June, surely Disney can open a D-ticket no one really cares about hidden in the back of their lowest-demand park by then.
We can hope.
Bocabear
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I think the "Lowest Demand Park" is actually pretty untrue... EPCOT is massive, everything is large, walkways space etc... It takes a massive amount of people for EPCOT to feel the least bit crowded...
While I agree they do not have a new attraction right now so they are not driving the attendance records, as soon as they bring the two new attractions online they will be massively crowded again...
DHS fees so crowded because it is a much smaller park... And of course, at this particular moment they have the newest attractions...
I would say that people still love EPCOT...
ToTBellHop
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Epcot is literally the lowest demand. It is the easiest park to find a park pass for. And its capacity at present is significantly reduced.
They didn’t decide to spend $1 billion on this park because it was doing well.
cgersic
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I travel solo, so when this happens to me, I let that party go by. I'm a total fan of the physical distancing!