We don't know how many guests with mobility issues, many who also have co-morbidities that increase their dying from Covid - have avoided going to WDW . And many parents are not comfortable bringing stroller aged children into crowds.
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SoFloMagic
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Very fair point. They will certainly need to come back.
Side note - one of my favorite memories was a slow night at Epcot when the tram told us they were going for a "world record time" to get to the lot and raced another tram.
WondersOfLife
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The day before Halloween, with a sold out(?) party afterwards because Halloween, on a Saturday. That would make sense.
ImperfectPixie
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1) Prior to the pandemic, they had started cracking down on people leaving their cars at the resorts, and yes, they were towing people.
2) People leaving cars at the resorts all day when they aren't staying there is why it's so hard to find parking when you DO have a reason to be there...and is why they started cracking down on it.
castlecake2.0
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They don’t tow cars for staying a couple hours past their dining. Also I Hb ever said I was leaving my car there, I’m just dropping her off so she can get closer to park transportation.
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nickys
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Hate to break it to you, but you’re not the first to suggest that. In fact we had posters who insisted it would be free to resort guests from the start.
Chi84
Premium Member
This is true. Every time I've asked the security guard about how long we can leave our car at the Contemporary after our Cali Grill reservation (to look around the resort or visit another monorail resort), I've been told not to worry and just have a good time. No time limits or admonishments. I should clarify that we visit in April/May and October, so I can't speak to the busiest times of the year.
From my trips in the past few months, that number is still the same as before covid, just as many scooters/people with co-morbidities and strollers mixed in the crowd that I have ever seen. No real change from before.
The same could be said about Indiana Jones as a theme park stunt show, but without the entertainment industry mocking it. And that is coming back. The happier they can make people, the more money they spend, the faster they get people out of property, the sooner clock out times they can get for the many CMs still on the clock.
The trams will be back, like Indiana Jones, it is just going to take time for that to be worth it for them. When CPs return in a force that is reasonable. Probably next season.
Those drummers aren't on stage all day long -- there's no reason they can't be out in the parking lot driving trams between shows!
Based on your math, on a day where there's 50,000 people in the park, I should expect to see only 5 octogenarians???
peter11435
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You are way underestimating the number of guests with mobility challenges
peter11435
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except they don’t. There are numerous popcorn and snack stands that remain closed and most that are operating have less cast than would be typical.
JMcMahonEsq
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No they really don’t matter at all. Not on a business perspective. There is a small set of the overall attendance at MK every day that use motorized assistance in the park. And of that subset some of them are staying at resorts ans are taking buses/monorails to the park. They by no means make up even a statistically significant portions of the let’s say 50K people who are visiting MK on a daily basis. Even if we give any credence to your 392 across four parks, which I don’t, that number isn’t statistically significant compared to overal park attendance.
Smooth
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Hmmm....Let`s see? Do I need or want the Trams? Do I need or want the parades back? Do I need or want extra entertainment? Do I need or want Disney`s Magical Express? I guess some things we do not really need. It just seems when we go to the most magical place on earth, we have grown to want them and expect them. Remember the Disney difference?
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
Those have already returned, but no reason to let facts interfere with your temper tantrum.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
I think it's valuable to separate "pandemic impacts that are taking longer to get back to normal than we'd like" and "permanent changes unrelated to COVID that we don't like."
Magic Express and the lack of a night parade at Magic Kingdom are different than no trams and reduced entertainment.
There is no limit to the time you can leave your vehicle at a resort after dining. You could even leave it overnight. Disney will tow in very, very few instances. If a vehicle is "out of place" which includes blocking a roadway, or a possible threat to public safety. Towing is not good Public Relations and is rarely used.
If you saw a car being towed, maybe it had mechanical issues but it was not towed by security. I am very familiar with their towing procedures. You can even leave your car overnight. Do you know why? What if a guest had a dead battery and didn't want to deal with it till the next day. Or if a guest had too much to drink? They do not want the bad publicity for something that doesn't matter. On an average night 20 to 30 cars are left overnight in the parking garages at Disney Springs, even though there is clear signage stating you can not.