Surprise! Red Tier Now Begins Sunday; Downtown Disney Restaurants???

[DCBaker]

 

[Sailor310]

I don't want to sink to to potty humor, but...

China rolls out swab coronavirus test, saying it’s more accurate than throat method​

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, workers in protective suits take a swab for a coronavirus test in Shenyang, in northeastern China, on Jan. 11. (Yao Jianfeng/AP)
By
Eva Dou
Jan. 27, 2021 at 1:27 a.m. PST
SEOUL — Months-long lockdowns. Entire city populations herded through the streets for mandatory testing. The people of China could be forgiven for thinking they had seen it all during the coronavirus pandemic.

But now they face a new indignity: the addition of swabs — yes, you read that right — to the testing regimen for those in quarantine.
Chinese state media outlets introduced the new protocol in recent days, prompting widespread discussion and some outrage. Some Chinese doctors say the science is there. Recovering patients, they say, have continued to test positive through samples from the lower digestive tract days after nasal and throat swabs came back negative.

Yet for many, it seemed a step too far in government intrusions after a year and counting of a dignity-eroding pandemic.
“Everyone involved will be so embarrassed,” one user in Guangdong province said on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, on Wednesday. In a Weibo poll, 80 percent of respondents said they “could not accept” the invasive method.

LOL wdwmagic must have a filter for 'another word for your rear end'.

 

[TP2000]

From TouringPlans @TouringPlans: ""Tables and chairs are being added and cleaned in Disney California Adventure. Looks like dining will be returning soon to Buena Vista Street. "

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Great news! They can start immediately allowing people to eat the foods they are already selling on Buena Vista Street, in addition to bringing back that fleet of snack carts that sell light meals and novelty snacks.

Meanwhile, it will take a few weeks to restart the Carthay Circle outdoor dining operation. But there's a bunch of stuff they can do immediately, in addition to letting people eat and drink on Disney property effective immediately.

Outdoor Dining was deadly on Sunday, but perfectly allowable by Monday. The mind boggles!

 

[TP2000]

I can't imagine the Herculean task of reopening Disneyland after 18 months of closure. I'd assume at that point just about every hourly CM would have moved on and (hopefully) found employment elsewhere, either out of boredom or financial necessity. So you'd basically have to hire and train enough staff to operate two full theme parks. But with so many people already laid off, including many 'trainers', how do you even go about this?

Then there's ordering the food and merchandise for the park. And costuming. And the hotels.

Maybe it's a blessing in disguise capacity will be limited for the time, since that will allow them to staff fewer employees throughout the park and allow Disneyland a bit of a trial run before things go back to some semblance of normal Disneyland.

This is a HUGE issue for them logistically and operationally.

We'll need a new thread dedicated to the hard work of restaffing, retraining and restarting Disneyland after more than a year of full closure, because it's going to be such an interesting topic.

It's basically trying to open a brand new park from scratch. It will definitely be a major story and thing for us to discuss later in 2021! I can't wait!!!

 

[cmwade77]

I don't want to sink to to potty humor, but...

China rolls out **** swab coronavirus test, saying it’s more accurate than throat method​

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, workers in protective suits take a swab for a coronavirus test in Shenyang, in northeastern China, on Jan. 11. (Yao Jianfeng/AP)
By
Eva Dou
Jan. 27, 2021 at 1:27 a.m. PST
SEOUL — Months-long lockdowns. Entire city populations herded through the streets for mandatory testing. The people of China could be forgiven for thinking they had seen it all during the coronavirus pandemic.

But now they face a new indignity: the addition of **** swabs — yes, you read that right — to the testing regimen for those in quarantine.
Chinese state media outlets introduced the new protocol in recent days, prompting widespread discussion and some outrage. Some Chinese doctors say the science is there. Recovering patients, they say, have continued to test positive through samples from the lower digestive tract days after nasal and throat swabs came back negative.

Yet for many, it seemed a step too far in government intrusions after a year and counting of a dignity-eroding pandemic.
“Everyone involved will be so embarrassed,” one user in Guangdong province said on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, on Wednesday. In a Weibo poll, 80 percent of respondents said they “could not accept” the invasive method.

LOL wdwmagic must have a filter for 'another word for your rear end'.

They have long known that this was the most accurate testing method, but well, it would make contact tracing difficult, as this couldn't exactly be done via drive up testing.

 

[cmwade77]

This is a HUGE issue for them logistically and operationally.

We'll need a new thread dedicated to the hard work of restaffing, retraining and restarting Disneyland after more than a year of full closure, because it's going to be such an interesting topic.

It's basically trying to open a brand new park from scratch. It will definitely be a major story and thing for us to discuss later in 2021! I can't wait!!!

To some degree it will be, but there are still a fair number of CMs ready and willing to go back, although the number is going to decrease as unemployment runs out, but hopefully they can get creative before then to get as many back to work as possible.

That being said, even the CMs that are able to come back will need to be retrained, I would imagine they will pull trainers from Disney World to assist with that, much like they pull from other parks when a new theme park opens.

The big question about this is if it will change any of the culture of DL, as the original park, it had some uniqueness when it came to the CMs and operations and it will be interesting to see how that is affected. Again, this could be a whole other thread.

 

[ToTBellHop]

They have long known that this was the most accurate testing method, but well, it would make contact tracing difficult, as this couldn't exactly be done via drive up testing.

Sure it can. Just roll your window down.

 

[cmwade77]

Sure it can. Just roll your window down.

There's a visual we don't need.....LOL

 

[ToTBellHop]

There's a visual we don't need.....LOL

Stop the spread. Do your part.

 

[TP2000]

Sure it can. Just roll your window down.

Usually the gentleman buys me a drink first. Times have obviously changed.

 

[flutas]

Stop the spread. Do your part.

Or in this case...start the spread?

I'll see myself out for that one.

 

[1HAPPYGHOSTHOST]

I don't want to sink to to potty humor, but...

China rolls out **** swab coronavirus test, saying it’s more accurate than throat method​

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, workers in protective suits take a swab for a coronavirus test in Shenyang, in northeastern China, on Jan. 11. (Yao Jianfeng/AP)
By
Eva Dou
Jan. 27, 2021 at 1:27 a.m. PST
SEOUL — Months-long lockdowns. Entire city populations herded through the streets for mandatory testing. The people of China could be forgiven for thinking they had seen it all during the coronavirus pandemic.

But now they face a new indignity: the addition of **** swabs — yes, you read that right — to the testing regimen for those in quarantine.
Chinese state media outlets introduced the new protocol in recent days, prompting widespread discussion and some outrage. Some Chinese doctors say the science is there. Recovering patients, they say, have continued to test positive through samples from the lower digestive tract days after nasal and throat swabs came back negative.

Yet for many, it seemed a step too far in government intrusions after a year and counting of a dignity-eroding pandemic.
“Everyone involved will be so embarrassed,” one user in Guangdong province said on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, on Wednesday. In a Weibo poll, 80 percent of respondents said they “could not accept” the invasive method.

LOL wdwmagic must have a filter for 'another word for your rear end'.

I'm in.

 

[SteveAZee]

I don't want to sink to to potty humor, but...

China rolls out **** swab coronavirus test, saying it’s more accurate than throat method​

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, workers in protective suits take a swab for a coronavirus test in Shenyang, in northeastern China, on Jan. 11. (Yao Jianfeng/AP)
By
Eva Dou
Jan. 27, 2021 at 1:27 a.m. PST
SEOUL — Months-long lockdowns. Entire city populations herded through the streets for mandatory testing. The people of China could be forgiven for thinking they had seen it all during the coronavirus pandemic.

But now they face a new indignity: the addition of **** swabs — yes, you read that right — to the testing regimen for those in quarantine.
Chinese state media outlets introduced the new protocol in recent days, prompting widespread discussion and some outrage. Some Chinese doctors say the science is there. Recovering patients, they say, have continued to test positive through samples from the lower digestive tract days after nasal and throat swabs came back negative.

Yet for many, it seemed a step too far in government intrusions after a year and counting of a dignity-eroding pandemic.
“Everyone involved will be so embarrassed,” one user in Guangdong province said on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, on Wednesday. In a Weibo poll, 80 percent of respondents said they “could not accept” the invasive method.

LOL wdwmagic must have a filter for 'another word for your rear end'.

That will certainly make the news coverage of the thru-the-window drive-by testing sites more interesting.

 

[chadwpalm]

I don't want to sink to to potty humor, but...

China rolls out **** swab coronavirus test, saying it’s more accurate than throat method​

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, workers in protective suits take a swab for a coronavirus test in Shenyang, in northeastern China, on Jan. 11. (Yao Jianfeng/AP)
By
Eva Dou
Jan. 27, 2021 at 1:27 a.m. PST
SEOUL — Months-long lockdowns. Entire city populations herded through the streets for mandatory testing. The people of China could be forgiven for thinking they had seen it all during the coronavirus pandemic.

But now they face a new indignity: the addition of **** swabs — yes, you read that right — to the testing regimen for those in quarantine.
Chinese state media outlets introduced the new protocol in recent days, prompting widespread discussion and some outrage. Some Chinese doctors say the science is there. Recovering patients, they say, have continued to test positive through samples from the lower digestive tract days after nasal and throat swabs came back negative.

Yet for many, it seemed a step too far in government intrusions after a year and counting of a dignity-eroding pandemic.
“Everyone involved will be so embarrassed,” one user in Guangdong province said on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, on Wednesday. In a Weibo poll, 80 percent of respondents said they “could not accept” the invasive method.

LOL wdwmagic must have a filter for 'another word for your rear end'.

 

[TP2000]

I'm just going to put this thought here, because effective immediately all nail salons are now able to operate openly without keeping their blinds pulled and their OPEN sign turned off.

I have an appointment this afternoon for a mani/pedi with my regular nail lady I've been seeing for over a decade. Vietnamese New Year is coming up on February 12th, and it's called Tet. Home Depot sells some wonderful little potted flowers for Tet (my Home Depot has a full Tet display near the entrance), which traditionally are tropical bromelaids or anything yellow. I picked up a little potted Tet plant at Home Depot and am taking it for the ladies at the nail salon today.

Your local nail salons, often women owned, have been in a world of hurt for the past six months with California's erratic and sudden "You're Open! No, You're Closed! You're Open Again!" policy decisions. I know from a friend in San Diego that they were also highly insulted and deeply hurt by the Governor's claim this past summer that Covid was first spread in California via nail salons, a claim he made with no known substantiation.

If you are able, please go out and schedule an appointment with them soon and tip graciously. And to give them a surprise lift, stop by Home Depot or a nursery and pick up a little potted flower for them for Tet.

They'll love it, and they'll love you! Your nails will thank you!

 

[Figments Friend]

Lunar New Year rules.

Now apparently, we shall be seeing more 'moons' out this time around if the above new testing method catches on.

Happy 'Year of the Ox' , all!
( horns up )



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[George Lucas on a Bench]

I got a haircut today at Bebe's. Great place! Great haircut. I feel like a new man. Thanks, Lord Gavin!

 

[Magic Feather]

Anyone else heard about the possibility of DCA’s dining area expanding beyond what opened in November in the near-ish future.

 

[mickEblu]

Anyone else heard about the possibility of DCA’s dining area expanding beyond what opened in November in the near-ish future.

No I haven’t. Which lands?

 

[DisneyEthan]

Anyone else heard about the possibility of DCA’s dining area expanding beyond what opened in November in the near-ish future.

For what its worth I was checking the Matterhorn cam and the RSR waterfall was on during the day