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Universal Puts Disney's Reopening on Defensive
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Amused to Death
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Interesting. Giving it more thought, it was Easter week of '80. We definitely heard an announcement about it being a record crowd. Perhaps not THE record? It was definitely packed.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
I think the rumor is based more on conjecture than inside knowledge: all the Deluxes have DVCs attached, so the large enough options are basically POR or CSR or a value resort. CSR has the best amenities of the bunch with GDT.
easyrowrdw
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Oh, yes. DVC is almost full all the time. I figure there's nothing they can do about that. I was just meaning the regular hotels.
That's a good point about the layout of the resorts. That's the values, moderates, and a couple DVC, right? You could maybe throw Poly and the Grand in there with their separate buildings for deluxes.
the.dreamfinder
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I would think Swolphin could be in addition to CSR.
disney4life2008
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Hopefully they open the values and keep the so called grand hotels closed.
Horizons '83
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- In the Parks
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Just curious, but why?
disney4life2008
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IIf they keep the values closed (where us poor folk) can actually afford to stay we can't go at all. And I'm positive the expensive so called hotels will skyrocket in price
Horizons '83
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- In the Parks
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Yeah, my thinking/hope would be they would open a couple from each category to hopefully appease a wider audience.
I'm hearing that cast from Pop Century are getting called back, so you may get your wish. My best GUESS at this point is the MK resorts plus Pop.
tirian
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They frequently announce records for specific holidays (“This was the record-breaking Easter Sunday/Independence Day/Christmas, etc.”).
Quackers5000
Member
Called back for when and who? Leadership/trainer roles? Realistically how early would they need to go back to get operations up and running outside of people who need to manage/train other returning cast?
tirian
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Looks like the @WDW Pro was correct, imagine that. For those that continually try to mow down people who try to provide some insider info, just stop, or that inside info will dry up real quick.
The problem is that @WDW Pro, @marni1971, and others post legitimate rumors, not someone’s gut feeling.
disney4life2008
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Yea but pop is barely a value.
Magic Feather
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The Disney-owned resorts that won’t reopen to the public at the start will Be properties that are mostly isolated from themselves. The main ones I’ve heard thrown around include the All-Stars, both Port Orleans, and Coronado (which appears to be targeted by sports groups).
The other concept to keep some resorts closed is to open 1/2 of the two-part resorts. For instance, if Beach Club reopened but not Yacht, just open 1/2 of the Hourglass Lake complex, if it wasn’t completely closed just opening one of the Port Orleans resorts, etc.
Finally, expect to find a reduced number of rooms/buildings in use. Expect clusters of buildings at Grand Flo and Poly, and really any spread out resort to not open as resources are consolidated.
The other concept to keep some resorts closed is to open 1/2 of the two-part resorts. For instance, if Beach Club reopened but not Yacht, just open 1/2 of the Hourglass Lake complex, if it wasn’t completely closed just opening one of the Port Orleans resorts, etc.
Finally, expect to find a reduced number of rooms/buildings in use. Expect clusters of buildings at Grand Flo and Poly, and really any spread out resort to not open as resources are consolidated.
this early? Interesting since MK is not opening until the 11th of July
pdude81
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How would that work with them announcing DVC resorts opening on 6/22. Would that mean those are open and the cash side of the resort is closed for those who share properties?
easyrowrdw
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It would seem strange to have Animal Kingdom Villas open, but not the whole lodge. DVC is only, what, one or two floors of Jambo house? I can't imagine they'd operate the hotel with only two floors worth of guests. Plus you have the shared amenities aspect for anyone staying at Kidani. The same goes for Wilderness Lodge with Copper Creek. I think it accounts for a larger percentage of that hotel, though.
I think when you get to the 90s a few thousand more would be neither here nor there! Rather you than me
There again “New Years eve 1980” can be taken as 4 months before your visit.
pdude81
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Copper Creek I think is half of Wilderness, but when you add BRV it gets a little higher. I don't know how any of it would work either, so I was asking for clarification. It just seems like DVC makes it impossible to open up half of the "deluxe" hotels as they are more than half of the ones at WDW.
Essentially whether you have 500 or 1000 people using the same elevator every day, it's too many to sanitize in between. So given the doors are more than 6 feet apart I don't see limiting the number of guests in a hotel making a huge difference in risk. So in going back to the idea of closing resorts rather than limiting capacity at resorts, I think that could make sense. It's just ugly picking which people's vacations you cancel
Essentially whether you have 500 or 1000 people using the same elevator every day, it's too many to sanitize in between. So given the doors are more than 6 feet apart I don't see limiting the number of guests in a hotel making a huge difference in risk. So in going back to the idea of closing resorts rather than limiting capacity at resorts, I think that could make sense. It's just ugly picking which people's vacations you cancel