mhaftman7
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I’m in the same boat brother. Gonna have the talk tomorrow with my wife.
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News Walt Disney World's COVID-19 reopening plans announced - July 11
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StoneCutter589
Active Member
If that’s the case, then what would’ve been the cost of the dining plan should be subtracted from the cost of room reservation.
Rich Brownn
Well-Known Member
But in Shanghai you cannot use your AP to get into the park right now. You have to purchase a separate dated pass. The way it seems here is, as of July 11, AP's (those not blocked out by type) will be allowed in, so the count would start then.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
I thought about Nov before Thanksgiving. One of my favorite times. It’s too soon for me. If I move Aug I want at least 6 months to get the kinks out. I’d prefer a full year but with the DVC restrictions I can’t wait that long. My kids have 3 days off around Presidents Day so we could do 9 or 10 nights and only miss 3 school days. Not ideal but better than dealing with masks and all this joy in August.
A lot of damage was done to WDW lpost 9/11. The damage done here will be much worse and last much longer.
Peter Pan's Shadow
Well-Known Member
Same here for October trip.
Rider
Well-Known Member
It is? That was part of the announcement...
Guests who purchased a Disney dining plan and tickets for dates between May 28 2020 and September 26 2021 will receive an automatic cancellation and refund of their Disney dining plan.
Guests who booked Resort hotel reservations with a Free Dining package for dates between May 28 2020 and September 26 2021 will receive an automatic cancellation of their Disney dining plan and are invited to rebook their vacation for a later date with a 35% room discount.
WDW has been trying to thin out the crowds at MK for years with price hikes and other carrots and clubs. This is a perfect time to weed out the snowflakes who have unreasonable expectations.
peter11435
Well-Known Member
They don’t really have a lot of options here.
You have dining, fastpasses, and experiences booked out at levels far beyond what they can reasonably accommodate under new guidelines. And a huge percentage of those reservations are held by guests who may not have access to the park.
Then their damage control/retention strategy needs to be beefed up. I’ve never seen such a visceral reaction to something like this before. It Is much worse than the stuff that comes out when ticket prices go up.
It may also be the case that Disney is being too draconian in their restrictions than where the state wants things to be in 6 weeks.
StoneCutter589
Active Member
It’s saying “at a later date.” I’d take the 35% off my CURRENT reservation.
Disney Analyst
Well-Known Member
Maybe we can finally wean out some of the annoying fans/travellers with this? None of these measures seem out of line to me. Good for Disney.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The pitiful opening plans they’ve put out so far - not that they have much choice - won’t lead to profits.
You’re talking about most of your staff with way less customers and far less ancillary revenue potential. It’s gotta open up fast to make money...if they restrictions stay till the end of the year?? And travel falls which is inevitable?
They won’t make any money. July is pointless to open.
If you didn’t think there were going to be mass cancellations of fast pass and dining you were joking yourselves. How else could they have accommodated limited attendance?
This is also ideally most likely to get people to cancel their reservations. They can’t handle all of the booked reservations currently set for check-in. Wait until they start offering incentives for people to move their vacations or outright canceling some reservations because they won’t be opening your resort and can’t move you somewhere else.
This is also ideally most likely to get people to cancel their reservations. They can’t handle all of the booked reservations currently set for check-in. Wait until they start offering incentives for people to move their vacations or outright canceling some reservations because they won’t be opening your resort and can’t move you somewhere else.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
I am very curious where the line is or going to be where many guests regardless if they drop prices (which I don’t expect) simply won’t go until things are normal again and where disney isn’t making any money or even losing trying to keep the parks and resorts staffed and opened.
Or these people need to reevaluate their expectations. What's Disney supposed to do better here? There'd be more outrage if Disney randomly booted some reservations to keep others. We'd read ad nauseam people "connecting the dots" to how Disney unfairly targeted them to cancel long plans.
If people want to be mad at Disney about FP+s then at least wait until we see ride capacity and times.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I’m told “free dining” is a much better deal...
Is isn’t this a loser? But free dining without 11 character buffets would be culture shock
Why do you believe that, Peng? Why does it make sense or correspond with their investment dollars? Or with the decline in other segments?
They aren’t going to make any money until 2021 if even, but the process has to start and wind back up. It’s going to take months. The longer they delay the longer it takes to get back to profitability.
Umm are we secretly planning together? Exact situation I'm in. And my friend just decided tonight that they are most likely out.
oceanbreeze77
Well-Known Member
They are trying to reopen a theme park in the middle of a Global Pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people. I don't think they care that they are getting blasted on social media right now.