News Walt Disney World's COVID-19 reopening plans announced - July 11

[Rteetz]

 

[Parker in NYC]

Disney should let those people ride Characters in Flight for free and make them jump for free. Maybe the head trauma or concussion will fix their brain if they are still alive.

They're gonna need a bigger... boat. Should they put an order for 25 balloons, just to start?

 

[TeriofTerror]

I just tried to add tickets onto a room-only reservation for some friends of mine; no luck.

 

[CastAStone]

...ahhh...I see dvc is opening 3 weeks early? That’s for fun times in Orlando

Until ICON reopens The Wheel it's unfair to the DVC members who paid for the right to stay near it.
Finally they'll have time to squeeze in SeaWorld like they've been talking about doing for 20 years.

 

[Brooklin Disney Dad]

Two words...stroller parking

OMG. So true!!!! Totally didn’t think of that!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Yep. This opening date is the "back to work on July 1 and get yourselves retrained" opening date.

Funny how that “lined up”, huh?

 

[Giss Neric]

We always spend a ton of money and wont even think about going until all of that changes.... I'm sure plenty will but I'm not blowing 10,000 with that BS...

Thousands of DVC members are already blowing up 10,000 on a regular basis. We are just semi peasants.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

OMG. So true!!!! Totally didn’t think of that!

Finally they will ban strollers as the clueless snoots and children have wanted on these forums for years...

So let it be written...so let it be DONE!

 

[Ragerunner]

I think so. They better be cause what's the point of world showcase then. They still have a month to drag their behind back to Orlando from their respective countries.

I wouldn’t bet on that, at least in the beginning.

 

[Seanual757]

How so? I've already got half a dozen credit cards with NFC chips and RFID antennas in them. Not to mention Apple Pay on my phone. What advantage would I get out of using a Tragic Band? And especially when I use one credit card for dining (5% cash back) and another for merchandise (2% cash back). I, for one, refuse to wear one, as not only do I find them goofy looking, I also find them uncomfortable in Florida's heat and humidity. On those rare occasions where my wife and I might want an on-ride photo, we'll attach one of our pucks to her purse.

They can add it as an option it's no problem when we are staying at resorts we just use the bad. We have no problems with bands we were then in the summer heat no problem. It's easier to swipe the band than it is pulling a card out of grabbing the phone. I just said I would like to see them enable us to use the card on file and used the bands as well. Other folks can use cards, and phones we like the bands and used them.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Funny how that “lined up”, huh?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Thousands of DVC members are already blowing up 10,000 on a regular basis. We are just semi peasants.

...not if you bought when the prices had value

But to your point...i spend a few thousand minimum each trip...eat the bread and drink the wine...

And apparently the fact I prepaid and give them ops fees means they’ll “get to me” whenever people forget the obvious flaws in the system this has exposed.

About 6 months or less based on the average Disney fan attention spans...

 

[Seanual757]

Does phased for hotels mean certain ones will be open before others? Consolidating of certain levels of booking rates into different hotels?

Except DVC resorts according to the post the DVC resorts will open on 6/22 it did not say limited so I expect all will be open.

 

[Parker in NYC]

Again, as we've seen at Disney Springs, this isn't a game of Stratego. You can lay out the board however you want but you cannot control human nature. If life were a spreadsheet, yay. It isn't. I pray for those CMs, I really do.

 

[Gravydeen]

So our existing resort reservations starts July 10th for 8 nights. Anybody have a guess how they might handle that? Will they cancel the entire reservation or give me the chance to modify and come in on the 11th? I wonder if the reservation system will reduce the guest number such that fastpasses will not be necessary. The phased opening has really screwed with the days that we would be in which parks so we will have to change our plan and therefore fastpasses and dining reservations. The wait time to Disney reservations is currently about 2 hours.

 

[the_rich]

the biggest hurdle now is when they remove the travel ban for the tri state area.

 

[Giss Neric]

When I was watching their Zoom meeting earlier about presenting their reopening strategies, at the end when the dude was asking everyone to vote, when he asked is there anyone opposed to it, I was slightly nervous someone would actually oppose.

 

[Seanual757]

How long is the drive?

I am 15-20 min from Disney so for us it's not a problem. I feel for those who need to travel from out of state this must be very frustrating for them.

 

[Brooklin Disney Dad]

So all of us that have been paying for quite some time, just get told sorry you cant? I get being a fl resident and a AP holder, almost bought an AP oursselves, but thats a bit much...

I think that could be the next announcement. Open to Florida residents/APH until further notice to control crowd levels and monitor Covid spread within the parks. Maybe no resort bookings until after NBA has officially confirmed their resort status? Or has CSR been confirmed.

 

[Seanual757]

When I was watching their Zoom meeting earlier about presenting their reopening strategies, at the end when the dude was asking everyone to vote, when he asked is there anyone opposed to it, I was slightly nervous someone would actually oppose.

Nope since they approved Universal it was a no brainer and the governor already approved the deal before it was even announced.