Why Is Orlando Taking So Long to Recover?

[CPNY]

Our Universal ones though I am renewing while the 3 extra months is in effect. Just got my son his AP as it was around same price as the promo (2 park to park buy 2 days get 2 free) and the seasonal AP will be good for 15 months.

I renewed my UOAP and when I added it to the cart it came up with a $0.00 price, it renewed. Score!!

 

[CPNY]

Waited 50 minutes today for the Hagrids motorbike and Gringott's rides. Skipped the Mummy which said it was 45 minutes (WHAT?!). It was a mixed bag today, we rode most of what we wanted to but the crowds are coming back

Aye..... I rode hagrids 12 times consecutively and 26 times overall in my few visits during June. I’m going to miss that

 

[Monykalyn]

I renewed my UOAP and when I added it to the cart it came up with a $0.00 price, it renewed. Score!!

Are you KIDDING?? Please tell me you are kidding-mine did same and since I thought it was a glitch I called to pay!!

 

[CPNY]

Are you KIDDING?? Please tell me you are kidding-mine did same and since I thought it was a glitch I called to pay!!

I’m not kidding lol. What did they say when you called??

it went through and I just checked again. 2 park Renew valid on sept 2020.

 

[ilene13]

I think they look at more than just new cases.

Those are the new cases for that day!

 

[amycurl]

Rolling 7 day average of percent positive cases in Florida is 11% as of today. That is *crazy* high and basically represents unchecked community spread. It's at a level where contact tracing won't help.

 

[Monykalyn]

I’m not kidding lol. What did they say when you called??

it went through and I just checked again. 2 park Renew valid on sept 2020.

You aren't kidding??
Well I wanted to renew my daughters pass too-and that comes up with right price but technically her window shouldn't be open for another 2 months to renew. When I did both mine and my daughters hers was correct price in cart, mine was $0.00. So I called to get it fixed as I didn't want the 3 month free thing to go away. TM told me I shouldn't be able to renew kiddos (her expiration is in december) but he could do mine, so I did...ugh!
Now I am mad LOL

Oh well - DH got the refund for his disney annual pass today. And if I get same amount of refund I will have gotten a free 8 day disney ticket for our trip in January 2020. I had an AP certificate from Sam's club before price hike - we activated same day he got his pass.

 

[CPNY]

You aren't kidding??
Well I wanted to renew my daughters pass too-and that comes up with right price but technically her window shouldn't be open for another 2 months to renew. When I did both mine and my daughters hers was correct price in cart, mine was $0.00. So I called to get it fixed as I didn't want the 3 month free thing to go away. TM told me I shouldn't be able to renew kiddos (her expiration is in december) but he could do mine, so I did...ugh!
Now I am mad LOL

Oh well - DH got the refund for his disney annual pass today. And if I get same amount of refund I will have gotten a free 8 day disney ticket for our trip in January 2020. I had an AP certificate from Sam's club before price hike - we activated same day he got his pass.

Wow. That’s rough. Of course I’ve come to know that anytime there is a glitch in the system they find out about it. I’m holding onto my confirmation and screen shots of the renew valid in September just in case. Lol

 

[TTSDavid]

We checked in to Sheraton Vistana Villages today. Occupancy is 18%. Nothing is open, which we knew. You can really only swim in the pools. They did open up the towel exchange at the Bella and Key West pools again. You previously had to get towels at the front desk.

I asked at check in what occupancy was over Labor Day weekend and they said it may have gotten up to 30%. We also recently visited three beach resorts and they have all been busy. Occupancy probably upward of 80%. So that has me wondering, what is it about Orlando that is unappealing? Is it simply the over supply? These resorts probably run about 80% occupancy throughout the year. But over several stays after WDW reopened occupancy has pretty much been in the same 20% range.

I suspect it won't go much higher until Thanksgiving and then drop back down until Christmas and New Year's. Why is Orlando taking so much longer to recover than beach locations?

Everhone talks about Hawaii because they are essentially at 0% occupancy, but I don't think Orlando is very far behind and there are no travel restrictions with Orlando.

The tickets to the parks must be bought in advance and some precautionary measures must be followed. Perhaps some people are unaware that Orlando opened its parks or think that the precautions are difficult to follow.

In general, Disney is taking a lot of care, there are people cleaning the surfaces of the parks all day long, there is space for the lines, before entering they take the temperature and they have a maximum of people per day. I hope they can soon increase their occupancy, like the beach destinations!

 

[heathpack]

I just had some photos show up today in my FB feed that tell me we have not been Orlando in a decade, so obviously it’s not a high priority place for us.

BUT we are DL locals and easily went to Disneyland 10x in the 6 months prior to the COVID shutdown. We have less-than-zero interest in going now. A huge aspect of DL for is us is a sense of being carefree. It would not feel very carefree to have everyone in masks, to know some folks think COVID is a hoax, and to have no idea who those people are.

Additionally, DL is expensive and a lot of what we enjoy (fireworks, shows) isn’t happening now. Meaning we have even less-than-less-than-zero interest in going.

I imagine we’re not terribly different than a lot of people. It’s just not appealing right now. More power to the folks who want to go, I don’t care if others go or stay home. But cheap airfares and cheap getaways and short wait times for rides are not inducements for us in the least.

 

[Sea Six]

One son lives in Orlando. We said we had some options left over and were considering going to Disney for a week for a visit and to see them. He told me DO NOT COME HERE. Several of his friends caught COVID at Disney. He said it was a petri dish. I guess he hears more news up there than I do. We're waiting it out a bit longer. I get why Disney is not opening more, even though the .gov allowed it.

 

[dioxide45]

One son lives in Orlando. We said we had some options left over and were considering going to Disney for a week for a visit and to see them. He told me DO NOT COME HERE. Several of his friends caught COVID at Disney. He said it was a petri dish. I guess he hears more news up there than I do. We're waiting it out a bit longer. I get why Disney is not opening more, even though the .gov allowed it.

How does he know he caught it at Disney? Was he only at Disney or at home? Not in contact with any other people?

 

[rickandcindy23]

One son lives in Orlando. We said we had some options left over and were considering going to Disney for a week for a visit and to see them. He told me DO NOT COME HERE. Several of his friends caught COVID at Disney. He said it was a petri dish. I guess he hears more news up there than I do. We're waiting it out a bit longer. I get why Disney is not opening more, even though the .gov allowed it.

Nothing new. Disney has always been the best place to catch whatever cold or virus is out there. I do not care. I am going next week. I had the antibodies, but the doc wasn't sure how long those last. I will get tested when we get our flu shot tomorrow. Doc said just to go to the lab because the antibody test is ordered. We had very mild cases of Covid starting 3/1. Sore throat, mild cough, pain in the chest and back. Then after 3 days, symptoms were gone.

 

[Sea Six]

How does he know he caught it at Disney? Was he only at Disney or at home? Not in contact with any other people?

I'm just repeating what he said from his friends in Orlando. There won't be any scientific evidence to back up this statement. At least consider he and his friends live and work in Orlando every day - you don't.