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Theme Parks & Shopping Districts Reopening General Thread

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A sponsored temperature check is the most Disney thing ever.
 
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A sponsored temperature check is the most Disney thing ever.
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I don't know if it's sponsored or not but... it's not a great look.
 
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A sponsored temperature check is the most Disney thing ever.
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Joe said:
I don't know if it's sponsored or not but... it's not a great look.
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If I had to guess, Disney is outsourcing to Advent Health to perform the temperature checks.
 
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If I had to guess, Disney is outsourcing to Advent Health to perform the temperature checks.
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I hope you’re right... I guess Legal may have made them outsource it.

But the optics definitely look like, we pulled medical professionals out of hospitals so you can spend some money today.
 
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It does seem a little odd also because they're implying that they're utilizing a hospital's resources to do these temp checks - whereas UO is using non-medical staff to do theirs.
 
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I hope you’re right... I guess Legal may have made them outsource it.

But the optics definitely look like, we pulled medical professionals out of hospitals so you can spend some money today.
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I get what the optics are, I trust that if these are Advent Health workers, i'm hoping that they are possibly those on nursing internships and are the type of person who aren't yet qualified to help on a COVID patient even if they wanted to.
 
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So CityWalk is using markers for people to stand on and Disney is doing the same a Shanghai and using places NOT to stand on. That won't confuse tourists at all...
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Lol that’s stupid.
 
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Tim says "Everything is provided by Advent Health", which makes it sound like it's regular Cast Members doing the checks and all the equipment is provided by Advent Health, but I could be wrong.
 
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Seems reasonable on one hand and risky on another. Body temperatures can run high from the Florida heat... but you also may have the virus.
 
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The SeaWorld rep (Marc Swanson) at the Pence conference said they were hoping to open in mid June (3-4 weeks from now?).
 
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Universal may wind up being the first to open because they didn't furlough all the fulltimers. 6/11 is my guess.
 
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Also, giving a date =/= opening in the next few weeks. If I hear a date before June 15th for any of the big three, I will be shocked.
 
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So I just got back from Disney Springs and walked the whole place and went into exactly one store (Uniqlo) to buy some shorts. Uniqlo had plastic barriers up at the register (like I assume all stores do) and there was now only one entrance and one exit. It was certainly weird just being there and seeing everyone wearing a mask and all the other precautions. All things you never thought you'd see at Disney like the plexiglass at the register.

The temperature check process literally took about 30 seconds for my entire group since no one was there waiting. Once it gets busy, it'll probably take a minute or two, but it goes really quick. As far as people obeying the distancing guidelines... aside from a few people, most were following very well. Although places like the Marketplace Starbucks, Polite Pig and Chicken Guy were all pretty busy and there's clear areas wear it becomes "mask optional" almost, which is any congregation of tables you come across. For example, the worst I saw was across from the starbucks, people were going to find places to drink and most people in the area had their masks down (as they are allowed per Disney's rules) because they were all drinking their starbucks.

I will say that the pictures Disney released yesterday that have the "Do Not Stand" markers were very misleading as to how they are handling things. Those markers were at World of Disney and, aside from the temperature check areas, ONLY World of Disney from what I saw. Everywhere else had the "Please Stand Here" markers. I sort of get it for World of Disney though since that story is the most popular in Disney Springs, meaning it's likely to have the longest line to enter.

Lastly, THE HEAT. My phone said it was 91 degrees at 5:30, which is what it will be or worse all Summer. We weren't planning on only being there for an hour and a half, we were gonna stay longer, but that heat, compounded with having pour fresh air flow due to the mask, really made it tough. For reference, we were wearing surgical masks. I'm not sure if washable masks would be more or less hot, but I sort of assume more because of the material they're made of whereas surgical masks are lighter. As I local, i'll suck it up and wear the damn mask to go to the parks every once in awhile not only because it's required, but because it's the responsible thing to do. However, having to wear those all day outside would really make me think twice about booking a vacation until this is over.
 
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Nick said:
Seems reasonable since body temperatures can run high from the Florida heat.
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This is a huge yikes from me. Sure, some people might just be hot from the weather but would you really want to go into an enclosed space where they’re sending people who might have COVID?
 
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New President of WDW and Josh D'amaro were out at Disney Springs earlier.
 
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What a fascinating thread page... the links and videos. Every day I wake up thinking that it has sunk in... yet crazier revelations continue.
 
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Bobharlem said:


Universal may wind up being the first to open because they didn't furlough all the fulltimers. 6/11 is my guess.
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Assuming a full work force shows up 1 June, it’ll take longer than 10 days to train everyone and do a full prep of the park. I’d expect internal testing starting mid June and open to guests end of June (so they can be “fully” operational for Independence Day.
 
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Assuming a full work force shows up 1 June, it’ll take longer than 10 days to train everyone and do a full prep of the park. I’d expect internal testing starting mid June and open to guests end of June (so they can be “fully” operational for Independence Day.
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I know some third shift workers are being called in to come in ASAP at UOR currently. I also know of others who still don't have any clue when they'll be back.
 
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