Effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) On Entertainment & Tourism Industry

[Brian G.]

This local grilled cheese cheese place in the Orlando area is getting absolutely CRUSHED. They are saying they want to open May 1. May 8th is when the stay at home executive orders end in the area, so they would be illegally operating.


The comments section is brutal with the restaurant owner being just as nasty in return.

Yikes....

 

[Universal 4 Life]

Let's say Universal reopens but with limited capacity. How do they decide who enters the parks and who does not? Onsite guests get priority over outside visitors? Any idea how they would handle this?

 

[Scott W.]

 

[Nick]

Let's say Universal reopens but with limited capacity. How do they decide who enters the parks and who does not? Onsite guests get priority over outside visitors? Any idea how they would handle this?

They would probably set a maximum park capacity per day and work their way up from there. It's possible it could just be on-site guests for awhile.

 

[Tbad556]

Isn't it more likely that the first month or so back would be predominantly locals/AP holders? Would be weird to restrict to tourists staying on-site in a time with little to no travel.

 

[Nick]

Isn't it more likely that the first month or so back would be predominantly locals/AP holders? Would be weird to restrict to tourists in a time with little to no travel.

It depends how many people are booked at their hotels and how limited they keep park capacity. If they have park capacity as low as 5,000 as a cap (to start out), I could see there being enough people in the hotels to just say - hotel guests only and we're closing at 5pm every day.

 

[Tbad556]

It depends how many people are booked at their hotels and how limited they keep park capacity. If they have park capacity as low as 5,000 as a cap (to start out), I could see there being enough people in the hotels to just say - hotel guests only and we're closing at 5pm every day.

Fair enough. I think the optimist in me is hoping mass travel wouldn't pick back up quickly enough for that, but judging by the beaches, I may just be a bit overly hopeful lol.

 

[Teebin]

If they do open up to the general public, I would think it possible that making reservations to visit might be necessary. Reservations for dining, reservations for rides, reservations to visit at all. That's enough to give one reservations.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

 

[Mad Dog]

If they do open up to the general public, I would think it possible that making reservations to visit might be necessary. Reservations for dining, reservations for rides, reservations to visit at all. That's enough to give one reservations.

Sounds like Disney, past & present.

 

[JungleSkip]

My guess is onsite guests only for Disney and Uni for a while.

Want to come visit, locals? Book a hotel room.

 

[Brian G.]

My guess is onsite guests only for Disney and Uni for a while.

Want to come visit, locals? Book a hotel room.

I'd be ok with that, honestly. I want my Dockside night back.

 

[Alicia]

A glimpse into our future

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

A glimpse into our future

I'm glad parks are attempting to find solutions, even if they are imperfect...

Seems like some areas are spaced out further than others, but (and this may just be a photographic perspective issue) none of them seem like they're six feet apart. Maybe it doesn't matter if this spacing only applies to outdoor queues and all guests are wearing masks, but still.

 

[JungleSkip]

I'd be ok with that, honestly. I want my Dockside night back.

We talked to Len on parkscope last night and he brought up a great point I didn't think of, and that's the fact that the resorts allow the parks to do a quick/easy way to contact trace who was at the resort each day.

 

[Scott W.]

If it goes resort only. Would Express Pass still be available?

 

[Nick]

If it goes resort only. Would Express Pass still be available?

With limited capacity and many things going virtual queue, I sort of doubt there even will be express to start out.

 

[Scott W.]

With limited capacity and many things going virtual queue, I sort of doubt there even will be express to start out.

Without it, would you want to stay at any of the top tier resorts?

 

[JungleSkip]

Without it, would you want to stay at any of the top tier resorts?

Considering how low visitation is almost certainly set to be for a while, I'm not worried about Express. If I'm staying at one of the higher end resorts, it's to stay at the higher end resort

 

[Nick]

Without it, would you want to stay at any of the top tier resorts?

If you're the type of person to visit as soon as they open, you likely don't care all that much. Also, with how few people are going to be in the parks anyway, you won't need it. Express is really only needed once capacity starts to get over 25-30K, which isn't nearly as often as you would think.

It's also possible that Universal only opens Hard Rock, Portofino and Royal Pacific (and maybe Sapphire since it uses the waterway, too), much like it's rumored Disney will only be opening the MK resorts at the beginning.