Theme Parks & Shopping Districts Reopening General Thread

[Allison]

Guess we're swimming to MK for AP Previews, after walking the parking lot with no trams

I think the monorail and ferryboat will be running for CM previews, so I’d think they’ll have them up for AP previews as well.

 

[Mad Dog]

The monorail air was bad before covid. No way I step on that.

 

[Magic Feather]

The last plan I heard for the TTC to MK transfer was weird. To me it sounded like there would be multiple modes of transportation in use, but people may not get a choice in which one they end up on.

 

[Frank Drackman]

The monorail air was bad before covid. No way I step on that.

I imagine walking on air is better than walking on water?

 

[Alicia]

The last plan I heard for the TTC to MK transfer was weird. To me it sounded like there would be multiple modes of transportation in use, but people may not get a choice in which one they end up on.

Some people are scared of boats. Some people don’t like heights. Gonna be interesting to say the least.

 

[HandsomePete]

They’ve already run buses from TTC to MK in the past, and a large number of the resort bus loop stops won’t be in use. Don't even know why you bother with the monorail at TTC when resorts will need it.

 

[Magic Feather]

Some people are scared of boats. Some people don’t like heights. Gonna be interesting to say the least.

Definitely. Supposedly an “all hands on deck bus/boat/monorail situation” for park open and close. Usually people gravitate to the monorail, so I’d assume there is a point where people would be forced to take the ferry or a bus. (Then again, distanced WDW buses only accommodate 6 parties, so I don’t know how much that really helps).

 

[Imperius]

Universal now selling Gryffindor masks and I believe Despicable Me unicorn masks.

 

[Jerroddragon]

Universal now selling Gryffindor masks and I believe Despicable Me unicorn masks.

OMG YESSSSSS...Pictures?

EDIT: I was too excited and I loveee the new Neon Universal Masks too

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[Nick]

 

[GAcoaster]

Ferry Boats, Monorail, and Buses are all supposed be transporting from TTC to MK.

No EPCOT Monorail since no park hopping (there will be direct buses from MK Resorts to EPCOT)

No Parking Trams anywhere from what I've been told.

 

[Teebin]

Ferry Boats, Monorail, and Buses are all supposed be transporting from TTC to MK.

No EPCOT Monorail since no park hopping (there will be direct buses from MK Resorts to EPCOT)

No Parking Trams anywhere from what I've been told.

Wait... they are going to put people on enclosed buses and monorails but not use the open-air parking trams?

The upstairs ferry deck and parking trams are all I would feel safe with.

 

[GAcoaster]

Wait... they are going to put people on enclosed buses and monorails but not use the open-air parking trams?

The upstairs ferry deck and parking trams are all I would feel safe with.

That's my understanding of the plan as of now...

 

[OLSinFLA]

How are people supposed to get from the back areas of the parking lot? Walk all that way across open hot pavement?

 

[Nick]

Universal is in the process of offering furloughed workers back in, but by the sounds of it, if they don’t say yes by Saturday, they are subject to being laid off.

So they are definitely looking at trimming staff even more.

 

[HandsomePete]

How are people supposed to get from the back areas of the parking lot? Walk all that way across open hot pavement?

Capacity is capped. They won’t be using the back half of lots, just the parts where it would honestly be faster to walk.

 

[Alicia]

Capacity is capped. They won’t be using the back half of lots, just the parts where it would honestly be faster to walk.

None of the lots at Magic Kingdom are fast to walk lol. But yea, since it's low capacity, I guess it'll never be tooo far.

 

[GAcoaster]

Before the shutdown the trams were dropping off in the front part of the MK parking lot, so it's not much different a walk now than it was then.

 

[Alicia]

Before the shutdown the trams were dropping off in the front part of the MK parking lot, so it's not much different a walk now than it was then.

Yea, with construction still going on at the new entrance the tram stop was pretty far. Before the dip under the overpass.

 

[Nick]

Before the shutdown the trams were dropping off in the front part of the MK parking lot, so it's not much different a walk now than it was then.

Yeah, it wasn’t really worth it to take the trams back then.