Florida Theme Parks Hit Capacity as Labor Day Crowds Flock to Resorts
All parks at Universal Orlando and Walt Disney World hit their limited capacity on September 5.
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Florida Theme Parks Hit Capacity as Labor Day Weekend Crowds Flock to Resorts
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Yeah, we're fucked at this point. Nothing to do for more sensible people except to keep staying cautious and limiting contact until the vaccine rolls around next year. You're not doing it to help stop the spread as much as you are to protect yourself and those close to you now.
I'm always down to take a shit on FL but it looks like WDW was not even close to "packed".
www.disneytouristblog.com
Even that flyover footage in the OP has pretty empty shots of WDW.
Universal on the other hand is desperate for the money, so they'll just pack every one in without a care.
Labor Day Disney World "Crowdpocalypse" Report
Labor Day weekend is the last hurrah for summer crowds before off-season begins at Walt Disney World. Our Labor Day Crowd Predictions anticipated high attendance, long lines, and elevated wait times. After experiencing the 'eye
www.disneytouristblog.com
Even that flyover footage in the OP has pretty empty shots of WDW.
Universal on the other hand is desperate for the money, so they'll just pack every one in without a care.
Do we have any evidence of outbreaks at these parks? I haven't seen anything yet? It's been open for awhile now.
Yeeeeeep, WDW has handled this whole thing really really well. Especially given they introduced rules to stop people from walking and eating so they need to keep their masks on. The flyover footage makes the other parks look like clownshoes in comparison.I'm always down to take a shit on FL but it looks like WDW was not even close to "packed".
Labor Day Disney World "Crowdpocalypse" Report
Labor Day weekend is the last hurrah for summer crowds before off-season begins at Walt Disney World. Our Labor Day Crowd Predictions anticipated high attendance, long lines, and elevated wait times. After experiencing the 'eye
Even that flyover footage in the OP has pretty empty shots of WDW.
Universal on the other hand is desperate for the money, so they'll just pack every one in without a care.
I heard Disney Springs was an absolute shit show over the weekend.
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Unless they just lifted some kind of restrictions, I dunno. I would've thought we would've had more horror stories after parks reopened but it was Summer break before this when they were open and I haven't heard much about the numbers going up. Was this really the first time they were at capacity because of Labor Day?
They banned neck gaiters and masks with exhaust ports too. Still wouldnt go personally but it's nice to see.
Unfortunately Disney Springs is kinda uncontrollable, it should be closed.
BTW, have they decided how they're going to be handling in person crowds for the NFL? I can only assume Florida will open up their stadiums and Tampa Bay in particular will be packed to whatever capacity they decide on. I don't know how you keep social distancing when waiting in line at a stadium.
yup very apparent, i know of people planning to still have weddings this year. its absolutely insane.
A friend of mine did a baby shower, but they did it very responsibly had people come by in hourly shifts and limit the amount of people gathering which i respect. but having full on shit makes no damn sense
The places looked pretty empty to me. I mean I get the risks but the video basically showed theme parks done right during a pandemic.
The shots of Disney World do not look particularly busy, even for their reduced numbers. Not a big surprise that Universal is more crowded though, they've always been much more lax with their restrictions. Gotta get that money for Comcast
That being said none of these parks have seen any significant infection events so I doubt this weekend will be the first.
That being said none of these parks have seen any significant infection events so I doubt this weekend will be the first.
Honestly all the research says outdoor spread is a minimal risk so I think schools are ground zero at this point.
Colleges are, because college kids...
In other news, you don't hear much from schools that have opened with distancing guidelines, blended models and mask usage do you?
It varies from team to team, with some not allowing any fans in for the first part of the season and some doing very limited attendance.
Will there be fans at NFL games in 2020? Team-by-team attendance & ticket policies during COVID-19
Over 6 million people have had the virus. Alot of people have gotten it, got better, and are telling people "Its no big deal" after having a mild case. They don't see people struggling to breath in a ICU bed dying one after another.
Ehh, I mean, those shots of Toy Story Land and Galaxy's Edge do look really barren relative to normal attendance numbers. I've been in both of those areas where you couldn't walk in any direction at all because it was so packed.
Yup, my cousins were there & said it was horrible. I hope they're okay.
This is the part that made me laugh. Like dumb fuck, don't go to an amusement park during a pandemic.
They're not even wearing their masks correctly, they're touching each other's hands, and rubbing their eyes
I'm in Canada and my province has mandatory mask usage for elementary and high schools. Schools here have been opened for like a week and we already have 102 schools with COVID cases lol.
I'm not 100% sure what I'm supposed to think from the video, as someone who goes to Disneyworld every other summer for a couple of weeks those shots of Hollywood studios is a super sparse crowd.
You would never see crowds that low any time of year usually so it clearly is limited numbers and I think masks are enforced even outdoors there.
I'm from England so not super up to date on the cases over in Florida and of course there's a discussion about whether they should be open at all in any form but it's clearly vastly reduced capacity
You would never see crowds that low any time of year usually so it clearly is limited numbers and I think masks are enforced even outdoors there.
I'm from England so not super up to date on the cases over in Florida and of course there's a discussion about whether they should be open at all in any form but it's clearly vastly reduced capacity
My wife works in the school system. Feels like we're dodging bullets, and staying relatively safe all week in every other area, but she literally walks straight into the warzone every morning 5 days a week.
For example, our kids are virtual students right now as we had to eliminate some of the contact possibilities. We only go to the grocery store once a week and on one date a week on Saturday to an outdoor dining restaurant.
I'd be fine with not going on the one date thing, but my wife might implode or explode (one or the other). She still gets super stressed/flustered as is.
SUCKS!!! We've tried to be very careful across the board, but her not going to work isn't an option.
I don't understand people desire to go out on holidays when there isn't a pandemic, let alone when there is one.
"Yeah, honey, lets take the kids out and go to busiest place in the state on the busiest day of the month."
Like I get people only have certain days off but still. Stay the fuck home.
"Yeah, honey, lets take the kids out and go to busiest place in the state on the busiest day of the month."
Like I get people only have certain days off but still. Stay the fuck home.
This.I'm always down to take a shit on FL but it looks like WDW was not even close to "packed".
Labor Day Disney World "Crowdpocalypse" Report
Labor Day weekend is the last hurrah for summer crowds before off-season begins at Walt Disney World. Our Labor Day Crowd Predictions anticipated high attendance, long lines, and elevated wait times. After experiencing the 'eye
Even that flyover footage in the OP has pretty empty shots of WDW.
Universal on the other hand is desperate for the money, so they'll just pack every one in without a care.
Here's a thread related to WDW over the holiday weekend:
This part caught my attention the most:
Theme parks done right during a pandemic? How is that a sensible statement at all?
Honestly if that happened I think (at least I'd like to) people would actually take it much more seriously. The biggest issue with getting people to cooperate with COVID is that that large majorty of cases are either asymptomatic or mild. People won't think that they'll be affected so they try to go on business as usual, especially since this has been going on for so long.
If there were a pandemic that had people getting extremely sick or dying at a much higher rate they would take it much more seriously because the consequences are much more apparent.
Whys it feel like there were more weddings this year then any other year...
And I can even get if you think its all Bullshit and don't care about it ect. But even then, you know some of your family/friends will be uncomfortable WHY put them through that? You can't even do the very least of respect. So gross.
Extremely selfish. But I'm also curious if these venues aren't refunding people.
