Looks like for Shanghai, if you want to enter the park, regardless of the time of day you are planning on entering, you need to reserve your spot in advance, so that the park will not meet capacity till all the guests with reservations enter.
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I would agree. I think pictures will help us remember a time I hope to never have to live through again!! And here I am in my head trying to think “this would be so fun! I think the parks will feel so empty!” BUT I walked from my car to Target yesterday with my four kids in masks and text my DH and told him I wouldn’t want to go to WDW if they required masks. Because that walk, in 80 degrees, was not enjoyable. I text him and told him to use it against me because I know I’ll try and talk myself into going even with them requiring masks!
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One thing that will definitely be interesting is seeing how different Disney Parks will manage re-opening. And in what order they re-open.
That video looks OK. Except that it’s staged, with “actors”. And the spacing between the parties on the ride vehicles isn’t even the WHO recommended 1m, with just one empty seat between them. Let alone 2m that most countries are using.
But that aside, Shanghai will be first. And everyone will be watching to see what they do.
Then which one? At one point I thought Paris, but they cannot open now until at least July 14th. They are totally at the mercy of the French government and Paris authorities. (As opposed to Florida where Disney and Universal have a place on the panels that set the guidelines). Otherwise I’m sure Paris might have opened earlier. So I think it’s between two.
Possibly Hong Kong, if Shanghai goes OK. Their restrictions are far less draconian, so it may well be Disney have the main say. They are likely to be similar to Shanghai, maybe without that health QPR.
WDW could be second or third.
Each park will be different, according to the social norms of the countries and the local guidelines. But some things will be the same: Temperature checks, masks, advance bookings. The big difference will be the in-park procedures.
Tokyo and DL will probably be the last ones to open.
I have a thing about that at the best of times. I hate having to touch them. But that clip really made me cringe.
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Same! It’s always this game trying to push it open hard enough with the trash, hope it gets in, and get my hand out of the way. I hate when the trash gets partially stuck.
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Simple solution, just take the top off the trash can. Have a CM keeping watch and emptying cans as needed.
Give Disney and the staff in Shanghai 3-4 weeks to figure out the best procedures, then give WDW another 4 weeks to apply the lessons learned to the Florida operations. Hopefully by that time with a low rate of infection and good procedures that WDW can start re-opening by the July 4th weekend.
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This forum is such a breath of fresh air compared to some others where you’d think Mickey Mouse was kicking down people’s doors and taking their guns based on the 500 page arguments by constitutional experts. Entitled doesn’t come close!
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It’s not about her principles, the hearts confuse and frighten @ryan1 so we avoid giving them to him as a courtesy. 
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I am not a monster! 
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I still give him hearts. I like to think of it as necessary instruction on social norms in the 21st century. He’s not a good student though.
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I do it randomly because I forget or want to confuse him.
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Also valid reasons.
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I didn’t know we had rules on this, i just hearted @ryan1 on the survey thread. I’ll be more careful
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Watching Shanghai Disney opening.
Awestruck.
Gorgeous.
I’ll likely never visit in person.
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All things considered, I’d probably postpone it for a bit myself.
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I’m not surprised.
A lot of joy is what we want now!
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China was never on my short list.
But that castle! 
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TP just released the results of their recent WDW planning poll in the blog. I was one of the 20% not already rebooked or in the process. But I fully expected to be in the minority. In fact it wouldn’t have surprised me if that category had turned out even smaller.
I don’t think WDW is going to have any problems hitting its caps when it finally does reopen.
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I was always planning a december 2020 trip, but I held off booking. I’d like to see things open and back to normal soon so I can book with confidence.
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I’m kind of in the same boat. I want to know what I’m getting when I book, so I’ll let the locals be the practice guests for the time being.
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