I hope that is the case for us as well. And yes, rolling 2 weeks seems to be it, as people saying they ordered with an end of July date.
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For the love of all things!! Spring Break trip cancelled due to COVID and lost the Polynesian studio. At that point Disney TAs could still rebook, and inventory for TAs is very limited under normal circumstances, so I booked the Yacht Club for check in on 10/14. According to one article, the NBA playoffs will go no later than 10/12! The hotel benefit for TAs is no longer available - for obvious reasons - so if I cancel this reservation, weāre done. I enjoy staying on Disney property for a few days, but not at full price.
This is our third reservation - we had to cancel Spring Break 2019 because I started a new job - and if this res gets cancelled then Iām done! I can accept COVID-related cancellations, but not due to the NBA.
What benefit? Are you talking about a TA rate?
The NBA will be long gone from the YC by October.
The NBA is putting the teams with the worst records, ie the ones most likely to be eliminated first in the YC. If one of these teams do make it further in the playoffs, they will be moved to the Gran Destino Tower. The NBAās need for the YC rooms should be done by Labor Day.
When the NBA reaches the conference finals with four teams remaining, they will have anything NBA related located only at the CSR. That most likely will be mid- September.
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Yes. The travel agent benefit.
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Gotcha.
I guess I see the whole NBA thing as a direct consequence of COVID. So by extension I would view your cancelled res - if it is cancelled - as a COVID consequence.
It might bother me more if I had a reservation that would be impacted, but I still feel that I would be happy if my reservation were honored, albeit at a different resort. My expectation right now is that nothing is going to be the way we planned it to be for some time. Iām okay with that. I understand some people arenāt.
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By then I think the teams will be gone from YC.
The lowest ranked teams are at YC I believe, then the next group at GF and the highest at Gran Destino.
The idea is that after 6-8 weeks the remaining teams will move to Gan Destino.
I think October at YC will be fine. Have you heard otherwise?
That does make sense. I havenāt heard otherwise, but Iāve learned to hope for the best, and expect the worst. To be reasonable, this situation is FAR from the worst on so many levels.
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I agree. We were more disappointed losing the Poly because Iāve always wanted to stay there (and thatās going back almost four decades). Plus, it is very difficult to find a Disney TA rate there, much less a studio.
If we end up elsewhere, it isnāt the end of the world. We want to be on Disney property during the couple of days we plan to hit the parks, hoping that will somehow get us in the parks (Iāve read THAT may not be a guarantee either). However, as back up Iāve got a 2-bed, 2-bath villa off site also booked and for significantly less.
Weāll just see how it all plays out.
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Jokic has Covid. sigh
It is being implied he got it from Novak Djokovic, who has seemingly been spreading it all over with his much criticized tour and behavior (including pick up basketball games).
So here we goā¦
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I guess the upside for the health of the other Nuggets, NBA and wdw is that he is still in Serbia. he is apparently asymptomatic; but they wonāt let him return to the US until heās got an all clear.
on a completely selfish front, the Nuggets really need him. ack! Between this and the Rockiesās Charlie Blackmon testing positive (other Rockiesās players also), there is a lot of sports fan consternation here.
With so many baseball players coming positive, I donāt know how they are going to get the season off the ground, even if they come to terms.
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I read this morning that MLB is starting 7/23 or 7/24. But I also read playerās league refused the offers? I am confused now. Are they trying to go ahead on that date or not?
It does feel irresponsible with so many players coming up + since camps started up
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Idonāt know either. Last night I heard the players union rejected the 60 game plan; but now the commissioner is going ahead and imposing the 60 game season. huh? Not sure how that works and you can actually get the players on board. But looks like itās going forward as long as union agrees to health and safety protocols.
As of Monday, there are at least 40 players and staff of MLB teams positive. Plus, some of the play was to be in FL, and now is being rethought?
Messy. very messy.
Ok so we heard the same thing and are equally confused.
Itās 2020, after all
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Thought Iād post some news from the GF although I see no one posted yesterdayās confirmation.
So that news, a new fence (well ugly blue tarpaulin fence) going up at GF:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1276886302680584194
We have an upcoming stay at GFV. I wonder what this fence means. Are we not going to have access to the main buildings?
I heard a rumor that GFV guests were expected to walk to Poly. Has that been confirmed?
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I havenāt heard that, but seeing that fence makes me wonder if itās true. I might need to change resorts which is so disappointing because we really were excited to stay at GFV.