Originally Posted By SuperDry As I type this, it's 5.5 hours away from TDR re-opening for the first time since the earthquake. DeepDisney has posted pictures that appear to be taken at the resort at dusk last night. Their commentary appears to be that ticket offices were open last night, decorative lighting has been turned down 25%, and that normal background music is now playing in public areas. Looking at the Disney hotel websites, just within the past 24 hours they've opened up availability for bookings. It appears that the first guest check-ins at the TDLH and Ambassador Hotel will occur on Saturday, April 16, one day after TDL re-opens. Not surprisingly, availability looks wide open. The official web page says that show schedules will be posted on the information boards inside the parks, implying that they will not be posted in their usual place on the website. Perhaps this is part of the "toning things down" effort - the home page information talks about the earthquake, and a gradual re-opening of the resort, rather than being splashed with Easter Wonderland stuff all over the place. I guess we'll get reports by the end of the day as to what is actually going on inside the parks with regard to entertainment.
Originally Posted By Mr X I assume they are trying to be cautious about things advertising wise for a little while. I assume Disney is still Disney inside the parks though. I thought about going today, but I really prefer being there in the evening so having to duck out at 6pm was too much of a bummer. Although, if that lasts, I suppose I'll just have to deal with it...gotta get my Disney fix somewhere. Or perhaps I'll wait and be there on the re-opening day of DisneySea (when things here should be relatively speaking much more settled down, assuming DisneySea remains closed all summer which is my guess right now based on the energy crisis).
Originally Posted By Mr X At the moment, keeping "normalcy" at home is more important. BUT, when the time comes, we will be there!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Not that you can compare things at all, but I was at WDW two weeks after 9/11. It was supposed to be the kickoff of the 100 Years of Walt The Dead Guy, but they pushed that to December. I already had the time off and went up for five days anyway. It was so strange and unsettling to be the ONLY guest at The Mara at 6 p.m. with 14 CMs largely standing around. ... the parks were very slow, but not empty ... you could tell that 'something wasn't right' ... but then Saturday came (final one in September) and it was like everyone (at least in Central FLA) just had the feeling it was OK to get out and live and smile and laugh. MK was just packed. It was the first time I thought after 9/11 that 'we'll get through this' ... Anyway, it's good to see TDL open and hopefully TDS will be able to open soon as well. The healing as a nation is going to take months, years and, in some places, decades. Many families will simply not ever be the same again when you look at the human toll of this disaster. But people need to live and remove stress and be happy ... and TDR brings that to them (leaving the economics out of the equation). It will be a very good day when TDR is back as it was before.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^That was me being nice ... I was going to put the 100 Years of Walt The Dead Guy Who We Use to Shill Everything from Timeshares to Lousy Theme Parks Celebration. ;-)
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 See, I am THE LEAST PC person you could ever meet but even *I* think that is wrong. I mean......"Jubiliation"?
Originally Posted By Mr X It's Disney, what do you expect? Should they change it to "Disney's somber day Parade"?
