Originally Posted By Darkbeer Disneyland will close at 8 PM tonight, with no fireworks instead of the scheduled 11 PM. DCA will close at 6 PM tonight. The park actually had a Hail Storm this afternoon.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros On the bright side, it looks like today is going to be absolutely gorgeous for theme parking! It might still be a little on the chilly side (high of 56), but it's by far the nicest day we've had in a long time. Not to mention how clear and grime-free the sky and ground are after all that rain!
Originally Posted By ecdc I'm curious, as an out-of-stater. Let's say I planned a vacation to Disneyland just for this week and now there's been three or four days when the park's closed early. What's the policy? Would Disney compensate me in any way? Certainly things can be subject to change and they can't control the weather. But in this Internet age, I might have planned my trip around the expected hours. I'm not the type to go fishing for a refund or credit; I'm just curious how Disney would handle it.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 I'm sure they would do something. Disney seems to handle things like this pretty well. Ticket upgrade or something like that. >high of 56< SoCal is allowed to have a temp outside the 65-85 range?
Originally Posted By jbkuchon A high of 56 sounds like heaven to me. I hate the heat, that's the worst part of Disneyland. Stupid sun.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer >>What's the policy? Would Disney compensate me in any way? Certainly things can be subject to change and they can't control the weather. But in this Internet age, I might have planned my trip around the expected hours. I'm not the type to go fishing for a refund or credit; I'm just curious how Disney would handle it.<< It is handled on a case-by-case basis. If you don't complain, too bad... But if you go to City Hall and complain, here are the "usual" responses... AP holders.... Sorry, but nothing for you... A One Day Ticket, more than likely a comp ticket for another day. A Multi-Day ParkHopper, maybe a free meal as an "apology".
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I realize that it sucks to have to leave the park earlier than you planned on your big cross-country vacation, but I'm pretty sure it would be fair to assume that people would have had more than enough time to do all the attractions and entertainment (assuming it wasn't outside and cancelled in the rain) that they wanted to by that point. All the pictures I've seen from this week have shown the park is practically deserted, including some long shots of the hub/castle area with nobody in them. So no, you wouldn't be able to stay to see the fireworks, but they were probably going to be cancelled anyway. If people made a big trip out to go to the park, they were probably there relatively early (before lunch), which still allows them all the time they would need to do literally almost everything the park has to offer. Yah, they were probably cold, wet, and miserable all day, but that's not really in Disney's control. What they do have control over (getting you on a bunch of attractions all day long) they seem to have been doing a fine job of this week, regardless of the scaled back operating hours.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^^^ Have to laugh, after my Photo Op on Wednesday, stopped at the 99 cents store to pick up some milk and a few other itmes... and ended up getting a new pair of socks, since my feet were soaked and TOO COLD due to the afternoon at Disneyland/DCA. Stopped by Disneyland on Friday night, just to get a few shots of the early closing.... Once again, cold, but NOT wet.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I guess that's one of the occupational hazards! : ) If it's any consolation, it really did look like it was pretty awful in the pictures. At least that came across clearly!
Originally Posted By mousermerf My annoyance is still that they haven't figured out how to update the mobile phone app to reflect the right park hours.. and i certainly brought it to their attention. That, and not pulling the park guides with the wrong times? That pisses me off. Guest information that is wrong needs to be pulled - heck, add an insert or bleck it out with sharpie - but don't just keep giving it out like it's no big deal when it's the park hours. That's Courtesy, which is supposed to come right after safety.
Originally Posted By mousermerf And since they say "but we'd have no times guides!" well - that's Show, and partially Efficiency. Show comes after Courtesy. Am I the only one who paid attention in class? Safety Courtesy Show Efficiency - in that order, no exceptions.
Originally Posted By mousermerf The park hours and any shows that were to occur after the newly scheduled closing. Those should be pulled when they change the park hours.
Originally Posted By jbkuchon Also, you had mentioned the mobile phone thing, is that only available if you have an iphone?
