Will you give it up

I know we would still go. I have honestly gotten so used to putting on a mask these days (NJ we can’t go anywhere without them) that I hope it wouldn’t hinder me in Disney. Granted we never go in the super hot months so I can’t imagine that. But I know we would still
Go, just maybe not as often Disney magic is a feeling for me, as soon as I get under that sign I just feel better. I am sure that will continue. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Not sure what we will do… wearing a face mask from here on out is ridiculous… people pass out from the Florida heat WITHOUT wearing a mask… how will some people cope with this… now if this rumor is true about having to have a reservation just to enter a park and there may be no more park hopping, this may be a deal breaker… not sure why all this change but we will find other places to visit or just stick to cruising on DCL. Time will tell

I believe sanity will return. We will get a vaccine and covid will be treated like the flu every year.

Most of my happiest Disney memories are from Meet and Greets with the characters. If they take that away I might still come if I’m down in the area, but as for planning a vacation, maybe if they drop the price or at bare minimum stop with the yearly price increases. Plus I can barely breath with a face mask on here in Southern Illinois. I can’t imagine what it would be like in Florida

I’m so on the fence about this right now! My gut reaction answer is that yes, we would still go. But if face masks are required indefinitely, I think it would only be in cooler months (Nov., Dec.) and not every May like we’ve been doing for 15 years. I get hot easily already, and add a face mask to the mix and I’d be miserable in the warmer months. Jeeze Louise, my face is a sweaty mess when I just wear my mask to go to Walmart! The other thing I think would be a deal breaker for me is having to make reservations to get into the parks indefinitely. They’ve already said they’re going to block out days for AP holders, and that it will be difficult for AP holders to make reservations for multiple days. That just isn’t gonna cut it for me if we can’t get into more than a couple parks per trip just because we’re AP holders. I’m really interested to see how this change plays out. Two other changes that might be deal breakers for me if they became permanent: no park hopping and not being able to visit resorts without having a hotel reservation to stay there. We’re long past the park commando days where we get to the park for rope drop and don’t leave until it closes. We bounce around the parks depending on how crowded they are, where we want to eat, etc. And resort hopping is one of our favorite things to do – visit the gift shops, eat at the QS places. It would take a lot away from our trips if we weren’t able to do that anymore. Man, I just hope the changes they’ve made in response to the virus are temporary and we can get back to normal eventually.

Side note: I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND when people say “new normal”. This isn’t new, we’ve done this before, maybe not in any of our personal lifetimes but it’s happened before, and it’s not normal. This isn’t how life is supposed to be, this isn’t what usually happens as a matter of routine. Some people say that I guess to mean “in this moment” but I think it has connotations (normal meaning routine/regular) that this is how life is from here until eternity. I don’t believe that’s the case ergo I will not refer to this moment in time as a “new normal”.

AMEN @starbee, can we just call it the “current normal” or “current situation”? I mean, it rains at the World, we put on our ponchos and trash bag rain coats because it is raining, but once it is over we take them off (lest we sweat to death!) and go about our merry way, it’s not the “new normal.”

On the other side could this lead to allowing masks at MNSSHP? Unfortunately I would bet not.

I am a big science nerd and I can honestly say I’m surprised this is the first time the world has been impacted by a pandemic of this magnitude. These type of viruses will continue to happen and this world is now a Covid-19 world. This virus will not just “disappear” and we all need to learn to live in a world with it in it. I think the world had it’s head in the sand that this type of thing wouldn’t happen. But scientifically it was inevitable and we all need to learn to live in this world of deadly viruses.

I have continued to work at my office, full time since it began. We changed our procedures, we changed our rules, we changed the way we worked with clients. And it’s been fine. This is how we will continue to work because, like I said, this virus isn’t going to go away. I think it’s only smart to continue to use safe practices. As the world warms these viruses will become more prolific and we humans need to adjust our ways. It’s just the way it is.

I plan to continue our plan to go in March 2021. My kids are excited and I am too. Will we wear masks while standing in line. Sure. Because I want to keep my germs to myself and I want other people to as well. Will it be hot? I’m sure it will, but I’d rather be hot than sick. I think too many people see this is a way that Disney is “losing the magic” but really, think about the way it was in 1965. Was there all this “magic” that included holograms, and all that jazz? No, there was “magic” because it was fun, it was the colors, and the smells, and the songs, and the people. I plan to take the time to get back to the basics. Enjoy what Walt brought us. The “magic” in the feeling, not the magic in the “stuff”. Will it be different? Yeppers. Will it have some sadness of not having it the same? Yeppers. But I really think the magic is still there. We just have to push through to learn how to see the magic in the world we live in.