DaptoFunlandGuy

USH has followed suit already. DLR has closed because state government policy has forced them to do so, not because of any misguided concern for health and wellbeing of their guests. Florida will remain open so long as the FL \ US government permits. If the parks issue a 'stand down' they don't even have to pay their full time workers, if its out of their hands. This handy article should explain a lot about how australian workplaces will (or should) handle things... https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/coronavirus-can-my-boss-force-me-to-take-sick-leave/news-story/1dc1e3cc7a2d49b1784a42a03e9822c6

that's digital? ewwww.

That depends - Doesn't look like the tiger island food outlet is operating anymore, according to the website. If its a quiet weekday (especially a rainy one), Grid Burgers won't open either (or it'll be closed really early), so you're only gonna get them at Dough Bros, and even then, just placing your order could require a search party for the staff... I'd say 2:45pm just to be safe.... (that should satisfy @Jdude95 i'm back to my normal dreamworld bashing self...)

Settle down. I still said it was going to take them a fucking long time to fix all their fuck ups didn't i?

If you look a teeeeeeensy bit closer... Why stop there? Rip all the fucking christmas lights out - from the roof and from the building facades. I don't mind most of the poles but the ones in the middle of the plaza should go. the light trusses aren't that difficult to erect when needed - just requires riggers to be involved. it honestly ruins the look at other times (but at least they went to the trouble of ordering white fixtures)

I think it's fair to say all cargo will be experiencing delays, due to processing and quarantine and inspection requirements. I'm pretty certain, if I read back over this thread, that both Skeet and Jdude agree on that. I think the difference of opinion here, is that Jdude's original wording suggested that actual track pieces would be subjected to additional quarantine and inspection requirements, which would delay them upon arrival, but I'm not sure that was what he intended to suggest, but I think thats probably the pedantry that i'd be fussing over here, and it seems like Skeet might be insisting on those specifics as well. End of the day, it's at least arguable that the coaster parts will experience some delivery delays due to all of the shitfuck nonsense going on right now, and you should all be thankful that our toilet paper is made locally because there's a lot of shit in here to clean up.

ASX has closed today with ALG closing at 39 cents

boilerplate reply. this doesn't tell us anything. they might as well have said 'in the coming weeks'.

44 cents this morning with bids of 43.5

Who said that?

It took a whole year to build Disneyland into a coherent, themed universe. But that was before the park was open. It might take Dreamworld a teensy bit longer to refresh the theme back to coherency with it operating and open, but one by one, i think we'll see older stuff replaced with newer until everything has had a refresh. Yesterday, the cinema, today, hollywood house, tomorrow.... the (dream) world!

Disagree. For one, how on earth will those near the fountain ever hear about Village e-serrrrrrrrrrrve?

Just reminded me - There are certain things at Disney that don't necessarily run every day. Sometimes the parks alter their hours. Sometimes Fantasmic will run once, or twice, or none. Castle Fireworks aren't every night. World of Color may not run every night... but this isn't planned months in advance and may only be published 5 days out. For example - Fantasmic is only running on Friday and Saturday this week. Disneyland is open for extra magic, but only Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Fireworks is on every night. DCA does extra magic on wednesday and friday. World of color runs every night. The hyperion is only showing Frozen Wed-Fri. (DCA has the food and wine festival on right now). You'll need to allow some degree of flexibility in your schedule as to which days you do which park to allow for things like this. Also - while it is technically possible to get through Disneyland Resort in 2 days with no kids rope dropping until close, that isn't always the case, and one bit of weather, show cancellation or breakdown and you could wind up missing out on some really good parts of the parks - especially if you don't have a third park-hopping backup day as a minimum...

I'm pretty certain Disney has cut back on the generosity of the DAS since the dark days of disabled guests selling themselves as tourguides arose, and i think the group has to wait in line and only the wheelchair gets backdoored, but either way.... i'll shove my walking stick into your spokes.

that's fair. then when you went to run past me, I could hook your ankle with my stick and make you go splat.

In the with usual: how old are you? how many days do you have total? how many days do you want to allow in each of those three specific places? whats your budget? are there any other non-park things you plan to do, want to do, or have to do because of your travelling companions? speaking of, are you travelling solo, or with people, and what kind of people are they? enthusiasts? non-enthusiasts? enthusiast partner, non enthusiast partner? same age? parents? do you have a preference on accommodation? flea motels or resorts? Age is a question for the younger crowd just because drinking age is different in the states. There is less benefit in an 18 year old going to vegas for example. As a starting point, you're going to want to do Disneyland, Knotts, SFMM and USH while in LA. There are other parks nearby you may wish to do but they're my starting four for LA. Minimum 3 days for Disney, 4 is better and 5 is best. Knotts is a day, provided you're not in peak season. the same for USH. SFMM can be done in a day but needs flash almost always - see other recent SFMM thread. What you're suggesting can blow out into a pretty MASSIVE trip. If money was no object you could spend a year and still not do everything people could suggest here. I've a feeling that what you're going to need to do is to compromise and prioritise. If you're travelling solo, or with a group of similarly aged enthusiasts, @gazza does some pretty amazing trips that cover a LOT of ground - but at a pace I couldn't keep up with. One thing to do to help you decide, especially if you're a coaster fan, is to check out RCDB, filter to north america, and pick out the parks nearby to the ones you DEFINITELY want to do. I think theres another site Gazza uses too that would help. It can also help you to disregard a park if perhaps they have mostly the same rides as other parks you're already visiting. I'm still to do the East coast, so i'll leave that up to someone else... Good luck with the planning.

replace the main one, sure, but i hope they aren't removing it. While gaining Daily Planet back as theming, those side screens wouldn't be visible down main street. In all honesty - For those who watch the parade or can't fit down the 'main' part of main street, I'd love to see them put another screen up right here: *This google street view image is proudly brought to you by @Slick

I read a book by David Koenig once called Mouse Tales. It told a story of a busy day in the park, when Space Mountain's wait time ballooned. The supervisor for Tomorrowland went to the lead for Space and asked why capacity was so low. He replied that they were running at their top efficiency, but wheelchairs were killing him. The supervisor proceeded to walk down the line of waiting wheelchair-bound guests, interrogating them on what their disability was (of course, nobody would dream of doing that today...). The supervisor ended up confiscating quite a few wheelchairs that day though. I know Disney accommodates special needs very well, and i've seen the lengths they go to for a wheelchair bound guest, as i've accompanied one once. But i've also seen how that can impact on 'the show' - for example in Haunted Mansion - the omnimover is stopped so that a wheelchair-bound guest can load without a time pressure. They stay on board at unload, and travel past the maintenance bay back to load, where they board their wheelchair and are taken back to ground level in the stretching room elevator in reverse. Guests have their ride interrupted, and the wheelchair bound guest breaks the spell by going past maintenance, and going up in the stretching room. But beyond that, i've also seen how quickly and efficiently a wheelchair-bound guest can jump the queue, skip the fastpass, and ride everything far quicker than anyone else. And I can only imagine what 100 of those in a park would do to capacity and everyone else's guest experience. I'm not contributing to that, unless it is a need.

Nope

I'm not disabled. i'm lazy. sure, many others who bring ECVs to the parks aren't disabled either, but that doesn't make it right.

They should put it where the fountain is.

Heh. I've long since given up on rope dropping anything. these days i plan more days for each stop so i don't have to rush. good luck with that in some parks. it may not be labelled, it may only stop the escalator slowly, or it may only stop some of the escalators, but not all of them.

Sorry. I didn't realise that the speed at which a virus goes away is directly proportionate to the amount of media attention it gets. You said Coronavirus will die out sooner rather than later, like other influenzas in the past. First of all, I'll assume you're actually referring to COVID-19 (the current coronavirus outbreak) which is a strain of the coronavirus family, rather than all coronaviruses in the coronaviridae family. Secondly, It isn't Influenza. MERS, SARS, COVID-19 are all strains of coronavirus. "Coronavirus" was first identified in the 1960s, so we've had it for more than 50 years in one form or another. Some strains are more lethal, and some more communicable than others.... just like the flu. So when you say Coronavirus will die out, like all the other flus, you've got a lot muddled up there. And when I say MERS is still around 8 years later, it's pretty relevant to your statement that COVID-19 will die off pretty quick, isn't it? And yes, your last statement is very telling. Nobody gives a shit about MERS, because human-to-human transmission wasn't believed to be possible, and because worldwide the total infections amounted to about 2500 cases, most of which were limited to the middle east (hence the name). Nobody gives a shit about a virus unless they could catch it. Like when AIDS was only thought to affect homosexual men, so heterosexuals didn't practice safe sex. You tell someone a virus is going to be at their front door, they give a shit... (a lot apparently, judging by the amount of toilet paper they're buying). The point is, your confidence that coronavirus will die quickly is flat out wrong, experts are predicting that the worst of it's effects will arrive in Australia in around August - and that doesn't mean its over in september. Its a long road ahead, a possible vaccine is still potentially 9-12 months away, and this thing is clearly spreading like wildfire. So, whilst i'm not trying to be alarmist, its foolish to be a dreamer and claim 'it'll be over quickly' or 'you won't die' or 'our theme parks are your theme parks'

You mean like MERS that appeared around April 2012, and still has infections happening today?

I am lazy AF and have never once taken the stairs over the escalators.