Changes at Disney World due to the coronavirus pandemic are inevitable and it seems Disney is already getting a head start maintaining social distancing once they reopen by now requiring resort check-ins to be done online.
Many guests have seen that their Disney World reservation on The Disney World app it now says, “Now Required: Complete Online Check-in, then go direct to room on arrival.”
Nothing has been confirmed by Disney, but it’s clear this is one of the changes people can expect. One guest took to Twitter with a screen shot of the new policy as you can see in the post below:
looks like online checkin will be required whenever WDW reopens? pic.twitter.com/C4bTNFQsOA
— Furloughed Dragon (@DisneyDragon) April 25, 2020
Reopening Florida’s theme parks, among the world’s most visited attractions and one of the state’s biggest economic engines, could be a long process fraught with logistical and public health considerations.
Visitors should brace themselves for alterations, for everything from how to buy admission tickets to spread-out seating arrangements aboard park rides and in restaurants.
Though it is not clear when Walt Disney World theme parks will reopen in Orlando, Florida, as the coronavirus has shut down most nonessential businesses, Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger says he has a plan in mind that may include temperature checks.
“One of the things that we’re discussing already is that in order to return to some semblance of normal, people will have to feel comfortable that they’re safe. Some of that could come in the form ultimately of a vaccine, but in the absence of that it could come from basically, more scrutiny, more restrictions,” Iger explained in an interview.
Disney parks in the United States, Disney World and Disneyland, are still closed indefinitely and have no set reopening date. Disney recently furloughed 100,000 theme park and hotel workers amid the coronavirus shutdown.