When Disney World proposed reopening its theme parks in July yesterday, they mentioned little information regarding Disney World hotels.
Magic Kingdom
Disney later shared info regarding when Disney World planned to reopen their hotels.
In this statement posted on Disney World’s website yesterday, we found out Disney Vacation Club resorts would be reopening to Members and guests on June 22nd.
But there was some confusion ensued over the wording of the first sentence which stated, “Pending approval from government officials, the phased reopening plans we submitted calls for Walt Disney World theme parks and Disney World Resort hotels to open beginning July 11th.”
Disney World Screenshot From Yesterday
As you can see, Disney World has now retracted this statement and their website currently shows this statement instead — minus the part about Disney World Resort hotels reopening by July 11th.
Disney World Screenshot From Today
We chatted with a Disney World Cast Member today who confirmed that they do not have any information about Resorts other than the ones that are opening on June 22nd.
Chat with CM
Currently, this is all the information Disney has shared about when they expect their hotels to reopen. At this time, guests cannot make new hotel or dining reservations and they are unable to purchase tickets while Disney works to implement their new reservation system.
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We will let you know more information as it is released.
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It’s so hard being patient and waiting to see what is going to happen! Have you heard anything about what is going to happen to those folks who have reservations for the period prior the the scheduled reopening? My reservation is for July 5th through the 12th and I have no idea what to expect.
Rachel, sorry, no info on that. If you have time, you might try calling Disney. I’m not sure they’ll have the answers you want at this time, but it might be worth a try!
Thanks for responding, Sarah! I’ve called and they have no answers for me so far. The waiting is just so frustrating, I need to practice my patience I guess! Ha!
Seems to me that Disney wasn’t ready to make this announcement. They should have had all their ducks in a row before announcing an opening date.
Rachel, don’t we all! 🙂 Good luck!
Thank you, Sarah!
My question is what is going to happen if the non Disney vacation club resorts don’t open? I have reservations for Coronado springs at the end of September. Do you think they would just completely cancel my vacation if Coronado doesn’t reopen since it’s a considered a convention resort? I’m so confused about all the new changes and it’s getting depressing. Thanks.
Louise, it’s a lot of information. I have no information on this particular topic, but as Resort info emerges, we’ll update.
Have you heard anything about Magical Express? We fly in on July 17th but haven’t found any information on if it will be running.
Melissa, we have not heard anything yet, but it’s something we’re watching for.
We have called several times each time a different cast member, we get different answers and suggestions. We have several reservations, we obviously will cancel the July 1,st one but we have a pop century one July 13th, for 8 nights. Sept for 12 nights, November for 6 nights. One cast member says hold it; Pop may open, another says no you need to change to a DVC resort,..much more expensive. One says we need to stay on property to make a park reservation, another says we can stay off property. We are pass holders and because of the airline changes we will be driving, it takes 17 hours so planning is important. We have reservations at universal July 7-12 for 5 nights and its all good to go. I thought Disney would be above Universal with their planning. We have changed so many times, I get it has been difficult but not opening any resorts besides the DVC is just cruel. We stay at value or moderate so we can come more often, at least 3 or 4 times a year..Should we just stay off property, and if so will we get in the park? I’m so frustrated.
Sharon, I hear you. That sounds complicated — even more so because the information is inconsistent. I sincerely hope the new reservation system comes up soon so we all get more clarity. Good luck!
I expected a company like Disney to have started to plan this opening almost immediately after the shutdown. They seemed to have dropped the ball. Like a previously person said, Universal had a great plan and everything in order. People have jobs to deal with and need more notice than is being given. Seems the money generated by the NBA and MLS deals were more important than anything….Very disappointed.
Contacted Disney once again, If we change our reservations to a DVC resort it will cost almost 3 times what we have booked already, all the promises they made for free dining (we don’t get anyway because were pass holders) and up to 35% off rooms, sun and fun.. NOTHING absolutely no discounts will be given. It is showing me Disney only wants those with the most money to be able to go to the parks first. They are in no way supporting their most loyal fans and customers. Average families, especially the ones who go multiple times a year will not be able to afford to go, if we stay off property the likely hood of getting into the parks falls to about zero chance, the first in will be DVC members who are also pass holders and have reservations, next will be pass holders with resort reservations but we can only get reservations at the absolutely most expensive resorts at RACK RATE. I don’t know, i feel like crying but I also feel very angry. I have been going to WDW since our dad took us the year it opened. I raised my kids saving everything I could all year for our annual trip to WDW, now they are grown and we go 3-4 times a year. Doesn’t Disney care at all about the average family who can not afford to pay $3,000 or more for just a small a room for a one week stay.