Disney World is reopening on July 11th, but that doesn’t mean that everyone who wants to go will be able to.
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Not only is Disney set to significantly reduce capacity in the theme parks, but some travelers may not even have a chance at planning their vacation in the first place. After all, you don’t have to worry about whether or not you can get into the parks if you’re not able to get into Florida! We’re taking a look at some of the current laws and factors that could prohibit a Disney trip for some.
International travelers may have some issues getting to Disney World.
For one, those coming from outside of the country may have a difficult time getting to Orlando. 20% of attendance in Disney World is attributed to international travelers, so we know there are some international folks who are excited to get to the parks. Right now though, there are some things in their way.
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For one, the U.S. State Travel Department has a Stage 4 Global Travel Advisory in effect. That means “Do Not Travel.” Due to the global health crisis, many government agencies are not deeming it safe to travel for leisure. Of course, an advisory doesn’t mean that you CAN’T travel, but some countries have full-out bans in effect.
According to the CDC, travel to the U.S. is banned for those who spent any of the previous 14 days in China, Iran, the European Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, Ireland, or Brazil. Beyond that, over 140 countries have closed their borders and/or enacted travel bans — many of them prohibiting travel to or from the U.S. and still in effect. If those bans aren’t lifted, Disney lovers in those countries will be out of luck at reopening.
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PLUS, the international air travel industry took a major hit during the crisis. Per Forbes, though international flights are starting to come back, they are limited. Finding flights to Orlando may not be easy or even possible for some international travelers IF they are permitted to travel.
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For some Disney-lovers in the U.S., it may be impossible to get to the parks.
International travelers aren’t the only ones who may have some issues. Anyone entering Florida from Connecticut, New Jersey, or New York must undergo a 14-day mandatory quarantine upon entering the state. However, this order is set to expire on July 7th, unless the Florida Governor decides to extend the order. Currently, this quarantine applies regardless of method of transportation, and the costs of quarantine, including lodging, fall on the traveler.
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Most folks will not have the means to spend two weeks in quarantine before they can get on with their Disney trip. You’d have to spend a pretty long time in Disney to make the trip worth two weeks of quarantine!
Even if you are NOT traveling from the New York tri-state area, you still need to check out the current health measures of your state and any state you may be traveling through. You may run into border checkpoints, curfews, stay at home orders, and more.
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What can you do about this?
The solution? Stay informed. This is a developing situation and different states and countries are changing their health measures and restrictions all the time. You may have to wait it out until travel becomes a part of the norm again.
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Here in the EU our travel restrictions are being lifted on 29th June, so we are free to fly around Europe. Hopefully international travel won’t be too far behind
The Executive Order the article Is referring to was unfortunately extended in Section 3 of the new order—Executive Order 20-139.
I spoke with the Florida Health Dept. yesterday for clarification since we live in upstate NY, are DVC members and have a reservation in July.
The representative there said that July 7th, 2020, WAS the expiration date of the older order but now because the order was extended in the new Exec Order 20-139, there is no expiration date now.
It’s extended until the governor decides otherwise. If you go to floridahealthcovid19.gov/travelers/, you’ll see the update there.
I also called the governor’s office and got the same answer re: no expiration now.
We’re nowhere here near the Tri-State Area, i.e. NYC and its surrounding areas. Regardless, both the health dept. and governor’s office said that the order applied to ALL of NY, NJ and Conn.
I’d love to know if someone else has contacted both or either and received a similar response.
I heard the tri state area travel ban was extended past July 7 and is now open ended. Do you know if this is true?
Linda, this does seem to be true. We’ve been looking at the executive orders today and trying to nail down what’s going on. I think your interpretation is correct. We’ll keep watching.
AJ, your information jives with what we’ve seen as well. We will keep looking into this and reporting on any changes.
Thanks so much for all you and the DFB staff do to keep us informed, Sarah! We greatly appreciate getting all of the magical news!
And…, we have hope the governor will open up Florida to everyone “real soon”! 🙂
Thanks, AJ! 🙂
I think keeping about Florida keeping out our tri state area residents .. may be motivated by something other than covd19 !! There’s a ton of $ in this area that Florida is losing ! Maybe we should quarantine Florida residents when they flock up here to escape the heat .. their health situation is worse by far !!!
Crowds likely won’t be an issue. Universal has very few guest. People will not vacation if mask are required. The fact that Disney has squads specifically to enforce the silly mask rule tells you mask are a deal breaker. If people really thought mask were a good idea you wouldn’t have to force them to wear one. Most people are not even wearing them correctly. Many people in the pictures and videos have a mask below the nose or mouth.
I am so frustrated with the whole situation. The Tri-state region continues on a downward trend, while 21 other states including Florida have seen huge increases on a daily basis since reopening. Trying to get down there to go house hunting and I can’t even book a hotel room. I would hate to think it’s a R vs D political action but who knows anymore.
Thanks for keeping us in the loop!