Walt Disney World and the Coronavirus

As the Walt Disney World Resort prepares for a lengthy closure of its theme parks over the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic beginning Monday, March 16th, Walt Disney World Resort has released updated information concerning reservations, ticket expiration extensions, annual passes and more.

TICKETS

May I get a refund on my ticket?
Unexpired multi-day theme park tickets with unused days, or date-specific theme park tickets with a start date on or before March 31, 2020 will automatically be extended to use any date through December 15, 2020. If you are unable to visit by December 15, 2020, you may apply the value of a wholly unused ticket toward the purchase of a ticket for a future date.

Florida Resident Discover Disney Tickets may be used through July 31, 2020.

Guests who have purchased tickets for Disney After Hours, Disney Villains After Hours and Disney Early Morning Magic from March 16, 2020 through March 31, 2020 will be automatically refunded.


ANNUAL PASSES

How does the closure of Walt Disney World impact annual passes?
Walt Disney World annual passes will be extended by the number of days the parks are closed, March 16, 2020 through March 31, 2020.


RESORTS

I have a future stay at a Disney Resort hotel while the park is closed. What does that mean for my vacation?
Guests who have not checked in for stays between March 16, 2020 through March 31, 2020 may modify or cancel their Disney Resort room reservation or Walt Disney Travel Company package up to their original check-in date. If no action is taken, Disney will automatically process a refund to the original form of payment within seven days of the original check-in date. If you did not book through Disney directly, please contact your travel professional.

What if I want to cancel a Disney Resort hotel reservation after the parks reopen?
We will waive all Disney imposed change and cancellation fees up to the date of check-in through June 30, 2020.


DINING & OTHER EXPERIENCES

I have a pre-paid dining reservation or experience reservation like Droid Depot during the time when the parks are closed. Will I receive a refund?
Yes. All pre-paid dining and experience reservations will be automatically refunded if scheduled between March 16, 2020 through March 31, 2020.

What happens to dining reservations that required a credit card at the time of booking?
Reservations made at locations impacted by the closure will not be charged a cancellation or no-show fee.


FastPass+

Do I need to cancel my FastPass+ reservation scheduled for March 16, 2020 through March 31, 2020 when the park is closed?
All FastPass+ reservations during this time period will be automatically cancelled.


So far, resort hotels and Disney Springs will remain open during the park closures.

Walt Disney World has released additional details for Annual Passholders impacted by the resort-wide closure coming up on March 16. The following email was sent to all Annual Passholders:


As previously mentioned, all active Walt Disney World Annual Passes will be extended for the number of days the parks are closed. Currently, the parks are set to be closed through the end of March, or just over two weeks. Passes with renewal windows ending during the closure will also receive an extension of time to renew. For Passholders participating in the Annual Pass Monthly Payment program, all monthly payments will continue as scheduled. Once your payments are completed, your will still have the extra days provided.

Details regarding these new pass regulations will be reflected on the My Disney Experience website and app in the coming weeks, and pass blockout and admission calendars will not be updated during the closure.

If you’re heading to the parks this weekend to get your last bit of magic in, please clean your hands as often and thoroughly as possible, be it at the many new hand washing stations or by locating the nearest hand sanitizer station using the My Disney Experience app.

Now that all of the parks are closed, Disney Parks has further announced that all Walt Disney World Resort hotels will be temporarily closing at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20, due to concerns over the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.



Additional closures include all Disney owned-and-operated locations at Downtown Disney and Disney Springs (including the NBA Experience) starting on March 17.

On our recent trip to WDW, last week of February and first week of March, we almost canceled the trip due to what we saw was happening. We decided to go and hopefully get back home before it got worse. So far we are doing fine and pray the same for everyone.
We mentioned to many of our Disney family to make sure they had essentials just in case this got worse, told them to buy non perishable foods such as canned goods, rice, crackers, some frozen, not to overdo on frozen.
Now this has hit and they tell us they are okay, we can only hope and pray they are for however long this takes.
We are now looking forward to eventually getting back to WDW and enjoying life.

Before you mentioned this, I just figured that Disney would have people there to take care of the animals and this is just my thinking, they have people staying on property and making sure everything is okay each day.
I would love to be one that is taking care of something in WDW instead of sitting here in NYS in the highest infested area of the country.
Could be swimming instead of watching snow come down yesterday with ice. We are at this time 1 week avoiding everything and everyone.