Will Disney World Stay Closed Until 2021?
“Will Walt Disney World reopen before 2021?” and “will the parks stay closed through summer/Halloween/Christmas/[insert month, year or specific date]?” have become increasingly common thanks to one already infamous expert opinion.
With so much uncertainty in the air about when Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and the resort hotels will reopen, these questions are unsurprising. Accordingly, we’ve been doing an ongoing speculative series that attempts to offer balance, nuance, and our best guesses with all things considered. To recap, here are questions what we’ve addressed:
- When Will Walt Disney World Reopen?
- Will Walt Disney World Offer Huge Discounts Once It Opens?
- How Bad Will Crowds Be at Walt Disney World After Reopening?
Previously, the common question we were receiving was “when will Walt Disney World reopen?” Due to recent commentary from Swiss bank UBS analyst John Hodulik that has gained traction in the Disney fan community, there has been rampant speculation and fear-mongering that Walt Disney World will not reopen until 2021. In large part, this post serves to rebut and contextualize that…
However, we first want to emphasis the speculative nature of this post. We do not own a (working) crystal ball nor have we consulted Nostradamus about this particular matter. While we’ve been asked these questions a lot in the last month-plus, the reality is that we don’t have a credible answer as to how long Walt Disney World will remain closed or when the parks will reopen.
The reality is also that literally no one does. Not any third party bloggers or vloggers. Not any Cast Member friends you might have, bus drivers or otherwise. Not even senior leadership at Walt Disney World or Disneyland. This is an unprecedented and constantly evolving situation. Our collective knowledge tomorrow will differ from what we know today–and next week it’ll be totally different.
Disney is scrambling to get ahead of this and is developing a range of tentative plans for modified operations, but the key word there is “tentative” (and also “range of,” meaning that several potential plans are being developed). Even Bob Iger’s controversial statements were only possibilities, and not procedures that definitely will be used when it comes to the future of the parks.
Another category of individuals who are taking stabs at when and how the theme parks might reopen are analysts. These individuals typically have no expertise in theme park operations, but instead understand the financial contours of the Walt Disney Company and its many business units.
There have been numerous predictions and forecasts of when Walt Disney World will reopen from respected financial experts, most ranging from June through October. None of these have gained traction in the Disney fan community because they’re more wonkish and less salacious.
As contrasted with the more moderate predictions, the 2021 date has been shared widely because it’s more controversial and attention grabbing. In this increasingly polarized environment, it vindicates those who believe shutdowns should last longer and enrages those who think we should reopen the economy ASAP. It’s being spread by those nodding in agreement and hate-shared by those who it upsets.
We’ve read or heard at least a half dozen predictions from analysts over the course of the last month, but didn’t feel a single one merited reporting on, just as we haven’t reported on the guesses of random friends and neighbors. Frankly, this one does not merit a blog post, either. Unfortunately, we’ve received a lot of confused and concerned questions from readers about it, so thought we’d clarify and contextualize this to the extent we can.
One of the things I’ve learned in following financial analysts is that you can validate your own preconceived notions, economic outlook, and general worldview–no matter what they may be–if that’s what you’re seeking to do. The Great Recession vindicated doom and gloom pundits, turning them into veritable celebrities and giving rise to a lucrative market for dire prognosticators who want to repeat that and star in The Big Short 2. The more extreme, the more likely the soundbite will be shared far and wide.
In a sense, there are actually some parallels to Disney fandom–polarization plays well, and anyone can find material that supports extreme positions that Disney has never been better or worse. This is almost akin to the intersection of these two things. Optimistic that parks will reopen June 1? Analysts support you! Skeptical and thinking they should stay closed until 2021? An analyst supports you!
With that preface out of the way, this prediction comes from UBS analyst John Hodulik, who offered it in his “Eye of the Storm” investor note. This memo served as his justification for downgrading the Walt Disney Company’s stock from buy to neutral, and cutting his price target on TWDC’s stock to $114 from $162.
This is predicated upon a bleak outlook for every single one of Disney’s business units save for Disney+, with a particular emphasis on troubles facing theme parks and live sports. In addition to Walt Disney World and Disneyland not reopening until 2021, Hodulik also believes that there are real risks to the fall sport seasons (while failing to acknowledge that ESPN would be well-positioned if sports do resume without spectators).
With regard to theme parks, Hodulik’s expectation is that “economic recession plus the need for social distancing, new health precautions, the lack of travel and crowd aversion are likely to make this business less profitable until there is a widely available vaccine.” That does not mean the parks won’t reopen until 2021, just that they won’t be as profitable once they do reopen.
MarketWatch’s FactSet tracks 27 analysts who cover the Walt Disney Company’s stock, and 18 rate it a buy and 9 rate it a hold. The average price target is $129.96, which is actually 26% above recent levels. In other words, Hodulik is objectively pessimistic on Disney as compared to other experts.
There is no disputing the assessment that Disney faces a lot of pressure right now and for the foreseeable future. The film business, live sports, media production, and theme parks all face uphill challenges. My perspective is also fairly pessimistic on Disney’s financial outlook, but for me the conclusion is different. I think that Disney will be more aggressive in attempting to bounce back, as the company’s future viability is on the line.
Even though summer is no longer peak season at Walt Disney World, it is still Florida’s prime tourist season. The resorts have offered numerous deals for the summer months, including Free Dining and the Fun & Sun discount. More recently, Walt Disney World started accepting reservations for June 1, 2020 or later. Likewise, the Free Dining Recovery Deal begins June 1, 2020 and runs through September.
Beyond that, Shanghai Disneyland is currently going through the motions of trial operations with test guests to practice social distancing, guest entry, and other aspects of modified operations. If this goes as anticipated, the park will reopen before having been closed 100 days. A similar timeline would put the reopening of Walt Disney World right around early June 2020.
Further supporting this is Governor Ron DeSantis’ Reopen Florida Task Force, which has an Industry Working Group subcommittee to determine how and when to reopen parks and other attractions in the Sunshine State. We covered these discussions and tentative possibilities at length in Potential Plans for Walt Disney World Phased Reopening.
It’s noteworthy that the Reopen Florida Task Force has not released a timeline for reopening theme parks, nor have Universal or Walt Disney World expressed their goals. However, in listening to press conferences by Governor DeSantis on the matter, who has stated that “the curve has been flattened in Florida,” it’s fairly clear that he wants to start the process of reopening the state. (To that point, on Sunday he said: “we’re gonna make an announcement pretty soon.”)
Between Florida wanting to begin reopening its battered, tourism-dependent economy and the Walt Disney Company wanting viable business units that are not the Disney+ streaming service, the 2021 prediction does not seem particularly plausible. From our perspective, a date closer to June 1, 2020 seems much more likely than one closer to January 1, 2021.
Suffice to say, there is more than ample reason to believe that both Disney and Florida want to be back in business by summer, and take advantage of whatever pent-up demand might exist then. Missing the more lucrative summer, Halloween, and Christmas tourist seasons to instead open for the January off-season doesn’t pass the smell test when considering the internal targets of both Disney and Florida. However, perhaps something will change again and so too will those internal targets.
None of this is to say that we think Walt Disney World should reopen this summer or stay closed until January 1, 2021. This is arm’s length analysis about what we perceive is most likely to occur, not what we ourselves want. This is truly a complex and multifarious problem, and total harm reduction modeling will need to be utilized. Neither of us are so deluded as to believe we have all of the answers or even a fraction of the information necessary to dictate what “should” happen.
We’d likewise encourage humility from everyone thinking about commenting below. Rather than condescendingly assuming you have the one valid perspective, have empathy. People are understandably worried about their health, both physical and economic. Try to put yourselves in the shoes of others who may be justified in their divergent perspectives. Those who tout themselves as the smartest person in the room seldom are, and never are viewed as such by the room’s other occupants.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Do you think Walt Disney World will reopen by June 2020? If not, what’s your predicted date/month? Think the UBS analyst’s prediction is plausible? Keep comments respectful, apolitical, and on topic. Anything not following these requirements will be removed.
Thank you so much for taking the time to post your thoughts and informaton from other sources. I don’t know what the answer is, but I do know this probably wasn’t the best year to purchase my first-ever annual pass! 🙂 The lack of fast passes is definitely a concern. The airline changed our flight dates in June, and when I went back (after my sixty days out) to change fast passes, there was virtually nothing available. To be clear, there wasn’t much available at sixty days, either. 🙁 I’m not holding out much hope for June, but if it’s open, I’ll go!
We have just cancelled our September Disneyland trip, for a few reasons.
1) We are from Canada, and currently the situation south of the 49th parallel has us a little nervous, with the protests and number of cases.
2) I am essential, and my husband is an emergency worker, which means probable quarantine right after the trip.
3) we can take those funds and divert them to an amazing WDW trip in 2021. Maybe even get the platinum bicoastal annual pass.
Yes it’s disappointing, we are erring on the side of caution. I think that each person will act based on their comfort level
I’m from WA and I’m in the same boat as you. I’m going to wait until June 1st to make a decision, but we’re leaning on cancelling our September Disneyland trip and just going twice in 2021 (May & September).
I don’t know when the parks will open (both WDW and Universal), but decided a few weeks ago to pull the plug on our planned and booked Universal trip for mid August. I figure I just want to give the parks time to figure out how they are going to be operating, and give the pandemic more time to hopefully wind down a bit more (from what already appears to be a flattening of the curve). The parks will still be there next spring (when we are thinking of re booking for), AND the weather won’t be temperatures roughly the surface of the sun, with 1000% humidity (can you tell we’ve done WDW in July and August before 😉
Try to put yourselves in the shoes of others who may be justified in their divergent perspectives. Those who tout themselves as the smartest person in the room seldom are, and never are viewed as such by the room’s other occupants.
Gold.
Gold, silver, bronze, diamond ,ruby, sapphire!
I laughed out loud and read it to my husband.
Perfect and true!
Keep up the posts. Ignore the negative comments. I love reading everything you write. Keeps me connected. Disneyland is my happy place. I only get maybe 4 trips per year because I’m not local. Almost as fun as the trip is making my plans! Of course I’m not going to bother yet and it makes me sad. Your posts are always informative. Thank you.
I think Disneyland might open before Disney World because California may safely come out of the pandemic sooner than Florida. Maybe June for Cali and July for Fla.
Whenever it happens, neither park will be the same because there will be precautions and behaviors in response to what has occurred.
Tom, I love that pic of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at night, with Matterhorn and the moon in the background. That is tight!!
I think things have a way of sorting themselves out. I’m volunteering as a first responder clinician. I accept a high degree of risk out of responsibility and service to my community,
but I also know how to use my gear to protect myself so it’s a calculated risk. I think people – including politicians and business people – will use their inherent levels of risk tolerance to navigate this road ahead. I personally will exercise a fair bit of caution, because I see what this virus is capable of on a regular basis.
So, in the words of the Mickey Mouse Club, I’ll “see you real soon” (as soon as I feel it’s safe!).
Appreciate your insight! There is sooooo much click bait online it’s nauseating!!! When the park opens it opens, today it’s closed. Hopefully it’s open tomorrow, probably not but I can hope. At this point I could write an article and say the parks won’t be open until 2025, after the first five waves of the virus passes and we go through three different vaccines. Too bad we can’t quarantine any author who publishes click bait for one year!
Right now I lean on the hope that the parks will be open soon. One day I will walk into the park again holding my son and wife’s hand. We will stand in front of the castle and say we made it!
Stay safe my friends!
What a lovely thought! It honestly made me a little tearful. I can’t wait until we can stand in that spot and do the same with my grown boys and our grandson. It’s gonna be a glorious moment.
I am waiting to see how Shanghai manages. The situation is different because of the country’s ability to force lockdown and get infection rates so low but I am curious to see how that potential opening goes. I’m also waiting to see how GA, TN and SC fair. If Shanghai or any of those states need to return to lock down I think 2021 isn’t unrealistic. As countries and states loosen restrictions if infections don’t surge and things remain controlled perhaps there is a way to safely open. We have a December trip planned and I’m 50-50 at this point on it happened, we already canceled the cruise portion of the trip because we just aren’t willing to cruise until there’s a vaccine. That’s a personal choice though.
THANK YOU for calling out the fear mongering and clickbait tactics that are INCREDIBLY rampant these last weeks, worse than ever! As always, I appreciate your thoughts and insights.
It’s truly not my intention to call anyone out. While I think clickbait can be a problem, it can also be difficult to avoid it (or the perception of it) with certain topics. Too many readers expect an entire article in a headline (as that’s all they read) and that’s simply not realistic, either.
@Tom
Excellent point. Many people don’t read beyond the lead in and refuse to consider other points of view. Also read an interesting study on how people who gather in like-minded groups reinforce each other’s views and thus become more polarized.
In.any case, your post was interesting and I urge you to keep providing all aspects of Disney related content as you have been.
I want to especially thank you for your last paragraph. There is so much out there (related to Disney or not) that is unkind, unwarranted, or downright ugly. One of the reasons that I appreciate your blog more than all the others is that you are adept at all aspects of it: gleefully sharing fun discoveries, cautiously exuding optimism, soberly and without sensationalism reporting on the more controversial Disney news, and most of all urging your readers to remember that civility and empathy go a very long way.
I have no predictions for the reopening. Our vacation is still planned for September, but even if Disney is open we will be keeping a very close eye on “the curve” and will reschedule if necessary. I believe the only certainty is that reopening too soon will lead to an increase in the death toll – something that everyone should agree is not worth it, no matter how much we want to take our Disney vacations.
Thank you for your continuing efforts, even (and especially) in these extraordinary times. You are always a shining example of bringing us the news we need, and the hope that all will be well again, eventually. We can wait.
lovely and accurate, designerdiana!
Obviously we are hoping for a June opening date…especially since we have an end of July trip planned. My unprofessional prediction is that they will start opening parts of Disney starting in June. The curve is flattening for now and I think they will take advantage of it while they can. If they have too close again due to another surge of COVID, I think that is something they will deal with later.
Tomorrow I’m picking Fast Passes at 7 am. I must confess some of the joy is missing. BUT it’ll be good practice for a month from now when I pick Fast Passes for the backup plan in August.
So when should I set up the backup plan to the backup plan?
Well, as Tom said, literally nobody knows.
I would make my alternative plans at least 2 to 3 months apart. The coronavirus situation isnt one where itll disappear suddenly in the span of 1 month. Itll be a gradual thing, as will be the return of the crowds. Even if you visit more than a month after reopening, you’re not gonna be stuck in a painfully crowded park. You might even benefit from having more performances and meets back up.
Love the final paragraph, Tom. Thank you!
Yes, I LOVE the last paragraph of this article.
Hi Tom
My guess is still mid June. It’s the time covid ran its course in China that Disney would be closed for. I don’t think anyone including Disney would like to wait 2021. I still wonder if people who test positive for antibodies might be a good risk.
No way they will stay closed for the rest of the year. My bet is September. Good post though.
@Dave
We should start a friendly, fun oriented reopening date pool. See who comes closest to the actual date and hour.
@Tom
You at all interested in keeping track of the predictions? One per poster?
Thank you for your thoughtful commentary. There are so many things to consider it is anyone’s guess as to when and how they will reopen. Having grown up in Florida I have been going to Disney since it opened and it has provided lots of joy for our family through all the years. Whatever they decide, my hopes remain with the health and safety of the cast members. When we are able to return let’s all be thoughtful and kind to the CM’s and our fellow guests.
Sorry Tom, I know you need to keep traffic coming but these all end up the same. The country is backwards at the moment. People putting money over health and well being. They cannot seem to separate the two. The medical professionals will tell us when it is safe and judging from that, yeah it is looking more and more into 2021. Logic rules. How can a place that handles so many people, coming from all over the world, open safely and guarantee that safety to its guests when we are battling something we cannot see and hides in people with no symptoms who pass it on to others? So many variables that theme parks might be able to control but so many more that they cannot. These conversations end up the same. Perhaps not writing another click and bait article on the matter would be logical until the medical folks and then local governments provide information. Otherwise, this is just a silly merry-go-round.
Seems like you didn’t read the whole article.
You have the option not to read Adam. In this surreal world where a lot of us have excess time on our hands, Tom’s posts are interesting reads. Thanks for taking the time to write these Tom.
I agree. These posts help me feel connected to Disney and other fans. We all need little boosts right now wherever we can find them. This is certainly a socially distant way to do so. Thanks Tom for adding a little bit of Disney to our days. Love the photos!
@Adam
There cannot be “health and well-being” without money and history proves that the government cannot keep printing currency without disastrous results. Like it or not, business will have to reopen and compromise will have to be made between medicine and commerce. That’s what life is; compromise.
I just read an interesting study conducted by engineers and statisticians with zero preconceptions that examined the statistical differences between countries and states that locked down and those that practiced social distancing and other precautions such as masks and sanitizer. There was no real difference between the two in deaths per million or hospitalizations. Whether or not you choose to believe this or not is up to you. How you approach what happens is also up to you, but it is interesting to note that I don’t know of one Coronavirus team that includes any economists, sociologists or psychologists. Under the circumstances I think that leaving the entirety of reopening decisions up to scientists, physicians and politicians is a great mistake.
@Adam
I’m amazed at how you can go on for several paragraphs stating not one actual, supportable fact, not rebutting any statements made, and with such obvious dislike for Americans. You also apparently ignore facts and fail to absorb what you’ve read. Don’t know where you are from and don’t care. I’m so glad that your country has the benefit of the pearl’s of wisdom and empathy you dispense. We poor, greedy self-centered millionaire Americans are obviously not worthy of your brilliance and insight. I’m also very glad that since we will not be fulfilling your so very realistic and well researched conditions for traveling to our country you will obviously be confining yourself to that locale for the foreseeable future.
If the parks were to reopen before a vaccine becomes publicly available, I expect Disney would restrict access to foreign travelers. Who in their right mind would travel to the US, to be quarantined for 14 days (and possibly another 14 days when they return to their home country) for the sake of a one-week vacation in WDW? That’s five weeks of travel, for one week of actual vacation. The time investment and cost is simply not feasible for most foreign visitors.
Peoples health and the economy are not mutually exclusive. I like many are lucky in that I can either a) work from home, or b) live off of savings or retirement, but many are not in that position and the longer the economy is shut down the more those peoples health is impacted. Neither can the government just keep handing out money, as it leads to higher inflation which creates even more poverty.
@nick and @jack – I truly hope more people grasp this concept and begin to understand. When I first had thoughts of Disney, Universal, etc. staying closed until 2021, my first thought was “wow…I can’t imagine the full impact that would make on the entire Orlando area”. I don’t have a trip planned this year, so I have no personal investment in them opening or not. I just find myself so worried for the communities who may suffer to the point it takes years…decades even…to bounce back as a result of what a shutdown means to them (and I mean health & wellness impact…not just $$).
Its true. There seems to be a high correlation of people preaching to stay at home that have an occupation that allows them to work from home. Things are fine and well right now while the government is signing checks for people who cannot work. In 10 weeks when things dry up, the whole tone of the country is going to change. In my part of the country, all the local governments have HUGE budget shortfalls already.
@DLaw
One of the more amusing things about reading these comments isthat when people present verifiable information, otherwise known as “facts” the rebuttals are almost purely opinion and emotional reaction. The primary reason for the lockdown was to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. In all but a few cases this worked so well that hospitals are now suffering from a lack of patients. And money. This because politicians would not allow them to use discretion in performing so-called elective surgery.
Now as we start to reopen people are still being lead to expect zero virus deaths and will predictably argue that the inevitable increase in infections and deaths is the fault of greedy businesses rather than the unnatural attenuation of herd immunity. People will also clamor for a vaccine and state that venues should not have reopened until one was available, regardless of the fact that a vaccine is at least a year away. They don’t choose to take the commercial impact into consideration, once again criticizing reopenings as motivated by greed.
In any case, those driven by emotions and opinions cannot be reasoned with. In essence they will believe politically motivated fabrications because they coincide with and reinforce their own beliefs. At present we are not being told the truth about reopening and people are being led to believe this reopening can be done and maintained at zero new deaths and infections if only we have X, Y or Z or just wait long enough. No politician has the guts to tell the truth, that there sometimes has to be a balance struck between lives and national interests. This happens in every country in the world. We are not unique.
And BTW Tom, you have lots of smart people who post here. Sometimes it’s a good thing to have some in the room. In their own way they try to share experience and enlighten people. We used to call them teachers.
Jack,
Tom did not say it was a bad thing to have smart people in the room.
What Tom said was that those who tout themselves as the smartest person in the room seldom are.
Tom also suggested that rather than condescendingly assuming you have the only valid perspective, have empathy.
Hmmm….
@Mallory
There is nothing wrong with people having emotional responses to a horrible situation nor is there anything wrong with having empathy for those people. There comes a point however, where constant emotional reaction in the face of an ongoing situation is counterproductive.
By training, first as a USMC officer, then as a firefighter, also an officer, and Paramedic as well as a field engineer, pretty much my entire life has been spent in positions where solving a problem was the objective. If people in those professions ran around with their hair on fire, wringing their hands and predicting doom, no fires would be put out, no battles won and no lives saved.
The worse the situation the more fact-based and well considered action and training is necessary. All aspects of a problem have to be taken into consideration, not just emotion, medicine, economics, psychology and commerce, and all play a part in solutions. If one can’t overcome emotion and become analytical when facing a problem of this magnitude, at least they can get out of the way of those trying to fo so. That’s why the general public is kept away from emergency situations. They are not trained and. even if well meaning, don’t know how to react.
Now in this situation, while most of us can’t help the professionals, what we CAN do is research and educate ourselves on how infections like this react and what to really expect in the future as we return to some sense of normal interaction and also what has really gone on with reference to mortality statistics and demographics.
This takes work and research beyond listening to talking heads on TV. It’s lots easier to spread fear and panic. Somewhere along the line empathy, while still being offered, has to take a back seat to fact-based action. In my opinion we are well beyond that point. What is that old saying again? “Lead, follow or get out of the way!”
@Adam You really need to read the last paragraph…
Think you for the informative predictions. Everything all over is up in the air. On a positive note, your photos are so positive! I particularly have my mouth watering for the sundae in Mickey pants!
I still say partial opening sometime in July.
We have a reservation in Aug that we are most likely to postpone for a year. 5 in our party are ages that are considered high risk, and from what I’m reading, when the park does open many things may be curtailed (e.g., some rides, parades, fireworks, etc.) This is a big event with a dozen of us coming,..we don’t want to spend $10,000+ and only get to experience part of the adventure. The only thing I struggle with is that we got park tickets ($1700) through the military and they expire at the end of the year. I’m hoping Disney will honor them in 2021, but haven’t gotten a response to that question yet. I hope we’re back to some semblance of normal soon, but I don’t think that will happen by Aug. k
“I’m hoping Disney will honor them in 2021, but haven’t gotten a response to that question yet.”
If Disney doesn’t do this, it’ll be incredibly disappointing–and counterproductive. Irrespective of when the parks actually reopen, if it occurs in the next 18-24 months, there are going to be a good number of guests who are justifiably apprehensive about visiting. Keeping the current expiration won’t “force” those people to visit–it’ll permanently alienate them.
Agreed. They would committing suicide by not extending tickets for 2-3 years. As this continues, if Disney wants to keep its loyal customer base and get newbies in, it would be in their best interest to extend a number of items across the land including tickets, reservation credits, DVC points for use year than cannot even be used, etc.
Thank you for the quick response to my musings. We will reschedule our trip for next year. The funds for travel and rooms will be tucked safely away, but that big a hit for the tickets will be harsh for someone on social security. I’ll be watching for updates as you get them. Thank you for the info you share and for taking the time to speak to us individually when necessary. k
I agree with that, Tom. Disney won’t want to make any moves that will alienate guests permanently. I can’t imagine they would just say ” too bad” to guests that have spent hundreds on tickets.
unless military tickets are different, the ticket may expire, but the amount paid can always be applied to a new ticket after it expires.
From disney ticketing site:
“The amount paid for an unused, expired ticket may be applied towards the purchase of a new ticket at the current price so long as the new ticket purchase price is equal to or greater than the amount paid for the original ticket.”
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/tickets/ticket-dates/
Kathy….in same situation. August trip with 11 (ages 5-59) and trying to assess delaying a year versus a (likely) much reduced experience. As a DVC owner, the joy of WDW is sort of stepping into an alternate universe. One that wouldn’t include masks, temperature checks, likely confrontations with those who have total disregard for others (yeah, line busters I’m talking to you). Just feels like even if open, it’s gonna be a challenging environment which is at odds with the intended experience. Just waiting so I can manage the cancellations & points situation. I did get my tickets through Undercover Tourist who did confirm use into 2022 FWIW.
Thank you for your response. Two in our party are in our 70s and on is in her 80s so very high risk and 2 of our kids are under 10 so medium risk so until things are truly under some control we need to hold off. I hope you all have a great time now matter when you get to go. It’ll be all the sweeter for the longer anticipation. k