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Ok I was at UOR on Monday and Tuesday and they are definately having to work harder at diaper enforcement. I feel like I saw more people scolded in those two days than the rest of all the days since Rona started. People are definately fed up with them and it shows by afternoon. Busch Gardens Va on Thursday seemed to have way more "chinners" that ive seen before to included a ton of employees, not sure if that relates to the temp checks being gone and people see that as a sign they can get away with more or not. Now take Disney this weekend, they seem to be much more lax now than ever.I only saw one yelow shirt all weekend and none around the hub at park close where they were swarming just 3 weeks before. Photopass encourages mask removal for photos where other guests are walking past only 2-3 feet away many times on Main Street USA. You can now get away with sitting about anywhere for extended pariods as long as there is a drink near you. Heck cast members dont even have to wear the face shields. At Crystal Palace they were handing out cups of water on the porch as you entered then when you were seated you were told you had to keep your mask on until "drinks arrived"....but since you had one from walking in you were good. Epcot people are everywhere walking with beverages and no one is saying anything, I did it numerous times. American Gardens theater, numerous people watching an entire set maskless with a beer in their hands. Orlando International wasted no time in changing sinage from 6 foot to 3 foot and TSA today was all but physically pushing you into the person in front of you to cram as many people through as they could. In ORF just 6 weeks ago SWA was still not doing their line up procedure to "promote distancing" but that was gone on Friday, now its back to the same cluster fuck of people cramed elbows to assholes as before trying to squeeze in to get that good seat.
 
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For what it is worth, your description does not match my experience at Uni yesterday and today.
And aparently your experience dosnet match mine....whatever. Heck I didnt even end up with any photos od the VelociCoaster with everyone wearing masks. My best photo and both front seat riders they were well down around the chin.
 
So far today at DHS I've been super impressed with mask compliance. It's a humid day out here and non-stationary mask compliance is still very high. Queue distancing markers still seem to be followed here too.

Over at Uni masking was still pretty good, but distancing had been essentially completely abolished from what I could tell.
 
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Hersheypark becomes the first park to eliminate their mask requirement and social distancing guidelines for vaccinated individuals after the CDC’s guidance earlier today.

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This policy is fucked. They have no enforcement mechanism to deal with unvaccinated people and no vaccine requirement to enter the park. It is expressly counter to the newly announced CDC guidance and Hershey deserves SERIOUS criticism for this move in my opinion.

That's not to discount the responsibility the state of Pennsylvania holds here either though. The fact that Pennsylvania's department of health is allowing Hershey to make this clearly-counter-to-CDC-guidance decision is entirely unacceptable.

Shame on Hershey and shame on Pennsylvania.
 
So in the BGW COVID impact thread when I asked how do you mix vaccinated with non-vaccinated, and the response was “the CDC has a chart”....this is exactly what I was referring to.
 
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In Hershey's defense, I'm not sure how sustainable it would be for them to keep a mask policy in place absent federal or state policy. HP has a different market demographic than say Disney or even SEAS, they have to compete with Cedar Point who also dumped masks, and they arent a national chain that can just put a corporate policy in place and shift blame for policies their customers dont like.
 
In Hershey's defense, I'm not sure how sustainable it would be for them to keep a mask policy in place absent federal or state policy. HP has a different market demographic than say Disney or even SEAS, they have to compete with Cedar Point who also dumped masks, and they arent a national chain that can just put a corporate policy in place and shift blame for policies their customers dont like.

Actually that's exactly what should happen. They can do what they want with corporate policy. They are just closing not to at this point. And to not enforce anything.

Being from south central PA, I can tell you this is gonna be a complete shit show. I'd avoid HP this year TBH.
 
So in the BGW COVID impact thread when I asked how do you mix vaccinated with non-vaccinated, and the response was “the CDC has a chart”....this is exactly what I was referring to.

I honestly didn't think anyone would move THIS swiftly to "it's an honor system." If I were a parent with children who had planned a trip to Hersheypark sometime this summer, I would have a lot of questions about the risks they'll face given they're unable to be vaccinated.
 
This policy is fucked. They have no enforcement mechanism to deal with unvaccinated people and no vaccine requirement to enter the park. It is expressly counter to the newly announced CDC guidance and Hershey deserves SERIOUS criticism for this move in my opinion.

That's not to discount the responsibility the state of Pennsylvania holds here either though. The fact that Pennsylvania's department of health is allowing Hershey to make this clearly-counter-to-CDC-guidance decision is entirely unacceptable.

Shame on Hershey and shame on Pennsylvania.

Arguments I have heard for Hershey's policy relates to the Hippocratic Oath, HIPAA, and ADA... which...

None of the three hit anywhere near a private company simply requiring customers to wear masks. I'm just tired of the stupid, I really am.
 
Arguments I have heard for Hershey's policy relates to the Hippocratic Oath, HIPAA, and ADA... which...

None of the three hit anywhere near a private company simply requiring customers to wear masks. I'm just tired of the stupid, I really am.
The argument for HP is financial. Last summer they let pass holders get refunds if they wanted to based on the COVID policy including masks (which is more than can be said for several other parks). This gave HP actual data to see how disliked the policy actually was and not just rhetorical data from FB posts. My guess is that financial data was bad enough that they felt the need to relax conditions as soon as policy warranted for their customer base.
 
Bravo Hershey……looks like it’s time to make a trip up to show support for their decision by buying park tickets.
 
My guess is that financial data was bad enough that they felt the need to relax conditions as soon as policy warranted for their customer base.
I mean, yes, this is capitalism. But the fact they dropped this policy with zero clarification, without preparing an update to their COVID policy page, and haven’t replied to any of the people voicing concerns about the safety for kids who CANNOT be vaccinated in particular? That strikes me as wildly miscalculated: I refuse to believe any financial situation justifies rushing out this announcement with no attention to the careful messaging necessary around such matters.
 
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I mean, yes, this is capitalism. But the fact they dropped this policy with zero clarification, without preparing an update to their COVID policy page, and haven’t replied to any of the people voicing concerns about the safety for kids who CANNOT be vaccinated in particular? That strikes me as wildly miscalculated: I refuse to believe any financial situation justifies rushing out this announcement with no attention to the careful messaging necessary around such matters.
Hershey’s social media I’ve found tends to communicate quickly and incrementally before they have a full policy and implementation in place, which I actually think is a good thing since it’s a more open conversation than getting a carefully tailored message late in the game. That said, they do end up walking some policy changes back or changing them multiple times in communication as things evolve. From a brand perspective I think they create a stronger bond with customers by telling them what they are doing even if the details are still being worked out.
 
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Yea getting small
kids to wear them
even when all the adults have them
on has been a problem….but do they really think they will be able to enforce that when no adults are wearing them?
 
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