COVID-19 & Coasters: Coronavirus Impacts on the Amusement Industry

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BGWnut said:
BGW won't. It's not serious enough in the states. There would need to be a quick and massive escalation for that to happen. There's only a handful of days and I think BGW is going to take the wait and see approach because this could end up being an issue that just doesn't spread as much as people are worried about
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I think this is a really good point. As the weather continues to get warmer the spreading will stop
 
Rheath said:
I think this is a really good point. As the weather continues to get warmer the spreading will stop
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Actually... I just got a briefing that infers the opposite. The problem with this particular disease is that it sheds before symptoms are apparent. Which means, if people are walking around feeling fine, they may be interacting as they normally would - thereby spreading the disease unknowingly. When the temperature warms up, more people are likely to be outside of their house which could exacerbate the frequency it spreads. So it's a wait and see kind of situation.

From my perspective, there's just so much we don't know.
 
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mtorange said:
I can’t help but wonder what the immediate effects will be here in Virginia. With both parks opening up very soon, is there a real possibility that they will delay their openings if COVID-19 gets too serious? And if so, how long? I keep seeing news reports on the possibility of cancelling events months into the future such as the Olympics in Tokyo, and I can’t help but wonder if we’ll see any extended closures of our beloved theme parks.

Man, I hope things get better soon; this is kinda scary. Also, it’s gonna be really sad if I can’t kick it up, up, up at Carnivale...
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Since Kings Dominion doesn't open until the end of the month, it seems to be at higher risk of delaying opening. BGW will almost certainly open this weekend, but it's very possible they would close when Kings Dominion does. I think BGW opening and then closing would be more disruptive operationally.
 
Right now VA isn't hit anywhere near as hard as some areas and we've yet to see any domestic coronavirus park closures. I definitely don't expect VA parks to be the first domino to fall.
 
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Back in 2009 / 2010 there was similar hysteria due to the H1N1 / Swine Flu... Does anyone remember any local or nationwide park impacts from that Pandemic?
 
H1N1 and COVID-19 are highly different...while H1N1 was contagious and dangerous, we knew significantly more about how it was transmitted. H1N1 also didn't have the delayed transmission like COVID-19 where an exposed person could be walking around spreading the virus for 2 weeks before they showed any symptoms. There's definitely some media-induced hysteria, but theme parks are risky contagion vectors for COVID-19 in ways that they weren't for H1N1. One asymptomatic exposed person waiting in line for a coaster could infect a lot of other people.
 
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Zachary said:
Major [citation needed] right here...
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I don't know if the question session is in this link within the video. I'm not taking the time to watch it again after seeing it live. It was mentioned during the announcement that warm weather should reduce the spread. I don't recall if the representative cited the source. Personally, I'm going with warm weather equals more people out equals more potential to spread.

NC Governor declare state of emergency.
 
A handful of cases will be a few dozen in a week and a few hundred in another week. Once that happens, places of mass gatherings will close in Virginia, as you don't want that infection number to become thousands or tens of thousands where the hospital system starts getting overwhelmed.
 
WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!

If you will excuse me I need to run to store to buy diapers, milk, water, and batteries.... (standard VA Beach emergency kit)
 
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The amount of misinformation out there bothers me a lot.

I literally read a post (not here) the other day that claimed "The death rate for Corona is 26% vs the flu 0.0004%".

Where do people come up with this garbage?
 
Flu fatality rate is 0.026% if you take the highest estimate of infected and the lowest estimate of deaths (ie, you are looking for a specific outcome by cherry picking data) from the CDC. 0.656% if you do the math the other way around. Probably more like 0.13% in reality. Currently, the US fatality rate is 3.9% [cdc stats] for Covid-19. A lot higher than the flu, but way less people infected (647) as opposed to the flu (35.5M for the 2018-2019 season)
 
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