COVID-19’s Impacts on BGW

[warfelg]

Day 2 no BGW:
Got in the car, drove into the woods, told my passengers to "don't look back as you brave the Black Forest". They look confused as I gunned it.

 

[Turbo]

Did anyone get an email about the pass credit? Add on a free month? How does that make sense for monthly payments?

 

[Applesauce]

I got the email. And it doesn't make a ton of sense for those of us who pay monthly.

It's a nice gesture at the very least, for those who paid in full.

 

[Beachokie]

I’d gladly trade the month for them to pay the hourly employees during the time off as I’m sure many on here would too.

 

[Mushroom]

I’d gladly trade the month for them to pay the hourly employees during the time off as I’m sure many on here would too.

I don’t see how the two issues are related at all.

 

[Zachary]

I don't want to speak for @Beachokie, but for me personally, I'd rather BGW keep all of the money I committed to pay them for a year and use that money to take care of their struggling, out of work employees.

 

[Beachokie]

I don’t see how the two issues are related at all.

if they are giving members a free month at the expense of paying out of work employees, I’d rather them pay the employees.

HOPEFULLY they are doing both. But IF it’s one or the other, I’d rather the employees be paid.

 

[Beachokie]

I don't want to speak for @Beachokie, but for me personally, I'd rather BGW keep all of the money I committed to pay them for a year and use that money to take care of their struggling, out of work employees.

My thoughts exactly. You’d assume those of us that purchase memberships to a theme park are at least financially stable enough to eat a month when the park is closed. Some of the employees might not be in as good of a financial standing

 

[Mushroom]

I don't want to speak for @Beachokie, but for me personally, I'd rather BGW keep all of the money I committed to pay them for a year and use that money to take care of their struggling, out of work employees.

Isn't it putting a little too much faith into BGW to think they'd actually give that money to the employees who aren't working? I think that money would more likely be used to just pad the bottom line.

 

[Zachary]

Isn't it putting a little too much faith into BGW to think they'd actually give that money to the employees who aren't working? I think that money would more likely be used to just pad the bottom line.

Maybe, but we're saying what we think it should be used for.

 

[horsesboy]

I will also say that if my extra 15 dollars a month or so is kept and goes to help someone get paid that I will not complain at all.

 

[madmax]

I assume that when they do come back they’d have a member preview day still?

 

[horsesboy]

I assume that when they do come back they’d have a member preview day still?

Quite possibly as many of the same things that preview day helps them work out will still need to be worked out. But they also might be interested in rushing to open to the general public to recoup what they can of the season. We are in completely uncharted territory and can't assume anything.

 

[CastleOSullivan]

I hope they still have a preview day. I love seeing the cheesy theatrics in the town hall meetings.

 

[UncleDuncan]

My guess: opening day will be much later than April 1st, and because of that there will be no preview day.

 

[warfelg]

My guess: opening day will be much later than April 1st, and because of that there will be no preview day.

CDC just put out recommending limiting gatherings to under 50 people for 8 weeks.

 

[UncleDuncan]

CDC just put out recommending limiting gatherings to under 50 people for 8 weeks.

Hope you guys like Disney parks because I think they're the only entity who have the capacity to withstand keeping their doors shuttered that long.

 

[Nicole]

Here is the link for reference (thanks to @Gavin, because I didn’t initially see it buried behind a link).

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Find links to guidance and information on all topics related to COVID-19, including the COVID-19 vac

www.cdc.gov

 

[madmax]

Do theme parks count as “social gatherings”?

 

[warfelg]

Do theme parks count as “social gatherings”?

That's a little up in air as I read. They might qualify it as a business, but businesses could also taking about office buildings given what's going on with bars/pubs/restaurants.