COVID-19’s Impacts on BGW

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GrantLee123 said:
WDW has dropped outdoor masks as well, so I’d expect SEAS to follow soon
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They already did...

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I’m not too pressed about Hershey’s decision. If you’re fully vaccinated you don’t need a mask. We’ve been following CDC guidelines this whole time. CDC guidelines state that those who aren’t vaccinated need them and those who are don’t need them. This forum seemed to always side with “well the...
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GrantLee123 said:
It doesn’t, but logically now that VA is doing the same thing the same policy will take effect
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Not necessarily Busch still has the right to set their own policies. The governors official statement actually mentions that. Cities and counties also have the right to set their own policies under the order. Busch has done several guest surveys on the mask policy so I assume that they have a pretty decent feel for how many of their guest feel about the matter so any decisions that we see may be telling as to what the general response they are getting is.
 
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I wouldn't suggest going to BGW without having a mask at least with you for now. I witnessed some pretty nasty scenes when I was out at lunch today. The place I went to still requires a mask unless you are eating or drinking. When several people walked in without masks they were told they were required and one went so far as to push the hostess out of the way and walk into the dining room. Got pretty argumentative after that. I'm surprised the PD wasn't called for assault. I would say I saw a total of maybe 8 people walk in without masks. Two elderly women had some choice words about masks. It would have been funny except for the hostess being talked to that way. She is just doing her job.

I think all this has done is confused the issue even further and is going to lead to a whole lot more confrontations just like that.
 
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Memles said:
It looks like the SEAS policy has made its way north.

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The real question for all of this is is it honor system? Because with some of the stores that have dropped reqs, they have said they’re leaving it to the guests.
 
GrantLee123 said:
The real question for all of this is is it honor system? Because with some of the stores that have dropped reqs, they have said they’re leaving it to the guests.
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SEAS' policy is honor system, so this is identical to that. (I suppose it's POSSIBLE they go the Disney route and require masks indoors, but that wasn't what they did in Florida and it seems unlikely they do it here.)
 
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GrantLee123 said:
The real question for all of this is is it honor system? Because with some of the stores that have dropped reqs, they have said they’re leaving it to the guests.
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Seems as though it is. So many stores and business are asking for a mess with this.
 
Rothbury said:
I wouldn't suggest going to BGW without having a mask at least with you for now. I witnessed some pretty nasty scenes when I was out at lunch today. The place I went to still requires a mask unless you are eating or drinking. When several people walked in without masks they were told they were required and one went so far as to push the hostess out of the way and walk into the dining room. Got pretty argumentative after that. I'm surprised the PD wasn't called for assault. I would say I saw a total of maybe 8 people walk in without masks. Two elderly women had some choice words about masks. It would have been funny except for the hostess being talked to that way. She is just doing her job.

I think all this has done is confused the issue even further and is going to lead to a whole lot more confrontations just like that.
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At that point the person in charge needs to kick the idiots out. Crazy it didn’t happen.
 
mtorange said:
If you are a guest that is fully vaccinated, you do not have to wear a mask in the park at all.

However, if you are an employee that is fully vaccinated, you still are required to wear a mask in all areas of the park (for now).

Does anyone else find that kind of odd?

More info here:

https://www.wavy.com/news/health/co...mask-requirement-for-fully-vaccinated-guests/
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Not at all. As explained to me by my employer, we interact with a higher number of guests than the students will with each other, so we’re still at a higher risk of possibly (remotely) transmitting. So it’s still about safety.
 
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warfelg said:
Not at all. As explained to me by my employer, we interact with a higher number of guests than the students will with each other, so we’re still at a higher risk of possibly (remotely) transmitting. So it’s still about safety.
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Two things. First, I imagine it's probable that the park might desire to have employees prove vaccination in order to be exempt from the policy, and that takes time. Additionally, it will be some time before 15-year-olds are fully vaccinated, in terms of their youngest employees. So for now it's probably easier to leave the masking in place until they figure out a plan.

But the other factor is that technically speaking, the park hasn't revised its distancing guidelines at all (at least based on the WAVY story), and employees can't socially distance.
 
mtorange said:
If you are a guest that is fully vaccinated, you do not have to wear a mask in the park at all.

However, if you are an employee that is fully vaccinated, you still are required to wear a mask in all areas of the park (for now).

Does anyone else find that kind of odd?

More info here:

https://www.wavy.com/news/health/co...mask-requirement-for-fully-vaccinated-guests/
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No not for a couple of reasons.

One it's easier for an employer to have one dress code/conduct code for all employees from an HR perspective. This also avoids Hipa concerns about widely sharing vaccinated status with different front line managers who would be responsible for enforcement of compliance of nonvaccinate employees in their area.

Two while remote even vaccinated people do catch it. Yes it's less severe but you CAN still potentially catch it especially with an already stressed workforce don't you want to do everything possible to keep everyone healthy and able to work.

Three again Sea did several surveys and one of the questions asked was would mask uses by employees and not a requirement for guest make you more or less likely to visit? Let's assume that they had a high number of more likely responses why not go with a policy that your customers base is supporting? This is in my opinion highly likely as why I will be glad to get rid of mine the thought of someone that I don't know if I can trust is being honest about their status is either handling my food unmasked or leaning into my personal space to check a restraint would still make me uneasy.

Four. The liability of an employee catching it and spreading it to multiple guests is the stuff lawyers dream of. This is especially true if a large percentage of your clients are people who are not vaccinatable as is the case with the parks.
 
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So, I guess this begs the question of reservations. I would assume once the rest of the restrictions are lifted on May 28 the park will open and operate on a normal schedule. So, when do we no longer need to make reservations?
 
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