COVID-19’s Impacts on BGW
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Hence why most courts are closed. Then again it doesn't allow for certain filings that don't require that.
Didn't realize they were closed as I thought that could create some due process issues, not to mention I understand most courts already had a super long backlog before all this began.
Just because an outbreak happens in the vicinity of BGW doesn't mean it can be tracked to them specifically. Due to how fast it spreads as well as how silent it can spread, you may end up seeing an outbreak all throughout Hampton Roads where most employees live and where most locals are coming from. There wouldn't be a clear cut way to determine it came from the park.
For example, you can have several people visit the park on the same day and time, but then five days later some of them show symptoms, and then another three days later the rest show symptoms. Because the symptoms, if visible, can show up at any time within two weeks it would be difficult to say it was BGW specifically. They may have all visited the same day, but who is to say they didn't pick it up at a gas station before getting to the park. Or maybe they happened to visit a nearby McDonalds within the past two weeks. You can't be definitive, without a doubt.
I seem to remember a measles outbreak at Disneyland, yet to my knowledge, no one ever sued Disney.
For example, you can have several people visit the park on the same day and time, but then five days later some of them show symptoms, and then another three days later the rest show symptoms. Because the symptoms, if visible, can show up at any time within two weeks it would be difficult to say it was BGW specifically. They may have all visited the same day, but who is to say they didn't pick it up at a gas station before getting to the park. Or maybe they happened to visit a nearby McDonalds within the past two weeks. You can't be definitive, without a doubt.
I seem to remember a measles outbreak at Disneyland, yet to my knowledge, no one ever sued Disney.
I just watched today’s Virginia coronavirus press conference and the “summer and fall” statement was in regards to efforts on testing, not stay at home orders or the like.
That is a far harder question to answer. I would imagine that it would largely depend on what steps were taken to try and protect the employees. Also as s stated earlier showing a strong enough link to prove that it was from the work place might be hard. The other factor might be what significant rate of danger this thing poses in the end. There are several studies that are pointing to this being relatively mild in the vast majority of cases IF the percent of cases that are severe enough to cause significant medical problems is in line with say the flu then it legal would be difficult to try and hold an employer liable for just this disease IF the percent that are serious is significantly high then that is a far easier case to make. So in short I may well be way to early to form a legal opinion on this.
UPDATE: SeaWorld to offer $227.5 million of senior secured notes in private deal
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$227.5 million would cover them for about 9 months at the $25million a month listed in the article they spend a month right now.
I am struggling with the charging of monthly pass payments by SEAS. I personally don't mind the monthly charge despite not being able to use my pass however, I know that many people are subject to financial hardship currently and shouldn't be subject to a charge like this. The company should have already made a press release and proactively suspended payments similar to virtually all of the competitors in the industry.
I don't blame that on BGW management- I blame upper management at SEAS consisting mostly of folks that lack theme park industry experience. This decision can negatively impact the strong brand name of Busch Gardens within our local communities. That concerns me.
Given the announcement earlier this week about additional liquidity that was secured by SEAS, perhaps we may see a reversal of this practice soon.
I don't blame that on BGW management- I blame upper management at SEAS consisting mostly of folks that lack theme park industry experience. This decision can negatively impact the strong brand name of Busch Gardens within our local communities. That concerns me.
Given the announcement earlier this week about additional liquidity that was secured by SEAS, perhaps we may see a reversal of this practice soon.
With the additional liquidity, there's no reason they should keep charging members. It was somewhat understandable before with SEAS' cash crunch, but now it's a really questionable practice.
So you have a park to return to when this is all done?
The only end benefit you may receive is if you email them now and attempt to get on some kind of unofficial list, basically a complaint list and hope that enough of us complain to get some tiny benefit in the end. In other words, a wing and a prayer.
For full disclosure, I emailed SEAGuestRelationsTeam@seaworld.com and explained my concerns about paying for a benefit I cannot possibly use right now and asked for it to be noted that I am asking for a future benefit once the parks are open. They responded back asking for my pass IDs, which gives me some hope it will be registered in their system somehow.
I plan to "bother" them via email on a regular basis in hopes that I complain my way to a benefit in the end. A sad state of affairs, but it is easier for them to take the money now and beg for forgiveness later than it is to forego the money now and hope for the best. A dreary outlook/justification on my part.
I thought they have been pretty clear in their FAQ.
I have not fulfilled my initial 12 month payments, so I take them at their word that they will extend my membership for free once the park opens.
For memberships on EZ pay that have already fulfilled their initial 12 month SeaWorld needs to be contacted as described by futureshock above. (which I admit is a weird system)
I have not fulfilled my initial 12 month payments, so I take them at their word that they will extend my membership for free once the park opens.
For memberships on EZ pay that have already fulfilled their initial 12 month SeaWorld needs to be contacted as described by futureshock above. (which I admit is a weird system)
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My guess would be (without knowing how the backend of their system works) is that the initial 12 month agreement needs to be paid, and once you are past that you are considered "month-to-month" by the system, so they have to manually override an 'end date' extension. Rather than go through the system for every member to figure out who they need to do that to, they are relying on the customer to call in to do so.
Thanks for clarifying, I assumed most of us were on the EZ pay plan and outside of the initial 12 months; appreciate the correction.
Either way, I recommend complaining.