Why Is Disney World Canceling Food and FastPass+ Reservations for All of 2020?

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is still six weeks away from reopening its Florida theme parks, but there are a lot of moving parts to this massive undertaking. Unlike its smaller rivals, which will be opening within the next two weeks, Disney World is a resort that greets more than 60 million visitors a year through the turnstiles of its six gated attractions. There are more than 35,000 rooms available across its on-site lodging options, and visitors are making dining reservations as much as 180 days in advance and squaring away access to expedited FastPass+ queues as long as 60 days out.

A lot of that will change when Disney restarts its theme park operations on July 11. It is currently not selling park admission tickets or making new hotel and dining reservations. It's in the process of rolling out a new reservation system whereby guests will have to claim one of the limited number of spots available to visit a certain park on any given day. In gearing up for the new normal, Disney stunned many of its theme park fans on Thursday night by canceling all dining and FastPass+ reservations through the end of the year. It's a sobering reminder that the new normal may linger for more than just a couple of months.

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