Disney World to have little over 50% of hotels open by end of fiscal year
The reopening of the Walt Disney World hotels and resorts are taking place as demand is needed and more than half should be open by the end of the month, Christine McCarthy, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said during the Bank of America Virtual Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference on Thursday.
“Well, we’re really looking at maximizing – really utilizing that yield strategy. So, we’re not going to be opening up things if we don’t have sufficient demand. But by the end of this fiscal year, we expect to have a little over 50% of our hotels, resorts opened, and that also includes hotels, DVCs (Disney Vacation Clubs) that are being utilized currently with the NBA for housing, the NBA for operating in the bubble down in Orlando,” she said
The Walt Disney Co.’s 2020 fiscal year is complete at the end of September.
Disney has already changed the reopening dates of a few resorts presumably due to demand and also due to some refurbishment.
At this point, all of the Disney Vacation Club Resorts and a few of the hotels are open (see the list below), but it is unknown what room capacity is being used.
In addition, those that are open the Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is scheduled to reopen on Sept. 21. Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort will reopen on Oct. 14 and Disney’s Art of Animation Resort will reopen on Nov. 1. Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort will reopen sometime in summer 2021.
The resorts that are closed until further notice include:
- Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
- Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
- Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
- Disney’s Beach Club Resort,
- Disney’s BoardWalk Inn,
- Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
- Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
Disney World resorts that are currently open:
- Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
- Disney’s Beach Club Villas
- Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
- Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
- Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
- Disney’s Old Key West Resort
- Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
- Disney’s Pop Century Resort
- Disney’s Riviera Resort
- Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
- Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
- The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
