Just got back last night from a quick Friday-Monday trip.
Friday: DHS and Epcot
I didn't do my research before RoTR, so missed a BG when I wasn't familiar with the new screen/confirm party step. Practice is definitely worth the effort! (Although I guess that is soon going to be a moot point with standby starting...). Surprisingly I got a lot done on Friday, DD went to Epcot while I went alone to DHS. Did Slinky at rope drop, then headed to Mania (no wait, just a temporary delay as the ride must have gone down and the people on it were allowed to reenter first).
Then I went to Tower, which we were asked to leave the line after a 20-minute wait since it was down. Then did MMRR, maybe a 30-minute wait. Missed the Frozen show by 1 minute, so headed to Star Tours (walk-on) and then I went into GE and hopped on the single rider line for Smugglers. I wasn't interested in Aliens, Muppets, or the movies for this trip. Made the 11:30 Frozen show and then the 1 p.m. Beauty and the Beast where I got a BG while waiting at 1 pm drop.
After that, I headed to Epcot to catch up with DD. It was more crowded there. Food lines in World Showcase were kinda long, at least for my patience (lol). We did Spaceship Earth, Frozen, and Caballeros. I think we then did some walking around WS and then at 5 p.m. I went back to DHS for Rise. The virtual queue sped up and I was being called about an hour earlier than expected. After that, I hopped on ToT and it was running, I think I waited maybe 20 minutes. Then back to Epcot and watched 2 shows by The Hooligans, wandered around WS, and then Epcot Forever.
Saturday: MK, AK, and EP
MK was on Saturday and it was not crazy busy, but definitely busier than previous visits over the past year (June was the last one). We rode Pirates, JC, Tikis, HM, Liberty Belle, PP, and CoP before 1 pm. DD can't do coasters so didn't attempt to do those rides. I hopped over to AK for EE, Lion King Show, and potentially FoP. FoP was consistently 65-75 minutes and it was raining, so never got to that. EE was awesome, I hit it before the rain and then booked it over to Lion King. Sadly, they were having technical difficulties so canceled the final 2 shows of the day. So I headed over to Epcot to ride Soarin' since I'd missed it the day before, and then catch another Hooligans performance since it was so awesome. That's the one thing Disney is truly lacking right now is entertainment and this gave the park the "Epcot vibe" I used to love so much. After that, I went back to MK to see Happily Ever After. Hub was pretty crowded and finding a spot where you were allowed to stand was tough. I should have branched out to the sides to look (as DD learned the next night!) but I was tired and was trying to meet up with DD.
Sunday: Boo Bash
Boo Bash was fun, but I wouldn't do it again, at least not at the price they're charging. Nowhere near as cool as
MNSSHP and too short of time for the price point. I would have rather done a day ticket instead. I'd never done an after-hours, but this felt busier than it should have been from what I've read previously. Wait times for rides were relatively low though, 7DMT was posted 45 minutes, I don't think I waited for 15. Splash went down when we were on it, so that wasted a lot of time. We sat in one spot for about 15 minutes. Cavalcades were neat, I love these. but a parade for this type of event, along with entertainment (characters were sparse) would have made it worth the price IMO.
I think rope drop is still totally worth it. On Saturday, we were switching from ASMO to Contemporary and I didn't set my alarm correctly haha (pm instead of am) so we walked into MK maybe shortly after 9 a.m. We were still able to get stuff done (but weren't going for the most popular rides either), but had we been in front of the line, I think we would have gotten way more done earlier. DHS rope drop was definitely what got me on Slinky relatively quickly. I usually head to Tower for rope drop, but wanted to do this one first and decided where to go at rope drop on a whim once I was in the park.
Also, a CM at Chef Mickey told us that while some restaurant social distancing was still happening, all that is going to end on October 1st.