Here Now & Just Back WDW Reopening Experiences Including Park Hopping

[Lsdolphin]

I was also questioning this. I fly easily 10x a year and always pack hairspray. Apparently toiletries are different I did ask Mr. Google

I checked with google and “she” said aerosol sprays that touch your skin/hair are considered toiletries and are allowed...paints, thinners, disinfectant sprays....are banned

 

[Betty Rohrer]

Does anyone know if it’s ok to take a aerosol can of Lysol spray in checked luggage via SWA?

just watch where you spray when in parks, not your room, as some people are allergic. for me if you sprayed a lap bar at a ride if I was on next spot I would be needing EMTs by time your lap bar was fasten and I would have no way to escape

 

[Salf777]

Was there from 11/08 - 11/12.
Drove up with friends and we received our room numbers on the drive up. Arrived at the Grand Floridan hotel and staff was all there and willing to help. We only had carry one so we took our own bags. Room clean and fresh plastic over tv remote, plastic and paper cups for coffee. Dropped our stuff and hopped on a bus to Epcot. Bus pulled up in like 2 minutes and virtually empty. Epcot being so big never felt crowded except for a few tight spots here and there. Test Track posted 35 minutes on and off the ride in 25. Soaring also posted 35 minutes basically a walk on until we got to boarding area and had to wait for the next flight. Some lines in the countries Mexico Pavillion and Frozen ever after stated close to an hour all day so we never actually tried those. Great days a lot of construction but still it’s Epcot and so much fun. Dinner at Chefs De France which I will say was a little off, maybe because the usual waiters weren’t there it seemed like the wait staff wasn’t as familiar with everything. Don’t get me wrong they were wonderful and helpful just felt a little off. Place was packed (tables distant of course) and the cast members said they were so happy to be back to work and busy and doing well!

Back to hotel to Enchanted Rose for a drink and it was great beautiful lounge and just looking at all the detail is fun

Next day animal kingdom. Again a bus, no wait early in the morning bus right there when we got to bus stop. Walked in new security is amazing walked over to safari and on in 5. Over to Everest basically a walk on. We arrived at the park early and they let people in early and attractions were running obviously to avoid the crowds at rope drop. If you can get to a park early they were lett us in and we were able to knock out a few major attractions before official opening time. Hit everything basically and then went to Nomad Lounge for a drink and some snacks. Great food, great atmosphere to sit and take a break! Flight of Passage listed at 45 minutes and the line looked sooooooo long. It went really fast and our wait time was about 30 minutes and totally worth it my first time on. Dinner at iL Mulino in the Swan food was very good.

Magic Kingdom took the monorail and was there pre open and went right to Pirates which was a walk on. Walked over to Peter Pan walk on, then over to Big Thunder 5 minutes and Splash about 5 minutes. After that was official park opening and lines got longer but never to bad! We did basically everything. Lunch at Cinderellas Royal Table. Service was outstanding.

Let me interject that my wife has a food allergy and we had one extra person with us. All our reservations were for 4 people and we showed up with 5. Every restaurant the chef came out and gave her options of what to eat. Every place accommodating the extra person! I believe the service in Disney has been stepped up to another level simply amazing.
Ok so now dinner at Be Our Guest! Waiter was awesome. Just wanted to take care of us got us ”special coffees” his special blend he said. Just great. Rode everything we wanted and in the evening walked the stores and saw the castle holiday projections. Perfect end to perfect day.
Last day Hollywood Studios. We were lucky enough to get ROTR boarding. Again arrived early got in early Tower of Terror and Rockin Roller Coaser down in 40 minutes. Hit a few others and went over to ROTR while the ladies didn’t want to go so they sat at the Tap House and had a beer flight and pretzel which they said was excellent. ROTR was just amazing another level attraction. off To Disney Springs and Boathouse for dinner which was excellent

Conclusion, Disney feels the safest it’s been (felt safer there then local supermarket), cleanest it’s ever been. yes at times there were crowds but it’s still less than normal and while there may be less shows and all in my opinion its Being well handled and yes you may wait on a line but it’s nothing compared to peak times pre corona. Plus we felt very relaxed with one park a day took our time (although excited park hopping coming back)and just enjoyed everything without planning where to go next. Enjoyed every park and leisurely walking and where normally if something had a long line we said we’ll pass now we just get on and wait and those long lines aren’t really that long.

Cast Members are just outstanding! Happy to be working and going that extra mile. Always a hello, always a helping hand. Parks and hotels are clean, clean, clean! Hotel didn’t have housekeeping every day but we didn’t care. If we needed coffee or towels we called and it was there in 5 minutes. Loved the characters out and about and the cavalcade‘s. It’s almost better just walking along and looking up and seeing Chip and Dale on a balcony somewhere or Poo chasing butterflies!

it’s different but it’s good. Just my humble opinion

 

[Lsdolphin]

just watch where you spray when in parks, not your room, as some people are allergic. for me if you sprayed a lap bar at a ride if I was on next spot I would be needing EMTs by time your lap bar was fasten and I would have no way to escape

Was only planning to spray in room, would feel pretty stupid walking parks with a can of Lysol!

 

[Betty Rohrer]

Was only planning to spray in room, would feel pretty stupid walking parks with a can of Lysol!

I have read where people wanted to do this is parks and yes I am that allergic to spray Lysol and I react that quick. the ones I read planned to carry in backpack and take out as they needed. right now I wont fly because of this. this happened years ago but ended up causing a plane to be very delayed at the gate causing the one who sprayed yo miss her connecting flight. causing her allergy child to be on plane longer than planned. she wanted me put off as soon as I was having trouble breathing yelled at FAs as they had to wait for EMTs to arrive and say either I could fly or they remove me. can you see why I worry when I see this mentioned

 

[cp1116]

Just walked past a young couple snorting lines on the drawbridge walkway connecting liberty square to frontier land. Security walking that way. There really is a definite need for more cast members out and and about.

 

[WEDWDW]

Just walked past a young couple snorting lines on the drawbridge walkway connecting liberty square to frontier land. Security walking that way. There really is a definite need for more cast members out and and about.

Sounds like some Nose Peepers!lol

 

[NashvilleMama]

just watch where you spray when in parks, not your room, as some people are allergic. for me if you sprayed a lap bar at a ride if I was on next spot I would be needing EMTs by time your lap bar was fasten and I would have no way to escape

THIS! I'm like this too and I have a really hard time with even commercial cleaning agents in some hotels. I cannot fathom getting on a ride right after someone sprayed (vs. wiped) it down.

 

[VandVsmama]

Was only planning to spray in room, would feel pretty stupid walking parks with a can of Lysol!

You could achieve the same by just bringing Clorox wipes.

 

[Lsdolphin]

You could achieve the same by just bringing Clorox wipes.

I’m coming with my 89 yr old mother...I would like to do both disinfectant wipes and an overall spray of room...but not willing to bring something on a plane that’s banned...

 

[NJlauren]

Looking for pandemic packing tips from anyone just back. We leave in a week and are driving. I have the usual big general Disney packing lists I’ve found online but wondering if there are things you all found useful or wish you had brought for “pandemic Disney?” There will be five of us with 3 kids ages 6, 10 and 12.

Extra masks, we have a mix of reusable and disposable, and change them out. We also have mask chains to let them hang around your neck, my daughter and I like them, for quick stops, so we don’t need to figure out what to do with the mask.

Have fun!

 

[VandVsmama]

I’m coming with my 89 yr old mother...I would like to do both disinfectant wipes and an overall spray of room...but not willing to bring something on a plane that’s banned...

Maybe have it shipped to the hotel before your arrival?

 

[NJlauren]

Did HS today, was over all a great day, the morning was a bit rough slinky didn’t open till after 10, and Minnie and Mickey Rail went down in the morning as well.

We had secured boarding group 76.

Here is what we got done, we go there shortly before 10, me and DD2 headed for Railway, and DH and DD6 head to tower of terror. Railway was a 90 minute wait so we headed to toy story land the line for slinky was insane (DD2 is to short anyway). We went to TSMM and were off by 1030, then did aliens, DH and DD6 were off tower of terror by 1040 and saw some cavalcades and headed to meet us, they jumped on the TSMM and we all did that again. We were off that at 1130.

We ordered lunch at back lot, and took a little bit of a break, it was hot and lines were all pretty long, and the girls were already a bit tired and hot.

Around 1245 we decided to split up again, DH and DD2 did Disney Junior, me and DD6 did rocking rollercoaster. We met up after and headed to Minnie and Mickey run away railway, which was about 35 minute wait and not to bad. Our boarding group got called right around 245, we split up and did rider swap. Me and DD6 went first and had a short wait but not to bad, we were off a bit before 330. Then while DH and DD6 did Rise me and DD2 did muppets. After Muppets we decided to head out. We did have a dinner reservation but decided the kids probably would do really well with it.

Overall we think the day went really well, it was a bit annoying how our boarding group fell, since ideally we would have taken a break 1-3/4 but then we would have missed the boarding group.

The park was really crowded, but it feels more crowded because of how the lines are setting up, the only thing I really would have wanted to didn’t get to do was slinky, but was fine skipping it.

Tomorrow is AK, but planning for only a half day.

 

[yulilin3]

Just walked past a young couple snorting lines on the drawbridge walkway connecting liberty square to frontier land. Security walking that way. There really is a definite need for more cast members out and and about.

no matter how many CM are out there these sort of things, and worse, happen every day. Oh the stories I've heard from my CM friends and family

 

[BridgetR3]

Well after our crazy morning in Epcot lines with breakdowns, we decided to just skip rides in the morning and do the countries. We had a great time eating around the world and then began riding again at Figment. Our luck reared its ugly head one more time as we had to be escorted off of figment when it broke down mid ride. However the rest of the evening was nice. We never did make it back to frozen but we were able to do everything else.

 

[p44nmun]

I really enjoy reading about everyone’s trip reports. Sounds like things are getting a bit crowded at times though versus early fall trips and now I’m getting “nervous “ for Xmas week. Hopefully it’ll stay at 35% capacity and won’t be much different

 

[BridgetR3]

I really enjoy reading about everyone’s trip reports. Sounds like things are getting a bit crowded at times though versus early fall trips and now I’m getting “nervous “ for Xmas week. Hopefully it’ll stay at 35% capacity and won’t be much different

We are used to thanksgiving week and honestly are LOVING the crowds!!! It really is manageable even without fast passes! Yesterday at Epcot for us would have happened with or without crowds since it was ride issues.

 

[p44nmun]

We are used to thanksgiving week and honestly are LOVING the crowds!!! It really is manageable even without fast passes! Yesterday at Epcot for us would have happened with or without crowds since it was ride issues.

That makes me feel reassured! I’m really looking forward to going!

 

[MagicalMawMaw]

We just got back yesterday & our trip was great.

I was worried that lines would be too long without fast pass but the longest line we ever waited in was 25 minutes.

We stayed at Art of Animation little mermaid room. Requested king upper floor & got both. I love that resort.

Thursday we did Epcot. We had arrived at Our resort at 2 that morning after a late flight in but with a 11 opening it was still possible to get there before opening.

AoA has buses also going to Epcot also, not just the Skyliner. However, we wanted to ride the Skyliner.

Important note here! The AoA Skyliner moves at a Snail pace. About every 10 minutes or so they let one group go on. We were just 4 groups back & in line at least 45 minutes. The POP line moves continuously. So if I was doing that again I would cross the bridge & get in the line on the POP side to board. Reason for this is POP has no buses while AoA has buses to those parks.

Still even with the slow boarding of the Skyliner we arrived too early at the transfer station for the Epcot Skyliner to be running ( it starts at 10) so we walked from there to Epcot. I enjoyed the slower start to the morning as it was a gorgeous morning & perfect weather for a stroll. We arrived at the back entrance about 5 minutes before they opened the park. Perfect timing.

We went straight to frozen and rode it before the park was officially open. Then to Soaring as a walk on. We rode everything we wanted all day & repeated Soaring. No waits at all. The park felt very empty to me compared to the usual Disney.

We tried Biergarten for our first time & loved it. The entertainment was great & the food great too. I especially loved the salads & desserts & their iced tea was delicious.

San Angel Inn was great as usual & even better without so many tables in there!

Friday was MK. It opened at 9 so we were at the bus stop at 7:20. On the first bus to the park. Our bus had to wait at the parking lot about 10 minutes before they could enter as they were too early. We were the first group into the park.

Before officially open we did Seven dwarfs mine train , Peter Pan, runaway mountain, PoC. We rode everything we wanted to and found wait times were posted longer than they were. Buzz was our longest wait that afternoon at 25 minutes. Most rides were very short wait times and the lines moved fast.

Cinderella castle at lunch was great & Cinderella came out 2 times to wave during our meal.

We saw the little short parades 4 or 5 times during the day too.

Saturday our last day was AK . It opened at 8. We were at the bus stop by 6:30 . Were the first people at the bus stop. The bus was there before 7 . We were at the park and in the park 45 minutes before officially open. Was the first bus there & the very first in the park.

We rode FoP 2 times before park opening. The line was already at 45 minutes after we finished our 2nd time. We did Safari & other rides & the very cute bird show before lunch at Yak & Yeti.

After lunch we wandered down trails and saw it’s a bug. We finished all we wanted to do about 3 & went back to our resort. Without lion king & Nemo we covered that park faster than usual. Love AK!

Last thing was DS for supper at Jaleo. DS does feel crowded! Lots of people there! Supper at Jaleo was Awesome. A perfect ending to our trip.

We had a 4 am pick up Sunday morning for our flights out & that went smooth too.

Biggest suggestion for a great trip: get up Early! Be at the park at least 45 minutes before they open. This way you can ride everything without waits.

That’s my long lengthy trip report. It was lots of fun. I did miss fireworks & character meals & shows. But it was still a great trip & Disney is trying hard in this strange world we are living in at the moment.

 

[Donnask8pro]

We are going week before Christmas.. Question. I was told Philharmagic and Muppets were closed. Is that not correct? Is there a list somewhere showing whats open due to Covid? TYSM