I went to Downtown Disney today and it was really enjoyable! We arrived around 12:15 and the parking lot was SO empty! It was seriously less than 1/5 full, if even that. We walked right through security and only waited about 5 minutes to get into WOD. The Wonderground Gallery and the Home store were empty, so we stopped there first. The line for WoD looked long but it moved fast. They were not doing any virtual lines today. Our longest wait was about 10 minutes for Marcelines, where we didn't find anything appealing. I thought there was a lot of cute new merch at WOD but mostly long sleeved stuff and hoodies, which I will wait on. I bought my husband 3 new star wars shirts, though. W also picked up 2 face masks (Mickey and Goofy faces). My son and I wore our Disney masks and they were VERY comfortable for 3 hours. They are actually quite cool and breathable.
Crowds weren't really an issue, BUT there were numerous people who just did NOT get the concept of social distancing and would literally walk so close to us that they brushed brushed our arms as they passed (this happened while we were waiting in lines for stores and couldn't really move out of the way, while they had like 15 feet of pathway to use). This happened more than a few times. It was really starting to annoy me by the time we left. The walkways are SO wide and yet people just walked right next to us repeatedly. I am not super paranoid, especially outdoors, and everyone did have on masks, but still. Don't come so close you basically touch me as you pass by. We grabbed a wetzel pretzel and jamba for one kid and my other son and I ate at EOS. EOS was surprisingly a slow process. I waited about 15 minutes in line at 2pm then another 10 for 2 sandwiches. Seemed excessive but maybe they have low staff levels right now. Who knows? I was impressed by how thoroughly the staff here cleaned the tables AND CHAIRS after every party left a table.
Also, we loved the portable sinks for handwashing in DtD. Very cool and we were able to wash our hands before eating lunch (the restroom near EoS was closed for a deep clean so we would have had to settle for sanitizers if not for the sinks).
Crowds weren't really an issue, BUT there were numerous people who just did NOT get the concept of social distancing and would literally walk so close to us that they brushed brushed our arms as they passed (this happened while we were waiting in lines for stores and couldn't really move out of the way, while they had like 15 feet of pathway to use). This happened more than a few times. It was really starting to annoy me by the time we left. The walkways are SO wide and yet people just walked right next to us repeatedly. I am not super paranoid, especially outdoors, and everyone did have on masks, but still. Don't come so close you basically touch me as you pass by. We grabbed a wetzel pretzel and jamba for one kid and my other son and I ate at EOS. EOS was surprisingly a slow process. I waited about 15 minutes in line at 2pm then another 10 for 2 sandwiches. Seemed excessive but maybe they have low staff levels right now. Who knows? I was impressed by how thoroughly the staff here cleaned the tables AND CHAIRS after every party left a table.
Also, we loved the portable sinks for handwashing in DtD. Very cool and we were able to wash our hands before eating lunch (the restroom near EoS was closed for a deep clean so we would have had to settle for sanitizers if not for the sinks).
Not good!
I’m eager given thetasigma1186’s update about reservations at DLR today. But it may just be an announcement of a complete lockdown......
