Here Now & Just Back WDW Reopening Experiences Including Park Hopping

[lorileahb]

You can use Disney transportation to visit the resorts

That's what we did - bus to Magic Kingdom, then monorail and boats... worked pretty well.

 

[ScubaCat]

Anyone have any experience with DAS right now?

Used it in September. It's the same as it was before the shutdown.

 

[Desiree1972]

Visitors arriving via Disney transportation or walking from parks are welcome to visit other resorts. People arriving via private car, and sometimes via rideshare, aren’t always being admitted to the parking areas.

excellent - we want to see holiday decorations at night and have a split stay of BLT and BW so that will give us a handful of resorts.
thanks

 

[Buzz2014]

The "staff"??
Most of the Cast Members right now are working long hours and 6 days, please be kind to them. They are upset that many of their friends who were part-time or casual were laid off and they are dealing with new people from other areas. Their world has changed quite a bit recently and many of the CM's are in roles they never imagined or may not have wanted to be in, so it may take awhile for Disney to get back to normal.

Staff yes sry I meant CMs we have interacted with have been super nice and we briefly talk to the ones that have answered questions etc.. just thought it was weird not to hear the cheery welcome home ( we have always heard in past when renting ) is all I meant by that.

Dropped off my friends today at akl drove to the gate no hello/greeting no words at all..the CM literally took the band from my hand ( I was handing it to him) tapped it super hard on the reader thing they hold and still said absolutely nothing.. then the gate bar opened and we drove in.. it was the strangest interaction to date, we thought perhaps they were in a new role so I get what you were saying.. my friend thought they probably did not speak English but I thought all CMs spoke some English.. anyway it was odd. And although resort is closed the tree is huge in lobby decorated for Christmas, people were in lobby nice to see some normal, pool had same size crowd as poly, my perception of a “dead resort” may have been due to the no lobby factor.

 

[peteykirch]

Completely impractical to bring back cm to police, i can tell you the people that will abide by the rules will do it ir without anyone telling them to
and people who won't will not do it with a cm standing right in front of them telling them what to do
I can guarantee this by personal experience

Then Disney needs to honor their word and legitimately kick out people who fail to follow the guidelines.

 

[yulilin3]

Then Disney needs to honor their word and legitimately kick out people who fail to follow the guidelines.

And they have been doing that. It's impossible to have a cm follow a person around all day. You tell them to put their masks back on, they do and walk away and then they pull it back down.

 

[ryanpatricksmom]

Used it in September. It's the same as it was before the shutdown.

It is *sort of*. We are here now and aside from EPCOT where I did see a couple of the guest services umbrellas, it's nearly impossible to find anyone to schedule a return time unless going to the attraction itself. I was told yesterday in AK that the blue shirts now roam about, but I never saw one. It definitely is harder on the more mobile member of the party (me in our case). Zig-zagging across the parks for return times is a lot of running around.

 

[Leigh L]

Anyone have any experience with DAS right now?

Yes, it pretty much works the same as it always has. Just apply (or renew) it when you arrive at the park.
You'll go in through the FP queue most of the time (but a few rides will take you a slightly different route).

 

[TikiTikiFan]

Quick question: does anyone know if there’s a store in MK that might sell shorts? I made the mistake of wearing jean shorts and I’m over it with the heat.

 

[yulilin3]

Quick question: does anyone know if there’s a store in MK that might sell shorts? I made the mistake of wearing jean shorts and I’m over it with the heat.

Go to any gift shop and ask, they can search the merch they have all around property

 

[Debbie Jean]

Quick question: does anyone know if there’s a store in MK that might sell shorts? I made the mistake of wearing jean shorts and I’m over it with the heat.

Emporium will probably have something... though temps are supposed to drop the next few days.

 

[Beachmom0317]

Wanted to share that this morning I made an operator error after Topolinos thinking we could ride the skyliner after. We’re staying at Saratoga, so I thought after our 9:30am breakfast at Topolinos we’d ride skyliner real quick than head back to resort. The sky liner from Riviera to CBR was fine but upon arrival I noticed SO many people at the CBR station waiting in line. I was like UH OH. So we continued on to AoA, walked around Lion King structure cause my kids love those than headed back to Riviera. AoA to CBR was fine but when you change lines you have to start at beginning of line so to get to Riviera from CBR the line was 30min in the sun. I wasn’t thinking that people trying to get to Epcot for 11am opening would obvi cause long lines. We made do but def wasn’t the quick ride I envisioned. I have mixed feelings now about staying at a skyline heavy resort and having to depend on it.

 

[Shellyred8]

Just curious for people who have gone down to Disney World - do any of you regret going? If so why? Did you get sick after? Lack of activities in the parks?

We have a trip scheduled in early December. We have read a lot about the safety of flying and how good Disney is being about COVID in the parks. Still with the increase in cases across the country we are debating canceling our trip. We have been cautious during the pandemic - not gathering with others and wearing masks. We know that going to the parks is risker than what we have been doing. We are fairly comfortable taking the risk as we are healthy and will self isolate upon our return so not to spread to others should we get sick. We are just curious what people who have gone - particularly if you are traveling from out of state - feel about having made the decision to go.

We have been down there twice since re-opening, from MN. Once in August and once in October. I'm very glad we went and, in hind-sight, I would not change our plans. August was HOT, so the masks got annoying after a while. But we dealt with it. The weather in October was much better, so the masks weren't as big of an issue. The biggest challenge in August was the limited food options at the quick serves. We didn't have any ADR's for the August trip. For the October trip, we did a couple of table service restaurants and I'm glad we did. We spaced them out throughout the trip, so just about the time we were getting sick of the quick serves, we would have a nice table service meal. Also in October, a few more food places were open, so that added a bit more variety.

We flew out of Terminal 2 in MSP (the small terminal) and it was very easy to social distance there. It looked like only about half of the gates were going, so if our gate was full we could've easily moved to another gate to wait. MCO wasn't too bad on the trips back. Less mask compliance than MSP, but similar situation where there were quite a few empty gates around ours, so we went and sat at a different gate to wait. We flew Sun Country, and they are not blocking the middle seats. We had the exit row though, so there was no one between DH and I. The planes were cleaner than I've ever seen them, but I still wiped down my seat area. The planes in August were actually quite full. The planes in October were not nearly as full. Mask compliance on the planes was very good.

We are planning another trip for early December too. Again, we got the Exit row and hope for no one between us.

I felt safer on most of the trip than I do at most shopping places around here.

 

[LeeLee'sMom]

Us too, we leave in 6 days and stay through Thanksgiving weekend

Us too...maybe a little busier but I am trying to look at it as; it will never be as busy as it normally is pre-pandemic Thanksgiving week...right???

 

[peteykirch]

And they have been doing that. It's impossible to have a cm follow a person around all day. You tell them to put their masks back on, they do and walk away and then they pull it back down.

I don't know what authority CMs have, but if they tell someone put their mask up, they do walk away and then 5 feet later pull it down. Then they need to either remind them one more time or call security and have them escorted off premises.

 

[LeeLee'sMom]

You won't be able to check out the resorts unless you have a dining reservation there, or have a mobile order at their quick service/food court. Otherwise, they are not allowing visitors to resorts.

That is not true unless you are driving or taking an uber to another resort. If you are taking a monorail, boat or bus you can visit another resort.

 

[lovethattink]

Anyone have any experience with DAS right now?

Yes. There are several threads over on the disability board.

 

[yulilin3]

I don't know what authority CMs have, but if they tell someone put their mask up, they do walk away and then 5 feet later pull it down. Then they need to either remind them one more time or call security and have them escorted off premises.

Like i said people have been removed from the parks, but it's impossible to police everyone, the cm have tasks that that need to perform, be out in custodial ire attractions or f&b, they can't follow people around

 

[swelch1976]

That is not true unless you are driving or taking an uber to another resort. If you are taking a monorail, boat or bus you can visit another resort.

Yes, I was incorrect / narrowly focused on driving. Thanks for the correction.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

We’re at Magic Kingdom today and it’s the first day we’ve felt really uncomfortable. Walkways are packed and seen way worse mask compliance here than other parks. Had one lady practically in my back pocket in line and asked her nicely if she could stay back on her sticker. She did, after retorting ‘if you’re so scared just stay home then.’ If we weren’t at Disney I woulda thrown down (kidding kidding)- I took the high road and just ignored it. Overall, not feeling the magic here quite as much but its prolly just bc the long lines and heat are exhausting. We’re so used to MaxPass at Disneyland and never waiting so think we need to toughen up our spoiled tushes.

We have a second day here so think we’ll try again and be more prepared now that I see the flow of the park with wait times.