OK, my take on visiting WDW in these strange times...
Airline travel seems to be hit or miss, I felt pretty safe traveling down but the return trip felt completely different with more people seeming to be comfortable not wearing a mask in proximity to other folks both in the airport and on the plane. The plane down the middle seats were left open, the plane home appeared to be mostly sold out with no empty middle seat. That was my flight experience on Spirit out of ACY, your mileage may vary.
WDW itself has done a terrific job of handling the social distancing, cleanliness side of things. Masks weren’t as bad as I thought they would be, not comfortable but not the deal breaker I was anticipating. I felt almost completely safe for most of the trip, with crowd levels being low enough that you can social distance for the most part yourself from those not concerned about such things. I said most of the trip because Saturday in Epcot was a completely different story I suspect because of it being the weekend. Crowds were much larger and there was an abundance of morons not following the guidelines. I surprisingly kept “Little Jersey” at bay all week, until Saturday. On Saturday, I became my mother, and if it crossed my mind, it came out of my mouth.
I actually said to my wife, I don’t want to be here and we left. Full disclosure I have underlying medical conditions where I probably wouldn’t survive the Rona so I may be over sensitive to these things. Enough of the doom and gloom.
All in all we had a great trip, crowd levels were mostly non-existent, the longest wait time for any ride was 40 minutes but most of the wait times are overestimated by half. If you’re comfortable going down I would highly recommend it. A lot of the “Magic” isn’t there right now (parades, fireworks, ect) and a lot of places aren’t opened yet but it isn’t a bad trip, it’s just different. If I knew last week, what I know now, I would still choose to go.
I didn’t get to as many F&W booths as I would have like due to weather and crowds on Saturday but my review:
Gourmet Mac & Cheese was delicious will definitely get it again.
Lobster Mac & Cheese was delicious will definitely get it again.
Seafood Fisherman’s Pie My wife loved it would definitely get it again.
Kielbasa and Potato Pierogi was delicious will definitely get it again.
Nitro cake pops were OK, probably one and done
Onion Goat Cheese tart in France was delicious will definitely get it again.
Piri Piri Skewered Shrimp with Citrus-scented Couscous was delicious will definitely get it again.
Southern Seafood Boil My wife loved it would definitely get it again. Learn to eat a crawfish first, Yankees.
Beef Kefta Pocket with Caramelized Onions was delicious will definitely get it again.
Pão de Queijo: Brazilian Cheese Bread were horrible, it was a texture thing, I named them booger biscuits, nuff said
So much more I wanted to try, there’s always October
WDW firsts
First time staying at BWV, loved it even at its limited current offerings. I could live on Pizza Window pizza. LOL
1st time on Flight of Passage, and 2nd and 3rd. LOL
1st time I didn’t want to ride Expedition Everest a 2nd time
1st time at Flame Tree Barbeque, Delicious
1st time on Alien Swirling Saucers
1st time on Smugglers Run
1st time on Minnie and Mickey’s runaway railway
1st time at Hollywood Brown Derby, delicious
1st time on Frozen
1st time on Finding Nemo
1st time watching Amazing Planet
1st time watching American Adventures
1st time at Coral Reef Restaurant, delicious and beautiful views
I think this is the longest post I’ve ever put on the Internet.
