Here Now & Just Back WDW Reopening Experiences Including Park Hopping

[JM23457]

In Hollywood Studios today. Seeing a lot of non-compliance with masking. Family with masks off throughout SDD line queue with masks under chins eating a snack for 20 minutes. Another person doing the same thing. Lots of masks under noses. Teen girl walking in middle of walkway with mask totally off. Walked right by CMs who ignored it.

If compliance is this lackadaisical now, what will it be like in a month?

 

[MomOTwins]

In Hollywood Studios today. Seeing a lot of non-compliance with masking. Family with masks off throughout SDD line queue with masks under chins eating a snack for 20 minutes. Another person doing the same thing. Lots of masks under noses. Teen girl walking in middle of walkway with mask totally off. Walked right by CMs who ignored it.

If compliance is this lackadaisical now, what will it be like in a month?

Not going to get better unless Disney starts expelling people from the park for clear non-compliance (not talking about a sip of water--talking about the folks with masks completely off in queues/rides for an extended period of time. Taking away photopass photos is not enough.

 

[JimYvette]

The more people that are in the parks the more non compliance we will see. It will also be harder for Disney to enforce the rules. The people blatantly breaking the rules should be escorted out. Unfortunately though, I think we should get used to seeing masks under noses and being taken off and on.

 

[2vets]

The more people that are in the parks the more non compliance we will see. It will also be harder for Disney to enforce the rules. The people blatantly breaking the rules should be escorted out. Unfortunately though, I think we should get used to seeing masks under noses and being taken off and on.

And that, right there, is why people will cancel. If I start seeing this regularly, there is no way in Hades I'm going to Disney. I can see that for free at home.

 

[DduzDis]

In Hollywood Studios today. Seeing a lot of non-compliance with masking. Family with masks off throughout SDD line queue with masks under chins eating a snack for 20 minutes. Another person doing the same thing. Lots of masks under noses. Teen girl walking in middle of walkway with mask totally off. Walked right by CMs who ignored it.

If compliance is this lackadaisical now, what will it be like in a month?

I can't speak to walking by a CM with her mask off, but eating is clearly stated as a reason to take one's mask off. It should still be 6 feet away. Nobody has specified where that takes place. So it makes you uncomfortable with the situation, but it is not any clear violation. Should they wait to have a snack? Maybe. But, it is not required. I'll tell you it was HOT when we were there and I did have my daughter and I drink water any time we could.....to include in the queues.

 

[MomOTwins]

I can't speak to walking by a CM with her mask off, but eating is clearly stated as a reason to take one's mask off. It should still be 6 feet away. Nobody has specified where that takes place. So it makes you uncomfortable with the situation, but it is not any clear violation. Should they wait to have a snack? Maybe. But, it is not required. I'll tell you it was HOT when we were there and I did have my daughter and I drink water any time we could.....to include in the queues.

Welll.... not exactly. The website FAQ says "Face coverings are required for all Guests (ages 2 and up) and must be worn in all public areas, except while swimming or seated for dining." Which excludes eating while walking down a pathway, or in a moving line queue.

 

[DduzDis]

Welll.... not exactly. The website FAQ says "Face coverings are required for all Guests (ages 2 and up) and must be worn in all public areas, except while swimming or seated for dining." Which excludes eating while walking down a pathway, or in a moving line queue.

It would not be a reason I would cancel a trip, but YMMV.

 

[LoveToDisney]

Regarding the new security screening process, did you see if ECVs and wheelchairs could ride through the new screening or how they were handled?

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I guess everyone was waiting for Epcot F&W and all four parks to be open to get here!

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Current Kidcot status:

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I think they forgot to put Remy back out in some spots. We are 1 for 3 in countries so far after extensive searching.

 

[Best Aunt]

Although one thing on the photos, make sure to check “view all” on the filters. Mine had either defaulted or at some point I switched it to “mine only” so I was not seeing anything others in my party had scanned.

For the person who can’t see their ride photos: an issue I had in the past when trying to find photos using my computer was that it had defaulted to the wrong theme park.

 

[rodbates0322]

Not going to get better unless Disney starts expelling people from the park for clear non-compliance (not talking about a sip of water--talking about the folks with masks completely off in queues/rides for an extended period of time. Taking away photopass photos is not enough.

Disney definitely needs to be hardcore about mask rules. If it ever turns out, that the cases on the rise are coming out of theme parks, that gives them reason to close. I don't think the theme parks are the cause, probably more the bars but who knows. Even if you don't agree with masks, follow the rules to be safe and don't spoil this for everyone else who does follows the rules.

 

[DavidNYC]

Disney definitely needs to be hardcore about mask rules. If it ever turns out, that the cases on the rise are coming out of theme parks, that gives them reason to close. I don't think the theme parks are the cause, probably more the bars but who knows. Even if you don't agree with masks, follow the rules to be safe and don't spoil this for everyone else who does follows the rules.

Theme parks may not be the cause now - but the more cases rise in general the more that any environment with that many people will become the cause. Up here in NJ we've allowed summer camps to open because our numbers are now so low that the risk of transmission with precautions is very low. But if numbers were to rise statewide for any reason - we'd need to shut them down because cannot isolate one type of crowded place from another. Despite Disney making the best efforts possible - I've also seen way too many fan boards with way too many people downplaying the severity of this and who clearly would not hesistate to engage in behavior that most of us would realize was risky.

 

[rodbates0322]

Theme parks may not be the cause now - but the more cases rise in general the more that any environment with that many people will become the cause. Up here in NJ we've allowed summer camps to open because our numbers are now so low that the risk of transmission with precautions is very low. But if numbers were to rise statewide for any reason - we'd need to shut them down because cannot isolate one type of crowded place from another. Despite Disney making the best efforts possible - I've also seen way too many fan boards with way too many people downplaying the severity of this and who clearly would not hesistate to engage in behavior that most of us would realize was risky.

Honestly you might be right, I personally don't know the right answer. I know if you look at the USA section on worldofmeters.info and scroll down to "Daily New Deaths in United States" it is way down from April, even with all the new cases.

 

[JM23457]

I can't speak to walking by a CM with her mask off, but eating is clearly stated as a reason to take one's mask off. It should still be 6 feet away. Nobody has specified where that takes place. So it makes you uncomfortable with the situation, but it is not any clear violation. Should they wait to have a snack? Maybe. But, it is not required.

Lol. Interesting rationalization. No, it is not allowed to take masks off to eat in the queues. Ask any CM or supervisor if it would be okay to do so, and they'll tell you no.

Apparently Disney is going to have to be even more explicit for everyone to understand & follow their mask mandate.

 

[sara_s]

Has anyone received any surveys from Disney that ask how you felt while in the park re: social distancing, mask compliance, etc.?

 

[scrappinginontario]

@yulilin3 , what was your experience today with people wearing masks in DHS today? Similar to your time in the other parks or different? I'm hearing (a) report of people not wearing them/wearing them improperly. Wondering what your experiences were today?

 

[DduzDis]

Lol. Interesting rationalization. No, it is not allowed to take masks off to eat in the queues. Ask any CM or supervisor if it would be okay to do so, and they'll tell you no.

Apparently Disney is going to have to be even more explicit for everyone to understand & follow their mask mandate.

Or those with a discomfort in those situations should maybe find some woods somewhere away from people to spend vacation time. I personally didn't see anything in my time in the parks that caused me any concern. But, I was also not in everyone's business trying to police them either.

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 , what was your experience today with people wearing masks in DHS today? Similar to your time in the other parks or different? I'm hearing (a) report of people not wearing them/wearing them improperly. Wondering what your experiences were today?

Ive seen about same compliance. Only one entire family in the rise queue took them off completely after an hour in the sun