For those who want to know what this week is like, here is part two! Today was MK. We were in a slow moving clam shell when it started to rain, so we decided to call it a day. We will head over to D Springs this evening.
We were at the parking gate at 8:05 and got to into the park at 9. We took the ferry. Very few people. Everyone must have taken the monorail. There were far more guests than the previous days, but it was easy to just amble around. The ice cream stands selling Mickey bars are all closed...the bakery has limited offering, Starbucks has a line down the street, Casey's is closed, shops have new summer items.
The light was different today, the castle blue looked perfectly purple. In the morning, we walked right onto rides, even Splash and HM. You can easily do every ride in the park if you start early, no FP is fantastic! freedom! We rode Dumbo alone...no other guests. Tea cups were half full. Peter Pan, 5 minutes to Never Neverland. Later in the day, many waits grew to 30 minutes.
Today was our best day for character spotting. We were greeted by Mickey & friends at the train station, the Main Street Trolley with Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Rabbit, Merida on her horse, the princesses on parade, Goofy & friends, Tinker Bell, more Princesses posing at the train station, finally, Mickey and friends on a float. People were so happy! everyone waving, it almost felt like a normal MK day minus a few thousand....
We took the monorail over to the Poly for lunch. No little boats were running to the Poly or GF. Ohana's looked closed and the pool was busy, otherwise it was very quiet. At the Pineapple Lanai? BUSY. Saw someone with a Dole Whip the size of a football. Had to look twice...what???? They took our temps again before boarding the monorail back to MK. We rode in empty cars today, when do you ever get to do that?
Almost everyone had masks on correctly and were following rules. The worst place for rule breakers? In line for the rides. People could not read the spacing stickers on the ground and follow the directions... For the most part, besides a few bouts of anxiety, we felt relaxed and yes, even forgot the world outside now and then. It was easy to keep your distance from others. It feels good to be walking around outside for hours. Hope things stay this calm and relaxed as park capacity increases.