Here you go! New one on top of old one:
The times I have walked by SAB, it hasn’t appeared crowded at all, but I have only been here since Monday. I’m pretty sure there were plenty of open loungers. Probably won’t try to walk up to Ale & Compass, but checked for reservations tonight and there weren’t any available on short notice. There were also a bunch of people in the lobby waiting to be seated there, so they did look rather busy. The lounge appeared to have some open seating though.
Here is my post from the Boardwalk Inn - Villas thread with the very recent announcement by Disney.
Dave
You can also call in and have the note added to your reservation. And, if a king bed is a must, make it your only request. Makes it less confusing for the room assigner.
Right. I think a holiday weekend, decreased capacity at the pool and an addition of BW guest will make for a miserable time at SAB. Am I wrong on this?
I guess I will just wait and see if Disney makes it clear in the next few days. Do you think I am right about the possible scenario of it being way too crowded during that time if they were allowed to use SAB?
Yes, good point about the weather. But I can cancel up until the day before and if there is set to be horrible weather, I will do just that. This will be a SAB focused trip, so weather and the possibility of extra resort guest there could be a game changer.
I read on two blogs dated 07/24/2020 that all public showers at Walt Disney World are closed until further notice. This includes showers at fitness centers and pool restrooms. Note that this was not from an official Disney source, and blogs are not always accurate.
Does anyone know why the boats are not running?
Sorry, I stay in a state of confusion these days. For some reason I mixed up BCV with BWV and thought the slide was the one at SAB. Nevermind.
I’m assuming some combination of Disney being cheap; the distancing required in the boats would make it less efficient at moving people; BC & BWI resort sides and whichever side of the Swolphin closes during the week (I can’t keep track of the details there) being closed = less guest demand and Disney is content to have walking/Skyliner be the options. Probably some of all of the above would be my guess.
At first I thought it was a distancing thing, but then we saw the boats running from one side of World Showcase to the other. It may be that the temperature check line w/ social distancing markers in place, runs down to where the line for the friendship boats would load and unload at the Epcot dock.
Are you still able to get ice and water from the beverage dispensers at the Marketplace and at Hurricane Hanna's? We never bought bottled water. We always used the water from the beverage dispensers to refill our bottle. I would hate to have to buy bottled water.
Our intent was to walk over in the mornings and be there before rope drop, then possibly take the skyliner back in the evenings when we are tired
I certainly hope this is not permanent. While we usually walk everywhere, it is nice to have the option of the boats when we want them. It is much further to walk from BC/YC to epcot skyliner to change at CBR to go to HS. I am going to write to disney now.
It may also be that those boats are internal to Epcot and that everyone on them has been through a health check. Perhaps they could set up a health check at the entrance to the boats docks at YC/BC and BW.
