Heads-up for Those Flying South

[KNovacovschi]

Any idea of cost?

At this time Maingate is free

 

[quandrea]

At this time Maingate is free

Wow! If this requirement remains in place beyond vaccination time, that will be great. The cost of a test heading into the US plus the cost of a test to come home was going to be a nonstarter.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

@KNovacovsci, are they offering the PCR or rapid test?

 

[damo]

Here's some info about the Maingate site: https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020...t-a-covid-19-test-when-youre-in-disney-world/

This part was interesting...
"Update! We initially visited the testing site back in November but a reader reached out to us with a different wait time experience. The reader arrived at the site in early January at 9AM to see the line filling and spilling out of the parking area. The wait to get to the front took a whopping four and a half hours. During that entire time, they noted that there were never more than one or two windows open at the testing counters. Several elderly folks had to have folding chairs brought to them during the wait."

 

[KNovacovschi]

@KNovacovsci, are they offering the PCR or rapid test?

Both but Canada requires it to be PCR

 

[KNovacovschi]

Here's some info about the Maingate site: https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020...t-a-covid-19-test-when-youre-in-disney-world/

This part was interesting...
"Update! We initially visited the testing site back in November but a reader reached out to us with a different wait time experience. The reader arrived at the site in early January at 9AM to see the line filling and spilling out of the parking area. The wait to get to the front took a whopping four and a half hours. During that entire time, they noted that there were never more than one or two windows open at the testing counters. Several elderly folks had to have folding chairs brought to them during the wait."

Someone who just returned did the test last week at Maingate and arrived about an hour before opening and waited for an hour after it opened. So from what I’ve read it’s best to go about an hour prior to opening. Also apparently Sunday’s are less busy.