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[Mr. Drauer]

Anyone recently golf at Disney? Are golfers wearing masks on the course? Thanks for any info anyone has!

no. in the golf shops, and around the cart staging areas, but not on the course.

 

[Newbie500]

My original ADRs are still in place. I'm too scared to try to modify them.

 

[Shellyred8]

Hi! Glad it’s off to a good start, so fun to be on the front end of vacation! Did you travel by plane? Magical Express or car? We are concerned about the airport time and interested in any tips anyone has to make that part feel/be more comfortable and safe. Thanks!

We have flown from MSP -> MCO, and back, twice in past couple of months. Both airports were drastically less busy than normal, so it is pretty easy to find seating away from people. If your gate is fuller than you feel comfortable with, there is usually a gate or two or three near by that is empty or pretty empty where you can find seating away from others.

 

[disneyseniors]

We have flown from MSP -> MCO, and back, twice in past couple of months. Both airports were drastically less busy than normal, so it is pretty easy to find seating away from people. If your gate is fuller than you feel comfortable with, there is usually a gate or two or three near by that is empty or pretty empty where you can find seating away from others.

That's where we fly out of Usually we fly Delta. Thanks for your trip reporting!

 

[allmousedup]

Just came back from 4 days, 10/31-11/3 (1 day for each park) and since I gained so much information from this thread figured i would throw out a few thoughts. Overall a great stay for us, though I will second the sentiment that it isn't the right time for a first/only visit or for anyone who is real nervous about exposure. Disney handles it well but if you haven't been interacting with others the shock of having so many folks around is going to be disturbing. There were some exposed noses (I didn't look for them) and a few folks drinking/eating continuously but in general people knew the rules and followed them.

First for the person asking about golfers - we were at SOG so saw many groups - no one was wearing on the course.

Rope dropping was a lifesaver, that first 30 minutes of having the park open before official opening allowed so many more rides. It took some creativity to get there early (like the Uber to the Speedway for HS) but it was worth it.

We planned sit down lunches (or lunches requiring a gondola or other travel) for each day just to suck up time and to see other areas. The lines were incredible mid-day so having another activity at that time was a real help.

Sit down dinners were also a great way to end the day. A couple of them we got times after the park closed so it was so nice to walk out with no crowds.

Overall - if you are ok with the mid day lines and can keep your wits about you it is a great time to visit. It is clear there are smaller overall crowds than normal - just more people in line at any given time...

 

[Naomeri]

This report is a bit later than I’d planned to post, but I didn’t get it typed up until today.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Hollywood Studios Day

I left my room in Pop building 6 at 7:40 am, and was in line for the Skyliner at 7:44. It looked like there was about 20 parties ahead of me. While I was waiting, I preordered my lunch at Rosie’s Cafe for 11:15-11:45. By 8:15, the end of the line curved out of sight along the lake and around the end of building 4. They opened the gates to the station at 8:31 and started loading people at 8:34. I was sitting in a gondola at 8:38 and arrived at the CBR station at 8:41. The CMs directed us down the ramp to stand in line near the coffee stand, and the line went back up the ramp, down the other side, and back up into the station. At 9:02, I was in a gondola on my way to HS, and passed through the tapstiles at 9:12.

I hit the line for MMRR at 9:14 and a minute later it started moving as they let people into the actual queue. I’m not sure what the expected wait was at that point, but I was on the ride at 9:42. It was my first time and I thought it was super cute and I would definitely be willing to wait in line to ride it again. Since there was a refreshment stand right at the exit, I decided to grab a Coke and a shady table in Commissary Lane to wait for 10 am and boarding groups. I had 4 bars on Verizon, if anyone is curious. The time came and...I got BG10!!

Now that I had my RotR ride secured, it was time to get moving. Since I knew it wouldn’t be too long before my group was called, I didn’t want to join a long line for anything, or move too far from Galaxy’s Edge. I chose sitting in A/C and hit up Muppetvision 3D, since I missed it on my January trip. BG10 was called at 10:30 while I was in the show, so I headed to straight there afterward. I was in the RotR queue at 10:45 and progressed through at a steady pace. Finally got on the ride and...it went down at 11:15. We (I and the other party in my vehicle) finally got collected by a CM at about 11:30 and we traversed the backstage hallways to receive our returns.

Because of the evac delay, I had to hurry to catch my lunch window (and because I was starving). I hit the “I’m Here” button at 11:38 when I was just about there, and the food was ready at 11:40, and the foot long hotdog was really good. Since I was right there, I decided it was time for my first ever ride on ToT, and I got in line at 12:07, with a posted wait time of 35 minutes. I hit a cleaning cycle, but thankfully, it was after I had made it into the inside part of the queue. The wait was still a little less than posted and I was on at 12:36. I had fun and I will be adding it to my regular ride lineup for future visits.

It was time for a resort break, so I headed for the Skyliner and was back at Pop at 1:03 pm. Hippy Dippy pool was once again not crowded and very refreshing. I hung out there for a while, then in my room for a while. I headed back to HS later in the afternoon, getting on the Skyliner with no wait at 4:01, and walking through the tapstiles at 4:12. Went straight to RotR for my return and got right on without walking through the whole queue again. Next was MF:SR at 4:54 with a posted wait of 20 minutes (it actually took 26) and I finally got to pilot the Falcon, and mostly didn’t crash it !!

I wandered around Galaxy’s Edge for a bit, then headed to TSL for TSMM. It was posted 15, but was a walk-on. I almost walked on a second time, but didn’t feel like going through the whole winding queue again. I had a 7:15 Sci-Fi reservation so I decided to hit MMRR one more time, since the posted wait was 60 minutes and the exit put me right on the route to dinner. I waited about 45 minutes, and had just made it into the building, when the ride went down due to technical difficulties at 6:50. I hung out for a little while, until about 7:05, when I decided that I wasn’t going to be able to make my ressie even if the ride started up at that point, so I bailed and headed to dinner.

I checked in and was seated in my very own car almost immediately, and had a very good dinner. I walked out of a mostly empty park at about 8:15 and headed back to Pop.

TL;DR: good day at HS, I did all the rides I wanted to do on this slower, more relaxed trip

 

[ctl]

This report is a bit later than I’d planned to post, but I didn’t get it typed up until today.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Hollywood Studios Day

I left my room in Pop building 6 at 7:40 am, and was in line for the Skyliner at 7:44. It looked like there was about 20 parties ahead of me. While I was waiting, I preordered my lunch at Rosie’s Cafe for 11:15-11:45. By 8:15, the end of the line curved out of sight along the lake and around the end of building 4. They opened the gates to the station at 8:31 and started loading people at 8:34. I was sitting in a gondola at 8:38 and arrived at the CBR station at 8:41. The CMs directed us down the ramp to stand in line near the coffee stand, and the line went back up the ramp, down the other side, and back up into the station. At 9:02, I was in a gondola on my way to HS, and passed through the tapstiles at 9:12.

I hit the line for MMRR at 9:14 and a minute later it started moving as they let people into the actual queue. I’m not sure what the expected wait was at that point, but I was on the ride at 9:42. It was my first time and I thought it was super cute and I would definitely be willing to wait in line to ride it again. Since there was a refreshment stand right at the exit, I decided to grab a Coke and a shady table in Commissary Lane to wait for 10 am and boarding groups. I had 4 bars on Verizon, if anyone is curious. The time came and...I got BG10!!

Now that I had my RotR ride secured, it was time to get moving. Since I knew it wouldn’t be too long before my group was called, I didn’t want to join a long line for anything, or move too far from Galaxy’s Edge. I chose sitting in A/C and hit up Muppetvision 3D, since I missed it on my January trip. BG10 was called at 10:30 while I was in the show, so I headed to straight there afterward. I was in the RotR queue at 10:45 and progressed through at a steady pace. Finally got on the ride and...it went down at 11:15. We (I and the other party in my vehicle) finally got collected by a CM at about 11:30 and we traversed the backstage hallways to receive our returns.

Because of the evac delay, I had to hurry to catch my lunch window (and because I was starving). I hit the “I’m Here” button at 11:38 when I was just about there, and the food was ready at 11:40, and the foot long hotdog was really good. Since I was right there, I decided it was time for my first ever ride on ToT, and I got in line at 12:07, with a posted wait time of 35 minutes. I hit a cleaning cycle, but thankfully, it was after I had made it into the inside part of the queue. The wait was still a little less than posted and I was on at 12:36. I had fun and I will be adding it to my regular ride lineup for future visits.

It was time for a resort break, so I headed for the Skyliner and was back at Pop at 1:03 pm. Hippy Dippy pool was once again not crowded and very refreshing. I hung out there for a while, then in my room for a while. I headed back to HS later in the afternoon, getting on the Skyliner with no wait at 4:01, and walking through the tapstiles at 4:12. Went straight to RotR for my return and got right on without walking through the whole queue again. Next was MF:SR at 4:54 with a posted wait of 20 minutes (it actually took 26) and I finally got to pilot the Falcon, and mostly didn’t crash it !!

I wandered around Galaxy’s Edge for a bit, then headed to TSL for TSMM. It was posted 15, but was a walk-on. I almost walked on a second time, but didn’t feel like going through the whole winding queue again. I had a 7:15 Sci-Fi reservation so I decided to hit MMRR one more time, since the posted wait was 60 minutes and the exit put me right on the route to dinner. I waited about 45 minutes, and had just made it into the building, when the ride went down due to technical difficulties at 6:50. I hung out for a little while, until about 7:05, when I decided that I wasn’t going to be able to make my ressie even if the ride started up at that point, so I bailed and headed to dinner.

I checked in and was seated in my very own car almost immediately, and had a very good dinner. I walked out of a mostly empty park at about 8:15 and headed back to Pop.

TL;DR: good day at HS, I did all the rides I wanted to do on this slower, more relaxed trip

Did you eat at any other sit down restaurants than Sci-Fi? If so, did you feel that there was adequate distancing between yourself and other diners?

 

[Naomeri]

Did you eat at any other sit down restaurants than Sci-Fi? If so, did you feel that there was adequate distancing between yourself and other diners?

I also ate inside at Cosmic Ray’s in MK and Restaurantosaurus at AK and felt well-distanced from everyone at all places. They have tables clearly marked as unavailable and I didn’t see anyone disobeying that, and I saw CMs waiting around to immediately clean the tables as soon as they were vacated. At Sci-Fi, the cars on either side of mine were occupied, but they were more than 6 feet away, and since all the cars face the screen, all the diners do too, and no one was likely to breathe in my direction (not that I was actually nervous about people breathing in my direction )

 

[nw6675]

We may be oddball, but other than wishing everything was open we love being here with social distancing. We had no more than 30 minute waits all day at MK today. Enjoyed not being packed in like sardines and the lines move quickly. Very high mask compliance, only a few entitled families.

Chef Mickey's very spaced, but sllllloooow service. And PSA: please don't talk SO freaking loud at your table. Even if I agree with your politics, I didn't come here to hear you.

LTT was great in all aspects.

Resort monorail super fast so we skipped walking from BLT.

Bands played and caught a mini parade so still had ambiance. Most negative thing at MK is the deceiving HM line in the blazing sun. I cried in the Hall of Presidents given everything this week (no political statement).

 

[cindianne320]

I haven't done any indoor dining here at home in MN, but did Yak and Yeti, ABC Commissary, Docking Bay 7, Oga's, LTT, Cosmic Ray's, Topolino's, Beaches and Cream and PizzeRizzo, and felt safe and distanced in all locations!

 

[smelton521]

Just checked mine, they are still there.
I'm hopeful as mine are both this weekend and I only shifted by 5 minutes on one, 20 minutes on the other. Both of them reduced from 3 and 4 people to 2 people.

Then again, Disney IT, so I wouldn't be surprised if they did a total sweep :/

Mine are still there too... I dropped my original Minnie dining for a better time so I’m going to be so upset if that one gets cancelled because it’ll be much harder to replace. I just don’t see how they can reinstate the old reservations if there isn’t availability to do so. Ugh.

The other two I changed times on were Beaches and Cream & Napoli so not the end of the world... but still won’t be happy. Fingers crossed everyone.

Mine are still there for now... I dropped one CRT for a better time - hope that, at least, they can re-instate the old one.

I waited on hold for 2 hours this afternoon and when I talked to a CM, she apologized and was sympathetic but said that they are not able to re-instate ADRs that were canceled after booking new ones due to the glitch on Tuesday. So people like me, who did book some hard-to-get ADRs 60 days out but then was able to get better times on Tuesday and canceled those original ADRs, are 100% out of luck if/when the new ADR gets canceled. She also said they are NOT doing a clean sweep and canceling every new ADR made during the glitch. She said they are looking at every restaurant and if it is over capacity, they are canceling reservations added on Tuesday during the glitch timeframe. She said all we can do is keep checking the app and website to see if anything opens up and to feel free to call to see if a CM can help secure any reservations for us.

 

[lorileahb]

I waited on hold for 2 hours this afternoon and when I talked to a CM, she apologized and was sympathetic but said that they are not able to re-instate ADRs that were canceled after booking new ones due to the glitch on Tuesday. So people like me, who did book some hard-to-get ADRs 60 days out but then was able to get better times on Tuesday and canceled those original ADRs, are 100% out of luck if/when the new ADR gets canceled. She also said they are NOT doing a clean sweep and canceling every new ADR made during the glitch. She said they are looking at every restaurant and if it is over capacity, they are canceling reservations added on Tuesday during the glitch timeframe. She said all we can do is keep checking the app and website to see if anything opens up and to feel free to call to see if a CM can help secure any reservations for us.

Thank you so much. For those of us traveling this coming week did they say when the cancellations would start showing up? So we know?

 

[smelton521]

Thank you so much. For those of us traveling this coming week did they say when the cancellations would start showing up? So we know?

I asked but she wasn’t sure. She thought tonight and tomorrow.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

I waited on hold for 2 hours this afternoon and when I talked to a CM, she apologized and was sympathetic but said that they are not able to re-instate ADRs that were canceled after booking new ones due to the glitch on Tuesday. So people like me, who did book some hard-to-get ADRs 60 days out but then was able to get better times on Tuesday and canceled those original ADRs, are 100% out of luck if/when the new ADR gets canceled. She also said they are NOT doing a clean sweep and canceling every new ADR made during the glitch. She said they are looking at every restaurant and if it is over capacity, they are canceling reservations added on Tuesday during the glitch timeframe. She said all we can do is keep checking the app and website to see if anything opens up and to feel free to call to see if a CM can help secure any reservations for us.

Ughhhhhhh! Thank you for calling!

I guess we just keep waiting and watching... did she say if we’d get an email it was canceled or will it just disappear? Will folks actually get that $25 gift card?

 

[smelton521]

Ughhhhhhh! Thank you for calling!

I guess we just keep waiting and watching... did she say if we’d get an email it was canceled or will it just disappear? Will folks actually get that $25 gift card?

She did say that we will get a $25 gift card and her tone definitely acknowledged that she knew it wasn't going to compensate for the trouble the glitch has caused. She said she assumed we would get an email about the cancelation and it would show up in MDE.

 

[goodeats]

I’m here now and I’m having great luck with lines and crowds. I kind of love the no FPs! I had bought a 6 day ticket, but I’m debating saving two of the days for a future trip now. Not sure that buys me anything though.

We’ll see if I’m able to do all my “must dos” at HS tomorrow.

 

[Carolnole]

I had the opposite experience. Waited about 10 minutes on hold today, and cm said if my ADR’s are still there, they aren’t going anywhere. She said only new reservations are being cancelled, not modified ones. On Tuesday, I went in and changed my existing reservations to different times. Hopefully they stay put.

 

[teach22180]

I’m here now and I’m having great luck with lines and crowds. I kind of love the no FPs! I had bought a 6 day ticket, but I’m debating saving two of the days for a future trip now. Not sure that buys me anything though.

We’ll see if I’m able to do all my “must dos” at HS tomorrow.

Clearly I chose the wrong week because the wait times look so much better this week! Lol. I hope you are enjoying it.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

I’m here now and I’m having great luck with lines and crowds. I kind of love the no FPs! I had bought a 6 day ticket, but I’m debating saving two of the days for a future trip now. Not sure that buys me anything though.

We’ll see if I’m able to do all my “must dos” at HS tomorrow.

Can you save days? I thought unused days expired in a certain number of days from the first use of the ticket (14 maybe?)

 

[imjen]

We went to MK Wednesday and had a great day. Longest line we stood in was 30 min. Here's my notes:

At Pop, we got in the bus line at 7:20 am. About 18 parties back. We got on the 3rd bus and left at 8:10.

We were through the turnstiles about 8:35. Mine Train was practically a walk on, about 5-7 min in line. We did Peter Pan next, which was a walk on. Then BTMRR about 10 min, snack break, and BTMRR repeat about 15 min. Splash Mtn was closed for a few hrs. We went to Pirates, then Jingle Cruise and lunch at Pecos Bills -Super yummy! Splash Mtn around 1:15 pm was about 20 min, Country Bears about 3 min wait, Haunted Mansion about 20 min wait. Took a short break then did Buzz, about 10 min wait, Carousel of Progress with minimal wait and ended with Mine Train around 4:30, which was a 30 min wait (posted 45 min).