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[sethschroeder]

BWV Bus for MK:

Sun - 1hr 15min early
Tue - 45min early
Fri - 1hr 20min early

I am not sure if a bus was just missed on Tuesday or if they simply start busses earlier for MK on weekends

 

[Lsdolphin]

Can a car/rideshare enter Boardwalk to pickup a guest staying on property? Planning on taking DME from Orlando to BWV and then getting a Lyft/Uber to rental car location since it's significantly cheaper than Orlando International

Last time I rented a car they sent a shuttle from the car rental over to resort to pick me up.

 

[sethschroeder]

Haunted Mansion not opening until actual opening time.

BTMM also not open early. Normally 830 open time.

Splash they are having issues expecting a delayed opening.

 

[Rarity]

Can a car/rideshare enter Boardwalk to pickup a guest staying on property? Planning on taking DME from Orlando to BWV and then getting a Lyft/Uber to rental car location since it's significantly cheaper than Orlando International

Yes, rideshares can enter without issue to pick up a guest. My sister and I used Uber several times during our Jan. 6-11 trip. This worked even when we were picked up from resorts where we were just having dinner.

 

[sethschroeder]

They are refilling the water for the Riverboat

 

[Eldritch]

I took my daughter to WDW back in September and the trip left a lot to be desired. On Tuesday I watched a Geeks and Gamers youtube video showing them walk around HS and there were literally no lines. It made me wonder if I should consider a very quick trip down there to do what we couldn't and leave with better memories. For those down there now or recently returning, how are the lines? Thank you.

 

[NashvilleMama]

I took my daughter to WDW back in September and the trip left a lot to be desired. On Tuesday I watched a Geeks and Gamers youtube video showing them walk around HS and there were literally no lines. It made me wonder if I should consider a very quick trip down there to do what we couldn't and leave with better memories. For those down there now or recently returning, how are the lines? Thank you.

My friends are there now and have been in the parks the past 3 days. It sounds like basically walking on rides, all day, every park - maybe 20 mins wait at most. Granted, these are weekdays so the weekend will likely be worse....but going midweek right now sounds really amazing.

 

[SL6827]

I took my daughter to WDW back in September and the trip left a lot to be desired. On Tuesday I watched a Geeks and Gamers youtube video showing them walk around HS and there were literally no lines. It made me wonder if I should consider a very quick trip down there to do what we couldn't and leave with better memories. For those down there now or recently returning, how are the lines? Thank you.

Doing just this next week. I am not expecting to have no lines at HS, but I think I will get a lot done.

 

[NashvilleMama]

Doing just this next week. I am not expecting to have no lines at HS, but I think I will get a lot done.

I've been watching HS waits on the app throughout yesterday and today as we're there next Friday, and they look *really* good. My friend said a posted 40 min SDD wait only took 12 mins.

 

[cjlong88]

I've been watching HS waits on the app throughout yesterday and today as we're there next Friday, and they look *really* good. My friend said a posted 40 min SDD wait only took 12 mins.

I hope it stays this way for the next two weeks. I'll be there in 13 days and would love to experience the current wait times I'm seeing on MDE

 

[Toad_Passenger]

I hope it stays this way for the next two weeks. I'll be there in 13 days and would love to experience the current wait times I'm seeing on MDE

I think they may stay fairly low until, at least, President's Day. Of course that's also me wishcasting since I arrive next Sunday 1/31

 

[jlstwinmommy]

We have been here since last Saturday. The weekend was heavier, but since Monday crowds have been non-existant. We’ve waited maybe 20 min or less for most things. We have gotten to each park near unofficial open.
Yesterday we went to AK and rode FoP 3 times with a 10 minute wait, in the middle of the day. Also rode Everest 3 times just walking through the lines.
We spent yesterday afternoon at HS and waited 10 min for Mickey’s runaway train at 6pm.
Today we were in MK and have waited under 20 min for most rides. We hopped to Epcot around 2:30 and rode soarin with a 10 min wait. We have also done Nemo and imagination. The countries have been a bit busier but we are on our last day and mostly shopping and watching some of the movies we haven’t seen.
All in all, it’s been fantastic. I wish it was always like this.

 

[closetmickey]

Pooh and Splash both down to start out the morning. Make sure to pay attention to ride closures on the app.

Does the app show rides that are down or wait times before the oficial park opening time?

 

[closetmickey]

I see lots of reports of mobile ordering at CR to be able to walk to MK. Would being dropped at GF for a mobiel order work just as well if we were to pick up food there and then take the monorail? Is this allowed and how much longer might it take than walking from the CR?

 

[sethschroeder]

Does the app show rides that are down or wait times before the oficial park opening time?

Go to attractions on the app and it will say temporarily closed.

Prior to park opening though can possibly be tricky.

 

[MainMom]

Hollywood Studios Friday 1/22: Today was my mom, daughter and I. The guys stayed home because my son had virtual school. DD and I were up for ROTR boarding passes and she managed to get 63.

We arrived at the parking booths at 8:00 exactly and were maybe 6 cars back. They started moving the line at 8:03. We parked in the very first row of Mickey lots about halfway down the row. It was an excellent spot. We breezed through temp and bag check, scanned our bands and were in the park.

MRR was walk on. By 9:20 we had ridden MRR, Slinky, Saucers, and TSMM. All were walk on. Grabbed pastries from the Joffrey cart outside of Toy Story Land and took a break to eat. TOT was down at that point so we decided to do TSMM again which was still walk on.

TOT was back up with a 50 minute wait so we went to get in line. By the time we got there is was 60 minutes. This was around 10:05am. The actual
wait was 45 minutes. While we were in line we mobile ordered Backlot Express. We had time to kill after ToT so we did some shopping and just wandered around a bit.

We ate and then decided to head of to Star Wars land as we had never been. Honestly, it looked cool, but since none of us are fans we really didn’t know what we were looking at except storm troopers. It was crowded so we left and found some shaded quiet benches back by Mama Melrose and just hung out there until our boarding pass was ready. Our group was called about 12:35 and we were in on the ride around 1:00. We did know enough about Star Wars to really enjoy ROTR and will try to get boarding passes again. After ROTR we grabbed some treats from Starbucks, & shopped on the way out. I think we left around 2ish.

Arriving early was key to our successful day today. We definitely could have ridden MRR or Slinky a second time right after the first with minimal wait. We just chose not too. And we probably would have left the park after lunch (the lines were longish and we didn’t feel like standing in them) if not for out boarding pass.
Once again, mask and social distancing compliance in lines was great, but we hardly stood any lines.

 

[MainMom]

I took my daughter to WDW back in September and the trip left a lot to be desired. On Tuesday I watched a Geeks and Gamers youtube video showing them walk around HS and there were literally no lines. It made me wonder if I should consider a very quick trip down there to do what we couldn't and leave with better memories. For those down there now or recently returning, how are the lines? Thank you.

We were at HS today. I just posted about our day above this post.

 

[MainMom]

Does the app show rides that are down or wait times before the oficial park opening time?

No wait times.

 

[keke5656]

For those of you lurking that are traveling in the next two weeks (like me!) dining reservation at MK for the 7th just opened for 7:55pm. You can arrive up to 15 mins late and close out the park! We never could do this before covid and I am so looking forward to it!!

 

[CapnJacksGirl]

I see lots of reports of mobile ordering at CR to be able to walk to MK. Would being dropped at GF for a mobiel order work just as well if we were to pick up food there and then take the monorail? Is this allowed and how much longer might it take than walking from the CR?

I was thinking of doing the same thing but I've also seen enough reports of people being turned away from resort gates, even with mobile orders placed, that I'm not chancing it.

As for your question, I don't have a definitive answer about the monorail but I would expect walking would be faster.