yulilin3
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And the tomorrowland terrace, even though open air it still has a/c vents in the ceiling
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Awesome-we didn't need one in DAK and used Tomorrowland Terrace yesterday.
Will definitely use Pizzafari and Pete's Silly Sideshow on our next DAK and MK days-AC RULES!
I just wish there was some way Disney could have cups of Ice Water available at the Stations,but I am sure there is a reason they aren't doing it.
Are the Restrooms open for Relaxtion Guests in Pizzafari? Thanks.
edmartin
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Monday @ Disney Springs & Epcot, Tuesday at Hollywood Studios.
This is going to cover a lot of ground... we've done a lot in the last 2 days since my last report.
We moved from Old Key West to Riviera on Monday. This was by design; we decided it would be fun to stay in the oldest DVC resort (OKW) and the newest (Riviera) on the same trip. And they were the only 2 DVC resorts we had never stayed at. I know this forum is about the parks but just a quick commentary on OKW & Riviera. Particularly in these times, the "small separate buildings" feel of OKW was very comfortable. It really hit us when we got to Riviera and it felt like a very busy hotel in comparison. Just something to keep in mind. We loved both and they are VERY different (obviously).
Related: transportation. I was one of those that when I first heard about it a few years ago, I was not a fan of the Skyliner idea. But then it happened, we tried it and we really liked it. So I say this from a "pro Skyliner" perspective. One of the highlights of Riviera is direct access to the Skyliner - then to Epcot & Hollywood Studios. Well, it tends to rain in FL, right? And for a lot of the year, that rain comes with thunder & lightning. So, the Skyliner gets shut down. And just like that, Riviera becomes another hotel on the bus line. And maybe it's because of the current situation but it's a bit worse. We were leaving the Studio this afternoon in the rain. Skyliner was shut down. But the bus signs did not list Riviera - at all. So we had to walk back to the Skyliner attendant and ask. They turn the bus line on to Riviera when it rains but it's not marked on the boards (it was #6, BTW).
But back to the parks & Disney Springs...
We checked out of OKW and went to Disney Springs on Monday (Labor Day) while waiting for our room at Riviera to be ready. Not sure why but traffic into the garage was really slow & backed up. But we parked, got screened and in we went. Like the parks, the crowds seemed relatively light. But unlike the parks, the queues to get into places like World of Disney & Lego are pretty disorganized. I get it; they never expected long lines. But if you go, be prepared.
We didn't have reservations but we were able to get 2 seats at the bar at Wine Bar George. We always enjoy it there and this time was terrific.
We hung out for a while, checked into Riviera and then went to Epcot. Remember what I said about Skyliner being shut down if it rains? Ya... bingo; that's what happened last night. So we grabbed an Uber over to Boardwalk and went into Epcot through International Gateway.
I've talked about Food & Wine Festival 2020 in a prior post. I give Disney a lot of leeway for pulling it together at all. We have been coming for F&W for many years. If you are thinking of coming because of F&W, my recommendation would be for you to delay until 2021. It's understandable why... but it's disappointing.
Crowds were noticeably lighter yesterday (Monday) than we saw Saturday. Picture attached of what America looked like at about 8 PM.
Today was the Studio. We were lucky to have done Rise of the Resistance when it opened but we were dying to try it again. So, we walked over to the Caribbean Skyliner station and boarded when they opened at 9:00. [It's faster to walk to Caribbean than to transfer from the Riviera line first thing in the AM.]. Though the gate, quick stop at Starbucks and then into the line for Runaway Railway (while we waited for the Rise of the Resistance boarding group system to go live at 10:00). We were just about to board the train when Rise went live; we got our boarding group and really liked Runway Railway. [FYI, Rise boarding groups were gone in less than a minute today.]
Overall, lines weren't bad. Railway was about 40 minutes. Slinky Dog was 60. Millennium Falcon was under 30. Midway Mania was a walk-on. Rockin' Rollercoaster was about 40. So we hit everything we wanted. Late lunch at Mama Melrose (it was fantastic) & then back to Riviera.
The only negative I have to say about the Studio was the lack of food options. Most restaurants are open. But food stands are few & far between. Plenty of popcorn... but good luck finding a Mickey bar. I get it that capacity is down and it's a Tuesday today. But it (food stand availability) was very different in the Studio than we had seen at MK or Epcot.
Finally... sorry to harp on it but for those keeping score, we tried to use Skyliner to/from Riviera 3 times and it was shut down because of weather 2 out of 3 times (in the last 24 hours). Riviera is beautiful. But for the number of points to stay here, if you are doing it because of access to Skyliner... temper your expectations. We lived in central FL for 4 years; it rains and thunders in Orlando in the afternoon A LOT. The rule for Skyliner is that once a thunder storm gets within a 10-mile radius, they shut it down until no storms have been within 10 miles for 30 minutes. Great call from a safety perspective! But from an uptime perspective... it's going to take a toll. I would classify Riviera as near Grand Floridian quality... but on the bus line (effectively).
This is going to cover a lot of ground... we've done a lot in the last 2 days since my last report.
We moved from Old Key West to Riviera on Monday. This was by design; we decided it would be fun to stay in the oldest DVC resort (OKW) and the newest (Riviera) on the same trip. And they were the only 2 DVC resorts we had never stayed at. I know this forum is about the parks but just a quick commentary on OKW & Riviera. Particularly in these times, the "small separate buildings" feel of OKW was very comfortable. It really hit us when we got to Riviera and it felt like a very busy hotel in comparison. Just something to keep in mind. We loved both and they are VERY different (obviously).
Related: transportation. I was one of those that when I first heard about it a few years ago, I was not a fan of the Skyliner idea. But then it happened, we tried it and we really liked it. So I say this from a "pro Skyliner" perspective. One of the highlights of Riviera is direct access to the Skyliner - then to Epcot & Hollywood Studios. Well, it tends to rain in FL, right? And for a lot of the year, that rain comes with thunder & lightning. So, the Skyliner gets shut down. And just like that, Riviera becomes another hotel on the bus line. And maybe it's because of the current situation but it's a bit worse. We were leaving the Studio this afternoon in the rain. Skyliner was shut down. But the bus signs did not list Riviera - at all. So we had to walk back to the Skyliner attendant and ask. They turn the bus line on to Riviera when it rains but it's not marked on the boards (it was #6, BTW).
But back to the parks & Disney Springs...
We checked out of OKW and went to Disney Springs on Monday (Labor Day) while waiting for our room at Riviera to be ready. Not sure why but traffic into the garage was really slow & backed up. But we parked, got screened and in we went. Like the parks, the crowds seemed relatively light. But unlike the parks, the queues to get into places like World of Disney & Lego are pretty disorganized. I get it; they never expected long lines. But if you go, be prepared.
We didn't have reservations but we were able to get 2 seats at the bar at Wine Bar George. We always enjoy it there and this time was terrific.
We hung out for a while, checked into Riviera and then went to Epcot. Remember what I said about Skyliner being shut down if it rains? Ya... bingo; that's what happened last night. So we grabbed an Uber over to Boardwalk and went into Epcot through International Gateway.
I've talked about Food & Wine Festival 2020 in a prior post. I give Disney a lot of leeway for pulling it together at all. We have been coming for F&W for many years. If you are thinking of coming because of F&W, my recommendation would be for you to delay until 2021. It's understandable why... but it's disappointing.
Crowds were noticeably lighter yesterday (Monday) than we saw Saturday. Picture attached of what America looked like at about 8 PM.
Today was the Studio. We were lucky to have done Rise of the Resistance when it opened but we were dying to try it again. So, we walked over to the Caribbean Skyliner station and boarded when they opened at 9:00. [It's faster to walk to Caribbean than to transfer from the Riviera line first thing in the AM.]. Though the gate, quick stop at Starbucks and then into the line for Runaway Railway (while we waited for the Rise of the Resistance boarding group system to go live at 10:00). We were just about to board the train when Rise went live; we got our boarding group and really liked Runway Railway. [FYI, Rise boarding groups were gone in less than a minute today.]
Overall, lines weren't bad. Railway was about 40 minutes. Slinky Dog was 60. Millennium Falcon was under 30. Midway Mania was a walk-on. Rockin' Rollercoaster was about 40. So we hit everything we wanted. Late lunch at Mama Melrose (it was fantastic) & then back to Riviera.
The only negative I have to say about the Studio was the lack of food options. Most restaurants are open. But food stands are few & far between. Plenty of popcorn... but good luck finding a Mickey bar. I get it that capacity is down and it's a Tuesday today. But it (food stand availability) was very different in the Studio than we had seen at MK or Epcot.
Finally... sorry to harp on it but for those keeping score, we tried to use Skyliner to/from Riviera 3 times and it was shut down because of weather 2 out of 3 times (in the last 24 hours). Riviera is beautiful. But for the number of points to stay here, if you are doing it because of access to Skyliner... temper your expectations. We lived in central FL for 4 years; it rains and thunders in Orlando in the afternoon A LOT. The rule for Skyliner is that once a thunder storm gets within a 10-mile radius, they shut it down until no storms have been within 10 miles for 30 minutes. Great call from a safety perspective! But from an uptime perspective... it's going to take a toll. I would classify Riviera as near Grand Floridian quality... but on the bus line (effectively).
TOO FUNNY!!!!
We asked a Bus Driver one time what the capacity of his bus was and he said:
"72 Guests or double that for a South American Tour Group"lol
The 15s and Social Distancing would be something to see!lol
elsbit
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So today was a major first for me in the parks. While on the ride ROR the person in front of me stopped in the room with the stormtroopers to pose in the Nazi salute heil Hitler while his girlfriend or wife took his picture. A young cast member told him sir you cannot do that again but let him proceed on the ride. When we got off of the ride I saw him flash an Aryan gang sign again posing for a picture. We went to one cast member and told her that she told us to find somebody else. 
So we went and spoke to someone who got a manager who took it seriously and security was going to look for him. Those two employees were great. We gave them pics of him and based in his appearance he should have been easy to find. I truly hope that he got removed from the park. It made for an uncomfortable situation and I am not sorry we escalated it. The manager was nice and asked us if we wanted to have another ride on our OR but we declined.
Out of our last 3 days in the park I felt that Hollywood studios felt the most congested compared to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. It was still possible to tmostly socially distance but for some reason it seemed like the crowd was sometimes was a little more oblivious to it. I also saw some more mask issues and more people eating and drinking in moving lines. We got boarding group 29. The family in front of us said that they had been here another day and did not get any boarding group. today they got 11.
Our group was called about 1:18 pm. We ate at Sci Fi Diner and felt the cars were well distanced and not crowded. The only thing I disliked was being seated right next to the only entrance into the room (the side with the bathroom is the exit) and having foot traffic near my meal.
We did three parks on this trip and I felt pretty good most of the time in any instance that I did not feel good I made sure to put more distance between us and people who made me uncomfortable. There was hand sanitizer everywhere and I felt that lines were well marked. There could be more hand washing stations but there's plenty of bathrooms to step into and wash your hands. We are staying at kidani and there is hand sanitizer at every elevator point. I did choose not to wear the glasses for toy story mania which we rode twice. My friend felt comfortable wearing them but I did not as the people handing them out did not have gloves on and I did not want something like that near my nose or mouth. They only real ride cleaning that I personally saw was at it's a small world. They seemed pretty hardcore about spraying down the boats and we watched them do that frequently while in line. Most of the hand sanitizer stations were always working though sometimes they did not (it appeared battery related) but there was always another one very close by. I never ever saw a cast member inappropriate with their mask. Most often they wore a face shield and a mask. I will say it was hard to hear them talk and the interactions were not as friendly as I was normally used to, bit I feel they were doing the best they could. Wearing a mask in the heat was sometimes very oppressive. In the span of 3 days it caused me to have breakouts on my chin and above my lip and I don't normally ever break out. It was very nice to go and to sit down restaurants with air conditioning and take the masks off. They're also selling cute Disney masks that are fabric but they can be very hard to find proper sizes. Am I glad I came? Yes, but I admit that I came because part of my trip was non refundable. Would I come again after this experience?? Yes. What I recommend first-timers come? No. I do have a family trip coming up in October and I have an 11-year-old, 8-year-old, and 3-year-old. I will post again then to talk about the experience with having kids in various ages and dealing with a toddler with a mask.
So we went and spoke to someone who got a manager who took it seriously and security was going to look for him. Those two employees were great. We gave them pics of him and based in his appearance he should have been easy to find. I truly hope that he got removed from the park. It made for an uncomfortable situation and I am not sorry we escalated it. The manager was nice and asked us if we wanted to have another ride on our OR but we declined.Out of our last 3 days in the park I felt that Hollywood studios felt the most congested compared to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. It was still possible to tmostly socially distance but for some reason it seemed like the crowd was sometimes was a little more oblivious to it. I also saw some more mask issues and more people eating and drinking in moving lines. We got boarding group 29. The family in front of us said that they had been here another day and did not get any boarding group. today they got 11.
Our group was called about 1:18 pm. We ate at Sci Fi Diner and felt the cars were well distanced and not crowded. The only thing I disliked was being seated right next to the only entrance into the room (the side with the bathroom is the exit) and having foot traffic near my meal. We did three parks on this trip and I felt pretty good most of the time in any instance that I did not feel good I made sure to put more distance between us and people who made me uncomfortable. There was hand sanitizer everywhere and I felt that lines were well marked. There could be more hand washing stations but there's plenty of bathrooms to step into and wash your hands. We are staying at kidani and there is hand sanitizer at every elevator point. I did choose not to wear the glasses for toy story mania which we rode twice. My friend felt comfortable wearing them but I did not as the people handing them out did not have gloves on and I did not want something like that near my nose or mouth. They only real ride cleaning that I personally saw was at it's a small world. They seemed pretty hardcore about spraying down the boats and we watched them do that frequently while in line. Most of the hand sanitizer stations were always working though sometimes they did not (it appeared battery related) but there was always another one very close by. I never ever saw a cast member inappropriate with their mask. Most often they wore a face shield and a mask. I will say it was hard to hear them talk and the interactions were not as friendly as I was normally used to, bit I feel they were doing the best they could. Wearing a mask in the heat was sometimes very oppressive. In the span of 3 days it caused me to have breakouts on my chin and above my lip and I don't normally ever break out. It was very nice to go and to sit down restaurants with air conditioning and take the masks off. They're also selling cute Disney masks that are fabric but they can be very hard to find proper sizes. Am I glad I came? Yes, but I admit that I came because part of my trip was non refundable. Would I come again after this experience?? Yes. What I recommend first-timers come? No. I do have a family trip coming up in October and I have an 11-year-old, 8-year-old, and 3-year-old. I will post again then to talk about the experience with having kids in various ages and dealing with a toddler with a mask.
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Also want to add that I felt that the restaurant did a good job cleaning the tables. When we ate breakfast at the Grand Floridian I watched them wash down a table and wipe down the chairs including the seats and the backs. also when we ate at Liberty Tavern they actually had us eating in that diamond restaurant for spacing.
butterscotchcollins
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Our experience at MK today was a bit different than what I was expecting and definitely different but still fun.
The good:
-Wait times were more than reasonable although BTMRR and Splash were down for the first 1.5 or so this AM. The longest waits were for 7DMT (Posted 35, waited about that) and the Carousel (also about 30 mins for some reason? Not on a cleaning cycle). We did all the attractions we wanted though with reasonable waits.
-The cavalcades are SO FUN! It’s so thrilling to suddenly hear the music and turn around and catch a glimpse. Gaston on a horse was epic.
-Very easy to get cute pics in front of the castle with pretty much no one in your shot (I recommend the middle of the afternoon when the hub seemed at its emptiest and the sun gives great lighting w/o casting weird shadows)
-Plenty of hand sanitizer stations.
The bad:
-Guests don’t use those hand sanitizer stations nearly as much as they should -_- lol
-The lack of QS for easy water fills and the stupid line at Sleepy Hollow all day made for extremely limited options when we needed a snack or water. We wound up caving and buying several bottles of water from the carts because trying to refill our bottles at water fountains or find a place that didn’t have a line was a waste of time.
I must admit, I didn’t think it would bother me to miss fireworks or have shorter park hours but it did. Especially with the afternoon rain, you really have to get all the outdoor attractions out of the way before about 2pm or so, and if you want multiple rides keep that in mind too. It started to heavily downpour around 4 and the park closed at 6 so even if I wanted to wait out the rain for another ride on 7DMT or BTMRR I couldn’t. On the plus side it drove everyone else out of the park or into gift shops so PP, HM and Buzz were walk ons at that point.
The good:
-Wait times were more than reasonable although BTMRR and Splash were down for the first 1.5 or so this AM. The longest waits were for 7DMT (Posted 35, waited about that) and the Carousel (also about 30 mins for some reason? Not on a cleaning cycle). We did all the attractions we wanted though with reasonable waits.
-The cavalcades are SO FUN! It’s so thrilling to suddenly hear the music and turn around and catch a glimpse. Gaston on a horse was epic.
-Very easy to get cute pics in front of the castle with pretty much no one in your shot (I recommend the middle of the afternoon when the hub seemed at its emptiest and the sun gives great lighting w/o casting weird shadows)
-Plenty of hand sanitizer stations.
The bad:
-Guests don’t use those hand sanitizer stations nearly as much as they should -_- lol
-The lack of QS for easy water fills and the stupid line at Sleepy Hollow all day made for extremely limited options when we needed a snack or water. We wound up caving and buying several bottles of water from the carts because trying to refill our bottles at water fountains or find a place that didn’t have a line was a waste of time.
I must admit, I didn’t think it would bother me to miss fireworks or have shorter park hours but it did. Especially with the afternoon rain, you really have to get all the outdoor attractions out of the way before about 2pm or so, and if you want multiple rides keep that in mind too. It started to heavily downpour around 4 and the park closed at 6 so even if I wanted to wait out the rain for another ride on 7DMT or BTMRR I couldn’t. On the plus side it drove everyone else out of the park or into gift shops so PP, HM and Buzz were walk ons at that point.
butterscotchcollins
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So today was a major first for me in the parks. While on the ride ROR the person in front of me stopped in the room with the stormtroopers to pose in the Nazi salute heil Hitler while his girlfriend or wife took his picture. A young cast member told him sir you cannot do that again but let him proceed on the ride. When we got off of the ride I saw him flash an Aryan gang sign again posing for a picture. We went to one cast member and told her that she told us to find somebody else.
You did the right thing. Thank you for that.
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@elsbthank you for your report. I'm glad that you had a good time but oh my goodness, I'd be so upset if I saw someone doing nazi signs in the park. I'm glad you spoke to someone
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Question for those that have been to AK in the last few days. Kali River Rapids, have they turned up the water force yet? When WDW first re-opened, I think I read here that someone was disappointed that Kali River Rapids had barely a splash. I go on that ride specifically to cool off by getting drenched. I will be there this weekend, I hope they turned up the splash!
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Any vegetarians going to the parks these days? I dont need vegan but due to Crohns limit cheese or ice cream to once a day (Ok, I *try* to do this). The times I visited have usually been warm which kills my appetite anyway but what I would usually eat would be snack cart things...popcorn, pretzels, Mickey bars. I saw reports of popcorn but no MBs. Are pretzels an option? Any other good vegetarian recommendations?
Jimmiemac02
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We rode it today. There was no splash and nobody got wet.
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Will you be able to do a report on your visits to Universal? I'd love to hear about Universal
Universal was a lot busier today than it was last Thursday. Lines weren't too horrible (except for Hogwarts express at 80 minutes) but there were a lot more people roaming around. We only did a couple of rides at Universal before going to Islands. Island wasn't as busy as studios. Rides were mostly walk on.
It seems that you're allowed to walk and eat/drink at Universal. We saw a lot of people doing that. But if yoh had a nose peeking out you got told to pull the mask up pretty quickly. I also saw lot of gaitor masks which i thought were banned but maybe they changed that rule again. Also saw a kid with only a face shield while on a ride. I thought that you had to wear a mask on rides if you were allowed to use a shield.
I don't really care but would be nice if they were consistent. Hulk was down a good portion of the day so we missed out on that ride. Was nice being able to take the mask off for water rides. They have you buckle in first, then you can remove it. We didn't have to use the relaxation zones today as the high was only 90 (lol).
I fix not notice many hands washing stations at universal but they have huge signs pointing out the bathrooms all over.
I haven't looked at a Disney map in years! I like the huge flags at the other parks. It's just nice to walk by and think yep let's take a break.
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Will you be able to do a report on your visits to Universal? I'd love to hear about Universal
We did Universal today and made a questionable decision to wait for a virtual queue for Hagrid’s. There wasn’t one at least until noon when we left. The ride opened with a 20 minute wait but we were in the Studios and figured the wait would be crazy If we tried to get over there. So we rode Gringotts, Mummy, ET, and Woody Woodpecker. Haha. We’re going back Thursday morning and going straight to IOA, we won’t make the decision to bank on a virtual queue again. We still had fun and it wasn’t horribly crowded at all.
Magic kingdom today!
Rundown of our day:
-PotC and were the first four people on the ride
-jungle cruise with about a 10 minute wait
-wanted waffles from sleepy hollow but the wait was too long, so we went to gastons for a cinnamon roll
-Peter Pan with a 25 minute wait that was about 15
-7DMT with a posted 35 and was about 25
-space mountain with a posted 20 and was on in just about that
-buzz posted 25 but was less than 20
-carousel of progress was posted 20 and was that
-by then it was about 12:30 and we went back over to sleepy hollow for waffles.
Short rant-the line was LONG. because of the madame leota sipper. The amount of people that complained about the amount of sippers they could buy was wild to watch. People were going crazy and it was....ugly.
When we showed the gentleman working our receipt that was just for two waffles he literally thanked us for having a normal order...
-After sitting for a minute we walked over to philharmagic. Posted 20 and we missed the first show by 3 people. So it was probably about 20 minutes.
-haunted mansion. Posted 20 actual 10
—placed a mobile order for the Hades Nachos (just okay) at Pecos bill while in line and went to pick it up almost immediately after getting off the ride.
—splash had dropped from a 60 minute wait down to 30 so we rushed over there. Then it quickly jumped back up to 65 minutes and when we reached the cast member he mentioned that the cleaning would be done by about 3:45. At that point it was after 3:15 so we stuck it out in line since it was actually moving. We got off the ride at 3:56.
—starting POURING while at sunshine tree terrace getting the headless horseman rides again dole whip. DELICIOUS! May like it better than the original......
-shopped in the emporium for a bit then decided to go back to buzz since it was a posted 5 minute wait.
-walked over to the contemporary for a wonderful dinner at the Wave. Very happy with that dinner especially for the price.
Mask compliance was really great and social distancing in queues was good.
Agree with a PP that finding quick service water was nearly impossible.
Overall a pretty great day and we definitely accomplished everything we normally do. Certain attractions had much lower waits than we are used to but others had longer waits than we have ever experienced. Everything is a give and take. I definitely like the freedom of not having fastpasses though!!
Onto universal tomorrow and then finishing up at Hollywood studios on Thursday!
Rundown of our day:
-PotC and were the first four people on the ride
-jungle cruise with about a 10 minute wait
-wanted waffles from sleepy hollow but the wait was too long, so we went to gastons for a cinnamon roll
-Peter Pan with a 25 minute wait that was about 15
-7DMT with a posted 35 and was about 25
-space mountain with a posted 20 and was on in just about that
-buzz posted 25 but was less than 20
-carousel of progress was posted 20 and was that
-by then it was about 12:30 and we went back over to sleepy hollow for waffles.
Short rant-the line was LONG. because of the madame leota sipper. The amount of people that complained about the amount of sippers they could buy was wild to watch. People were going crazy and it was....ugly.
When we showed the gentleman working our receipt that was just for two waffles he literally thanked us for having a normal order...
-After sitting for a minute we walked over to philharmagic. Posted 20 and we missed the first show by 3 people. So it was probably about 20 minutes.
-haunted mansion. Posted 20 actual 10
—placed a mobile order for the Hades Nachos (just okay) at Pecos bill while in line and went to pick it up almost immediately after getting off the ride.
—splash had dropped from a 60 minute wait down to 30 so we rushed over there. Then it quickly jumped back up to 65 minutes and when we reached the cast member he mentioned that the cleaning would be done by about 3:45. At that point it was after 3:15 so we stuck it out in line since it was actually moving. We got off the ride at 3:56.
—starting POURING while at sunshine tree terrace getting the headless horseman rides again dole whip. DELICIOUS! May like it better than the original......
-shopped in the emporium for a bit then decided to go back to buzz since it was a posted 5 minute wait.
-walked over to the contemporary for a wonderful dinner at the Wave. Very happy with that dinner especially for the price.
Mask compliance was really great and social distancing in queues was good.
Agree with a PP that finding quick service water was nearly impossible.
Overall a pretty great day and we definitely accomplished everything we normally do. Certain attractions had much lower waits than we are used to but others had longer waits than we have ever experienced. Everything is a give and take. I definitely like the freedom of not having fastpasses though!!
Onto universal tomorrow and then finishing up at Hollywood studios on Thursday!
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This is so sad for the poor CMs! As if setting purchasing limits is something WDW invented and just *sprung* on them! What about the limits being in place so it's FAIR to everyone do these "people acting crazy" not understand? I would sooo NOT last long as a CM!
Thank you for your report. We are going to the Wave too! The last time we went there was 2016 I think. It used to be a "hidden gem" but it's becoming less "hidden" lately. Enjoy the rest of your vaca!
We were at mk kingdom today as well. I wish I could say that I thought mask compliance was good today but it just wasn't. It was our first day there but I am hesitant to go back. Alot of the issue was it seemed there was a fairly large group of people that were together but split into smaller groups. They were all wearing the same stuff. Anyway every time I saw any of them most were not wearing masks or it was under there nose. We also were unfortunate enough to get them behind us several times in line and not only did they not have on masks they stood right up on you and not on the markers. I said something in each line and they pretended they didn't speak English but mircously stopped atleast for a time when they heard me tell a cm(who didn't correct the masks or them). Also every time I turned around it seemed like there was people without masks or below there noses. Maybe I was in the wrong places at the wrong time today but it was super frustrating. We are supposed to have one more mk day and maybe I'll give it another shot based off other peoples reports today. Epcot yesterday they were fabulous. All the CM were on top of it. I even saw a cm at the alps booth telling multiple people that passed to correct there masks. He was great. Before I came I definitely expected mk to be better then epcot so I was surprised.
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Great day at HS today! We got boarding group 40 for RotR and our group was called around 2:30. We were able to ride it (first time for us) with no issues! The CM's before the interrogation rooms really made the experience for us, they were in character the entire time which was a lot of fun.
Beyond that, we were able to ride everything we wanted with wait times consistently well under what was posted. I think our longest wait was about 25 minutes for Micky and Minnie's Runaway Railway.
The highlight came at the end of the evening when we had a reservation for Oga's after park close. Reservation was for 7:45 but we weren't called in until about 8:00. By the time we finished at 8:45 we were not only the only ones left in the cantina but the last ones in GE! Had a CM meet us at the door as we exited and escorted us out of
the land while giving us time to take a few last photos. Might be the highlight of the entire trip right there! Attaching a few pics from the end of the night although it looks like I didn't take any with my phone after leaving Oga's.
Beyond that, we were able to ride everything we wanted with wait times consistently well under what was posted. I think our longest wait was about 25 minutes for Micky and Minnie's Runaway Railway.
The highlight came at the end of the evening when we had a reservation for Oga's after park close. Reservation was for 7:45 but we weren't called in until about 8:00. By the time we finished at 8:45 we were not only the only ones left in the cantina but the last ones in GE! Had a CM meet us at the door as we exited and escorted us out of
the land while giving us time to take a few last photos. Might be the highlight of the entire trip right there! Attaching a few pics from the end of the night although it looks like I didn't take any with my phone after leaving Oga's.
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