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So I've got another timed parks report. I take the time stamps from my pictures, and most are pretty accurate.
Wednesday April 26
DHS 9-8
AK 8-8
Epcot 11-10
6:54 am: traditional pre DHS breakfast at Ale & Compass
7: boarding group 16 for Rise. One of us used Disney WIFI and I turned my WIFI off. I was the one who got checked in first.
7:42: left Yacht Club to walk to DHS.
7:55: arrived. The second temp station was still closed off (the one closest to the Skyliner). We hovered and they opened right around 8 and we were first in line for the temperature check.
8:15: park didn't open until right around 8:15 on this day, which is 5-10 minutes later than our other days. We were the second group overall through temperature checks but had some long legs (tall people, hahaha) pass us on our way to our first attraction.
8:21: boarding the second train of the day for Runaway Railway. There was only one other couple on with us and they send the trains as soon as they're loaded whether they're full or not.
8:28: off the ride and headed back to Sunset Boulevard for ToT.
8:31: in line for ToT
8:39: on ToT. When we came out the line was already way into the Fantasmic queue space and building. If you want ToT without a long way need to get there early.
8:58: in line for Smugglers
9:11: got our own cabin for Smugglers even though there were only 2 of us. Maybe in the morning they let people have their own cabins before the line grows too long? We were pretty happy about that and chose pilots.
9:17: off Smugglers and chose to explore Batuu a bit and go in different shops. There were not lines this early.
Today was the day I decided to finally adopt my Loth Cat.
He came in a boxy pet adoption crate so I got to carry him around the next day (which I think is fun, but if you don't want to carry a box around all day wait until later in the day to purchase).
We explored a bit more and did almost all the shops.
9:41 in line for Rise of the Resistance.
9:50: on the ride.
10:03: off Rise and we walked around a bit more. Rey and Chewie were both out so we watched for a bit.
10:21: in line for Star Tours
10:42: got on Star Tours. We had the Force Awakens and Last Jedi scenes, which are probably two of my least favorite.
10:47: in line for the Mickey and Minnie vacation short. We had to wait through one rotation of the film.
11:15: got inside.
11:40: had mobile ordered from Docking Bay 7 while we waited for the vacation short cartoon. Were able to get our food at this time. I had the ribs and thought they were amazing. We made sure to make ourselves take a while eating so we could have a maskless break in the air conditioning.
Made sure to hit the bathroom on the way out of Galaxy's Edge as they have one of the only stand up water refiller stations I've been able to find.
12:30: in line for TSMM.
12:46: on the ride.
We planned to park hop and wanted to be at AK ride around opening at 2.
We took the bus and ended up getting to AK right around 2:08.
We really like to watch the animals so we took our time walking in slowly and watched the Flamingos and Otters.
2:40: got a drink from Starbucks and sat with them at an outdoor table and people watched. Pro tip with Starbucks: At AK there are two entryways. If one line is really long walk to the oppose entry of the store and see how that line is.
Spent some more time slowly walking around and exploring. Watched the lemurs for a bit.
3:15 we were in position in front of the tree to see the last flight of the macaws for the day. Sorry, got a couple pictures of this I really love so I'm posting the favorites.
3:24: in line for Everest.
3:36: on the ride.
3:49: entered Maharajah Jungle Trek.
4:27: in line for Safaris.
4:53: on the ride. I have never seen all the queue space this attraction offers. It was bananas.
5:22: off the Safaris. We sat for a long time on the savannah because the Ankoli cattle were blocking the road ahead.
5:26: on the Gorilla Falls trail.
6:19 did a mobile order for Satuli and shared a dinner.
6:44: in line for River Journey.
6:59 off River Journey and in line for FOP.
This line was super frustrating. I've been on it several times during the pandemic. Because there is no FP the line moves pretty steady. But this experience was like a throwback to FP era. We kept standing still for 10 minutes at a time then moving forward a bit. It was bizarre and I'm not sure what was going on. It took over an hour to get on the ride and the line didn't even extend that much beyond the regular queue. I've been on the ride faster when I've queued on the edge of Africa.
8:05 on the ride.
8:18: off the ride.
The park was now closed so we headed out to find an Epcot bus.
We waited about 15 minutes for a bus.
9:09 headed into Epcot. We had arrived much later than I had thought. I didn't think FOP would take that long. Originally I'd wanted to be around the bus stop at 8 but we didn't make it until a bit after 8:30.
To be honest the rest of the night was pretty crappy. We promptly got lost upon entering Epcot what with the new walls up. We could not figure out how to get to the Land pavilion. Finally I asked a CM who just let us cut through Spaceship Earth's exit to get over there. So confusing.
We ended up not going on Living with the Land because we met our friend coming from that direction. We did Spaceship Earth and waited about 5 minutes to get on.
9:45: headed over to Mexico so we could finish the day on 3 Caballeros. Ended up making it with 5 minutes to spare but the attraction was down. So we slowly walked through World Showcase on our way out.
Overall it was a very successful day until the bizarre FOP line and then getting to Epcot.
COVID safety: mask adherence was pretty good. People are not great with social distancing in lines. It seems like most people are unaware of that or have given up. I'm tired of asking people to move back and having them respond harshly, so I just let it go.
Our goal was to get the most out of our day and I think we did pretty well.
Anyone have any questions I could help with?
Wednesday April 26
DHS 9-8
AK 8-8
Epcot 11-10
6:54 am: traditional pre DHS breakfast at Ale & Compass
7: boarding group 16 for Rise. One of us used Disney WIFI and I turned my WIFI off. I was the one who got checked in first.
7:42: left Yacht Club to walk to DHS.
7:55: arrived. The second temp station was still closed off (the one closest to the Skyliner). We hovered and they opened right around 8 and we were first in line for the temperature check.
8:15: park didn't open until right around 8:15 on this day, which is 5-10 minutes later than our other days. We were the second group overall through temperature checks but had some long legs (tall people, hahaha) pass us on our way to our first attraction.
8:21: boarding the second train of the day for Runaway Railway. There was only one other couple on with us and they send the trains as soon as they're loaded whether they're full or not.
8:28: off the ride and headed back to Sunset Boulevard for ToT.
8:31: in line for ToT
8:39: on ToT. When we came out the line was already way into the Fantasmic queue space and building. If you want ToT without a long way need to get there early.
8:58: in line for Smugglers
9:11: got our own cabin for Smugglers even though there were only 2 of us. Maybe in the morning they let people have their own cabins before the line grows too long? We were pretty happy about that and chose pilots.
9:17: off Smugglers and chose to explore Batuu a bit and go in different shops. There were not lines this early.
Today was the day I decided to finally adopt my Loth Cat.
He came in a boxy pet adoption crate so I got to carry him around the next day (which I think is fun, but if you don't want to carry a box around all day wait until later in the day to purchase).
We explored a bit more and did almost all the shops.
9:41 in line for Rise of the Resistance.
9:50: on the ride.
10:03: off Rise and we walked around a bit more. Rey and Chewie were both out so we watched for a bit.
10:21: in line for Star Tours
10:42: got on Star Tours. We had the Force Awakens and Last Jedi scenes, which are probably two of my least favorite.
10:47: in line for the Mickey and Minnie vacation short. We had to wait through one rotation of the film.
11:15: got inside.
11:40: had mobile ordered from Docking Bay 7 while we waited for the vacation short cartoon. Were able to get our food at this time. I had the ribs and thought they were amazing. We made sure to make ourselves take a while eating so we could have a maskless break in the air conditioning.
Made sure to hit the bathroom on the way out of Galaxy's Edge as they have one of the only stand up water refiller stations I've been able to find.
12:30: in line for TSMM.
12:46: on the ride.
We planned to park hop and wanted to be at AK ride around opening at 2.
We took the bus and ended up getting to AK right around 2:08.
We really like to watch the animals so we took our time walking in slowly and watched the Flamingos and Otters.
2:40: got a drink from Starbucks and sat with them at an outdoor table and people watched. Pro tip with Starbucks: At AK there are two entryways. If one line is really long walk to the oppose entry of the store and see how that line is.
Spent some more time slowly walking around and exploring. Watched the lemurs for a bit.
3:15 we were in position in front of the tree to see the last flight of the macaws for the day. Sorry, got a couple pictures of this I really love so I'm posting the favorites.
3:24: in line for Everest.
3:36: on the ride.
3:49: entered Maharajah Jungle Trek.
4:27: in line for Safaris.
4:53: on the ride. I have never seen all the queue space this attraction offers. It was bananas.
5:22: off the Safaris. We sat for a long time on the savannah because the Ankoli cattle were blocking the road ahead.
5:26: on the Gorilla Falls trail.
6:19 did a mobile order for Satuli and shared a dinner.
6:44: in line for River Journey.
6:59 off River Journey and in line for FOP.
This line was super frustrating. I've been on it several times during the pandemic. Because there is no FP the line moves pretty steady. But this experience was like a throwback to FP era. We kept standing still for 10 minutes at a time then moving forward a bit. It was bizarre and I'm not sure what was going on. It took over an hour to get on the ride and the line didn't even extend that much beyond the regular queue. I've been on the ride faster when I've queued on the edge of Africa.
8:05 on the ride.
8:18: off the ride.
The park was now closed so we headed out to find an Epcot bus.
We waited about 15 minutes for a bus.
9:09 headed into Epcot. We had arrived much later than I had thought. I didn't think FOP would take that long. Originally I'd wanted to be around the bus stop at 8 but we didn't make it until a bit after 8:30.
To be honest the rest of the night was pretty crappy. We promptly got lost upon entering Epcot what with the new walls up. We could not figure out how to get to the Land pavilion. Finally I asked a CM who just let us cut through Spaceship Earth's exit to get over there. So confusing.
We ended up not going on Living with the Land because we met our friend coming from that direction. We did Spaceship Earth and waited about 5 minutes to get on.
9:45: headed over to Mexico so we could finish the day on 3 Caballeros. Ended up making it with 5 minutes to spare but the attraction was down. So we slowly walked through World Showcase on our way out.
Overall it was a very successful day until the bizarre FOP line and then getting to Epcot.
COVID safety: mask adherence was pretty good. People are not great with social distancing in lines. It seems like most people are unaware of that or have given up. I'm tired of asking people to move back and having them respond harshly, so I just let it go.
Our goal was to get the most out of our day and I think we did pretty well.
Anyone have any questions I could help with?
