We had a fun arrival day so far. Got into MCO shortly after 11am, no line at all for DME—walked right on the bus. We however walked by the line for Southwest departures and it was scary long—we made a mental note to give ourselves an extra hour at the airport when we leave in a week.
Had a delicious and quick lunch at primi piatto. Noticed in the app it said you must be a riviera resort guest to mobile order at primi piatto today. We are (it’s our welcome home trip as new DVC owners!) but I was a little surprised. They must be getting too much traffic from Caribbean beach I think. Good thing too as the restaurant was packed.
Went to HS. Skyliner was down but no surprise as it was pouring but buses were reasonably efficient (they were “filling all available space on each bus). Was nice to see buses were resort specific unlike our last trip when they ran a circuit and stopped at all skyliner resorts.
HS was awesome despite (maybe because of) all the rain. We had ponchos and enjoyed the cooler weather the rain brought, but did get pretty soggy. No crowds, 10 minutes for TOT (posted wait of 30), 15 for TSMM (posted 35), 20 for MFSR (posted 35). Only one ride the Lines app totally failed us on was AS2. Lines app said 9 mins. Actual wait 35 (ended up wishing we had used
DAS as our youngest is autistic and doesn’t handle long waits well, but once we were in the line, he would have had a meltdown if we tried to leave). We also rode slinky but used DAS as the posted wait was 60 mins so I can’t speak to actual wait time.
It is DH’s bday so we headed back to the resort and are relaxing before a special dinner at Topolino’s.
I was scared about coming with kids too young for the vax, but have been so happy here all day. Mask compliance was VERY good on buses, in lines and on rides—I think people tolerate the masks better when the get to have a break outside. They do pack you in but we created a bit of distance in the line queues by having DH and I stand 6 ft apart with the kids in the middle.
So glad we came… this is still most definitely my happiest place.