September- back to normal entertainment?

[mikeishere]

Hi,
I’m from the uk and due to go to WDW and Universal on Sept 11th this year for 2 week break.
What are your opinions on entertainment, characters meets and no face masks being a thing by then? Or do you think it’ll be the same?

 

[SaintsManiac]

My guess is that it will be the same as it is now. Expect the worst and hope for the best.

 

[chicagoshannon]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Universal will mostly be back to normal as far as entertainment as they have a lot of that already. Might still require masks but I think they may be relaxed more there by then.

Disney will probably be the last place in the entire country to discontinue mask mandates.

 

[tinkerbelletreasure]

If you are coming from the UK, I’m not sure I’d even be convinced that the travel restrictions will gone by then allowing you to come from overseas. And I think chances are slim to none that things will be back to normal. It will take time from when they make the decision to bring back entertainment to recall them, retrain them, ect. I really think it will be fall before we start seeing significant improvements in Covid anyway.

 

[mikeishere]

I think I’m going to move it to early 2022. Start of February 2022 (1st 2 weeks) if all well.
Question are the water parks open start of Feb (Volcano Bay / Disney Water Parks) and is it warm enough to go in your outdoor hotel pool first 2 weeks in February?

 

[Upatnoon]

I think I’m going to move it to early 2022. Start of February 2022 (1st 2 weeks) if all well.
Question are the water parks open start of Feb (Volcano Bay / Disney Water Parks) and is it warm enough to go in your outdoor hotel pool first 2 weeks in February?

The water parks may or may not be open depending on the weather and seasonal shutdowns. You won't know until you get closer.

As for the weather, there is a chance it will be warm enough. But it also could be cold. The pools are heated, but the air isn't. It may be warm enough while you are at the parks, but then cold in the evening when you return to your resort.

Also, it depends where you are from. I have walked past many pools wearing a coat and shivering while kids from Canada we playing like it was the middle of summer.

If you want guaranteed swimming, I would not go in February. If you want great weather for park touring without the misery of summer heat, its a great time to go.

 

[tinkerbelletreasure]

For water parks... this year they are opening in early March. Before that, the weather is pretty hit or miss as far as being warm enough.

 

[gharter]

I doubt all the entertainment will be back at that time. I hope it is by September as we go the next month.

 

[Engineman02]

Festival of Lion King back this summer. Don’t know when. They note there will be modifications to the show, and audience will probably be more limited.

 

[jeffmw]

I actually think there could be a fair amount of entertainment back by September, particularly for the outside shows. The Lion King announcement yesterday shows they do want to get that part of things up and moving when it's feasible. As they increase capacity they need to give people things to do and clear out the crowds in the walkways. HS in particular needs those shows to thin things out.

Honestly, I don't see why they don't bring Indiana Jones back now. That stadium is so massive and the show isn't that popular, so social distancing is almost never a problem.

 

[SaintsManiac]

I actually think there could be a fair amount of entertainment back by September, particularly for the outside shows. The Lion King announcement yesterday shows they do want to get that part of things up and moving when it's feasible. As they increase capacity they need to give people things to do and clear out the crowds in the walkways. HS in particular needs those shows to thin things out.

Honestly, I don't see why they don't bring Indiana Jones back now. That stadium is so massive and the show isn't that popular, so social distancing is almost never a problem.

It costs money.

 

[sethschroeder]

My guess is that it will be the same as it is now. Expect the worst and hope for the best.

Completely agree everything is working against things returning before 2022.

Plan on it being the same or less than now. Anything else before 2022 is gravy.

 

[DisneyDillyDally]

We went last week of Feb 2020 and it was warm enough for swimming. We are from Canada tho. Several years ago we went to Miami last week of Jan and it was definitely not warm enough for outdoor swimming.

 

[kathy884]

I wouldn't count on things being back until there is an official announcement. I would guess that there will still be a face mask requirement and no character meet and greets yet in September. Hopefully we'll really be ramping up on getting people vaccinated here in the US which is key to being back to a new normal (I really want to see that happen). We have not had an overly impressive start on that however.

 

[angelmav]

I really wouldn’t bank on it. 2021 looks to be a wait and see year. We just added the mandatory quarantines for overseas visitors and are looking at a national mask mandate. That doesn’t strike me as being closer to normal.

 

[Blondie58]

There is no way to know. Everything is a guess. We are traveling in the fall to WDW no matter if we personally have the vaccine by then.

 

[Sakiki]

If you are coming from the UK, I’m not sure I’d even be convinced that the travel restrictions will gone by then allowing you to come from overseas. And I think chances are slim to none that things will be back to normal. It will take time from when they make the decision to bring back entertainment to recall them, retrain them, ect. I really think it will be fall before we start seeing significant improvements in Covid anyway.

What you said, sadly. I’m also in the UK and I just spoke to my TA this morning and have switched our December 2021 Florida trip to December 2022, by which time the world will either be very substantially back to normal - or it will have gone to h*ll in a handcart and vacations at Disney (or anywhere else) will be the last and least things on anyone’s minds...

I’ll have to apply to the US government for a new ESTA and the UK government for a new passport as both expire before November 2022 but that’s life...

 

[Sakiki]

The water parks may or may not be open depending on the weather and seasonal shutdowns. You won't know until you get closer.

As for the weather, there is a chance it will be warm enough. But it also could be cold. The pools are heated, but the air isn't. It may be warm enough while you are at the parks, but then cold in the evening when you return to your resort.

Also, it depends where you are from. I have walked past many pools wearing a coat and shivering while kids from Canada we playing like it was the middle of summer.

If you want guaranteed swimming, I would not go in February. If you want great weather for park touring without the misery of summer heat, its a great time to go.

<grin> We came over in February way back in 1999. We were walking around in shirtsleeves while all the locals were bundled up in anoraks and heavy sweaters... We didn’t venture the pools, though!

 

[PetePanMan]

“Plan on it being the same or less than now. Anything else before 2022 is gravy”
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less than now?

 

[randumb0]

Masks will definitely be required