On the road to see the mouse, part 2.

Woof, sorry you all, life caught up with me a little bit and I haven’t been able to update the site as I hoped. 

When last we left, we had gotten through the initial ticket/security lines and were getting into the parks. We started our visit at Hollywood Studios and finished our weekend away at the Magic Kingdom. The ride lines were of course one of the first things we noticed. As we got into both parks, we made our way straight to our “first choice” or “get them done” rides of the day. We went straight to them and in most every case, went directly on. It was clear to see the migration patterns of guests around the park. What we observed, was that the lines were about one-half of what we would have seen had the rides been on a normal day. With the longest line being about one hour.

There has been a lot written regarding the Virtual Ques for Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood and we encountered those as well. Overall, we really enjoyed them, especially from the perspective of COVID-19. In that context, the virtual que was awesome. The lines were physically small and did a fairly decent job of distancing each other based on the markers that had been placed. The one downside, the ques fill up, very, very…very quickly. We started trying to get in about 3-5 minutes ahead of the advertised start time and we were still in “backup” que groups. We got in, the size of the crowd allowed that they took a ton of groups through, it was very easy to see though that on busier days, you may/may not be able to get through. 

Getting food and going through food lines were fairly easy as well. There were still quite a few laces that had not reopened just yet but there was no shortage at all. The biggest change (at least that’s how it seemed to us) other than some being unopened still was that you couldn’t just grab something, walk and munch. The expectation is that if you get something to eat, you stop, park it, eat and go. Not a big deal really, but if you are a big family, you may want to think through timing, and where you chose to stop versus what you are trying to do next. 

Similarly to the stores, while there were many that weren’t open, there were still a wide range of options for you to browse, get your stuff, and go from there. We didn’t find that things weren’t available because of a store being closer, they may have been out just because they were out at the time. Pins, apparel, toys for kids, and more…all there.

Based on the earlier part of our conversation, we didn’t cover the entire property (meaning we did not go to EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, or any of the peripheral activities (the water parks, etc.), so guidelines may be slightly different from park to park, but overall, what we encountered was a great experience all things considered.