I’d be interested in hearing about your experience, especially from a Canadian’s perspective. TIA!
I normally fly out of Buffalo, occasionally Niagara Falls, or drive, so this was the first time I'd flown Toronto to Orlando. Dealing with both airports was fine, limited people, most gates completely vacant. Wearing a mask in the airport, on the planes, etc. was not a problem, I found you pretty much forget you have one on. The only difficulty for me is wearing reading glasses, or sunglasses outside, almost impossible not to steam them up.
Orlando airport was normal, less people, all masked. They have moved all car rentals to Terminal B, so I had to walk across the airport to get my car, no big deal. Touchless check-out when you leave the parking garage, you hold your License up to the window and they scan it.
I did manage to attend all 4 parks. I have an annual weekday pass, and I was traveling alone, so I did have the benefit of going/leaving whenever I wanted. I never attended early morning, usually by noon or slightly after, so I avoided any lines. At 25% capacity, I never had to wait in any line to get through security, or have the temperature check. When I was on the boat headed for MK, I was on the upper level, and there were only 6 others up there with me. The monorail back, I had the compartment to myself. The lack of big crowds is noticeable, but it's not that big a difference. Some areas seem as crowded as they ever were. I noticed a few restaurants were closed, but I wasn't paying all that much attention to dining. With no fastpasses, most wait times that I saw were quite good. Flight of Avatar, 65 minutes (although it was a bit of a rainy day), Toy Story Ride, 20-25 minutes, Peter Pan, 15 minutes, Test Track single rider, no wait, Pirates & Haunted Mansion about 25 minutes. I didn't go on any rides this visit, but that was my plan.
EPCOT had a lot of boarded up areas, in fact if you went left at the big ball upon entry, you're all funneled left through a boarded up maze, ending up near the Test Track area. The World showcase was pretty much unchanged, a couple things closed, but for the most part, same as always. I didn't eat at any of the parks, but I noted that the beverages seem to have increased in price. Trams from the parking lot were not running, not that I use them anyhow.
I will say that the new Star Wars area at HS is quite impressive. I thought Pandora was amazing, the Star Wars addition is bigger. Full sized Millennium Falcon, indoor market, all kinds of exhibits. My brief time walking through didn't do it justice.
I found wearing a mask at the parks a bit of a challenge. I'm in decent shape, and I walk a lot, but even in only low to mid '80s, when the sun was out, you really feel it. Sunglasses for me were impossible to wear with a mask. You are allowed to remove your mask to eat/drink, as long as you're stationary, which made sense. From what I saw, everyone was playing by the rules. Some the younger kids had their masks dangling or riding low, but no big deal.
I was only at the parks for 1-2 hours tops. Had I spent the entire day, or even half a day, it would have been a challenge with the masks. There are days in July and August when I'm sweating 5 minutes in and wondering what I was thinking, I can only imagine if a mask was involved. Having said that, for anyone intent on going while masks are still mandatory, it will still be magic. I saw the same smiles, wonder and excitement in the kids and grownups. You sometimes just have to look a little harder.
I went to Disney Springs twice. I always preferred outdoor parking, the Friday it was available, although not the same area as before. Sunday, no outdoor parking, I used the Orange garage. Temp check before entry. It was quite crowded, not really all that different. There was only one entry/exit to the big
Disney store, and a line to get in (although it looked like it was moving pretty fast) so I didn't bother. The boats to Port Orleans/French Quarter were not running, although the car boats were available for rent.
On the flight back you're given a Covid form to fill out along with your customs paperwork. The form lists your contact info, address etc. At Customs in Pearson you simply leave the form with attendant who drops it into a box. There was no real follow up or interrogation at all by Customs regarding quarantine, other than mentioning it.
All in all, I enjoyed my time. Hoping by March things will begin easing up. Cheers!