PrincessV
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
Just back from 2 nights/3 days - Jan. 24-26 (Sun-Tue)...
VERY low crowds. Not quite as low as August, but close.
I am not a RDer, and I really wasn't there for rides, particularly, but I did a few.
Sun 1/24 DHS & EP:
Arrived about noon - walked from BCV to DHS and MO'd DB7 on the way. Hit "I'm Here" as I approached GE and it was ready by the time I finished washing my hands. Plenty of outdoor seating, but really not physically distanced: I sat at the little bar outside and people sat at the table right behind me, 2-3' away. It was breezy and blowing away from me, so I was okay with it, but surprised to not see more distancing between available seating.
Rode MMRR: waited 25 minutes, posted wait showed 40.
Rode TSM: waited 12 minutes, posted said 25.
Hopped to EP around 4:30pm: only wanted to see the new section of France, which I did. Did not feel crowded at all.
Mon 1/25 EP:
Walked from BCV at 11am, left about 5pm.
Only there for the Festival of the Arts - no crowds, plenty of room for everyone to space out. No lines to get into art tents, no lines for food booths. Waited behind one other party at L'Artisan des Glaces. Looong wait to pay at Mitsukoshi, only because the system was down and only one register open to take cash payments. Physical distancing went out the window as the line built up.
ETA: forgot rides...
Rode Nemo: walk-on, posted 10 minute wait
Rode Frozen: waited 7 minutes, posted 15. The plexiglass is every bit as bad as others have said! I'm not a big fan of the ride, so I didn't really care, but yeah - it's pretty bad.
Tue 1/26 AK:
Arrived by car about 10am, left at 1pm.
Rode Safari: 10 minute wait, posted was 15.
MO'd Restaurantosaurus - was ready 5 minutes after hitting "I'm here."
Masks: really excellent compliance all around in the parks. Much less so out of them. Walking to DHS I passed about 20 people - half weren't wearing masks at all. Leaving AK, woman walking ahead of me wore her mask on her elbow while smoking a cigarette. Indoors at BCV/BC mask compliance was excellent, but less so outdoors. It seems some folks don't bother following the rules when there are no CMs policing an area. I'll admit that while sitting alone - literally: the only person out there - on the beach, I took mine off.
Distancing: pretty good all over. As always, best where there are markers, worst where there are not. But with such low attendance, it was very easy to keep my distance from others everywhere except in line in Mitsukoshi.
VERY low crowds. Not quite as low as August, but close.
I am not a RDer, and I really wasn't there for rides, particularly, but I did a few.
Sun 1/24 DHS & EP:
Arrived about noon - walked from BCV to DHS and MO'd DB7 on the way. Hit "I'm Here" as I approached GE and it was ready by the time I finished washing my hands. Plenty of outdoor seating, but really not physically distanced: I sat at the little bar outside and people sat at the table right behind me, 2-3' away. It was breezy and blowing away from me, so I was okay with it, but surprised to not see more distancing between available seating.
Rode MMRR: waited 25 minutes, posted wait showed 40.
Rode TSM: waited 12 minutes, posted said 25.
Hopped to EP around 4:30pm: only wanted to see the new section of France, which I did. Did not feel crowded at all.
Mon 1/25 EP:
Walked from BCV at 11am, left about 5pm.
Only there for the Festival of the Arts - no crowds, plenty of room for everyone to space out. No lines to get into art tents, no lines for food booths. Waited behind one other party at L'Artisan des Glaces. Looong wait to pay at Mitsukoshi, only because the system was down and only one register open to take cash payments. Physical distancing went out the window as the line built up.
ETA: forgot rides...
Rode Nemo: walk-on, posted 10 minute wait
Rode Frozen: waited 7 minutes, posted 15. The plexiglass is every bit as bad as others have said! I'm not a big fan of the ride, so I didn't really care, but yeah - it's pretty bad.
Tue 1/26 AK:
Arrived by car about 10am, left at 1pm.
Rode Safari: 10 minute wait, posted was 15.
MO'd Restaurantosaurus - was ready 5 minutes after hitting "I'm here."
Masks: really excellent compliance all around in the parks. Much less so out of them. Walking to DHS I passed about 20 people - half weren't wearing masks at all. Leaving AK, woman walking ahead of me wore her mask on her elbow while smoking a cigarette. Indoors at BCV/BC mask compliance was excellent, but less so outdoors. It seems some folks don't bother following the rules when there are no CMs policing an area. I'll admit that while sitting alone - literally: the only person out there - on the beach, I took mine off.
Distancing: pretty good all over. As always, best where there are markers, worst where there are not. But with such low attendance, it was very easy to keep my distance from others everywhere except in line in Mitsukoshi.
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