Here Now & Just Back WDW Reopening Experiences Including Park Hopping

[ILoveMyDVC]

As do I, but they can't be everywhere at all times. If you see someone not following the rules, go ahead and let a CM know. But it's never your right to confront another guest, especially a child.

Exactly and I have no problem calling over a CM - LOUDLY and repetitively. I'm oh so tired of the snark and the idea that endangering others is an opinion. I bet the same peple would lose their minds if Disney started handing out free APs to some people but not others randomly inthe park. The live and let live mindset would fly right out the proverbial window. Just ask and Yacht or Beach club guest about pool hopping

 

[wilkydelts]

@ILoveMyDVC just let it go!

 

[Ecomommy09]

@ILoveMyDVC just let it go!

Like really. We’ve been asked many many times to get over it.

 

[onesam319]

The FP lane is used by DAS (not usually mobility issues), Club 33, VIP tours, rider swap, and occasional guest recovery FPs are given out.

What is DAS?

 

[Twitterpaited]

I was there last weekend. A woman in line at Haunted Mansion was wearing her mask below her nose. The CM told her she needed the mask to cover her nose. She said she could not breathe. The CM called over security, who asked the woman if she had a problem with wearing her mask. She said no. A few seconds later, she had her mask back down below her nose. And a few minutes later she had it below her chin to talk on the phone. So, occasionally CMs will be more insistent, but it really isn’t that effective.

 

[Ecomommy09]

What is DAS?

Disability Access for persons with disabilities that preclude waiting in line (autism, diabetes that is poorly managed, etc). They get a return time that is approximately the same time as the wait for the real line, but don't have to wait in the actual line (where my daughter would be pinching and scratching and loosing her mind before the 90 minute wait for SDMT was over). Ha!

 

[scrappinginontario]

Time to move on from mask discussions please and what guests will/will not do.

Thank you.

 

[kathi]

I think it's important for us to understand how/if Disney is enforcing mask wearing from those who have been there recently. Clearly we don't need to debate a report.

 

[DisneyJColeMom]

For those that are just back from Disney, how often did you get to see characters around the parks in those cavalcades? Will my 7 year old be pretty much guaranteed at some point in the day to see characters? Maybe even more than once? Particularly curious about Galaxys Edge, are there Star Wars guys around? Storm troopers saying anything fun or Kylo?

 

[ILoveMyDVC]

Are the monorails into MK crowded?

 

[boop0524]

For those that are just back from Disney, how often did you get to see characters around the parks in those cavalcades? Will my 7 year old be pretty much guaranteed at some point in the day to see characters? Maybe even more than once? Particularly curious about Galaxys Edge, are there Star Wars guys around? Storm troopers saying anything fun or Kylo?

Mid-day in Galaxy’s Edge on Saturday we saw a lot of Rey/Chewie and Kylo Ren and the Storm Troopers. One Storm Trooper in particular was having a lot of fun with the crowd and we were all having a blast. Rey was also crouched down (from where she was standing) having a sweet conversation with a small child. To be fair, I didn’t see that much personal interaction last time we were there, so I’m not certain if that’s always the case.

There were great cavalcade in both HS and Epcot. HS had a Disney junior and Pixar cavalcade that we caught twice. Epcot had Alice hidden in the gardens of London where you sometimes see Mary Poppins. They have super cute character meets!

 

[lovethattink]

For those that are just back from Disney, how often did you get to see characters around the parks in those cavalcades? Will my 7 year old be pretty much guaranteed at some point in the day to see characters? Maybe even more than once? Particularly curious about Galaxys Edge, are there Star Wars guys around? Storm troopers saying anything fun or Kylo?

Throughout the day there are characters at Galaxy’s Edge! Chewbacca, Kylo Ren, Stormtroopers, Rey, a rebel that I can’t remember her name.

Last week we went for just a few hours and we saw 2 cavalcades, Pixar characters and Disney Jr characters.

 

[MomOTwins]

For those that are just back from Disney, how often did you get to see characters around the parks in those cavalcades? Will my 7 year old be pretty much guaranteed at some point in the day to see characters? Maybe even more than once? Particularly curious about Galaxys Edge, are there Star Wars guys around? Storm troopers saying anything fun or Kylo?

I would say make sure you know the routes characters take and make an effort to keep to those routes if it is important to you. For example, on our first trip in 2020, we hardly saw any characters. But in MK, we spent a long time in fantasyland, tomorrowland and adventureland in HS we spent a lot of time in Toy Story land (DS wanted to ride TSMM over and over), and in epcot we spent most of the time in future world so we really weren't on the calvalcade routes much. We also kept waiting in ride line after ride line and so had less time to just explore like we did before when we had FPs and had downtime between them. Next trip in 2020, I made more of an effort to do fewer rides and linger on the cavalcade routes and we definitely saw more.

Are the monorails into MK crowded?

They only do one party on the seating on each side, but that does mean you'll be facing across from another family, who may or may not feel entitled to take off their masks since no CMs can see them there to enforce it. That's what happened to us. So it's not crowded like it used to be with them packing people in standing room only, but pooly designed from a covid safety standpoint.

 

[DisneyJade]

I would say make sure you know the routes characters take and make an effort to keep to those routes if it is important to you. For example, on our first trip in 2020, we hardly saw any characters. But in MK, we spent a long time in fantasyland, tomorrowland and adventureland in HS we spent a lot of time in Toy Story land (DS wanted to ride TSMM over and over), and in epcot we spent most of the time in future world so we really weren't on the calvalcade routes much. We also kept waiting in ride line after ride line and so had less time to just explore like we did before when we had FPs and had downtime between them. Next trip in 2020, I made more of an effort to do fewer rides and linger on the cavalcade routes and we definitely saw more.


They only do one party on the seating on each side, but that does mean you'll be facing across from another family, who may or may not feel entitled to take off their masks since no CMs can see them there to enforce it. That's what happened to us. So it's not crowded like it used to be with them packing people in standing room only, but pooly designed from a covid safety standpoint.

Where is the DHS cavalcade route?

 

[Naomeri]

For those that are just back from Disney, how often did you get to see characters around the parks in those cavalcades? Will my 7 year old be pretty much guaranteed at some point in the day to see characters? Maybe even more than once? Particularly curious about Galaxys Edge, are there Star Wars guys around? Storm troopers saying anything fun or Kylo?

I don’t remember how often, but I can tell you for sure I saw more characters in 4 days in the parks in October 2020 than I did in 7 days in January 2020. I don’t like hanging around waiting for parades, so these pop-up cavalcades are totally my jam. Just start looking around if the music suddenly changes/gets louder

 

[boop0524]

Where is the DHS cavalcade route?

It starts near the park entrance and goes up Hollywood Boulevard before turning left, in the direction of Star Tours. If you follow their path, there are some backstage gates where they exit.

 

[MomOTwins]

Where is the DHS cavalcade route?

Hollywood Blvd

 

[MIndy S]

For those that are just back from Disney, how often did you get to see characters around the parks in those cavalcades? Will my 7 year old be pretty much guaranteed at some point in the day to see characters? Maybe even more than once? Particularly curious about Galaxys Edge, are there Star Wars guys around? Storm troopers saying anything fun or Kylo?

We have been to HS and MK so far, from open to close both days, and we haven't seen a cavalcade yet. We did see Kylo Ren and a couple storm troopers in Galaxy's Edge and Buzz Lightyear in Tomorrowland.

 

[MIndy S]

I think it's important for us to understand how/if Disney is enforcing mask wearing from those who have been there recently. Clearly we don't need to debate a report.

CMs remind people when they see it, but from what I have seen, people that don't want to comply just pull their masks down as soon as the CM isn't looking anymore. We have seen it so many times.

The guy we were behind in the 7DMT queue did not wear his mask unless a CM was around, and blew snot rockets at one point without a tissue. We kept our mouths shut.

 

[MIndy S]

We will be first-timers in April, staying at Poly. We’re as of this moment not planning on renting a car, we actually were thinking to Uber/Lyft around the whole Disney trip. Is this feasible?

I am no expert on this. We chose to take the bus to HS, but we should have drove. We chose to drive to MK, but we DEFINITELY should have taken the bus. But in my uneducated opinion, it is probably more practical to use Disney transportation than Uber/Lyft.