Here Now & Just Back WDW Reopening Experiences Including Park Hopping

[Grumpy by Birth]

So there’s no park hoppers right now, but is it possible to buy tickets for 2 parks in 1 day? Does anyone know? Would be expensive, but we only have 1 day. I think we could pull off HS and then MK.

No, there is no way to get around the 1 park per day rule

Oh, I didn’t know it was a rule! that makes sense!

You could hold multiple tickets, but the park reservation system would prevent you from being able to reserve more than one park per day to use them that way.

 

[dachsie]

I think it should be a requirement on this thread for each poster to define what they consider "busy" or "insane" or a "nightmare" in terms of crowds/wait times. The binary of exaggeration and understatement isn't helpful for an already anxious and on-edge fanbase

I consider anything under 45 minutes reasonable, anything under 30 good, and anything 25 and under absolutely glorious. Based on that criteria, we found our trip last week to be very fun and pleasant Lots of walk-ons that had long posted wait times, and also lots of situations where we had to skirt a group of people on a walkway. At EPCOT on Friday for F&W and it was busy but the longest line we experienced for the booths was France around 5pm, we waited socially distanced behind about 10 people and it took probably about 10-15 minutes to get through at the booth - definitely not a miserable experience. The longest wait for a ride was 40 mins for Test Track because of a cleaning cycle but everything else was pretty much a walk on (Soarin' was maybe 15 minutes waiting for the previous show to start and then unload).

Also, there were plenty of spots to grab a table or a seat to enjoy your beverages/snacks. Having to walk 10 yards to find a table is not a miserable experience either.

I think another poster said it best - if you're expecting tumble weeds and empty parks, and for everything to be a walk-on, don't go. If you are frightened of someone coming within 6 feet of you in a gift shop or on a walkway, stay home. If you're spoiled by having to wait more than 5 minutes in a line, you're not going to like it. If, however, you pack your patience you will find a fun and relaxing trip waiting for you.

Thank you. It's been all over the place. But you said this well.

 

[summerw]

once you order (as in paid for) the food your time slot stays there, when you get to the restaurant at your time you open it and go to "my orders" and then click "I'm here prepare my food"
So you can do that as early as 9am, pick a restaurant, pick your time slot, pick and pay for the food. At that time the app will just wait for you to say "prepare my food" you don;t have to leave the mobile order window open

what happens if you get stuck on a ride or something and miss your time slot? And I really enjoyed your live stream! Thanks for all you do!

 

[yulilin3]

what happens if you get stuck on a ride or something and miss your time slot? And I really enjoyed your live stream! Thanks for all you do!

That i don't know, you have a 20 min time slot but I'm assuming you can just hit the I'm here button after that? Really not sure and thank you for watching. I'll be live tomorrow from mk for all the cavalcades and decorations

 

[Vern60]

I remember riding Mission Space before they had the two sides....and I'm with ya, will never do that ride again. It really did ruin the rest of my day at Epcot!

Maybe some T-shirts are in order?
"I turned Green riding the Orange!"

 

[crazymomof4]

AK was a madhouse today. Third park day for us and so much worse than the last two at MK and DHS. It was a great lesson for my kids in “and this is why you should appreciate all of mommy’s work on getting FPs and touring plans in place for us” as they now understand horrendous wait times.

Wait time for FOP was posted at 50 mins when we entered the line. We waited two hours. TWO HOURS. (And we all agreed it was still worth it as that ride will never cease to blow me away. I actually teared up during it as I felt six months of stress release while “flying” through the air.)

We heard more than a few locals talking about how crazy it is now compared to just 2-3 weeks ago. I guess the word is out + capacity increases and gone are the walk-on days.

we’ll definitely not be returning until FP comes back, and longer evening hours.

Ugh! Very disappointing. FOP went from "We rode it 4x in a row" "No wait" a short time ago to TWO HOURS wait? Lovely!
WDW-- if you are going to increase capacity limits then you have to give us back FP!

 

[Eldritch]

After today’s debacle at HS studios today, I’m worried about MK tomorrow morning. I was wondering if someone could give some quick information/advice on how to start the day off. We are staying at Pop.

We got into our Uber around 8am and saw the huge lines for buses. What’s the best way to get to MK and at the best time to take advantage of anything going on before the official 9am rope drop? We could take the bus but at this point I don’t mind Ubering. Is that the way to go, and if so WHERE? I would guess the Contemporary?

When do they start things up at MK? Is it like HS where they let people in early and start rides soon after that?

I would assume 7 Dwarfs first? We were thinking of doing all of fantasyland while we’re there. Or would it be better to let that sit and go down by Pirates, Splash and Thunder with maybe hitting Mansion along the way?

I’m sorry if this is already somewhere else. I did look. Thank you.

 

[yulilin3]

After today’s debacle at HS studios today, I’m worried about MK tomorrow morning. I was wondering if someone could give some quick information/advice on how to start the day off. We are staying at Pop.

We got into our Uber around 8am and saw the huge lines for buses. What’s the best way to get to MK and at the best time to take advantage of anything going on before the official 9am rope drop? We could take the bus but at this point I don’t mind Ubering. Is that the way to go, and if so WHERE? I would guess the Contemporary?

When do they start things up at MK? Is it like HS where they let people in early and start rides soon after that?

I would assume 7 Dwarfs first? We were thinking of doing all of fantasyland while we’re there. Or would it be better to let that sit and go down by Pirates, Splash and Thunder with maybe hitting Mansion along the way?

I’m sorry if this is already somewhere else. I did look. Thank you.

Mk opens about 8:30, some rides start opening at that time, if 7DMT is a priority go there first for sure
You can read back a couple of pages for recent reports

 

[butterscotchcollins]

After today’s debacle at HS studios today, I’m worried about MK tomorrow morning. I was wondering if someone could give some quick information/advice on how to start the day off. We are staying at Pop.

We got into our Uber around 8am and saw the huge lines for buses. What’s the best way to get to MK and at the best time to take advantage of anything going on before the official 9am rope drop? We could take the bus but at this point I don’t mind Ubering. Is that the way to go, and if so WHERE? I would guess the Contemporary?

When do they start things up at MK? Is it like HS where they let people in early and start rides soon after that?

I would assume 7 Dwarfs first? We were thinking of doing all of fantasyland while we’re there. Or would it be better to let that sit and go down by Pirates, Splash and Thunder with maybe hitting Mansion along the way?

I’m sorry if this is already somewhere else. I did look. Thank you.

We tried hitting Frontierland first last week and both Splash and BTMRR were down for the first 2 hours of the morning. It was maddening to walk all the way back there and then have to change course.

I would recommend rope dropping 7DMT and then moving on from there to whatever headliners you want to hit - wait times are still a bit of a bell curve. And just remember wait times are inflated

 

[Eldritch]

We tried hitting Frontierland first last week and both Splash and BTMRR were down for the first 2 hours of the morning. It was maddening to walk all the way back there and then have to change course.

I would recommend rope dropping 7DMT and then moving on from there to whatever headliners you want to hit - wait times are still a bit of a bell curve. And just remember wait times are inflated

Thanks, they definitely were inflated at Epcot yesterday (I’m not going to talk any more today at DHS). I will keep that in mind.

Sounds like 8:30 is the time to be at MK tomorrow. Just have to figure out how to get there.

 

[hereforthechurros]

You could hold multiple tickets, but the park reservation system would prevent you from being able to reserve more than one park per day to use them that way.

What about day of walk up tickets?

 

[yulilin3]

What about day of walk up tickets?

I think it's possible if you have separate mde accounts. An expensive park day for sure

 

[hereforthechurros]

I think it's possible if you have separate mde accounts. An expensive park day for sure

If you purchase a walk-up ticket do they have you create a park reservation on the spot?

 

[yulilin3]

If you purchase a walk-up ticket do they have you create a park reservation on the spot?

You need a park reservation and yes you can make a reservation day of and enter the park

 

[Melodious]

Today we went to HS. We took a Lyft from BLT but barely made it in before 10 am. Technical issues so we didn't get a boarding pass. Park was definitely busy and lines were long. We waited 70 minutes at MFSR when it was posted fifty in the afternoon. Waited fifty at Tower when it was posted 45. Only waited 15 minutes at TSM when it was posted at thirty. And we caught SDD at a really good time and only waited thirty minutes. As we were leaving though, the line was back to being really long. Used a guest recovery fp at MMRR. We had a good lunch at Brown Derby. And mask and distancing compliance was overall good.

 

[backfire103]

Can anyone whose been through ATL or MCO lately speak to how mask compliance is? Still on the fence about making a trip down before the end of the year and while I feel like Disney is doing the right thing who knows with the airports.

 

[yulilin3]

Hollywood Scoops has reopened and is operating noon to 6pm

 

[5kidsmommy]

We are here now. I was super cranky Saturday and Sunday but today made up for it. I think combined Saturday and Sunday we spent 6 hours in MK. It was just so crowded. Then we missed the last mororail back to the resort by one minute and had to take the ferry. A women without a mask, not standing on a dot coughed on my son. It pushed me over the edge. I was just so done with the crowds.
Today made up for it. hS was busy but doable and everyone seemed to be social distancing and wearing their masks plus it didn’t rain.
I don’t regret our trip. We had a lovely stay at the Poly even with much of it closed.

 

[RN2003AZ]

We're here now. EP yesterday (Saturday) but we didn't do many rides, only Soarin' at closing (we waited about thirteen minutes of the listed thirty-five). Food lines were long but not unbearable. We easily got in the showplace and lines went down later in the afternoon

Today we were at MK. It was definitely busy by midmorning and there was more blatant mask noncompliance than anticipated, but I never felt personally in danger. Offenders were generally walking by with chin straps, etc. In line, there were few problems, just the occasional sip of water or accidentally forgetting about distance but correcting it. Mobile order was a problem all day

Wait times were mostly overestimated, at Pirates (15), Peter Pan (20), HM (a long walk but only 15 min), even SDMT(30 minutes including a rain storm) However, we did wait forty-five minutes at small world and twenty five at barn-stormer. Oh, and we were the group that broke Splash mtn this morning

Tomorrow, we're going to HS. Debating Lyft or bus from BLT.

We were in line for Splash when you broke it! It didn’t come back up until around 4pm!
I found lines ridiculously long and mask compliance severely lacking. As a medical professional I had higher hopes for the new policies. We had a good couple days until,this experience at MK. I will be emailing guest services with observations and complaints... and I’m not one to ever say anything.

 

[WeLuvTink!]

Thanks, they definitely were inflated at Epcot yesterday (I’m not going to talk any more today at DHS). I will keep that in mind.

Sounds like 8:30 is the time to be at MK tomorrow. Just have to figure out how to get there.

Please report back and let us know about your rope dropping experience. Looks like MK opens officially at 9 am tomorrow, so am curious how your experience is after walking through the tapstiles around 8:30. Pixie dust to you for a good day!