Just back a few hours ago. We were there from May 12-May 20. The weather was PERFECT, 72-82, NO RAIN and no lovebugs!
I've been to both Disney World and
Disneyland many, many times, always for seven to ten days, and my feet never hurt and I never get sunburned. This trip my feet were killing me all week long and I was limping each morning when I first woke up, my calves were killing me and my shins hurt. My lower back also hurt a LOT this week and I never have back pain. Last but not least, I've never gotten sunburned at Disney. I determined the difference was all the standing, standing, standing in lines. In all previous trips we utilized FP all day long and just walked on and off rides. It was a lot of walking, but there was also a lot of sitting in ride vehicles, and walking is just far easier on the body than standing still. I believe the sunburn was due to the long lines outdoors. I did have an umbrella with me but admittedly did not always use it as it was a bit cumbersome and I kept hitting my daughter in the head with it and she was not pleased. My painful feet/legs and sunburn tell me how vastly different this trip was and how crowded with so few things to eat up the crowds there are, plus, of course, the lack of FP played a huge role in all the standing. Oh, and the bus situation added to that.
We waited about an hour many times for the bus back to Saratoga Springs. We waited more than an hour for Tower, FOP, and even Pirates one day. Average waits for headliners were 45 minutes except Thunder which you could count on to be under half an hour.
We had fun, but the place was PACKED and there was not enough for people to do and the lack of FPs was a disaster. We also felt there were not enough restaurants open and the ones that were open did not have a great variety. Mobile ordering is the BEST.
CMs were all friendly and kind, but they were not policing masks well at all. I got so tired of hearing all the attraction announcements say you had to wear a mask or you'd be asked to leave. That NEVER happened and no one ever told people to mask up once they were past that initial queue check. The amount of noses that were showing was awful, and there were plenty of chin wearers. too.
We discovered Earl of Sandwich this trip which was a MAJOR find. Just delicious, we got it five times!
We found ourselves very disappointed with everything closing so early, BUT the bus taking an hour to arrive so by the time we got back to our hotel we always just missed the hotel store closing by a few minutes. It was super frustrating to not have food options after 10:00 at night.
We rode Smugglers Run twice just by ourselves, at our request. The second time, May 18, the guy said yes, but to not expect that perk to last very long, which of course implied that distancing would soon be ending. He said until he was told otherwise, he could still give us our own ship though. Distancing on Soarin' changed while we were there...the plexilglass was removed and only one empty seat between parties. Plexiglass on the Safari and Frozen were still there when we rode.
Pirates was still being loaded every other row as of last night (May 19). Distancing in lines was mostly a joke. You were assigned a row of carousel horses on that ride. Small World was every other row. Splash was every other row. No idea on Jungle Cruise as we didn't wait in the huge line. The Tree House has no distancing despite narrow walkways and passages. Tom Sawyer raft only takes four parties and once you're on the island you can go anywhere, maskless. Skyway was still giving people their own gondola.
MCO was a crowded zoo, with many, many noses showing and even some unattended luggage that they never even brought bomb sniffing dogs to. They asked us and someone else, who was near it, if it was ours. No one claimed it so a security guard said, "All right, I'm calling it" and I expected a closure of the area and rerouting of gates and such, but instead a few people periodically looked it over without touching, conversed, went away, came back, eventually touched it, and eventually moved it behind a JetBlue counter at the gate! This was abandoned in the hallway leading from the center atrium of A to gates 1-9. We finally boarded our plane so I have no idea what actually happened to it, but it was two pieces of luggage, a roller and a smaller bag hooked over it.
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