Got home yesterday after a Dec 13-21 birthday trip. I turned 50 on Saturday so we spent it at Epcot. Those of you who were there may have seen me in my "It's my 50th Birthday" shirt
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We went to each park 2 days except AK which we did one day. All in all it was a fantastic trip. It was very cold one day/night, but we brought clothes for that so it was fine.
Mask compliance was better than I anticipated, but then I wasn't looking for rule breakers. We are a family of 1 ED RN (me) 1 FireMedic (DH) and 1 fire fighter (DS) so our tolerance is probably higher than people who aren't in the medical/first responder field. A few times we saw CM's running towards people who were taking pictures with masks off, but people quickly complied. That was the only time we really noticed masks off besides eating/drinking to the side.
We definitely noticed an increase in crowds Sunday the 20th at MK. We left to go eat at Whispering Canyon at noon and did not return due to the rain and increase in crowds. People were pouring in and it wasn't the fear of Covid that made us not go back, it was the fear of the long lines for rides. LOL At the beginning of the week, wait times were half of what was posted, but by the end of the week the wait times were increasing.
Here are my tips:
Rope drop, rope drop, rope drop
Mobile order
Hit the "must do" rides first then the rest is gravy
We did one thing in each park that we'd never done before since we were able to take advantage of the low crowds.
Take the lines for what they're worth. Enjoy the time with family.
If you are the tiniest bit afraid of crowds I would wait. There are choke points, but you're not in them for long.
The parks opened about 45 minutes before posted time and the closing announcement wasn't until an hour after posted closing time.
We stayed at BWV and I absolutely love that place. You can't beat the location and being able to go to the bakery, pizza window and walk over to the Yacht and Beach Clubs for other dining options is fantastic.
Would we do it again? Absolutely.