Disney/Universal Covid Review

Thanks!!!

My youngest is 5, and I want to bring her (and the other kids) in a few weeks. I didn't know there was no Park Hopper at WDW ... so thanks again for the info.

And thanks for the hotel tip ... we need two rooms.

Good friend is a Disney travel agent and they just spent a week at DW

Saw them Sunday and they said it was amazing. They rode everything 3x and only wait was Rise and it was 10 minutes

Said they walked off the Millennium ride and went back on 3x.


Said if you can muster it then do it. She also said the resorts are around 50-60% capacity and since they aren’t doing magic hour then just book a cheap hotel off property nearby.

I could have gotten $34 round trip direct from DFW a few weeks back. Should have done it

The flight we purchased was on Spirit, direct to Orlando from MSY with no bags. You get a “personal item” for free which can also be a backpack. Each of us had a backpack which was plenty for just two days.

I don’t see any from little rock, but Dallas has plenty of $35 options two weeks out.

No, I think that was lifted awhile ago. If it is still in effect, we were not told anything about it and had no issues.

Went and took a rapid test yesterday before visiting our parents after the trip, and all tested negative.

We went last week of July, one of the top Disney trips we have taken. Short lines all day long and felt safe the entire time. Stayed at pop century resort 5 nights. Flight of passage and smugglers run were 5 minute waits all day long. Longest line besides virtual was Mickey and Minnie railway (we waited 25 minutes).

We went and spent a week at Universal and Ubered over to Animal Kingdom one day. Universal was amazing if you want to do all the rides as many times as you want. Absolutely no waits. You wouldn’t even need to buy the Express Pass, honestly. The downside is that there are very few dining options open in the park but Universal isn’t really a place you eat in the parks as much as you would at Disney.

Disney was also amazing. Flight of Passage is usually a 3 hour wait and it was a walk on the entire day. They gave you the option when you got off to get back into the line, what little there was of it. It just unreal. Some dining closed but they had more options than Universal and the food at Animal Kingdom is our favorite, anyway. I highly recommend the fried rice from Yak and Yeti quick service. We also got a snack from Flame Tree and it was crazy because neither place had a line and we often skipped eating there because the lines were so long and they had not yet added mobile ordering.

Anyway, if you can go then go! It’s not exactly the same but for us it was well worth it and it was the cheapest trip we have taken. We paid nothing for the Disney or Universal tickets because we have APs.

Also, if you have APs to either place check the expiration date. We thought our Universal AP had expired way back in November but it turned out that when we bought it they gave us 6 free months tacked on and then COVID closures had them tack on 3 more months. So we initially bought tickets but luckily checked and got that money back which was a huge chunk.

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So much magic is missing, so many dining experiences arent available and I can totally understand not wanting to wear a mask the entire time.

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We were able to get dining reservations for every day of our trip. We didn't nab any character dinings (had intended to do a princess dining with my 6 year old this time but those aren't happening), but we are knocking off a few restaurants that were on our list that we haven't done before.

Skipper Canteen, 50s Prime Time Cafe, Oga's Cantina, Sanaa at Animal Kingdom Lodge, Liberty Tree Tavern, Sci-Fi Dine In Theater, Chef Mickey's for a cheaper breakfast (because no characters). Some of those are usually quite difficult to get a reservation for, so we took full advantage.

There are great dining experiences available if you're not simply hanging your hat on character dining experiences. The food at the Epcot festival also looks fantastic and the crowds there have been non-existent.

I see there are no meal plans available, how far in advance did you make reservations? We are looking at going next weekend.

dang.... flights out of little rock and memphis are around 180 +/- or id be hitting this same weekend trip up, same hotel and all. wouldn't be able to see me smiling under my mask and i wouldn't care!