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Hello, DFB Friends!
Anna
We spent a rainy day at EPCOT, checking on construction progress, looking out for new merch and snacks, and seeing what lines and crowds were like! And we have some updates, so are you ready? Here we go!
With the holiday season over, crowds are a lot smaller than they were in December.
Hollywood Studios
Low wait times and empty paths have stuck around for the last several weeks, while Disney surveyed guests about crowd levels at the start of the new year.
Jambo everyone!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
We’re constantly making our way around all of the Walt Disney World theme parks to see what’s new. Today, we’re talking a walk around Disney’s Animal Kingdom to see what’s new. We’ve got wait times you WON’T believe, info on some upcoming treats, llama merch(?!), and some awesome photos around the park. Join us on this wild adventure!
After Disney World reopened following its lengthy closure in 2020, it was a LOT different than it used to be! But even after being reopened for 6 months, we’ve seen a lot of changes at the parks!
Magic Kingdom
Some of the health and safety guidelines have changed, park capacity has increased, and there are now a LOT of long confusing lines. But that’s why we’re here: to make sure you don’t make the same mistakes we’ve made when visiting the parks in 2021!
Disney World has implemented limited capacities for all the theme parks including gift shops, restaurants, and attractions.
Dok Ondar’s Line
Virtual queues for gift shops and other locations have been introduced to help reduce crowding and lines. Sometimes, guests will need to scan a QR code that will redirect to a virtual queue sign up. Other times, they need to talk to a Cast Member to get “in line.” Once you’re signed up, you can enjoy other parts of the park until it’s your time to return. We noticed the virtual queue sign up was a little different at Dok Ondar’s Den of Antiquities in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
Hello to all our DFB friends from Disney’s H0llywood Studios!
Hollywood Studios at sunset
The park was a lot more crowded than we expected, one temporarily closed attraction reopened, and we saw the new Wishables! So let’s get on with the updates!
It seems that crowds have lightened up at EPCOT this week!
EPCOT Parking Entrance
We’re headed into the world of exotic countries, good food, and Frozen Ever After. On our grand tour, we spotted a returning drink and some fun merchandise in the Japan Pavilion. Come see what EPCOT looks like with no running festivals and light crowds!
We spent a rainy Sunday in Magic Kingdom yesterday and we’re definitely not complaining!
Tinker Bell Cavalcade
We like to take regular spins around Disney World’s premier park to make sure we’re up to date on allllll the latest news. We’re bringing you updates on everything NEW in food, construction, and merchandise!
It’s a BIG day in Disney World. 2020 is officially over!
Magic Kingdom
In the past, New Year’s Day has been one of the busiest (if not THE busiest) day of the whole year at Disney World. It’s pretty common to see the parks hit capacity on a normal year WITHOUT 2020 capacity limitations. Today…not so much. We’re checking out the CROWDS and WAIT TIMES on the first day of 2021!
We’ve seen the crowds at Disney World get a little bigger over the past few months, and we now know that capacity at the parks increased to 35 percent just before the holidays.
Magic Kingdom
But how does that compare to New Year’s Eve’s past? Say 2019? Well, we dug into our photo archives to compare, and BOY, things are CRAZY different (we already knew that but seeing pics really puts it into perspective).
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