food IS a theme park
Have you been to EPCOT lately? The park has been going through a period of transformation for a few years now, and it’s far from over!
EPCOT
Construction means new things to see and do which may sound like a good thing, but it can make spending time in the park trickier! While we don’t have an exact opening date yet, later this year, a new area in EPCOT will be opening and make the park super busy.
After over a year of being closed, the PeopleMover FINALLY reopened yesterday.
It feels good to be back!
Of course, we were in Magic Kingdom keeping an eye on the situation and hopping aboard for our own grand tour of Tomorrowland. And if you’re hoping to go for a ride, there’s a handy little tip you’ll want to keep in mind!
Walt Disney World reopened in 2020 with some major adjustments due to additional health and safety needs. We’ve slowly seen hotels and restaurants reopen and ticket options come back but one of the missing perks that we have yet to hear an update on is a possible return of FastPass+.
Pandora is just so breathtaking! Good thing the lines for rides keep you there for hours 😉
Even with a reduced Disney Parks capacity, it can still be a challenge to ride some of the most popular rides. FastPass+ was a major perk for park guests in tackling some of these big-name attractions. Just to name a few there’s Flight of Passage, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Slinky Dog Dash, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Test Track, and Rise of the Resistance (though that’s a whole other ballgame we’ll get to in a bit!). If crowds are close to capacity, you can be stuck having to wait 60+ minutes in the socially distanced line with no option to skip the line. But, we’re here to tell you that it definitely is possible to ride ALL of these without a FastPass+. So, before you panic, just hear us out.
Welcome back, DFB friends! We’re here with another What’s New at Magic Kingdom!
Magic Kingdom
We’re back at this magical theme park to give you all the updates on what’s new! And, we’ve got plenty of crowd updates and the return of a Disney World hidden secret to share with you. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s jump right on in!
It’s no secret that a Disney World vacation usually involves a certain amount of standing in line!
Splash Mountain
When Disney World first reopened back in July, we noticed light crowds throughout all of the parks. In fact, the only place we seemed to frequently find long longs and bottlenecks at first was in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. But in the months following the initial reopening, the crowds in the parks have grown steadily.
With limited capacity and no FastPass+ being two major changes in a reopened Disney World, many have wondered exactly what the impact has been on the average wait time for the many rides and attractions at the four theme parks.
Crowds at Magic Kingdom
After visiting the parks nearly every day since the phased reopening began and checking out the various wait times for ourselves, we wanted to share some insight on what expected wait times have been versus what the reality ACTUALLY was!
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