Disney World is open. Who is going? Who has been?

I'll be the first to say that I am actually blown away that WDW decided to open in the midst of worsening COVID conditions in Florida. It really IS all about the $$$ at the "happiest place on earth." :/

Careless decision IMO. Wouldn't even step foot in any southern state right now.

My son sent this to me:

10 reasons to visit WDW right away

There is actually no way in heck that I'd set foot in Florida right now, never mind Disney World. 

WDW wasn't on our radar this year as we usually go about every 4 years and it's only been 2 (plus the guys say they're "over Disney" ) but I might go if we already had planned to. If it were in any other state (or Florida wasn't so ridiculous right now) we'd probably go. Based on the pics/videos/chatter I've seen on social media WDW is taking this very serious. Crowd levels are unbelievably low, cleaning is way high, they're enforcing masks and have made many other changes. I'd feel safer going there than, say, Walmart. The state of Florida gives me pause, however.

I have to say that this has hit me so hard. We love Disneyworld and I want to go so badly, but until this pandemic is completely under control, we don't go anywhere. I'm heartsick that people are not treating this virus as the crisis it is. The level of entitlement and ignorance in this country is staggering.

Disneyworld is the last place on my list of places to visit even if there wasn’t a worldwide pandemic going on.

Personally, I can’t be happy without the magic and we found DisneyLand severely lacking in any kind of magic. We hated it.

Walt Disney World is reopening to a limited number of guests on Saturday. This makes perfect sense. When Disney World closed in March, there were fewer than 200 coronavirus cases in Florida. Now, there are more than 200,000, with thousands of new cases every day. Meeska mooska!



You may be asking yourself, should I go to Disney immediately, because it is fun and I am bored? Here are some reasons to visit post-haste, rather than waiting for the virus outlook to improve.



1. It’s a Small World contains a magical amulet with the code to the coronavirus vaccine, coiled inside a vial behind the Italian gondolier, and only you can retrieve it.



2. Mickey ears ice cream bars apparently have an immune system booster that can ward off COVID-19 while also cooling us whimsically on a hot day.



3. The Epcot ball, a.k.a. Spaceship Earth, is actually a time travel portal that can take us back to the start of this year, at which point we can make entirely different decisions.



4. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train leads deep into an underground bunker where each dwarf pulls off his mask. They are all Doc, and they are highly trained medical professionals.



5. All teachers get in free, because it’s the least we can do as we prepare to ritually sacrifice them.



6. The quest for hidden Mickeys eventually leads to a cavern, in which stimulus checks glimmer among untold gold doubloons.



7. The Animal Kingdom Tree of Life is actually a tree of life!!!



8. Ursula the Sea Witch offers a way out of this mess if we trade our mellifluous singing voices, but she can only be reached from noon to 1 p.m. at the taqueria near the Voyage of the Little Mermaid live stage show.



9. Fairy Godmother is running a similar scam involving lab mice at Cinderella’s Castle.



10. Annual passholder perks include full medical.

This. It is not my thing. I have a friend who keeps trying to get me to go every two years. That is just not how I would like to spend my hard earned money and vacation time.

I should add though that now I am sitting on thousands in Disney gift cards that I had bought to pay for our trip that didn't happen. So I guess at some point we'll do it again. Or maybe in a year or two we'll go to the Disney Hawaii resort.

Color me shocked.  

We cancelled our DL trip for September, we won’t be going until next year (hopefully).
I think WDW had committed so long ago to opening up on Saturday and had staff and very limited booking so I imagine that is why they didn’t shut down on Friday when Florida started spiking again. I don’t doubt they will end up shutting again. It looks insanely uncrowded on the videos I have seen. There are snapshot photos that make it look worse but to me those are like the pictures people post where do and so looks drunk because the photo was taken mid blink or something. The rides are very well spaced and the queues are empty. Most rides have 15 minute waits and most of that seems to be just the walk from the entrance to the ride vehicle.
DL cancelled their plans to reopen and don’t have a new date set.

We aren’t going because part of what we love are the character meals, fireworks, parades and holiday parties.

Well that sucks, doesn't it? You spent all that money to come out here and go to Disneyland and hated it? Bummer dude.