I don’t know what will be back or what won’t for the Summer. I agree that almost nothing will be restricted due to Covid mitigations by some point this Summer and that’s what I said I hoped for even back in February. No capacity limits, no distancing (3 feet now but in most cases that’s really not different than normal), no masks outdoors and likely none indoors at some point this Summer too. We did hit a home run with the vaccine rollout and we have gotten to this point much faster than many people thought we would. Definitely something to be celebrated.
99% agreed. Using the Disney definition of summer (which starts in 2 weeks), I do think we will have
some Covid restrictions through early summer. By mid to late summer, my Covid mitigation expectations (or at least they will claim it is due to Covid mitigation):
- Still no buffets
- Still no character meets
- Still no baby sitting services
- Masking
might remain in indoor theater-type settings, monorails, buses, but that will likely disappear at some point too
- Question of when regular Mousekeeping returns. It's technically Covid mitigation, but affected by staffing issues.
And my major hope: They eliminate restaurant distancing, which severely is hampering restaurant capacity. Of course, they will need to find enough staff for restaurants if they do increase capacity.
And non-Covid related, at least not directly:
- Don't expect all resorts to re-open before late summer or fall.
- Some restaurants may remain closed due more to staffing issues. (this includes Space 220, which really should have been open by now)
- Doubtful that the full array of entertainment, shows, parades, returns before late summer/fall.
-Doubtful that FP returns in any form before late summer/fall
-EMH---> Early entry... Suspect this summer at some point, but really no firm idea of when
- Dining plan -- I don't expect for the rest of this fiscal year
