Despite living about ten minutes away, we had not been to Disney in about five years. Zack has wanted to go back so bad, especially to get on Splash Mountain one more time. I was contemplating getting annual passes, but don't want to do anything until this pandemic is behind us. So, when CJ suggested getting the 4 day resident pass, I decided that would be a great compromise.
Friday, we decided to take the day and headed to Animal Kingdom for our day one. I was especially excited to go to the Pandora section since that is new and wasn't finished yet when we had our passes a few years ago.
Overall, the day was great. The number of people at the park was very manageable and, without fast passes, the lines moved pretty quickly (except Dinosaur).Our longest wait was for one of the Pandora rides (45 minutes). C.J. and Zack were able to ride Expedition Everest three times!
However, it was hot (90*) and wearing a mask all day was difficult. Hopefully, the mask mandate won't be in place for much longer.
I will add that, overall, I felt Universal did a much better job of providing preventions from the virus. At Universal, there were cast members present to give out hand sanitizer before and after every ride. Disney had sanitizer stations available, but 3/4 of the ones I tried were empty. So...not impressed there.
