Just returned yesterday from 8 nights (4 BLT and 4 AKL). For reference, we are mid 50's marrieds who were celebrating 30 years of marriage. We are from WA state and had this trip planned for a couple of years. Rented DVC for this trip back in January, before COVID became a huge problem. This was our second trip to WDW (we went in 2015 for our 25th anniversary). I usually go to DL once a year.
We had planned 2 days each at MK, HS and EPCOT and 1 day at AK. This is not how it ended up though. We ended up spending 3 days at MK and 1 day each at HS, EPCOT and AK.
We thought mask and distance compliance was really good. Aside from a a few choke points, it was really easy to distance while walking through the parks. It was nice walking down Main Street with no crowding! The character cavalcades were great! They seemed to be happening every 15 to 20 minutes in MK. The lines (which appeared extremely long) moved continuously.
We were able to ride most everything we wanted in one day. Our first MK day was on Sunday the 18th. We were in line at the Contemporary sidewalk early. Once we got into the park we rode 7DMT. I don't remember wait times or the order, but we rode JC, POTC, BTM, HM, Splash, Buzz, CoP, Hall of Presidents, and PP. We skipped Space Mountain because it hurts my husband's back. We also had lunch at Skippers Canteen. The park hours were 9 to 8 and we took a break in the afternoon for a nap.
We went to HS on Monday. We did not get ROTR boarding group either time. We wanted to ride, but it wasn't a huge deal that we didn't. We rode MFSR, TSMM (twice), MMRR (so cute), Muppets and Star Tours. MFSR gave DH a bit of motion sickness, so we stayed away from the roller coasters and I don't like drops so we didn't go on ToT, but I'm pretty sure we would have had time to do at least one or two of these had we chosen to. We also walked through One Man's Dream and watched the film, shopped a bit and had dinner at Hollywood Brown Derby.
Tuesday we were back at MK. We slept in a bit and hit the park. We had some fun playing Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, watched the Country Bears, rode Buzz, walked through Swiss Family Treehouse and had lunch at Liberty Tree.
Wednesday we were at EPCOT. We arrived at park opening and rode Soarin' (twice), Test Track (twice), SE, Nemo (and took our time at the aquarium), Living with the Land and Journey into Imagination. We then went to check out Food and Wine. I have Celiacs Disease and 5 years ago, nearly every booth had a gluten free option. Not the case this time, which was extremely disappointing. We roamed the countries and had dinner at Le Cellier.
We had planned on returning to HS on Thursday, but decided that the only reason for going would be to try for a boarding group. Since there are no guarantees, and we didn't feel that this park warranted another day, we changed our plans and went back to MK. We repeated a few rides and had lunch at Liberty Tree again (this was DH's favorite restaurant of the trip).
Friday was AK. We arrived at opening and rode FOP. Loved it. We then did KS, had lunch, rode Dinosaur, walked the trails and did KS again. EE was down most of the day and when it went back up, the wait times were long. We went back to AKL and had dinner at Sanaa.
Since our original plan was to go to EPCOT and eat our way around, due to the lack of gluten free options, we decided to skip the park and visit Disney Springs. We did some shopping, had lunch at Morimoto Asia, returned to AKL, swam, wandered the hotel and packed.
Like most everyone here, I would not recommend going right now for first timers. There was really a lack of things to do and the masks became very uncomfortable in the heat and humidity. One thing I would recommend: we normally visit the parks with no bags, just our phones, magic bands and a gift card. On our second day, we decided to take a backpack because we wanted to take an umbrella and ponchos. We took extra water and some snacks. This gave us a reason to sit down and take down our masks to have a drink and a snack. We always found a place to sit away from everyone, and as long as you are stationary, this is not a problem.
All in all, it was really nice just to get away for a week. We had a great time and will probably return once the mask requirement is gone.