With so many reports already I’m not sure if mine will have value anymore but here is my “just back” report. We did a very quick trip Thurs-Mon with a late arrival and early departure so really just three days. Due to a long story I won’t get into with our plans changing over and over and joining friends onsite we had a three way split stay: two nights at the Swan, one night Contemporary GW, one night Bay Lake Tower studio. We went to HS, AK, and MK. We did not take Disney transportation except the monorail, we drove our own car or walked to the parks but our friends took the bus to MK from the Swan and said they were very comfortable and did not wait long either way. For a little background on us, we have not left the house much since late March. We have not eaten inside a restaurant since March before this trip. Although our area does not have a mandatory mask order, we do wear them when we go out but we really don’t go out enough to wear them for long periods of time. Our impressions:
Swan: we got an amazing rate so decided to try it for the first time. I was concerned because I had read some negative things about crowds, long waits for elevators, and poor mask compliance. When we arrived around 6 for check in the lobby was empty, but funnily enough the first people we saw were a family who appeared dressed up for dinner walking through the lobby towards the parking lot completely maskless. It was not a great start, but we did find the mask compliance overall during our stay was about on par with the Disney resorts we stayed at which is to say good for the most part with some minor exceptions (mostly in the evening). Java was great for coffee and small meals. Loved that it opened at 6 am. The pool was lovely and not crowded. We only experienced issues with long elevator waits during high travel times such as opening and closing of HS. Il Mulino was also very good with good spacing between tables and the food was delicious. They also did take out orders quite late (until 11) which was wonderful because many of the restaurants particularly in the Crescent Lake area are closed or close early.
Contemporary: we had not stayed here before but always wanted to. We requested our room to be available at 7 am but it wasn’t ready until almost 4 pm which was kind of a bummer on a one night stay and left us homeless for quite some time which is more uncomfortable than usual wearing masks in the intense heat. Again, as we walked up to our room for the first time we encountered an entire maskless family in the lobby—strange for this to happen during both check in times as it was not the norm. Our room was very nice. The feature pool was a bit more crowded than I liked at 3pm but not unreasonable. The bullseye pool was fairly empty and we set up there for a little while before our California Grill reservation. California Grill was delicious and I’m a bit embarrassed to say that we ate there twice because the trip was for my daughters birthday and it was her favorite. I made the reservations for sunset times since there were no fireworks. Unfortunately both times we were sat in a small back room with no sunset view. I complained the second night and we were begrudgingly moved. The service was excellent the first night and exceptionally poor the second so much so that we cancelled our reservation there for our upcoming trip. Spacing was good between the tables, however. We had breakfast at Contempo Cafe the next day. Mobile order was quick and easy but our food was terrible. We had oatmeal and fruit and the fruit was sour-ish like it had started to turn while the oatmeal tasted burnt. I probably should have complained but I didn’t because the cast members were all trying so hard and I felt for them with their masks and face shields...our friends had breakfast sandwiches and they said theirs were good.
BLT: our first time here as well. We are brand new DVC and added a last minute night in a standard studio. It was awesome, clean, with a lovely view of Space MT and Bay Lake. It was actually ready earlier than I expected at 12:30 pm. We REALLY loved our stay here. CMs were very friendly from the lobby staff, to housekeeping, to the lifeguards at the pool, and the bartender at the Cove bar.
the Parks: like others have said, we were impressed with the guidelines Disney has put in place and if the guests follow them, they will be as “safe” as you can be visiting a theme park. The problem is that there are guests (rare, but they are there) who are intent on NOT following them. Examples: a young couple who pushed ahead of us in the queue for FOP—we thought they were trying to join their party but they were really just pushing as far up as they could (and we were pretty far into the line not towards the end), they didn’t mind the social distancing markers and I eventually noticed that they both had rough holes sliced into their masks like by scissors or a knife—it was honestly pretty shocking behavior. We rode FOP again and the man that was put in the room with us hopped two spots closer to us (CM didn’t say a word) and then took his mask off for the whole ride. We stopped riding FOP. Another example: BTM a family of four was behind us and the mother keep blowing through the social distancing markers and was inches from my back for most of the queue. Also her kids were pushing us. I started staring her down and she backed off a little but kept creeping up when I didn’t directly stare. On the monorail one time a family did not listen to the CM about the car they were meant to go in and came into the car with us...they were not told to leave and we were pretty uncomfortable the rest of the ride. On Astro orbiter, a teen girl kept completely taking her mask off and was not told to put it back on. It was the evening and I think the CMs were weary. In every park noses came out of the masks in the evening—more parties had at least one person with their nose out than not. I think people intend to follow the rules but it’s easy to overdo it in the heat especially if you don’t take breaks. I wish people would be honest with themselves, take breaks, and recognize their limits and utilize the relaxation areas but I rarely saw them used. I did hear CM tell people to put on their masks for pictures etc, but again as the day wore on the reminders tended to get less. I felt bad for the CM with their masks and face shields on top of it—great for keeping us safe but they have to get soooo HOT. It sounds like I’m being negative but our experience was actually good overall and mask compliance by most was very good earlier in the day except by those completely intent on breaking it.
Take aways: Plan your meals: mobile orders are GREAT but seating can sometimes be a problem with social distancing we had a very hard time finding a table at Satuli Canteen. Table service was far less stressful. I’d make at least one table service ADR per day. Take breaks—if you don’t in this heat you’ll eventually hit a wall. Your heat tolerance will be far worse in a mask too, so plan breaks for sure! Drink LOTS of water. More than you think you’ll need. Wait times were all far shorter than what was posted, so don’t be intimidated by them if they seem long. Last tip: the social distancing markers in some of the queues can have random odd spacing between them at certain points. Because of that it can be easy to get trapped between them when the line is moving and suddenly stops. Keep your eye on the feet of the party in front of you and don’t move from your marker until they’ve reached theirs. It will make more sense when you see it if you haven’t already. If you’ve held on with me through this whole post you rock because I had a lot to say, lol! We really had a great time and it was nice to be back.
These are a great middle step between canes and scooters. I have one of these too and like it for “medium” 
