It was an exciting day at the Magic Kingdom, and we were there to soak in all the magic and send it all your way! With the big Halloween merchandise debut yesterday, and Park Pass availability added for Annual Passholders overnight, we thought today might be a quiet day, but it’s never a dull moment at the parks. Let’s get started!
Recently, we noticed that temporary social distancing markers had been added along the right hand side of Main Street USA, presumably to help distance guests while watching Character Cavalcades go by. Today, we found new temporary markers along the left-hand side of the street.
Most of the markers had been removed from the right hand side, except for a small section in front of the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor and a few stray markers on the corner.
The window displays for Halloween have arrived at the Emporium, showing off all of the fun new merchandise for the season. Things are still arriving, and probably will be for some time, but these displays have a good selection of what is available.
New Villains merch has arrived at Walt Disney World, and is already being paired with some existing favorites. We love when Villains get their time to shine!
One of our favorite Villains pieces are these ears inspired by Maleficent. Are you ready to rock these sparkly horns? For more pictures and information, see our full article here.
One more piece of new merch today was this fun candy bowl. Who can resist a Mickey pumpkin?
One piece of Halloween merchandise was very popular, and sold out instantly this morning. The Halloween treats Loungefly mini backpack flew off of the shelves, and while it was restocked once a little later, those didn’t last long, either.
With the new sales going on across Walt Disney World, we found a few nice displays showing off the newly discounted merchandise. One such display was this one at Uptown Jewelers, featuring both the Rainbow and Americana Collections.
New barriers were installed in the queue for “it’s a small world”, allowing guests to remain safe in an area where maintaining social distance is impossible. While the wait time was short enough that this inside queue was not in use today, it’s good to know that these barriers are in place for the future.
The box surrounding construction work outside of Plaza del Sol Caribe Bazaar has been removed, although rope barriers are keeping guests from walking over the area previously covered by the box. It appears that new cement was poured and painted here, judging by the fresh red color.
Though slightly higher than yesterday, wait times remained reasonable today. Haunted Mansion was at 25 minutes at midday. The line stretched out of the attraction’s normal queue, but it was moving quite quickly.
Splash Mountain was at 30 minutes at midday, despite the popularity of the ride, and the heat.
Jungle Cruise had a 30 minute wait time at midday. Its line was housed entirely in its interior queue.
At the end of the day after a bit of rain, we were treated to a Rainy Day Cavalcade, and these smiling Cast Members. We love their bright raincoats!
Towards the end of the day, we heard a new announcement reminding guests to keep their masks on, even for photos. We really appreciate Disney enforcing this policy!
We had a great time at the Magic Kingdom today, and we hope you enjoyed coming along with us. Have a magical day!
Thanks for the good ‘in the street’ point of view. The phrase, “treated to a Rainy Day Cavalcade, and these smiling Cast Members” reminds me of one of the special reasons I love going to WDW, smiles. The masks everywhere have taken so many smiles from my life and it gets me down sometimes.