We took a day trip up to Orlando a few weeks ago to visit my sis and brother-in-law, who were flying in from Colorado, to spend some time at Universal. It was a last minute thing, perks of living in Florida.
I know technically we are still in a pandemic state so to speak but most everything, here is open, and I wanted to give anyone looking to take a family summer trip to Universal, a little bit of a heads up of what it was like while we were there.
If you've ever been to a major amusement park then you pretty much know what to expect. Lot's of people, long lines, whining, and too much money being spent. Well it's still exactly like that but add in masks and lots of sanitizer being passed around.
Masks were not required to be worn outside in the general area (this was while we were there, check before you go because things change all the time), although they were asking you to wear them while you were in line and in close proximity to other people. And you know that at amusement parks people have no concept of personal space, this is still true. Universal did a really good job at trying to keep spacing and directing traffic the best way to maintain distance. I love my personal space, I was like this before rona, and I felt like the park did a great job at trying to provide that for everyone. I mean they could've had this in place long before now, just saying.
The sanitizer I mentioned being handed out wasn't the usual mama chasing down her crew making sure they had clean hands. Before you got ready to grab your 3D glasses or even get on any of the rides, there was a ride staff member who gave you sanitizer. They were definitely giving it out like candy on Halloween so I highly recommend that you have lotion or something because my hands became super dry and they wouldn't let me use my Thieves sanitizer instead, protocol I was told.
When restaurants started to reach their max numbers they would close the doors. Lines did seem super long but it was more due to how they were having people line up and not because of service speed or wait times.
Now wait times for rides is a whole other story. You know that waiting for rides takes forever no matter what state the world is in but, there were some ride lines that normally went pretty quickly that were taking way too long because of the sanitizer and mask situations. I highly recommend getting your passes for those must ride attractions because the lines may be a little longer of a wait then their usual 45mins - 1hr.
All in all we still had a really great time, despite all of the added protocols. I felt safe and wasn't worried about the safety of my family either.
* Please be sure to check all mandates because things are constantly changing*
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