DS Update: The Reopening!

Day 1 of the Disney Springs reopening took place yesterday and of course the Blog was there!

Surface lots remain closed so guests must park in the Lime Garage or Orange Garage. Upon arrival at your respective Disney Springs entry portal, you are greeted by cast members who direct you to a temperature screening station.

Staff from Advent Health administer a no-touch thermometer scan to your forehead and then you're cleared for entry.

There really weren't all that many guests in the Springs yesterday. No Disney owned & operated establishments were open yet, only third party participants, and even many of those have not yet reopened.

In narrow passageways such as on the bridges, arrows cleverly tell you which way to proceed.

Disney Springs West Side was particularly bleak since so many of the venues are Disney o&o's. For instance, DisneyStyle, Star Wars Store, Marvel Store and Candy Cauldron were all consecutively closed followed by Sunglass Hut, Pele' Soccer and Sosa Cars which were open. The AMC theater remains closed as does Splitsville.

Beyond Splitsville, the future M&M World store is relocating from the Florida Mall so is not yet open but creates another large empty area.

Disney owned & operated NBA Experience and the NBA Store were closed.

I think City Works is 3rd party but has not reopened yet nor has House of Blues.

One of the animation team members scattered throughout Disney Springs. Their job is to create happy talk, dance, wave at you and make sure you keep your mask on.

Back on Pleasure Island and heading down Hill Street, you can see that guests did indeed keep their masks on. But it's not going to be easy. It's already really hot out there and Florida's famous drenching humidity is about to kick-in.

Disney owned stores and restaurants reopen next Wednesday, May 27th. We should see a lot more people out once that happens.

But it's a start and a good time was had by all.