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DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Ep. 24 - Bonus - A Family's Trip to Walt Disney World for the Reopening of the Magic Kingdom During COVID

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Hobbies, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On our Bonus Episode this week, we're talking to listener Janelle, about her family's recent trip to Disney's Hilton Head resort and Walt Disney World.  Janelle and her family were there for the reopening of the Magic Kingdom, stayed at Boulder Ridge and Boardwalk during their week-long trip, and also hit up all four theme parks.  Janelle talks about how safe she felt during the trip, and whether she felt like it was a good value for her family.  Come hear Janelle's experience to help your family decide if a trip to Walt Disney World is the right thing for you right now. The DCLDuo Podcast is a weekly Disney Cruise Line and Disney travel focused podcast. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Our podcast is also available on Pocket Casts, Spotify and most other major podcast providers. You can also like and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @DCLDuo. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, you can email us at dclduo@gmail.com. The views in this podcast are our own, and are not those of the Walt Disney family of companies, Disney Cruise Line or the Walt Disney theme parks or resorts. If you have questions about a Disney vacation or any of the Disney offerings discussed in this podcast please contact Disney directly or discuss with your Disney travel agent. Thanks for listening! You can connect with the DCLDuo Podcast and Vlog at: https://dclduo.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://tinyurl.com/u5bj9lv Please review and subscribe to our Podcast on the following platforms (or most major podcast providers): Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dclduo-podcast/id1501550336 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/gn6f1034 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Fcl8SPuSJFlam2KsJBHx7 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=526093&refid=stpr You can also like and follow us on social media at: The DCLDuo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DclDuo The DCLDuo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dcl_duo/ The DCLDuo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DCLDuo The DCLDuo Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dclduo

Transcript

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0:00.0

We felt like we were in a parade because we were walking down the middle of Main Street.

0:04.0

And they were saying, welcome back.

0:05.9

We're so glad you're here.

0:16.8

Welcome back, everyone, to another bonus edition of the DCL duo. And as with past bonus editions,

0:23.4

here recently, we've been talking to folks who have spent some time down at the resorts during

0:27.7

COVID period and after the resorts have opened. Tonight, we have a guest on who actually

0:33.7

was able to spend some time at Disney World and Hilton Head. We'll get into both.

0:38.0

But at Disney World, after the parks had reopened. And so we haven't had anyone talked to us yet about sort of the parks apart from the hotels. And so I wanted to have Janelle on. Welcome, Janelle. Thank you for having me. No, thank you for being here. This is great. Why don't we dive right in? I know you started your trip by

0:55.8

heading over to Hilton Head, I think, on the 5th of July. Why don't we start there? What was it like

1:02.1

over at the Hilton Head Resort? Hilton Head is great. This is our second time staying at the Disney

1:06.9

property at Hilton Head, and we really, really enjoyed everything. We had a two-bedroom villa

1:11.4

that overlooked the marsh, and it was exactly like going home to Disney Paradise when we

1:16.6

checked in. It was just great. Check-in was a little different there because they don't have the

1:20.8

My Disney Experience app, so they just requested that one person go up to the lobby to check in rather

1:26.3

than your whole party. They did require

1:28.4

mask on property everywhere and they did enforce it. Even if you were walking, we saw a couple

1:34.4

walking ahead of us far away and there was no one around and a cast member walked by and she asked

1:39.7

them to pull their mask up. So they were definitely enforcing everything there. And did you see,

1:45.1

I mean, we've heard about some of the lobbies. They had plexiglass up and that kind of stuff.

1:48.9

Is it the similar at the headman? Yeah, they had plexiglass up there. And a few things had changed in the

1:54.9

lobby. That's where they had a storyteller. We show up, his name's blue with the shadow, the dog.

2:00.3

And so, you know, the resort offerings were definitely trimmed back. And I could notice that just because we've been there before. But I don't know if you, if this was your first time, I don't know if you would really notice. What were some of the resort offerings that were that were trimmed back? Like what, what things were missing? Yeah, like every Tuesday, they have star spangled Tuesday,

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