We're heading down to WDW in 2 weeks. My Fiance is a little worried about the entire thing, but she knows Disney has been trying to do their best. We watch a few different vloggers and if we only watched the Slackers she would be refusing to go with how over the top they are acting.
Everyone has a right to react to the pandemic differently, but my biggest issue is how inconsistent they are with their actions/beliefs.
They'll go into the Emporium and touch everything, but refuse to do any inside ride.
Tim will ride the Speedway but refuse to touch the steering wheel but then ride the Carousel holding onto the pole.
When they got hosted by Lego or Busch Gardens their fears went away, but when it was on their own dime they retreated back into their shell like a turtle.
Since August, I've now been to Disney, Universal, and SeaWorld multiple times. Plus Disney Springs, CityWalk, and various other attractions in our area (i.e. SeaLife Orlando).
Despite every company's best intentions, you are going to witness pockets of non-compliance on the part of the guests.
Notably, for as much as Disney talks a talk, I witnessed quite a bit of blatant non-compliance at Disney Springs on a recent visit, witnessed from my tableside window at Terralina.
(BTW, Tim's overreaction about SeaWorld was completely over the top, IMHO. I was there yesterday - it was extremely busy and you'd never know we were in a pandemic if not for the masks and outrageous amounts of hand sanitizer stations and signage everywhere. I did see a handful of people blatantly wearing the mask incorrectly or not at all...but I also saw just as many employees telling them to comply...and, like I said, saw just as much non-compliance at Disney Springs on a random day.)
Overall, team members / cast members have been absolutely AWESOME. (and - not to sound Jenn-like but some
have actually thanked us for coming to keep them employed).
Also, the methods to gain entrance, i.e. temp checks, security scans, gates, etc. have been absolutely seamless, in my experience at all the major parks.
My thought is - life's not perfect and we cannot expect the theme parks to run perfectly - every single second of every single day with 100% compliance by each and every guest throughout every experience they partake in (i.e. bathrooms, eating, drinking, standing in line with hot and fidgeting toddlers, spending 8 hours a day in Fla. weather with a mask on if you're unaccustomed and you take the mask down for 5 seconds to breathe). That is, I'm not going to be hard on a random guest for that, if I see it.
Also, keep in mind that it's going to be hard to physically distance some times (due to crowd sizes in certain areas) and yes, you are going to have a random guest get waaaay too close behind you in line on occasion.
Short of you deciding to either politely ask the guest to step away (and potentially cause a scene if the guest overreacts), you're just going to have to grin and bear it - keep the mask on - do your best - and most importantly, ENJOY YOURSELF!