Fountains and Splash pads reopen at Walt Disney World theme parks

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Thursday June 10, 2021 2:34pm ET · "Imagination! (Pavilion)"
Fountains and Splash pads reopen at Walt Disney World theme parks
The leaping fountains are back at Imagination! along with kids splash pad.

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Water features are making a comeback at Walt Disney World's theme parks with the reopening of splash pads and fountains.

At the Imagination! pavilion, the leaping water jets are back in action. 

Over in Future World East, the Liquid Layer kids splash pad has reopened.

Many water features were turned off during the COVID-19 shutdown and did not reopen with the parks last year.

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From The Dark Lord’s website:

Someone forgot to pull the stickers from the back? This has been haphazard but we are getting there.
↩ replying to legwand77
Nope, leaving tomorrow.

Seeing more QS tables open today. More tables opened at WCC. Snagged a lunch for tomorrow at Skipper's at MK and will look then.
Apparently, arcades are back.
↩ replying to MansionButler84
Didn't most of them get closed down because of a hilarious mistake in FL gambling law?

Are we talking about the few small ones left in some of the hotels?
↩ replying to MisterPenguin
More than a few according to Disney:

Disney's All-Star Movies Resort – Reel Fun Arcade
Disney's All-Star Music Resort – Note'able Games
Disney's All-Star Sports Resort – Game Point Arcade
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge – Pumbaa’s Fun and Games Arcade
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas - Kidani Village – Safari So Good
Disney's Art of Animation Resort – Pixel Play Arcade
Disney's Beach Club Resort – Lafferty Place Arcade
Disney's Boardwalk Inn – Side Show Games
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort – Iguana Arcade
Disney’s Contemporary Resort – The Game Station
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground – Davey Crockett's Wilderness Arcade and Daniel Boone's Wilderness Arcade
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa – Arcadia Games
Disney's Old Key West Resort – Electric Eel Gameroom and Flying Fish Gameroom
Disney's Pop Century Resort – Fast Forward Arcade
Disney's Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter – South Quarter Games
Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside – Medicine Show Arcade
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa – Win, Place or Show Arcade
Disney's Wilderness Lodge – Buttons & Bells Arcade
Disney's Yacht Club Resort – Lafferty Place Arcade
Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel

I think they just pulled the games where you win tickets?
↩ replying to MansionButler84
This is the first time I think I’ve ever seen something accurately leak in a Facebook group but not also here.
↩ replying to CastAStone
It is all very fast-paced, now. You wake up in the morning to a change almost every day!
↩ replying to MansionButler84
Not an endorsement for or against COVID-19 measures:

How is this acceptable but taking a mask off in queues or on attractions is not? They are really embarrassing themselves here. Pick a side, Disney.
↩ replying to disneyglimpses
They are slowly adjusting to their side. This is an attempt to not end up with a nasty headline. But the trend is clear.
↩ replying to MansionButler84
I agree, but it should just be done all at once then. I think this frustrates guests more than removing/keeping the policy altogether. Consider you are planning a WDW vacation because they still require masks indoors and then you encounter this. The argument goes both ways when they contradict themselves this badly.
↩ replying to disneyglimpses
I don’t know. I don’t mind this strategy. Go assuming you’ll need a mask some places until they say otherwise.
↩ replying to disneyglimpses
Anyone who doesn't see this as a fluid situation hasn't been paying attention. I don't feel any sympathy for people expecting anything to stay as it is through even tomorrow. If people planned their trips expecting mask requirements to remain the same, that's on them.
↩ replying to MansionButler84
I will adjust my priors on believing things random people say they heard from a Cast Member on Facebook. It’s all true!
It’s a special type of Karen who would complain about having the option to eat at a table instead of walking around looking for one for an hour (which, of course, she would also whine about). So people will manage, I’m sure.

But, reminder, all that changed here was distancing. And they literally say on the website that they will gradually lower distancing, so what’s the problem? The mask being off while eating has been in line with CDC guidelines since Ancient Rome.
↩ replying to Parker in NYC
True and true. It is a fluid situation and it is a reasonable accommodation so people can eat. My point is, requiring masks only in stores/attractions but not anywhere else (in my opinion) does little to nothing to protect people from COVID-19 over the duration of their trip.

But as @MansionButler84 alluded to, the masks are probably not long from coming off altogether.