Thread by @nickelpin

Spent the first day of the year 2023 at Disneyland. Daytime crowds were unusually sparser, probably from all the New Years Eve hangovers and the fact that it had been pouring rain from 12/31 until the AMs, but evening regained the usual crowd strength even with the dip to 45F

It was an all-day masked indoors-outdoors marathon in @flo_mask and @masklabglobal KF series masks! I got pretty dented by the time I got home, but I'm full of churros and Mickey pretzels, so that helps

My months-long shipment of random net and lace came in recently, so I was happy to be able to wander with a newly clothed @flo_mask mask for the new year. It's not at all a shade match for the decal, but good enough for me for right now

https://twitter.com/Sophiepedia/status/1583708885952901120

It's fun to be able to break up the white expanse of the @flo_mask filter with some contrast. The challenge is to find what works within this bean lozenge shape window.

*Possible that sandwiching compromises the clamp of the filter, but not sure by how much.

Haunted Mansion at Disneyland ventilation of CO2 is generally at around 800ppm, but when you file through the crowded elevator and indoor underground waiting room, it shoots to 1166 ppm. As soon as the ceilings open up it drops to 818ppm and then 541 ppm at exit via #Aranet4

Pirates of the Carribean at Disneyland stays at around 745 ppm CO2 in the ride as the ceilings are high and wind effects strong. At the end of the ride by the doors it is 664ppm. The line waiting area connected to indoor Blue Bayou restaurant dining are ~ 825 ppm via #Aranet4

Obviously, even when outdoors you do take a chance going to Disneyland when standing in any ride line for any amount of time as you're generally packed quite close to others, and masking is a crapshoot. But some are more open and ventilated than others.

Paying $30 for the Genie+ add-on might actually help not just from a time angle but also an safety angle to limit time exposure in crowds. The correlation between access to $$$ and access to safety is uncomfortable, esp after the $175 admission ($0 to me as guest of cast member)

The @masklabglobal masks were among gifts that I gave my two friends today. They saw how cute they were, put them on immediately, wore them all day, thanked me after, saying they felt acutely aware of many coughing folks today. Aesthetic matters! #MaskUp