Thursday, April 16, 2020

My opinion on what would need to happen in order for the Disney Parks to reopen.

Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World have been closed since closing for the day on March 15, 2020. And it was recently announced that about 40,000 workers would be furloughed towards the end of April... so clearly Disney doesn't think it will be open soon... but is it still possible for Disney to reopen over the summer, or even in the year 2020?


Firstly, I believe that the parks will reopen before a vaccine is in circulation. Disney currently is losing more money than they are bringing in because they have all of the parks closed, all the resorts closed, and most if not all of the physical stores closed. New College Program participants for the fall program at least at this point will still be going down starting in August, yes this could change, but I do hope that it still is possible for them to go to Disney.

Disney put out this message, "We’re studying very carefully what China has been trying to do in terms of their return to normalcy. And one of the things that’s obvious is they’ve conscripted a large segment of their population to monitor others in terms of their health. You can’t get on a bus or a subway or a train or enter a high-rise building there—and I’m sure this will be the case when their schools reopen—without having your temperature taken." 
One of the other big things that Disney World is talking about rolling out for the reopening is only letting a certain number of people in, and maybe that means only allowing Florida people in, or it might even mean only letting Annual Pass Holders from Florida into the park.

One of the latest updates I saw was that Disney is still doing registrations for their upcoming marathons, and especially pushing for their virtual runs. I should be going down to Disney in Mid July (fingers crossed they are really open by that time) and again possibly toward the end of August... but that trip isn't confirmed.

Or course it's hard to say right at this time what will happen for sure, I know that the California Governor might not even be allowing Disneyland to reopen until a vaccine is out!
I hope that everyone is staying safe, staying inside, and staying healthy!

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  1. Megan LeApril 16, 2020 at 9:58 AM

    Everything has been so crazy lately... I hope everything can go back to 'normal' by the end of the summer. –Megan

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  2. rachelbauerApril 21, 2020 at 9:26 AM

    I think that Disney will open their parks before there is a vaccine. Like you said, they are losing a lot of money right now and they need to make more so they aren't in a deficit. I think that if they do open up in the summer, they should take people's temperature but also only allow a certain amount of people in each day. I think it would also be very difficult because cast members will have to wipe down the rides after each person gets off and they could be putting themselves at risk.

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