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Disneyland Closes California Theme Parks

17 points by parentology 7y ago

mtmail 7y ago
The article has a different title and doesn't back up the claim. "Disney parks in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China have also been shut down momentarily, along with the parks in Japan. There has been no official mention of shutting down US parks."
- Keverw 7y ago
  New York Times reported they are closing Disneyland https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/business/disneyland-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/business/disneyland-coron... Not sure if they will also be closing the Orlando parks yet. Maybe it's worser in California or just due to government mandates.
  - dk1138 7y ago
    Makes sense. New guideline is 250 persons in a public gathering. Lines for certain rides easily exceed that number.
    - Keverw 7y ago
      Yeah. Last I seen some places said no more than 1,000 like in San Francisco. So figured in reaction to that. Don't think Florida is issuing stuff like that yet but probably monitoring things. Edit: oh just seen the 250 ban is for the entire state of California. Just not county by county thing anymore. Looks like Universal Studios Hollywood too.
- parentology 7y ago
  Not sure which version of the article you're seeing (or why you're seeing a different one than us). The one that's live on our end says the following: Disney announced March 12 it would close both of its California parks temporarily due to the outbreak. This the fourth time in history that Disneyland in Anaheim, California fully suspended operations (previously shut due to 9/11 attacks, morning after JFK's assassination, and after the Northridge earthquake). The park is scheduled to remain closed until the end of the month. Disney said in a statement, “While there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 at Disneyland Resort, after carefully reviewing the guidelines of the Governor of California’s executive order and in the best interest of our guests and employees, we are proceeding with the closure of Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, beginning the morning of March 14 through the end of the month. The Hotels of Disneyland Resort will remain open until Monday, March 16 to give guests the ability to make necessary travel arrangements; Downtown Disney will remain open. We will monitor the ongoing situation and follow the advice and guidance of federal and state officials and health agencies. Disney will continue to pay cast members during this time.”
98codes 7y ago
Official word from Disneyland: https://twitter.com/DisneylandToday/status/1238204102649266198 https://twitter.com/DisneylandToday/status/12382041026492661...
floren 7y ago
This is a terrible article, something like https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/media/disneyland-close-coronavirus/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/media/disneyland-close-corona... would be much more informative and readable. Dang, is a link change in order?

17 points by parentology 7y ago

The article has a different title and doesn't back up the claim. "Disney parks in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China have also been shut down momentarily, along with the parks in Japan. There has been no official mention of shutting down US parks."

Keverw 7y ago
New York Times reported they are closing Disneyland https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/business/disneyland-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/business/disneyland-coron... Not sure if they will also be closing the Orlando parks yet. Maybe it's worser in California or just due to government mandates.
- dk1138 7y ago
  Makes sense. New guideline is 250 persons in a public gathering. Lines for certain rides easily exceed that number.
  - Keverw 7y ago
    Yeah. Last I seen some places said no more than 1,000 like in San Francisco. So figured in reaction to that. Don't think Florida is issuing stuff like that yet but probably monitoring things. Edit: oh just seen the 250 ban is for the entire state of California. Just not county by county thing anymore. Looks like Universal Studios Hollywood too.
parentology 7y ago
Not sure which version of the article you're seeing (or why you're seeing a different one than us). The one that's live on our end says the following: Disney announced March 12 it would close both of its California parks temporarily due to the outbreak. This the fourth time in history that Disneyland in Anaheim, California fully suspended operations (previously shut due to 9/11 attacks, morning after JFK's assassination, and after the Northridge earthquake). The park is scheduled to remain closed until the end of the month. Disney said in a statement, “While there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 at Disneyland Resort, after carefully reviewing the guidelines of the Governor of California’s executive order and in the best interest of our guests and employees, we are proceeding with the closure of Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, beginning the morning of March 14 through the end of the month. The Hotels of Disneyland Resort will remain open until Monday, March 16 to give guests the ability to make necessary travel arrangements; Downtown Disney will remain open. We will monitor the ongoing situation and follow the advice and guidance of federal and state officials and health agencies. Disney will continue to pay cast members during this time.”

98codes 7y ago

Official word from Disneyland: https://twitter.com/DisneylandToday/status/1238204102649266198 https://twitter.com/DisneylandToday/status/12382041026492661...

floren 7y ago

This is a terrible article, something like https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/media/disneyland-close-coronavirus/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/media/disneyland-close-corona... would be much more informative and readable. Dang, is a link change in order?