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We’re sharing all the important details with you about the historic reopening of Disneyland Resort.
Disneyland
Prior to its reopening, a list of all the rides that would be available to guests was revealed. Now, with social distancing guidelines in place, we’re giving you a look at how ride queues are operating in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure right now.
We got some BIG news about Disneyland Resort earlier.
Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle 2019
Due to new state guidelines, theme parks in California can reopen as early as April 1st, 2021. In response, Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock stated that Disneyland would announce a reopening date soon. But if you were lost in excitement over visiting Disneyland again, you may have missed something important.
Disneyland remains closed due to the global pandemic.
Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle
Downtown Disney and Buena Vista Street are currently open, and Disney California Adventure is planning to reopen for a limited-time ticketed event in March. However, due to California state mandates, Disneyland Resort as a whole remains closed. But we’ve been following the progress of a bill that may allow the parks to reopen sooner than planned.
Disneyland has been closed for almost a full year.
Sleeping Beauty Castle
While Disney World was able to open last summer, strict theme park reopening guidelines in California have kept Disneyland closed. Now, lawmakers in California are looking to change that.
Recently, California’s theme park reopening guidelines were released, but they only allow large theme parks, like Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park, to reopen if the county they are located in reaches the lowest of California’s tiers, Tier 4.
Disneyland Main Entrance
Several leaders have expressed their frustration over the current reopening guidelines, including Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu. And now, a number of California mayors have reached out to Governor Gavin Newsom to ask him to reconsider the criteria for theme park reopenings.
We’ve been hard at work scoping out all the news for you this week. Today we have the details on the latest in the Disney World theme parks and MORE!
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See all of our coverage on Disney park reopenings HERE. We still have a LOT to share with you this week, so let’s jump right in… .
Today, the state of California announced its guidelines for theme park reopenings, stating that large theme parks like Disneyland cannot reopen until their county (in Disneyland’s case, Orange County) are in the state’s yellow tier.
Source: covid19.ca.gov
Also known as a minimal tier, this level means that there is less than 1 daily new case of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents in the county and less than 2% positivity rate for tests.
Today, the state of California announced its reopening guidelines for theme parks, which, of course, includes Disneyland.
Disneyland Gate
Under the new guidelines, Disneyland will only be able to reopen once Orange County, California — the county in which they are located — reaches the Yellow or Minimal tier, or less than 1 daily new case of COVID-19 per 100,000 people. And once the county reaches that tier, they can only be open to 25% total capacity, indoor dining and drinking establishments within the park can only be operating at 25% and there must be a reservation system.
Disneyland has remained closed since March and after significant back and forth between Disney, other local theme parks, and the California Government, California Governor Newsom’s office has released theme park reopening guidelines.
Disneyland Gate
Most notably, the guidelines restrict large theme parks like Disneyland from reopening until Orange County reaches Tier 4, which could take months. Now, the Anaheim Mayor (who has spoken out before) has responded to the guidelines.
The Disneyland Resort theme parks remain the only Disney parks internationally that have not announced a reopening due to government restrictions.
Sleeping Beauty Castle
California’s Governor Newsom said discussions regarding theme park reopening guidelines were “forthcoming” some time ago. Disneyland and other California theme parks requested, however, that the state not finalize the guidelines without their input. Early details about the guidelines were revealed a few weeks ago, but their official release was delayed following pushback. Today, the official theme park reopening guidelines were finally released.
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