food IS a theme park
As we await the reopening of Disneyland, the park is taking different steps in terms of health and safety.
Disneyland Reserved Shopping Experience
Disneyland is now providing more accessible ways to get tested for COVID-19.
Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of back and forth happening between Disneyland Resort and the state of California.
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland
Disney executives continue to make their case for Disneyland to reopen soon, but California Governor Gavin Newson has stated he is in “no hurry” to release theme park guidelines. That statement came after Disney Chairman Bob Iger stepped down from the California Economy Recovery Task Force.
Today, Orange County in California hosted a news conference to provide an update on the county’s reopening initiatives in the wake of the global pandemic. The news conference follows what has been several rocky days between the state of California and the Disneyland Resort, after Governor Gavin Newsom noted that he is in “no hurry” to release theme park guidelines. Disney promptly issued a response to the governor’s remarks later that evening.
©California Governor Gavin Newsom
During a question and answer session with reporters, Dr. Clayton Chau, County Health Officer, was asked about the reopening of theme parks and if there was any concern that the parks could become a “super-spreader site.” His response highlights the work that he and Dr. Mark Zahn, Dr. Mark Zahn, Medical Director of the Division of Epidemiology at the County Health Care Agency have done with Disneyland over the past several weeks and months.
Hello from Southern California! We took a stroll around Downtown Disney at Disneyland Resort recently.
Downtown Disney
And we found loads of new stuff. Are you ready for the update?
Hey all you ghouls and goblins! The Halloween season is in full swing in Downtown Disney, and today we’ve been tasting some of the newest spooky snacks to arrive at Marceline’s Confectionary!
Magic Mirror Krispie Treat
We already devoured their Magic Mirror Krispie Treat, and now we’re sinking our teeth (literally) into one of their delectable (and quite bewitching) caramel apples!
Although we have no idea when Disneyland might reopen, Downtown Disney reopened this summer, and we’ve been enjoying all the food (hello, pumpkin spice churro!) and shopping there!
Line for Marceline’s Confectionary
So when we found out about all the new Halloween treats popping up at Downtown Disney, we headed there to TRY THEM ALL!
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a number of changes at near and within Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park that show Disney is getting the parks ready to reopen.
Disneyland Park Social Distancing Markers
Although finalized theme park reopening guidelines from the state have not been released, it looks like Disneyland is still moving forward with small changes to be prepared for when guests can enjoy the parks again.
California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly held a video news conference today to update the public on the current pandemic numbers in California, as well as introduce a new health equity metric that will be used in the state’s county tier system.
Disney California Adventure Park
We learned today that Orange County will NOT be moving forward to the next tier, orange or “moderate,” today. According to Orange County health officials, theme parks like Disneyland should be able to reopen in the orange tier, but without the theme park guidelines, they cannot move forward with any reopening plans.
The Disneyland Resort theme parks have been closed for several months now.
Disney California Adventure Park
Although the California government’s theme park reopening guidelines were set to be issued last week, they were later postponed following pushback from several sources.
Last week, Disney announced that it would lay off 28,000 Cast Members in the Parks, Experiences, and Products division.
Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom
As we started to get more details about the situation, we realized that many of these lay-offs would affect Cast Members at Disney World in Florida.
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