food IS a theme park
Theme parks are looking very different nowadays with plexiglass barriers, distancing measures, sanitizing stations, and even completely modified queues and experiences.
EPCOT
Recently, COVID-19 vaccines were introduced around the states. Now that Florida has started to distribute the vaccine, the state has made some changes to its distribution processes.
The world is still contending with the global health crisis as 2020 comes to a close.
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Florida has seen over one million total COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, and now, the state has reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases on record.
Although Disney World is currently open, there are still several health and safety precautions on property due to the global health pandemic.
Cinderella Castle
A couple weeks ago, the first batch of coronavirus vaccines arrived in Florida, and we have continued to look out for updates regarding the vaccine. The FDA recently authorized the Moderna vaccine after the Pfizer vaccine, so we’re giving you the latest update on the vaccine in Florida’s Orange County.
The situation with the global pandemic has been rapidly changing all around the world. Recently, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland closed again due to rising COVID-19 numbers in the area, and Southern California was placed under a regional stay-at-home order based on its ICU numbers.
Health Signage
There’s also been some news in terms of a COVID-19 vaccine, with the Pfizer vaccine approved and the expectation of thousands of doses being distributed to Florida soon, including many to Orlando. And today a vaccine milestone was reached — the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have been received and administered in Florida.
It was recently announced that states would be able to begin giving out the Pfizer vaccine to recipients as early as next week, depending on approval by the FDA.
Face Mask Signs
Florida will be among the states receiving the vaccine and may be able to begin distributing it as early as Monday. The state could receive 179,400 doses of vaccine to begin administering, based upon allocation by the federal government, as reported by NBC2.
We may just be days away before U.S. citizens could begin receiving an approved COVID-19 vaccination. Pending FDA approval, states could begin distributing the Pfizer vaccine to its first round of recipients as soon as early next week.
Disney World’s Health and Safety Signs
Fox35 Orlando has reported that, in the state of Florida, vaccine distributions could begin as early as Monday or Tuesday.
Recently, we’ve been getting lots of updates out of California and Florida about coronavirus cases, state regulations in light of the pandemic, and other information.
Temperature Checks at the Polynesian Resort
And while we’ve heard that COVID-19 cases are increasing in California and seen the impact its had on certain counties and the tiers they are in, today we got an update from Florida in terms of its numbers of COVID-19 cases.
Coronavirus has caused a multitude of changes throughout the world and continues to do so. Recently, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland were both forced to close due to rising coronavirus cases in their areas.
EPCOT
We’ve been constantly watching for further updates from California’s governor for regulations that may impact Disneyland Resort, and we’ve also been keeping an eye out for updates from Florida’s Governor DeSantis on any regulations that may impact Disney World. Today, Governor DeSantis held a press conference and we got a better idea of the state’s direction in terms of coronavirus restrictions and more as COVID-19 numbers increase across the nation.
Thinking of heading to Orlando for Thanksgiving or the holiday season?
Magic Kingdom
You may be thinking that the parks will be totally empty given the global pandemic and recommendations that some states have made to limit non-essential travel, but Disney has reported that Thanksgiving week capacity is almost at 100% and now Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings has also indicated that, despite travel warnings, people are still traveling to Orlando.
Here at DFB, we’re all for the holidays.
Christmas on Main Street
That’s why we visited the Jolly Creek Holiday Festival in Kissimmee, just south of Disney World! This holiday event offers festive snacks, crafts, live music, a Santa meet-and-greet, and some gators!
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