yep. I've been watching streams for weeks now. Going by what I'm seeing they should never have decreased the hours. I watched an MK stream the other day and at 8pm (an hour past closing) there were still a lot of people milling about. And now they're going to close at 6pm?! It was still decently busy at 6:30 pm that night too (not a weekend) so the advice about the last 90 minutes of park open being empty isn't holding true and certainly won't when it closes at 6pm!
I see that but I also think a company such as Disney or Universal may enforce better and have better restrictions in place than say a smaller or more outdoor park. There is a sense of more trust in those brands than some others.
I'd take it as a baseline. If you look at the initial FL reopening plans from late April, they put theme parks in phase two (which Florida is now just beginning after making a number of modifications/additions/rollbacks along the way) and then shifted them to a application model within "full" phase one. The reopening plans for most counties, cities, and states (of course including CA) have not ended up looking like what they all initially proposed in the spring. From the onset, CA has mostly left the theme parks in the dark (other than some vague statements). As the situation in Orange County continues to improve, I'd expect a more definitive timeline from the Governor for Disneyland (because money talks after all), but I think this is more political posturing (which I'm not saying is a bad thing in a situation this delicate) than an indictment of a 2020 Disneyland reopening. I could easily see him saying something like "We have very tough standards for theme parks to reopen to the masses, but given the significant and sweeping measures Disney has proposed, we're going to allow them to reopen select parts of their parks at an extremely limited capacity earlier than anticipated with certain essential protections for their visitors and employees." The Governor has a very good relationship with TWDC (and Iger in particular), so Disney won't be waiting as long as some rinky-dink small amusement park.
Good to see them using the now more widely accepted and reliable cases per 100,000 measure.
Ain’t nothing weird about it. Just CA politics
This is such a weird thing to say when the website explicitly states Theme Parks open in yellow phase.
Theme parks went to the national news to run their side. Gov just reminded them who is actually in charge by releasing that and then played nice to everyone else by saying “actually idk... we’re gonna chat this afternoon...”
Safe to open a fun spot? Sir. Fun in CA is now cancelled until 2023.
I think that will bring attendance down eventually. The only advantage to going now & dealing with masks & closed is attractions is lower crowds.
Bet you are correct, Disneyland will get some kind of exemption.
Positive in my eyes. Those people that think they dont have to follow the rules are wrong. They should not go if they can’t follow the guidelines. Simple. Go elsewhere.
Looks like the Friday bad news is about universal hotels this week.
Yuck, I was hoping they'd start extending them a bit later in the eve. So tempted to try and book over Christmas, especially now seeing there will be Halloween decorations but with those hours .... I don't know.
