Thank you for pointing that out. A few other details I'll share:
When the opening decision was made, Central Fl had very little uptick, while everyone was in lock-down. They presented the opening plans to De Santos, and one by one, they were approved.
Most of the infection was in South Florida.
Florida numbers shot up this month. Infection and hospitalization were not being reported for weeks.
Remember De Santos runs this state. Tourism is the #1 industry.
Look at the number of unemployed workers in one city that are affected by at least 3 theme parks closed.
100,000 cast members at Disney World alone.
Disney World property is the size of 2 Manhattans.
MOST workers have NOT received an Unemployment check since March 15. At minimum wage.
Disney gave their supply of food, to local food kitchens for those suffering, when they shut down.
Disney is currently operating at extreme reduced capacity. No official totals yet. Most suspect less than a third.
There are plenty of YouTube videos of people at the park.
Those who blog the parks daily, giving updates in normal conditions went there to verify for a fact people are social distancing.
I seen few Disney or Universal Studio's areas where people cramp together. Most of the cramping is the parking lot going through the screenings. And at Disney Springs which opened in June with shops and restaurants. Most are not Disney owned.
The criteria for Disney theme park opening:
Only guests who had both resort reservations and tickets or annual passes prior were allowed in for the balance of 2020.
Then they had to go through another park reservation system to get into a single park a day. This system is new for crowd control.
At this point most people just re booked for 2021, Disney World's 50th anniversary.
If you feel sick before you leave, don't come. You can cancel or re-book, no fee.
At the screening gate, if you or anyone in your party has a temperature, or is sick, the whole party is not let in. You have a second screening out of the sun.
Masks are essential & on the face. Not under your chin.
No buffets, character meet up, fireworks or parades, shows, pin trading, mobile ordering food, etc.
Families go to Disney. So sometimes they have a group of 6 or more. Makes it look like not social distancing.
They have hand sanitizers before and after you go on rides, free standing hand washing stations everywhere, required mask wearing,
cool down areas to take off your mask, monitored for capacity.
They want you to report anyplace they overlooked, so they can reconfigure it.
They also stated they would not hesitate to shut it down if it was not safe. It is provide property, so they have the right to deny you admission. If you have $$ invested you don't want to lose all of it by not masking up. You sign a waiver (check a box you read req.)
Better chance of people conforming to the rules or be escorted out.
Disney or any theme park, is loaded with world wide germs. Always carry wipes & hand sanitizers.
The reason I know this is we have reservations for next week and we are NOT going.
We're not crazy. Not with 15,299 new cases.
That's how difficult that is. You value life. You don't go. Everything that opens, has to be the responsibility of the guest.
I believe they have to open Disney Vacation Club Villas because of their FL timeshare laws.
Let's see what De Santos does with schools. Good Luck to your daughter Maeve.
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