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Disneyland, Universal and other California theme parks can reopen April 1 - OCR/SCNG
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>>JUST ANNOUNCED: Orange County will advance to the state's red Tier 2 effective Sunday, March 14.
While we were originally hoping to make it to the less restrictive red tier next week, we get to move a couple days early because of a change in the way the state reopening system works, just announced today.
This means that due to increasing vaccination rates, coupled with declining case rates and positivity rates across the county, we'll be able to see more businesses reopen.
What can now be open?
* Indoor dining: open at 25 percent capacity
* Movie theaters: open at 25 percent capacity
* Museums: open indoors at 25 percent capacity
* Gyms, yoga studios: open indoors at 10 percent capacity
* Stores: indoor capacity increases to 50 percent
* Malls: indoor capacity increases to 50 percent
This is a big milestone for small businesses and working families in Anaheim and Orange County, especially as we recognize the one year mark of the pandemic this week.
We encourage you to take this opportunity to support local businesses that have been suffering amid coronavirus closures. But please continue to keep COVID safety in mind.
While this is a big step forward for our community, we can't forget what got us here: following health and safety guidelines and opting to get vaccinated when it's your turn.
We must continue to fight COVID in all we do in order to keep cases down, prevent deaths and advance to further reopening.
We're so close to getting back to normal, we don't want to throw it all away now!
Keep up the great work, Anaheim!
Read more about red Tier 2 at Anaheim.net/reopening<<
>>However, while some businesses will be ready to hit the ground running as rules barring indoor operations are lifted, others likely will need a few days to gain their footing, bring back staff and order supplies, Lucy Dunn, chief executive of the Orange County Business Council.
Orange County previously enjoyed two months in the red tier from September to November during a relative lull between summer and winter pandemic peaks.
On Thursday, state Department of Public Health officials announced breweries, wineries and distilleries – but not bars – that don’t serve meals can reopen outdoors in counties that fall in the purple or red tiers. Patrons must have reservations and can only be seated for 90 minutes at most.<<
www.ocregister.com
Orange County previously enjoyed two months in the red tier from September to November during a relative lull between summer and winter pandemic peaks.
On Thursday, state Department of Public Health officials announced breweries, wineries and distilleries – but not bars – that don’t serve meals can reopen outdoors in counties that fall in the purple or red tiers. Patrons must have reservations and can only be seated for 90 minutes at most.<<
Red tier happens Sunday: Orange County businesses prep indoor spaces as pandemic rules are set to be relaxed
Starting March 14, restaurants, gyms and movie theaters in Orange County can once again host customers indoors and many other businesses and public places can boost max capacities.
www.ocregister.com
TP2000
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Welp, gang, it's 4PM on a Friday afternoon in Sacramento... and our bureaucratic betters and political leaders have all gone home for the weekend. Great work this week team! 
The Refreshed Guidance for California's theme park industry has not yet been released by Sacramento, although technically theme parks may reopen on April 1st if their county is in the Red Tier.
The only information provided on this Refreshed Industry Guidance and reopening rules was released hastily last Friday in a single slide on the PDF linked below (page 6), and it remains exactly as follows for Disneyland Resort and Knott's Berry Farm in OC's Red Tier:
Effective April 1, 2021:
• Max 15%
• Small Groups - Max 10 people or 3 household groups with no intergroup mixing
• Indoor capacity max 15% with time restrictions
• No indoor dining
• Weekly worker testing program
• In-state visitors only, check for current CDPH Travel Advisory in effect
• Online ticket purchases only
That's all we have to go on currently. But have a great weekend everybody!
covid19.ca.gov
The Refreshed Guidance for California's theme park industry has not yet been released by Sacramento, although technically theme parks may reopen on April 1st if their county is in the Red Tier.
The only information provided on this Refreshed Industry Guidance and reopening rules was released hastily last Friday in a single slide on the PDF linked below (page 6), and it remains exactly as follows for Disneyland Resort and Knott's Berry Farm in OC's Red Tier:
Effective April 1, 2021:
• Max 15%
• Small Groups - Max 10 people or 3 household groups with no intergroup mixing
• Indoor capacity max 15% with time restrictions
• No indoor dining
• Weekly worker testing program
• In-state visitors only, check for current CDPH Travel Advisory in effect
• Online ticket purchases only
That's all we have to go on currently. But have a great weekend everybody!
COVID-19 Resources
covid19.ca.gov
1HAPPYGHOSTHOST
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh how I have missed these posts!!!!!!!!Welp, gang, it's 4PM on a Friday afternoon in Sacramento... and our bureaucratic betters and political leaders have all gone home for the weekend. Great work this week team!
The Refreshed Guidance for California's theme park industry has not yet been released by Sacramento, although technically theme parks may reopen on April 1st if their county is in the Red Tier.
The only information provided on this Refreshed Industry Guidance and reopening rules was released hastily last Friday in a single slide on the PDF linked below (page 6), and it remains exactly as follows for Disneyland Resort and Knott's Berry Farm in OC's Red Tier:
Effective April 1, 2021:
• Max 15%
• Small Groups - Max 10 people or 3 household groups with no intergroup mixing
• Indoor capacity max 15% with time restrictions
• No indoor dining
• Weekly worker testing program
• In-state visitors only, check for current CDPH Travel Advisory in effect
• Online ticket purchases only
That's all we have to go on currently. But have a great weekend everybody!
COVID-19 Resources
Also, LA County has entered the Red Tier, so USH, SFMM and Pacific Park are allowed to operate under the same rules.Welp, gang, it's 4PM on a Friday afternoon in Sacramento... and our bureaucratic betters and political leaders have all gone home for the weekend. Great work this week team!
The Refreshed Guidance for California's theme park industry has not yet been released by Sacramento, although technically theme parks may reopen on April 1st if their county is in the Red Tier.
The only information provided on this Refreshed Industry Guidance and reopening rules was released hastily last Friday in a single slide on the PDF linked below (page 6), and it remains exactly as follows for Disneyland Resort and Knott's Berry Farm in OC's Red Tier:
Effective April 1, 2021:
• Max 15%
• Small Groups - Max 10 people or 3 household groups with no intergroup mixing
• Indoor capacity max 15% with time restrictions
• No indoor dining
• Weekly worker testing program
• In-state visitors only, check for current CDPH Travel Advisory in effect
• Online ticket purchases only
That's all we have to go on currently. But have a great weekend everybody!
COVID-19 Resources
Alas Riverside County (Castle Park) and San Diego County (SWSD, LEGOLAND and Belmont Park) are still in the Purple Tier.
And that is a bummer, as Belmont Park announced they will open on April 1st.
TP2000
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I'm actually down in SD County this weekend. I had no idea Belmont Park announced they'd open April 1st. I wonder if they'll make that now?
I need to get up to speed on the local news and SD's theme parks this weekend.
Driving through the village of La Jolla this afternoon, it's already apparent quite a few restaurants and bars are open for indoor dining and imbibing. That's helpful because the weather here is still so chilly and damp now; spring has not sprung quite yet. So the Purple Tier doesn't mean much in San Diego, obviously.
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mickEblu
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My uncle is fam/ friends with the owner of Belmont Park. I’ve been to his incredible “home” in Rancho Santa Fe. Beautiful sprawling property with Olive trees everywhere.
TP2000
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I'm only vaguely familiar with the history of Belmont Park, but it's a wonderful place. Is your friend part of the family of the original owners from a hundred years ago??? Or has the park changed hands at some time?
I just hope once Sacramento does finally release their Refreshed Guidance for theme parks, that they don't get too crazy about that mask rule for rides like the Giant Dipper. There was language in last October's Guidance that made it seem like roller coasters would be tough to operate because the riders masks may fly off.
Let's hope when Sacramento finally finishes their homework on the Guidance, they leave rides like the Giant Dipper alone.
DavidDL
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...Driving through the village of La Jolla this afternoon, it's already apparent quite a few restaurants and bars are open for indoor dining and imbibing. That's helpful because the weather here is still so chilly and damp now; spring has not sprung quite yet. So the Purple Tier doesn't mean much in San Diego, obviously.
You and I probably drove by each other at some point today, then. Hah. Yeah, it's interesting down here, my wife and I noticed a few weeks ago a KBBQ place we like started doing indoor dining. Then it was the Mexican restaurant. Now our favorite Ramen shop and finally, last night while dining outdoors elsewhere, they told us to make sure we came back next Tuesday. We assumed it was for some kind of Happy Hour or something but the waitress told us, no, it was because that was when they were opening for indoor dining and told us they were taking advantage of some kind of loophole management had found in the current restrictions.
Not sure what that loophole in the Purple Tier is, but almost everywhere we've been lately has offered to seat us inside or out.
PiratesMansion
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Masks flying off of rides might seem like a problem if you haven't ridden anything with them, but it really isn't. Because of how masks are secured, there's next to no chance of that happening unless you're not even pretending to wear it properly (as in, it's only secured on one of your ears). I never came close to losing the mask or even having the mask move at all on my face on any of the roller coasters I rode over the last year, nor did anyone else in the trains with me or that I witnessed.
If my mask (and that of other riders) can stay secure on rides like Orion (300 ft tall, 92 mph) or Phantom's Revenge (also over 200 ft tall, crazy ejector airtime for the last half of it), then it won't be a problem wearing a mask on the Giant Dipper. Masks aren't nearly the projectile or hazard that more conventional distractions like hats, glasses, or cell phones are.
mickEblu
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I believe he’s owned it for circa 10 + years but I’m not 100% sure. He’s definitely not family of the original owner. The last time I went to Belmont Park was when it was in pretty bad shape in the mid 90s.
History | Belmont Park
John D. Spreckels drove San Diego's dev. in early 1900s. He focused on Mission Beach, building Belmont Park in 1925 to promote his electric railway and real estate sales.
www.belmontpark.com
I presume your friend(I presume Tom Lochtefeld, Belmont Park Manager Member) owns the management contract, as the city owns the land.
mickEblu
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No thats not him. The guy I’m talking about is the majority owner of the company its leased to.
George Lucas on a Bench
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Who knows, folks. Maybe, just maybe, if we all work together, we can have small gatherings this 4th of July. We all remember how solemn and depressing the last 4th of July was in California, with absolutely no one celebrating and not a single firework. I'm doing my part. Are you?
1HAPPYGHOSTHOST
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Not these clowns again.
TP2000
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Were you in La Jolla??? I had to buzz down here to open up and restock the family beach house; suddenly some of the kids are going to hang out here for Easter vacation now. Plus, I enjoyed the sudden and unplanned getaway.
I think the "loophole" the waitress was talking about was the fact that most of their competition is also opening indoor dining rooms in open defiance of Sacramento Guidance.
San Diego, or at least the coastal parts of the county seems to be just as naughty, naughty, naughty as Orange County. Lots of non-corporate restaurants operating indoor dining rooms, and packed outdoor patios wrapped in plastic and heat lamps.
Sacramento has lost all control. Only the big companies with too many lawyers and curated Twitter feeds have to obey them now.
I think the most blatant and obvious sign of this came yesterday. Carlsbad on the main drag, a family run bistro I stopped in for lunch, and the booth next to me had three Marine Corps junior officers wearing their midweek dress Charlies, eating indoors in open defiance of State Guidance. Of course, Governor Newsom is not their CO nor does a twerp like him have any respect from our brave men and women in uniform. But it was kind of interesting that uniformed officers even, not just enlisted men, are openly defying the state laws on this whole Covid thing.
Newsom and Sacramento lost this game. They are looking more and more like fools. And Disneyland is still closed.
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