Disneyland, Universal and other California theme parks can reopen April 1 - OCR/SCNG

[TP2000]

Wow, I did not know that. That's gotta be tough!

Indoor Dining has returned here in OC, but it's all technically illegal. But no one enforces it. Only the big corporate players have to obey the rules because they have legal teams and carefully curated Twitter accounts that would be destroyed if a Karen in New York found out that an Olive Garden in Orange County was openly violating California's The Guidance.

But for the non-corporate restaurants, they can do whatever they want.

I took this picture earlier tonight. I went down the hill and across the freeway to a favorite pizza parlor for dinner. The pizza parlor will let you eat inside once you order at the counter, and next door to it was a Pho restaurant that also had people dining indoors, with full waitress service.

Oh, and see that shop next door with the barber pole and windows covered in black plastic? That's a barber shop that operates daily for customers. But by keeping their windows covered in black plastic they don't have to obey the Sacramento mandates on capacity and plexiglass panels between chairs, they can just run their barber shop as normal.

This type of open disobedience and flouting of Sacramento "mandates" is very, very common in Orange County.

And when Orange County reaches the Red Tier in a couple weeks, this type of indoor dining will actually be legal again. Except for theme parks. So the IHOP and Panera Bread and Captain Kidd's Buffet across Harbor Blvd. from Disneyland will have indoor dining, but The Blue Bayou will be closed. Catal and Naples Ristorante in Downtown Disney will be open for indoor dining, but Carthay Circle inside DCA will be closed. You can eat indoors at Splitsville, but you can not eat indoors at Flo's V8 Cafe.

In Sacramento, this all makes sense to someone. And they pretend that most small businesses are not ignoring them.

 

[Darkbeer1]

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>>Your Sunday update on new COVID-19 cases for Anaheim and Orange County brings more good news with low numbers and a positivity rate around 1 percent for this batch of tests.
Keep up the great work fighting COVID in all that you do.
The county notes today's death report continues to be high following a catch up in data from the state's reporting system. We send our deepest condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one to this virus.
Tomorrow, the Anaheim POD at Disneyland will reopen as a drive-thru site intended for people who need ADA accommodations. We should also see the weekly update on vaccines given through the county tomorrow. We’ll be sure to share that here on Facebook.
Here's your summary for March 7:
* Anaheim cases: 12 cases, with one among children, for a running total of 41,052
* Anaheim deaths: 11; running total of 752
* OC cases: 110 new cases, for a running total of 247,751
* OC deaths reported: 53; running total of 4,226
* OC tests: 8,917; running total of 3,113,647
* OC hospitalizations: 296, down from 321
* OC ICU: 89, up from 87
* OC ventilators available: 68 percent, up from 66 percent
* OC ICU beds available: 34 percent, up from 32.2 percent
More at Anaheim.net/coronavirus.<<

 

[tallica]

California definitely is the poster child for why over restrictive shutdowns were a mass failure. They managed to destroy their economy and thousands of small businesses without significantly reducing covid. Florida got a lot of bad press in the past year for doing everything "wrong" but the numbers per capita are very similar. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

 

[ToTBellHop]

This comment makes me a little uncomfortable. How many times am I being touched, either by Disney or myself?

I believe it lasts 8 hours. You’ll be exhausted by the time you stumble back to your car.

 

[ToTBellHop]

From my understanding they wouldn't be able to. Unless they cap the extended dates to allow 15%. thefood event I believe is capped at 25% correct me if I am wrong.

15% of what though? Capacity should rise with rides open. Otherwise we are claiming it is somehow safer to have more people in the park while they are all in walkways than it is to have fewer people in a more-open park.

Capacity gibberish, in general, is nonsense. Capacity changes all the time in the parks.

 

[Darkbeer1]

15% of what though? Capacity should rise with rides open. Otherwise we are claiming it is somehow safer to have more people in the park while they are all in walkways than it is to have fewer people in a more-open park.

Capacity gibberish, in general, is nonsense. Capacity changes all the time in the parks.

Also, 100% capacity is only hit a few times a year, such as July 4th and Christmas. So you start off with a high number.

For example, Angel Stadium will be allowed 20% which is 11, 200. Weird thing here, no concessions except for in seat delivery.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Also, 100% capacity is only hit a few times a year, such as July 4th and Christmas. So you start off with a high number.

For example, Angel Stadium will be allowed 20% which is 11, 200. Weird thing here, no concessions except for in seat delivery.

Right. WDW is at 35%, apparently. It feels busy. You honestly can’t do much more than 35% of New Years Eve crowds while claiming there is any social distancing and while cutting almost all entertainment.

When WDW first reopened at 15%, they apparently were making a (very small) profit. So it is worthwhile for them to reopen the parks. They make up for decreased revenue by very slowly increasing staffing.

 

[el_super]

15% of what though? Capacity should rise with rides open. Otherwise we are claiming it is somehow safer to have more people in the park while they are all in walkways than it is to have fewer people in a more-open park.

Capacity gibberish, in general, is nonsense. Capacity changes all the time in the parks.

Pretty much this. Ride capacity is one thing, but actually getting people to use it is another. You could say the in-park capacity is over 60k, but that's going to include things like Launch Bay and Lincoln and the Columbia that people just normally don't ride.

The COVID numbers are improving so quickly, there's a chance it won't matter, and Disney will just wait until OC is in the Orange Tier in order to reopen at a higher capacity.

 

[el_super]

California definitely is the poster child for why over restrictive shutdowns were a mass failure. They managed to destroy their economy and thousands of small businesses without significantly reducing covid. Florida got a lot of bad press in the past year for doing everything "wrong" but the numbers per capita are very similar. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Oh no! Completely destroyed! I guess this means Disneyland will never open again right?

 

[Darkbeer1]

Orange County Officials Confident About Move to Red Tier, Already Eyeing Orange Tier

Orange County’s push to graduate to the less-restrictive red tier for the state’s COVID-19 program to reopen the economy is continuing as cases and hospitalizations decline.

www.nbclosangeles.com

 

[ToTBellHop]

Orange County Officials Confident About Move to Red Tier, Already Eyeing Orange Tier

Orange County’s push to graduate to the less-restrictive red tier for the state’s COVID-19 program to reopen the economy is continuing as cases and hospitalizations decline.

www.nbclosangeles.com

As several have suspected here, it is likely they’ll be in Orange tier by the time DL can actually open. Perhaps Yellow if they can’t open until May.

 

[tallica]

Oh no! Completely destroyed! I guess this means Disneyland will never open again right?

California is a Failed State. Arbitrary and overly complicated theme park reopening policy further supports that California has overtaken Florida as the Dumbshine state.

 

[ToTBellHop]

California is a Failed State. Arbitrary and overly complicated theme park reopening policy further supports that California has overtaken Florida as the Dumbshine state.

Ever been to a failed state?

 

[el_super]

California is a Failed State. Arbitrary and overly complicated theme park reopening policy further supports that California has overtaken Florida as the Dumbshine state.

So what happens next? Should I expect the birds to stop chirping in the next hour? The sun to stop shining? Will my California money be no good at the 7-11?

And more importantly: how is this going to impact Disneyland reopening?

 

[Nirya]

California is a Failed State. Arbitrary and overly complicated theme park reopening policy further supports that California has overtaken Florida as the Dumbshine state.

I don't know why people have been tripping over themselves to reopen Disneyland when Fantasyland has clearly been open this entire time.

 

[tallica]

Ever been to a failed state?

Yes, I have been to California.

 

[truecoat]

Yes, I have been to California.

It failed because the theme parks aren't open? Lol.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Yes, I have been to California.

In a failed state, they don’t worry about theme parks.

You’re being overly-dramatic. And this is the most overly-dramatic board on these forums.

 

[tallica]

It failed because the theme parks aren't open, lol.

No that is the least of California’s problems. But why are they making the process so cumbersome and void of rational thought.

 

[tallica]

In a failed state, they don’t worry about theme parks.

You’re being overly-dramatic. And this is the most overly-dramatic board on these forums.

Yeah true but, I have been conditioned by mass media over the past year.