News Expect closure of Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland to impact Walt Disney World

[Parker in NYC]

The Louvre closed because of its employees, not a government decree.

So, now that it's reopened and the government has banned gatherings of 1,000 people or more, how is it that they are currently open? There are 15,000 visitors per day.

 

[UNCgolf]

So, now that it's reopened and the government has banned gatherings of 1,000 people or more, how is it that they are currently open? There are 15,000 visitors per day.

The Musee d'Orsay definitely has more than 1,000 people in it at any given time as well, and I'm sure many other sites/museums around Paris do as well. With respect to both the Louvre and the Musee d'Orsay, though, those people are spread out over multiple floors and a large footprint. It's not like they're all in crammed together in one big room.

I have no idea if that's the actual reason, but it's a plausible loophole.

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

France banned gatherings of 1K or more. How is DLP still open for business??

Temporary events don't have the structure or resources to keep the area properly sanitized. They also put a lot of people in a small area. DLP has the ability to keep things cleaner than usual and to spread crowds out over a certain area.

Also, it would be extremely bad for the image of the french people.

 

[Jack Heckleton]

TDR Explorer is reporting that Tokyo Disney Resort has extended its closure until "Early April" and has delayed the grand opening of the Beauty and The Beast area from the 15th of April until "Mid-May"

 

[flutas]

TDR Explorer is reporting that Tokyo Disney Resort has extended its closure until "Early April" and has delayed the grand opening of the Beauty and The Beast area from the 15th of April until "Mid-May"

Reuters agreeing with it and using OLC as the source.

Tokyo Disneyland to stay closed through early April due to virus

Tokyo Disneyland will remain closed through early April instead of reopening next week, amid worries about the spreading coronavirus infections, operator Oriental Land Co Ltd said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

 

[Jack Heckleton]

Yep it's up officially on the TDR website now, it's interesting to see Shanghai starting to partially open while Tokyo is extending it's closure. I feel with it now being declared a Global Pandemic we won't be seeing parks reopen anytime soon...

 

[WEDway Inc & Company LLC]

now being declared a Global Pandemic we won't be seeing parks reopen anytime soon..

Tbh, in Mainland China, they are starting to get it figured out. Now they are controlling it well, and so stuff is (gradually) starting to reopen.

 

[Rhinocerous]

So, now that it's reopened and the government has banned gatherings of 1,000 people or more, how is it that they are currently open? There are 15,000 visitors per day.

Perhaps they are capping attendance at 999 happy haunts. (Though that does not explain how Phantom Manor is able to have riders. Maybe some of the ghosts are furloughed?)

 

[IanDLBZF]

 

[VJ]

i don't think anyone would have predicted that the closure of HKDL and SDL would have affected the other Disney parks like this...

 

[DarkMetroid567]

Disneyland Paris closes effective immediately!! I was supposed to go on Sunday. Guess I'll be back for the better WDS next year.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Shanghai Disneyland is re-opening on Mar 23rd. Looking forward to it.

This sounds interesting....

 

[disneyflush]

I would venture to say come spring/summer this will have run its course and things will be back to normal

Doesn't seem likely at this point.

 

[celluloid]

I would still put money on the fact that Hong Kong and Shanghai will be the last Disney parks to fully reopen. It is beyond just the virus, it is money loss and figuring out this time how to appease the protesters and a culture that has a difficult time paying for themed entertainment the same way the US and other countries do.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I would still put money on the fact that Hong Kong and Shanghai will be the last Disney parks to fully reopen. It is beyond just the virus, it is money loss and figuring out this time how to appease the protesters and a culture that has a difficult time paying for themed entertainment the same way the US and other countries do.

Things have already started to reopen at both resorts including restaurants. Doubt they’ll be the last to have things back to normal.

 

[JoeCamel]

Things have already started to reopen at both resorts including restaurants. Doubt they’ll be the last to have things back to normal.

They will crank the money machine up as quick as they can. It is a huge investment and it can't be 101 not making a dime

 

[Jack Heckleton]

So Tokyo Disney has further extended its closures and OLC will announce a new opening date by mid-May. Surely this can't mean good things for the US parks then, Japan is arguably one of the most successful countries in dealing with this crisis currently and even they keep pushing their reopenings of places back.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Our province, which is not truly in any major crisis - has just reaffirmed restrictions will be in place through at least May 30th.

I think it is totally unrealistic that people think there's a shot at the US parks opening before the summer.

June 1 reopening seems to be the common goal across North America and some other countries for various businesses.

Whether certain theme parks are open by then remains to be seen.

 

[BrianLo]

June 1 reopening seems to be the common goal across North America and some other countries for various businesses.

Whether certain theme parks are open by then remains to be seen.

Brooke Barnes from NYT casually dropped Summer at the earliest in his update on the Disney+ subscriber numbers. I'm not sure if that's a quote from Iger behind a paywall from Barron's. But Brooke is usually fed info from Disney.

So Late June/maybe July now seems increasingly more likely.

 

[doctornick]

If we are playing guess the opening day bingo, I'll go with June 11.