>>Orange (Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Knott’s Berry Farm), Los Angeles (Universal Studio Hollywood, Six Flags Magic Mountain), Santa Clara (California’s Great America) and Solano (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom) counties have moved into the red/substantial tier 2. San Diego County (SeaWorld San Diego, Legoland California) remains in the purple/widespread tier 1, but is expected to move into the red tier this week.
The in-state visitor restriction for theme parks — which continues through the red, orange and yellow tiers — is tied to the current California Department of Public Health travel advisory.
Travel from outside California is “strongly discouraged” and out-of-state travelers are advised to self-quarantine for 10 days, according to the travel advisory. The advisory urges California residents to avoid traveling more than 120 miles from home.
U.S. and California health officials have discouraged recreational travel during the pandemic, which increases the risk of spreading coronavirus variants.
California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly and California Business and Economic Development Director Dee Dee Myers spoke to the media in early March about the Newsom administration’s “Blueprint Refresh” that allows California theme parks to reopen.
They said state officials will work with theme parks to turn the broad parameters of the “California Residents Only” plan into more detailed guidelines.
“Through restrictions around how ticket sales are handled, we can really target who’s able to buy tickets,” Ghaly said. “We will be hearing from operators in these sectors who will be putting forward plans on how exactly some of these restrictions and mitigating factors will be implemented.”
How will the out-of-state travel ban be enforced at California theme parks?
“It is our hope that people will respect the guidelines and it is our expectation that the parks will work to really encourage people from California to come and others not to come until we get into a tier where that’s allowed,” Myers said. “Just by reducing the geography of where people are coming from, we think there’s just a reduction in the overall risk.”
Online reservation systems will use geocoding and GPS data to determine where theme park visitors live.
“Because they are required to make reservations online, they will be able to determine where people are coming from,” Myers said. “That will be an important tool for the operators to use.”
Online reservation systems will allow California theme parks to gather information about where visitors live and provide the ability for contact tracing should there be an COVID-19 outbreak tied to a park, according to state officials. Contact tracing allows health departments to identify and monitor people who have been exposed to COVID-19.
“If we can find a way to make sure that the venues are gathering information about people, there will eventually be an option so that people can walk up and buy a ticket where that’s appropriate and where there’s capacity at the venue,” Myers said.<<
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The in-state visitor restriction for theme parks — which continues through the red, orange and yellow tiers — is tied to the current California Department of Public Health travel advisory.
Travel from outside California is “strongly discouraged” and out-of-state travelers are advised to self-quarantine for 10 days, according to the travel advisory. The advisory urges California residents to avoid traveling more than 120 miles from home.
U.S. and California health officials have discouraged recreational travel during the pandemic, which increases the risk of spreading coronavirus variants.
California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly and California Business and Economic Development Director Dee Dee Myers spoke to the media in early March about the Newsom administration’s “Blueprint Refresh” that allows California theme parks to reopen.
They said state officials will work with theme parks to turn the broad parameters of the “California Residents Only” plan into more detailed guidelines.
“Through restrictions around how ticket sales are handled, we can really target who’s able to buy tickets,” Ghaly said. “We will be hearing from operators in these sectors who will be putting forward plans on how exactly some of these restrictions and mitigating factors will be implemented.”
How will the out-of-state travel ban be enforced at California theme parks?
“It is our hope that people will respect the guidelines and it is our expectation that the parks will work to really encourage people from California to come and others not to come until we get into a tier where that’s allowed,” Myers said. “Just by reducing the geography of where people are coming from, we think there’s just a reduction in the overall risk.”
Online reservation systems will use geocoding and GPS data to determine where theme park visitors live.
“Because they are required to make reservations online, they will be able to determine where people are coming from,” Myers said. “That will be an important tool for the operators to use.”
Online reservation systems will allow California theme parks to gather information about where visitors live and provide the ability for contact tracing should there be an COVID-19 outbreak tied to a park, according to state officials. Contact tracing allows health departments to identify and monitor people who have been exposed to COVID-19.
“If we can find a way to make sure that the venues are gathering information about people, there will eventually be an option so that people can walk up and buy a ticket where that’s appropriate and where there’s capacity at the venue,” Myers said.<<
How California theme parks will enforce out-of-state visitors ban
California theme parks will be required to limit ticket sales to in-state residents under revised state guidelines.
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