Hello everyone and welcome to another installment here on the Snark N' Mouse Connection. Today's blog is my reaction to the world of Disney coming to a screeching halt over the weekend due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic. I held off for as long as I could in making this blog, because the reality of it is I want this blog to be somewhere that generally stays away from politics, hot social topics, and other world events, but now the world of Disney theme parks is coming to a halt and that is a historical moment in itself. That being said there is a ton of information flying all over the internet right now and not all of it is by any means accurate. From spending way too much time on it here is the current situation from how I understand it.
Disney Shanghai Resort has partially reopened. The Disneyland park itself remains closed, but some stores, restaurants, and entertainment has been reopened at Disneytown as well as the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel. The park has been closed since January 25th.
Disneyland Hong Kong remains closed and has been since January 26th.
Then comes today's onslaught of today's closure announcements. Disneyland Paris as well as Walt Disney Studios Park, which remained open despite a few employees testing positive for Coronavirus will close on Sunday March 15th and remain closed for at least the rest of March. Disney Village as of now will remain open.
The Disney Cruise Line will cease operations on Saturday March 14th.
Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure will be closing on March 14th. The hotels will remain open until March 16th to allow guests to make arrangements to get out. That said, Downtown Disney is slated to remain open as of now. Disneyland and California Adventure will be closed for at least the rest of the month.
Walt Disney World Resort will be closing on Sunday March 15th. This includes The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon, and Blizzard Beach. As of now the hotels and Disney Springs will remain open. The parks are expected to be closed at least till the end of March, but will continue to monitor the situation.
Disneyland Tokyo and Disney Tokyo Sea both remain closed and both parks closures have been extended into early April. The parks have been closed since February 28th and were originally slated to reopen on March 14th.
From what I understand that is the current situations with the Disney Parks as of now. Of course things can change as the month progresses, but overall this is a smart move by the Walt Disney Company to shut things down. People are dying all over the world from this virus and it is spreading at a super alarming rate. I applaud Disney for going ahead and shutting down the parks for what is going to be an incredible amount of time. So with that, that's all I really have to say about this situation. I feel for all the people whose vacations were crushed (especially the kids), but it is way better to be safe rather than sorry. Thanks everyone for reading.
Just because the parks are closed does not mean I am going anywhere. I'm still going to posting a variety of Disney content, but I would think there won't be too much in the way of park news over the next couple weeks. As we get closer to April I will be keeping watch on whether or not Six Flags Great Adventure will open as scheduled or not in addition to posting more news related blogs as the Disney parks prepare to reopen. In the meantime stay tuned for more blogs right here with the next one coming real soon!
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