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Costumed workers welcome guests to Walt Disney World s Magic Kingdom.
Despite continued and repeated closures of theme parks around the world and the subsequent revenue hit current trends in Orlando are providing hope to both Comcast Corp., parent of Universal Studios theme parks, and the Walt Disney Co.
In their most recent earnings reports, both companies said their parks in Florida are profitable, even now when they are operating at reduced capacity. It s clear that people want to reconnect with loved ones and spend time together doing things they enjoy, and given the demand we re seeing now, we re confident it will only grow once the pandemic is behind us, Disney CEO Bob Chapek told analysts.
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2021-01-28 08:05:42 GMT2021-01-28 16:05:42(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING/NANNING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) With the Chinese New Year only two weeks away, Wang Manxing is stressing over the idea of returning to his hometown.
Wang, hailing from northeast China s Heilongjiang Province, is a migrant worker in south China s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. I have kept a close eye on the new COVID-19 infections in Heilongjiang, said Wang, 33. I found that there were 53 new infections in Heilongjiang on Jan. 25, so I have decided to spend the Spring Festival in Guangxi. We need to lower the chances of infection, considering the status quo, he said.
The Krakatau Aqua Coaster at Universal s Volcano Bay waterpark in Orlando.
Comcast reported that, excluding costs related to its soon-to-open Universal Beijing Resort, its theme parks division broke even in the fourth quarter for the first time since the coronavirus crisis struck. The news was encouraging, given the fact that its Universal Studios Hollywood park remains closed due to the pandemic and attendance at its other parks remains restricted by capacity limits. What we saw this fourth quarter, especially in Orlando, gives us even more
conviction about the momentum that our theme parks will experience when
we reach a sustainable recovery, chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said during a Thursday morning earnings call. We may experience some