Tears, Proposals and Flying Elephants: Disneyland Reopens
Monday: A look inside the grand (and symbolically significant) reopening of “the happiest place on Earth.” Also: Remembering Eli Broad.
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Good morning.
In March 2020, Disneyland self-appointed “happiest place on Earth,” glittering emblem of Southern California shut down. It was
and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Those other closures were relatively brief. But this time, the pandemic kept Disneyland’s gates shut for month after agonizing month. Until Friday. So today, we’re starting the week with a look at Disneyland’s grand reopening, written by The New York Times’s resident Disney expert,
Disneyland will reopen in late April, Disneyâs chief executive says.
By the time Disneyland reopens, it will be the last of the companyâs six theme park resorts to come back online.Credit.Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times
Disneyland, which has been closed for a year, will reopen in late April.
Bob Chapek, the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, announced the time frame on Tuesday at the companyâs annual shareholder meeting but did not give a specific date.
California officials announced on Friday that theme parks in the state could reopen on a limited basis as soon as April 1. Eligibility, however, will depend on coronavirus transmission statistics in individual counties.
California sets a road map for theme parks to restart, putting Disneyland on track for reopening.
Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., has been closed since March 14.Credit.Mario Tama/Getty Images
March 5, 2021
The teacups could soon be spinning again: Disneyland, which has been closed for a year, is poised to reopen this spring.
California officials announced on Friday that theme parks in the state could reopen on a limited basis as soon as April 1. Eligibility, however, will depend on coronavirus transmission statistics in individual counties.
For instance, theme parks in counties where the virus threat remains the most severe (in the purple tier under the state’s system) must remain closed. But parks in areas where the threat of infection has eased somewhat (red tier) will be allowed to reopen at 15 percent capacity. Even less threat (orange tier) will allow for 25 percent capacity.