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The latest state and federal Covid guidelines will make for an even more pleasant experience at Walt Disney World parks, according to CEO Bob Chapek.
Disney has already started increasing capacity at its Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in Orlando, CEO Bob Chapek said.
Bolstered by recent guidance from the state of Florida and the CDC, Chapek said during the company s financial results call Thursday that there will be an immediate increase in the number of folks that we re able to admit.
He also called the CDC s Thursday guidance that vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors very big news for us, especially with summer right around the corner.
Walt Disney World Increasing Capacity, Could Change Mask Requirement
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Slowly but surely Walt Disney World and other theme parks have been relaxing their rules that were implemented following the pandemic. While it s still not clear exactly when normal will fully return, yesterday during the company s quarterly earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Chapek celebrated new CDC guidelines that vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks, and stated that these, and other recent changes are going to result in an immediate increase in the capacity of the theme parks.
Around the end of 2020 Bob Chapek revealed that Walt Disney World was running at about 35% capacity, a slight increase from where the parks had opened. As fas we know, that s where capacity has largely stayed. However, following recent changes in guidelines, from both the CDC and Florida state government. Disney has already reduced social distancing requirements in some places, which opens the door to increasing capacity, and Chapek was not shy to state that has alr
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More than 3,000 species of plants indigenous to 40 nations grow at the Disneyland Resort, making it one of the most extensive and diverse botanical locales in the western United States.
The park may have been closed for a year, but the horticulture team was as busy as ever. Sunset Staff – May 14, 2021 | Updated May 17, 2021
The over 70,000 flowering plants and 3,000 shrubs and perennials at Disneylandâthatâs not even counting the hotel gardens, or Disneyâs California Adventureâdonât care about pandemics or quarantines. Even though Covid-19 safety measures shut down the park for a whopping 412 days, the massive âHorticulture and Resort Enhancement Teamâ was hard at work consistently caring for the garden, waiting not-so-patiently for the guests to return and enjoy the result of their efforts. Now that the park is open again, hereâs what you need to know.
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By Erich Schwartzel and Allison Prang LOS ANGELES The streaming boom that defined Hollywood during Covid-19 is slowing down for now. Weeks after Netflix Inc. announced its subscriber sign-ups had slowed amid a reopening economy, Walt Disney Co. said its flagship streaming service, Disney+, also added fewer users than Wall Street had expected after months of torrential growth. Disney+ added 8.7 million subscribers in the fiscal second quarter, bringing its quarter-end total to 103.6 million subscribers, compared with 94.9 million on Jan. 2. Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting 109.3 million subscribers after a quarter that saw massive hits on the service from the company s Marvel Studios.
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