TOPLINE
Disneyland Paris, the House of Mouse’s theme park located just outside of the French capital, announced Monday their planned reopening in February will be pushed back another two months as Europe continues to battle new coronavirus cases.
KEY FACTS
The Paris park isn’t the only Disney site to remain shuttered in the pandemic—Hong Kong Disneyland closed its gates in early December as the government ramped up restrictions to combat Hong Kong’s fourth coronavirus wave and have yet to announce a reopening date.
California’s Disneyland Park, located just outside of Los Angeles, one of the hardest-hit cities in the U.S., remains closed with no scheduled reopening date.
Tokyo Disney initially reopened in early July, but has scaled back capacity and closed some park shops and restaurants in line with the Japanese government’s coronavirus restrictions after new daily cases in the city began to ramp up again in November.
Walt Disney World Resort in Florida welcomed guests back in July and has remained open to the public, despite surging numbers of new coronavirus infections in that state.
China’s Shanghai Disney Resort was the first park to reopen in August, but with a strict new reservation policy that limits capacity and requires guests to submit personal information ahead of their visit.
KEY BACKGROUND
The Walt Disney Company’s bottom line was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic when their parks, cruise line and hotels were forced to close in March as coronavirus spread. Disney estimates it lost around $7.4 billion last year as a result of the pandemic. In September, the company announced it would lay off 28,000 workers at its U.S. theme parks alone. Last week, the still-shuttered Disneyland Park in California was announced a “super” coronavirus vaccination site equipped to administer thousands of vaccine doses per day.
Source: Forbes
