{"id":249863,"date":"2021-05-14T19:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cdc-mask-rule-will-spur-jump-in-park-attendance\/"},"modified":"2021-05-14T19:10:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:10:47","slug":"cdc-mask-rule-will-spur-jump-in-park-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cdc-mask-rule-will-spur-jump-in-park-attendance\/","title":{"rendered":"#CDC mask rule will spur jump in park attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#CDC mask rule will spur jump in park attendance<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek said the surprise decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift its mask requirements is \u201cvery big news<\/a>\u201d for its Disney World theme<\/a> park \u2014 and he expects attendance to spike.<\/p>\n

On a late Thursday earnings call, Chapek signaled that Disney planned to drop its own mask requirements in response to the CDC\u2019s new ruling \u2014 which says vaccinated people can shed their masks in most indoor and outdoor settings with the exception of only a few places, such as airports and doctors\u2019 offices. <\/p>\n

Chapek said he expects an \u201cimmedia<\/a>te increase\u201d in parks attendance, due to both the new policy and to a recently implemented reservation system. A relaxed mask policy, Chapek added, will be a relief to Disney World customers, \u201cparticularly if anybody\u2019s been in Florida in the middle of summer with a mask on. That could be quite daunting.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the CDC\u2019s change in policy looks poised to relax the rules at Disney World in Florida, Disneyland in California is still subject to the state\u2019s mask order. Leading up to the CDC\u2019s order, the company has required mask-wearing at its theme parks both indoors and outdoors except in certain designated areas such as dining spots. <\/p>\n

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Disney\u2019s CEO says it\u2019s looking to relax its mask mandate at Florida\u2019s Disney World.<\/figcaption>
Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chapek said research on consumers \u201cintent to visit\u201d a Disney park has been steadily increasing of late. For Disney World, which has been open since last June, levels of the metric are \u201cgrowing and are flat with 2019,\u201d he said. For Disneyland, which reopened last month, levels are on the rise. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs capacity limits increase, we don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to have any problem at all increasing our attendance to match that capacity,\u201d Chapek said. \u201cIt\u2019s not something that keeps any of us up at night.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news comes as the pandemic continues to punish Disney\u2019s theme parks business. During the pandemic, Disney had to close its parks globally. Since last year, it has been reopening sites such as Disney World in Orlando, Florida and more recently, Disneyland in Anaheim, California, at limited capacity. In most recent quarter, the division which includes theme parks saw its revenue shrivel 44 percent to $3.17 billion from year-ago revenue of $5.66 billion.<\/p>\n

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Visitors to Disney World like these will soon see mask rules relaxed, making things more comfortable as summer approaches.<\/figcaption>
Walt Disney World Resort via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Even as Disney World has eased some of its in-park mask rules, the CEO said the CDC\u2019s updated policy will \u201cmake for an even more pleasant experience.\u201d \u201cAs we\u2019re now bringing a lot of people back to work, that is going to be an even bigger catalyst for growth and attendance.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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