{"id":27440,"date":"2020-07-15T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/theme-park-bits-walt-disney-world-is-open-once-again\/"},"modified":"2020-07-15T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T23:00:00","slug":"theme-park-bits-walt-disney-world-is-open-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/theme-park-bits-walt-disney-world-is-open-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"#Theme Park Bits: Walt Disney World is Open Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theme<\/a> Park Bits: Walt Disney World is Open Once Again<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-bot\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Disney World Reopening\" height=\"348\"  src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/disneyworld-castle-mickey-700x348.jpg\"  width=\"700\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>In this edition of Theme Park Bits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Downtown Disney has reopened.<\/li>\n<li>Walt Disney World begins its slow rollout to guests.<\/li>\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"486\"  src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Peter-Pans-Flight-at-the-Magic-Kingdom-by-Joshua-Meyer-700x486.jpg\"  width=\"700\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>To start off today\u2019s Theme Park Bits, let\u2019s talk about the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>: Walt Disney World is open again. (And you shouldn\u2019t go. It\u2019s incredibly dangerous to do so, especially in Florida.) Well, it\u2019s kind of open. (Seriously, it\u2019s dangerous. Don\u2019t go.) As your columnist writes these words, the Annual Passholder previews are going on mere hours before the Magic Kingdom and Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom open to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> public. So far, at least, the anecdotal information coming out of the event isn\u2019t too concerning, from incredibly short wait times to largely empty parks. Probably the grossest image so far has been this one captured by a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> user who spotted a lot of people leaving the Magic Kingdom with plush characters from Splash Mountain, whose exit area gift shop sported wait times of four hours.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not a typo, please note. Your eyes do not deceive you. People are waiting for <i>four hours<\/i> in line to buy stuff at the Splash Mountain gift shop? Could it be people angrily hoarding what\u2019s sure to go away once the flume ride is redesigned to <i>The Princess and the Frog<\/i>? Sure. It could just as easily be people planning to resell the items on eBay in a few months\u2019 time at a marked-up price. Either way, the answer is: it\u2019s gross.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3ynRXi7N7I?feature=oembed\" width=\"740\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From gross to creepy \u2013 let\u2019s talk about this video you may have seen, heralding the return of Walt Disney World. I get the appeal of saying that it\u2019s a fun and upbeat video. I do! There\u2019s a small part of me, too, that found something to enjoy in the sight of the Disney theme parks looking bright and shiny again. But the thing is, it\u2019s incredibly creepy to see lots and lots of people wearing face masks, staring at you from a camera. It\u2019s just weird. That sight is also a firm reminder that if you end up returning to the parks during a pandemic, you\u2019re still in the middle of a pandemic and the many hundreds of Cast Members greeting you are doing it as much because they\u2019re happy to see you as they\u2019re happy to be paid again.<\/p>\n<p>Something that\u2019s both fairly depressing but not unexpected: the Disney College Program, which has been a key part of the Walt Disney World experience for so many students (as well as guests who get to interact with these students once they become cast members), has been suspended until further notice. This is a really crappy situation to report on, but it\u2019s also the kind of thing that should inspire you to wonder: if the DCP is being shut down for now, why should the park itself be open?<\/p>\n<p>But okay, you\u2019ve decided to head to the Disney theme parks now that they\u2019re open. (You really shouldn\u2019t.) You\u2019re responsible, of course, so you want to ensure that you\u2019re wearing a face mask at all times. But what, you may wonder, actually <i>counts<\/i> as a face mask? Or, moreover: what <i>doesn\u2019t<\/i>? The two big ones you want to avoid: bandanas and face shields. (The latter are OK as long as you\u2019re wearing a mask, too.) So if you only have bandanas at home, you\u2019ll need to get a mask first. Or failing that, don\u2019t go to the theme parks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Oga's Cantina\" height=\"394\"  src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/starwars-galaxysedge-ogascantina-conceptart-700x394.jpg\"  width=\"700\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>But hey, you still want to go. Damn all that caution. You may want to have a drink or two, which may be concerning since the recent ban on bars in Florida that make at least half of their money on alcohol. Well, good news: both Oga\u2019s Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge and Jock Lindsey\u2019s Hangar Bar are back open! Why\u2019s that? Well, Disney\u2019s not flouting the edict laid down by \u2013 as \/Film\u2019s own Ethan Anderton calls him \u2013 the sack of rats masquerading as a person known as Governor Ron DeSantis. No, since they both are restaurants that serve both food <i>and<\/i> drink, they\u2019re back open. So\u2026have fun?<\/p>\n<p>One last point: you may have noticed that today\u2019s Theme Park Bits column has a bit more of a bite to it. If you\u2019re here, you probably enjoy the Disney theme parks, if not theme parks as a whole. That\u2019s certainly the case for this writer. I love the parks. I can\u2019t wait to go back. But I also can\u2019t stop myself from realizing that the coronavirus pandemic <i>hasn\u2019t gone away<\/i>. We are not in the second wave. We\u2019re in the first wave, especially as states such as California and Florida experience them in full intensity. So if you\u2019re at Walt Disney World or Universal Studios or Six Flags or <i>wherever<\/i>, ask yourself why. Are you there because you want to ensure that these businesses survive the pandemic? Are you there because you just can\u2019t imagine being stuck in the house any longer? Do you register how terrified the Cast Members might feel at having to risk their lives because the government refuses to pay them during a time of extreme stress and physical danger?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t go to the theme parks right now, folks.<\/p>\n<p>                            <strong>Cool Posts From Around the Web:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/theme-park-bits-walt-disney-world-is-open-once-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Theme Park Bits: Walt Disney World is Open Once Again&#8221; In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Downtown Disney has reopened. Walt Disney World begins its slow rollout to guests. And more! To start off today\u2019s Theme Park Bits, let\u2019s talk about the biggest news: Walt Disney World is open again. 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