Mayor of Orange County expects Disney to submit reopening plans next week

May 22, 2020 in "The Walt Disney Company"

Posted: Friday May 22, 2020 9:36am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has said that he expects Disney to submit its reopening plans to the Orange County Task Force next week.

In an interview with CNBC Demings said, "Disney has given an indication that next week they will submit their plans. Once they do, we will schedule that for approval briefing before our Economic Recovery Task Force as well. So at this point, it is an undefined time or date, but we do look forward to seeing that sometime next week."

Universal submitted plans yesterday to reopen June 1 2020, with a gradual capacity managed opening for employees only. Passholders would be added on June 3, followed by an opening to the general public on June 5. The plan was unanimously approved by the Task Force and will be presented to the Florida Govenor this morning where it is expected to be given the go ahead.

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    DCBakerMay 27, 2020

    No details yet.

    wdwmagicMay 27, 2020

    We will now move this over to https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/walt-disney-worlds-covid-19-reopening-plans.964994/unread

    Peter Pan's ShadowMay 27, 2020

    So what's the reservation process and when will the AP timer start back up?

    CaptainAmericaMay 27, 2020

    Six Flags was even teasing contactless bag checks.

    DCBakerMay 27, 2020

    Those were not specifically mentioned (unless I missed it) and it isn't in the docs.

    DisneyCaneMay 27, 2020

    Does the limiting contact points mean suspending the biometric readers?

    CastAStoneMay 27, 2020

    Full WDW Plan. Nothing on resorts.

    donsullivanMay 27, 2020

    Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom & Animal Kingdom on 7/11 Epcot & Hollywood Studios on 7/15 Reservations required

    Peter Pan's ShadowMay 27, 2020

    Just changed our July trip to Universal!

    Sweet ThingMay 27, 2020

    MK AK July 11

    Disstevefan1May 27, 2020

    BREAKING NEWS!!! WDW TO OPEN MK and AK JULY 11 !!!

    RaveOnEdMay 27, 2020

    I'm still thinking the week of the 14th of June for WDW. It will be the perfect way to complete the reopenings there in FL.

    Giss NericMay 27, 2020

    For anyone who wants live play by play action on WDW and Sea World reopening

    ImperfectPixieMay 27, 2020

    Did you see the pictures? They were a perfect example of behaviors you DON'T want to see during a pandemic. The one thing they had going for them was that a good number of people were in what I hope was chlorinated water.

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