food IS a theme park
On March 27th, both Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort announced extensions to their temporary closures “until further notice” in light of the current global situation.
Disneyland Paris
And now, according to an update to the Disneyland Paris website, it appears that Disneyland Paris is following suit. Previously, the website stated that Disneyland Paris parks and hotels would be closed until the end of March.
As all the Disney Parks around the world closed in the past couple of months, it became obvious that the Walt Disney Company was in for a serious financial blow to their bottom line.
Disney California Adventure Main Entrance – Closed due to Coronavirus
The truth is, when it comes to figuring out how much these closures will cost Disney, we can’t calculate an exact dollar amount. In reality, we probably won’t learn about any real numbers until Disney releases their quarterly reports and their subsequent Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Financial Report.
Bob Iger presenting a model of Shanghai Disneyland
In the meantime, however, we can look to previous years’ reports and come to the conclusion that, to no one’s surprise, Disney stands to lose A TON of money by closing the parks.
Disney Parks around the world are currently closed.
Disneyland Paris
In order to keep everyone healthy, Disneyland Paris has shut down its parks and resorts. This closure is currently set until the end of the month. If you plan on traveling to the park soon, you might want to check out their most recent cancellation.
There’s lots of uncertainty over exactly when Disney World will reopen following its historic closure last week.
Mickey and Minnie in Disney World
As of this writing, both Disney World and Disneyland announced that their parks would be closed through the end of the month, implying that the parks could reopen on April 1, 2020.
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However, due to the continuing headlines about government-mandated closures of public institutions like restaurants and bars, bans on gatherings, and strong recommendations of social distancing, questions are being raised over whether the parks really will open on April 1st.
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While we don’t have the definitive answer, we can look to the closure timeline of Disney’s parks both domestic and worldwide. There may be some clues!
As we head into spring, we are getting excited for strolls down Main Street, U.S.A. with an ice cream in hand, the smell of popcorn in the air, and of course Dapper Day!
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That’s right, every spring and fall, guests at Disneyland Resort show up looking as classy as ever to celebrate “fun and refined style from yesterday and today.” But due to the recent park closures, this year’s Dapper Day is switching things up a bit!
We are always on the lookout for the latest foods and restaurants in the Disney Parks, but you may be surprised to hear the storied past of how some of your favorite foods and eateries in Disneyland and Disney World came to be (or didn’t quite make end up as intended!).
Today we are delving into 10 surprising facts about Disney food that you may have never heard about!
Disneyland Paris began its temporary closure on Saturday, March 14th due to concerns over the Coronavirus.
Disneyland Paris
Over the past few days, Disney has shared how Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort — where all parks are also temporarily closed — have donated excess food inventory to Second Bank Food Harvest for distribution to those in need. And now Disney shares how Disneyland Paris has donated its excess inventory. [Read more…]
We’ve been keeping you posted will all the latest impacts the Coronavirus has had on Disney including the closure of Disney parks such as Disney World, Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris.
Disneyland Paris
Disney originally announced that parks would be closed and all hotels at Disneyland Paris and the Disney Village would remain open to guests. However, the most recent announcement from Disneyland Paris shows a change of plans.
Earlier today we shared that Disneyland would temporarily close through the end of the month due to Coronavirus concerns.
Disneyland Paris
Now we have found out that more parks are following suit.
We’ve been keeping you guys up to date on all of the parks closures and new policies that Disney has put in place due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak.
Disneyland Paris
Disney has been taking many precautions to prevent the spread of the disease to its guests and Cast Members, but now news has been released that a maintenance Cast Member at Disneyland Paris has reportedly contracted the virus.
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