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Legislators, a Disneyland representative, and more have called on California to reopen theme parks.
Disneyland Park
Although we’ve gotten initial details about the reopening guidelines, the release of the finalized guidelines was delayed following pushback.
Earlier today, Disney CEO Bob Chapek shared details about the company’s plans for the future.
Disney CEO Bob Chapek
The major topic of discussion was Disney+ and Chapek revealed that the company plans to prioritize the focus of the entertainment division on the streaming service moving forward. He also announced a date for the upcoming virtual Investor Day and shared information on theme park capacity.
Disney CEO Bob Chapek recently shared some big news about the company’s plans for the future.
Disney CEO Bob Chapek
In a recent interview with CNBC, Chapek revealed that the company plans to prioritize Disney+ as the focus of the entertainment division in the future. He also announced that the company will be hosting a virtual Investor Day later this year.
Disney World recently announced its reopening plans, and while that’s exciting for many guests who can’t wait to get back into the parks, it does have its concerning aspects.
Magic Kingdom
The global health crisis has caused some major changes to the offerings in the parks. We’re sure a lot of you are worried that Disney World is going to be disappointing once it reopens. Let’s take a look at some of the things that are concerning guests.
Today the Walt Disney Company announced that it would be pledging $5 million to nonprofit organizations that support social justice.
Walt Disney Company Logo
Let’s take a closer look at the donations pledged.
We’ve been hard at work scoping out all the latest news for you this week. Today we have all the details on what’s happening that affects the Disney Parks.
Spaceship Earth
Due to the current global situation, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris theme parks will be closed until further notice. Shanghai Disneyland reopened in mid-May and Disney World is REOPENING on July 11th! See all of our coverage HERE. And Disney Springs has REOPENED! Now — we still have a LOT to share with you this week, so let’s jump right in… .
Disney proposed a potential reopening date and plan for Disney World yesterday, and it’s a lot to dig into.
Bob Chapek
Yesterday, we heard some comments from Disney CEO Bob Chapek about the reopening and how Disney is looking to welcome guests back responsibly. Today, Chapek spoke with Good Morning America to further lay out the reasoning and expectations behind what a reopening day in Disney World will look like.
Earlier, we shared that Chapek had spoken out about why the parks would be opening in July.
Bob Chapek
Now, Chapek has expanded on his initial statements going into a bit more detail as to why the park is choosing to open over a month after other theme parks like Universal Studios, which is reopening June 5th.
Disney World has just presented its reopening procedures to Florida’s Orange County Economic Task Force as well as its proposed reopening dates.
Mickey Mouse
And now, Disney CEO Bob Chapek has just given a brief interview to CNBC with more details about the parks’ proposed reopening dates of July 11th for Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom, and July 15th for EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Disney news is showing no signs of slowing down! These days we’re seeing major updates and stories drop almost on a daily basis, and we’re keeping up with all of it so you can stay informed!
Disney Springs
Let’s review this week’s news, from Orlando to Hong Kong!
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