Disneyland Resort

[Stryker]

Theme parks can reopen if their county reaches red tier.

Some outdoor ballparks, stadiums and theme parks eligible to reopen April 1 in California, state officials announce | KTLA

Amusement and theme parks:

• counties in the red tier: limited to 15% capacity
• counties in the orange tier: limited to 25% capacity
• counties in the yellow tier: limited to 35% capacity
• no indoor dining
• limits on indoor rides

 

[Scott W.]

Theme parks can reopen if their county reaches red tier.

Some outdoor ballparks, stadiums and theme parks eligible to reopen April 1 in California, state officials announce | KTLA

15% capacity and a limit on indoor rides?

 

[Southerncoasterer]

15% capacity and a limit on indoor rides?

I'll take it. This is much sooner than I expected anything to happen at all.

 

[Nick]

15% capacity and a limit on indoor rides?

I believe the Florida parks opened up around 15-20%.

 

[Scott W.]

I believe the Florida parks opened up around 15-20%.

Did they also have a limit on indoor rides?

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Just a reminder for people in this thread to be conscientious and grateful movemen

15% capacity and a limit on indoor rides?

Indoor rides with time restrictions just means you can go in an indoor ride, but there's restrictions on how much time you can spend in the building. Might mean entirely outdoor queues that pulse people into the building in waves to meet guidelines.

Regardless, I imagine Disney will be very strategic with what rides they operate given capacity, staffing, and indoor limits. Assuming they hold off on Avengers Campus, California Adventure will probably be quite nice with Grizzly, the Paradise Pier rides, Cars Land, and lots of nice open walkways. Disneyland though...as much as I love Indiana Jones...you'd have to put a gun to my head to make me wait in that Adventureland walkway.

EDIT: Also, this is where I once again implore Disney to find a way to expand Adventureland.

 

[Nick]

Did they also have a limit on indoor rides?

They did until just a month or two ago.

 

[Freak]

I believe the Florida parks opened up around 15-20%.

Really? I thought it was around 35%-40% at first?

Eh, I’ll take it, I guess. The parks in Florida have shown they can operate responsibly under the circumstances so this seems kinda restrictive still.

 

[UNIrd]

There's really not much indoor queue for most of the attractions in DLR compared to WDW so they'd have to get real creative at implementing social distanced queues.

Fantasmic Yellow Jackets, assemble.

 

[Freak]

Man getting a boarding pass for Rise is going to be next to impossible now.

 

[AlexanderMBush]

It's times like these to where I kind of wish the reopening thread was back up--because I genuinely think Disneyland won't be opening until June at the earliest.

Glad to see the compromise being put into place, especially as it is a win--for Orange tier.

 

[Southerncoasterer]

Yeah, this benefits SFMM and Knott's far more.

 

[Rideguy70]

It's times like these to where I kind of wish the reopening thread was back up--because I genuinely think Disneyland won't be opening until June at the earliest.

Glad to see the compromise being put into place, especially as it is a win--for Orange tier.

I was just thinking it's time to reopen that thread myself.

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Yeah, this benefits SFMM and Knott's far more.

By far, Six Flags, Cedar Fair, and SeaWorld (especially SeaWorld) are in a better position.

 

[Bulldog45]

California

 

[JawsVictim]

I’m starting to wonder if Newsom is just messing with the parks at this point - pulling this move right after Disney and Universal decided to do dining events.

I love dark rides, so that will be a deal breaker for me. If I can go at 15% capacity and ride everything easily that’ll be fun. If indoor rides are closed or impossible to get on, then I’ll pass.

It’d be nice to have an itinerary where you know when you have access to certain rides or virtual queues everywhere.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

I’m starting to wonder if Newsom is just messing with the parks at this point - pulling this move right after Disney and Universal decided to do dining events

Newsom is facing a legitimate recall effort.

 

[JawsVictim]

Newsom is facing a legitimate recall effort.

Let’s not go down that road. This isn’t a political forum. Only mentioned it because I found the timing amusing.

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

He’s the reason we’re even talking about this in the first place. Could learn a thing or two from how Florida handled it. Even places like Dollywood are handling ops well and that’s about as country as it gets. Time to open shop.

 

[JawsVictim]

He’s the reason we’re even talking about this in the first place. Could learn a thing or two from how Florida handled it. Even places like Dollywood are handling ops well and that’s about as country as it gets. Time to open shop.

Forcing my hand here...

It’s been discussed before, and it’s worth pointing out again, SoCal has a much denser population than Central Florida or East Tennessee. LA County is the most populated county in the US. California has to handle health and safety differently than Florida or Tennessee.

Personally, I don’t care for Newsom and think his actions were hypocritical, but agree it was the right call keeping the parks shut down.

I’m glad they’re compromising now because the vaccination data seems promising, and that’s the right call to make.