Disneyland postpones its reopening date beyond 17 July

The famous Disneyland in California that was supposed to reopen on July 17 has now postponed its reopening date. The announcement was made by the Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday. The firm said that they will wait for guidelines set by the state before declaring any new date.

In its official statement, Disneyland said, “Given the time required for us to bring thousands of cast members back to work and restart our business, we have no choice but to delay the reopening of our theme parks and resort hotels until we receive approval from government officials. Once we have a clearer understanding of when guidelines will be released, we expect to be able to communicate a reopening date.”
All the Disney resorts, parks and adventure venues were shuttered in March due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Months after, it was announced that Disneyland would reopen in time for its 65th anniversary, which is on July 17, 2020. But, given the rising numbers of COVID-19 positive cases, employees have pushed back citing safety concerns, so the dates have been postponed.

However, the Downtown Disney will reopen as planned on July 9. In this regard, the official statement read, “The Master Services Union, which represents our retail cast at this location, previously signed an agreement for members to return to work.”
The company further explained that the state (California) has indicated it “will not issue theme park reopening guidelines until sometime after July 4.” This means that the company will get enough time to prepare the parks for visitors and recall their staff.
As of now, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, which were supposed to reopen for visitors on July 23, have been closed indefinitely.

California and nearby destinations in the US are badly hit by the virus. California alone has recorded 190k COVID-19 positive cases and 5632 deaths, while America has 2.43 million confirmed cases and 124k recorded deaths.