Orange County mayor doesn’t expect theme parks to begin opening until at least June.
Universal’s CityWalk opened Thursday while Disney Springs plans start accepting guests again Wednesday. Both will operate with limited capacity and hours.
Universal Orlando Citywalk reopening is a sign of the baby steps Orlando's theme parks are taking to get back to business after they closed in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Universal Orlando Resort lost an estimated $10.7 million per day after it temporarily closed.
Disney Springs, which features a wide variety of restaurants, stores and a 24-screen movie theater, will begin a "phased reopening" on May 20, according to a statement on its website. Disney Springs, along with other Florida attractions, had been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Phase 1 of Florida's reopening is set to begin Monday with some restaurants and retail stores opening on a limited capacity.
A regional task force has laid out guidelines for the world-famous, family-friendly Orlando resort to eventually open for business after shutting down last month due to COVID-19, announcing the park would only run at 50-percent capacity with strict social distancing rules
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Theme parks would need to wait for future phases to begin reopening. Florida will look health benchmarks - including hospital bed capacity and Covid-19 testing positive rates - to decide when to move onto those steps, though the governor said that he anticipates the state doing so in "weeks, not months."
Universal Orlando announced Thursday that its theme parks, resorts and CityWalk will remain closed through at least May 31.
Universal Studios Theme Parks has announced that their parks in both Florida and California will remain closed through April 19th, an extension from their originally announced closure that was set to end on March 28th in Hollywood and March 31st in Orlando.
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