After months of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to try repeatedly reopen the doors at the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland finally lets in Californians … but doesn’t take a walk turned on Enchanted mansion or drink green milk a Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
Orange County officials have confirmed that Anaheim Theme Park will become one of the county’s first point distribution points (PODs) for covid-19 vaccine distribution. Unlike its sister resort in Orlando, Florida, Disney World, Disneyland California has been closed since March due to coronavirus blocking commands (outside a limited reopening from the Downtown Disney shopping area adjacent to the parks, which has been open to guests since July). Disney world controversially reopened in July i is currently host both for guests and for a state-run covid-19 test facility.
Disneyland will be one of the five “Super POD” sites in Orange County, supposedly with the ability to distribute thousands of doses of vaccine to people daily, and is expected to start operating later this week.
“Disneyland Resort is proud to help support Orange County and the city of Anaheim with the use of our property and we appreciate all your efforts to combat COVID-19,” said Dr. Pamela Hymel, the medical director of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, explained ABC7 News. “After a year in which so many in our community have faced unprecedented difficulties and uncertainties, there are now reasons for optimism with the administration of a vaccine.”
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It’s been a weird journey to get to the near reopening of Disneyland here (no, they probably won’t let you go up to Space Mountain after your blow, unfortunately). The famous theme park has been at the forefront of pushes in California to reopen, citing economic damage the ongoing pandemic has caused the region as well as the relative success of the controlled reopening of Disney World in Floridentifiera, as incentives for the happiest place on earth to serve guests again. But state health officials have stood firm in strict guidelines for theme parks, Disneyland or not, to open even with very limited capacity, guidelines that have not yet been implemented, given county regulations. of Orange. current numbers of covid cases.
Even if the park still can’t open to guests, helping to distribute coronavirus vaccines is infinitely more useful than access to Splash Mountain and churros right now.
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