NEWS! California Governor Sent Health Officials to Disney World for Reopening Research

Earlier this week, we reported that California Governor Gavin Newsom will send a team to various theme parks across the country to research health and safety protocols.

Disneyland Health and Safety Measures

California theme parks, including Disneyland Resort, remain closed as Newsom reaches a decision about theme park reopening guidelines. Without official health and safety protocols, the theme parks cannot reopen their gates to the public. While Disney and state officials have urged Newsom to speed up the process, he explained that he is in “no hurry” to create the guidelines. He claims he is taking a more thorough approach by researching the way that open theme parks are handling health and safety protocols right now.

Last week, a team of health officials visited Walt Disney World and other major theme parks to get a better idea of what protocols work and what doesn’t. According to Orange County Register, Newsom noted during a news conference that his team is “trying to get a better handle on what we’re being told, what we’re reading about, and our own concerns and our own environment as it relates to what makes our theme parks distinctive and unique.”

Health and Safety Digital Sign in Downtown Disney

The decision to send teams to theme parks in-person is “to get a better sense of what’s going on.” Newsom goes on to explain that he wants “folks to come back and tell me what they saw, what their own experience was because this is serious.” Newsom refers to his thorough process as “stubborn research” as he continues to hone theme park reopening guidelines.

Health and Safety Sign at California Adventure

Disney World has implemented major health and safety processes including signs, overhead messages, face mask requirements, virtual queues, physical distancing, temperature checks, and limited capacities. Disneyland will most likely adopt a very similar process once it reopens. We’ll continue to cover Newsom’s process and inform you of future updates.