NEWS: Vaccination Requirement Paused For Disney World Cast Members

In order to ensure health and safety, Disney parks have held ever-changing policies concerning masks, vaccination, and social distancing for both Cast Members and guests.

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Today we got an update on Disney World’s vaccination requirement for Cast Members.

In accordance with Governor DeSantis’ new legislation barring companies from requiring vaccination, Disney World’s vaccine mandate has been lifted, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

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Although Disney is no longer allowed to require vaccination, they can continue to rigorously test unvaccinated Cast Members and require them to wear masks, gloves, etc.

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Cast Members were sent a memo on Friday night that said “We remain confident in the approach we have taken with our mandatory vaccine policy for Florida-based Cast Members and employees, with more than 90% of our active Florida-based Cast members and employees having verified that they are fully vaccinated, and we consider this to be very successful.”

Prior to this change, Disney had given Cast Members an October 22nd deadline to be vaccinated.