LA County Votes in Favor of Bill Allowing Disneyland Resort & Universal Studios Hollywood to Open in Tier 3 of California Governor's COVID-19 Plan - wdwnt.com

Los Angeles County Supervisors voted on Tuesday in favor of Assembly Bill 420, which seeks to let theme parks reopen much earlier than currently planned.

This bill would allow larger theme parks like Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure, as well as Universal Studios Hollywood, to reopen in Tier 3 of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy.

Currently, theme parks with a capacity of over 15,000 guests are in Tier 4 of the Governor’s plan, which is not expected to be reached until possibly late 2021.

The bill would amend the state’s guidelines, allowing larger theme parks to open once a region is in the moderate orange risk tier rather than the lower yellow tier.

The bill would allow larger theme parks like Disneyland to open with 25% capacity in Tier 3.

Large theme parks nationwide began reopening last summer and there (have) not yet been any outbreaks or spread from these establishments.”.

Barger went on to say that it would be difficult for a densely populated region like Los Angeles County to meet the requirements to be in the minimum risk tier, but that theme park operations have proven to be safe once reopened.

As it stands now, larger theme parks are in Tier 4, and would not be able to reopen until there is less than one daily case of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents and a test positivity rate of less than 2% in Los Angeles County!

Keep checking back here at WDWNT for more updates on the phased reopening of the Disneyland Resort!

And let’s say Disneyland, etc reopens, and then cases go up again past the required tier for various reasons (new strain, cold weather, too many travelers not staying home).

It is true that Disney World hasn’t had an outbreak that’s being blamed to it, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen at Disneyland, because the two places have very different population density.