No, it’s not a prank, California health officials announced yetserday that outdoor stadiums, ball parks and theme parks will begin opening once again on 1st April, meaning that Disneyland in Anaheim could start seeing visitors return to its streets and rides. This will initially be for California residents only, and masks will be mandatory.
Live performances/sports with fans can begin in all tiers of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Theme parks open in Red tier, which for Los Angeles, could be as soon as March 29. Numbers in L.A. County are expected to reach the red tier threshold next Tuesday. They then just need to stay there for three consecutive weeks to qualify LA parks for reopening.
When the counties reach the red tier, theme parks can open at 15% of overall capacity. When they advance to the orange tier, capacity will be increased to 25%. In the least-restrictive yellow tier, a capacity of 35% will be allowed.
Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood had already announced mini-reopenings for this month, centered around food available in the parks, but without major attractions open.
Magic Mountain in Valencia announced recently that it planned on reopening this spring. Looks like they were right.
Theme park operators from Disney to Universal to Six Flags have railed for months against state limitations that have kept parks shut since March 2020. They considered the demands placed on them by Newsom’s blueprint too restrictive, arguing that there has not been a single documented case of Covid-19 traced to a theme park.
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