Tag: covid-19
Busch Gardens announces opening date for monster coaster Iron Gwazi
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** The long-awaited monster coaster Iron Gwazi will open March 11, Busch Gardens has announced, and passholders will be able to get preview rides in a few weeks.Passholder previews will start Feb. 11, the Tampa theme park announced. The record-setting coaster is built on the footprint of the old wooden Gwazi coaster, which ... Read More
Disney World Fans Out Of Luck As Theme Park Pauses Annual Pass Ticket Sales
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** Topline Walt Disney World has suspended sales of most of its annual passes, the theme park’s website said starting Sunday night, a sign of the iconic theme park getting increasingly busier as tourism and travel rebound ahead of the holidays. Tourists leave Magic Kingdom Park in Walt Disney World Resort on July ... Read More
H.K. Disneyland Shuts Down After Single Covid-19 Case, Weeks After Same Move By Shanghai Park
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** Topline Hong Kong Disneyland shut down for the day Wednesday after a visitor at the park Sunday tested positive for Covid-19, just weeks after Shanghai Disneyland temporarily shuttered over a single case, in a sharp contrast to the U.S., where Disney’s theme parks have lifted social distancing measures and remained open through ... Read More
Digital experiences | changing demographics after COVID
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** by Ellen Wilkinson, Attractions.io Things are looking more optimistic for attractions. Yet we still need to embrace the seismic shift in guest attitudes accelerated by COVID-19. I don’t know about you, but there’s an air of optimism to our 2022 planning sessions. In the UK, we’re riding on the high of a bumper summer ... Read More
China Locks 30,000 Visitors Inside Shanghai Disneyland After One Guest Got Covid-19
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** More than 30,000 visitors to the Shanghai Disneyland theme park were kept within the park’s gates on Sunday and forced to undergo Covid-19 testing after a customer tested positive for the virus, a move that underscores China’s eradication efforts. With fireworks exploding above them as they awaited nasal swabs, the Disney visitors ... Read More
Mumbai: Cinema halls, auditoriums, amusement parks to reopen today; check SOPs | Mumbai news
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** In view of the easing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) situation in Mumbai, the city's civic body – the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) – has allowed cinema halls, drama theatres, and auditoriums, to reopen from Friday, albeit with pandemic-necessitated protocols like the mandatory use of face masks and social distancing.In three separate orders, the ... Read More
Wongel Estifanos Colorado Theme Park Death Lawsuit Update
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** On October 20, Denver-based attorney and talk-radio host Dan Caplis filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on behalf of Wongel Estifanos, a six-year-old girl who died in September after falling approximately 110 feet from Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park's Haunted Mine Drop ride. In a statement, Caplis, the namesake of Dan Caplis Law, contends that ... Read More
COVID Hospitalizations Continue Drop From Summer Peak – NBC Los Angeles
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals continues to fall, declining from 670 on Saturday to 656, according to state figures released Sunday. The number of those patients in intensive care remained the same at 202. It was the 36th time in the past 41 days that the number ... Read More
Amusement Parks Global Market Report 2021 – ResearchAndMarkets.com
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Amusement Parks Global Market Opportunities and Strategies to 2030: COVID-19 Impact and Recovery" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report describes and evaluates the market for amusement parks globally. It covers two five-year periods, 2015 to 2020, termed the historic period and 2020 through 2025, the forecast period, ... Read More
Universal Studios Crowds Disappear on Busy Holiday as COVID-19 Vaccination Rules Begin
**** Please visit the themeparks official websites for their latest guidelines and openings **** When Guests visit a theme Park on holiday, typically, the idea is that they will be met with massive crowds. Whenever Guests are able to enjoy a long weekend, it is often a perfect time to extend that holiday into a vacation. Credit: ITM Krysten S. Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day as ... Read More