Disney World Closes Mask Loophole, Bans Eating And Drinking While Walking

Earlier this summer, amid skyrocketing COVID-19 rates in Florida and urgings from public health experts to go into lockdown, Disney World reopened its gates. The decision to reopen was highly criticized, with many wondering how the theme park could possibly keep guests safe, happy, and healthy during a global pandemic.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorWalt Disney’s chief executive and its CFO said the dramatic spike in Florida COVID-19 infections last month right when Walt Disney World reopened have resulted in higher cancellations at the park than they’d first anticipated  – and their expectations weren’t all that high to begin with.CEO Bob Chapek and chief financial officer Christine McCarthy said, however, that the park is meeting the financial criteria set by Disney to sustain a reopening.

About a year ago, Kevin Johansen was sitting in a rooftop of a hotel in Miami, Fla. garbed in a spiffy navy-blue suit and his habitual tranquil look

With clubs closed across the country and Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart on hiatus, we're asking reporting club DJs what they've been listening to lately, while at home, of course. This week, we spoke with Orlando, Florida's DJ Joanie; Raleigh, North Carolina's Joey

Steve Baltin For the past nine years, the iHeartRadio Music Festival has been a staple of the music calendar.

Dance Club Songs chart on hiatus, we're asking reporting club DJs what they've been listening to lately, while at home, of course.This week, we spoke with Detroit DJ Captn20; Los Angeles' SRO; and Las Vegas' Marc Stout.Captn20 Captn20 (real name: Nick Haddad) has been enjoying Tony Arzadon and Kendall Huggins' "Right Now," from the former's new album of original music, From Within. "This track has great energy and the synthesized vocal is perfect," Captn20 tells Billboard.

Cowen analyst Doug Creutz has downgraded his rating on Walt Disney's stock from "outperform" to "market perform" after cutting his financialestimates and price target due to what he now expects to be a "longer impact on parks and film" from the novel coronavirus pandemic.

While all the world’s stages have been dark now for more than four months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Las Vegas is plotting a course for the future. Come summer 2021, the city will welcome The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas, the first new-from-the-ground-up casino-reso

Trevor Noah on Monday lit into those who visited Walt Disney World over the weekend during its reopening as the novel coronavirusremains rampant in the U.S., especially in Florida. A large portion of Disney World welcomed back guests Saturday, which includedthe Magic Kingdom Park and Disney's Animal Kingdom Park.

the coronavirus pandemic.Masked staff welcomed back visitors to the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Parks as confirmed cases of the virus surge to record levels in Florida.But Disney hopes to prevent any in-park spread through new safety protocols.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerEven as Disney World reopens and the Florida state government was being pushed to host in-person classes for the fall school semester, the Sunshine State is setting new records for COVID-19 cases.The Florida Department of Health reported 15,299 new coronavirus cases Sunday. That’s the highest total for any state since the pandemic started.

Despite being totally closed since the mid-March beginnings of the coronavirus pandemic here in the United States, Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort is now open once again — and it’s got a lot of critics calling the place out for its shortsightedness and poor leadership amid the ongoing COVID-19 scare.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorAs Disney reopened their premier theme park, Walt Disney World, today in Florida amid exploding coronavirus numbers, social media immediately took the entertainment conglomerate to task by criticizing the decision to resume theme parks operations, calling premature and risky.Florida has now seen more than 250,000 total cases of confirmed coronavirus cases and has tallied more than 300 deaths in the last three days, with 11,000 new cases reported on today’s park reopening

Disney World has reopened in Florida after being shut down for nearly four months during the coronavirus pandemic.

Also Read: Disney World Reopening Pushes Forward Despite Florida's COVID-19 SurgeDisney was forced to close its Orlando park and resort in March, along with its Disneyland park in California. As a result, Disney’s parks business took a roughly $1 billion hit to operating income during its most recent quarter.