Disney World Reopening Gets Mixed First Reactions As Fans Give Park’s Welcome Back Videos Horror Treatment

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerFlorida broadcast journalist Victoria Price was warned to consult a doctor by an alert viewer who noticed a lump on her throat. As it turned out, she had thyroid cancer, and likely caught it in time.Price, an investigative journalist at WFLA News in Tampa Bay, Florida, tweeted out the story on Thursday via Twitter.“‘8 on Your Side’ isn’t just a catchphrase at WFLA,” she wrote.

Florida news reporter Victoria Price is grateful after a viewer alerted her to a lump on her neck, which turned out to be cancer.

A Florida news reporter is feeling incredibly grateful after a viewer noticed something on-air.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAdd “eating and drinking while walking” to the list of things you can’t do at Walt Disney World in the pandemic era.Like some Las Vegas casinos, the park has banned consumption of food and drink on the move in order to ensure masks are worn at all times.Disney World has been under fire in some quarters for reopening at a time when COVID-19 cases are spiking, particularly in its home state of Florida.

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.

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.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterBefore Krysta White heads to her job as an attraction host at the Animal Kingdom Park in Orlando, Fla., she takes her temperature at home.

Also Read: Disney World Reopening Pushes Forward Despite Florida's COVID-19 Surge“Since our public request that Disney test performers in the park, there have been more than 114,000 new coronavirus cases in Florida,” Mary McColl, executive director of Actors’ Equity Association, said in a statement.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticActors’ Equity Association says Walt Disney World has “locked out” its union members as a way of retaliating against Equity’s demand for coronavirus testing as a condition for returning to work.Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, is set to begin a phased reopening this Saturday, July 11.

on social media of some of the safety measures that the park has implemented, including plexiglas dividers in some queue lines and on ride vehicles, including for popular rides like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Instead of in-person character meet-and-greets, characters will be riding in vehicles.