Despite a massive local surge in COVID-19 cases, Disney World will begin a “phased reopening,” beginning with its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom attractions
Photo: TNS via Getty Images Adults with age-inappropriate Disney fixations, rejoice: The brand’s flagship resort in Orlando, Florida, is reopening today. Despite a massive local surge in COVID-19 cases, Walt Disney World will begin what CNN calls a “phased reopening,” beginning with its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom attractions. EPCOT and Hollywood Studios will follow later in the month, assuming that Disney does not rethink its plans.
Actors’ Equity, the union representing theatrical workers in Disney’s parks, had asked the company to regularly test its members for COVID-19. But Disney didn’t comply. Instead, it decided to go ahead and reopen without Equity members, which deprives the union’s members of a chance to make income. On Thursday, the union filed a formal grievance against the company.
In 2018, workers from Disney World and Disneyland in Anaheim, California, protested a Disney shareholder meeting over low pay. Though Disney decided to raise wages to $15 an hour by 2021, its park workforce still struggles to pay for expenses, as another Sentinel report laid out last year. Some go hungry; others sleep in their cars.
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