- Title: Masks and Mickey: Disneyland Paris reopens after four-month closure
- Date: 15th July 2020
- Summary: CHESSY, FRANCE (JULY 15, 2020) (REUTERS) DISNEYLAND PARIS PRESIDENT, NATACHA RAFALSKI, ON PODIUM WITH MICKEY MOUSE AND MINNIE MOUSE COUNTING DOWN FOR RE-OPENING OF THEME PARK DURING CEREMONY BLUE SMOKE GOING OFF OVER CASTLE, PERFORMERS DANCING, RAFALSKI ANNOUNCING OFFICIAL REOPENING OF DISNEYLAND PARIS MICKEY MOUSE DANCING DANCERS PERFORMING SLEEPING BEAUTY'S CASTLE RAFALSKI WALKING WITH MICKEY MOUSE AND MINNIE MOUSE RAFALSKI WALKING ONTO PODIUM, DANCERS PERFORMING
- Embargoed: 29th July 2020 10:31
- Keywords: COVID-19 Disneyland Paris France Mickey Mouse coronavirus re-opening
- Location: CHESSY, FRANCE
- City: CHESSY, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA001CMX7QRR
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Disneyland Paris welcomed back visitors on Wednesday (July 15) after a four-month closure due to the coronavirus outbreak, with face masks and social distancing the order of the day.
A steady stream of visitors trickled in during the morning, with one group wearing Mickey Mouse ears and dancing with glee as they entered Europe's most visited theme park.
"What a joy it is to be by your side and to finally be able to welcome you again within our marvellous destination - your destination," Disneyland Paris President Natacha Rafalski said during the re-opening ceremony, which featured performers singing and dancing to cheerful tunes.
Masks were mandatory and advance booking required. Visitors to the park, which has imposed a limited capacity, were told to keep a meter away from others, and hundreds of sanitizing-gel and hand-washing stations were scattered around.
No tickets were sold at the entrance, while playgrounds and make-up workshops remained closed.
Walt Disney World also reopened its two most popular parks in Orlando, on Saturday, despite a surge of new infections in Florida.
But in Hong Kong, the company has decided to temporarily close its Disneyland park amid rising coronavirus cases in the Chinese-ruled city.
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