Disneyland is officially open again — in China.
Tickets to the reopening of Shanghai Disneyland, the first Disney theme park to open since the company closed resorts around the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic, quickly sold out online for the opening day, and are currently sold out for a few days after that.
The park's opening on Monday is a step toward Disney restarting one of its biggest moneymakers after losing $1.4 billion amid the coronavirus pandemic. But things won't be back to normal for a while as the park is operating at 20% of its capacity with roughly 16,000 visitors a day, Reuters reported.
While the park is letting in visitors, the experience is taking on a new form with temperature checks, mandatory masks, and social distancing, including on rides, Reuters said.
You can expect the new requirements and adaptations implemented at the park to offer a window into how Disney will handle future openings at other resorts — Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the Shanghai reopening offers it the chance to test its "training wheels".
The possibility of a second wave of COVID-19 cases lurks after 17 new cases were reported in mainland China May 10 — the highest spike in cases since April 28, according to Reuters. Over the past several weeks China's cases declined although pockets of outbreaks still exist, the report said.
Read on to see photos of Shanghai Disneyland's reopening process, and what it's like to attend a Disney park amid a pandemic.
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