Disneyland is temporarily closing its doors due to the the coronavirus outbreak.
The theme park is shutting down for only the fourth time in history in the best interest of guests and employees.
“While there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 at Disneyland Resort, after carefully reviewing the guidelines of the Governor of California’s executive order and in the best interest of our guests and employees, we are proceeding with the closure of Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, beginning the morning of March 14 through the end of the month,” Disney said in a statement.
They continued, “The Hotels of Disneyland Resort will remain open until Monday, March 16 to give guests the ability to make necessary travel arrangements; Downtown Disney will remain open. We will monitor the ongoing situation and follow the advice and guidance of federal and state officials and health agencies. Disney will continue to pay cast members during this time.”
Disney noted, “Disneyland Resort will work with guests who wish to change or cancel their visits, and will provide refunds to those who have hotel bookings during this closure period.”
According to Variety, the only other times Disneyland suspended operations was after the September 11th attacks, the morning after JFK’s assassination and the Northridge earthquake.
It’s not yet known if Walt Disney World will remain open.
Avengers Campus is debuting this summer at Disney California Adventure park in Anaheim, Calif.
The new Marvel superhero land will open on July 18, 2020, where “A Bug’s Land” used to be.
In addition to the opening date announcement, Disney Parks have revealed all the attractions, food and beverage options, and more.
The main attraction for the new land will be WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure, which will join current ride Guardians of The Galaxy: Mission Breakout.
WEB SLINGERS is action-packed adventure invites guests to put their web-slinging skills to the test, a feat accomplished with innovative technology adapted specifically for this attraction.
The mission: team up with Spidey and help capture the out-of-control Spider-Bots before they wreak havoc on the Campus. During an open house at WEB, Peter Parker and the aspiring inventors ask guests to wear 3D glasses and test drive their latest invention, the WEB Slinger vehicle, which allows them to sling webs like Spider-Man and experience what it’s like to have super powers.
Tom Holland will reprise his role as Spider-Man for the attraction.
For a fully detailed breakdown of Avengers Campus, head over to Disney’s D23 blog!
Click through the gallery to see what the new land will look like, and find out which Marvel characters you’ll be able to see…
We just got a first look at Disneyland‘s new Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride and we’ve got to say – it’s amazing!
The highly anticipated attraction officially opened its doors on Friday (January 17) at the park in Anaheim, Calif.
While fans lined up starting in the early hour of the morning, we got a special sneak peek at the ride the day before doors were open to the public!
The brand new ride marks Disney’s most ambitious and immersive attraction to date and arguably tops the classic Star Tours ride in Tomorrowland and the more recent Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run ride.
On Rise of the Resistance, you’re part of the Resistance on a mission to escape from the First Order and their leader Kylo Ren. One of Disney’s longest ride yet, the full experience for this epic ride clocks in at around 15 minutes as it takes you through several immersive scenes to a final ride sequence at the end.
Fans begin the ride in a resistance transport ship before getting captured by a First Order Star Destroyer ship. There, you are met by First Order officers who whisk you away to a very claustrophobic detention room before you are rescued by resistance fighters who break you out. The resistance transport whizzes through the First Order destroyer as you make your way to an escape pod.
The ride marks the completion ‘Galaxy’s Edge’ located inside Disneyland Park, joining Disney World in Florida which opened ‘Rise of the Resistance’ a few weeks ago.
Overall, the ride is an incredible feat of Disney Imagineering’s team, showcasing their amazing accomplishments and innovations. It’s not one to miss!
Be sure to check out ‘Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance’, now open at Disneyland in California.
Disney just confirmed that a Marvel-themed land is coming to Disneyland!
The park’s Disney California Adventure will welcome “Avengers Campus” in the summer of 2020, according to an announcement during D23 Expo.
The new area of the theme park will be home to attractions based on Marvel movies and comics.
“Avengers Campus” will take over a portion of A Bug’s Land, which was based on the 1998 movie A Bug’s Life and closed in September of last year.
“We’re building an immersive superhero-themed land at Disney California Adventure to enable our guests to join the Avengers to save the world,” Bob Chapek, chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, said at the event (via People).
Disney also confirmed that “Avengers Campus” will expand into Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland.
The world will have to wait until August 29 to get a peek inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney World, but the Jonas Brothers get a special treat!
The musical group got an early look inside the new land during a visit to the park on Thursday (August 8) in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Nick, Joe, and Kevin kicked off their world tour the night before with a concert in Miami. They traveled up to the Orlando area for the next show on Friday.
Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure is an all-new coaster, located where the Dragon Challenge coaster used to be, and includes an actual forest with over 1,200 live trees that bring the Forbidden Forest of the Harry Potter books and films to life.
Guests will fly deep into the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid as their guide, braving the mysteries and thrills beyond the grounds of Hogwarts castle on a groundbreaking coaster experience unlike any other.
You’ll also encounter some of the wizarding world’s rarest magical creatures, like a majestic Centaur, a swarm of mischievous Cornish Pixies, Fluffy, the three-headed dog – and even a creature that’s never been seen in the films; and you might even become entangled in a thicket of Devil’s Snare!
