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Like other major Paris attractions such as the
Versailles palace and the Louvre museum, Europe's most visited
theme park will limit capacity and impose a minimum distance of
one metre between visitors to prevent infection risk.
Disney declined to say by how much capacity will be reduced but
said that in order to have control over the number of visitors,
no tickets will be sold at the entrance and rides where social
distancing is difficult will not yet reopen.
Playgrounds and make-up workshops will remain closed for now and
in order to make sure that people are not seated next to
strangers, Disney has suspended its "single rider" system under
which individuals can jump often long queues by taking available
seats next to people other than in their own party.
Disney staff and visitors over 11 will have to wear a face mask,
but unlike in one theme park in Japan, visitors can scream their
hearts out on roller coasters.
"If the client wants to scream we're not going to tell them not
to ... it's still a theme park, people come to enjoy themselves.
In complete safety, of course," said head of park operations
Marco Bernini.
During a press visit, the park's main street was eerily empty as
staff stood by rides ahead of reopening next Wednesday.
Disneyland declined to release last year's visitor numbers or to
provide a forecast for this year. In 2016, it reported 13.4
million visitors.
(Reporting by Johnny Cotton; Writing by Geert De Clercq; Editing
by Alexandra Hudson)
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