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"Are you ... kidding me??" she said in a
comment that included a profanity.
She was re-tweeting a post from WDW News Today saying "Current
crowds at the Magic Kingdom for tonight's showing of Happily
Ever After... #DisneyWorld" and with two pictures showing scores
of people present.
Abigail Disney's tweet garnered over 10,000 likes and 2,000
retweets in under two hours.
Many Twitter users criticized Disney over the WDW News Today
tweet and said the parks should have been shut down because of
the coronavirus epidemic.
Reuters could not immediately verify if the pictures were from
Sunday night. WDW News Today is not affiliated to the Walt
Disney Co, according to a disclosure on its Twitter page.
Disney did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for
comment.
The company had announced last Thursday that it will be closing
its theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and
Disneyland Paris Resort, beginning at the close of business on
Sunday, March 15, through the end of the month. The Magic
Kingdom park is located at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
(This refile corrects fourth paragraph to clarify Abigail
Disney's tweet garnered over 10,000 likes and 2,000 retweets)
(Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Raju
Gopalakrishnan)
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