Disney World‘s Magic Kingdom, the so-called “most magical place on Earth,” is looking more like the scariest place after reopening amid a record-setting surge of COVID-19 cases in Florida.Disney’s Magic Kingdom reopened with social-distancing measures in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, the same day the state identified a record-setting 15,300 new cases of the coronavirus.
Videos from the park show masked employees greeting a reduced number of visitors with cheerful cries of “Welcome back!” Disney World reopens despite coronavirus case surge in Florida Disney Parks Jobs also released a chipper “welcome back” video on social media, in which dozens of masked employees can be seen celebrating their return to work after a four-month layoff.