Will screaming still be allowed on roller coasters when amusement parks reopen?
The California Attractions and Parks Association, which represents Disneyland Resort, Knott’s Berry Farm and other top amusement parks in the state, says screaming, shouting and hollering will need to be “mitigated” on roller coasters and other rides when parks reopen in April.
But it stops short of an absolute ban like one implemented at a park in Japan in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The park urged visitors to instead “scream inside your heart,” BBC News reported.
Theme parks in California can reopen as soon as April 1 if their counties remain in the red tier risk status for COVID-19, The Orange County Register reported.
State guidelines require businesses to limit activities that can spread the coronavirus, including screaming, shouting and singing, says a California Attractions and Parks Association report.
The Sacramento-based organization represents Disneyland Resort, Universal Studios, Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain, SeaWorld San Diego, Legoland California, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and California’s Great America, The Orange County Register reported.
The reopening report suggests parks “mitigate” the potential spread of coronavirus on rides by requiring face masks and changing seat arrangements.
It also notes that riders already sit facing the same direction on most roller coasters.
The guide also suggests other safety procedures, such as reducing outdoor seating to keep guests spread out while eating and setting limits on capacity.
More than 120 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide with more than 2.6 million deaths as of March 17, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has more than 29 million confirmed cases with more than 536,000 deaths.
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Gavin, I hope the recall is successful, so you can be removed from office as quickly as possible! You destroyed the economy in California. Of course your winery remained open, when all of the other wineries were shut down, by your power hungry executive orders. Communist!!!!! To the majority of the voters in California, you voted for a one party communist system and you paid the price. I feel sorry for the Conservatives in your state.
I certainly HOPE the recall is successful.. BUT YOU CAN BET the same fraud that got biden IN, will be shoved into CA< to keep him in office.
The screaming for joy will be later this year once Newsom is gone…
LEt’s all hope you’re right.
Why bother, Disney is a clear and present danger to your children and your family values. Stay home and have fun, Going to Disney land is nothing but overpriced self inflicted torture. Nothing new. Same long lines, Same crowds. Same over price food and tickets. This is what passes for fun in 2021? Torture me some more. Same old tired rides living off of Walt Disney’s name
There’s other ammusement parks, besides Disney… BUT I AGREE> SHUN their places like the plague.
I think the screaming has already begun outside the parks as evidenced by the number of recall signatures for the gov.