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Masks and Mickey: Disneyland Paris reopens after four-month closure

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15-07-2020 | 06:02

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Masks and Mickey: Disneyland Paris reopens after four-month closure

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Disneyland Paris welcomed back visitors on Wednesday (July 15) after a four-month closure due to the coronavirus outbreak, with face masks and social distancing the order of the day.

A steady stream of visitors trickled in during the morning, with one group wearing Mickey Mouse ears and dancing to music, as they entered Europe's most visited theme park.

"What a joy it is to be by your side and to finally be able to welcome you again within our marvellous destination - your destination," Disneyland Paris President Natacha Rafalski said during the re-opening ceremony, which featured performers singing and dancing to cheerful tunes.

Masks were mandatory and advance booking required. Visitors to the park, which has imposed a limited capacity, were told to keep a metre away from others, and hundreds of sanitising-gel and hand-washing stations were scattered around.

No tickets were sold at the entrance and rides where social distancing is difficult have not yet reopened. Playgrounds and make-up workshops also remained closed.

Walt Disney World also reopened its two most popular parks in Orlando, on Saturday (July 11), despite a surge of new infections in Florida.

But in Hong Kong, the company has decided to temporarily close its Disneyland park amid rising coronavirus cases in the Chinese-ruled city.

Located 30 km east of Paris, Disneyland does not release annual visitor numbers but says on its site that it has had more than 320 million visits since its opening in 1992 and that the park accounts for 6.2 percent of France's tourism income.

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