Disney World resuming 2020 park ticket sales, hotel bookings Thursday – WESH 2 Orlando

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JAZMIN: IT IS A BIG WEEK FOR DISNEY WORLD. TWO OF THE ORLANDO THEME PARKS REOPEN ON SATURDAY. ADRIAN: BEFORE THAT, EMPLOYEES GET A PREVIEW. JASON GUY SHOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE PARK. JASON: THE MOST MAGICAL PLACE ON EARTH IS BACK IN BUSINESS. I SPOKE TO TAYLOR STRICKLAND WITH ORLANDO INFORMER ABOUT THE REOPENING OF DISNEY WORLD. >> I WOULD SAY, OVERALL, I AM VERY IMPRESSED. I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, TODAY IS A CAST MEMBER PREVIEW JUST FOR THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SO IT IS VERY LIGHT TODAY. SO I THINK IT IS A IS A NICE ENVIRONMENT TO START SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, PRACTICES. AND I THINK IT WILL GET TOUGHER AS TIME GOES ON WITH MORE GUESTS, BUT TODAY HAS BEEN I WOULD SAY ALMOST PERFECT, VERY IMPRESSIVE. JASON: OK, WHEN YOU FIRST GOT THERE, WALK US THROUGH PARKING TO SECURITY AND TEMPERATURE CHECKS. HOW DOES THAT WORK AT DISNEY >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THEY ARE PARKING EVERY OTHER CAR, SIMILAR TO UNIVERSAL PIZZA SOCIAL DISTANCING STARTS WHEN YOU PARK. AND THEY HAVE A NEW BACK-CHECK PROCESS WHERE YOU KEEP YOUR BAG ON YOU. YOU DON’T HAVE TO REMOVE ANYTHING ANIMAL KINGDOM SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW. AND YOUR TEMPERATURE IS CHECKED, JUST LIKE ADVENT HEALTH, LIKE DISNEY SPRINGS, TOUCHLESS THERMOMETER. THERE IS SIGNAGE EVERYWHERE LOTS OF SIGNAGE. THEY HAVE TURNED ALL THE TRASH CANS INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR SIGNAGE. ALMOST EVERY TRASHCAN HAS A SINUSES TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY ADDED HAND WASHING STATIONS RIGHT BEFORE THE PARKS CLOSED. THOSE ARE STILL HERE. THERE IS A TON OF HAND SANITIZER , MORE THAN ANY OTHER PARK I’VE SEEN. SO I’VE BEEN TO SEAWORLD AND UNIVERSAL. DISNEY HAS DEFINITELY ONE UPPED THEM ON HAND SANITIZER. EVERYWHERE YOU TURN — THERE WAS SOMEWHERE WHERE I THOUGHT WHEN HAND SANITIZER AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET, TWO MORE. JASON: TAYLOR TOLD ME SOCIAL DISTANCING AND BARRIERS ARE BEING USED IN LINES AND ON ATTRACTIONS. >> EVEREST, FOR EXAMPLE, IS DOING ONE ROW BETWEEN PARTIES, AT LEAST. THERE IS PLEXIGLAS EVERYWHERE. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S UNIQUE TO DISNEY. THEY’VE ADDED PLEXIGLAS. SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU’RE WAITING TO GET ON EVEREST, THERE IS A REAL BIG PLEXIGLAS SEPARATOR BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER PARTIES. THEY ALSO DO THIS IN QUEUES WHERE THE WHERE IT’S TIGHT AND YOU’RE NEXT TO ANOTHER ROW OF PEOPLE. OF COURSE, THEIR SOCIAL DISTANCING MARKERS IN THE QUEUE, BUT THIS IS AN EXTRA STEP THEY SEEM TO TAKE TO SEPARATE GUESTS. KILIMANJARO SAFARI, THEY PUT UP A BIG PLASTIC SEPARATOR BETWEEN EACH ROW. JASON: TAYLOR, WE HEARD ABOUT THIS SOCIAL DISTANCING SQUAD DISNEY WAS GOING TO PUT IN PLACE. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM OUT AND ABOUT AT THE PARKS TODAY? >> I HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO DO MUCH MERCK — MUCH WORK TODAY. ONE BIG OBJECTIVE IS TO REMIND DESK JUST REMIND GUESTS TO KEEP THEIR FACE COVERINGS ON. THERE HAS REALLY NOT BEEN ANY GUESTS TODAY WITHOUT FACE COVERINGS ON. THAT WILL CHANGE SLIGHTLY. JASON: TAYLOR ALSO TOLD ME EACH DISNEY PARK HAS COME U