Disney World's 'welcome home' reopening video got an ominous edit as Florida's new coronavirus cases spiked
Spooky, scary. Photo: @DisneyParksJobs/Instagram Over the weekend, Florida smashed its single-day record for new coronavirus cases, reporting 15,299 infections on Sunday. Concurrently, Walt Disney World in Orlando reopened the gates to its Magic Kingdom, releasing a chilling video to “welcome” guests “home.” In the footage, various park employees stare into the camera and repeat that line, their voices muffled by face masks for an overwhelmingly dystopian vibe.
So, naturally, Twitter users made edits to enhance the haunted ambiance, replacing the cheerful Disney theme with more suitably spooky music. The score to Jordan Peele’s Us, for example.Ahead of reopening, Disney put in place a mask mandate and other guidelines to help mitigate coronavirus risk: Guests must now make reservations ahead of time, NPR reports, and everyone will have to undergo a temperature check at entry.
Meanwhile, according to the Orlando Sentinel, there are reportedly 269,811 known coronavirus infections in Florida right now. Orange County — where Walt Disney World is located — houses the majority of Central Florida’s 43,989 cases, having recorded 1,371 new infections on July 12, bringing the total up to 18,001. With all of that in mind, Twitter’s ominous soundtrack suggestions do feel eerily on point.
As for the aforementioned social-distancing protocols, enforcement on opening day seems to have been spotty. Carlye Wisel, a journalist who covers theme parks, reported “densely packed line[s] for guest services” leading to the gate. “There were also TWO MORE lanes of pedestrian traffic in the SAME walkway,” Wisel added. “It’s not a fluke, either — we were directed straight into the bottleneck.
Other photos allegedly taken inside the park paint a grim picture of intense crowding. So, in conclusion, here’s one last video remix, for the road:
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