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Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Parks, Shares Message of Hope and Optimism

Along with today’s announcement that the Disneyland Resort would be reopening in July comes a hope-filled message from Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products. The Magic is Returning With the announcement of the proposed reopening dates for the Disneyland Resort, we are one more exciting step closer to reopening all of our Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Parks, Shares Message of Hope and Optimism

Walt Disney World Announces MAJOR Update on FastPass+, Dining, & More

UPDATE 06/04/20: For guests that were unable to use previously purchased theme park tickets due to the pandemic-related closure, Walt Disney World has confirmed that the use period for some of those tickets will be extended. Guests with partially used multi-day tickets or date-specific theme park tickets will have the expiration date on those tickets Walt Disney World Announces MAJOR Update on FastPass+, Dining, & More

Disney CEO Bob Chapek Addresses Reopening of Walt Disney World: The World is Ready to Get Back to Some Magic

Bob Chapek, CEO for The Walt Disney Company, chatted with Julia Boorstin of CNBC today following the announcement that Walt Disney World would begin a phased reopening of their theme parks on July 11th. Chapek, who spoke via telephone, addressed timing, capacity, trust, and profitability, adding that “the world is ready to get back to Disney CEO Bob Chapek Addresses Reopening of Walt Disney World: The World is Ready to Get Back to Some Magic

Walt Disney World Confirms It Will Present a Phased Theme Park Reopening Plan on May 27

Walt Disney World has confirmed that they will submit a proposal on May 27th to the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force for a “phased reopening of the resort’s theme parks.” Both Disney and SeaWorld will present their plans to the Task Force beginning at 10:00am. Once approved, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings would send Walt Disney World Confirms It Will Present a Phased Theme Park Reopening Plan on May 27

Disney Rumor Round Up May 2020

Welcome to the May edition of Disney Rumor Round Up! You can check out the April 2020 installment here. This has been a trying time for everyone around the world, especially for businesses that needed to be closed through this. Disney is no different and has a lot going on internally while they try to figure out Disney Rumor Round Up May 2020