Six hotels in the entertainment complex of Universal Orlando Resort, in central Florida (USA), will open gradually starting next Tuesday and with social distancing and disinfection measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, announced Friday the company.
Guests staying at these hotels will be able to visit the Universal Studios theme parks next Wednesday and Thursday, before the general reopening to the public, which will be on Friday, June 5.
The Universal Orlando Resort hotels, operated by Loews Hotels & Co, which will open Tuesday are Hard Rock, Loews Royal Pacific, Loews Sapphire Falls, Cabana Bay Beach, Aventura and Endless Summer Resort-Surfside Inn and Suites.
On the other hand, this week the Disney theme parks in Orlando – Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Epcot – announced that they plan to gradually reopen in mid-July.
These resorts, vital to Florida’s economy, closed since last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom plan to reopen on July 11, and four days later Hollywood Studios and Epcot will do so, reported the company Walt Disney World, which has already opened its park in Shanghai (China).
All Orlando theme parks have primarily established, for both visitors and their workers, the use of face covers, social distancing, temperature verification, and reduced capacity at both attractions and restaurants and parking lots.
Likewise, there is an increase in cleaning and disinfection in general and points of greater contact, the increase in “non-contact” payments and some areas and events will be temporarily closed.
In Florida, which is progressing in the first phase of economic reopening since May 4, more than 53,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and at least 2,364 deaths have occurred since March 1, according to the state Department of Health.
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