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Walt Disney World Lifts Mask Requirement
epoch times ^ | 21 April A.D. 2022 | Nicholas Dolinger

Posted on 04/21/2022 10:43:59 AM PDT by lightman

Walt Disney World lifted the last remnants of its longstanding mask mandate on Wednesday, allowing park visitors to attend the Disney World parks in Florida unmasked if they choose for the first time in over two years.

On Tuesday, Disney announced the new policy to allow unvaccinated patrons at the company’s famous Florida amusement parks to participate without wearing a mask, shedding the last vestiges of a mask policy that has been propped up by corporate inertia long after the state mandates receded.

“Face coverings are optional for Guests in both outdoor and indoor locations, as well as Disney transportation,” says a statement on the Walt Disney World website. “It is recommended Guests who are not fully vaccinated continue wearing face coverings in all indoor locations, including indoor attractions and theaters and on enclosed transportation.”

While Florida law has maintained relaxed CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions for the past year, the Disney World parks have been slow to catch up to the state in relaxing mask mandates.

On May 3, 2021, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis formally ended the state’s indoor mask mandate, although the rule had been abolished de facto since March 10 of that year when DeSantis issued an executive order remitting fines for individuals and businesses related to CCP virus restrictions. DeSantis has subsequently taken action to prevent municipalities and state schools from imposing their own mask mandates.

However, despite the state’s consistently relaxed policies, Disney parks have chosen to maintain an often strict enforcement of mask rules and regulations. Disney World parks maintained a rigorously enforced indoor mask requirement for all guests until last February, when the company lifted the mandate for the vaccinated, with certain exceptions for First Aid stations and shuttles.

The announcement comes amid a broader relaxing of mask regulations in the United States, as the consensus shifts to reflect the increasingly endemic nature of the CCP virus.

On Monday, a federal judge in Florida struck down the federal mandate to wear masks on public transportation nationwide, a mandate which has been repeatedly extended since its establishment.

Simultaneously, many businesses which have persisted in enforcing mask compliance have begun to relax their policies.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: covid; covid1984; disney; fl; florida; mask; masks; republicanwildcat
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Better late than never...never enacted would have been best of all.
1 posted on 04/21/2022 10:43:59 AM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

They’ve replaced it with a ball gag requirement


2 posted on 04/21/2022 10:45:02 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: lightman

Walt Disney World Lifts Pedo Grooming Requirement.


3 posted on 04/21/2022 10:45:52 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: lightman

they’ve lifted their masks, alright.


4 posted on 04/21/2022 10:46:29 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: lightman

But, muh science!!! /s


5 posted on 04/21/2022 10:47:29 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: AbolishCSEU

DeSantis is about to strip away Disneys special FL taxation and districting rights.

Haha


6 posted on 04/21/2022 10:47:55 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: lightman

Doesn’t matter-—we’re never going back unless they apologize and get rid of all the woke BS!


7 posted on 04/21/2022 10:48:44 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: lightman

Just imagine wasting your money to go spend hours at Disney world wearing a mask


8 posted on 04/21/2022 10:49:08 AM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Good one.


9 posted on 04/21/2022 10:51:51 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: toddausauras

“Just imagine wasting your money to go spend hours at Disney world wearing a mask”

Look up the cost to stay at their Galactic Starcruiser Hotel.
I get claustrophobic just thinking about it. Locked indoors, no windows and wearing a mast for 3 days, all for the low cost of $6K for a family of 4.


10 posted on 04/21/2022 10:53:15 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: lightman; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; ...
Welly, welly, welly, well...

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

11 posted on 04/21/2022 10:54:17 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: lightman
It's amazing that any normal, good hearted person would go to Disney World.
12 posted on 04/21/2022 10:54:44 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Yes the bill just passed the Florida house and on it’s way to Governor DeSantis desk for signature!


13 posted on 04/21/2022 10:58:44 AM PDT by dsm69 (Boycott News Media/Hollywood Advertisers )
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To: lightman

Boycott Disney. “Just say no” to pedophile grooming of children.


14 posted on 04/21/2022 11:00:28 AM PDT by rod5591
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To: lightman

kinda hopin they keep them on...

their breath reeks...


15 posted on 04/21/2022 11:01:23 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: lightman

Still don’t have their meal plan back yet....

I have maybe 2 or 3 more disney world trips left before my youngest is too old.

Most overpriced place on earth....


16 posted on 04/21/2022 11:07:45 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: lightman

Trying as hard as they can to dupe people into thinking they are nice people.


17 posted on 04/21/2022 11:23:36 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
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To: throwthebumsout

That’s insane


18 posted on 04/21/2022 12:20:29 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: lightman

Ah, it seems that the retardation dam is finally breaking. Of course, there’s no shortage of media hacks, bureaucrats, and masktards around to try to shore it up.


19 posted on 04/21/2022 1:28:52 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: lightman
Disney must die.


20 posted on 04/21/2022 2:06:22 PM PDT by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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