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What future for theme parks? The scenarios of Disney reopenings

Theme parks were born as places to aggregate more people. Today they are in a totally opposite world, what future will they design?

Gianluca Ricciodi Gianluca Riccio
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Disneyworld and Disneyland fans dream of returning to big theme parks, but what future will they have in a world that has gone through a pandemic?

Little but sure: it will be a different world. Face masks, cleansers, and social distances weren't part of the Disney experience before March closures. Theme parks are places born to bring people together. Many people, very close to each other. The current trend, and in part the future, are of opposite sign.

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Dismaland, the satirical version of a large theme park proposed some time ago by the artist Banksy returns food for thought on the future of theme parks.

The current state

The US authorities sent guidelines this week for the eventual reopening of parks in the city of Orlando, Florida.

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This is a multi-stage plan that in the current context seems risky and premature, but it was clearly conceived with a perspective vision.

The 1 phase a reopening would allow the parks to operate at 50% of their accommodation capacity. The 2 phase it would jump up to 75%. In both, any staff member aged 65 or over would be encouraged to stay at home.

Suggested guidelines include parks placing signs on the ground at a distance of 2 meters to regulate queues, and staff cleaning surfaces regularly. For the rest, nothing too dissimilar to the rules we already encounter today when we go shopping.

  • All employees should wear face masks (there is no mention of the same requirement for guests).
  • Contactless hand sanitizer dispensers should be available at each ticket entrance and turnstile, as well as at the entrances and exits of each ride and attraction.
  • Parks should clean all railings and surfaces regularly.
  • Temperature checks should be performed on staff members before each shift (those with temperatures above 37,5 ° should be barred)

When will it happen?

"Theme parks and other venues of this magnitude must each develop their own specific and unique set of guidelines based on CDC recommendations and using best practices that will protect the life, health and safety of employees and guests." This is what the co-chair of the task force said Chuck Whittall.

He is also part of the task force Thomas Mazloum, senior vice president of Walt Disney World Resorts and Transportation Operations. This does not make me read his statement correctly: "The parks will be authorized to open at their discretion with their level of security determined internally during the various phases."

The discipline imposed by governments is frightening because it could lead to authoritarian drifts, but in times of pandemic self-discipline certainly does not keep people calm.

The tricks

Among the guidelines suggested for the future of theme parks there is a series of measures that can partially change the appearance of the parks. The incentive for mobile check-ins, redesigned cleaning services, sneezing screens at the reception and others.

Adjustments that, in the current framework, will probably be implemented in months: places of great aggregation such as these will, in the event, be the last to reopen. In California, the authorities are even more explicit: one of the requirements for reopening (in a phase 4, the last among those foreseen) is that effective therapies have been developed against the coronavirus, which means this phase.

How things will change

Until the parks are up and running again, it's hard to know exactly what the guest experience will be like. With initially fewer people in the parks, there will certainly be fewer crowds.

To some it may seem like an off-season visit. To others, the future of theme parks may seem less energetic and lively. Even with fewer people, however, waiting times may not be as short, give security procedures to be taken in queues, restaurants and theme park shops.

Virtual queues: there is already an app today, My disney experience, which allows guests to make an appointment to join a queue. These tools will be of greater use and their use will evolve.

Suspension or regulation of fashion shows and shows: popular events such as the mythical parade on Main Street with floats and characters often bring many people together in one area. They may not be organized, or organized in such a way as to better distribute people.

No pre-show attractions: Pre-show attractions or “street” shows that distract from waiting may be skipped, because they are another point where people tend to congregate.

And the future of theme parks in Italy?

Joseph Ira, President of the Permanent Parks Association which includes all the major Italian theme parks, is worried.

The greatest risk is that the parks will not reopen in the impossibility of applying all the necessary protocols, and for seasonal ones (such as water parks) it would only take a miracle to prevent the loss of the entire summer season, a truly concrete prospect. Not to mention the wildlife parks, which require a lot of expenses also for the maintenance and health of the animals that populate them.

The solutions proposed by the government for the tourism sector are not considered satisfactory, and the possible loss of the redundancy fund will put the managers in the position of having to lay off even the permanent staff, and / or sell the structures. The specter of some offers (at very low prices) by hedge funds seems to have already materialized.

Sure is one thing: guests who left the theme parks a day before closing, won't find the same thing when they return.

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