October 12, 2020
Shanghai Disneyland reopens with social distancing
"I want to be where the people are!†she cried, sweeping an arm
through the air as jets of water shot up, shimmering in front of a pink
pastel castle.To get more shanghai breaking news, you can visit shine news official website.
"I
want to see, want to see them dancing,†Ariel sang as an entranced
crowd leaned forward, faces masked, Mickey Mouse ears swaying in
rhythm.It was the second week since the reopening of Shanghai
Disneyland, the first Disney park to resume the fun amid the COVID-19
pandemic. After months of isolation, visitors took to the fantasy land
with abandon, exchanging, for a time anyway, a world of disease,
recession and political turmoil for a socially distanced delirium of
bubbles, churros, Snow White, Jack Sparrow and varying octaves of
childhood songs.
"I don’t know why, but I feel so happy just
standing here,†said Chen Jie, 25, who was on her second visit to the
park since it reopened.Before the pandemic, Chen, a tech worker in
Shanghai, would escape to Disneyland once or twice a week. Now she was
back at last, bobbing up and down in Mickey Mouse knee socks, a Donald
Duck hairpin, an Aristocats backpack and a surgical mask. She usually
dressed up even more, she said.Chen clapped as a brass band played
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,†so excited that she accidentally
stepped out of a yellow square taped on the ground.A worker — a sentinel
of reality in a land of make-believe — quickly approached. "Excuse me,
please stay within the box for the safety of all our guests.†Chen
apologized, hopping back in the square.Dozens of workers hovered around
every line, concession stand and performance venue, shepherding
families to stand in yellow boxes taped more than three feet apart,
keeping people in line at arm’s length, and holding signs that read:
"Please maintain a respectful distance from other guests.
â€It
was one of the many new rules for reopening. More than three months had
passed since Shanghai Disneyland shut its doors on Jan. 25, following
nationwide orders to close public spaces and isolate people at
home.Only after months of strict social distancing, contact tracing,
testing and quarantines did China’s infection and death numbers dwindle
to the point where authorities deemed it safe to loosen restrictions.In
Shanghai, infection numbers were down to nine people as of Monday.
Total
deaths were seven, according to official data. Anyone coming from
outside the city had to register with local authorities. Those entering
from high-risk areas would be quarantined for two weeks, and anyone
who’d come in close contact with suspected cases would also be tracked
and quarantined.The park was allowing in only 30% of its 80,000-visitor
capacity per day. Reservations had to be made a week in advance online,
and only visitors with a green QR code, which used phone data to prove
they hadn’t been near any suspected cases, could enter. Everyone had to
wear masks in what has become a small, changed world, after
all."Shanghai hasn’t been too affected,†said Tommy Hong, 38, a dad
wearing a Lakers jersey on a bench near the flying Dumbos, waiting for
his wife and 3-year-old daughter to finish the ride. This was their
first visit since the outbreak, but they weren’t worried, he said.
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