Disney Won’t Sell You a Ride Photo If You Aren’t Wearing a Mask
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL - JUNE 12: In this handout photo provided by Walt Disney World Resort, guests wear masks at Walt Disney World Resort on June 12, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. All guests two years of age and older will be required to wear an appropriate face covering at all times, except when eating and drinking while dining. Walt Disney World Resort theme parks begin their phased reopening on July 11, 2020. (Photo by Matt Stroshane/Walt Disney World Resort via Getty Images)
Disney World came up with a creative way to enforce their mask policy: They won’t sell you your RIDE PHOTO if you aren’t wearing a mask. A P.R. person for Disney confirmed this new rule yesterday, but added that they always had a policy of, quote, “suppressing photos if someone is doing something unsafe on the ride.” And during the pandemic, not wearing a mask is considered hazardous to others, and so they say it’s consistent with their policy.
Florida just set a new record for the largest number of cases in a single day since the start of the outbreak. On Sunday, the state reported 15,299 in a 24-hour period . . . more than the previous record of 11,571 cases.
Disney World has also opened several designated spaces throughout its parks where visitors can remove their masks. They’re called “relaxation zones,” and the people in them still have to social-distance.
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