(CNN Business) Disney World will reopen its gates, ending a multi-month closure of the park that left the Walt Disney Company reeling.
The Disney theme park, which employs some 70,000 people, plans to begin a phased reopening on July 11 for its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom parks and July 15 for EPCOT and Hollywood Studios, the company said on Wednesday.
Walt Disney World as well as Disney’s Disneyland resort in Anaheim, California, closed in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic.Disney is implementing several measures to reopen safely and prevent the spread of the coronavirus at its parks