{"id":1292,"date":"2020-05-22T11:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T11:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2020-05-31T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T11:17:10","slug":"universal-orlando-will-reopen-june-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/22\/universal-orlando-will-reopen-june-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando Will Reopen June 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/800px-Universal-Islands-of-Adventure-Dragon-Challenge-Coaster-9160-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1003\" srcset=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/800px-Universal-Islands-of-Adventure-Dragon-Challenge-Coaster-9160-1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/800px-Universal-Islands-of-Adventure-Dragon-Challenge-Coaster-9160-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/800px-Universal-Islands-of-Adventure-Dragon-Challenge-Coaster-9160-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/\">Universal Studios<\/a> theme park plans to reopen to the public at reduced capacity on June 5, the company said on Thursday. The announcement was made during an Orange County, Florida Economic Recovery Task Force meeting attended by county, health department experts, and community leaders. The Economic Recovery Task Force approved Universal\u2019s plans to restart on June 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>John Sprouls, Executive Vice President and Chief\nAdministrative Officer for Universal said that Universal that staggered parking\nlots, temperature checks, mobile food ordering will be implemented. Staff and\nguests will be required to wear face coverings. In an effort to reduce physical\ncontact between visitors, interactive play areas for children will remain\nclosed, added Sprouls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 1, team\nmembers will be invited to preview the new process as the park practices its\nprotocol. Then on June 3 and 4, a &#8220;limited number of guests&#8221; will be\ninvited to the park. And finally, on June 5 the parks will be open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Universal is the first of the major theme parks\nin Orlando to announce its reopening plans. Walt Disney reopened the Disney\nSprings shopping area but the park remains closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press release, all three parks &#8211; Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, and the Volcano Bay &#8211; will open on the same date, though which rides and restaurants will be available remains unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2020\/05\/21\/us\/21reuters-health-coronavirus-universal-studios.html\">NYTimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Studios theme park plans to reopen to the public at reduced capacity on June 5, the company said on Thursday. The announcement was made during an Orange County, Florida Economic Recovery Task Force meeting attended by county, health department experts, and community leaders. The Economic Recovery Task Force approved Universal\u2019s plans to restart on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/22\/universal-orlando-will-reopen-june-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Universal Orlando Will Reopen June 5&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions\/1293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}