coming out of my shell

coming out of my shell

Friday, March 13, 2020

Hell has frozen over.

Today's headline in the Orlando Sentinel: 


Disney World, Universal Orlando closing theme parks for rest of March as coronavirus concerns swell

But they are keeping open the free, business areas (Disney Springs, City Walk). I'm trying to figure out how that makes sense. 


Still, closing the parks is the right thing to do and I'm happy they are putting the public health before profits. I was wondering if that would happen.


Update: Sea World is closing, too.

14 comments:

  1. It is a wise thing to do but I do feel badly for all of the workers who are now temporarily out of work! How do families cope without income for this time period? This will really hurt many, many businesses. I wonder how they will manage and glad I am retired!

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    1. So important! The global economy will suffer, there is no getting around that. As for the Orlando theme parks "Disney World theme park employees, which make up the largest workforce in Orlando, will continue to get paid. Employees in other company divisions are asked to work remotely. Universal said it would pay its hourly employees for any of their scheduled work through the end of March." Not sure what will happen with Sea World, they have been struggling financially independent of this.

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  2. That IS mindblowing, but certainly an indicator of how serious this whole situation really is.

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    1. Yes, it is mindblowing. I am surprised, but happy they are taking this seriously.

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  3. We are living in interesting times.

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  4. People probably would not stay home without these "incentives".

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  5. Lots of sporting fixtures are being cancelled in the UK. The sports fans are upset but as someone totally uninterested in sport, I'm indifferent!

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    1. Seems like everything is being cancelled now. I hope it works.

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  6. Nah, this is just a frost on our public frolics. You'll know that Hell has frozen over - and that Satan is now drawing unemployment - when Trump Tower closes "for the good of the American people".

    Make America Great Again, sloganizes Mr Orange. But not for all Americans. Could there be anything more crass than his refusal to allow those US citizens on the second cruise-ship (Not the Diamond Princess) back into the country on the grounds that it would spoil his CV infection figures. Which, to me, seem somewhat massaged anyway.

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    1. We don't have testing set up in most places. He has dragged his feet on this because he thinks this whole thing is a competition, and wants to keep "his" numbers low. What a moron.

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So, whadayathink?