2020 - Walt Disney World Closes for 4 Months
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welcome to timekeeping this show will attempt to chronicle year by year changes to the walt disney world resort
the unprecedented nearly four-month shutdown led to layoffs extensive new procedures limited capacity and other changes to the parks and resorts
2020 was a hard reset for the walt disney world resort and in many ways the walt disney company
the present path that was leading to the 50th anniversary was thrown aside
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Welcome to Timekeeping. This show will attempt to chronicle year-by-year changes to the Walt Disney World Resort. This episode features the year 2020. Walt Disney World closes for 4 months, and the resort will never be the same. 0:00 Intro 0:50 Preview 1:20 Arrival changes at Transportation and Ticket Center 1:30 New digital tip boards in Magic Kingdom 1:50 Jungle Cruise boat sinks 2:00 Muppets encore in Liberty Square 2:23 Fire closes Tomorrowland Transit Authority 2:39 Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin changes 2:49 EPCOT transformation causes numerous changes 3:10 France, China and Mexico receive new music loops 3:20 New films debut: Awesome Planet, Canada Far and Wide and Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along 4:00 Shop closures and changes at EPCOT, more construction changes 4:35 Electric Umbrella, Pin Central and remainder of Innoventions Plaza close 4:48 Regal Eagle Smokehouse opens 4:58 EPCOT renamed 5:08 Miscellaneous changes to EPCOT 5:23 Disney's Hollywood Studios hosts Onward preview 5:34 Star Wars show closes, meet and greets moved to seasonal 5:43 Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway opens 7:18 Vacation Fun debuts at the Mickey Shorts Theater 7:37 Shade structures added to Harambe Market at Disney's Animal Kingdom 7:44 Disney Springs changes 8:22 New playground at Fort Wilderness 8:32 Bob Chapek named CEO as Bob Iger steps down 8:44 Shanghai Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Resort close for pandemic 9:03 Disney Cruise line suspends sailings and Disneyland closes followed by Walt Disney World 9:25 Several permanent closures 9:55 Fastpass+ is discontinued 10:07 Disney starts to reopen 10:56 Major League Soccer teams move to Disney to resume season 11:21 Magic Kingdom reopens 12:20 Cavalcades introduced 13:11 Cinderella Castle 50th Anniversary paint job completed 13:45 Contactless security introduced 14:06 Disney's Animal Kingdom reopens 14:45 EPCOT reopens 15:09 Disney takes over Morocco pavilion 15:50 Disney's Hollywood Studios reopens 16:20 Grand Floridian Society Orchestra final performance 16:41 More Disney Springs changes 17:28 NBA players move to Disney World, create "NBA Bubble" to complete their season 18:20 Road entrance archways begin transformation for 50th Anniversary 18:39 Theme park capacity increased 18:52 Electrical Water Pageant returns to Walt Disney World 19:26 Sign-off This video is produced by WDW News Today - the worldwide leader in Disney parks news. Get more exclusive content and help support WDWNT By becoming a WIGS member TODAY ! Check out how right here : https://www.patreon.com/wdwnt Find us on Twitter - Facebook - Instagram.... Read all our news at https://www.wdwnt.com #WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyParks #DisneyHistory