Visitors locked in Shanghai Disneyland following COVID outbreak

Shanghai, China - June 7, 2016: A group of young chinese people taking a selfie with the Enchanted Castle on the back,  during trial operations before the grand opening of Shanghai Disneyland Park, located in Chuansha New Town of Pudong New Area, which is officially confirmed to open on June 16th, 2016. Is the sixth in the world and the second in China (after Hong Kong Disneyland).

People visiting the Shanghai Disneyland Resort have been locked in and can’t leave without a negative COVID test after the city recorded 10 COVID cases.

The resort announced on Monday morning that it would be locked down due to strict COVID rules in China.

Shanghai Disney said there were “limited offerings” operating at the park and ABC News has reported that some theme park rides are still operating.

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Day 2 in Shanghai at Shanghai Disneyland. Me and my girl went for Halloween wanted to celebrate a special occasion. stayed at Toy story Disneyland resort. Then a Covid scare happened. More to come. Video was taking Halloween October 31, 2022. ddisneyddisneylandsshanghaidisneylandsshanghaic#covid19

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China’s strict zero-COVID policy means that abrupt lockdowns occur all over the country in order to limit the spread of the virus. Earlier this year, Shanghai Disneyland was shut down for more than three months as part of Shanghai’s lockdown.

The park was closed with more than 30,000 people stuck inside after authorities ordered them to get a COVID test with contact-tracing efforts.

People on social media posted videos of visitors rushing to the exits, only to find they’d been locked.


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