Orange County allows local state of emergency Executive Order to expire as COVID cases continue to decline

Oct 27, 2021 in "The Walt Disney Company"

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Posted: Wednesday October 27, 2021 11:17am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has today announced that he is letting the loocal state of emergency executive order that he signed 3 months ago expire at 3:04pm today. The county will no longer be under a state of local emergency.

Signs at the front of Magic Kingdom remind guest that masks are required indoors

Prompting the announcement is a 14-day positivity rate of 3.51% - marking 17 consecutive days below 5%. The CDC continues to rate Orange County as a place of substantial COVID transmission, but leaders expect the county to move to moderate levels of transmission over the coming weeks.

Demings said that should cases rise, he will restore the executive order to contain cases where necessary.

Although there is not a county-wide mask mandate in effect, due to state restrictions imposed by the governor, it will continue to be the responsibility of local businesses to make decisions on mask use. The county will continue to require its employees to wear masks.

Guests arriving at Disney's Animal Kingdom over the summer, with some choose to continue to wear masks

Walt Disney World moved quickly to reinstate mask usage when indoors at the request of Orange County in July 2021 as COVID cases began to surge.

Disney has followed Orange County guidelines closely throughout the pandemic. This latest development may prompt Disney to revaluate mask usage at the parks and possibly make changes to the current requirement to wear masks when indoors.

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wdwmagicApr 14, 2022

This thread is going to take a break for a while until any changes are announced at Disney in regard to the last remaining mask requirements on transport.

Andrew CApr 14, 2022

If we are talking about WDW, put the blame on the company for keeping this silly rule in place. For airplanes, put the blame on the feds. When people realize stupid rules are in place and have no impact, they are going to be challenged. That’s just human nature and the reality throughout history. On the other end, when rules tend to make sense, people are more receptive. WDWs transportation rule is illogical. The feds 14 day extension of the public transportation rule at this point is the same. Expect more push back. It’s all about appearances than anything else and more and more people will pick up on that.

Chip ChippersonApr 14, 2022

No, you're not following the rules. You're planning the mask version of holding your finger an in from your siblings face and saying, "I'm not touching you!" And for the record, on my recent flights, the message was that masks had to be replaced between bites/sips, so unless you plan on holding g a drink to your mouth for the entire flight then you're not following the rules - but if you do that, please report back and let us know of how that worked out for you during turbulence.

Club CooloholicApr 14, 2022

I already explained it. It slows things down and makes it harder for the employees. And some might not really want to sit for 3 hours on a flight next to a guy sipping coffee the whole time.

Nonsensequitter75Apr 14, 2022

I don’t understand why you’re mad at me.

G00fyDadApr 14, 2022

There. Fixed the stupid. Now, go create ANOTHER account for me to ignore. :rolleyes:

Nonsensequitter75Apr 14, 2022

Thanks for understanding

G00fyDadApr 14, 2022

Okay.

Nonsensequitter75Apr 14, 2022

God bless, but no thank you.

G00fyDadApr 14, 2022

They are flag carriers for the socially inept and the self-important. They have one job here. It's stupid but they're going to do it.

G00fyDadApr 14, 2022

Just go back to your regular account. Please? For everyone.

Nonsensequitter75Apr 14, 2022

What can I say? I’m so lonely at this stage in my life, that the (virtual) company of people who hate me is better than the alternative, which is no company at all.

DisneyCaneApr 14, 2022

Hence why I asked the poster if they were intending to only experience outdoor attractions with outdoor queues. If yes, then I can at least understand their logic. If no, then the obsession about people not masking on transportation doesn't make any sense.