theme parks

Audubon Florida's Charles Lee discusses about the theme park's environmental legacy, beginning with the Disney Wilderness Preserve.

Visitors to Disney World will see some changes to commemorate the anniversary.

Walt Disney secretly bought 40 square miles of land in the Sunshine State, then unveiled plans that would reshape the theme park industry and central Florida.

The deal requires union workers to show proof of vaccination by Oct. 22 unless they get a medical or religious exemption. Disney previous mandated that nonunion hourly and salaried employees get the shots.

More visitors are coming to the state as the 2021 numbers from April 1 through June 30 were just 2.2% below where the state was in 2019.

This includes all salary and non-union hourly employees.

The ride, which previously featured racist imagery of Africans as spear-waving headhunters, has been transformed into a slapstick comedy in which the wildlife bests clueless safari-goers.

Visitors who are not fully vaccinated will still be asked to wear masks indoors and on all rides and attractions, but Disney says workers won’t require proof of vaccination.

Disney has slowly expanded access to guests since reopening last July.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek said it’s “quite daunting” to wear a mask in the middle of summer in Florida.

They include Busch Gardens and Disney World.

Because of the pandemic, workers and visitors are required to wear masks.