“Welcome home,” Disney World employees tell us in a controversial new ad announcing the Florida theme park’s reopening.
Maybe not so fast? The Orlando vacation destination opened its doors back up for the first time since March on July 11 with capacity limits and strict mask requirements, but the event was not without some fierce backlash online.
The reopening occurred just ahead of the latest Covid-19 totals out of Florida, which set the record on Sunday for the most new cases in a single day reported for any state since the pandemic began, at 15,299.The ad released on July 8 encouraging parkgoers to return to Disney World inspired a series of parody videos on Twitter, with the announcement’s soundtrack replaced with everything from the music to the trailer for Jordan Peele’s “Us” to the soundtrack for “The Shining.” The video was even repurposed into an A24 trailer, using footage
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