Ken Potrock: Last News

Disney has proposed investing at least $1.9 billion into the Disneyland Resort over the next few decades, and will provide Anaheim millions more for housing and parks in a development agreement presented to the City Council.

Disney cleared a crucial hurdle today in it’s plan to revamp Disneyland to the tune of $1.9 billion over the next decade, but not without contention.

In the months since Disneyland announced it is sunsetting its annual pass program, frequent park guests have fretted about the loss. Now we know what’s next: a membership program.

Disneyland has announced that it will reopen to visitors at the end of April.“The day all of us have long been waiting for is almost here,” Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock said in a statement. “We’re excited to have more than 10,000 cast members returning to work as we get ready to welcome our guests back to this happy place.”Earlier this month, California public health officials announced that all theme parks statewide can reopen as soon as April 1 once the counties they are in enter the red tier of the state’s reopening blueprint.Orange County moved into the red tier of the state’s reopening blueprint this week, which allows for theme parks to reopen beginning as soon as April 1.

Disneyland has set the date to re-open amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

Walt Disney’s flagship theme park Disneyland will reopen on April 30, the company said Wednesday.

“We can’t wait,” wrote Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock on Friday. Potrock was reacting to the announcement by California health officials that the state will allow reopening of outdoor stadiums, ball parks and theme parks beginning April 1st.

Disneyland and other theme parks in California have been given the green light to reopen after being closed for almost a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort will expand outdoor dining and indoor shopping next month. Disneyland president Ken Potrock made the announcement on Monday, commemorating the 20th anniversary of Disney California Adventure Park.

As part of Disneyland’s California Adventure Park’s 20th anniversary today, officials announced plans to expand dining outdoors at the theme park in Anaheim.

Disneyland is ending its annual pass program, the company said Thursday. The news comes as Disneyland has been shuttered since last March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Disneyland has announced that the park’s annual pass program is coming to an end.

Hammered by the pandemic, Disneyland is shutting down its annual passport program and will issue refunds to current holders. The passes allow various forms of discounts, including on park admission.

Janet W. Lee Disneyland is officially calling off 2021.Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock announced in a statement on Thursday that annual passes will be refunded for “eligible” annual passholders.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorMore bad news for fans of the Magic Kingdom. One day after Disneyland president Ken Potrock announced a new round of furloughs, all three Disneyland hotels have stopped taking room reservations through December 31.Some Disneyland fans were hopeful that an operating reservation system meant a park reopening was in the works.

Ellise Shafer editorAs theme parks remain closed in California due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disneyland has announced that it is furloughing more employees.The furloughs were announced in a letter to staff sent from Disneyland President Ken Potrock on Monday. Though the exact number of furloughs is unknown, the action will include executives, as well as salaried and hourly employees.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorDisney will enact more furloughs at its marquee Disneyland, with coronavirus cases on the rise globally and no sign from California officials that the Anaheim theme park will reopen anytime in the near future. The news was broken in a memo from Disneyland president Ken Potrock to staff Monday (read it in full below).In September, Disney said it would be laying off 28,000 staff at its U.S.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorJust minutes after California’s Director of Health and Human Services on Tuesday unveiled restrictive new guidelines under which amusement parks in the state could reopen, the industry fired back.“We have proven that we can responsibly reopen, with science-based health and safety protocols strictly enforced at our theme park properties around the world,” said Disneyland Resort president Ken Potrock. “Nevertheless, the State of California continues to ignore this fact, instead mandating arbitrary guidelines that it knows are unworkable and that hold us to a standard vastly different from other reopened businesses and state-operated facilities.” California’s director of Health and Human Services Dr.

The Walt Disney Co. on Monday announced Josh D’Amaro has been named chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.