https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😷" title="Face with medical mask" aria-label="Emoji: Face with medical mask"> Protective face masks at all times
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌡️" title="Thermometer" aria-label="Emoji: Thermometer"> Temperature checks when entering
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎢" title="Roller coaster" aria-label="Emoji: Roller coaster"> Every other ride seat kept empty
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎟️" title="Admission tickets" aria-label="Emoji: Admission tickets"> Still a steep $119 per ticket

Would you even want to go to an amusement park in the age of Covid-19? https://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

Universal Orlando plans to reopen on June 5, with aims to keep employees and visitors safe from the Covid-19 virus.

The park’s careful measures to keep everyone healthy don’t exactly scream “family fun" http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚗" title="Automobile" aria-label="Emoji: Automobile"> In the parking lot, spots will be staggered so that even cars are social distancing from one another.

From there, anyone entering the park must wear a face mask and have their temperature checked by a worker sporting a handheld thermometer http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

Crowds will be controlled and the wait for the ride will feel especially strange:

The healthy jitters of thinking about the first drop may be replaced by either the unnerving feeling of wearing a mask or the simple annoyance of it http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

Orlando was 95 degrees Thursday afternoon. Covering your face with a cloth mask while waiting to get on a ride won’t be very comfortable.

Workers will get more frequent breaks so that they can wash their hands and take off their mask for a breather http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

The top North American theme parks have each drawn 10 million or more visitors in a year.

That demand might not return after Covid-19 http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

Every portion of the day will be slightly tainted by this new reality.

It could make for an almost eerie experience, or at least one very different from the vacation most families probably envisioned when they shelled out $119 a ticket http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍦" title="Soft ice cream" aria-label="Emoji: Soft ice cream"> Eating will be difficult: You can’t exactly lick a Butterbeer ice cream cone with a mask on, so the park is spacing out tables to allow people to remove their masks while they eat.

Good luck to parents getting the masks back on their kids after that http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

Universal is also making use of virtual lines for more of its attractions so that people aren’t physically standing together for long periods, and it’s eliminating single-rider lines so that groups aren’t paired with strangers http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...

In theory, it’s a carefully constructed plan by Universal to make the best of a terrible situation.

For visitors, though, a trip that’s supposed to provide a fun escape from reality may instead be a reminder of it http://trib.al/TRSdfKR ">https://trib.al/TRSdfKR&q...