When the swine flu pandemic first reared its ugly head last spring, Disney World did little to change its daily operations. As the H1N1 virus continues to spread throughout Florida and the rest of the nation, Disney is beginning to implement new measures designed to protect the health of the millions of guests who visit the Disney World theme parks each year.In a post-swine flu world, Disney's practice of requiring guests to place their index finger on a touch pad scanner that matches fingerprints to individual tickets is simply a bad idea. Thousands of guests touch the scanner daily, and it is not cleaned between each use.
Several months after the onslaught of the swine flu scare, Disney is preparing to erect bulk hand sanitizer stations at the entrance to each theme park, which will ostensibly provide guests with the chance to clean their hands after touching the finger scanner. A simpler practice would be to stop requiring guests to touch the scanner at all, which would reduce the chances of spreading H1N1 virus or other communicable diseases. Guests can decline to have their fingers scanned if they produce a valid photo I.D. that links them to their Disney World ticket or pass, but Disney does not make this option clear at the gate.
According to the official Disney Parks Blog, guests can expect to see the new hand sanitizing stations at the Disney Parks in the coming weeks. This is a welcome addition, but it does not go far enough to secure the health and safety of Disney World guests. It will be interesting to follow future developments at the Disney Parks.
Peggy Macdonald is a WDW Twourist who writes about Disney World daily for Examiner.com.
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I am surprised that they waited this long to deal with the H1N1 virus. Why were they not prepared, I wonder?
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