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        <title><![CDATA[Universal Orlando warns visitors of ‘inherent risk’ of coronavirus exposure]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Touring the real-life Hogwarts Castle might come with a coronavirus curse.</p><p>Universal Orlando has warned guests that they might contract the deadly COVID-19 bug if they visit the sprawling resort when it reopens next week.</p><p>“Note that any public location where people are present provides an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 and we cannot guarantee that you will not be exposed during your visit,” reads a disclaimer <strong>on the park’s website</strong>.</p><p>The blunt notice came alongside Universal’s announcement that its Florida theme parks would welcome visitors again on June 5, nearly three months after the pandemic <strong>forced them to close.</strong></p><p>The reopening of Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Volcano Bay and Universal’s Islands of Adventure — home to the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” attraction — will come about three weeks after the resort’s <strong>CityWalk entertainment and food complex</strong> started operating again earlier this month.</p><div class="inline-slideshow"><div id="slideshow-15720226-1" class="slideshow-container "><div class="slides-wrapper"><div class="slide"><div class="slide-image"><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-77.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-77.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-77.jpg" /></div><p><noscript><br /> <img  alt="Virus Outbreak Florida Universal" data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-77.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-77.jpg" alt="Virus Outbreak Florida Universal"></noscript><br /> </noscript></p><div class="slide-caption-wrapper"><div class="slide-caption">Guests enjoy themselves at Universal CityWalk in Orlando, Florida.</p><p class="credit">Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP</p></div></div></div><div class="slide"><div class="slide-image"><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-76.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-76.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-76.jpg" /></div><p><noscript><br /> <img  alt="Universal Orlando's CityWalk Begins to Reopen in Orlando, US" data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-76.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-76.jpg" alt="Universal Orlando's CityWalk Begins to Reopen in Orlando, US"></noscript><br /> </noscript></p><div class="slide-caption-wrapper"><div class="slide-caption">A security employee checks the body temperature of a guest before allowing her to enter at Universal Orlando&#8217;s CityWalk.</p><p class="credit">Paul Hennessy / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images</p></div></div></div></div><header class="slideshow-header"><div class="slideshow-header-inner"></div></header></div></div><p>Employees will start returning to the parks on June 1 followed by some invited guests on June 3 and the general public two days later, John Sprouls, executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Universal Parks &amp; Resorts, <strong>told local officials</strong> last week.</p><p>But guests will have to jump through several hoops before taking a spin on the “Incredible Hulk” roller coaster. Visitors will have their temperatures checked before entering the parks and must wear a face covering while inside, Universal says. The parks will also limit their capacity and ask guests to follow social distancing guidelines, according to the website.</p><figure id="attachment_15720407" class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-78.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-78.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/universal-orlando-78.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Guests peer through the closed gate to Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.<span class="credit">Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP</span></figcaption></figure><p>“We want people to know before you go exactly what we’re going to expect — exactly what we’re going to provide, from the point of view of our team members, but also what we’re going to expect of guests,” Sprouls said.</p><p>Comcast, Universal’s parent company, warned last month that it would <strong>lose roughly $500 million</strong> in revenue if theme parks remained closed through June.</p><p>Walt Disney World similarly warned guests of the risk posed by the coronavirus as it reopened its <strong>Disney Springs shopping and dining complex</strong> last week. The Mouse House has not yet set a date for reopening its massive Florida theme parks.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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