Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) will close its theme parks in California and Florida and its resort in Paris from this weekend through the end of the month due to the global outbreak of coronavirus, the company said on Thursday.Disney Cruise Line will suspend all new departures starting Saturday through the end of the month, the company said.
"We are proceeding with the closure of our theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Paris Resort, beginning at the close of business on Sunday, March 15, through the end of the month," the company said in a statement.
Disney earlier had said that its Disneyland and California Adventure theme parks in Southern California would be closed from Saturday.
The hotels at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris will remain open until further notice, the company added.
