Disney comes up with a creative way to enforce social distancing rules at its Disney Springs retail and entertainment complex. The company officially reopened Disney Springs two weeks ago, but fans will have to wait until July to go on Disney World rides again.
A new video posted to the Attractions Magazine YouTube channel has shown park actors dressed as Stormtroopers from Star Wars helping to make sure that visitors stay a suitable distance apart. The Stormtroopers aren't just showing the power of the First Order as the full video shows a fun skit where they joke about having better things to do. However, Star Wars is one of Disney's most popular properties and the video shows several fans standing around watching the performance, and not keeping moving as the Stormtroopers have asked.
As entertaining as this is for fans, Disney will be happy to see that most of its visitors have been adhering to the Stormtrooper-enforced rules. There are reports that Disney has lost $1 billion from its parks being closed and opening Disney Springs and seeing how visitors keep to the rules, is a good test before the company reopens its theme parks.
Some fans may also be wondering what other ways Disney could make sure that people keep themselves safe and make sure that they regularly wash their hands. The company could use Baby Yoda to make visitors feel bad for failing to wash their hands for a long enough time or get Woody from Toy Story to give them a friendly warning for failing to social distance.