<p>Masks, temperature checks and no hugs with Mickey Mouse greeted visitors to Disneyland in California on Friday as Walt Disney's original theme park reopened for the first time in over a year.</p>.<p>Under coronavirus pandemic guidelines, "The Happiest Place on Earth" was opened only to California residents and capacity was limited to 25% to allow for social distancing.</p>.<p>Guests, age 2 and older, were required to wear face masks and there were none of the usual hugs with costumed characters like Mickey Mouse and Snow White.</p>.<p>There will be no parades, and the nightly fireworks displays have been put on hold to prevent crowds from gathering closely together.</p>.<p>Tickets to Disneyland are sold out through mid-June, according to the park's online reservation system, but there is more availability in the adjacent California Adventure.</p>.<p>Disneyland, located 35 miles south of Los Angeles in Anaheim, opened in 1955.</p>.<p>Walt Disney Co closed its theme parks around the world in March 2020 to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>The company's most-visited resort, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, reopened in July 2020.</p>.<p>Disneyland Paris is currently closed. Disney parks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong are open.</p>
<p>Masks, temperature checks and no hugs with Mickey Mouse greeted visitors to Disneyland in California on Friday as Walt Disney's original theme park reopened for the first time in over a year.</p>.<p>Under coronavirus pandemic guidelines, "The Happiest Place on Earth" was opened only to California residents and capacity was limited to 25% to allow for social distancing.</p>.<p>Guests, age 2 and older, were required to wear face masks and there were none of the usual hugs with costumed characters like Mickey Mouse and Snow White.</p>.<p>There will be no parades, and the nightly fireworks displays have been put on hold to prevent crowds from gathering closely together.</p>.<p>Tickets to Disneyland are sold out through mid-June, according to the park's online reservation system, but there is more availability in the adjacent California Adventure.</p>.<p>Disneyland, located 35 miles south of Los Angeles in Anaheim, opened in 1955.</p>.<p>Walt Disney Co closed its theme parks around the world in March 2020 to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>The company's most-visited resort, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, reopened in July 2020.</p>.<p>Disneyland Paris is currently closed. Disney parks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong are open.</p>