With Los Angeles County health officials dropping their indoor face covering policy today, February 25th, Universal Studios Hollywood now no longer requires fully vaccinated guests to wear masks indoors, according to The Orange County Register.
What’s Happening:
- Today, Los Angeles County health officials dropped an indoor mask mandate, but has kept in place a requirement that businesses check for proof of vaccination status.
- As of today, Universal Studios Hollywood no longer requires fully vaccinated visitors to wear masks indoors. Unvaccinated visitors to the park are required to wear masks indoors unless eating or drinking, although there is no enforcement of this policy.
- Meanwhile, L.A. County’s other main theme park, Six Flags Magic Mountain, still requires all visitors regardless of vaccination status to wear masks indoors.
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- Currently there’s no word on when or if the Valencia amusement park plans to change its mask policy.
- Universal and Magic Mountain dropped outdoor mask requirements in mid-February when L.A. County health officials ended the mandate for “mega events.”
- Universal continues to check vaccination status daily while Magic Mountain only does so on select “mandate days” when attendance exceeds 10,000 visitors.
- When the State of California dropped its indoor mask mandate on February 16th, all the other major theme parks in California outside of L.A. County, such as Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and SeaWorld San Diego, dropped their indoor mask mandates.