In their meeting today, the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force set their recommendations for re-opening guidelines and mandates across multiple forms of business and recreation. Let’s take a look at our summary below:
Restaurant Guidelines:
-Paper/disposable menus
-Encourage takeout orders/online ordering
-Touchless sanitizer at entry
-Phase 1/2 65+ staff encouraged to stay home
Restaurant Mandates:
-Hand sanitizer at every table
-Employees must wear facemasks
-Temperature checks for staff (100.4 must not enter)
-Employees with flu-like symptoms must stay home
-Seated tables must be 6 feet apart
-Bartenders to sanitize after every drink order
-Doors wiped regularly
-Phase 1: Capacity limited to 50%
-Phase 2: Capacity limited to 75%
Hotel Guidelines:
-Limited housekeeping
-Mobile check-in
-Room service stops at the door
-Maintain social distancing guidelines
-Touchless hand sanitizer at entry
-65+ Staff encouraged to stay home
Hotel Mandates:
-Employees must wear facemasks
-Front desk to utilize sneeze guards
-Any sick employees must stay home
-No service items (like coffee mugs/glassware/coffee makers) in guest rooms
-Remove all guest collateral except those for single-use
-No mini bars
-Pool furniture must be arranged in accordance with social distancing guidelines
-Pool gates and pool chairs to be sanitized regularly
-Regular and complete sanitizing of all bell carts, guest key cards, and hotel areas
-Phase 1 & 2: No conferences
Theme Park Guidelines:
-Tape marking 6 feet apart in queue lines
-Regular sanitation
-65+ Staff encouraged to stay home
Theme Park Mandates:
-Employees should wear facemasks
-Touchless hand sanitizer at park gate and each attraction
-Temperature checks for staff
-Phase 1: 50% capacity
-Phase 2: 75% capacity
We don’t have any opening dates yet, and it’s important to remember that this is a working list of guidelines and mandates. It has not been officially implemented as we are still waiting on Governor DeSantis’ input. His “Stay at Home” order will expire on Thursday night. While he has made it clear that he wants to maintain a measured approach to re-opening the state, he has not offered any official guidance on how to do so. He is expected to make a more concrete announcement tomorrow. You can watch the entire meeting below:
