--- title: Disneyland California: Don't Go Without Measles Vaccine, Say Officials description: California health officials say anyone who hasn't had the MMR shot should avoid Disneyland's California theme parks "for the time being." canonical: https://time.com/3677749/disneyland-california-measles-vaccination/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-22T03:26:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:46:18.273Z article:section: Health og:title: Don't Go to Disneyland, CA Without an MMR Shot og:description: Measles outbreak prompts state epidemiologist to urge the unvaccinated to stay away og:url: https://time.com/3677749/disneyland-california-measles-vaccination/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad89b8907bdfb1e4/69877b3aa988caa23b6ac07c/disney.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: DISNEY PARKS DISNEY SIDE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Don't Go to Disneyland, CA Without an MMR Shot twitter:description: Measles outbreak prompts state epidemiologist to urge the unvaccinated to stay away twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad89b8907bdfb1e4/69877b3aa988caa23b6ac07c/disney.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Don't Go to Disneyland's California Parks If You Haven't Been Vaccinated for Measles by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Jan 22, 2015 3:26 AM UTC  More than 1,000 fans gather for a photo at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. More than 1,000 fans gather for a photo at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.Newsire — AP by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Jan 22, 2015 3:26 AM UTC California state epidemiologist Gil Chavez is calling on anyone who hasn’t had the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to avoid visiting Disneyland’s two California theme parks “for the time being.” State authorities say at least 59 people across California have been diagnosed with the highly infectious, airborne disease since December. “Of the confirmed cases, 42 have been linked to an initial exposure in December at Disneyland or Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California,” [read](http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/NR15-008.aspx) a statement released by the California Department of Public Health on Wednesday. Health officials have also called on any California resident who has not been vaccinated for the disease to consider getting inoculated immediately. _Read next:_ [_Disneyland: The Latest Victim of the Anti-Vaxxers_](http://time.com/3664553/disneyland-measles-antivaxxers/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3677749/disneyland-california-measles-vaccination/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3677749/disneyland-california-measles-vaccination/"},"headline":"Don't Go to Disneyland's California Parks If You Haven't Been Vaccinated for Measles","datePublished":"2015-01-22T03:26:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:46:18.273Z","description":"State health officials say 42 of California's 59 cases are linked to exposure at Disneyland","url":"https://time.com/3677749/disneyland-california-measles-vaccination/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","California","Public Health","Disneyland","health","measles","infectious diseases","vaccination"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad89b8907bdfb1e4/69877b3aa988caa23b6ac07c/disney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad89b8907bdfb1e4/69877b3aa988caa23b6ac07c/disney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DISNEY PARKS DISNEY SIDE","caption":"DISNEY PARKS DISNEY SIDE","creditText":"Newsire — AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3677749/disneyland-california-measles-vaccination/","name":"Don't Go to Disneyland's California Parks If You Haven't Been Vaccinated for Measles"}}]}] ```