--- description: Six Disneyland employees were among 70 people in California title: Disneyland Asked California to Say Park Was Safe During Measles Outbreak image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd00dc8032a4d078a/69877f155f570f5371b15430/disneyland.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Infectious Disease](/tag/infectious-disease/) ## Infectious Disease Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Disneyland Asked California to Say Park Was Safe During Measles Outbreak, Report Says by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 10:36 PM CUT  Visitors walk towards the Sleeping Beauty Castle during a visit to the Disneyland Paris Resort run by EuroDisney S.C.A in Marne-la-Vallee on Jan. 21, 2015. Visitors walk towards the Sleeping Beauty Castle during a visit to the Disneyland Paris Resort run by EuroDisney S.C.A in Marne-la-Vallee on Jan. 21, 2015.Gonzalo Fuentes—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 10:36 PM CUT Disneyland asked California officials to reassure the public that the amusement park was safe to attend amid the measles outbreak that started there in December, [according to a new report](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FMEASLES%5FOUTBREAK%5FDISNEYLAND?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined"). The Associated Press, citing documents obtained, reports that Disneyland officials sent a series of emails to the California Department of Health and the Orange County Health Care Agency, asking the agencies to make it clear to the public that the park was not responsible for the outbreak, and that vaccinated people could still visit. Six Disneyland employees were among 70 people in California infected during an outbreak that has passed 100 cases in the U.S. A Disneyland spokeswoman told the AP the park was in contact with health officials “in order to ensure that factual and accurate information flowed both ways to avoid confusion and properly inform the public.” [Read more at the Associated Press](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FMEASLES%5FOUTBREAK%5FDISNEYLAND?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3708258/disneyland-meales-outbreak/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3708258/disneyland-meales-outbreak/"},"headline":"Disneyland Asked California to Say Park Was Safe During Measles Outbreak, Report Says","datePublished":"2015-02-12T22:36:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:23:58.564Z","description":"The AP reports Disneyland officials sent emails to officials about language to use when talking about the park, outbreak","url":"https://time.com/3708258/disneyland-meales-outbreak/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd00dc8032a4d078a/69877f155f570f5371b15430/disneyland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd00dc8032a4d078a/69877f155f570f5371b15430/disneyland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Visitors walk towards the Sleeping Beauty Castle during a visit to the Disneyland Paris Resort run by EuroDisney S.C.A in Marne-la-Vallee on Jan. 21, 2015.","caption":"Visitors walk towards the Sleeping Beauty Castle during a visit to the Disneyland Paris Resort run by EuroDisney S.C.A in Marne-la-Vallee on Jan. 21, 2015.","creditText":"Gonzalo Fuentes—Reuters","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/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3708258/disneyland-meales-outbreak/","name":"Disneyland Asked California to Say Park Was Safe During Measles Outbreak, Report Says"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"CDC Urges Parents To Vaccinate Children Against Measles","description":"CDC Urges Parents To Vaccinate Children Against Measles","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/JJyuqpll/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-31T18:39:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JJyuqpll.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3708258/disneyland-meales-outbreak/","duration":"PT19S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3708258/disneyland-meales-outbreak/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```