--- description: Nine people have contracted Legionnaire's disease after visiting Disneyland in September. The park shut down water towers due to bacteria. title: 9 People Contracted Legionnaire's After Visiting Disneyland image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb62583fd693643ea/6988e5818fd2ee9fa93599b0/disneyland-legionnaires-disease.jpeg?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 * [California](/tag/california/) ## California Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 9 People Contract Legionnaire's Disease After Visiting Disneyland  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Nov 11, 2017 7:40 PM CUT  Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California. Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California.Peter Bischoff—Getty Images  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Nov 11, 2017 7:40 PM CUT Nine people have contracted Legionnaire’s disease after visiting Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Disneyland voluntarily shut down two water cooling towers in one of its backstage areas after discovering they contained high levels of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s, [according to the Orange County _Register_](http://www.ocregister.com/2017/11/10/oc-health-care-agency-is-investigating-source-of-legionnaires-disease-in-anaheim-disneyland-could-be-a-possibility/ "undefined"). The towers were chemically treated to combat the problem, and there is no ongoing threat to guests’ health, the _Register_ reports. Legionnaire’s Disease is a serious lung infection most often caused by inhaling microscopic water droplets tainted by the bacteria legionella. It typically strikes the elderly and people with compromised immune systems, and can be fatal, [according to the Mayo Clinic](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/legionnaires-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20351747 "undefined"). Twelve cases of the disease have been reported in the Anaheim area; among those, eight people had visited Disneyland in September and one worked there, the _Register_ reports. One person, who had not visited Disneyland, died from the disease. The victims’ ages range from 52 to 94. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5020468/legionnaires-disease-disneyland/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5020468/legionnaires-disease-disneyland/"},"headline":"9 People Contract Legionnaire's Disease After Visiting Disneyland","datePublished":"2017-11-11T19:40:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:12:32.729Z","description":"The park shut down two bacteria-laden water cooling towers","url":"https://time.com/5020468/legionnaires-disease-disneyland/","keywords":["California","Disneyland","health","onetime","healthytime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb62583fd693643ea/6988e5818fd2ee9fa93599b0/disneyland-legionnaires-disease.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb62583fd693643ea/6988e5818fd2ee9fa93599b0/disneyland-legionnaires-disease.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cinderellas Schlo?, 'Disneyland Resort', Anaheim bei Los Angeles","caption":"Cinderellas Schlo?, 'Disneyland Resort', Anaheim bei Los Angeles","creditText":"Peter Bischoff—Getty Images","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/california/","name":"California"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5020468/legionnaires-disease-disneyland/","name":"9 People Contract Legionnaire's Disease After Visiting Disneyland"}}]}] ```