--- title: Disney World Pauses Vaccine Mandate for Employees description: Walt Disney World in Orlando has stopped mandating vaccines for its cast members and employees, according to a local TV report. canonical: https://time.com/6122271/disney-world-pauses-mandate/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-11-21T17:45:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T10:34:00.090Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Disney World Pauses Vaccine Mandate for Employees og:description: Those who aren’t vaccinated will be required to wear face masks and practice social distancing, Fox 35 reported og:url: https://time.com/6122271/disney-world-pauses-mandate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbce10405b33a6a2e/698a1ff601168232e3981468/Disney.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BIZ-DISNEY-50TH-CELEBRATION-2-OS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Disney World Pauses Vaccine Mandate for Employees twitter:description: Those who aren’t vaccinated will be required to wear face masks and practice social distancing, Fox 35 reported twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbce10405b33a6a2e/698a1ff601168232e3981468/Disney.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Disney World Pauses Vaccine Mandate for Employees by [Josyana Joshua / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Josyana Joshua / Bloomberg Nov 21, 2021 5:45 PM CUT  Crowds fill Main Street USA in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom on the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Oct. 1, 2021. Crowds fill Main Street USA in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom on the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Oct. 1, 2021.Joe Burbank—Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/ Getty Images) by [Josyana Joshua / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Josyana Joshua / Bloomberg Nov 21, 2021 5:45 PM CUT Bloomberg — Walt Disney World in Orlando has stopped mandating vaccines for its cast members and employees, according to a local TV report.A spokesperson for resort complex declined to comment on the specific changes to its vaccine mandate, which was first [reported](https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/source-disney-world-puts-pause-on-covid-vaccine-mandate "undefined") by Fox 35 in Orlando. “We believe that our approach to mandatory vaccines has been the right one as we’ve continued to focus on the safety and well-being of our Cast Members and Guests,” the spokesperson said in an email. “At this point, more than 90 percent of active Florida-based Cast Members have already verified that they are fully vaccinated.” Those who aren’t vaccinated will be required to wear face masks and practice social distancing, Fox 35 reported. The decision comes just days after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation that would restrict Covid vaccine mandates by employers. DeSantis has been adamantly against vaccine and mask mandates throughout the pandemic. Nick Catuano, a cast member at Disney World, told Fox 35 he and other cast members received an internal memo notifying them of the pause. 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