5 Places That Went From Packed to Empty After Coronavirus

1. Walt Disney World, Florida — From Thousands of Visitors to Almost Nobody

Few places depend on crowds more than Disney World. Aerial photographs of Magic Kingdom taken shortly before its closure show visitors filling Main Street U.S.A., the plaza around Cinderella Castle and the park’s walkways. Then came March 2020. Walt Disney World closed on March 16 as the pandemic accelerated across the United States. Aerial footage taken that same day showed an almost surreal sight: the Magic Kingdom without its crowds. Main Street was empty, the usually packed plaza was deserted and attractions sat motionless. Disney World had gone from one of the world’s most recognizable symbols of mass tourism to something resembling a ghost town almost overnight.