WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR. KELSI: FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS, DISNEY WORLD HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE WORLD. THE PARKS EMPTY HOTELS VACANT AND DISNEY SPRINGS DESERTED. BUT ON THURSDAY, A GLIMMER OF HOPE. DISNEY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED DISNEY SPRINGS WILL BEGIN A PHASED REOPENING MAY 20. ON THAT DATE, OFFICIALS SAY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS WILL REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE REST OF DISNEY WORLD, INCLUDING THE HOTELS AND PARKS, WILL REMAIN CLOSED. IN A STATEMENT, DISNEY SPRINGS VICE PRESIDENT MATT SIMON WROTE THE REOPENING WILL INCORPORATE SEVERAL SAFETY MEASURES, INCLUDING INCREASED CLEANINGS, HAVING CAST MEMBERS AND GUESTS WEAR MASKS, AND LIMITING PERSON-TO-PERSON CONTACT. OFFICIALS SAY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALLOWED IN WILL ALSO BE LIMITED, AND STORE’S HOURS SHORTENED. MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED CLOSER TO MAY 20. THURSDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUST DAYS AFTER DISNEY ANNOUNCED SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND WILL REOPEN MAY 11. THAT IS THE FIRST DISNEY PARK TO REOPEN AFTER THE COMPANY SHUT DOWN ITS PARKS WORLDWIDE AMID CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS. DISNEYTOWN, SHANGHAI’S EQUIVALENT OF DISNEY SPRINGS, REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC BACK IN MARCH. WHAT HAPPENS IN SHANGHAI COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE AS TO WHAT TO EXPECT HERE IN DISNEY WORLD. DISNEY OFFICIALS HAVE NOT GIVEN A SPECIFIC REOPENING DATE BUT THEY SAY WHEN THEY DO, EXPECT TO SEE SIMILAR SAFETY PROTOCOLS AS