Today marks World Health Day – a day traditionally honored by celebrating nurses, doctors and healthcare teams who work tirelessly to keep us all healthy. This year, these professionals are the front line of defense in a global pandemic, providing much needed care to communities around the world. In honor of World Health Day, Disney Parks are uniting across the globe with a message of thanks and appreciation to celebrate the brave healthcare providers who are helping so many.
The celebration kicked off at Shanghai Disney Resort, Shanghai Disney Resort Celebrates World Health Day By Showing Gratitude To Medical Professionals for medical professionals all over the world.
On behalf of the cast members at Hong Kong Disneyland, Disney Ambassador Melody shared a special symbol of appreciation.
For a moment of inspiration, Tokyo Disney Resort shared wonderful images from both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, with a heartfelt thanks to healthcare workers.
At Disneyland Paris, a floral arrangement of “Merci” was displayed in front of the castle.
Cinderella Castle shined blue, as a beacon of hope and gratitude. Magic Kingdom cast members created their own moment of thanks on Main Street U.S.A.
At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Dr. Mark Penning – Vice President of Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment team – shared a special “thank you” from his entire team of animal caregivers, scientists and environmental specialists.
At Disneyland Resort, Custodial cast members expressed their heartfelt gratitude at the “Storytellers” statue and at Paradise Gardens Park in Disney California Adventure.
Shining brightly on behalf of all of the Disney Stores around the world, a heartfelt message of thanks lit up the billboards above the Disney Store in Times Square in New York City.
At Castaway Cay, there was a special island appreciation shared from Disney Cruise Line, spelling the words “thank you” using flip flops.
As an expression of gratitude, the cast members at Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa shared a heartfelt “mahalo” message.
Over at Walt Disney Imagineering, a fitting “thank you” was shared for medical professionals all over the world.
Very nice. Thank you. Hang in there, everybody!
Thank you for sharing and thank you Disney! As a home health worker, it is really nice to be appreciated. Often times we go unnoticed even in the health care industry. This has been a scary time for many of our patients as they are elderly, home bound, and often live alone. Their families are keeping their distance as much as possible to prevent getting their loved ones sick. We are allowing them to continue to receive care in their homes and preventing the need to go to drs or hospitals when possible which could increase their risk of exposure. Many if us are going out of our way to help with other things that their families would normally do.
This nurse’s family wishes Disney would show their appreciation by refunding the tickets we had for a single day at the park that we couldn’t use because Disney closed. Now the stress of battling the corona virus gets the added stress of losing over $500 to Disney because they are okay with keeping money for services not rendered. Terrible.