Several days ago, following a night of protests in Orlando, Orange County Mayor Jerry Dennings and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer had put in place a curfew from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am. Moments ago, a tweet from Orange County announced that the curfew has been lifted, effective immediately.
What’s Happening:
- A curfew for Orange County that was put in place as a preventative measure in response to a night of protests in Orlando on May 31st has been lifted, effective immediately.
- The curfew was put in place after protestors blacked part of State Road 408, requiring law enforcement to use tear gas to open the road back up.
- A crowd of protestors also gathered outside of the Orlando Police Department where some protestors threw rocks, bottles, and concrete at police officers.
- Some local businesses were also broken into with two arrests being made according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.
- The curfew was in place nightly from 10:00 PM – 5:00 AM. Days after it was implemented, the curfew for the downtown corridor was also modified so it would be in effect from 8:00 PM – 5:00 AM. That modification was changed recently, and as of moments ago, the entire curfew has been lifted.
- This curfew also affected the operations of both Universal CityWalk and Disney Springs, which had previously reopened after being closed for months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Because of the curfew, team members and cast members had to be allotted enough time to get home, forcing the shopping and dining destinations to close earlier than their originally announced hours.
- Disney Springs has confirmed that they will return to their originally announced reopening operating hours (closing at 10:00 PM), and it is anticipated that CityWalk will do the same now that the curfew has been lifted.
UPDATE:
- 7:15 PM EST: Disney Springs has confirmed that they will resume their original reopening operating hours, closing at 10:00 PM beginning tonight.