It is far from a full reopening, but workers for the pandemic-closed Disneyland theme park may find some small measure of relief as the park is recalling several furloughed workers after parts of the theme park were allowed to reopen.

The Hollywood Reporter says that with the reopening of the Downtown Disney shopping and dining districts of Disneyland, the theme park’s management is now calling back hundreds of furloughed workers to man the districts.

While the area where Disneyland is located has not yet reached the Tier 4 “Yellow” classification that California requires for theme parks to reopen, it is in the tier that allows for indoor shopping and outdoor dining. This is how the park was able to reopen its shopping and dining districts.

With the reopening of the shopping and dining districts, the Disneyland food and beverage union Workers United Local 50 has notified more than 200 members that they can already return to work. 

Even if the possibility of reopening Disneyland is still pretty far-off, The Orange County Register reports that the theme park is ensuring that it will be able to reopen smoothly once the government gives the go signal.

The newspaper says the park has 23,000 health and safety measures prepared to ensure that the venue does not become a coronavirus hotspot. These measures include thousands of warning signs, protective barriers, and sanitation stations for guests and staff.

Whether Disneyland and other California theme parks will be able to reopen at all, however, is a different question. Last week, Ken Potrock, president of Disneyland Resort, called out the California government and described their prescribed guidelines as “arbitrary” and “unworkable.”

Potrock insisted in a released statement that the theme park can safely reopen, citing as examples other successful reopenings like Disney World in Florida and Hong Kong Disneyland.

Even several Disneyland unions asserted that the theme park could be safely reopened in a letter sent to California governor Gavin Newsom. The letter cited the theme park’s testing program and social distancing measures and theme park ventilation and the provision of PPEs.

According to Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu, the theme park's continued closure also comes with crushing economic effects. Research from Cal State Fullerton estimates that the Anaheim and Southern California economy receives $8.5 billion from the theme park.

Currently, the Oct. 29 update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States at 8,752,794 people. Deaths caused by COVID-19 are now at 225,985 people.