Depressing pictures show Disney World looking completely empty – as theme park stays shut due to coronavirus

DISNEY theme parks around the world remain closed after they all shut their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sad images haves revealed the empty Disney World theme park – one of only a handful of times its has been closed in its 48-year history.

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Eerie pictures reveal the empty Disney World due to coronavirusCredit: Reuters

The park was forced to close on March 16 and is likely to remain closed until at least next monthCredit: Getty Images – Getty

The theme parks are usually open 365 days a year, even on Christmas Day.

However, Disney World was forced to close earlier this month as the virus continues to spread across the globe.

Pictures of the park taken by drone show all of the closed rides with no guests or staff working.

Disney Blizzard Beach and Toy Story Land are seen with empty streets while the always-busy Millennium Falcon spaceship at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge inside Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme has no-one around.

Car parks are empty, monorail trains have stopped and all of the vendors and stores are closed.

The golf course is also empty with no sports-goers able to visitCredit: Getty Images – Getty

The car parks are also empty with a drop in people driving near the resort, with empty roadsCredit: Getty Images – Getty

The new Star Wars attraction has been busy with queues and crowds since it first openedCredit: Reuters

While there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus at the park, numbers in Florida continue to riseCredit: Getty Images – Getty

Blizzard Beach has no guests, somewhere very busy in the summer monthsCredit: Reuters

An AT-AT walker looms over empty streets at the Star Tours attractionCredit: Reuters

The park has only closed a handful of times before - due to hurricanes and 9/11 — The park has only closed a handful of times before – due to hurricanes and 9/11Credit: Getty Images – Getty

Disney World was forced to close on March 16 with plans to open at the end of the month, although this date is likely to be pushed back.

Guests who bought tickets before March 16 and are arriving before December 31 will be able to extend their ticket to September 30, 2021. The ticket will update automatically.

The park has only had to close a number of times since it opened in 1971.

It first closed in 1999, 28 years after opening, due to Category 4 Hurricane Floyd, and closed again in 2001 following 9/11.

Other closures took place in 2004, 2016, 2017 and 2019 due to hurricanes.

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A video shows the last family to leave Disney World after they were applauded by staff ahead of the park closing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The emotional moment caught the final guests as they departed before the world-famous park closed for at least two weeks.

The Porter family told ViralHog: “As we were walking to our shuttle, the entire staff lined up outside of the hotel to wave goodbye to my family and thank us for being a part of history.

“It was an amazing experience.”

Emotional moment final family to leave Disney World in Florida before coronavirus lockdown are applauded by staff

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