Disneyland helicopter captures aerial footage of mysterious ‘ghost town’ during coronavirus shutdown – Orange County Register

Disney will fly a helicopter a few hundred feet over the deserted walkways and empty rides of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure to collect aerial images during the coronavirus closures of Anaheim theme parks.

According to Disneyland officials, aerial views captured during a helicopter flyover on Monday, June 29, of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are being collected for future use.

The helicopter will fly as low as 500 feet above Disney theme parks between 10 am and 4 pm on Monday, according to an email sent by Disneyland to residents of the Anaheim area.

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“A helicopter will fly over the Disneyland Resort to collect images for future use,” according to the Disneyland notice. “You may hear or see the helicopter as it flies overhead, sometimes at heights as low as 500 feet.”

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That’s just a few hundred feet above 77-foot-tall Sleeping Beauty Castle, 87-foot-tall Splash Mountain and 147-foot-tall Bobsleds Matterhorn. Disneyland did not specify how the aerial images would be used.

“We are very curious about what this flight might be for,” according to MiceChat. “We hope there will be a special video soon.”

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Walt Disney World conducted similar helicopter flybys of its four Florida theme parks in mid-June, according to WDW News Today.

A helicopter flew over Disney World theme parks in a grid pattern using a Lidar laser scan capable of making 3-D maps of the empty parks, according to Blog Mickey, a Disney parks news website.