Universal Studios’ Crowds Look Severely Thin After Reopening

Park guests arrive at the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando on June 5.Photographer: Zack Wittman/Bloomberg
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Comcast Corp.’s Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure reopened in Florida last week, but the public’s willingness to ride Doctor Doom’s Fearfall is still eclipsed by concerns about the coronavirus.

Mobile-phone signals emanating from the parks suggest crowds were about a fifth of what was seen at the same time last year, according to SafeGraph data.