The pandemic has drastically reduced attendance at Disney parks.

As the summer ends and the COVID-19 pandemic keeps many from considering entering theme parks, Disney has experienced notable financial losses. In the first three months of the year, Disney saw its theme park profits drop by an unprecedented 91%. The surge of the coronavirus in Florida, along with the ongoing fires in California, have made operating parks like Disney World and Disneyland especially difficult. In an effort to mitigate these costs, Disney will be enacting sweeping layoffs.

Disney, specifically their Parks, Experiences and Products division, announced that they will be laying off 28,000 of their employees, with approximately 67% of these layoffs being part-time workers.

“As difficult as this decision is today, we believe that the steps we are taking will enable us to emerge a more effective and efficient operation when we return to normal,” Disney Parks chairman Josh D’Amaro said in a statement. He added that Disney’s employees have been the “key to our success, playing a valued and important role in delivering a world-class experience.”

“We look forward to providing opportunities where we can for them to return,” he said.

“As you can imagine, a decision of this magnitude is not easy,” D’Amaro wrote in a memo to employees obtained by CNN Business. “We’ve cut expenses, suspended capital projects, furloughed our cast members while still paying benefits, and modified our operations to run as efficiently as possible, however, we simply cannot responsibly stay fully staffed while operating at such limited capacity.”

Disney’s currently open parks are still operating at a reduced capacity with strict health checks on site.