Disney this long weekend

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Anonymous wrote:We’re supposed to be flying in Thursday night. We just booked a refundable Friday morning flight, as we expect the Thursday night flight will be cancelled.

The weather looks completely clear in Orlando after Thursday afternoon.

The weather is the least of your problems. Bring your tent and generator

exactly.

Extremely rare for WDW to lose power, even in previous bad storms.

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Anonymous wrote:Not exactly the same but sort of reminds me of hurricane Charley in 2004 that went across the state hitting Orlando. I believe the parks only closed for one day, which is pretty miraculous, considering all the damage in central Florida from that storm. I think a bigger issue depending on when travel is- is the ability to get there.

I think you're spot on, Disney will be up and running by this weekend.

It doesnt mean you should go.

This. It’s just gross.

No it isn’t. Once an area is determined to be fully operational, businesses would actually like to conduct business. Otherwise, they would stay closed.

The business owners , absolutely!!!! Money!!! The thousands of Disney employees who would like to tend to their destroyed homes and help their neighbors find their missing pets? Not so much. If numbers at the parks stay low, more employees can stay home and actually recover their lives.

This seems a little naive. I mean, disney is I think the largest tax payer in Florida. Florida runs off the back of disney so a prolonged disney shutdown is not positive for the finances that the state will need for ongoing relief and rebuilding. And I’m not at all sure that the disney employees will be in this situation — if it weee Sarasota, yes, absolutely. But it’s 50/50 whether Orlando is gojng to have a major problem or not. Disney has a lot of hourly employees that would like to work inless there’s a real reason not to. As we saw with Covid, forced shutdowns are not necessarily what the workers want.

My adult dc castmember at Disney is currently hiding in their bathroom under a tornado warning.

Tornados are isolated though. The latest hurricane track is well south of Orlando and the northern side of the storm is the calmer side so that's good news.

Sigh...look, I've been glued to the weather for days here. You don't know what you're talking about. The north side brings the torrential rains, and that area is flood prone. 'Calm' is not an accurate despcription.

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Anonymous wrote:Not exactly the same but sort of reminds me of hurricane Charley in 2004 that went across the state hitting Orlando. I believe the parks only closed for one day, which is pretty miraculous, considering all the damage in central Florida from that storm. I think a bigger issue depending on when travel is- is the ability to get there.

I think you're spot on, Disney will be up and running by this weekend.

It doesnt mean you should go.

This. It’s just gross.

No it isn’t. Once an area is determined to be fully operational, businesses would actually like to conduct business. Otherwise, they would stay closed.

The business owners , absolutely!!!! Money!!! The thousands of Disney employees who would like to tend to their destroyed homes and help their neighbors find their missing pets? Not so much. If numbers at the parks stay low, more employees can stay home and actually recover their lives.

This seems a little naive. I mean, disney is I think the largest tax payer in Florida. Florida runs off the back of disney so a prolonged disney shutdown is not positive for the finances that the state will need for ongoing relief and rebuilding. And I’m not at all sure that the disney employees will be in this situation — if it weee Sarasota, yes, absolutely. But it’s 50/50 whether Orlando is gojng to have a major problem or not. Disney has a lot of hourly employees that would like to work inless there’s a real reason not to. As we saw with Covid, forced shutdowns are not necessarily what the workers want.

My adult dc castmember at Disney is currently hiding in their bathroom under a tornado warning.

Tornados are isolated though. The latest hurricane track is well south of Orlando and the northern side of the storm is the calmer side so that's good news.

Sigh...look, I've been glued to the weather for days here. You don't know what you're talking about. The north side brings the torrential rains, and that area is flood prone. 'Calm' is not an accurate despcription.

Weather Channel's most recent update is only showing 3-5 inches for SW Orange County where Disney is.
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-10-09-hurricane-milton-forecast-landfall-florida-storm-surge-wind

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Anonymous wrote:Not exactly the same but sort of reminds me of hurricane Charley in 2004 that went across the state hitting Orlando. I believe the parks only closed for one day, which is pretty miraculous, considering all the damage in central Florida from that storm. I think a bigger issue depending on when travel is- is the ability to get there.

I think you're spot on, Disney will be up and running by this weekend.

It doesnt mean you should go.

This. It’s just gross.

No it isn’t. Once an area is determined to be fully operational, businesses would actually like to conduct business. Otherwise, they would stay closed.

The business owners , absolutely!!!! Money!!! The thousands of Disney employees who would like to tend to their destroyed homes and help their neighbors find their missing pets? Not so much. If numbers at the parks stay low, more employees can stay home and actually recover their lives.

This seems a little naive. I mean, disney is I think the largest tax payer in Florida. Florida runs off the back of disney so a prolonged disney shutdown is not positive for the finances that the state will need for ongoing relief and rebuilding. And I’m not at all sure that the disney employees will be in this situation — if it weee Sarasota, yes, absolutely. But it’s 50/50 whether Orlando is gojng to have a major problem or not. Disney has a lot of hourly employees that would like to work inless there’s a real reason not to. As we saw with Covid, forced shutdowns are not necessarily what the workers want.

My adult dc castmember at Disney is currently hiding in their bathroom under a tornado warning.

Tornados are isolated though. The latest hurricane track is well south of Orlando and the northern side of the storm is the calmer side so that's good news.

Sigh...look, I've been glued to the weather for days here. You don't know what you're talking about. The north side brings the torrential rains, and that area is flood prone. 'Calm' is not an accurate despcription.

Weather Channel's most recent update is only showing 3-5 inches for SW Orange County where Disney is.
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-10-09-hurricane-milton-forecast-landfall-florida-storm-surge-wind

Oh ok, you should run right to the airport.

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Anonymous wrote:Not exactly the same but sort of reminds me of hurricane Charley in 2004 that went across the state hitting Orlando. I believe the parks only closed for one day, which is pretty miraculous, considering all the damage in central Florida from that storm. I think a bigger issue depending on when travel is- is the ability to get there.

I think you're spot on, Disney will be up and running by this weekend.

It doesnt mean you should go.

This. It’s just gross.

No it isn’t. Once an area is determined to be fully operational, businesses would actually like to conduct business. Otherwise, they would stay closed.

The business owners , absolutely!!!! Money!!! The thousands of Disney employees who would like to tend to their destroyed homes and help their neighbors find their missing pets? Not so much. If numbers at the parks stay low, more employees can stay home and actually recover their lives.

This seems a little naive. I mean, disney is I think the largest tax payer in Florida. Florida runs off the back of disney so a prolonged disney shutdown is not positive for the finances that the state will need for ongoing relief and rebuilding. And I’m not at all sure that the disney employees will be in this situation — if it weee Sarasota, yes, absolutely. But it’s 50/50 whether Orlando is gojng to have a major problem or not. Disney has a lot of hourly employees that would like to work inless there’s a real reason not to. As we saw with Covid, forced shutdowns are not necessarily what the workers want.

My adult dc castmember at Disney is currently hiding in their bathroom under a tornado warning.

Tornados are isolated though. The latest hurricane track is well south of Orlando and the northern side of the storm is the calmer side so that's good news.

Sigh...look, I've been glued to the weather for days here. You don't know what you're talking about. The north side brings the torrential rains, and that area is flood prone. 'Calm' is not an accurate despcription.

Weather Channel's most recent update is only showing 3-5 inches for SW Orange County where Disney is.
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-10-09-hurricane-milton-forecast-landfall-florida-storm-surge-wind

The link you posted also shows a NOAA 'high risk flood threat' for Orlando. You didn't scroll down, did you?

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Ugh, after turning south it now looks to be turning north again and traveling a little faster than previously forecast.

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Disney will be 100% operational by Friday. I hope your bags are packed and ready to go.

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Anonymous wrote:Disney will be 100% operational by Friday. I hope your bags are packed and ready to go.

I know this is sarcasm but I still think Disney will open sometime on Friday. OP already cancelled.

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Anonymous wrote:Disney will be 100% operational by Friday. I hope your bags are packed and ready to go.

I know this is sarcasm but I still think Disney will open sometime on Friday. OP already cancelled.

Yes, the Disney island will most likely open. Getting to it if you're not already there will be the problem. Do they have kayak parking?

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Anonymous wrote:Not exactly the same but sort of reminds me of hurricane Charley in 2004 that went across the state hitting Orlando. I believe the parks only closed for one day, which is pretty miraculous, considering all the damage in central Florida from that storm. I think a bigger issue depending on when travel is- is the ability to get there.

I think you're spot on, Disney will be up and running by this weekend.

It doesnt mean you should go.

DP. Why not? The state will need to replenish its accounts after all they are spending to help and clean up. Go to Florida and spend money, help the cause.

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Looks like Orlando will get about 7 inches of rain when it’s all said and done.

Looks like gusts up to 40 MPH today and 50 MPH tomorrow.

My guess is things in Orlando will more or less be back to normal by Friday afternoon.

Tampa is a very different story, obviously.

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Anonymous wrote:Disney will be 100% operational by Friday. I hope your bags are packed and ready to go.

I know this is sarcasm but I still think Disney will open sometime on Friday. OP already cancelled.

Yes, the Disney island will most likely open. Getting to it if you're not already there will be the problem. Do they have kayak parking?

It will be interesting to see what happens.

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Anonymous wrote:Disney will be 100% operational by Friday. I hope your bags are packed and ready to go.

I know this is sarcasm but I still think Disney will open sometime on Friday. OP already cancelled.

DP here. We're keeping our plans in place. We'll make a go/no-go tomorrow evening, as the situation will be a lot clearer by then.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else canceling because of hurricane Milton!? Looks like it might be going right through Orlando Wed/Thurs.

I would cancel. Orlando will be open but there will be a lot of evacuated Floridians in Orlando. If you cancel your airline seats will go to aid workers and blue collar workers flying into the state for relief.

Why do you thikn aid workers are flying in? They need their equipment so they go in convoys by road.

Maryland has a search and rescue team in place sent to the area. They all drove so they have their equipment with them.

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Orlando airport said they will update later today on when they will be open again for flights. Our airline let us check in online for our flight tomorrow.

Disney has announced their theme parks will be open as usual tomorrow.