News Round Up 2017

[dkellumw]

MK was dead Friday afternoon the day before Frances hit in 2004.

 

[SureAsLiz]

MK was dead Friday afternoon the day before Frances hit in 2004.

Very similar to what it looked like yesterday afternoon

 

[Tiffany_m15]

We are leaving WDW today and this flyer came in our door.

 

[AnnaKat]

Flight of Passage was a walk on tonight. That's how empty the parks were.

Now That's one for the history books.
Glad for the Park attenders

 

[Tiffany_m15]

Flight of Passage was a walk on tonight. That's how empty the parks were.

What time was that? We were there at 8:15 and it was 120 minutes...must have missed it.

 

[rteetz]

What time was that? We were there at 8:15 and it was 120 minutes...must have missed it.

Not sure but I saw it reported on twitter that it was a walk on with a picture of the queue not having a lot of people.

 

[rteetz]

Disney has removed the tinker bell line on Cinderella Castle

http://blogmickey.com/2017/09/photos-tinker-bell-line-removed-cinderella-castle-hurricane-irma/

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Magic Kingdom Update: Splash Mountain Closure and More (PART 1)

 

[soniam]

Flight of Passage was a walk on tonight. That's how empty the parks were.

I have to say. I wouldn't mind being there right now. I always feel like I eat too much at Disney anyway, so a couple of days of "mild" fasting would be welcome. Anyway, we usually have a bunch of garbage and snacks, like bars, candy, and beef jerky. There will be some decent wind, but I think for the most part the hotels and parks will be fine. They may lose power for a bit though. Heck, we finally just got gas supplies in Austin on Thursday from Harvey. I had to drive the car I don't drive much, since it had the most gas. I did finally find gas on Tuesday night, but I had to drive around a while.

Keep safe everyone

 

[rteetz]

I have to say. I wouldn't mind being there right now. I always feel like I eat too much at Disney anyway, so a couple of days of "mild" fasting would be welcome. Anyway, we usually have a bunch of garbage and snacks, like bars, candy, and beef jerky. There will be some decent wind, but I think for the most part the hotels and parks will be fine. They may lose power for a bit though. Heck, we finally just got gas supplies in Austin on Thursday from Harvey. I had to drive the car I don't drive much, since it had the most gas. I did finally find gas on Tuesday night, but I had to drive around a while.

Keep safe everyone

If there was anywhere I would want to be during a hurricane it would be WDW. Many people living in the area even left their homes and booked stays at the resorts for the hurricane duration.

 

[mum22girlz]

If there was anywhere I would want to be during a hurricane it would be WDW. Many people living in the area even left their homes and booked stays at the resorts for the hurricane duration.

I checked out of the GF yesterday and made one of the last flights out of MCO. The lady in front of me at the check-in desk was from Sarasoata. She was trying to get rooms lined up for her extended family so they would be safe. I don't know if she was successful or not.

Epcot was the slowest I've seen it on Friday. It was almost eerie how few people were there. I used my FP for Frozen and ended up just canceling the others.

 

[dclpluto]

I have to say. I wouldn't mind being there right now. I always feel like I eat too much at Disney anyway, so a couple of days of "mild" fasting would be welcome. Anyway, we usually have a bunch of garbage and snacks, like bars, candy, and beef jerky. There will be some decent wind, but I think for the most part the hotels and parks will be fine. They may lose power for a bit though. Heck, we finally just got gas supplies in Austin on Thursday from Harvey. I had to drive the car I don't drive much, since it had the most gas. I did finally find gas on Tuesday night, but I had to drive around a while.

Keep safe everyone

Disney has great prices for a buffet at my resort bwv today. 15 dollars for lunch and dinner 12 dollars for breakfast. That's for adults kids are cheaper. So your couple days of eating lite if you were here might not happen.

 

[osully]

hoping everything goes OK for anyone who is stuck there right now. best place to be stuck really!

 

[danikoski]

If there was anywhere I would want to be during a hurricane it would be WDW. Many people living in the area even left their homes and booked stays at the resorts for the hurricane duration.

Considering the shorter time the West coast of Florida had to evacuate, if I was in their shoes, I'd definitely look to Disney. Apparently they are also housing a lot of the work crews for electric and such.

 

[rteetz]

Considering the shorter time the West coast of Florida had to evacuate, if I was in their shoes, I'd definitely look to Disney. Apparently they are also housing a lot of the work crews for electric and such.

Yep, Epcot is a staging area for utility crews.

 

[Capang]

Considering the shorter time the West coast of Florida had to evacuate, if I was in their shoes, I'd definitely look to Disney. Apparently they are also housing a lot of the work crews for electric and such.

Sorry, I know, I had some family leave Tampa last minute and make it to Disney but not sure which resort. Glad Disney is so accommodating to locals and vacationers alike. All the reports so far seem to have things going smoothly at the resorts. Hopefully as conditions worsen things continue to go smoothly there. I also have elderly family that refused to evacuate hunkered down at their house in Ft. Myers. Right on the water.

 

[umichigan10]

Sorry, I know, I had some family leave Tampa last minute and make it to Disney but not sure which resort. Glad Disney is so accommodating to locals and vacationers alike. All the reports so far seem to have things going smoothly at the resorts. Hopefully as conditions worsen things continue to go smoothly there. I also have elderly family that refused to evacuate hunkered down at their house in Ft. Myers. Right on the water.

I have grandparents south of Sarasota and an uncle in Bradenton who I'm thinking of. Luckily none of them are on the water but my uncles got a second floor apartment so hopefully the roof stays attatched

 

[jlundeen]

Is it just me or are the Disney Mobile app and the entire website down? Storm related???

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Is it just me or are the Disney Mobile app and the entire website down? Storm related???

Both are working just fine for me. The website was slow yesterday but the app worked just perfectly fine .

I would assume it's traffic on the website and/or traffic on the app that could cause slowness and whatnot. I experienced "Stitch ate the page" stuff on Friday especially when people seem to be saying left and right they were trying to cancel their vacations.

 

[brnrss34]

Is it just me or are the Disney Mobile app and the entire website down? Storm related???

I got into both no problem