Disney World is a good place to be for riding out the storm. Just make sure you give yourself 24 hours of food in your room. Get some staple supplies to snack on. Peanut butter and Jelly, water bottles etc.
When we stayed for Frances, they closed all the food services for 24 hours and asked...
I rode out Frances (2004 post Charlie) hurricane at Disney World. We went to Epcot next day as all plane flights were cancelled and we couldn't go back to NY for another 24 hours.
The parks were empty. But Frances wasn't that bad of a hurricane. It was a long tropical storm / rain event.
As a DVC member without an annual pass, I find the wording here interesting. I also received the email today.
"Disney Vacation Club® Members: This event is part of Membership Extras, an incidental benefit. Extras are available with eligible ownership interests."
I am hoping its an after hours...
I'm a DVC member and have been since the early 2000's and a local. I am have reduced my visits to Disney World to Moonlight Magic Nights (free park night party perk for DVC members) and perhaps a visit with out of state relatives, rare.
I haven't had a Annual Pass in 4 years now. We bought a...
What's even more horrible is they already had a design that would have fit better. All they had to do was scale it down.
This is the Aulani DVC resort in Hawaii.
It was a lot of points. Due to some family things, we had 500 reservation points that needed to be used.
My son and his girlfriend will really enjoy this experience so to me, it made it a worthy opportunity to have them go.
I called in the afternoon, in hopes of avoiding the morning rush.
Took 40 minutes to get a DVC rep to start the process.
They look up your wanted date, and confirm that you have the points and borrow what is needed.
and take your card for the $95 reservation fee.
Then they put you in queue to...
I'm pretty sure the only reason it exists is for smokers to have a spot to get their fix. I doubt the cast even go out there, other than the cleaning staff.
I don't always get the emails either. I try to keep an eye on the DVC page for these dates.
The link for the queue was put on this page this morning.
https://disneyvacationclub.disney.go.com/discounts-perks-offers/member-events/moonlight-magic/
In the past they had put out all the sign up dates...