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I'll be honest, I don't know why this post is getting the scorn it is. Nostalgia is a powerful commodity, and our memories are always biased and rose-colored compared to objective reality. I loved, LOVED Horizons, and was devastated when it was torn down. But with distance, I realize it was a...

Hehe, yup, and I'm a big guy! It just reinforces why officials were stressing to stay inside and off the roads even though we were largely spared from the worst weather.

About 15 minutes after I posted this last night, one of the bands came through. I forgot to close the door to my outdoor worshop and could hear it banging around outside. Like an idiot, I went out to secure it and got blown down by a gust. I would not have been wanting to drive on I-4 or the...

For guests, sure. For the CMs they "convinced" to stay, they'll be getting out of work just as the strongest winds and rain come through.

I don't know why other Passholders go crazy about them, either. I suspect it's so they can show off their conspicuous consumption to the peasants that can't afford passes. I don't put mine on my car because they just get stolen, and I don't put them on the fridge because I had one that left a...

That happened to me with Irma.

I was going to say, I went to school that day!

It is a bummer, but they should be accommodating. Hoping you can fit a redo into your schedule.

Fyi, the latest forecast has the eye passing through the Orlando early Wednesday morning, so it's doubtful you'll get to eat in Disney springs Tuesday night or go to the parks on Wednesday.

And CMs.

Yeah, but Disney World will totes have short lines! /s

Rideout crews may be voluntary for hourly guest-facing CMs, but that's certainly not the case for salaried employees or certain operations-critical CMs like maintenance that are needed to get the resort cleaned up and back running as soon as the storm passes. My dad worked in WDW maintenance...

Orlando currently has a 76% probability of TS winds on Tuesday. While Dorian could surprise everyone and take a u-turn out into the Atlantic, it's doubtful. Even with a northern or southern shift, we definitely will be impacted with winds and rain to the point I see no feasible way MCO will be...

Love Publix. Which reminds me, went again on my lunch break and they did not get water restock on their truck overnight like they were supposed to and they don't know if they will be getting anymore before they shut down Sunday afternoon. Still out of many staples including bread, canned tuna...

Buried lines still require above-ground sub stations and transformers, and are suseptable to being severed by uprooted trees. I live in Winter Park, which has been undergoing line burying since we were hit with major line downage in the '04 season. Despite a lot of the grid being underground...

Just want to make a few comments. 1) As a life-ling Orlando resident, I tend to rate storm strength based in how long my home is out of power. When Irma came up the state in '17, she was a Low 1/TS by the time she came through Orlando. I was without power for almost 5 days. Dorian is...

I still wish they had skipped the canopy/outside portion for our version. It might be a visual, kinetic weenie, but it really takes away from the themeing and immersiveness for me. Perfect world, the entire attraction would have been enclosed with the show building themed as an ENCOM research...

I agree, we don't need three threads on Dorian, but I wouldn't call this a "nonstorm," either. It's expected to be at least a TS when it's projected to hit Florida Sunday, and wind intensity models are all over the place right now. Once it gets over the Bahamas, conditions are favorable to...

That actually brings up a good point I've been wondering about since the announcement: will Disney provide busing to this Target, or allow Target to provide a shuttle?