Blizzard Beach closed Nov 1 due to cold weather

[Tom Morrow]

I'm a Brit and we're a 'hardy' bunch I can tell you. I'm always amazed in Florida to see guests and cm's in Disney wearing jumpers, coats, hats and gloves etc when the temperatures drop to what we would call warm.

Part of this is its an excuse to wear clothes we normally can't wear.

 

[mergatroid]

Part of thos is its an excuse to wear clothes we normally can't wear.

Likewise there's not many times in England that shorts are an option, so when in Orlando I'm wearing them come what may! I'll always remember December 25th 1999 and my first ever Christmas day in Disney. Got up early at our place near Haines City and the sky was blue with the sun coming up but it felt cold. "It'll warm up later when the sun rises" I told myself "look at the lovely blue cloudless sky, shorts and a t-shirt will do".

Well I got to the MK and felt a very cold breeze as I first travelled on the tram from the parking lot. I then enjoyed that lovely feeling of cold air whipping against my bare legs and arms as I stood on the monorail station platform noticing not one other idiot was wearing shorts. By the time I'd hit Main St I'd been approached by two strangers, one asking me "Are you ok dressed like that sir" and the other saying "Are you expecting a heatwave today buddy" whilst laughing at me. By Tomorrowland I was wondering whether you could buy jeans or long trousers in the park and thinking "It's not going to warm up is it you moron" and it didn't. I got some comfort by standing near heaters they'd put out in the shops in Tomorrowland it was that chilly, again still not seeing anybody else stupid enough to wear shorts.

By 10:30am with the crowds crazy and my body telling me it was going to shut down and stop working if I didn't warm up, I decided to leave and go home to some warmth. My one comfort as I left was I did indeed spot somebody else wearing shorts walking into the park. I actually shouted to the guy "Yay shorts too" and went to high five him as we passed and guess what, he was British also

 

[wdwstateofmind]

Part of this is its an excuse to wear clothes we normally can't wear.

Come on and admit it. You know once you live in Florida for at least a year that anything below 60 is cold...I'm not saying it's not welcomed, but it's cold. I can't imagine that standing there in the cold having to listen to the millionth person lie at a fastpass+ entrance about something you told them an hour ago when you weren't even working just to get on isn't making things much warmer.