Hurricane Ian expected to impact Florida (updates and related discussions)

[TTA94]

Very typical for central FL to be in the cone of a potential dangerous hurricane at first, gets everyone in a frenzy, then the hurricane ends up shifting and central Florida gets little to no impacts.

 

[Touchdown]

Very typical for central FL to be in the cone of a potential dangerous hurricane at first, gets everyone in a frenzy, then the hurricane ends up shifting and central Florida gets little to no impacts.

Don’t jinx it yet!

 

[Lilofan]

Very typical for central FL to be in the cone of a potential dangerous hurricane at first, gets everyone in a frenzy, then the hurricane ends up shifting and central Florida gets little to no impacts.

Never let your guard down when the cone is 200 miles or wider than the state of FL. If you would never experienced prep , ride out the storm and post clean up repair you won’t understand.

 

[TTA94]

Tropical Tidbits shows Ian not even hitting FL at all now. Of course I don’t know how reliable that site is.

 

[Touchdown]

Tropical Tidbits shows Ian not even hitting FL at all now. Of course I don’t know how reliable that site is.

He’s pretty good but I don’t see any recent videos from him.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Charley entered SW FL as a Cat 4 in 2004 then went up to Orlando Kissimmee as a Cat 1 with wind gusts of 105mph that wrecked parts of the cities. Imagine if a Cat 2 goes through Central FL. It would be worse.

Overland…that’s what you’re gonna get. There’s actually few places better equipped to hand a storm that chapek’s bank

 

[wutisgood]

If I fly in to experience relatively empty park because the storm missed I will be so happy.

 

[utcreed]

Im supposed to fly in on Thursday, September 29 through October 9, 2022. This would be my first visit to WDW and I have not dealt with a hurricane. I guess I have to wait until Monday or Tuesday when the warning is declared to get a full refund. What advice do you have for me? I imagine flights would be delayed, but how soon will the parks reopen. Im coming from Texas so I do not know if it's worth it to go and lose a couple days or just reschedule.

I appreciate any advice and thoughts.

Jamie

 

[Touchdown]

Im supposed to fly in on Thursday, September 29 through October 9, 2022. This would be my first visit to WDW and I have not dealt with a hurricane. I guess I have to wait until Monday or Tuesday when the warning is declared to get a full refund. What advice do you have for me? I imagine flights would be delayed, but how soon will the parks reopen. Im coming from Texas so I do not know if it's worth it to go and lose a couple days or just reschedule.

I appreciate any advice and thoughts.

Jamie

Hold on Jamie, it’s too far out yet. The way things are looking you might have trouble flying in on Thursday due to thunderstorms from Ian, but otherwise have everything normal after that. Events of the last 24 hours seem to be pushing this storm west. Be prepared and if there is anyway you can simply modify your arrival to be Friday you wouldn’t need to worry. Things can change however, keep an eye on this thread

 

[Touchdown]

We move west again! Looking better and better for WDW also, the storm is now expected to weaken in the northern gulf making landfall less severe.

 

[JohnD]

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We move west again! Looking better and better for WDW also, the storm is now expected to weaken in the northern gulf making landfall less severe.

Good and good. Looking better for my trip and I’ll have a home to return to when it passes.

Here’s another representation of the path.

 

[wutisgood]

I wonder what the cut off for flights in is going to be

 

[Chomama]

Isn’t the worst wind on the right side usually? Just wondering bc if winds are strong most rides can’t run. I wouldn’t expect parks to be operational Thursday if I was going. They may be but I wouldn’t expect it

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Very typical for central FL to be in the cone of a potential dangerous hurricane at first, gets everyone in a frenzy, then the hurricane ends up shifting and central Florida gets little to no impacts.

Don’t jinx it yet!

Never let your guard down when the cone is 200 miles or wider than the state of FL. If you would never experienced prep , ride out the storm and post clean up repair you won’t understand.

It does happen about 19 out of 20 storms…to be fair.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Good News, I am a meteorologist.

…I bet you pooched Irene, didn’t ya?

 

[Ayla]

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Not good. The longer it hangs over warm water, the bigger and more powerful it gets.

 

[ceecee101]

Just looked it up prior to seeing this. If a hurricane warning is issued within 7 days prior to arrival date of trip, you can request a full refund. For example, I'm planning on being there next week. But there is not yet a hurricane warning, so because I'm less than 5 days out, the regular policy applies and I wouldn't be able to get a full refund.

You can postpone though, right?

 

[Lilofan]

Good and good. Looking better for my trip and I’ll have a home to return to when it passes.

Here’s another representation of the path.
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In those winds don't count on an ambulance responding to any medical needs. When winds top 50 mph, ambulance response will be limited

 

[JohnD]

You can postpone though, right?

Yes. You can reschedule. I decided I’m going down tomorrow.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Driving Friday and arriving Saturday in Kissimmee. Should I expect any issues? Driving from Wisconsin

Next week?

…no. Nothing to see there.