Looks like Dorian may be hitting central FL as a tropical storm Saturday and bringing a lot of rain; any one at WDW now and will be there this weekend or arriving this weekend? Has anyone cancelled their visit or will cut it short?
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Dorian WDW impact
- Thread starter John park hopper
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epcotisbest
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We have been once in September when we had to cut the trip short and get out of there extra early, to avoid heavy evacuation traffic on the way home, and once many, many years ago my wife rode one out staying offsite. Said she would never do it again.
As for this one, we did not cancel, but had the opportunity to book a last minute trip for the Labor Day holiday and chose to not even consider it because of the possibility of heavy rain, or worse. We can travel on short notice and often do, and that makes it a little easier to take weather into consideration for short notice trips.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
So this is the opening weekend of Galaxy's Edge, opening of Food and Wine, Labor day weekend and now a tropical storm. Should be interesting.
StarWarsGirl
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- In the Parks
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Currently in WDW. Not planning on changing anything at this point. I don't go home until late on Monday night, so I'm just planning on riding it out if it hits.
The rest of my group may have to go home early because their flight is scheduled for Saturday.
We're just keeping an eye out and not panicking until we know more.
The rest of my group may have to go home early because their flight is scheduled for Saturday.
We're just keeping an eye out and not panicking until we know more.
BoarderPhreak
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Tropical Storm Dorian - never forget! 
durangojim
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We're flying down from Detroit on Thursday and am planning on coming back home on Sunday. Hoping we don't get to affected but we're determined to still have a good time! Rain just means less crowds, right?
DreamfinderGuy
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Epcot right before Irma was an epic experience. Nearly dead, lots of wind, and cooler temps.
durangojim
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So a semi serious question - if we're supposed to check out Sunday but our flight gets cancelled will disney help us find lodging?
BoarderPhreak
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That's between you and the airline, not Disney. Though I'm sure Disney will sell you a room.
JIMINYCR
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Dont know what Disney would do in your case. A family we know had their flight cancelled several years ago from a Hurricane. They had not checked out yet when the flight cancellation was reported. Disney allowed them to stay onsite the extra 2 days.
Sans Souci
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I was going to go down on a "buddy pass" from a friend that works for an airline this week. Seats were kind of slim coming back and I was worried about getting on a flight should people want to cut their vacation short to leave. I would have the lowest priority flying stand by and I don't want to spend the weekend getting rolled over from flight to flight.
Dead2009
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durangojim
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looking at the disney site, it seems that there is availability at the boardwalk sunday night, so I'm hoping they'd just offer to let us stay in our room and I'd pay for the night. hopefully it won't come to that.
Assuming you cancelled; DD and I were going to do the same thing in 2016... we wisely chose to cancel rather than spend a few days in MCO waiting for an empty seat or two.
Sans Souci
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I decided not to go down. My father worked for a legacy carrier, so I grew up flying stand by into my 20s. I know from experience I could roll over 2 days before I get a seat when there is a weather disruption and this was when I was the dependent of an employee with 20+ years seniority. Getting out of MCO on buddy pass on a ULCC that has three flights a day? Not happening. I need to be home by Friday night. I have plans I can't cancel this weekend.
graphite1326
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Same question different thread. This gets asked every time there is a storm coming.
macefamily
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My daughter just started her Disney College Program a few weeks before Irma hit the state. She was working as a lifeguard at the Contemporary Resort. Disney excused most of the full time employees to be with their families and put the College Program kids on different duties to assist the guests. My daughter said it was pure hell. They had limited food service and the resort was giving out water and snacks. She put in over 20 hours overtime for that week. But she said that next pay check probably got her through the entire semester for grocery bills.
Yert3
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Will Disney allow me and a friend of mine to take refuge in the lobby of a resort say, like Wilderness lodge? (Very big room with not many windows) Irma was pretty frightening for me despite only being a cat.1 by the time it got to Orlando. I have a friend coming in at 10PM Saturday. Thankfully, now they’re saying it won’t make landfall until and 2 AM Monday, because I was worried her flight might get canceled. She doesn’t seem to be taking it seriously but I would feel so much safer in a lobby at Disney. I would just Park at Disney Springs and take the bus over.