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Hurricane Ian expected to impact Florida (updates and related discussions)
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Sam will do nothing.
You don't need bottled water. Clean out and fill your bathtub. Hopefully you have one of these...
https://www.amazon.com/WaterBOB-Emergency-Container-Drinking-Hurricane/dp/B001AXLUX2
erstwo
Well-Known Member
*Documents Disney charging $4.50 for a single bottle of water
and reports. (I know this is a real and serious problem and I hope any real issues are reported and stopped quickly - just trying to bring some levity.
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Ayla
Well-Known Member
True, but not every visitor at WDW has a tub to fill.
DryerLintFan
Premium Member
Get freezer gallon ziploc bags or Tupperware containers or reusable bottles or any other vessel and start filling them from the faucet or however else you normally get water now, if that’s the case.
Be careful counting on your bathtub. When Charley hit a handful of my family in Charlotte Harbor tried this and found that their bathtub slowly leaked down the drain and they didn’t Know it. So if this is your plan and you don’t have that emergency container, do a test now to make sure your bathtub will actually hold the water long term.
Angelayoung25
New Member
I am supposed to go to Disney tomorrow till Saturday. I think I need to cancel
mousefan1972
Well-Known Member
My daughter is a sophomore at UTampa. I was able to get her a flight home for this afternoon, right before she received an email from school saying that the campus will be evacuated and all residences will close by tomorrow at 1 pm. She's at TPA now waiting for her flight to Boston. I will be a basket case until I see her tonight...
plutofan15
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We were there in 1999 when Hurricane Floyd caused WDW for close for the first time ever. Disney does a fantastic job preparing for these storms. Everyone in Ft. Wilderness will be moved to hotels for safety - we were staying at POR (Dixie Landings then) and they moved quite a few campers into rooms. Be sure to stock up on food, snacks, water and other drinks for your room ASAP. We got lucky and the storm took a more northerly path at the last minute and only brushed the Orlando area. The only park to open on 9/15 was Animal Kingdom and that opened in stages and only to guests staying onsite. Downtown Disney opened that evening and all parks were open as normal on the 16th. I have attached a few photos of the letters given to the guests and one of us stocking on supplies. I was much younger at that time. The most important thing to remember - be extra kind to the cast members working. In addition to helping you and all the other guests, they also have the extra stress of worrying about family & friends along with what may happen to their home and property. A kind word, extra thank you, and/or generous tip will go a long way. Most of be safe.
The most important thing to remember - be extra kind to the cast members working. In addition to helping you and all the other guests, they also have the extra stress of worrying about family & friends along with what may happen to their home and property. A kind word, extra thank you, and/or generous tip will go a long way. Most of be safe.
hopemax
Well-Known Member
Reviewing what happened for Irma.
WDW closed a little early on Saturday with nighttime entertainment canceled, announced closures for Sunday (storm day) and Monday. All 4 parks and Disney Springs were open, including the scheduled MNSSHP on Tuesday. Water Parks opened later.
Where I have questions (because I always have questions) this time are the post-pandemic effects. While all the emergency plans are certainly there, do they have enough manpower to get everything checked and signed off for reopening as swiftly. Are there facilities dealing with some deferred maintenance issues that a major hurricane could exacerbate. Are they more reliant on outsourced services who may have obligations to city and county that take precedence. Are the decision teams green or experienced, and can react quickly to the unexpected. All the little stuff that that long term workers pick up along the way, but isn't actually written down somewhere because it's super site specific, and doesn't seem like a big deal. The "notes in the margins" type stuff.
At least with this one, they have plenty of time to be prepared.
WDW closed a little early on Saturday with nighttime entertainment canceled, announced closures for Sunday (storm day) and Monday. All 4 parks and Disney Springs were open, including the scheduled MNSSHP on Tuesday. Water Parks opened later.
Where I have questions (because I always have questions) this time are the post-pandemic effects. While all the emergency plans are certainly there, do they have enough manpower to get everything checked and signed off for reopening as swiftly. Are there facilities dealing with some deferred maintenance issues that a major hurricane could exacerbate. Are they more reliant on outsourced services who may have obligations to city and county that take precedence. Are the decision teams green or experienced, and can react quickly to the unexpected. All the little stuff that that long term workers pick up along the way, but isn't actually written down somewhere because it's super site specific, and doesn't seem like a big deal. The "notes in the margins" type stuff.
At least with this one, they have plenty of time to be prepared.
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EricsBiscuit
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TPA is actually probably one of the safest places in Tampa. Don’t worry!
In my Florida experience, "cool fall weather" doesn't usually appear until close to Thanksgiving.
JohnD
Well-Known Member
I guess I'd spoiled. In the panhandle you can feel it in later Sept early Oct.
DryerLintFan
Premium Member
Whenever we’ve been to Disney in late September it’s been in the low nineties. Which I guess is considered cool compared to august weather, but if it’s anything less than 92* and swampy right now consider yourself fortunate lol
I will be curious to know if the Fort Wilderness cabins get damaged and flooded after the storm. If a place at WDW would have a huge debris clean up it may be at FW.
fotofx
Well-Known Member
They are raised mobile homes made to look like cabins. Just tree damage in the past.
One place surely to be evacuated pre hurricane are mobile homes.
plutofan15
Well-Known Member
Truthfully, you can say that for any resort. The cabins themselves are raised above ground level. You have to go up three or four steps onto the deck before entering the cabin. Not sure what mechanicals are below . I think the bigger risk at Ft. Wilderness is falling trees and tree limbs. Which is way the campground relocated all guests.