Hurricane Irma

[disney4life2008]

I went out this morning. This is east Orlando. Most notable there are garbage cans that obviously flew in mid air.

Orange county residents are being asked to not use water. And irma has exceeded Charlie in terms of damage according to major Jacob's.

 

[LAKid53]

Well, I just lost power. At least I had time to heat up a bowl of oatmeal and make a cup of tea. The little things in life that matter.

 

[disney4life2008]

Irma has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm, still strong winds though - and considering the debris I've seen on the roads in Central Florida, I would definitely stay inside until the all clear is given...

I wouldn't even try to drive. Anything could be on the road.

 

[disney4life2008]

I am super thankful there are no flights in to Orlando today.

I think mco will be closed through Wednesday

 

[LAKid53]

I wouldn't even try to drive. Anything could be on the road.

Like the alligator who decided to take a stroll through downtown Melbourne..

 

[disney4life2008]

Well, I just lost power. At least I had time to heat up a bowl of oatmeal and make a cup of tea. The little things in life that matter.

I think they are resetting the power grid. So it will be intermittent throughout the upcoming days.

 

[LAKid53]

I think they are resetting the power grid. So it will be intermittent throughout the upcoming days.

Maybe. I heard the tell tale boom of a transformer going.

 

[disney4life2008]

I am going to assume the likelihood of the parks being open Tuesday is severely low.

 

[Jordanaous]

I wouldn't even try to drive. Anything could be on the road.

Still confuses me that people will see a downed power line and think they can move it themselves by hand. Best to just stay safe in my eyes. Stay indoors, find something to do - maybe this is the perfect time to spring clean the interior of your house. There's always something that can be done, there's no need to go outside right now. Life is more important than any boredom that people may have...

 

[John park hopper]

It is hard to comprehend the size of this storm even though it is tracking into the westen GA I am sitting here 30 miles north of Charleston SC and the lights are flickering, windy ,rain and 60 degrees --crazy. Down graded to a tropical storm

 

[andysol]

Ok. Here is a wdwmagic exclusive

I went ahead and decided to use the walking path to MK to see the damage. Saw no one on my walk. No one there. No grounds clean up. No security. Just me.

Damage not bad. Just limbs and bulbs- maybe 6 globes broken.
Walking path to MK

These are the lights that were wrapped (fans are too). Only 1/5 or so of the bulbs had this on them. Guessing they ran out?

I took these about 10-15 mins ago. I forgot to take video so just went back and took some. Someone on a golf cart went inside. Entrances and gates are now open. I have video and pics I'll send to Steve @wdwmagic so he can post.

 

[disney4life2008]

Still confuses me that people will see a downed power line and think they can move it themselves by hand. Best to just stay safe in my eyes. Stay indoors, find something to do - maybe this is the perfect time to spring clean the interior of your house. There's always something that can be done, there's no need to go outside right now. Life is more important than any boredom that people may have...

This is a perfect day to watch scary movies and eat popcorn. That is what i am doing

 

[Jordanaous]

I think mco will be closed through Wednesday

MCO received quite a battering during the storm, so this wouldn't surprise me. There's been no official word from the airport yet, although military planes with medical personnel have been landing at the airport, so might be able to return to normal sooner than Wednesday (depending on terminal damage)...

 

[disney4life2008]

Ok. Here is a wdwmagic exclusive

I went ahead and decided to use the walking path to MK to see the damage. Saw no one on my walk. No one there. No grounds clean up. No security. Just me.

Damage not bad. Just limbs and bulbs- maybe 6 globes broken.
Walking path to MK

I took these about 10-15 mins ago. I forgot to take video so just went back and took some. Someone on a golf cart went inside. Entrances and gates are open. I have video and pics ok send to Steve @wdwmagic so he can post.

He careful. Curfew is not until 6pm tonight.

 

[John park hopper]

Who needs an eye in the sky when we got Andysol on the ground. Great pics

 

[Jordanaous]

MCO received quite a battering during the storm, so this wouldn't surprise me. There's been no official word from the airport yet, although military planes with medical personnel have been landing at the airport, so might be able to return to normal sooner than Wednesday (depending on terminal damage)...

Update on this. JetBlue are anticipating that the airport may be able to reopen as soon as THIS EVENING!

Very optimistic of them, but for now MCO are asking people to stay away from the airport as there has been some wind damage...

I imagine it may open late this evening for some commercial flights, although they could be simply relocation flights - dropping off crew etc. They could also allow flights that were already on their way to Florida, but couldn't land at MCO, land tonight. British Airways flights from Gatwick have stopped at Bermuda while MCO is closed, waiting for it to reopen.

If it will open tonight, there definitely will be a VERY limited operation... and it won't be until after the 6PM Curfew...

 

[rob0519]

Ok. Here is a wdwmagic exclusive

I went ahead and decided to use the walking path to MK to see the damage. Saw no one on my walk. No one there. No grounds clean up. No security. Just me.

Damage not bad. Just limbs and bulbs- maybe 6 globes broken.
Walking path to MK

I took these about 10-15 mins ago. I forgot to take video so just went back and took some. Someone on a golf cart went inside. Entrances and gates are open. I have video and pics ok send to Steve @wdwmagic so he can post.

Maybe it's my browser, but none of the pictures are viewable.

 

[Clyde Birdbrain]

I hope everyone is safe. We live in Volusia county and are currently on our way back from a road trip out west (including Disneyland). We weren't able to get back in time to board up our windows. We were up all night watching the news from a hotel room in Texas and are worried about our family and house.

 

[Raineman]

Ok. Here is a wdwmagic exclusive

I went ahead and decided to use the walking path to MK to see the damage. Saw no one on my walk. No one there. No grounds clean up. No security. Just me.

Damage not bad. Just limbs and bulbs.

ast pic is of a lights that had netting on Them. Only ~10% had netting. Maybe 5-6 broken.


Walking path to MK

And all the entrance pics
Broken bulb

I took these about 10-15 mins ago. I forgot to take video so just went back and took some. Someone on a golf cart went inside. Entrances and gates are open. I have video and pics ok send to Steve @wdwmagicfan1 so he can post.

If that is the extent of the storm damage, both at WDW and around the area, I'm sure that would be just fine with most people.

 

[JohnD]

Ok. Here is a wdwmagic exclusive

I went ahead and decided to use the walking path to MK to see the damage. Saw no one on my walk. No one there. No grounds clean up. No security. Just me.

Damage not bad. Just limbs and bulbs- maybe 6 globes broken.
Walking path to MK

I took these about 10-15 mins ago. I forgot to take video so just went back and took some. Someone on a golf cart went inside. Entrances and gates are open. I have video and pics ok send to Steve @wdwmagic so he can post.

Too bad you can't go in. I saw several broken light lamps. Not sure if there are still wind gusts but be careful out there.