Hurricane Irma

[DisAl]

A Delta flight on its way to Orlando is making a very interesting approach... It's travelling a lot quicker than the Silver Airlines flight, but Silver still predicted to get in earlier...

Looks like they have him in a holding pattern.

 

[Jordanaous]

Looks like they have him in a holding pattern.

Oh definitely. The jet is travelling a lot faster than the Silver Airways prop plane, so they're holding him as the prop makes its approach.

 

[DisAl]

A Delta flight on its way to Orlando is making a very interesting approach... It's travelling a lot quicker than the Silver Airlines flight, but Silver still predicted to get in earlier...

Looks like they have him in a holding pattern.

 

[drizgirl]

Understatement of the week.

What did I miss? What happened?

 

[cosmicgirl]

A Delta flight on its way to Orlando is making a very interesting approach... It's travelling a lot quicker than the Silver Airlines flight, but Silver still predicted to get in earlier...

The 7:55 Delta is catching up on the 6:55 Delta.

 

[LieutLaww]

There are just four flights in the entire world currently en-route to MCO. Expect lots of cancellations today, although we should get more flights in the air as time passes. A few Virgin Atlantic flights are due to depart the UK soon, they're already boarding, and BA are expected to have a flight out later today.

Virgin Atlantic sent all 3 of its flights to MCO today. And the BA flight is currently on Last Call.

 

[WDWFREAK53]

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Thank you!

 

[JohnD]

What did I miss? What happened?

JC "under refurbishment" means it's closed because of all the downed trees. Let's just say this is an unscheduled "refurbishment."

 

[Jordanaous]

The parks have reopened, Silver Airways has become the first plane to land in Orlando, with many, many, many more on the way. I guess it's safe to say that life continues in Central Florida. There's still much to be done outside of the big tourist areas, flooding in areas etc. but I expect that things will return to normality pretty quickly. Unfortunately there are areas hit by Irma that don't have the same luck, but hopefully with international assistance, they too can rebuild.

Hopefully this will be the last major storm to hit in 2017, and let's hope 2018 is not quite as horrific.

Silver Airways landing at MCO

The Skies Above USA busy from all the MCO flights again...

 

[Jordanaous]

Virgin Atlantic sent all 3 of its flights to MCO today. And the BA flight is currently on Last Call.

I saw that VS27 was late departing from LGW, but it's good that they're all headed that way. I imagine it would be high up in the priority list... after all, when it comes to international airlines, VA is king at MCO - by quite a bit.

 

[GhostHost1000]

any updates from within the parks this morning - any signs of damage or changes (other than JC, railroad, and KRR being down)

 

[21stamps]

The parks have reopened, Silver Airways has become the first plane to land in Orlando, with many, many, many more on the way. I guess it's safe to say that life continues in Central Florida. There's still much to be done outside of the big tourist areas, flooding in areas etc. but I expect that things will return to normality pretty quickly. Unfortunately there are areas hit by Irma that don't have the same luck, but hopefully with international assistance, they too can rebuild.

Hopefully this will be the last major storm to hit in 2017, and let's hope 2018 is not quite as horrific.

Silver Airways landing at MCO

The Skies Above USA busy from all the MCO flights again...

How do I see a map like that? Would like to see MIA flights.. they're opening for limited service today.

 

[Jordanaous]

How do I see a map like that? Would like to see MIA flights.. they're opening for limited service today.

Head to https://www.flightradar24.com/ and you can then filter to flights heading to MIA...

 

[21stamps]

Head to https://www.flightradar24.com/ and you can then filter to flights heading to MIA...

Thank you

 

[Jordanaous]

any updates from within the parks this morning - any signs of damage or changes (other than JC, railroad, and KRR being down)

This is the only one I've seen on Twitter thus far showing clean-up continuing at MK. Apparently the metal detectors have also yet to return, meaning they've got the wands out...

Update: Apparently a tree has fallen on Skipper Canteen.

 

[LAKid53]

Before Irma rolled through, she said she was staying in the Riverside area of Jacksonville. Depending on how close to the St. Johns River she was, Riverside, especially along Riverside Avenue was flooded out. She's also probably dealing with a power outage. My parents aren't too far away from that area and they had no power as of last night.

If I were her, checking the WDWMagic thread would be on the low priority list, if only to preserve power on a mobile phone.

Other than lack of power, are your parents okay?

 

[BoarderPhreak]

There are just four flights in the entire world currently en-route to MCO. Expect lots of cancellations today, although we should get more flights in the air as time passes. A few Virgin Atlantic flights are due to depart the UK soon, they're already boarding, and BA are expected to have a flight out later today...

Oh, look. A tour group from Brazil...

 

[BoarderPhreak]

...Hopefully this will be the last major storm to hit in 2017, and let's hope 2018 is not quite as horrific.

If I were a betting man, I'd say 2018 will be worse.

 

[JohnD]

Other than lack of power, are your parents okay?

They're fine. To make a long story short, the generator at the house across the street exploded. The house went down in flames. No one was home, fortunately. All surrounding houses are okay. Other than my folks getting rattled like you know what, they're okay.

 

[Jordanaous]

If I were a betting man, I'd say 2018 will be worse.

DON'T SAY THAT! I'm literally there next year at this exact time. I swear to god, I will blame you if it's worse...