And now we approach that stage of the storm where the parks are closed and guests will be hunkering down in their resorts. A word of advice for all those in this situation:
- Cast members who are there in the ride-out crews are away from their families and homes to keep you safe. Their primary objective throughout the storm and in the immediate aftermath is the safety of the guests and the property. Treat them with respect and civility throughout the entire time. They will do their very best to keep you safe and when possible offer some entertainment; treat them appropriately.
- Each guest needs to take personal responsibility for themselves throughout the storm period. You should have snacks and water or other beverages in your room to last you 1-2 days while you are bunkered down. Don't be that guest standing at the restaurant or food court ranting they don't have everything you want to eat in the middle of the storm.
- It is unreasonable to expect the resort to run a full normal operations with full and normal services during and in the immediate aftermath of the storm. Please don't be that guest berating a cast member because they can't get you something you want during the storm or some service or restaurant menu items are not available.
- If you're staying a a resort where your room door opens to outside such as most Value and Moderate resorts, stay in your room during the storm. The last you need is to get injured by flying debris trying to get out and about while the worst of the storm is coming through.
This is a very slow moving storm so once the conditions kick in, it's going to take a long, long time for this one to leave us and while in the Central Florida area it appears it will not be as bad as our early fears it will still be dangerous and messy and should be respected.
