WDW + Tornadeo = Chaos?

[Imaginationeer]

Hey everyone i was just wondering because seeing that Florida is now on occasion being hite by tornadeo's. Does anyone know what Disney does in a situation like this? Like what happens if there just so happens to be on heading right for the resort and the park is full of families.

Cowd we get a spell checke on thise Tread?:ROFLOL:

 

[unkadug]

Cowd we get a spell checke on thise Tread?:ROFLOL:

Actually, there IS one. Notice the little

in the upper right hand corner of the Reply to Thread window. It's a spell checker.

You have to download a small program, but it does work!! :wave:

 

[LeeLee D]

Thats completely wrong. According to the NOAA (the weather people) ...
In short, the average tornado in florida is small and not horrifcally destructive like those that tore apart the Lake Mack and Lady Lake mobile home parks. Also, the 21 people who died, they died living in trailer homes.

Thanks for doing the research. I've lived in Florida all my life and it was news to me that tornados are "relatively uncommon".:brick:

Will be in The Kingdom in 5 days!!!:king:

 

[head mouse]

Well I just found this out last week on my trip to Disney, my friends and I were watching Wishes from the Contemp resort, And I was told that there are storm doors where the monorail comes in and out of that can stand winds up too a cat. 5 hurricane.

Just some info I thought I would share since the topic is storms.

Have a great day or night.. :wave:

Incorrect. As in the storm a few years ago, the doors are no longer there. When the monorails were upgraded from MARK IV to MARK VI the monorail trains were slightly larger. They did not fit in the openings in the Contemp. The openings were made larger at which point the storm doors were removed. When the hurricane hit 4 trains were stored inside the Contemp and plywood was used to cover the openings. I will hunt for the pis where you can see the nose of the cab touching the plywood.



Edit. I retract my comment. it had been a LONG time since we were talking about this and my memory is not the same.

You can see in the following pic that the doors are closed during Hurricane Jeanne, but the nose of the monorail was still kinda long and the doors could not close all the way.

This is from the WDWMagic photo albums from marni1971

 

[Rob562]

Well I just found this out last week on my trip to Disney, my friends and I were watching Wishes from the Contemp resort, And I was told that there are storm doors where the monorail comes in and out of that can stand winds up too a cat. 5 hurricane.

Yup. They closed them for the first (or second) time ever for the last major storm to go through the Orlando area. (Was that 2 years ago? It's all a blur to me). And because they're never used, they were VERY rusty and were VERY loud when they closed.

Everest has (or has the ability to install) hurricane doors on the higher-elevation openings in the mountain. I'm not sure if EVERY opening has one or not. The only one I'm totally sure of is the exit out the front of the mountain.

-Rob

 

[marni1971]

Rob, nice TT Tower pic

Here`s the hurricane doors at the Contmemporary

http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=24681&cat=500

 

[head mouse]

Rob, nice TT Tower pic

Here`s the hurricane doors at the Contmemporary

http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=24681&cat=500

Look up about 2-3 post. :wave:

 

[goofyfan13]

Thats completely wrong. According to the NOAA (the weather people) at

Florida is Tied for third in the nation for average number of tornadoes from 1953-2004. This is tied with Nebraska and just behind Oklahoma and Texas.

During the same time period, Florida ranks first with number of tornadoes per 10,000 square miles.

The good news is that they don't average strong-violent tornadoes any more than Indiana.

In short, the average tornado in florida is small and not horrifcally destructive like those that tore apart the Lake Mack and Lady Lake mobile home parks. Also, the 21 people who died, they died living in trailer homes. -> http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/weather/orl-tornadoes2307feb23,0,2719329.story

Great info Dave! However, I'm willing to bet that a good chunk of those are associated with hurricanes. I haven't seen any statistical data, but I just remember during the last few hurricanes seeing on the news that they kept spawning tornadoes. Not sure if the figures you have account for that. :shrug:

 

[CrashNet]

gibsonc is closest with the details in regards to evacuations. In this situation, an evacuation doesn't mean out of the park.

Each park has its A, B, and C evacuation plans, all of which are essentially the same for each park: A, use normal park exits; B, use park exits and backstage exits; C, seek shelter immediately. Disney does have a very sophisticated tracking system, and while tornados are hard to track, they do have a strict safety code, to the point where it almost seems overboard. If there is solid reason to believe there is severe weather in the area, they would initiate plan C.

A quick rundown for you (we'll use Epcot as an example)...in plan C, all music and sound would stop at all rides, attractions and throughout the park and an announcement would come across for guests outdoors to go into the nearest building for their safety. Managers would have already been notified or are hearing the code in their earpieces at that time. CMs would immediately be notified of the code. Those not running essential ride functions would immediately begin spreading the word to other CMs and bringing in guests from their immediate surrounding area. Those running rides like Soarin' would stop the ride immediately and begin escorting guests to that particular buildings' shelter area. Rides like Test Track would be stopped and evacuated (with those outdoors being cycled out). Guests in Future World would be escorted backstage (in the buildings) and down to the Utilidors under Future World. Those in World Showcase would be escorted to the innermost part of the nearest pavilion/building. Security, managers, and CMs still outside would check as they go for remaining guests as they make their way inside. Monorails in the area would return to the nearest station and be evacuated. Once the storm has passed, managers would receive the go ahead to check the park for damage if necessary. If the park were hit by a severe storm, it would be necessary to use Plan B to evacuate guests from the park only after the all clear is given.

I don't think I'm missing anything, but I'll add it if I remember it later.

 

[marni1971]

Further to cac2889, some of the EPCOT shelters were the UoE Theatres one and two and the Diorama, the BodyWars ride building, the Cranium Command Theatres, the Motion building (though now the centre core has a track blasted through it I`m not sure how safe it`d be now; the core used to be removed from the outside world), the Imagaination show building and Magic Eye Theatre, The Harvest Theatre and Kitchen Kabaret Theatre (not much good now) and the Seas Theatres A and B and Seabase Alpha (before the exit became sheet glass) - plus as mentioned the Communicore basements.

It occured to me recently, why the Rhine River Ride had half a show building built. It`s got to be the largest shelter facility in SE Showcase.

 

[unkadug]

...It occured to me recently, why the Rhine River Ride had half a show building built. It`s got to be the largest shelter facility in SE Showcase.

OK...that explains it.

I often wondered why they built half of an attraction building.

If they thought they were going to put in an attraction, why not build the whole building.
If they knew they weren't going to put in an attraction, why bother to build half the building?

Thanks. :wave:

 

[head mouse]

It occured to me recently, why the Rhine River Ride had half a show building built. It`s got to be the largest shelter facility in SE Showcase.

pics?

 

[head mouse]

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