Hurricane Ian has now made its way out of Florida following its move through the Orlando area as a Category 4 storm earlier this week. While most theme parks and Central Florida attractions have reopened closed today, September 30, 2022, including one of Disney’s closest competitors, the Walt Disney World Resort is opening back up in phases throughout the day. ...
Read More »Walt Disney World Reopening Details Confirmed Following Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Central Florida as a Category 4 storm, leaving flooding and lots of damage to assess in its wake. At Walt Disney World, the theme parks, water parks, Disney Springs, and most other experiences and amenities have been closed due to the hurricane since Wednesday, September 28. Closures also included special events like tonight’s Mickey’s Not-So-Scary ...
Read More »How Disney Resorts Accommodate Pets During Hurricanes
Walt Disney World Resort hotels are among the safest places to ride out hurricanes as storms move through Florida, with many Guests who are unable to travel home and residents who have evacuated staying onsite. To help accommodate Guests who might be unexpectedly staying at Disney Resorts due to hurricanes, Disney temporarily lifts its ban on pets in non-pet-friendly Resorts, ...
Read More »Orlando International Airport Extends Closure Due to Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian has made its way through Central Florida leaving varying amounts of flooding and damage to be assessed in its wake. The Orlando International Airport, along with Walt Disney World and most nearby attractions and businesses, closed ahead of the arrival of the Category 4 storm, and this morning as initial damage begins to be assessed, the airport has ...
Read More »Disney Releases Statement as Hurricane Ian Exits Florida
Walt Disney World Resort closed its theme park gates on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, and Thursday, September 29, due to the arrival of Hurricane Ian. The storm’s path through Florida caused massive destruction, with Disney releasing a statement in the wake of the events. Credit: Inside the Magic RELATED: First Signs of Impact at Disney World as Hurricane Ian Arrives ...
Read More »Disney’s Theme Park Competitor Experiences Massive Attraction Damage
Walt Disney World Resort is currently closed as Hurricane Ian tore through the Sunshine State on September 28, 2022, and into the morning of September 29. Other theme parks throughout Orlando closed in preparation for the storm as well. Sadly, an iconic Universal Orlando Resort attraction experienced massive damage. Photo Credit: FamilyVacationCritic RELATED: An Embarrassing Update – Universal’s New Park ...
Read More »Is Walt Disney World Extending Its Closure Due to Hurricane Ian?
With Hurricane Ian making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, the Walt Disney World Resort has closed its theme parks, currently through today, September 29, 2022. As severe weather patterns and resulting damage continue to be assessed, and as Guests and Cast members are still hunkering down in Disney Resorts hotels, it seems possible that Disney will extend ...
Read More »Videos Capture Major Flooding Near Walt Disney World
Hurricane Ian drenched Florida, leaving much destruction in its path as it made landfall on the southwest coast on September 28, 2022, then slowly crawled over the Sunshine State into the Atlantic. As the Orlando area wakes on the morning of Thursday, September 29, videos of Central Florida flooding are being shared. Credit: ABC News RELATED: Video Look Inside a ...
Read More »First Signs of Impact at Disney World as Hurricane Ian Arrives In Orlando
It’s the storm everybody is talking about as anxious Florida residents brace for the life-threatening storm surges, intense winds, and catastrophic flooding that have left two million without power and carnage on the Florida coast. Hurricane Ian is now weakening as it moves inland and has been downgraded to a Category One storm after thrashing Fort Myers as an almost ...
Read More »EPCOT’s Figment… The Movie? We Aren’t Making This Up
Just when you think you’ve heard it all… news drops that the iconic EPCOT character, Figment, is getting his own movie. And we promise we’re not making this up! We get it. Figment is BIG deal among Disney fans. Not only does Figment call EPCOT’s Imagination Pavilion home with the attraction, Journey Into Imagination with Figment, but Disney recently announced ...
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