Walt Disney World Broadcasts Closures, Ready For “Obligatory Operational Changes” As Hurricane Ian Heads To Florida – Deadline

As western Florida is bracing for Hurricane Ian, which is making its manner via the Caribbean and intensifying, Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida additionally might be impacted by the storm, projected to make landfall later this week.

The park is “at present working underneath regular situations” however its administration id getting ready “to make mandatory changes primarily based on the most recent data from the Nationwide Climate Service.”

“We proceed to place the security of our Solid Members and Friends first and can share updates with you as we monitor Hurricane Ian,” learn an announcement from WDW on an internet site devoted to climate updates.

The positioning additionally advises their company of closures at their attributable to climate.

Disney’s Storm Lagoon will shut briefly Wednesday, Sept. 28 and Thursday, Sept. 29. (Disney’s Blizzard Seashore is at present closed).

Winter Summerland Miniature Golf and Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf will even briefly shut Wednesday, Sept. 28 and Thursday, Sept. 29.

The next resorts will briefly shut from Wednesday, Sept. 28 via Friday, Sept. 30: Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, Copper Creek Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa and the Bungalows at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort.

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Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer earlier immediately requested residents to be ready for Ian.

“[Residents] must be assuming that we’re going to take a success from a Class 1 hurricane instantly like [Hurricane} Charley, and be prepared the same way – if they were – for Charley,” Dyer said according to Orlando Sentinel. “This is really the height of hurricane season so get prepared for this one and you’ll be prepared for the rest of the season.”

Ian has since been upgraded to Category 2.