Now that Hurricane Milton has come and gone, and the Walt Disney World theme parks have reopened, we stopped by Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort to check out the damage caused by the storm — specifically a peeled-back roof on one of the resort buildings.

Hurricane Milton Damage at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

The Aotearoa building was damaged during Hurricane Milton, which brought with it high winds that peeled off a portion of the roof.

According to a post on the Tikiman’s Unofficial Polynesian Resort Pages on Facebook, guests were evacuated from the building in the middle of the night when the roof damage occurred.

The tan and brown covering seen here is from the overhanging roof. The tan part is where it typically is affixed to the roof, and the brown stripe at the top is the overhanging part that can be seen from beneath the overhang. It appears that this piece was pulled entirely back from the now bare overhang.

The area surrounding the building has been blocked off by green construction walls, which have been migrating as crews continue to work on the walking path to the future DVC Island Tower. We saw crews in the area in front of the walls, likely preparing to begin repairs and cleaning debris.

The Tuvalu building suffered similar damage. Here, you can see where the metal roofing was peeled up, though not as severely as at Aotearoa.

Here, you can see the shredded pattern from where the roof was torn off. It’s possible there was rusting here, if we speculate based on the tear pattern. Perhaps this could have been the recipe for this damage, combined with the high winds of Hurricane Milton. Of course, there’s no way to know for sure.

This torn part of the roof was hanging overhead as we passed by.

Inside Fiji, the building between Tuvalu and Aotearoa, we spotted large carpet and floor dryers set up to help dry up any water that made its way inside from the storm.

From what we could tell, there was no damage to the new DVC Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, other than a fallen tree or two.

Walt Disney World has reopened all four theme parks and Disney Springs today, and is back to normal operations following Hurricane Milton. The resort closed in phases on October 9 and remained closed through October 10. Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park will reopen tomorrow, October 12.

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