Walt Disney World has closed a handful of times in its 53-year history, mostly due to hurricanes. In addition to full-day closures, the parks have also been forced to close early or open late a few times. Here is a list of every time Walt Disney World has closed and why. 1985: Hurricane Elena The … Read more
With Disney Springs opening in limited capacity at 5pm, I decided it might be kind of cool to drive on down to Disney World and see exactly what was going on during the final gusts and rain drops of Hurricane Matthew here in Orlando. We began our evening at Disney Springs, where despite inclement weather, … Read more
A limited number of locations at Disney Springs will be opening to guests at 5pm tonight. There is no list of what locations at Disney Springs will be open as of yet. Disney will begin bus service for hotel guests to and from Disney Springs at 6:30PM. Disney Springs was supposed to be shuttered all … Read more
Walt Disney World has just announced that their 4 theme parks will open earlier than originally scheduled at 8am on Saturday, October 8th. Animal Kingdom will open to resort guests at 7am for Extra Magic Hours. The Walt Disney World theme parks all closed at 5pm on Thursday in preparation for Hurricane Matthew and remained … Read more
Walt Disney World’s theme parks have only closed unscheduled on 4 occaisions in history, so the announcement today that the parks would be closing early and would remain closed through Friday is still surreal to many of us. With today being such a historic event, I decided to travel to the Magic Kingdom just to … Read more
Walt Disney Workd has now announced that all four of its theme parks and other resort areas will close to guests at 5pm tonight. In addition, the Walt Disney World Resort will be closed on Friday, October 7th. This is only the 4th time in history the parks have been closed for an entire day. … Read more
The news is rolling in fast, so here is the very latest on how Hurricane Matthew will be affecting Walt Disney World: Blizzard Beach will be closed on both 10/6 and 10/7, Typhoon Lagoon is closed on just the 7th The Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show and Hoop De Doo Musical Revue are cancelled on … Read more
Guests staying at some Disney resorts hotels at the Walt Disney World Resort are being moved for their safety. Disney is offering a change of accommodations for guests at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campgrounds. Disney is offering these guests rooms at many of their other resort hotels on property and not any one specific … Read more
With Hurricane Matthew looming, Walt Disney World is in many cases waiving cancellation fees for vacations booked by guests at Disney resort hotels. Disney is reportedly willing to work out arrangements with any guests staying at the resort Wednesday, October 5th through Sunday, October 9th, 2016. It is not guaranteed than fees will be wavered, … Read more