wilkeliza
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2013
@HopperFan Thanks for keeping everyone and everything on track as much as possible and providing a wealth of information. I hope your house is okay.
I seen a video of how hard the CM's were working and they deserve so much praise for all they have done for everyone during this hurricane.WELL ....................
11 pm and in about 8 hours much of Disney World will be back to almost normal.
Everything should be open and operating.
Airports should be open.
Folks will be leaving and checking in.
By Sunday/Monday no new guests will know it was anything other than magical.
There may be some food variations, I have heard that restaurants in Orlando were cleaned out.
SO the food delivery trucks will be working overtime.
If driving, take extra care - lots of unusual traffic out there.
LOTS of CMs were as scared or more than the guests, worked hard long hours on their feet.
Had to do what the Mouse said, even if it might not have been the most productive option.
They are exhausted.
Thank them.
Ask how their homes are.
Ask how they are.
Promise, it goes a long way in their day when guests care.
We tried to keep everything updated and loved how all those with info came together.
Everyone enjoy the rest of your vacation, your upcoming vacation and locals hope everything is normal soon.
And I hope to be there the end of the month (I was one who cancelled this week), hopefully Matthew didn't add too much to my "To Do" list. I will check back in but I don't think you need my "what's happening
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Apples and oranges. I would not complain about $13 for a panera sandwich. I would complain about $13 for 2 cheap pieces of white bread with one piece of lunch meat.
No. Thank you so much for asking
If you are watching the news ............. I am St. Augustine Beach and the videos coming in from St. Augustine are devastating and heartbreaking. The Old City is one of my favorite places, right up there with Disney. It's just a really special place. The last few years it has had all the empty stores and restaurants revitalized, so much new construction and renovation of the old places. It truly has it's own soul. Even getting a new Embassy Suites on the beach - which will then let the secret out. As a Hilton Honors person we were always hunting for hotels on beaches to use points before we had our own spot.
We found one picture up A1A from us about a couple of blocks and wind damage but no standing water ... but not sure if it was before or after eye came by. The videos just have put all kinds of bad thoughts in the head. Uncharted territory for St. Augustine, I think nothing huge since the 60's. A short time ago the mayor of St. Augustine Beach (we are technically a mile south) said "catastrophic surge damage" ....... am sure part is referring to the beach. The beaches there are so pretty especially in Anastasia State Park.
They will not let anyone (videos were sneakers during the storm) on the island until they check all out, probably sometime tomorrow. We are a townhouse in a condo community so we are depending on management to make assessments then give us the news. Hoping tomorrow or Sunday. On the plus side we are on a strange ridge of land that actually is not required to have flood insurance - how you can be 250 yards from the beach and not have it - but we have it anyway. When I checked NOAA Surge Predictors, we show as safe. Of course not from wind and driving rain, and there is a cool pond behind us that I think is built to not overflow but when there is that much water you don't know.
I just replanted my garden, even using the ferns at AoA by the Nemo buildings to make it look Under the Sea. They needed to be watered, but not this much ............ FINGERS CROSSED!
My garden and our piece of beach aka heaven.
I seen a video of how hard the CM's were working and they deserve so much praise for all they have done for everyone during this hurricane.
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We tried to keep everything updated and loved how all those with info came together.
And I hope to be there the end of the month (I was one who cancelled this week), hopefully Matthew didn't add too much to my "To Do" list. I will check back in but I don't think you need my "what's happening posts anymore."
PPO ~ 1 full day before regular park opening!
I dont see a photo.This photo was taken Thursday right after park close, not today.
Just got back from spending 5 1/2 hours helping out at World Of Disney. It was packed most of the night, but thankfully people seemed to be civil in the area that I stayed.
CPs were the vast majority of cast working, and they were definitely understaffed, but by the time I left you wouldn't have even known every resort guest had been through that store. They kept the place running.
I dont see a photo.
and unexpected given the fact the curfew was only lifted a few hours ago.
Well done then!!!This photo was taken Thursday right after park close, not today.
Just got back from spending 5 1/2 hours helping out at World Of Disney. It was packed most of the night, but thankfully people seemed to be civil in the area that I stayed.
CPs were the vast majority of cast working, and they were definitely understaffed, but by the time I left you wouldn't have even known every resort guest had been through that store. They kept the place running.
At no time during out stops in DS did they ever inquire about where we were staying. Not sure how they could have ever policed that either. When I saw the announcement I thought it was rather strange it was ever worded to be for on site guests only.for those of you who went to disney springs.
did they ask anyone if they were resort guest sbefore allowing them in?
At no time during out stops in DS did they ever inquire about where we were staying. Not sure how they could have ever policed that either. When I saw the announcement I thought it was rather strange it was ever worded to be for on site guests only.
I seen a video of how hard the CM's were working and they deserve so much praise for all they have done for everyone during this hurricane.