FlightlessDuck
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- Jun 20, 2006
I love when it rains in Florida.
I love when it rains in Florida.
I'll be there June 26 as well. Hope no rain.
It rained every day we were there last trip.
Of course we go on but it still sucks.
Hopefully another drought will start
It's always nice to get a chance to help out a fellow teacher who is also a fellow single mom with shared custody.We are headed down Monday, and the weather shows 60% chance of scattered or PM thunderstorms each day. Is this just par for the course this time of year? Should we expect a brief afternoon storm each day or are these more like once it starts coming down it never stops? I made most of my FP+ reservations for 2p-5p, so if we miss a ride (BTM for example) b/c it's shut down for thunderstorms, will it be reusable later in the day if the storms go away?
We are also planning 2 water park days b/c I have leftover non-expiring tickets. Our local water park shuts down for 30m after thunder - do Disney parks do something similar, or will they just shut down altogether?
Thanks so much for your help!
PS - it seems like anytime someone posts regarding crowds or weather in the summer or whatever, they are told to choose a different time to visit. After years of freedom as to when I could head to Disney, as a now single mom with shared custody and a new career in teaching after years as a SAHM, I am very limited in when we can travel. (Limited with a lot of things now, but I digress.) So as much as I would love to go in October, I can't. Just to limit the number of responses I get that say "if you don't like thunderstorms, don't go now!"
If you do get wet (which you can even with ponchos), going from the wet outside into heavy air conditioning can be very uncomfortable. I was at AK a couple of years ago during a real gullywasher. Rain going sideways, so we got sort of wet even with ponchos. Went inside to ride Dinosaur, and took off our ponchos. We were super cold in the AC, since we were wearing sleeveless tops and shorts. Luckily I had packed a sweatshirt in my backpack, or I would have had to buy one (at $60 a pop, it wasn't in your budget!). It pays to think ahead!Is the rain making it chilly though? Leaving in a few hours from Ohio and all we have packed are shorts, t-shirts, and tank tops. Should I pack some other clothes?
You'll never be chilly except maybe in air-conditioned restaurants and theaters, if you tend to be cold. The rain does cool things off a bit, but not enough to make anyone cold.Is the rain making it chilly though? Leaving in a few hours from Ohio and all we have packed are shorts, t-shirts, and tank tops. Should I pack some other clothes?
Okay I'm sort of freaking out now I go next week as well. I was expecting the typical pop up thunderstorm that we've experienced during summer trips. I wasn't prepared for all day torrential downpours. Our plans were to sleep in late, swim during the day, then do parks until closing since it helps with the heat that way. Should I redo all of my plans? Freaking out now!
If you came in October there would be people posting "never go during hurricane season!".
We are not early birds by nature, and I am SUPER pale. Going at night helps me stay unburied and uncranky Plus my kids loooooove to swim. So we wake, swim, then parks till they kick us out!This is just me but I would never miss the mornings in the summer. It's the coolest time of the day and the weather is the most settled. This way if the weather goes sideways we feel like we got a good park day in. You should be able to go at night too once it clears
For the record, the busiest hurricane season is Aug-Sept. 'Most' years it's fairly calm in Oct. but always exceptions. I've lived through lots of them on the LA coast.