Hurricane Irma?

Mrscompgeek said:
We're set to arrive Sunday and Disney wont let me even think about cancelling until they issue a hurricane warning. Trust me, I'm trying to cancel!! I'm a bit annoyed that those of us trying to stay out of the way of floridians that need the gas and hotel rooms and stuff are having a rough time getting our trips cancelled. I get that Disney doesnt want to lose money when it potentially could pass by them but still. . .
Click to expand...
That's probably the issue. If it were easier to cancel, I am sure many would have done so already. The fact that the state has been declared a state of emergency should be enough to allow cancellations. It seems those from outside coming to Orlando would just make it tougher on everyone.
 
leva03 said:
reading lots of post of people cancelling which is a total bummer, but i get it.

Would love to know how many people lurking here are still planning to go sometime in the next week and what plans they have it place? We are headed out tomorrow morning and scheduled to fly home next Tuesday evening. We are staying at the Grand Floridian. We booked a rental car for saturday in the event that we felt we needed to start heading north out of Florida (we live in Ohio). Otherwise we plan to make the best of it!
Click to expand...
We head out after I get home from work tomorrow night (technically Thursday morning around 3ish). We plan on making the best of it. We're staying till the 17th so one or two days confined to CR will be fine. They have an arcade to keep our kids happy.
 
GOOFY D said:
That's probably the issue. If it were easier to cancel, I am sure many would have done so already. The fact that the state has been declared a state of emergency should be enough to allow cancellations. It seems those from outside coming to Orlando would just make it tougher on everyone.
Click to expand...
'
That's what I thought too. They're already saying the stores are out of water and stuff, why would you want tourist to come in and add to the chaos?
 
GOOFY D said:
That's probably the issue. If it were easier to cancel, I am sure many would have done so already. The fact that the state has been declared a state of emergency should be enough to allow cancellations. It seems those from outside coming to Orlando would just make it tougher on everyone.
Click to expand...

I tried to call today to cancel/reschedule and the woman I spoke to was very nice but very clueless and said nothing I can do. I have no choice but to wait until the last minute or yes, I would have already rescheduled and saved the stress and worked on curbing my disappointment. Not super helpful to be calling us stupid for being stuck in such a position :( I'm going to bed finally and hoping tomorrow looks better or at least clearer with the option for a full refund.
 
Alice Hart said:
As a Florida part time resident I just have to ask what kind of stupid do you have to be to travel to our state to experience the 5th largest storm to ever be recorded in the Atlantic ocean. I of course say this with tongue in cheek, and I know people plan their Disney trips over many years, but I seriously have to ask if people think a major, one of the most major storms ever recorded, will be just cleaned up the day after with a few men and brooms and then its all Dole whips and Peterpan. Folks need to think that if it is a major storm then it will probably take more than a couple cleaning folks to make the results go away. Additionally I cant believe that adding more humans to an environment set to be inundated will make things easier on the safety responders. This baffles me.
Click to expand...

Comments like these are so unnecessary. I think everyone here gets that there are people concerned for their homes, family, safety etc. But this is a message board for Disney vacation planning and therefore that is what people are going to discuss. No one here has a crystal ball. No one knows where it is going to go. We all get that this is a major storm, but if I've said it once I'll say it a thousand times...NO ONE knows if this hurricane will impact Orlando. And before it impacts Orlando it has to go through the Leeward Islands, past Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and according to some models, Cuba....not to mention several hundred miles of the Florida peninsula IF it does make landfall up the state. So until warnings are issued many people have their hands tied unless they want to incur crazy last minute cancellation costs.
 
MommaBerd said:
People keep linking to this site, but when I click through I have NO idea what I'm looking at...is there a specific "setting" to put the map in motion?
Click to expand...
just change the date on calendar and click the precipitation button
 
MommaBerd said:
People keep linking to this site, but when I click through I have NO idea what I'm looking at...is there a specific "setting" to put the map in motion?
Click to expand...

Here's the one I've been using. The models are easy to follow, but they keep changing, so yeah...
 
ncmomof2 said:
Call back. Others have been able to cancel.
Click to expand...

Yes, and many others have not and have gotten clueless CM's who didn't even know there was a hurricane coming and told me I couldn't cancel after being on hold for over an hour.... like myself :/ I'll be calling over and over tomorrow I'm sure.
 
minniegirl19 said:
Thank you for responding! I start my new job on September 18th so I need to move down at some point in the next week and a half. Right now I have a hotel booked in Savannah and somewhere off of 75 in Georgia for the 13th so I have two ways down depending on where the storm goes. But again I'm not sure if it's safer instead to head down before it and bunker down with my friend who i am moving in with or to go after. Making the call on Thursday when we hopefully have more of an idea where it's going.
Click to expand...

If you don't need to be down there until the 17th (to start on 18th), I would sit tight as long as possible!!!
 
wonder whisper said:
Yes, a 25 foot storm surge finished off the building - after the 200+ mph winds had torn away the roof and most of the front facade. As for the "hurricane party" you referenced, that is a myth:

http://camille.passchristian.net/hurricane_party.htm
Click to expand...

The picture that a pp posted as a before/after of Hurricane Camille was not a hotel - it was an apartment complex. I remember the incident well. It was given then as 'truth' (the lives lost in the party) so don't know how it got in the news that way.
 
IMG_1078.PNG
MommaBerd said:
People keep linking to this site, but when I click through I have NO idea what I'm looking at...is there a specific "setting" to put the map in motion?
Click to expand...
On my phone there are dates and time and the bottom that you scroll to see why's predicted

There is also a drop down box that says precipitation, temperatures, wind speeds, wind gusts
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page


GET A DISNEY VACATION QUOTE

Dreams Unlimited Travel is committed to providing you with the very best vacation planning experience possible. Our Vacation Planners are experts and will share their honest advice to help you have a magical vacation.

Let us help you with your next Disney Vacation!


New DISboards Threads

xipotec
Where do you hide from the summer storms?
Replies
0
Views
1
xipotec
xipotec
peabody58
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Disney100 Platinum Edition EV SUV
Replies
0
Views
1
peabody58
peabody58
shannonstar
Last Minute Trip - Resort Advice Needed
Replies
0
Views
1
shannonstar
shannonstar
Jillpie
Have you read "Beneath a Scarlet Sky"? please explain the confusing ending to me!
Replies
0
Views
1
Jillpie
Jillpie
B
Banking question
Replies
1
Views
2
RuntheMouse
RuntheMouse
C
Charles Spencer
Replies
0
Views
29
CdnCarrie
C
NEWS & UPDATES



Latest posts







facebook twitter
Top