Hurricane Irma?

[Aflyingbuttress]

This shouldn't be a statewide freakout. It going to hit a significant percentage very hard. Most will ask, at storm end, "Is that it?" Doing this very early and getting people out of the Keys is fantastic. Saving our closest island neighbor, The Conch Republic should be a priority. After all, a hurricane in the Keys did kill the early railroad in Florida (and a bunch of laborers.)

Traffic will be stressed, power will be out. Issuing a state of emergency is so the emergency assets are in place before the storm really hits. It involves utility trucks, National Guard...

By Saturday mid-afternoon we will all have a good idea of where this is going, in terms of Orlando. The biggest reason that I would tell people to stay away from Disney while the storm is "passing" is that you will be sequestered to your room for 12-24 hours and the the food is going to be boxed lunch. This seems very expensive. All the resort rooms are Meh at best. Although I did envy the person had the ephemeral room in the Bay Lake Towers. Now that's the room to watch 50-70 mph winds from.

Do you really believe it's going to be 50-70 mph winds? Category 1 hurricanes START at 75 mph. This is a category 5 right now and will probably be a category 4 when it's over FL. That's 130-150 mph winds. This storm WILL hit Florida and I seriously doubt people will be saying "is that it?" when it's over.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I just changed my flights and rental car from Monday to Tuesday. There wasn't much left available on Southwest direct from Atlanta for Tuesday so I decided to just do it after checking the latest hurricane track. Even though the worst would be past Orlando sometime Monday from what I could see, it'll be in Georgia so that was the final straw for me to change.

Tomorrow I'll call DVC Member Services and change the Monday reservation arrival to a Tuesday reservation arrival. If they won't bank my points for that one night which are past the banking date for my December use year, I'll be ok with it.

Now if I could just talk my son into coming home from college - he's about an hour from Savannah and the college is closed tomorrow and Monday but he's saying he wants to stay there.

 

[DoTheDisFam]

Correct - and if Irma follows the frightening track projected by the most recent Euro model (ergo, up the "spine"of Florida), discussions I have just seen on the Weather Channel imply it is such a massive, strong storm that it will still be maintaining a status of anywhere from cat 4 to cat 3 while over Central Florida. That would means winds of 130-160 mph in the Orlando area, which are classified on the Saffir-Simpson scale as running from "devastating" to "catastrophic," in terms of their impact on structures.

Exactly what I heard as well. And those winds? Those are "sustained" winds...not gusts. Should that happen, the amount of damage hinges on how long the system is in the area.

 

[mkymouse4ever]

Read alot of this thread. We are due to fly in 1 week on thursday. I can't even call and talk to cm's about what they are thinking,cause we are after the 13th. On the 14th. I have played out several sceniarios
1. leave as is and hope for best
2. if cannot fly we could possibly drive straight through its only 21 hrs?
3. will it be worth it to even go or is it going to rain, and be flooded, etc. for whole vacation
4. chuck whole idea of going cut our loses and change go to california disneyland? We have wdw ap's could upgrade to the duel coast passes $$$ I think > but I cannot ask anyone on phone? yet till the 14th? I already made ressies got all except 1 day at present. But, haven't been west since 1995. OMG

anyone else going in 1 week and unsure what we should do? Thanks for all your support.
mky

 

[Belle1962]

Another post from meKeep an eye on the Irma section on the National Hurricane Center website. The cone of uncertainty now includes all of GA. Little bit of AL. Most of TN. All of KY. Some is southern IN. Almost all of Va. Large portion of WV. And of course SC and NC. But it changes to a Tropical storm along the way. Keep a close eye on the weather along the route you intend to take.

 

[LadyLeem000]

I thought the discussion of damage that could be done by the storm was no longer happening on this board?? Correct me if I'm wrong...just genuinely curious here.

 

[Tinkerbell2017]

I thought the discussion of damage that could be done by the storm was no longer happening on this board?? Correct me if I'm wrong...just genuinely curious here.

I didn't hear that, maybe people missed it.

 

[HopperFan]

This is false, I believe. The picture being circulated was in preparation for Christmas decorations..

That's why I asked if anyone had seen ... in person. If so I would think only smaller metal part, great missles.

 

[HopperFan]

I thought the discussion of damage that could be done by the storm was no longer happening on this board?? Correct me if I'm wrong...just genuinely curious here.

Yes I believe we are not to discuss/imply catastrophic or fear comments. Some folks just can't stop ...

 

[Alice Hart]

I thought the discussion of damage that could be done by the storm was no longer happening on this board?? Correct me if I'm wrong...just genuinely curious here.

Why would honest conversation be avoided?

 

[Draydey]

Now that we moved the trip to next Thursday makes me wonder if we pushed it out far enough

 

[LadyLeem000]

I didn't hear that, maybe people missed it.

Page 158 was the second advisory against it.

 

[Tinkerbell2017]

Page 158 was the second advisory against it.

Thanks, that's a good thing to remind people.

 

[sherlockmiles]

Disneys website is always flaky. Even more so under stress like this. As long as they gave u a confirmation number you'll be fine. It will eventually show up. People earlier canceled their ressies and they were still showing up for hours before going away

keep trying....LOL I freed up a "studio" reservation at Old Key West for Saturday (9/9)......this afternoon I was able to add saturday to the hotel we had for sunday - friday. Someone on the board found that putting in for more nights brought up more options than short/single nights. I tried that and that's how I found POFQ magically had availability for saturday when wed afternoon it did not.

 

[HopperFan]

THE SPREADING OF PANIC WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THIS THREAD.
YOU CAN SHARE THE MODELS AND TRACK FORECAST BUT NO NEED TO MENTION ANY TYPE OF DAMAGE FROM MINIMAL TO CATASTROPHIC

 

[Tinkerbell2017]

Now that we moved the trip to next Thursday makes me wonder if we pushed it out far enough

I bet that is more than enough time. Disney knows what they are doing. Of course we don't know exactly what will happen but I think Disney has everything in hand. It's a business that only wants the best for it's customers.

 

[DoTheDisFam]

Page 158 was the second advisory against it.

I missed it as well. This thread moves so fast.

 

[scoobert2]

In response to L_B_H who said:
"Hey, I just realized I have no idea how our tickets work. We ordered them through Undercover Tourist (three day park hoppers). I don't think we assigned specific days to them -- should these be good for a certain amount of time? I bought them in April. Thanks for any info you can share."

We bought our tickets through Undercover Tourist as well. I think if they aren't linked you can get a refund maybe minus a handling fee (if I remember correctly.) We, unfortunately, have already linked our tickets so I don't think there is anything that can be done about ours. We are scheduled to leave Tuesday the 12th. I have about made myself sick worrying over this. We were planning this 2 years ago for our 25th anniversary and it had to be postponed and we finally had enough saved to do a budget trip and now I may lose a large part of that money. I feel really bad for those in Florida and thankful my kids aren't there (it would scare them so bad), but can't help but feel upset that my "once in a lifetime" trip may never happen now.

 

[grumpy28]

Last night we cancelled our 9/8-9/12 trip. Rebooked for 9/17-9/22. Now wondering if we will have trouble getting down there. We drive from NC. Really do not want to have to postpone another trip. We have never flown down, but I decided to check Southwest fares just in case. For my family of 5 it was over $1,700! Very hopeful driving won't be a problem (gas,traffic, debris, ect..) *And yes I completely understand that this a small problem in the scheme of things.

 

[Alice Hart]

Wow. I guess sharing what is being reported on national and international news is considered bad on here because it somehow dampens the spirit of Disney? I on the other hand thought sharing what was truly happening was serving our family disboards members. Guess I was mistaken.