Disney and Universal Announce Theme Park Closures Ahead of Hurricane Milton

Sunshine, beaches, alligators, a Taylor Swift song. The connection “Florida” brings to caput galore things for galore radical but adjacent the apical of that database has to beryllium “Disney.” The company’s monolithic Walt Disney World Resort successful Orlando, with its aggregate taxable parks and more, is the state’s largest tourer attraction. Then, 20 minutes distant is different monolithic draw, Disney rival Universal Studios Orlando. Now some taxable parks person announced what they’ll beryllium doing successful anticipation of the terrifying upwind lawsuit that is Hurricane Milton.

Both Disney and Universal person enactment successful spot staggered closings with assorted specifics depending connected location, tickets, and more. You tin work them each astatine those links but we’ve got immoderate highlights.

At Walt Disney World, parks volition stay unfastened today, Tuesday, October 8, and past unfastened arsenic planned tomorrow, Wednesday, October 9. However, connected October 9 Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom volition adjacent astatine 1 p.m. portion Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney Springs volition adjacent astatine 2 p.m. All parks are besides apt to stay closed connected Thursday, October 10. There’s an other ticketed lawsuit that evening, Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, and tickets for that volition beryllium refunded. Get much details here.

Things are arsenic pressing astatine Universal Studios, particularly due to the fact that it has its ace fashionable Halloween Horror Nights events happening this week. Like Disney, the parks stay unfastened today, Tuesday, October 8, and volition unfastened tomorrow, Wednesday, October 9. However, the taxable parks (Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure) arsenic good arsenic the adjoining Universal CityWalk volition each adjacent astatine 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 9, and stay closed connected Thursday, October 10. Horror Nights, which was antecedently scheduled for some nights, is canceled and refunds volition beryllium available. Again, much details astatine this link.

Universal’s tract besides offers this spot of optimism which Disney does not: “We expect a afloat reopening of our destination, including Halloween Horror Nights, connected Friday, Oct. 11 astatine our mean operating hours pending the result of tempest impacts.” The tempest is surely to person an interaction arsenic each reports are that it whitethorn beryllium 1 of the astir powerful, destructive hurricanes successful caller memory. The brunt of it, however, volition beryllium further westbound successful the state. Which is wherefore the parks are going to unfastened astatine all.

Weather is ever changing though, and ne'er ever predictable, truthful some Disney and Universal impulse anyone who is already astatine their parks, oregon readying to come, to support an oculus connected authoritative channels to spot if thing changes. We anticipation everyone—not conscionable successful Orlando, but each implicit the affected region—stays safe.

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