Tonyz
How do ya do? Pretty good, sure as you're born!
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- May 17, 2014
We are at Disney now until Saturday but have since changed our flights to Friday to be safe.
You probably would have been safe on Saturday honestly.
We are at Disney now until Saturday but have since changed our flights to Friday to be safe.
Are you pretty confident in the airport being open on the 13th?Sorry! Just got out of a meeting. There was Saratoga springs and a sprinkling of other resorts. I was able to give up our first two nights at boulder ridge in a 2 bedroom. We are now at boulder ridge from the 13-19 and then one night at grand Floridian villas for the night of the 19th. I was able to change our rental car and the scooters for my parents. Busy morning but my stress level is way down.
Now my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in irmas current path, and my former employee who just moved to west palm beach.
Sorry to sound reprimanding but September IS THE HIGH POINT of the Hurricane season. If you booked a trip in this period, you gambled. Nobody has lost the bet yet. But if you booked a short Fri-Mon stay then you're probably better off canceling or rescheduling. For the week longers, you'll probably have 2 days washed out
You are fine. It's perfectly ok that we are all on here asking questions and strategizing. No need to feel bad or guilty.Yes, I can see that. Having never booked a trip to WDW I didn't know this until now, my travel agent didn't mention it, and in all the research I did it somehow didn't come up. I can see this situation is entirely my fault for not doing even more research, I feel bad enough as it is as I'm sure everyone else does. Its not like I'm a veteran traveler that would have known better. I tried to be educated.
Latest model has the eye never going over Orlando.
Flying in on the 9th, hoping the park stays open on the 10th, and then potentially riding it out on the 11th at the AoA, assuming the park closes that day (which is just conjecture at this point). Hoping all is back in full swing by that Tuesday for MNSSHP. Not trying to minimize the potential threat, but maybe if it doesn't hit Orlando directly, it'll make for low crowds and low humidity. Gotta be positive somehow, right?!
That is great. I "think" I read last year that someone who was there in Matthew was giving the advice that they were glad they were in a hotel where it was all one unit, like AKL, WL, ect. I think I would prefer a ground floor room if one was available. But if your CL, I guess that is the 5th floor?We will be at the Yacht Club CL so things could be worse.
My travel agent emailed me at noon and is on hold with WDW about hurricane warning. She said I would not be refunded without a warning but I don't want to go to Florida with it in a state of emergency. I know it's a lot of what ifs but my biggest fear is drowning by water. Waiting for travel agent to call back
Basically from all the information available we have now. Friday and Saturday will be fine at WDW and the airports all day. The question is about Sunday afternoon and Monday. So will flights be arriving and departing Sunday afternoon. Probably. Since Orlando is in the middle of the state and not a coastal city. WDW could possibly close early that day not for damage to the park but just so everyone is not on the road if the hurricane is the vicinity. But Matthew was right on the coast and it didn't cause too much damage, in Orlando at least. Irma looks to be further away from Orlando when it passes by from the current reports.
Allegiant is offering one-time change to travel plans if you're flying into impacted airports with flights between Sept 5th and Sept 9th. FYI
https://www.allegiantair.com/travel-alerts
Given there are literally scores of models, which one are you referring to? Most of the present composite spaghetti maps (the ones that display multiple projected paths) have the heaviest concentration going right up through Florida. And BTW, latest NHS measurements show peak sustained winds approaching 180 mph with analysts saying the current and near term path of the storm may skirt the windward islands, which if the case means the storm would not be degraded by land terrain and could actually continue to strengthen as it approaches Florida.
And note the following comment made in todays 11am NHS update:
"Irma is the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic basin outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in the NHC records."
This is definitely not a storm you want to experience if it does enter Florida and takes a north/northwesterly track through it.
Those of us that live on the Atlantic/Gulf coasts are very familiar with it. Don't beat yourself up over it. A good TA should advise about peak hurricane season. That's why I put my plans off till NovemberYes, I can see that. Having never booked a trip to WDW I didn't know this until now, my travel agent didn't mention it, and in all the research I did it somehow didn't come up. I can see this situation is entirely my fault for not doing even more research, I feel bad enough as it is as I'm sure everyone else does. Its not like I'm a veteran traveler that would have known better. I tried to be educated.
Are you pretty confident in the airport being open on the 13th?
Splash is already closed and being refurbished as we speak.
According to the current models, you'll get there at the same time as Irma if you arrive Saturday.Right now, we are leaving Alabama for Orlando, before the crack of dawn on Sunday, the 10th. And leaving the 17th.
Debating going a day early and arriving on Saturday. That will get us there before anything might hit.