Hurricane Irma?

[LisaDay]

As of now, my husband and I are still heading down on Saturday. We are on Spirit Airlines leaving from Pittsburgh and arriving in Orlando at 9:50AM Saturday morning. We're hoping to go to Magic Kingdom as soon as we get in and hopefully getting dinner there. After that, we are planning on staying in our room at All-Star Music for at least Saturday night, Sunday, and Monday.

Are there any more suggestions on how to ride out this storm in our hotel room? We have about 5 days worth of food (Tuna pouches, beef jerky, cereal, protein bars, etc.) and a lot of empty shaker bottles for water in our suitcase. We have flashlights and extra batteries, external battery chargers for our phones, and some books. Anything else we might need?

 

[HarperLeigh]

5 PM advisory has come in. The pressure and miles per hour are the same. The track/cone has shifted slightly to the west.

 

[BigMac3001]

Just spent 90 minutes on hold to move my Halloween party tickets from Sunday to Tuesday. Best CM ever! She was very kind and helpful.

Still flying in Saturday morning. #IRMAGoingAnyway

Oh and... "America! Spread your golden wings!“

 

[wonder whisper]

This scares the hell out of me

Ugh, you're right. Again folks, it's a projection of a possible path, not a confirmed one.

 

[BigMac3001]

As of now, my husband and I are still heading down on Saturday. We are on Spirit Airlines leaving from Pittsburgh and arriving in Orlando at 9:50AM Saturday morning. We're hoping to go to Magic Kingdom as soon as we get in and hopefully getting dinner there. After that, we are planning on staying in our room at All-Star Music for at least Saturday night, Sunday, and Monday.

Are there any more suggestions on how to ride out this storm in our hotel room? We have about 5 days worth of food (Tuna pouches, beef jerky, cereal, protein bars, etc.) and a lot of empty shaker bottles for water in our suitcase. We have flashlights and extra batteries, external battery chargers for our phones, and some books. Anything else we might need?

We may be on the same ME bus! Our flight gets in at 10:20.

 

[Sarah Brecht]

Ok with the new Euro model I'm no longer convinced we will be safe at Disney, so we doubled down and were finally able to get a Southwest flight out at 7:20 AM Saturday. Can anyone foresee any complication that would cause that flight not to leave at all? Backlog of people waiting, storm arriving early, anything like that? I'm trying my hardest to feel reassured but there has to be a reason those seats were available and literally every other flight we found on every other airline between now and Saturday was like thousands of dollars with three or four layovers. This has one layover in Dallas, TX. Would getting out of Texas be a problem with the flooding in Houston?

ETA from Orlando to St. Louis.

 

[WDW_fan_in_TX]

They just announced that all flights out of OIA will cease at 5 p.m. Saturday until after the storm.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

And something else I just thought of...
Those who are planning to drive down to Orlando next week after Irma clears our area....you are going to hit a massive amount of traffic. All the residents coming back home will be traveling the same way as you. Gas will once again be at a premium. Plus having to go around whatever damage occurs from the storm.

I live in Middleburg/Fleming Island and have 3 gas stations within 3 blocks of me. Not a busy area at all, where I am. One gas station was complete out, and the other two had premium only. I was filling DD's car (at 3.29 a gallon oiy) and got to $20 (3/4 tank) and the pumps all shut off. They ran out of fuel. I didn't try the other station, but some people were heading over there. These are tiny gas stations, so IDK when they will get another fuel delivery. DH is stopping further out on the way home from the airport with DD (back from Japan) to top off our tank. Hopefully he can find a station a bit further out.

 

[Interpol]

Are there any more suggestions on how to ride out this storm in our hotel room? We have about 5 days worth of food (Tuna pouches, beef jerky, cereal, protein bars, etc.) and a lot of empty shaker bottles for water in our suitcase. We have flashlights and extra batteries, external battery chargers for our phones, and some books. Anything else we might need?

A battery or crank powered portable radio may come in handy.

 

[HarperLeigh]

They just announced that all flights out of OIA will cease at 5 p.m. Saturday until after the storm.

Where did you see this?

 

[Clockwork]

As of now, my husband and I are still heading down on Saturday. We are on Spirit Airlines leaving from Pittsburgh and arriving in Orlando at 9:50AM Saturday morning. We're hoping to go to Magic Kingdom as soon as we get in and hopefully getting dinner there. After that, we are planning on staying in our room at All-Star Music for at least Saturday night, Sunday, and Monday.

Are there any more suggestions on how to ride out this storm in our hotel room? We have about 5 days worth of food (Tuna pouches, beef jerky, cereal, protein bars, etc.) and a lot of empty shaker bottles for water in our suitcase. We have flashlights and extra batteries, external battery chargers for our phones, and some books. Anything else we might need?

Don't laugh but a tablet/laptop with movies Disney cable stinks.

 

[AppleSister1]

I would just remind everyone cancelling to ALSO cancel their ADR's. This can generally be done online. It's a separate cancellation, and I'd hate to see folks get stuck with a $10 per person charge under these circumstances (although, given the situation, Disney might refund the charges later.) Used to work at a Travel Agency, and we learned this lesson the hard way!

 

[WDW_fan_in_TX]

Where did you see this?

I'm watching WFTV (the local ABC affiliate) right now online, and they did a live shot from OIA announcing it.

 

[snowangl317]

Where did you see this?

Yes, please post where you saw this from a reliable source. Lots of people on here are very worried about flights they have scheduled on Saturday afternoon/evening.

 

[AndreaA]

The website isn't allowing me to cancel dining reservations. Anyone else having issues?

 

[ckb_nc]

my got to site is http://hurricane.terrapin.com - pretty concise info here and yeah this thing has a real punch.

 

[TinkerBelle_325]

They just announced that all flights out of OIA will cease at 5 p.m. Saturday until after the storm.

This is untrue. As per the Orlando International Airport website and Twitter account the last update in regards to Airport operations was given at 8:30am this morning. There is currently a banner on the site that reads:

HURRICANE IRMA: Flights at Orlando International Airport are currently operating as normal

I implore people to check sites that are official such as Orange County FL, National Hurricane Center, Orlando International Airport etc...as there is so much misinformation floating about and sadly most media is more concerned with the 24/7 cycle than fact checking.

 

[lawboysam]

Re: OIA. Previous poster said they're holding a press conference. Local station is reporting live from there:
https://twitter.com/JDealWFTV/status/905886224933638145

I wouldn't expect it to be online until after the press conference.

 

[HarperLeigh]

This is untrue. As per the Orlando International Airport website and Twitter account the last update in regards to Airport operations was given at 8:30am this morning. There is currently a banner on the site that reads:

HURRICANE IRMA: Flights at Orlando International Airport are currently operating as normal

I implore people to check sites that are official such as Orange County FL, National Hurricane Center, Orlando International Airport etc...as there is so much misinformation floating about and sadly most media is more concerned with the 24/7 cycle than fact checking.

Press conference at MCO. Yes, The airport is currently operating as normal and will continue to do so until at least 5 PM on Saturday.

 

[TinkerBelle_325]

I'm watching WFTV (the local ABC affiliate) right now online, and they did a live shot from OIA announcing it.

Re: OIA. Previous poster said they're holding a press conference. Local station is reporting live from there:
https://twitter.com/JDealWFTV/status/905886224933638145

I wouldn't expect it to be online until after the press conference.

My apologies. There has been a lot of misinformation floating around but of course a press conference is a reliable source. Thanks for proving the info!