Plug for Disney on talk radio

[Keyser]

I was listening to the Neal Boortz radio show (conservative/libertarian talk radio host) on my way to work this morning, and he gave an extended plug for how great WDW was at handling the hurricane last week. He was staying at the Wilderness Lodge Villas during the storm, and went on and on about how well they handled the situation. He suggested the next time that there's a hurricane in Florida, people should try to head to Disney World.

Just thought it was interesting to hear such an extended, strong, and unsolicited plug for Disney on national radio... With all the negatives that get discussed, it's nice to know they can still dramatically exceed expectations sometimes.

 

[DukeStreetKing]

I'd love to spend my July through September's at Disney.

 

[manning]

Can you imagine the consequences if they didn't in this case.

 

[DancingBear]

From his website:

... try to arrange to sit the hurricane out at Walt Disney World. Even though I was there, less than 10 miles from the eye of Hurricane Charley, I can't say that I feel like I was actually in a hurricane. We were staying at the Ft. Wilderness Lodge villas. Friday afternoon they came around and put flashlights in every room. We never needed them. The electricity never went out. Disney has its own power system, and all lines are underground. The Disney theme parks all closed at 1:00 pm on Friday, so guests were swarming back into the hotels. Staffers put up craft tables to occupy the kids, free movies were being run on the in-room televisions. The restaurants closed for about two hours to let the hurricane pass through, then reopened late in the evening. The winds at this area of Disney were probably a sustained 80 miles per hour. Miles away the winds were at 105 miles per hour. At the Wilderness Lodge they were serving a midnight buffet for guests. When we woke up on Saturday morning the staff was already clearing downed trees and debris, and by mid afternoon the only clue you had that a hurricane had gone through were tree stumps. My guess is that they'll be gone by this afternoon.

Saturday morning I got in the car to see what was happening. After leaving the protective cocoon of Disney World the destruction became immediately apparent. Almost every sign along US 192 was stripped naked. Trees and power lines were down everywhere. Virtually nobody had any electricity. People in hotels and motels outside Disney were gathered in parking lots making meals of whatever they could find. Business owners were trying to clean up debris in hopes that they would be in some condition to open when the power came back on.

http://boortz.com/nuze/

 

[DancingBear]

Originally posted by manning
Can you imagine the consequences if they didn't in this case.

You mean the consequences if Disney didn't set up craft tables and run free movies on the tvs?

 

[Parrothead1964]

This is really good to hear. In a time when the negatives seem to be heavily outweighing the positives, you find out that somebody in the Kingdom really does care about the guests.