Saw a first today!

[daddyscooltv]

This was a first for us today at Disney. Due to the high winds today Disney shut down all the boats on the lakes from the Fort to the Magic Kindom and the ferry boats from the TTC. They finally started running again around 6pm. We had to take a bus from Magic Kindom back to the Fort around 1pm today.

 

[maxiesmom]

Goodness! I hope you all have a safe and peaceful night! Sounds like you had to batten down the hatches!

 

[2goofycampers]

Many years ago we were on Bay Lake in the one man water craft (Water Mice) about 10:00AM when a freak fog rolled in .It all happened in bout 5-10 minutes.Couldn't see your hand in front of your face . The water patrol had to find everyone and bring them in one at a time ....needless to say they closed down the whole lake...Mr.

 

[my3princes]

That happened to us last summer. We boarded a boat at Epcot in the pouring rain. The storm was so windy that they shut down all boat service property wide. Thankfully the storm was fast moving and we were able to sail again within an hour.

 

[Sinclare]

That happened twice to us last June. Once we were actually on the boat back to the Fort when it hit and you couldn't see anything. It was like being on the ocean in a hurricane.

 

[stacktester]

It was like being on the ocean in a hurricane.

Do you have any data to compare this to? Exactly what hurricane did you experience this in.
I'm totally messin with you.

 

[dblr]

We were ther once and the captain on the lanch between FW & MK siad his boat almost tipped over on the way back from MK ,and they then shut down all boat sevice till the storm passed he said it was the worst he ever saw it.

 

[Colson39]

Yea, I've never seen it shut down, that would be a first for me as well. Been bumpy a few times, but never really crazy enough to shut down though. I'm sure someday it will happen...lol

 

[bxtx]

Yep, we were there last week (Saturday) when they shut the boats - its Bus #15 and they bring you a special back way via the Wilderness Lodge backroads so you are at the Settlement in about 5 minutes flat! We had visions of it taking an hour, and we had Backyard BBQ reservations! But ho harm, no foul!

Bex

 

[des1954]

The only time we've experienced this was the weekend following 9/11. A tropical storm came thru the area & they evacuated FtW (all 100 of us brave enough <er, I mean stupid enough> to go camping after the events earlier that week and with a known tropical storm heading for WDW)... therefore... I assume the boats were also safely moored & not operating.

Of course, there could have been a rogue captain running the boats just to be defiant! If there was, I'm sure he would have looked something like this:

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[ntsammy5]

Hmmmmmmm, very interesting!

 

[CaptKen]

The night before that, I got caught in that storm on the way to Pensacola with a 50 Bertram. Laid up in Destin Harbour for the night. Thru out the plow anchor and 150 feet of chain. Took two tries to get it to set and hold. Wind howled all night while I sat up on the couch keeping watch to be sure we didn't land up on the beach.

 

[Gatordad]

I'll never put on a lifejacket again.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

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Where do you guys find these....what a GREAT picture!!!! Its Clint Otterwood!!!

 

[CaptKen]

I've got a bunch of those things but 95% aren't something that would be allowed on this forum.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Back in '85 I was sailin' with an old salt when a noreaster hit - i'm tellin ya, the waves on old Bay Lake were 50 foot if they was an inch. Then, outta the darkness, we seen a giant submarine with two eyeballs a glowin and a mate on deck with a harpoon who looked like a young Michael Douglas. He was a wagin' war on a beast I ain't seen before nor since, a beast with flailing tentacles and a beak like a parrot. Well, they got covered by the fog and we lost em in a swell. When the weather broke, they was gone, but I could hear this mysterious organ music coming from somewhere around Discovery Island.

 

[ntsammy5]

Back in '85 I was sailin' with an old salt when a noreaster hit -

Hmmmmmmm. Hitting the kungaloosh a little early today? Not that there's anything wrong with that.