Tropical Storm Erica

[Kimberly Mitchell]

Do you think it will hit Walt Disney this weekend? If so I need to cancel my reservations. I would hate for it to rain the whole time. It would be a waste of money.

 

[lovetoscrap]

Moved to the Theme Parks Forum

 

[GPC0321]

It's still a little too early to know for sure. Florida is in the "cone of uncertainty" right now according to Weather.com (they're so dramatic). The various models have the storm doing everything from coming ashore at Florida to turning and going back out to sea without ever making landfall. Unfortunately for me, in Eastern NC, we're right in the middle of those to extreme scenarios and the closer the storm gets, the more likely it seems that we're going to be affected. I'm hoping the stupid thing dues a u-turn and heads back out to sea.
Regardless, even if she goes to or near Florida, it's not looking like it will be more than a strong tropical storm or weak Cat 1 hurricane at this point, and she's been moving fairly quickly lately. Of course they do tend to slow down sometimes. If she stalls over Florida that would be days of rain. If she blows through or skirts up the coast, you're looking at a matter of just hours of crappy weather and then probably some nice weather in her wake.

Update: models show it still around the Bahamas on Sunday and not really hitting Florida (if it does) until Monday.

 

[CAS239]

I would expect rain most of Monday and Tuesday. Not on the weekend

 

[KateP85]

I would expect rain most of Monday and Tuesday. Not on the weekend

That's what I'm assuming, a wet Monday/Tuesday, then back to normal the rest of the week. I doubt it's going to rain for days on end, but I would pack those ponchos just in case!

 

[princessjadesmom]

Ugh!!! I hope it doesn't hit Orlando! We fly in on Monday morning.

 

[RustManFan]

Best day we had at WDW in 1992 was the day that Homestead, FL was wiped out by Hurricane Andrew. It was a beautiful day at Epcot! You never know

 

[andyman8]

Very good news: while all of Florida is still well within the cone, the center of the cone has shifted east yet again into the ocean.

 

[princessjadesmom]

This was the last hurricane I was in, so this is what I'm picturing in my mind for our trip to WDW next week. It's freaking me out!

 

[tnd]

Very good news: while all of Florida is still well within the cone, the center of the cone has shifted east yet again into the ocean.

I hope it keeps on going out east, we arrive Friday and I am hoping we won't be too badly affected.

 

[andyman8]

I hope it keeps on going out east, we arrive Friday and I am hoping we won't be too badly affected.

No matter what happens with this storm I'd definitely expect quite a bit of rain on Monday and Tuesday but hopefully it'll be bearable in the parks.

 

[tnd]

No matter what happens with this storm I'd definitely expect quite a bit of rain on Monday and Tuesday but hopefully it'll be bearable in the parks.

Eh, we'll make it work. Even a rainy Disney day is better than a day at the office! Luckily we are going for 10 days, so we have plenty of time to make up anything we miss.

 

[bumbershoot]

Best day we had at WDW in 1992 was the day that Homestead, FL was wiped out by Hurricane Andrew. It was a beautiful day at Epcot! You never know

Well, Orlando and Miami are a couple miles apart.

(my mom and stepdad lived, until a few months before, in Country Walk estates, the south Miami development that was pretty much leveled by Andrew and there were huge lawsuits about...the development originally developed and started by Disney, actually!)

 

[Karin1984]

Just an FYI for whoever is interested, I work for KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) we have a lot of destinations in the Caribbean, in our daily operational reports Erika is mentioned, but also that our operation is not effected at all. Also our partner Air France has no operational measures for the Caribbean or FL. As long as planes keep flying, it should be okay. Rainy. But okay.

I hope that as long as those reports stay like this, I can fly in on Monday (arrival around 5:30pm at MCO) with an international flight. But my friend is on a different flight, she flies from London to Miami and then to MCO (arrival around 10:30pm). I really hope and pray Erika decides to have fun somewhere else. From Miami to Orlando... tiny planes against a big bad storm... Yikes.

 

[JACKNAG]

watching

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Well the storm is starting to track a bit more to the east, heading more toward Georgia and the Carolinas. The further east it goes the better for Florida, with less wind and rain.

Its still a ways away and to early to be sure. Time will tell!


http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2015/tropical-storm-Erika?map=5day&MR=1


Keep your fingers crossed.

AKK

 

[RustManFan]

Well, Orlando and Miami are a couple miles apart.

(my mom and stepdad lived, until a few months before, in Country Walk estates, the south Miami development that was pretty much leveled by Andrew and there were huge lawsuits about...the development originally developed and started by Disney, actually!)

DUH! My point is that you never know where a storm is heading and who gets the worst of it.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

I thought it shifted more west today? Looked like it was in the ocean once up by Orlando now it looks close to the coast then out at sea. leaving tomorrow for wdw

 

[andyman8]

Mods, I think we need some thread combining action!

http://disboards.com/threads/tropical-storm-erika-keep-an-eye-out.3442044/

http://disboards.com/threads/disney-parks-in-the-rain-possible-hurricane.3442479/

Anyways, there's the latest report (aka the 11am report) in the first listed thread now.

 

[kandb]

We are checking into WDW tomorrow, here now in Orlando/SeaWorld. It's raining today and when we arrived last night we had to wait 1 1/2 hours for our luggage due to lightning. We have a BOG dinner adr Tuesday night and they are showing the storm hitting Orlando on Tuesday am with 85 MPH winds. Will they close the parks if the storm hits with those kind of winds?