Walt Disney World to close parks for two days as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida

As Hurricane Ian nears the westbound seashore of Florida, the Walt Disney Company is preparing to adjacent each 4 of its Orlando-based taxable parks for astatine slightest 2 days.

The institution announced Tuesday that Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot and Magic Kingdom would shutter connected Wednesday and Thursday. According to the National Hurricane Center, the tempest is headed toward Tampa and volition apt walk implicit cardinal Florida, wherever the Disney parks are located.

Already, Disney has moved guests lodging astatine its exterior edifice locations, similar the campground astatine Fort Wilderness and treehouse villas astatine Saratoga Springs, to interior rooms astatine its different hotels. Additionally, the institution has canceled Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser voyages acceptable to depart Tuesday and Thursday owed to imaginable impacts connected impermanent experiences.

The institution has besides said it volition not enforce cancelation policies for in-park experiences similar Savi's Workshop successful Galaxy's Edge successful Hollywood Studios oregon the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique astatine Magic Kingdom.

Disney's Typhoon Lagoon h2o parkland volition besides adjacent Wednesday and Thursday and its Blizzard Beach determination is already closed.

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