food IS a theme park
Disney has floated a lot of ambitious ideas over the years, but not every one of them made it past the drawing board.
©Disney || Play Pavilion Concept Art
Some existed only as concept art before quietly disappearing. Others were officially announced, generated plenty of buzz, and then slowly faded out without much explanation. And a few still sting, because we really wanted to see them happen. Here’s a look at five Disney World projects that were planned, hyped up, and ultimately scrapped.
How do you get to Disney World? For most folks, when it comes time to plan that Disney World trip, traveling to Orlando usually involves flying.
Orlando International Airport
Now, flying is usually a pretty easy experience, especially if you can get a nonstop flight to Orlando International Airport. Yet, sometimes, flying can be unpredictable, and delays and cancelations do happen. Bad weather pretty much anywhere in the U.S. can delay flights at Orlando International Airport, too, and today, we’re seeing over 450 flights report delays at that airport.
Things aren’t “back to normal” in Florida quite yet.
Air travel
Two days after Florida was battered by Hurricane Milton, many of the state’s larger attractions and businesses have begun reopening. These include Disney World, Universal Orlando, and Orlando International Airport. However, while Orlando Airport is back open to commercial operation, that doesn’t mean things are going 100% smoothly.
Orlando International Airport
The closure of the Orlando International Airport comes ahead of Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall early Thursday morning. Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall on the west coast of Florida and move through the Central Florida area.
Hurricane Milton is getting closer to Florida. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is currently predicting the hurricane to make landfall early Thursday morning, but wind and rain is expected to arrive ahead of its landfall.
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The NHC is expecting heavy rainfall and the potential for hurricane-force winds in the Central Florida and Disney World area. Disney World just provided an update about their change and cancelation fees.
There’s a hurricane heading for Florida, and we’re covering all the updates for Disney World.
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The storm is expected to make landfall on Florida’s coast this evening, but in the meantime, we’re getting rain bands in Central Florida and heavy winds. Disney already decided to cancel Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party for tonight and the water parks and miniature golf courses are closed, but now one offering has been REMOVED from the list of things that were canceled.
Dining in Disney World can be tricky. There are so many restaurants to choose from with some quick service locations being a little too bland for your tastebuds, but sometimes table service dining prices can add more to your trip than you were originally budgeting for.
Liberty Tree Tavern
But if you do research before your trip and decide to book a dining reservation at a table-service restaurant, that’s fantastic! However, if you’re on your vacation and you decide against it for whatever reason such as deciding that you don’t want to spend 1-2 hours sitting down if you have other priorities or realizing you’re tighter on your budget than you thought, there’s a BIG mistake you could make when you go to cancel your reservation that could cost you more than you were expecting.
It’s been a tough month for airlines as delays and cancelations have been hitting airports around the world.
Orlando International Airport
A global IT outage caused tons of delays and cancelations in July, making air travel difficult for nearly a week. Now, as Tropical Storm Debby nears Florida’s coast, more delays and cancelations have begun at Orlando International Airport (MCO). One airline in particular has been affected the most.
If you’ve spent any time outside in the Northern Hemisphere this summer, then you know just how hot it is out there.
The heat can be unbearable
Temperatures are soaring at Disney World (but we’ve got plenty of great tips on how to stay hydrated, cool, and find some shade!) and experts have even warned that this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be worse because of warmer water temperatures as well. And, while we never thought we’d have to be worried about soda cans exploding on airplanes because of the heat, apparently, we do.
There’s nothing more crushing than having your flight canceled before a highly anticipated trip.
Southwest plane
However, the unfortunate truth is that sometimes it’s unavoidable, So the best thing you can do is be as prepared as possible. If you’re flying Southwest, that means knowing the most common reasons flights are canceled, and knowing what to do if that happens.
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