Disney World Issues UPDATE on Hurricane Ian

UPDATE: Disney World will be conducting a phased reopening of the theme parks and Disney Springs on September 30th. Click here for more information.

Hurricane Ian tore across Florida primarily yesterday, and its impacts continue to be felt.

Disney World closed its theme parks and water parks for September 28th and 29th, Universal Orlando also announced some short closures, warnings have been issued about life-threatening floods for Central Florida, and the Orlando Airport is still closed. Now we’ve got another update on just what’s going on in the Most Magical Place on Earth.

Disney World has issued an update on Hurricane Ian via Twitter. In the statement, Disney shared that they are thinking of their neighbors across Florida and noted that they will “be there to help” the Cast Members and community.

In terms of park operations, Disney shared that their theme parks and “other operating areas” remain closed today, September 29th, while “crews assess the impact of the storm and clear debris.” Disney then thanked the Cast Members who continue to care for all of the guests still staying at Disney World hotels.

You can read the full statement below.

Interestingly, Disney did NOT say anything to indicate whether the parks will continue any kind of closure into September 30th. Thus far, they have only shared that the parks and Disney Springs will be closed on September 29th. We have seen, however, that all Disney World park passes appear to be unavailable for booking on September 30th. Again, Disney has NOT stated that the parks will be closed on the 30th, but we will be on the lookout for updates.

UPDATE: Disney World will be conducting a phased reopening of the theme parks and Disney Springs on September 30th. Click here for more information.

For more details about the hurricane, you can check out our posts below.

We’re continuing to look for updates and we’ll share those with you.

Have you been to Disney World during a big storm? Tell us in the comments.