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August 19, 2008 11:15 am

From AllEars® Team Member Linda Mac: Guests are still lining up get to parks. I am heading over to Animal Kingdom from AS Movies right now. Winds are starting to pick up a little.

August 19, 2008 10:15 am

From AllEars® Team Member Michelle Scribner-Maclean, reporting from Disney's Hollywood Studios: …waiting for HS Musical 2, the crowds are 1/10 what they were two days ago. Radar says heavy rains should be here soon.

TS Fay at Studios
TS Fay at Studios


August 19, 2008 9:15 am

Weather Map
National Weather Service Map
8/19/08 9:04 am


August 19, 2008 8:12 am

TS Fay at the Studios
TS Fay in Studios

From AllEars® Team Member Michelle Scribner-Maclean, reporting from Disney's Hollywood Studios: "What hurricane?! Lots of people here. Guests are being given a flyer that says they may have to close due to weather."

Neither Walt Disney World, nor Universal Orlando have made a decision on whether the attractions will be closed on Tuesday. As of late Monday afternoon, SeaWorld Orlando and Gatorland announced that parks will be open. Those which have announced closures for Tuesday, August 19 include: Busch Gardens (Tampa), Cypress Gardens (Lake Wales), Holy Land Experience (Orlando), and Weekie Wachee (Spring Hill).

Weather Channel Map
8/18/08 5:42pm

August 18, 2008 5:30pm

Walt Disney World will open all 4 theme parks at 8:00am on Tuesday August 19th. Disney Quest will open at 9:00am. AMC Theatres will open at 10:00am

Lake County Schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

3:00pm August 18, 2008
These clouds are the most outer bands of the storm.Taken about 4 miles from the 192 entry to Disney, on the boarders of Polk and Osceola county.

August 18, 2008 – Issued by the National Weather Service at 2:31 PM EDT

… Flood Watch in effect from 8 PM EDT this evening through
Wednesday morning…

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has expanded the

* Flood Watch to include the following areas… coastal
Volusia… Indian River… inland Volusia… northern
Brevard… Northern Lake… Orange… Osceola… Seminole… southern
Brevard and Southern Lake.

* From 8 PM EDT this evening through Wednesday morning

* rainbands associated with tropical storm will be capable of
producing 4 to 8 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecast for Tropical Storm Fay.

August 18, 2008 2:28pm

All classes in Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk and Seminole county public schools have been cancelled for Tuesday, Aug. 19, due to forecast severe weather.