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Pictures of Frances’ Wrath

If you saw pictures of the damage and down trees caused by Hurricane Charley, then you’ll see how well Celebration fared with Frances. (more photos)

The Real Damage in Orlando

With Hurricane, now tropical storm, Frances moving on the digging out process begins. For the hotel, convention, and tourism industry the good news is that they were mostly spared the damage caused by Hurricane Charley. The real damage will be when the lost dollars expected from Labor Day weekend are totalled. There does remain the… Read More »The Real Damage in Orlando

Hurricane Frances Disney Damage Reports

I’m still following up on all my sources, but it looks like Disney World escaped its second hurricane in a month with only minor damage. Most of the horticulture that was vunerable to high winds were knocked down by Charley and Disney’s impressive building code seems to have done the job otherwise. If there is… Read More »Hurricane Frances Disney Damage Reports

Official Disney World Word

From Allearsnet and WDWmagic here’s the official word from Disney: Walt Disney World Resort safely withstood Hurricane Frances and maintained power throughout the storm. After a visual inspection of the entire property, we discovered only minor roof damage to a single backstage structure and minimal horticultural damage. We will open the following theme parks and… Read More »Official Disney World Word

Post Eisner Coming Clearer?

Is the future of the Walt Disney Company post Michael Eisner coming clearer? Michael thinks so and has told the board that he supports Bob Iger to be his successor. This is important because the Disney Board of Directors has some decisions to make shortly regarding another contract for Iger. Iger would like some wording… Read More »Post Eisner Coming Clearer?

A couple of WDW rumors

Some rumors about the parks at Disney World and how fast they’ll recover from Hurricane Frances. Although MSNBC is running a ticker saying that Disney World will open on Monday, the feeling is that it might be a late opening and Animal Kingdom might stay closed an extra day again. The parks again avoided a… Read More »A couple of WDW rumors

2 Feet of Rain!!!

As of 7:25PM Eastern the weather station at the Swan and Dolphin is reporting gust of 64MPH and over Two feet of rain. Friends who live near by confirm that the rain has been torrential, so I don’t doubt the measurements.