The Vero Beach Disney Vacation club announce it’s open for business (mostly) after repairing damage from Hurricane Frances. “On Monday, September 20, 2004, Disney’s Vero Beach Resort will reopen after a brief closure due to the impact of Hurricane Frances, which made landfall near Vero Beach, Florida, earlier this month. While limited repair work continues… Read More »Disney’s Vero Beach re-opens
On the way to the orchid show, we quickly saw the work of Charley, which had smashed its fist through an atrium of one hotel and peeled the stucco off another like an orange. Yet on the Disney grounds, the cleanup had been quick and efficient. Nary a shrub was out of place at Epcot… Read More »How to enjoy Orlando in August
Now that the hurricane’s appear to have left the Orlando area for a bit, things are getting back to normal for LaughingPlace.com’s webmaster. As such he is back with his bi-monthly roundup of the latest changes, rumors, and new attractions at Disney’s American Themeparks. Go check it out!
What the heck? Hurricane Jeanne, a few days ago looked to be harmlessly destined to skirt the coast of florida a few hundred miles to the east, is now tracked to slam into central florida. I’m sure the last thing the residents of Florida, the businesses, themeparks, and resorts (such as Disney World and Sea… Read More »What the heck… another hurricane?
Hurricane Ivan looks to be headed for parts west of central florida. A relief for the twice storm battered residents there. This does not mean that the danger is clear for central florida, nor does it mean that Ivan just falls off the map. It is now as strong as ever and headed over Cuba… Read More »Ivan the destroyer
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort, part of the Timeshare Disney Vacation Club, was seriously swamped by Hurricane Frances and is now closed for repairs. The time-share resort features a large main building that overlooks the beach, with less than a football field’s worth of vegetated dunes and sand separating it from the open sea where Frances… Read More »Disney’s Vero Beach Swamped by Frances
It’s hard to predict with much certainty where a hurricane will hit more than a few hours in advance. But forecasters have gotten pretty good a projecting the possible path upto five days out. If you anywhere near this path that means it’s time to prepare. This is something Floridians know all too well this… Read More »Hurricane Ivan visits Disney World?
Wall Street is like the nosy neighbor always chiming in with their view whether it is wanted or not. Analysts (read “Fortune Tellers”) have made their views known with little or no reaction in Disney’s stock price resulting from the twin Hurricanes. Two storms is barely a blip on the radar for the Walt Disney… Read More »The Street’s View