How to Survive Hurricane Season & Severe Weather in Disney World

When a major storm hits the Orlando area while you’re on a Disney World vacation, what do you do? How do you get refunds on your trip? Where do you shelter in place? Which items are you gonna need to have on hand (and which ones aren’t gonna do you a lick of good)? We’re covering EVERYTHING you need to know about those tropical storms TODAY, on DFB Guide.

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[silentpaw]

As a former WDW Cast Member, there is an interesting park hack that very few know of when it starts to pour down. Find a custodial cast member and ask for one of the massive garbage bags. They will often gladly give you one, and they are as large as a Poncho.

Also, the umbrella is good to carry even on hot sunny days. It can protect you from the sun as well as the rain.

[doingitwelldotbiz]

These vids always make me happy cry. Thank you for offering practical solutions and shouting out the hard work cast members put in to keep folks safe!

[catkoj]

Preschool kids here in Japan clip their raincoat hoods to the visor of their hats to prevent their hoods from blowing off their heads leaving them wet when walking to school on rainy days. You can use a regular laundry clip or even a heavy-duty paper clip and clip it right in the front where your hood overlaps your hat visor. We've already packed some along with our raincoats for our upcoming WDW trip.

[anneholden]

I was at Disney World a few years ago. We got one of those 20-minute afternoon storms. My brother in law from Illinois kind of freaked out. I said just wait 20 minutes. And we'll be fine. The park cleared out, and we continued our day of fun! He was amazed. I guess they don't have 20 minute rainstorms in Illinois!

[nicoleslagoski]

I was at SSR for Hurricane Ian last year. I had ordered food in advance and went to Disney Springs the night before shut down to get more provisions. I have to say that I always felt safe. I hunkered down in my room with Netflix for two days and it was just fine. The cast members were all fabulous and did the best that they could. My heart went out to the gulf coast as I watched the destruction on tv.

[isaacheres]

Yeah it's June 1st. The start of Hurricane Season.

[aiv.]

i haven't been to disney world in years yet i still watch most of your content since i just enjoy the overall topic of disney. hope i see you reach the 1 million mark soon, been watching since like 400k i believe.

[Filthyy]

Watching this now as i'm meant to be having the first holiday with my two girls to florida on oct 20th. Dreading the worst.

[carcar]

I recommend having a weather radio in one of your backpack’s pockets. It’s the best way to receive weather directly from the National Weather Service!!

[sodareboot]

TL:DR: We we’re staying at a resort, and the Disney Magic made us forget anything was going on.

Wewere staying at AKL in September 2022 when the storms came through in the middle of the week. The parks closed for a couple days, but our girls had no idea anything was going on- they’d probably tell you those were the best days of the whole trip. One day was already planned as a resort day, and we were able to move the other park day to the second planned resort day. This included moving a Bippity Boppity reservation when it had just reopened. All of the resort staff were phenomenal. Concierges were experts on reservation shuffling. The lifeguards became camp counselors/party hosts. They hosted a pajama party dance night in the lobby with surprise cameos from Mickey and Minnie that we will never forget. Sanaa buffet was half-priced, and we got a walk-in table at Jiko the second night. Never would have planned the trip this way, but I wouldn’t change anything looking back.

[FLOWERSANDSLOTS]

1. Daughter's wedding in Disney on a Tuesday (scheduled to fly out on Saturday..) 2017
2. Orlando Airport announces closure on Wednesday starting on Thursday.
3. Rented FORD Expedition XL and 6 of us (including Bride and Groom) drove home to MA before IRMA hit. It was quite a tense situation for sure.

[mybookoflife]

Cancelled trip and nssh party this week due to Milton. Better safe than sorry

[danieltaylor]

Have I cancelled my Disney trip because of the current situations YES! Do I still watch DFB guide YES!

[timothywalker]

Ziplock bags she isn’t kidding folks I have used these and come in handy. Years ago down pour hit and there was a strange three sided structure didn’t know what Disney used it for but it was dry and had a place to sit, so my stepmother waited for it to finish and snagged a restaurant table no worse for wear and had an early dinner 🥘 😊

[stashmerkin]

Posted on the 1st day of hurricane season. DFB always on point!

[EricGus]

We got "lucky" and was in WDW smack dab right when Ian hit in 2022 .. I do have to say the cast members at CBR did an AMAZING job despite the fact everyone's vacation was cratering into a disaster.. AJ was not joking bout the Orlando airport being a nightmare.. it was .. and thats really being generous..

[cassidynichols-dahill]

I used TSA precheck for the first time last month. I was so worth it! Also kids are free as long as they are on your reservation

[ashleygraham]

Well timed, DFB! Even as a local this is so helpful!

[birbluv]

Thank you, AJ. I find it interesting that now the “low crowd” period in Disney World is August through mid-September, excluding Labor Day. Of course this is also the time with the greatest risk of hurricanes! I went solo around September 8-13, 2004, which I booked in great ignorance - and was very lucky. There were four hurricanes impacting Disney World that August-September and my trip dodged them all. Crowd levels were what people would now consider low.

[kittykathy]

We left the day hurricane Ian was coming into town. We were able to have all of our fun and we’re leaving that morning anyway. We got back to our area without any problems because we drove from Florida to Pennsylvania. They were closing airports and I felt bad for those that were stranded.