DCL Officially Cancels Disney Wish on Sailing October 11th 2024. Hurricane Milton will affect central Florida theme parks like Universal, Seaworld, and Walt Disney World, and it has also forced the cancellation of the Disney Wish sailing on October 11th, 2024. Disney Cruise Liner has officially confirmed the canceled cruise.
DCL first sent an email to passengers and then posted to their official website “TROPICAL WEATHER UPDATE Disney Wish The October 11 sailing of the Disney Wish is canceled. Refunds will be automatically processed back to the original form of payment used for the cruise booking. An email with more information will be sent to booked Guests or their travel agents. We are continuing to closely monitor Hurricane Milton and will provide updates as necessary.   Last updated on Monday, October 8, 2024, at 1:30 PM ET.”
The Disney Wish sails 3- and 4-night Bahamian cruises from Port Canaveral, visiting Nassau and Castaway Cay.
Hurricane Milton is due to hit the Gulf Coast on Wed evening and then travel through Central Florida by Thursday morning in what some are calling a Massive Hurricane. Right now it is listed as hitting us as a category 2.
Before anything, please understand we are NOT an official source of weather. Please go to your trusted source of weather information, the Florida Gov Website, or the National Weather Service. If you are not a local to Florida and are visiting on vacation, here is a direct link to the Orange County, Florida Weather and Forecast from the National Weather Service. We also follow Mike’s Weather Page on Instagram. We are here to bring the information to people who are either here at Disney World and reading Disney-related news and information, or those who may be headed here.
You can read the Hurricane Warning for Orange County, FL below. Orange County, FL is home to Universal Orlando, Seaworld Orlando, and for the most part Walt Disney World Resort.
Hurricane Warning
Milton Local Watch/Warning Statement/Advisory Number 14
National Weather Service Melbourne FL AL142024
1100 AM EDT Tue Oct 8 2024
FLZ045-082300-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
Orange-
1100 AM EDT Tue Oct 8 2024
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: Equivalent Cat 1 Hurricane force wind
- Peak Wind Forecast: 55-75 mph with gusts to 95 mph
- Window for Tropical Storm force winds: early Thursday
morning until Thursday afternoon
- Window for Hurricane force winds: early Thursday morning
until Thursday morning
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for wind 74
to 110 mph
- The wind threat has remained nearly steady from the
previous assessment.
- PLAN: Plan for life-threatening wind of equivalent CAT 1 or
2 hurricane force.
- PREPARE: Remaining efforts to protect life and property
should be urgently completed. Prepare for considerable wind
damage.
- ACT: Move to safe shelter before the wind becomes hazardous.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Extensive
- Considerable roof damage to sturdy buildings, with some
having window, door, and garage door failures leading to
structural damage. Mobile homes severely damaged, with some
destroyed. Damage accentuated by airborne projectiles.
Locations may be uninhabitable for weeks.
- Many large trees snapped or uprooted along with fences and
roadway signs blown over.
- Some roads impassable from large debris, and more within
urban or heavily wooded places. Several bridges, causeways,
and access routes impassable.
- Large areas with power and communications outages.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: Flood Watch is in effect
- Peak Rainfall Amounts: Additional 6-10 inches, with locally
higher amounts
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for extreme
flooding rain
- The flooding rain threat has remained nearly steady from
the previous assessment.
- PLAN: Emergency plans should include the potential for
extreme flooding from heavy rain. Evacuations and rescues
are likely.
- PREPARE: Urgently consider protective actions from extreme
and widespread rainfall flooding.
- ACT: Heed any flood watches and warnings. Failure to take
action will likely result in serious injury or loss of life.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Devastating to Catastrophic
- Extreme rainfall flooding may prompt numerous evacuations
and rescues.
- Rivers and tributaries may overwhelmingly overflow their
banks in many places with deep moving water. Small streams,
creeks, canals, and ditches may become raging rivers. In
mountain areas, deadly runoff may rage down valleys while
increasing susceptibility to rockslides and mudslides.
Flood control systems and barriers may become stressed.
- Flood waters can enter numerous structures within multiple
communities, some structures becoming uninhabitable or
washed away. Numerous places where flood waters may cover
escape routes. Streets and parking lots become rivers of
raging water with underpasses submerged. Driving conditions
become very dangerous. Numerous road and bridge closures
with some weakened or washed out.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- Situation is favorable for tornadoes
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for several
tornadoes
- The tornado threat has remained nearly steady from the
previous assessment.
- PLAN: Emergency plans should include the potential for
several tornadoes with a few possibly intense having larger
damage paths.
- PREPARE: Those living in manufactured homes or on boats are
urged to relocate to safe shelter before hazardous weather
arrives.
- ACT: Listen for tornado watches and warnings. If a tornado
warning is issued, be ready to shelter quickly.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Significant
- The occurrence of scattered tornadoes can hinder the
execution of emergency plans during tropical events.
- Several places may experience tornado damage with a few
spots of considerable damage, power loss, and
communications failures.
- Locations could realize roofs torn off frame houses, mobile
homes demolished, boxcars overturned, large trees snapped
or uprooted, vehicles tumbled, and small boats tossed
about. Dangerous projectiles can add to the toll.
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