Disney World sustained minimal damage during Hurricane Irma, but the pictures are still scary
Due to Hurricane Irma, right now, Walt Disney World is closed. The hurricane came through the theme park in the middle of the night, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain, and for some in the area, a loss of power. Knowing that conditions would be poor, Disney World made the decision to close down for both Sunday and Monday (that’s today). And taking a glance at the aftermath of Irma at Disney World, it’s a good thing all the parks are closed.
From the looks of it, there was no major damage done to the theme parks or the resorts. But there is a lot of minimal damage — think overturned trees, broken signs, lawn chairs all over the place, and so many branches and leaves. The cleanup for this has only just begun, and it’s expected that Disney World will be up and running as normal by tomorrow, Tuesday. And by Tuesday, it will seriously be like none of this ever happened, because that’s just how Disney’s magical clean up works.
But, before things return to normal, we’ve got some images of the current condition of the Happiest Place on Earth. Cross your fingers that we never see sights like this at Disney World ever again.
Since guests are currently sequestered at the resorts, that’s where we have photos of most of the damage.
Large tree got uprooted last night next to Sassagoula Floatworks. Fortunately it fell AWAY from guest buildings. #LiveFromWDW #HurricaneIrma pic.twitter.com/1ipuX63l0Z
— CafeFantasia 💫 (@CafeFantasia) September 11, 2017
One of the street lights next to Doubloon Lagoon was blown down last night, damaging the railings. #HurricaneIrma #LiveFromWDW pic.twitter.com/HrfLd2QHLU
— CafeFantasia 💫 (@CafeFantasia) September 11, 2017
Carribean beach is looking a little flooded and broken… @WDWNT pic.twitter.com/0hMTKEO0sP
— Chloe ✨ (@ThatGirlChloeS) September 11, 2017
@Attractions tree fell into a room at Jambo pic.twitter.com/5YnFuksCbD
— Mercuzio (@disneyquesting) September 11, 2017
@WDWNT @Attractions bridge from Boardwalk to Swan & Dolphin took a beating pic.twitter.com/dgcVu8zykH
— chris (@thebrvelitltstr) September 11, 2017
@WDWNT pop century took some damage as well 😳 pic.twitter.com/3HnyQuv6Ic
— shelby farley (@shelbyfarley_) September 11, 2017
Destroyed 🙁 pic.twitter.com/eBlU7mIWeJ
— Belle (@FiBelleFi) September 11, 2017
Mostly tree damage here at the @Disney #PolynesianResort. @WDWNT @wdwmagic @WaltDisneyWorld @DisneyParks @Disney pic.twitter.com/00zk4HtsnT
— Chris Green (@ChrisGreenPics) September 11, 2017
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And because Disney guests are in a league of their own, some of them are spending their vacation time helping Disney clean up.
@Attractions guests at Caribbean Beach are helping with the clean up around Trinidad South pic.twitter.com/vHTxDWF9HB
— Michael (@runwithmichael) September 11, 2017
As for the parks, right now it just looks like downed trees and flooding.
EPCOT
Some damage/flooding in EPCOT @WDWNT pic.twitter.com/dqURwKdxvE
— Osborne Lights (@osborne_lights) September 11, 2017
A look at Epcot this morning. Trees down and flooding, but it doesn't look like any major damage occurred#IrmaWDW pic.twitter.com/KRvy9Sqr51
— BlogMickey.com (@Blog_Mickey) September 11, 2017
ANIMAL KINGDOM
Tree of life is OK! The same can't be said for some surrounding trees. Sorry about quality. @WDWNT pic.twitter.com/DkXfuR6LQD
— Osborne Lights (@osborne_lights) September 11, 2017
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MAGIC KINGDOM
24 hours later ! Castle is still there ! #rideout #rideoutcrew #rideoutteam #irma hurricane https://t.co/oud2xUSKqk pic.twitter.com/5mjESMSPsC
— 🔥JT Armstrong EMT SMG 🔥 (@JEFF_EMT) September 11, 2017
HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
(Okay, I literally cannot find a single picture from Hollywood Studios, so if you find one, send it my way, please.)
The clean up process has only just begun, and hopefully no underlying damage is discovered. Stay safe, Disney World!