Category — Disney World Weather

I’ve been getting a lot of questions and comments about the potential impact of Hurricane Katia on Walt Disney World.

As I update this Tuesday morning 9/6, long range forecasts for Katia don’t predict an impact on Florida.  They show Katia curving away from the US coast and remaining out to sea.

But that may change.

Weather.com has an overview of Katia here, and the Orlando Sentinel has one here.

Other good links from the Orlando Sentinel:

• For its weather page, click here
• For its hurricane page, click here
• For its cone of uncertainty for tropical storms and hurricanes, click here.

For more on hurricanes at Walt Disney World, see this, and for some basic precautions see the lower part of my tornado page here.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions and comments about the potential impact of Hurricane Irene on Walt Disney World.

As I update this Thursday morning, it looks like Irene will cause little to no trouble at Walt Disney World.

Weather.com has an overview of Irene here and an Irene threat level map here.

Over this week, as the projected track has moved further east, the threat level for Orlando has moved from “medium,” to “low” to none.  The current expectation is for possible rain and wind gusts Friday morning.

Check the links above or below for up to date forecasts.

The local paper, the Orlando Sentinel, also has good info.

• For its weather page, click here
• For its hurricane page, click here
• For its cone of uncertainty for tropical storms and hurricanes, click here.

Storms like this are usually not a severe issue for Walt Disney World.

Even if they pass right over Disney World, their journey over land to Orlando dissipates their energy and makes them more like a really bad thunderstorm than like what most people visualize as a hurricane.

But things change, so stay up to date with the links, especially with the Irene threat level map and its cone of uncertainty.

For more on hurricanes at Walt Disney World, see this, and for some basic precautions see the lower part of my tornado page here.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions and comments about the potential impact of Tropical Storm Emily on Walt Disney World.

Weather.com has an overview of Emily here and an Emily threat level map here.

Currently, the threat level for Orlando is coded as “low,” the least-threat category.

The local paper, the Orlando Sentinel, also has good info.

• For its weather page, click here
• For its hurricane page, click here
• For its cone of uncertainty for tropical storms and hurricanes, click here.

Storms like this are usually not an issue for Walt Disney World.

Even if they pass right over, their journey over land to Orlando dissipates their energy and makes them more like a bad thunderstorm than like what most people visualize as a hurricane.

But things change, so stay up to date, especially with the Emily threat level map.

For more on hurricanes at Walt Disney World see this, and for some basic precautions see the lower part of my tornado page here.

OVERVIEW: TORNADOES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 

Although hurricanes get much more attention, tornadoes are likely an equal threat to central Florida visitors—although neither is a major risk.

Winter/Spring tornadoes are a particular threat. 

MORE ON TORNADOES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

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OVERVIEW

If you can’t go to Walt Disney World the recommended week, or are just curious about weather patterns in Orlando, the following pages illuminate the weather in Orlando in the recent past.

To Read the Entire Article, Click Here

BEST TIMES FOR A FIRST FAMILY VISIT TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

• Early March (busy and expensive, but your best Spring Break bet)
• Between the second week after Easter and the week before Memorial Day
• Mid-late October
• November other than the first full week, and Thanksgiving week
• December up until a week before Christmas
• (For returning visitors, January and February, except the Presidents Day and Martin Luther King Day holiday weekends, are also excellent)

These periods are highlighted in this site’s 2010 Weeks to Visit and 2011 Weeks to Visit –each ranking the weeks of the year in order of best to worst.

WORST TIMES TO VISIT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Pretty much all other times, but especially Christmas week, New Years week, and the weeks before and after Easter.

More specifically,

• Walt Disney World is the most crowded when kids are out of school: over summer through mid-August, Thanksgiving week, Christmas and New Years weeks, the college spring break month of March; and the weeks before and after Easter. Crowds matter because they can increase waiting times by a factor of 3-4, lengthening your trip and/or reducing its value as a vacation while you are there.
• The times when kids are out of school are (mostly) also the most expensive times to visit–Disney increases resort prices at times of higher demand, so that for example the same room at the Polynesian is $1800 more during Christmas week than during the week this site recommends.
  • Walt Disney World pricing is complicated, and prices do vary during these busy periods–for example, prices go down quite bit in August, even though the first two weeks are busy. Click the thumbnail for the exact relationship on prices vs. crowds at Walt Disney World (when it opens, click it again to enlarge it more).
  • But generally you will pay more during the periods when kids are out of school.
• Rides are mostly likely to be closed (for refurbishment) between New Years and mid-February. For more on winter ride closures at Walt Disney World, click here
• The hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through November 30, but strongly peaks from mid-August through early October.
• Warm weather becomes materially less likely starting in mid-November, and the chance of good pool weather does not sharply improve again until mid-February. See Weather and When to Go.

MORE ON WHEN TO GO TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

• For when to go to Walt Disney World, see this
• For the next best dates, see this
• For the best and worst times to visit, see this
  • For 2010 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
  • For the 2010 Week Picker App, see this
  • For 2011 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
• For forecasting crowds at Walt Disney World, see this
• For seasonal pricing at Walt Disney World, see this
  • For 2010 price seasons, see this
  • For projected 2011 price seasons, see this
• For weather at Walt Disney World, see this

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