ConeyLighthouse
Brooklyn Boy
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2015
I was just curious - are the Disney hotel rooms really as storm-proof as they said on The Dis? What about the windows?
Windows can be rated for higher speeds. When I worked at a hospital in NOLA, the windows several stories up had to be rated for certain hurricane force winds. That said, I can't specifically speak to the specific speed rating windows on the lower floor resorts, ie Port Orleans or high floors, ie Bay Lake Towers.
If a storm was actively moving through at Cat 3 or higher, I would be in a room without windows during the storm itself. But it's mainly because of flying debris than it is about window rating. I'm slow, I probably wouldn't move out of the way fast enough if just the right kind of debris happened to hit the window at just the right angle. No fear-mongering; just some practicality at high wind speeds (for me that's Cat 3 or higher). I wouldn't be outdoors at a high Cat 1 for the same reason.
Friends who were staying at Port Orleans for Mathew were told to shelter in place, in their rooms. Now getting that message was difficult because everytime my friend tried to retrieve the room phone message the line was busy. I'm not saying that will happen for Irma. Irma is different from Mathew- it's a different track and speed.
If I were at a disney resort, I would feel very comfortable in following what the CMs told me to do. If that's shelter in the underground tunnels, I'd do that. If it's stay in the room, I'd do that and apply a little extra precaution as I felt useful at the time.
Agreed, I would probably feel very comfortable following what they told me to do also, but I would probably go hide in the bathtub!
the bathtub is a good place to be if a tornado pops up........
we were at WDW during a hurricane (i think it was in 1995, but i can't remember)..
the parks were closed...they told guests to stay in our rooms (this was at the all star music)...
they were very good about keeping us updated..
the hurricane hit at night so it was a bit scarier i think because of that..
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Nice! How did they keep you updated? Did they go door to door or put up notices, or call you, or what? Just curious.