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This is us too. We fly to FL Fri afternoon....if we continue with our original plan. Time will tell.Me too. Praying most of all . We leave early Friday morning so we don't plan on making a decision till Thursday.
This is us too. We fly to FL Fri afternoon....if we continue with our original plan. Time will tell.Me too. Praying most of all . We leave early Friday morning so we don't plan on making a decision till Thursday.
We are scheduled to fly out of SC on Sunday evening. We are actually looking to move our flights (SW) up to arrive at MCO Saturday morning. I think this may be the safest approach. I am NOT cancelling my 40th birthday celebration! Problem I am having now is with my DVC reservations. Limited availability for extra night.
IMHO, I think people should wait a few days before changing any plans. Right now the Irma is so far away that an accurate path is too difficult to predict. The models will give much better guidance by Thursday evening.
We are scheduled to fly out of SC on Sunday evening. We are actually looking to move our flights (SW) up to arrive at MCO Saturday morning. I think this may be the safest approach. I am NOT cancelling my 40th birthday celebration! Problem I am having now is with my DVC reservations. Limited availability for extra night.
While I certainly understand its your 40th Birthday Celebration, we are talking about the most powerful hurricane that has ever come out of the atlantic ocean potentially hitting Florida dead on.
Your safety is much more important. A stress free 40th seems much better.
Its still early though so hopefully everything works out perfectly for everyone
I am not super worried about the impact in Orlando as it seems "unlikely". Even if the storm turns and goes up the East coast, I think rain and winds will be the worst. My biggest concern is getting to Orlando. Clearly, if something changes and Orlando is expected to take a direct hit, we would reschedule. I am just worried if we wait too long to do re book for Saturday that there wont be anything left. Flights, hotels, rental cars... I really don't think we will be able to make it in on Sunday. Then coming down from SC, we probably wouldn't be able to get out until Tuesday or Wednesday. If anyone out there with a crystal weather ball would care to chime in, that would be great
I am not super worried about the impact in Orlando as it seems "unlikely". Even if the storm turns and goes up the East coast, I think rain and winds will be the worst. My biggest concern is getting to Orlando. Clearly, if something changes and Orlando is expected to take a direct hit, we would reschedule. I am just worried if we wait too long to do re book for Saturday that there wont be anything left. Flights, hotels, rental cars... I really don't think we will be able to make it in on Sunday. Then coming down from SC, we probably wouldn't be able to get out until Tuesday or Wednesday. If anyone out there with a crystal weather ball would care to chime in, that would be great
JetBlue just updated flight information for Saturday & Sunday
https://www2.jetblue.com/JetblueAlerts/WeatherUpdate.aspx?intcmp=global_travelalert
No need to change those plans now, but do stay weather-aware. I'm mulling over whether to make a business trip to Cape Coral that weekend and am waiting until closer to time to confirmLooking for opinions please. Would you be thinking of cancelling now if your trip was scheduled to begin September 22nd? I see another likely hurricane developing after Irma; probably 5 days after, of course no idea at this point where it's headed. We are driving from Chicago on the 22nd getting to WDW on the 23rd. My worry is gas shortages in the south an to d what conditions could be once we get down to WDW. The last 2 years that we have driven this time of year there have been gas shortages anyways for really no reason. Any thoughts, opinions, advice is appreciated.
50mph winds are tropical storm force on the Safir Simpson scale.
I can't imagine that a storm which is not forecasted to go over land masses containing mountains (which break apart hurricanes) but is staying over very warm energy producing waters for the next few days , will weaken to a tropical storm once hitting land in florida.
I watched Mike Boylan's (Mikes Weather Page on FB & twitter) livestream last night & he had allot of very good info. He said that the storm will be passing over very flat water laden land in the everglades which will help it stay together as a hurricane - likely still a major. It's size will also keep feeder bands out over open water on either coast - lessening the chance of dissipation quickly.
Just read that forecasters are predicting that Central Florida will begin to feel Irma's approach this Friday evening as the storm force winds ahead of Irma's landfall reach the Orlando area. Keep an eye on info for MCO cancellations etc. should that be the case
I'm a bit surprised (and disappointed) that Monday isn't included yet. Thanks for the update.
yes!!! its not letting me do anything at all.
We are scheduled to fly out of SC on Sunday evening. We are actually looking to move our flights (SW) up to arrive at MCO Saturday morning. I think this may be the safest approach. I am NOT cancelling my 40th birthday celebration! Problem I am having now is with my DVC reservations. Limited availability for extra night.