Disney World and the other Orlando-area theme parks are reopening Friday after Hurricane Milton roared through Florida.
The theme parks and resorts closed temporarily on Wednesday afternoon, hours before Milton made landfall Wednesday night near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane. They remained closed on Thursday as Milton moved away from Florida and into the Atlantic Ocean.
Milton came less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Florida’s Big Bend region. More than 230 people have died due to Helene, many due to inland flooding in the Appalachians, according to The Associated Press.
Walt Disney World theme parks and Disney Springs have reopened Friday under scheduled operating hours, according to a Friday morning update on the Walt Disney World website.
Disney had closed its theme parks, water parks, miniature golf complexes and nearby Disney Springs on Wednesday afternoon. The company had also halted Walt Disney World Transportation service temporarily and canceled the Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party event at Magic Kingdom that had been scheduled for Thursday.
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground and the Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa are likely to remain closed until Sunday, Oct. 13, according to Disney.