Major theme parks Walt Disney World and Universal remained open Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Milton’s expected hit.
The state of Florida is on high alert as Hurricane Milton continues to intensify in the Gulf Coast. Disney said it was operating under normal conditions and planned, for now, only to close its campgrounds and rental cabins in wooded areas.Meanwhile, other parts of Orlando were shutting down — including Orlando International Airport, which said it would cease operations Wednesday morning. The airport is the nation’s seventh busiest and Florida ’s most trafficked.
October is also among the busier times for theme parks because of Halloween-related celebrations, which have become major money generators over the past couple of decades. Universal Orlando hosts “Halloween Horror Nights,” with ghoulish haunted houses based on slasher films and other pop culture horror, and Disney has its tamer “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.”
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