Disney World closing Typhoon Lagoon due to Tropical Storm Nicole
Walt Disney World today announced that it was closing its water park and miniature golf due to Tropical Storm Nicole that is expected to move through Central Florida Wednesday and Thursday.
According to the forecast track released by the National Hurricane Center at 1 p.m. today the center of Nicole will approach the northwestern Bahamas today and tonight, move near or over those islands on Wednesday, and approach the east coast of Florida within the hurricane warning area Wednesday night.
Nicole’s center is then expected to move across central and northern Florida, including the Disney World area and into southern Georgia Thursday and Thursday night. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph with higher gusts.
Strengthening is expected during the next day or so, and Nicole is forecast to become a hurricane on Wednesday when it is near the northwestern Bahamas, and remain a hurricane when it approaches the east coast of Florida.
The Walt Disney World Theme Parks are expected now to operate under normal conditions.
Walt Disney World Water Parks and Miniature Golf locations will be temporarily closed on Thursday, Nov. 10, including:
- Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park (Disney’s Blizzard Beach water park is currently closed for the season.)
- Winter Summerland Miniature Golf
- Fantasia Gardens
- Fairways Miniature Golf
