Hurricane Ian at Disney World - What It Was Really Like

A "NOT SO ORDINARY ADVENTURE" as it turned out! I'm just glad you were both safe been watching the news over here in the UK and THE LAST TIME I saw devastation on the scale the Ian brought to Florida was when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans (made worse by the levys breaching) I'm sure eventually Florida and Floridians will recover they are resilient! R.I.P to those that lost their lives in Florida to this hurricane and my thoughts and prayers go out from over the Atlantic in the UK to their families and friends at such a devastating time 😢

I’m so moved by how much Disney and their wonderful CMs went out of their way to make all their guest comfortable and safe! Bravo Disney, wow!! Thanks for sharing this❤

This continues to be one of my favorite UAclips channels. Peter and Kitra just seem like genuinely nice people. I live in Daytona Beach and my surrounding neighborhoods were flooded pretty bad. I hope every one in Florida stays safe and thank you Ordinary Adventures for the content through these rough times.

New fan here! I was also taking a Disney vacation when hurricane Ian hit and I was very impressed with how Disney handled everything. My family has never experienced a hurricane so we were a bit nervous but we felt very safe at our resort (Pop Century Resort). We actually planned this vacation to celebrate my nephew's birthday so I really appreciated the cast members and characters for putting on dance parties, trivia, games, and sing alongs for the kiddos. They also provided us with flashlights, batteries, and some other useful items to prepare for the hurricane. My family and I were extremely thankful for their service.

Travelling from Australia and then caught up in Hurricane Irma Disney were amazing to us after our Disney cruise was cancelled extending our stay . A huge branch crashed into the resort room door and a Disney emergency crew were straight onto it we can't speak more highly of all the amazing cast members . They made our adventure memorable and our sons experience magical even in a Hurricane💙💙💙 Our hearts go out to everyone throughout Florida and the East coast ..

Glad you both are safe❤! The cast members are truly the best. Have a great time at Epcot 40!

One thing Disney did which is very smart is that they built Disney World knowing it was in hurricane country. So the buildings are built to withstand these storms. Thank you for the update! So glad you all are okay.

We stayed at Saratoga Springs on our last visit and everyone was great. Kudos for the locals showing up to take care of everyone. A lot of people think, "Just stay home and ride it out..." but these folks were worried about you. I hope the cast member's homes were all ok.

I totally agree, Gideons is a life essential for every situation, a must-have!! Make pizza with the english muffins. This video is what sets you apart from others, you are taking to time to show what this hurricane situation is, from your point of view to the cast members, guests and resort. Thank you for documenting this event and showing what great historian you are.

I was wondering if anyone booked a Disney trip during this time, and it turned out it was you guys. Thank you for sharing your experience and Thank God you were ok and made the best of this situation. (Extra love to the cast members for making magic for the guest.)

so glad y'all are safe. i honestly loved this raw style of vlogging. it was like hangin' with some good friends. love your content so much and so great to see the mouse vibes!

Glad you guys are safe! Kitra, your concern for the little lizards was so sweet! And Peter we need more videos with you doing magic!!

Can’t believe you guys ended up in Florida exactly when Ian came through. I was looking for this kind of content from Disney vloggers. I was curious to see how Disney handled hurricanes. Thanks for posting this. Glad you all came through it unscathed. I feel so badly for those that have lost everything down south. Scary times we are living in with climate change. More of these events will continue to happen. ☹️ good that you posted a link to help.
Come back to California. We miss you! We only have droughts, fires and earthquakes here!

We drove down from Michigan for 2 weeks, and arrived the day before you. Walmart was cleaned out as well. Cast members and the whole Orlando area did a fantastic job of working through Ian. The one thing we didn’t expect was Basically everything was a “walk on” for the next week because of the cancellations. No lines, no wait times, no crowd.

Thank you for the update and for showing how Disney handles such a horrible situation, while being respectful. I have watched a few other vlogs that were pretty tone deaf, so it was nice to see your experience through a sympathetic lens. One of the many reasons I love your channel!!

I appreciate seeing what this was like for everyone who traveled there for vacation and was stuck in the hurricane. Thank you so much for taking us along on this unexpected adventure and so glad y’all made it through okay!! ❤

This might be my favorite video of yours. Just seeing you all together, taking care of each other and sharing the experience, it was very humanizing! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing your experiences! This was one of those (hopefully) once in a lifetime situations that you will have stories about for years. Kudos to the Disney cast members for working so hard to keep the spirit of the Disney experience alive for everyone, but especially the kids!

This is the kind of content I’d love to see more from you guys. Excellent work!!

You guys did great! Very interesting to see this. Your first hurricane is definitely an experience. I'm not sure how I'd feel in an earthquake as a contrasting example.

I'm glad you guys were safe and not harmed in any way. Thank you for sharing this experience with your fans

We had so much flooding in our area and we are in East Orlando. It was the worst I’ve seen in 30 years of living here. :( we lost power for three days. There are still roads and areas near us that are damaged or dealing with water. Glad you guys were somewhere safe during the storm!

Thank you for the update! I’m planning on coming down next week to see my grandma and spend some time at the resorts. What a challenge that must be for the cast members to stay positive when they are surely concerned about their own homes and families, but glad to see all the kids having fun.

Glad everyone is ok and took precautions. Even though half of the store was bought out already thank you for not acting like most non Floridians and panicking. Also, Kitra, thank you for thinking about the safety of our Florida species. Poor babies.

I'm really sad and bummed out by the hurricane off course but at the same time I'm really glad we finally get to see this perspective of it. It's wonderfull to see how the cast members handeld it and I'm glad you all got out safe!

Thank you guys for the update and I'm glad you're ok! Salute to Kitra and Peterr for always making the best out of any situation!!

So glad you’re all safe! But what fun to be held up in the hotel room with great friends to pass the time. ❤️ Disney did such an awesome job taking care of resort guests during the storm, kudos to them!! Sending prayers to those impacted by hurricane Ian! Stay safe Peter and Kitra! Looking forward to your WDW vlogs!

Wow, what an adventure. All 3 of my kids were born in South FL and it was hard enough for residents to prepare, feel so sorry for unsuspecting tourists. You guys did a good job!

This was far more entertaining than you think. Ashleigh was such a great Mama duck keeping you all in check at Target🤣 And Kitra’s face at the trolley was epic😮

Hey guys, we’re on the east coast of FL about an hour from Disney and boy we got hit hard. Been out of power for 5 days. Lots of damage and flooding my nieces house was destroyed. Worst hurricane in 30 years. Appreciate you doing this respectfully and not live streaming for superchats like some others did during the storm. Good to see how it was in Orlando. Lot different.

This is not what you intended but probably one of the most unique and interesting Adventures you’ve ever documented.

I’m from the UK and so glad you are safe guys, love watching your videos, and very interesting listening to you all explaining the hurricane step by step, love to you all ❤️❤️

My wife and I were there in WDW for hurricane Irma a few years ago. Our experience was very similar to yours.
Disney did an incredible job taking care of us. The day before the hurricane we had a 1/2 day in Epcot before they closed early. When we got back to the room Disney had dropped off food in our room free of charge. Absolutely amazing cast members!!!
We are so glad you are o.k.

Sorry for your bad timing. Hope you are able to have a good time despite the closure. It was cool that you shared your weather adventure with us. My heart goes out to everyone affected by the storm.
Peter, I don't know how long ago you lived in New England but you must have witnessed worse storms than that. 😁I live in central Massachusetts and we have gotten some horrible storms over the years. The Blizzard of 78. Hurricane Bob, Hurricane Gloria. The Blizzard of 93. In 2008 we had a microburst hit the cemetery I work in and we closed for four days to pick up all the downed limbs and trees. The same year, we had a devastating ice storm in central Mass. At my house, we lost power for 14 days. Half the roads in my town were shut down for days until the National Guard came in to clear the debris out of the roads so they were drivable. Then we had the freak 2010 October snow storm. A lot of trees still had leaves on them so they held more snow. The damage was almost as bad as the ice storm two years earlier. Then the EF3 tornado in 2011 that started in Springfield and carved a path across the state all the way to Charlton. That winter, after a snowfall, a satellite took a picture of the tornado's path and it looked like a new highway going across the state.
Stay safe. Hope you have a good time on the rest of your trip. ☺

My husband and I were staying at the Dolphin resort and were planning flying home Thursday. Thank you for documenting what happened - it was such a surreal experience.

OMG!!! LOL!!! I love watching people who have never been to Florida during a hurricane deal with my madness every year during the storm season!! LMAO!!! Love you guys, and you did great. Sorry about everything being gone, but I guarantee those shelves were empty long before you got there. We stocked up at the house before Ian at least 10 days before the storm was even close.

Thank you for the update, guys. It gives me peace of mind. My cousin is a cast member at WDW and I was worried for her safety. 💜

Glad everyone is safe! Thank you for taking the time to show us this and hope your enjoying the rest of your trip!!

I love your vlogs, I would like to see more of them posted! It's a great way to get to know you both from a distance. I'm glad that you were kept safe, and were able to spend time with some fun friends.

20:48…Peter, this was actually VERY interesting! You did a great job of pacing this experience out, and I am very glad it did not seem as unnerving to you both as it may have been to some of us.

LOVED this vlog! You handled coverage of circumstances well while sympathizing with those really impacted. Also loved seeing JustAskDanny with you! Hope you get to enjoy parks Friday onward♥️

My thoughts are with everyone impacted by the hurricane. Stay safe guys🙏🏼

So happy to know you ALL are safe! ❤️ Thank you so much for the update! 🤗

Glad you all were able to get provisions and were safe! And glad to see you all take care of each other and hunker down together. Thanks for sharing your experience!

I really enjoyed this type of video!🙂I’m glad y’all were careful. My prayers go out to everyone🙏🏾

Hey! I was in that same Target at the same time you were! I passed by Peter going down one aisle but didn't say hi, since we were both on the same mission to get supplies and get back to our resort before the weather got worse. Glad you were safe.

Glad you're both okay as well as your friends. I love how you were all debating what to put back at the supermarket when most people would have been going crazy grabbing everything in sight! Loved the characters playing games!

So glad to see that the storm didn't hit so bad where you were and glad to see that you managed to get a good vlog out of the situation 🙏👍

Thank you so much for sharing this video!! So happy you all are safe!! As much the hurricane is scary, my hubby and I find your video still entertaining and informative. 🤗

I am so glad you two are okay! I remember hearing from Disney Food Blog (which I often watched before I found your channel and other vloggers) that during hurricanes, WDW hotel guests are well taken care, and now I finally got to see that in action.

Glad you guys were safe. Drove from Wisconsin and now in Tampa area responding our insured’s needs and planning to drive into heavily hit areas over the next several days. Have a safe trip home!

Thanks for bringing out this kind of content. It’s nice to see how Disney always makes things magical

Thank you for trusting us with this adventure! I was supposed to go to the parks for the first time this past week since 2019 after moving down here at the end of August. Very lucky to be in the pompano beach/ft lauderdale area, so I was unaffected, but devastated to watch my now felllow neighbors lifes get swept up by a storm. All my love to you both, and all my warm fuzzies. Cannot wait to watch and leave six million comments as usual. Here's to many more adventures, and now, hopefully, getting the chance to bump into yall and say thank you IRL

Thank you for sharing your experience with us! I am from south Louisiana and I know how nerve wracking it is to prepare for a storm, so I can't imagine trying to prepare while on "vacation". We stayed at Satatoga Springs a couple of weeks ago and it was AMAZING.

Are you kidding how could you think we would not be interested in this. You gave us a Birdseye view and it was great. You guys are always sharing such wonderful details of your lives thank you🥰

Man you guys, we're really enjoying this video! It takes us back to our honeymoon roadtrip. Flew to New Orleans and drove up to Virginia with a hurricane on our tails, such an exciting and memorable time!!! Glad you guys are ok!!

Glad you both are safe. It was interesting to see your perspective, you seemed to make the best out of a scary situation. Looking forward to the Epcot video!

Glad all you guys are ok, thanks for sharing your experience.. ❤️

Fortunately for you guys you didn’t get hit by the worst of the storm! Mostly just rain and wind.. glad you guys were safe. Sending love from Miami !

So happy you guy were safe out there after hearing that hurricane Ian is the worst hurricane to ever hit Florida and I wanted you guys to have a great trip but at the same time I worried for your safety now if Epcot is able to have the 40 celebration I hope you guys have one heck of a good time love ❤️ you guys thanks for a video out of the norm but I rather enjoyed this type of video and wouldn’t mind seeing more you guys having a good time with friends now with that being said peace ☮️ love ❤️ and happiness to you Kitra and Peter and I’ll see you on another awesome Ordinary Adventure also my thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the hurricane peace ☮️ out ✌️

what a once-in-a-lifetime experience though! glad you are safe and could share this to us!

Glad to hear you are safe and WOW to Danny for getting the water so quickly for you all! I also wonder if CM’s get hazard pay, if not they should!

I’m glad that you all were safe while you were there. Also able to get some supplies at Target. ❤

Thanks for sharing this experience! Being from Florida I had always heard WDW was a great place to ride out a storm but it was great to see how they handle it from a first hand perspective.

Thanks for sharing! Glad you guys are safe and praying for all those affected 🙏🏻

Glad to see you’re all doing well after the storm. Being from LA, I think I would have been super nervous. Stay safe out there friends!

We’re so glad you two stayed safe!

Thank you for sharing so much of your experience. We were staying pretty close to where you were but had much less flooding and debris. We were also on the ground floor so it was amazing to see your footage from an upper level and from the water across from DS. We too feel fortunate to have made it through the experience without issue.

We're currently at Disney World, travelling from England staying just off site. We generally got off easy all things considered but our thoughts go out to those who weren't so lucky. So many people arrived at our hotel with their pets from coastal towns. By the time it hit LBV the storm had downgraded significantly but still a lot of damage. That is interrupted our holiday was the least of it but hopefully everything will be cleared and back to normal soon

Glad you all are safe! Praying for Florida.

I got so lucky with planning as my vacay at Disney World was the week before! I actually wanted to push it back by one week, glad I didn’t!
So sad seeing all the damage done. And cool to see the cast members try to be bring some joy. Y’all stay safe.

I'm in Lakeland for my daughters baby shower and was supposed to head home Wednesday until Ian decided to make an appearance so now we leave Saturday. I'm glad to see you guys were able to ride it out at the hotel. I felt like a little piece of home was with me during the storm knowing you guys were here. Safe travels, see you at Disneyland soon

I was also at SSR during the Hurricane. The cast members were all fabulous! I’ve seen so many disheartening stories about guests lately but encountered only extremely friendly and courteous guests that week. It was wonderful to see everyone come together. My heart goes out to those on the coast snd those who were affected.

thanks for sharing this. Very interesting adventure to have to go through. Im glad you were not as affected as other residents were - and I pray those folks (especially in the southwest of Florida) get services and clean up efforts started very soon.

I'm so glad you're safe! My heart is breaking for Florida! 💖

This was definitely an adventure, glad you are safe . There’s nothing like homemade tacos during a hurricane to make things better.

I was stuck in Caribbean Beach during a hurricane in 95 and Disney took great care of us, I’ll never forget it. Great video as ever, really brought back memories!

This is absolutely amazing!! I live right outside of New Orleans So this is so extremely comical to see people from California getting ready for a hurricane… Of course my heart goes out to you, but your shopping is so extremely different than the way we shop before a hurricane. I absolutely hate it for y’all that y’all had to experience such a extremely violent hurricane for your first experience… I truly couldn’t help but laugh when I heard people using a blower before 155 mile an hour hurricane comes… Maybe they’re from California too!! Lol. I’m honestly just trying to make y’all smile I’m not trying to be ugly… You can never really get used to continuously going through hurricane after hurricane… But what I thought was so cool is that y’all were together working together and I hope everything turned out fine for yall. Prayers for everyone affected horrible natural disaster… People, understand when I say that Florida needs our help right now! If everyone takes for a couple of dollars to help people who have lost everything Imagine how much it will help out people in Florida… Please dig deep into your pockets! I am a disabled mother of three children so if I can afford to give a little, then so can you

Most stressful Ordinary Adventure ever! Glad you all are safe!

So wonderful to see that you guys are safe during the hurricane and able to spend time with friends.

I'm LOVING this vlog... So happy to see this collaboration 🖤

I was wondering what it was like being in the resorts and this was the answer. Glad y'all are safe!

Thank you for sharing your experience, especially loved seeing the Cast Members bring magic to everyone in such a difficult situation. Enjoyed this video!

So happy you are safe, thanks for sharing and being so good to all your Floridan friends and being helpful to them. Safe travels going forward and have fun

As a Floridian who had to evacuate and stayed at Disney, it’s interesting to see people calm at Disney to be honest. A lot of us were so worried about our homes while at Disney during Ian. It made me forget that Disney is supposed to make you smile till I saw this video.

So glad all of you are safe! I honestly really enjoyed the vlog style of video as well! Stay safe out there guys, it even got crazy in NC

Y'all are lucky to be in the middle of Florida. No storm surge. You got wind and rain. I've been through a lot of hurricanes. Starting in the1950s with Hurricane Donna. Then Gracie, Opal, Irma, actually, Opal came through Atlanta, turned around and came BACK thru! My granddaughter was being born the day Irma came through. Power out everywhere, trees down blocking roads, we had a devil of a time getting to the hospital. The wind on the bridges lifted my Subaru Outback right off its tires! So I am well aware of the danger.

Thank you for sharing this adventure. The Disney cast are great! Glad you guys were safe! It was interesting getting to see a little behind the scenes.

Glad you were all safe. As they say make the best out of a bad situation. The CMs at Disney are so amazing.
I’ve stayed at the Saratoga Springs resort and loved the proximity to Disney Springs.

I enjoyed watching your video. Ashleigh, you are adorable!😊 This group is fun to watch!

This is so real! I love your videos please stay safe lots of love!

That was actually fun :) We are taking our three special needs kids next week. Its cool to see how fast Disney is responding. Thank you for the video and well done!

Great video with such unusual circumstances. We were in WDW last week and the weather was horribly hot with high humidity...pre storm. So very glad you were safe and well taken care of. 🤗

I absolutely loved this Video guys. Thanks for vlogging your experience.

Omg Kitra wanting to save the lizards was so heart warming! I would wanted to do the same thing! Lol

Was hoping it was gonna go more west. But have learned when we lived in Florida. Mother Nature will make up it’s own mind. The CM there do a amazing job, for those that are on Hurricane duty that work are usually put up there at the resort. So glad y’all are safe and have a blast on the rest of your trip!

Personally i enjoy y'alls vlog type vids like this.. just watched one the other day y'all made awhile back and I enjoyed it..

Thank you for showing your point of view from the storm. Glad all of you are safe and sound!

Glad you are all okay! I remember going to WDW in 2015 in October and having no idea that it was hurricane season, luckily there was no bad weather at that time

While you guys were making tacos, I was on the east coast, standing outside, watching the clouds whip across the sky. I bet you guys got to enjoy some of the nicer weather that happens right after the storm leaves. Hurricanes suck all the heat away for a few days and it's so nice.