Florida's tourist mecca began grinding to a halt on Tuesday ahead of the storm's expected landing.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando’s tourism machine began grinding to a halt Tuesday with at least one major theme park and the main airport announcing closures ahead ofsaid it would close its theme parks and entertainment district at 2 p.m. Wednesday and remain closed on Thursday, canceling Halloween Horror Nights scheduled for both days.The resort joins Orlando International Airport, which said it would cease operations Wednesday morning.
All the other stores and restaurants in the outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment complex inside the resort were open and doing brisk business.Milton, which is expected to come ashore Wednesday, threatened to ruin the vacations of tens of thousands of tourists at Disney World. While Disney rarely shuts its doors — save for dangerous hurricanes in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Sept. 11 attacks — its hotels are often havens for coastal residents fleeing impending storms. A check of Disney World’s online reservation system on Tuesday morning showed no vacancies.
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