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[treasurehunter]

I was on the disney magic on 9/11 Castaway Cay to be more exact... Disney did everything in there power to make us feel safe and secure. We were followed back in to port canavrel by the US coast guard. We still had 4 more days to play at WDW when we got off the ship on 9/12 . Since no planes where flying at that time everyone with flights back to there homes ,Were but up in the resorts and not the cheap ones either. my sister-in-law was to fly home on the 12th and disney but her up in the AKL...
All phone calls from the resort for the next to dys where free of charge so you could get in touch with loved ones to find out everyone was all right. Not only did WDW but up the stranded the all so got passes to the parks all for no charge.. and WDW also made new flight arrangements for them.
The securty at the park was tight but no overwhelming the next few days Bag checks , and Id checks to see if park passes matched id and id checks at the WL to see if you where a guest I can only tell you that Resort because thats where i was staying.
As for our last for days we tried to mack the best but it was not in the cards. there was a note slipped under our doors at 2:00 am on the 12th telling us to stay close to the news because there was a tropical storm heading our way . when we woke on the 13 there were high winds and lots on trees down on the WL resort area. the weather stayed that way for the next 3 days but the wind had died down alot. we still didnt have a flight to get home on sunday some airports where open but any in my area where still closed. WDW would have put us up til we did have flights. I called home to find out if they knew when the airports would be opening. It was then that i found out that my brother was missing , My family didnt tell us on the 12th when i called because They had faith that he would be found.. On sunday we checked out disney arranged for a rental van so we could get home. I drove 22 hours stright and the next day we had the service for my brother.

We are going back to WDW on Aug 22 threw 28 and staying at WL to make up for the rotten time we had ..
sorry so long .. I think WDW can handle the event of Terror threat and Will do So in true WDW fashion

[AKLRULZ]

Wow, thank you for your post - and welcome to the boards. It is interesting to hear your story and how Disney dealt with 9/11. More importantly, I am so sorry to learn about the loss of your brother. My prayer for you and your family is for peace and blessings. Thanks again for a poignant post and for sharing your story - I hope you have a marvelous trip in August. You certainly deserve it. Take care!

[tikibird]

treasurehunter,

Thank you so much for your post. You are a true example to all of us of trying to put this terrible tragedy behind us and moving on, one day at a time.

I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your brother. I hope that you will find that Passporter is a great community of friendship and support. I, too wish you peace, and hope that you will have a wonderful vacation in August.

God Bless You!

[rescuesk]

Treasurehunter,

So sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. Thank you for taking the time to post your experiences.

Welcome to the boards and this caring community. Peace and {{{Hugs}}} to you and your family.

Sue
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[treasurehunter]

I would like to thank everyone for your well wish and prayers

[Youngatheart]

Treasurehunter,
So very sorry for the loss of your beloved brother. My thoughts are with you. I hope you have a great trip in August.

[Youngatheart]

This morning I heard a report of a threat against the Orlando water supply. Any news of this?

[mattjs]

There was some degree of a warning issued for Orange County based on unconfirmed sources. Though we had the same warning issued up here awhile back so, for the time being, it's probly just the kind of thing we have to get used to.

As for direct effect on WDW though, I'd say with 99.9% certainty that Disney handles 100% of it's on-property water needs with it's own private on-property water supply. One that I'd guess is far more heavily and effectively guarded than any public water supply in the nation. Again, with this one, in a relative sense I think you're probly safer at Disney than you are sitting in a big city.

That's why we're going as much as possible right now [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Hey...it's the prudent thing to do.

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[Disney Fan]

I just read this post for the first time (sorry, I thought it was about checking bags. I'm thinking you open, they peek, end of story). The insight and courageous thought is incredible. As other folks have said, Steve you summed it up quite well. Treasurehunter, thank you for sharing your story with us. My heart and continued prayers are for you and your family. May God's peace continue to be with us all. We may not know how, when or where our time will come, but it inevitably will. All we can do now is live our lives with love, compassion and integrity. God's blessing to all!

[debe]

To ease your mind, the July 4th threat is more of a "Northeast Nuclear Plant" thing, not a WDW one, so you should be OK

<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Thanks RobbiD you just made my day [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] We have a couple of Nuclear Plants within harms way... Oh well, life goes on! Seriously though, I believe all major parks, businesses, our government are doing the best they can to keep our country safe as possible. [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img] We can not live happy productive lives, if we base our lives on what if's ! [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]

Steve your posting is great! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]

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[AKLRULZ]

I read that both Universal and WDW handle their own H2O supply. Thank you all for your compliments on my post. [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]

[stonewall]

OK- I live in upstate NY;2 nuke plants up here, one in PA, one in Maine. Where are the others?

[treasurehunter]

Hi all You can follow this link to all the nuclear plants in the us there are over a 100

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operatin...-reactors.html

[DreaminDisney]

As usual Steve, very well said. You hit it on the head! I agree with you 110%!

Treasurehunter, Thank You for sharing your story. Very sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. My thoughts are with you.
Welcome to Passporter and know you have a lot of friends here. There are some wonderful people here {{{{{Hugs}}}}}

Debbie

[Beth L.]

As far as the nuclear plants, we have 2 here in CT, one of which is less than 20 miles from my house. [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] Though it is out of commission, it still has all it's rods etc in place. I refuse to worry about anything happening on 7/4 with the plants here because if the worse does happen, there's not a whole lot I can do about it.

TreasureHunter, I was very touched by your story and I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. God bless you and your family.