6 Ways Hurricane Irma Impacted Walt Disney World Guests

3. Cancelled Events

With the parks shutting for safety reasons, two extra ticketed events were also forced to cancel running.

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party was scheduled to take place at Magic Kingdom on Sunday 10th. The Christian music festival Night of Joy was also forced into cancelling its second night on Saturday.

Disney was also forced to cancel their dining shows including The Spirit of Aloha and Mickey's Backyard BBQ.

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