Folks, Florida was hit by Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, October 6th. It was a Category 3/4 storm which traveled up the east coast into the Carolinas before dissipating and becoming less of a threat. Florida's east coast beaches received progressively worse weather as it travelled north. The roads sustained surprisingly little damage but Stat Road A1A in Flagler just south of Jacksonville was closed in places due to hurricane washout and still remain closed. Daytona and Volusia got a little less weather damage but received a lot of flooding. Hurricane Matthew dumped massive mounts of water on the Orlando area but it has mostly subsided by now.
The good news for Florida is that the theme parks and attractions are virtually 100% operational as Florida recovers. Travel in and out of Orlando International Airport as well as Sanford-Orlando Airport are up and running with wait times being a little longer than usual but dissipating slowly.
If you have plans to come to Florida from today forward you will experience somewhat cooler temperatures as Hurricane Matthew created cooler seas and surface temps. There should be no reason to change any plans from this point so check with your reservations first by all means but you don't need to change your plans. Florida is open for business.
