Surviving the heat at Disney World can feel like a daunting task,
“Whoa, so this is heat. I love it! Ow, but don’t touch it!”
Olaf my friend, you have it spot on. Sat on a bench in Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon in the Florida heat, my mobile phone case began to melt. I’d been on a seat less than 5 minutes at 4pm. As a Brit in Florida, it came as a bit of a shock to find the case flaking before my eyes, it was so surreal I picked it up to find I then had black flaky snow all over my hands. It was also that hot I dropped it. It was definitely a don’t touch it moment – I should have listened to Olaf!
For the next few days my case flaked; it was like having my own snow flurry, but black, sticky and unwanted. Olaf is lucky enough to have his own snow flurry, but I’m no sure if Elsa’s magical snow could have withstood the record breaking temperatures that Florida has experienced this May.
As a Brit on holiday to Disney World, how do you survive a heatwave?
Heatwaves, not as much fun as actual waves
May is meant to be a great month to visit Florida, with temperatures hovering around an average temperature of 26C. That’s equivalent to a nice hot Summer’s day here in the UK, which is just lovely. In reality, May 2024 has broken temperature records across the state of Florida. May 8th saw a real feel temperature of 101F for Orlando, and the temperatures continued to hit this uncomfortable three figure mark the whole month.
Insert pic of real feel temp for florida
Hades himself has moved the heat of hell to the parks. The hottest temperature recorded in Florida was in 1931 on June 29th, when 42.2C (108F) was recorded. This May, that record was broken time and time again throughout the entire month, even the natives were hiding from the heat. That isn’t something that you want to do though when you have spent thousands of pounds on a holiday of a lifetime to Disney World, so what can you do?
Pic of Hades from the ride queues / fantasmic
Heatwave advice:
Midday heat is not your friend – where can you go in the parks?
Even the natives were hiding from the heat
What to do in the parks?