As you are no doubt aware, Hurricane Irma is currently forecast to impact the state of Florida this weekend into early next week. While this is a serious storm with potential serious impacts for parts of Florida, current forecast models do not show the storm having a significant impact on the Orlando area. We are in constant communication with the security and logistics teams at the Swan and Dolphin, and it’s noteworthy that Orlando is not under any kind of a hurricane watch or warning at this time. Given this, we are not currently making any schedule modifications to the PCI SSC North America Community Meeting.

A few facts for those of you who are concerned:

• Most models show the storm likely to pass south of Miami, with the current path being over Key West, approximately 394 miles south of Orlando.
• The current forecast for Monday is wind gusts up to 38 MPH in Orlando. We encourage you to check with your airline for any impact this may have on your travel plans, and certainly be mindful that the weather will be significantly worse in Miami, so connections through there will likely be impacted.
• Orlando is considered one of the safest cities in Florida in terms of hurricanes, as it’s located well inland.
• To that end, in 50 years Walt Disney World has closed only four times due to weather, and in each of those cases the park experienced only minor disruptions.

We will continue to monitor the situation and send updates as warranted.