Disney Resort To Shutter Early Tuesday As Hurricane Dorian Inches Toward Florida Coast

UPDATED with five confirmed dead in Abaco Islands: Hurricane Dorian continues its painstakingly slow push toward the southeast U.S. coast as it continues to batter the Bahamas Monday. The massive storm has been downgraded to a category 4, and forecasters said it would move “dangerously close” to the Florida coast late Monday, as well as Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and southeastern Virginia into the week.

The Walt Disney World Resort is shortening its operating hours Tuesday as the storm moves in. The Magic Kingdom Park, Epcot, Disney Springs, Disneys Lagoon Typhoon Water Park, Winter Summerland Miniature Golf and Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf all will be closing at 3 PM ET. Disneys Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom will be closing at 2 PM. ESPN Wide World of Sports and Disneys Blizzard Beach Water Park both will be closed all day Tuesday.

Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Monday that five people in the Abaco Islands were confirmed dead from the storm. Dorian has been pummeling Grand Bahama Island Monday afternoon with storm surges rising 18 to 23 feet above normal tide levels. Forecasters said the hurricane was moving west at 1 mph and turning slightly north with winds at 150 mph. It was about 105 miles off the coast of Florida, as of 2 PM ET.

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