Halloween Horror Nights & more canceled due to Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian will impact the Central Florida area this week with strong winds, heavy rain and more forecast to impact the area. As a precaution, several events, including concerts and theme park events have been canceled including the following:

„ ■ Lake Nona Regional Chamber: All scheduled events (committee meetings, events, office hours) are canceled or postponed starting at noon Sept. 27 through at least Friday.

„ ■ Tasty Takeover: Sept. 27 event is canceled.

„ ■ The Wheel at ICON Park and Carousal on The Promenade: Closed beginning Sept. 27, all events canceled, reopening TBD. „ ■ Arts on Douglas: The New Smyrna Beach gallery is closed Sept. 29-Oct. 1. The opening of Karlene McConnell’s exhibition is rescheduled for Oct. 8

„ ■ Crayola Experience: Closed Sept. 28-29.

„ ■ Crealdé School of Art: Campus is closed Sept. 28-30, with all classes and events canceled.

„ ■ Enzian Theater: Closed

Sept. 28-29.

„ ■ Hannibal Square Heritage Center: Closed Sept. 28-30, with all classes and events canceled.

„ ■ The History Center Closed Sept. 28-30, scheduled to reopen Oct. 1.

„ ■ Legoland Florida: Both Legoland Florida and Peppa Pig theme parks are closed, and all events are canceled Sept. 28-29.

„ ■ Madame Tussauds Orlando & SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium: Closed Sept. 28-29.

„ ■ Morse Museum of American Art: Closed Sept. 28-29.

„ ■ Orlando Repertory Theatre: All daytime fieldtrip performances are canceled through Sept. 30. The 7 p.m. Sept. 30 performance of “Dog Man: The Musical” is still on the schedule.

„ ■ Orlando Science Center: Closed Sept. 28-29.

„ ■ Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park: Closed Sept. 28-Oct. 2. „ SeaWorld Orlando: Park is closed and all events are canceled Sept. 28-29.

„ ■ UCF theater and other arts programs: Theatre UCF’s Sept. 28-30 performances of “The

Interference” are canceled. The Sept. 29 faculty recital by Richard Drexler, the Sept. 30 in-person portion of the Latin American/ LatinX Film Festival and the Sept. 30 concert by the Flying Horse Big Band are all canceled. The UCF Art Gallery is closed Sept. 28-Oct. 2.

„ ■ Universal Orlando Resort: Closed Sept. 28-29. All events, including Halloween Horror Nights, are canceled.

„ ■ Walt Disney World: Closed Sept. 28-29. All events, including Mickey’s Not-SoScary Halloween Party, are canceled.

„ ■ YMCA of Central Florida family centers: All locations are closed and programs are canceled from Sept. 28-29.

Reopening is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 30 at noon.

„ ■ Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex: Closed Sept. 29-30 and all events canceled.

„ ■ KMFDM concert on Sept. 29 is canceled. Refunds will be given.

„ ■ Theatre West End: Sept. 29 and 30 performances of “Rent” at the Sanford theater are canceled.

„ ■ Wisin & Yandel concert: Sept. 29 event will be rescheduled. Oct. 1 event will proceed as planned.

„ ■ Central Florida Community Arts: Campus closed and all classes and events canceled Sept. 28-30. The anniversary breakfast, originally scheduled for Sept. 30, has been rescheduled to Oct. 14.

„ ■ Cycle Mount Dora: Originally scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 2; rescheduled to take place on Oct. 14-16.

„ ■ Space Coast Symphony Orchestra “Season to Remember” Party: Originally scheduled for Sept. 30; postponed to Oct. 6 -7.

NASA WORLDVIEW/EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS) VIA AP This Sunday satellite image released by NASA shows Hurricane Ian growing stronger as it barreled toward Cuba. Ian was forecast to hit the western tip of Cuba as a major hurricane and then become an even stronger Category 4 with top winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida.