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Hurricane Milton has hit Disney World in Florida, but there is a nuance. What's wrong with the photos that went viral
The network showed how Hurricane Milton reached the Disney World resort in Florida, USA. On October 9, a Category 3 storm approached the state. The destruction caused by the hurricane left more than three million homes and businesses without electricity.
The natural disaster also affected the largest and most visited entertainment center in the world, Disney World, located in Orlando. The territory of the complex consists not only of various theme parks but also hotels and resorts. It is quite rare for Disney to close its parks, but yesterday they were all closed and are likely to remain inaccessible to tourists for some time, LADBible reports. Despite the efforts of those trying to document the bad weather, speculation also found a place on the web.
In particular, the X platform showed a photo of the flooded Cinderella Castle, the official symbol of Disney World. Some users noticed something wrong. As it turned out, the images were fake, either generated by artificial intelligence or made in PhotoShop:
- "It's fake. The area around the castle doesn't look like that at all."
- "It's artificial intelligence. None of these places are recognizable, and the main street doesn't look like this. Zoom in on the castle and you'll see that it doesn't look like that."
- "I live in Florida, in Miami, a 3-hour drive from Orlando. I am 90% sure that this is not Disney in Orlando. The castle doesn't look right, and the dark clouds are supposed to be at night. Milton struck much later."
Disney World told guests: "Please prepare to take shelter in your room or building starting at 8:30 p.m. as the storm is expected to intensify." As early as October 9, Goldman Sachs analysts were talking about possible hurricane-related closures and disruptions that would reduce Disney's earnings by $150 million to $200 million this quarter.
People who stayed at Disney World are sharing eerie videos from their hotels showing the chaos caused by the storm. One TikTok user explained that during Milton, he and his family "stayed safe in [their] room."The video shows heavy rain falling outside the window and palm trees looking like they are about to be toppled by the wind. Similarly, other users shared videos taken outside their hotel rooms. Guests of the complex noted that Disney provided them with lunch boxes with food.
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