NorCalFanatic
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Thanks! These are helpful details. I live in Seattle, so have the gear and will bring it. But it is disappointing! I need to start planning Sept/Oct trips (I much prefer the heat to rain).
We usually book a CA trip for midwinter or spring break for a dose of sun!
It's mostly people who don't live in CA who make that ridiculous comment about 'never raining'You always hear how it almost never rains in SoCal....
It is in fact... a fact. Here is proof.It's mostly people who don't live in CA who make that ridiculous comment about 'never raining'
The reverse could be said about WA.It's mostly people who don't live in CA who make that ridiculous comment about 'never raining'
Literally every winter I've been alive it rains many times throughout Orange County and having worked at Disney before cell phones took over we closed early at least a few times every winter season- without social media I guess people simply forget about the past.
I know it's not the same as Florida hurricanes but rain shouldn't surprise CA visitors.
It's mostly people who don't live in CA who make that ridiculous comment about 'never raining'
Literally every winter I've been alive it rains many times throughout Orange County and having worked at Disney before cell phones took over we closed early at least a few times every winter season- without social media I guess people simply forget about the past.
I know it's not the same as Florida hurricanes but rain shouldn't surprise CA visitors.
You are correct that we as a state are not prepared for extreme weather, in part because we very rarely get it.
On the other hand, it only rains as hard as it did on Thursday about once a year in Southern California.
Anyway, I hope the rain helped the crops and vegetation around the area since rain is so rare in SoCal.
thats an interesting thought, and i as well will be curious to know....It rains so rarely in SoCal that i wonder if it would actually depress turnout....
If it rains at Uva, you try not to get wet under the umbrellas, but it rarely rains.
It hardly ever really rains here!!! When they say 'rain' it's usually sprinkles!!
You've gotten lots of good advice about IF it rains....
But, keep in mind, that it may not rain at all.
Haven't you heard? It never rains in southern California.
This past weekend they didn't have the parades. Some of the more slippery walk areas were roped off. The characters were in protected spaces. Otherwise, it was pretty much business as usual. You might spend some time in the Animation Academy in DCA. That's a good place to hang out when the weather isn't cooperating.One of the forecasts shows thunderstorms in the afternoon on Friday. In addition to the normal rain closures- what else closes? Anything else to think about? We will probably head to the hotel for a break if it’s too close!
I did just go to REI to get some new rain gear, so hopefully outlaying a bunch of cash keeps the rain away
So Meets1, how did it go? Did any of the advice from this thread help?Traveling from quite the distance to visit DL/DCA this coming weekend 3/30-3/31 and the weather forecast looks terrible- rain and 50's/60's. Talk me off the ledge here- any tips/tricks to make the best out of bad weather days in the parks? Concerned that many things that we were looking forward to riding (eg Incredicoaster, BTMRR, RSR, etc) will not run in the rain.
Thank you for your detailed reportHmm.... Let's see what Disboards people have to say about the rain frequency......