Disney World and Universal Orlando Get Through a Hard Week

It's now been a little more than a week since Hurricane Irma battered Florida, and Central Florida's leading tourist attractions weren't immune. Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Universal Orlando parent Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reopened on Tuesday after shaving a little more than two days off their operating calendars.

With electricity out through most of South Florida following the fierce windstorm, I joined what I figured would be a large number of post-Irma evacuees looking for escapism in the form of a short drive up north to Orlando. I wasn't exactly alone, but spending the past week at Disney World and Universal Orlando was surreal in terms of the light crowds. It's undeniable that Disney and Comcast will lay some of the blame of any potential shortfall this quarter on Hurricane Irma disrupting their operations.

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