I remember exactly where I was on 09/11.

I thought it was my Kennedy moment; the one my mom described to me as a child.  She would say, “I remember exactly where I was when I learned that Kennedy had been shot.”

Today, I am in Orlando with Laurel and Matthew and Lea.

We are in the second day of three days of detailed meetings focused on details that you might never recognize as important or relevant.

But today seems like another Kennedy moment. 

Mind you, we are not ignorant of what is happening all around us.  But, we needed to prepare for every possible scenario that presents itself including the low probability that things turn out fine and the event proceeds as planned.

We also are here to negotiate every other possible outcome and the financial implications of each.  These range from postponing the event to, what at the beginning of the day seemed unlikely, the closing of the parks.

But with each passing hour, another shoe fell.

As I sit in my Sugarloaf room at 11:45pm, that seemingly unlikely scenario has come to pass and Walt Disney World will close temporarily beginning 16 March 2020.

So tomorrow our meetings continue though with a decidedly different agenda.

We don’t have specifics yet to share with you but please rest assured that we will continue to share details as we can.  Sometimes those may be delayed as we prioritize the work over the communication.  Some times they will come like this one, late at night and less complete than we would like.