South Georgia theme park gives free admission for storm evacuees – Motion Information Jax

VALDOSTA, Ga. — A South Georgia theme park is providing free admission to Florida residents who had been pressured to flee their properties throughout Hurricane Ian.

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Valdosta’s Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta is offering free passes on Saturday or Sunday for anybody from the 26 Florida counties who had been pressured to depart underneath obligatory evacuation orders, The Tampa Bay Times reported.

Anybody with legitimate identification or proof of residency within the these counties underneath evacuation orders is eligible, in response to the newspaper.

The transfer comes after Walt Disney World introduced on Tuesday that its theme parks would close on Wednesday and Thursday because of the storm. Relying on the climate situations in South Georgia, the Valdosta park’s working hours might be impacted by Ian.

“Our hearts exit to these affected by Hurricane Ian, and we perceive there may be a lot ready and worrying for these affected by the storm,” Jon Vigue, Wild Adventures’ vp and common supervisor, mentioned in a news release. “We need to present a chance for many who have taken shelter in our neighborhood to step away and have a couple of hours of enjoyable at Wild Adventures.”

The park is at the moment in the course of its second annual Great Pumpkin LumiNight occasion, the park mentioned in its launch.

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