South Georgia theme park provides free admission for storm evacuees – FOX23 Information

VALDOSTA, Ga. — A South Georgia theme park is providing free admission to Florida residents who have been pressured to flee their houses 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 have been pressured to go away beneath obligatory evacuation orders, The Tampa Bay Times reported.

Anybody with legitimate identification or proof of residency within the these counties beneath evacuation orders is eligible, based on 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 circumstances 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 basic supervisor, stated in a news release. “We need to present a possibility for individuals who have taken shelter in our neighborhood to step away and have a number of hours of enjoyable at Wild Adventures.”

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

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