ORLANDO – Images are going viral online showing what appears to be a heavily flooded Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando.
The problem? The images are fake.
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On Thursday, a Facebook user named “Reggie Allen” posted the images, which quickly garnered thousands of reactions and shares.
“Walt Disney World in Orlando is now fully flooded,” the post reads. “The park is temporarily closed.”
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Sarasota late Wednesday night before moving through Central Florida on its way to the Atlantic, leaving plenty of flooding in its wake.
But according to CinemaBlend, the flood images were simply generated using A.I.
“The images are AI creations,” CinemaBlend reports. “While it’s unclear if the post intentionally created the AI images or simply reposted them from another source, please be aware that anything you see like that is not real. There have been no reports of significant flooding at Disney World.”
While Disney hasn’t released any information about possible storm damage at its parks, the company announced that its parks are scheduled to reopen on Friday, Oct. 11.
The parks were shut down earlier this week ahead of Milton’s arrival to prepare for the storm’s impact. That makes Milton one of 10 total hurricanes to force Disney to shut down its parks.
For more information about Disney’s plans to reopen its theme parks and resorts, click here.