Hurricane Milton’s damage to Disney World was minor | Fact check

An Oct. 10 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of Walt Disney World in Orlando that includes scenes of severe flooding and storm damage.
“BREAKING: Disney World Destroyed By Hurricane Milton!” the text on the video reads. 
The post was shared more than 12,000 times in 13 days.
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Disney World only sustained minor damage and reopened shortly after the storm hit. The video includes unrelated footage and photos from a satirical website that make it appear Disney World was severely damaged.
Disney World closed its theme parks at 2 p.m. on Oct. 9, just hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm in Florida. Disney World, which is open 365 days a year, has closed fewer than a dozen times in its history due to hurricanes. It also closed early on Sept. 11, 2001, and for nearly four months in 2020 due to COVID-19. undefinedThe park remained closed on Oct. 10 but reopened Oct. 11.The video includes photos of Disney World theme parks during rain storms interspersed with footage that appears to be taken elsewhere. It also includes photos of Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle surrounded by floodwater. Another photo appears to be Magic Kingdom’s Main Street, USA covered in storm debris, but with palm trees, which the street does not normally have.
The images don’t match real-life footage of the storm’s aftermath. Florida Today reported that none of the major theme parks in the area, including Disney World and Universal Studios, sustained severe damage. Social media videos posted by media organizations and park guests show the storm’s impact on the park, but no significant damage.
The Facebook video includes the handle of an Instagram user, indicating the video came from their page. However, unlike the Facebook version, the Instagram user noted in the caption that the images were not real.
The images appear to come from Mouse Trap News, a satirical news site about all things Disney. They appeared in an Oct. 10 article from the website.
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USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the post for comment but did not receive a response.
Reuters, PolitiFact, Check Your Fact and AFP also debunked similar claims about the theme park. 
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