Florida Palm Recovery 2026

[MarkC]

Currently staying at the WDW Resort area. Adding some photos for posterity. 

This set includes Epcot & Hollywood Studios:It should be noted, at the flanks of Spaceship Earth most of the palms were Foxtails with two exceptions, on the right hand side there were two what I believe were some exotic livistonas(don’t know which type)with extremely thin trunks, they have been removed and replaced by Washingtonias.

Theres visible recovery on most of the satakentias on the walkway towards Guardians Of The Galaxy.  

[MarkC]

Hollywood Studios

 

[SeanK]

Screw Pine damage is no surprise. The Triangle palm? I guess there is no UHI effect at the park.

[MarkC]

Finally made it to Animal Kingdom. That place got absolutely thrashed. So much damage I could have photographed all day and not covered it all.

 

 

[MarkC]

Magic Kingdom. The Pirates Satakentia looks like it will be fine. I didn’t notice the Skipper Canteen bottle palm, it’s either gone or I was just being pulled in too many directions to keep my mind straight. 
 

 

[Matthew92]

Wow, thank you for taking and sharing these pictures.

[MarkC]

On 3/10/2026 at 12:55 PM, SeanK said:

Screw Pine damage is no surprise. The Triangle palm? I guess there is no UHI effect at the park.

The absolute minimum for a large swath extending from the i4 corridor of western Orlando to just beyond the Four Corners area(Champions Gate) was 24F. But the duration of cold was even more brutal. It wasn’t really that much colder in terms of absolute lows than some parts of inland South Florida.