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The Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival is back for its 6th annual event hosted at Downtown Disney®!

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Competition Venues

Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival takes place at Downtown Disney®.

Directions & Maps

Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival takes place at Downtown Disney®.

When using a GPS device, Downtown Disney® is located at:
1490 E. Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 32830

From I-4, take exit 67 (536/Epcot®), follow signs to Downtown Disney®. Use Entrance 5 (first entrance) on left to the Downtown Disney® Area Parking. Park in Lots O, P, and Q. Follow the walkway to the Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival event site located by Cirque du Soleil® and House of Blues®.

From I-4, take exit 68 (Downtown Disney®), merge on to FL-535 N. Apopka Vineland Road. Turn left on to Hotel Plaza Boulevard. Continue on to E. Buena Vista Drive. Turn right at Entrance 5 in to the Downtown Disney® Area Parking. Park in Lots O, P, and Q. Follow the walkway to the Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival event site located by Cirque du Soleil® and House of Blues®.

Visit gwndragonboat.com for more details.

Rules

The race will be held rain or shine. If there is lightning in the area the race will either have a delayed start or, depending on the intensity of the weather, be cancelled. The determination will be made by the Event Management staff.

The Walt Disney World® Resort Lightning Policy

Event operations will shut down when lightning is 10 miles out from the event areas. Event operations will not resume until the lightning is 10 miles out moving away from the event areas. Sports Manager will determine this using the *Flash to Bang Rule* and weather radar. The Sports Manager will consult with the Theme Park and Walt Disney World® Security on a course of action to utilize the operational rain plan, delay the event, or cancel the event.

*Flash to Bang Rule* is applied by measuring the time (in seconds) between a visual lightning "Flash" and hearing the resulting "Bang". This time is then divided by a factor of "5" to obtain distance in miles. For example, 50 seconds between "Flash" and "Bang" divided by "5" equals 10 miles.