OSLO (AP) — Erling Haaland marked his first game as Norway captain by becoming his country's all-time leading scorer on Thursday.
The Manchester City striker scored in the seventh and 62nd minutes of Norway's home match against Slovenia in the Nations League for his 33rd and 34th international goals.
That moved him above the late Jorgen Juve on Norway's list of record scorers. Juve, on 33 goals, held the record since 1937.
The 24-year-old Haaland has 34 goals in just 36 games.
His double helped to put Norway 3-0 ahead in Oslo.
AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
Manchester City's Erling Haaland reacts after their win in the English Premier League soccer match against Fulham at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Darren Staples)
Norway's Erling Haaland, centre right, attends a training at the Ullevaal stadium in Oslo, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Norway will face Slovenia in the Nations League group G soccer match on Thursday. (Terje Pedersen/NTB Scanpix via AP)
Norway's Erling Haaland attends a training at the Ullevaal stadium in Oslo, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Norway will face Slovenia in the Nations League group G soccer match on Thursday. (Terje Pedersen/NTB Scanpix via AP)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida theme parks including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld planned to reopen Friday after an assessment of the effects of Hurricane Milton.
Disney World said in a statement that its theme parks, Disney Springs, and possibly other areas will be open. The parks said some Halloween special events won’t be offered and they won’t necessarily be fully functioning Friday, but the public is welcome back.
As Milton came ashore as a major storm Wednesday, all three Orlando-based parks shut down, putting a damper on the vacations of tens of thousands of tourists, many of whom hunkered down in hotels. SeaWorld closed for all of Wednesday, Disney World and Universal for the afternoon. All three were closed all day Thursday.
Orlando International Airport, the nation’s seventh busiest and Florida’s most trafficked, planned to resume domestic arrivals on Thursday night and departures on Friday morning. It had stopped commercial operations early Wednesday.
The airport's closure prevented Simon Forster, his wife and their two children from returning to Scotland, so they enjoyed an extra two days of their two-week vacation on the bustling International Drive in Orlando’s tourism district on Thursday. Hurricanes seem to follow them since two years ago Hurricane Ian kept them from returning to Scotland after another Orlando vacation.
“Last night, it was quite intense, Forster said. “I was watching the palm trees sway back and forth outside my hotel room. How they didn’t come down, I don’t know. Scary stuff.”
Their hotel at Universal Orlando Resort had a party atmosphere Wednesday night ahead of Milton’s arrival.
“The bar was good fun,” he said. “Two extra days here, there are are worst places we could be.”
Miniature golf was among the few activities available to tourists who had been locked down in their hotel rooms and rental condos. There was a line getting into Congo River Golf on International Drive.
Craig Greig of Glasgow, Scotland, would have been at the Magic Kingdom with his wife and 10-year-old if the theme parks had been open. Instead he was clutching a putter ready to putt golf balls over a man made lagoon filled with baby alligators.
“We just wanted to stretch our legs and get out of the hotel,” he said. “Especially for the little one.” Even though it was his first experience with a hurricane, he was unfazed and slept through the night as it roared through central Florida.
Disney World, Universal and other attractions make Orlando the United States' most visited destination, drawing 74 million tourists last year alone.
And Halloween-related celebrations have made October one of the busiest and most lucrative times for the parks.
Hurricanes in the Orlando area are uncommon but not unheard of. Three crossed the area in 2004 – Charley, Frances and Jeanne. Hurricane Irma in 2017 tracked just west of metro Orlando, and Hurricane Ian caused some flooding as it plowed through as a downgraded tropical storm in 2022.
AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton contributed from Los Angeles.
Follow Mike Schneider on the social platform X: @MikeSchneiderAP.
Guests weather early bands of rain from Hurricane Milton at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. All four of Disney's Florida theme parks closed early Wednesday due to the forecast track of the storm. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
Tourists take in a last minute visit to Disney Springs entertainment complex before the arrival of Hurricane Milton Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Tourists walk past a sandbagged store entrance as they exit the Disney Springs entertainment complex before the arrival of Hurricane Milton Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Tourists exit the Disney Springs entertainment complex before the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Tourists walk along Universal Orlando Resort city walk before the park closed early for the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
The entrance to the Magic Kingdom theme park is shown empty shortly before they closed because of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Tourists exit Universal Orlando Resort as they were closing early for the arrival of Hurricane Milton Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Guests weather early bands of rain from Hurricane Milton at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
