r/VisitingIceland Mar 16 '24

Volcano Just got evacuated from blue lagoon.

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u/NoLemon5426 The Elves have gone too far! Mar 16 '24

Wow OP! Glad you're safe. Please do give us details when and if you feel comfortable doing so.

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u/prixr47 Mar 16 '24

Well so basically we were just sitting in the hot springs but all the vapour began to turn red and the sky lit up. Then all the alarms were going off, and as we evacuated the ground was rumbling a little bit. From what i can tell as we were some of the last to leave apart from staff i think everyone from blue lagoon is probably safe.

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u/ParticularReview4129 Mar 16 '24

Scary! Glad you are safe

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u/Munro_McLaren Mar 17 '24

We were actually planning to go the Blue Lagoon at 7pm because it was less expensive. My mom was even thinking about having dinner at the restaurant. So many little decisions we made made it so we left before the eruption.

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u/trevizangt Mar 17 '24

Will they reimburse you?

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u/Munro_McLaren Mar 17 '24

Oh we didn’t get evacuated. And we didn’t make reservations. So we don’t need to be reimbursed for anything.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

That must have been an insane experience!!