Just heard about it live on CNN. Effective immeadiately. More info as I get it.
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Breaking News: DLR and WDW now have restricted air space zones
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WDWFREAK53
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Damn...does that mean that Dumbo and Peter Pan are closed?
SpongeScott
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Secret service agents were photographed by U-2 spy planes posing as "flight vehicles" on Space Mountain.
WDWFREAK53
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Don't worry...the Tomorrowland Transit Authority is all over the situation
no2apprentice
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Why would there be Secret Service agents walking the parks? Is the president, vice-president, their families, or a previous president going to visit?
Ijones88
Member
Restricted air space zones dimensions
Ok...here's the scoop on the TFR'S (temporary flight restrictions) around WDW and DLR. We just got these new TFR's last hour here at work. I am an air traffic control specialist working at Raleigh AFSS where we brief pilots on weather and the such before they fly, including info on TFR's.
At WDW, effective 3pm local time 3/18/03, "Aircraft ops are prohibited at and below 3,000 ft agl within a 3 nautical mile radius of the Disney World Theme park." My complaint about this was which theme park do they mean?? I found out from my supervisor that the entrance to the MK is where the 3 miles is measured from. Same for the DLR.
So, if your are at Epcot or AK you are in a greater danger than those at the MK....just kidding, I don't think it will make that much difference.
If I here anything else I'll let everyone know.
Ok...here's the scoop on the TFR'S (temporary flight restrictions) around WDW and DLR. We just got these new TFR's last hour here at work. I am an air traffic control specialist working at Raleigh AFSS where we brief pilots on weather and the such before they fly, including info on TFR's.
At WDW, effective 3pm local time 3/18/03, "Aircraft ops are prohibited at and below 3,000 ft agl within a 3 nautical mile radius of the Disney World Theme park." My complaint about this was which theme park do they mean?? I found out from my supervisor that the entrance to the MK is where the 3 miles is measured from. Same for the DLR.
So, if your are at Epcot or AK you are in a greater danger than those at the MK....just kidding, I don't think it will make that much difference.
If I here anything else I'll let everyone know.
MKCustodial
Well-Known Member
So what does this all mean, in practic?
MouseMadness
Well-Known Member
:lol: :lol: :lol:
I thought that was the point of those green army guys from toy story. (Or maybe they really are just there to scare the pants off my kids)
bhg469
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the secret service doesnt just protect the president. they have alot of national security resposiblities. a very good friend of mine has similiar duties in my area. i dont want to say any specific places but he goes to public areas where theres alot of people and you wouldent expect to see a secret service agent there. i was suprised when i found out about places around here, but when my girlfriend, a former cast member, told me that there were agents in WDW i asked my friend. he basically admitted it without giving me a definite answer.
imagineerfan
New Member
My uncle, a former pilot, once told me a while ago, way before september 11, that WDW has always been a "no fly zone." Thats why I assumed you never saw planes fly over the area, except for an occasional helicoper. Has this always been true?
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no2apprentice
Well-Known Member
Sorry, I cannot help but doubt that Secret Service agents are in WDW just for national security reasons. Maybe some other federal agency, but I doubt it's Secret Service.
http://www.secretservice.gov/investigations.shtml
http://www.secretservice.gov/investigations.shtml