News Bird attack at Disney World leaves woman with traumatic brain injury

[Joebradley62]

Some bird took a dump on my car this morning. Seriously, while I feel bad that this happened to this woman (if true), the fact is birds are EVERYWHERE and Disney should not be held responsible for this. Some people expect their visits to WDW to be perfect, but the reality is things can happen, such is life. I've had my fair share of "bad experiences" there (mostly with other annoying idiot guests).

Remember when Fabio got hit by a bird while riding a roller coaster somewhere?
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Busch Gardens Williamsburg. I lived near there at the time.

 

[Joebradley62]

Exactly, imagine the uproar if they turfed out the birds. The fun things about (most) birds is that they can fly which helps them to easily transit. So that bird could have come from anywhere.

It was wearing Mickey ears.

 

[allymonkey]

Yes but a sign prevents nothing, you honestly think that putting a sign up would have prevented this from happening?

Maybe they need a "Birds- don't attack humans" sign.

 

[Quinnmac000]

y'all making fun of her when it very much may be true. Its not like a Florida man didn't die from a bird attack.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/14/large-flightless-bird-attacks-and-kills-man-in-florida/

 

[GhostlyGoofy]

No, because they cannot be held responsible for a bird hitting someone in the head. What is to say that that particular bird is one of the birds nesting in Adventureland?

This blame culture is ruining everything, absolute none-sense.

Thats why I asked. I know there are people hoping to walk on easy street with some Disney cash. But there are also examples where Disney knows of issues but doesn't immediately inform guests.

Look at all the instances of Bedbugs in resorts. They should inform people before checking in.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Thats why I asked. I know there are people hoping to walk on easy street with some Disney cash. But there are also examples where Disney knows of issues but doesn't immediately inform guests.

Look at all the instances of Bedbugs in resorts. They should inform people before checking in.

Wait...are you implying that Disney knew about bed bugs in rooms, never sanitized them and rebooked them? I know there are many that feel "nickel and dimed" to death, but if that were true and word got out, there would be a backlash and uproar by guests. Disney wouldn't know about bedbugs unless a guest brought it to their attention. If they receive a report that there were bedbugs, the room is shut down and sanitized before it is reused. Disney has no obligation to volunteer the fact that there were bugs in there and is now fit for usage.

 

[networkpro]

y'all making fun of her when it very much may be true. Its not like a Florida man didn't die from a bird attack.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/14/large-flightless-bird-attacks-and-kills-man-in-florida/

That was Cassowary which is a non-native bird which has to be permitted and caged in order to keep one.

 

[GoofGoof]

y'all making fun of her when it very much may be true. Its not like a Florida man didn't die from a bird attack.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/14/large-flightless-bird-attacks-and-kills-man-in-florida/

The guy broke the number one rule when dealing with nature...never mess with any living thing that comes from Australia

 

[GoofGoof]

That bird kills 50 or so people a year, it is not native to FL.

50 that we know of...lots of people go missing never to be found...that bird has a guilty look to it

 

[larryz]

y'all making fun of her when it very much may be true. Its not like a Florida man didn't die from a bird attack.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/14/large-flightless-bird-attacks-and-kills-man-in-florida/

Yeah, but that wasn't a "bird"... that was a BIRD

That bird kills 50 or so people a year, it is not native to FL.

You'd think they would have stopped it after the first couple of kills... what is it, some kind of... wait for it... illegal avian?

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Wait...are you implying that Disney knew about bed bugs in rooms, never sanitized them and rebooked them? I know there are many that feel "nickel and dimed" to death, but if that were true and word got out, there would be a backlash and uproar by guests. Disney wouldn't know about bedbugs unless a guest brought it to their attention. If they receive a report that there were bedbugs, the room is shut down and sanitized before it is reused. Disney has no obligation to volunteer the fact that there were bugs in there and is now fit for usage.

DUH...just realized it was SARCASM...

 

[nol_dur]

This reminded me of the kid who got hit by a bird while riding Kingda Ka.

 

[OG Runner]

y'all making fun of her when it very much may be true. Its not like a Florida man didn't die from a bird attack.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/14/large-flightless-bird-attacks-and-kills-man-in-florida/

The majority of people are not making fun of the woman, as much as her desire to blame Disney for the actions
of a bird. The bird in your story appears to be about the size of an ostrich. It was more of a pet that someone was
responsible to contain. That is not even close to this situation.

 

[mf1972]

birds in disneyworld be like...

 

[OG Runner]

birds in disneyworld be like...
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I am pretty sure that is the bird they are looking for.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

The guy broke the number one rule when dealing with nature...never mess with any living thing that comes from Australia

As a native Australian, my first reaction when I read this story was 100% to roll my eyes at the unlikelihood she had been attacked by a bloody cassowary!

Those things will kill you. Well, depending on their mood.

 

[Tom P.]

So, which will Disney do?

a. Settle this thing and write her a check to make her go away, because it's not worth their time and money to fight.
b. Actually fight it in court for fear of setting a precedent about just how much they are supposed to warn people.

 

[Chi84]

So, which will Disney do?

a. Settle this thing and write her a check to make her go away, because it's not worth their time and money to fight.
b. Actually fight it in court for fear of setting a precedent about just how much they are supposed to warn people.

b. Disney hates warning signs.

 

[GoofGoof]

It's not time and money for Disney they have lawyers on staff getting paid no matter if they have something to do or not.

Agreed...and based on the reactions from the majority of people here they have no worry about bad PR from this incident. The “victim” very much comes off as just interested in a quick payday. Disney can’t just start paying on every one of these cases or the line of “victims” will be down the street and around the corner.

 

[OG Runner]

So, which will Disney do?

a. Settle this thing and write her a check to make her go away, because it's not worth their time and money to fight.
b. Actually fight it in court for fear of setting a precedent about just how much they are supposed to warn people.

My thought would be try to have the case dismissed first. If that doesn't work, settle quietly and get it out of the
new cycle, as soon as possible.