News Disney World's Magic Kingdom is experiencing widescale attraction closures this morning due to a bear

[ToTBellHop]

I once got hugged by a bear in Frontier Land.
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You need flip flops with better arch support for a day at WDW.

 

[Ayla]

I gotta say, I don't think I would have ever come up with that reason for a majority of MK being closed.

 

[monothingie]

You need flip flops with better arch support for a day at WDW.

I've got hundreds of miles on those. They aren't going anywhere.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I once got hugged by a bear in Frontier Land.
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Those cargs were maxed out, man…

You need a Murse

 

[durangojim]

Huh, this was not on my Disney World bingo card for 2023 but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

 

[mightynine]

"I heard you were looking for bears with a Nashville sound and I just wanted to drop off my CD...."

 

[durangojim]

Too bad it didn’t wander into the safari at AK, that would have been interesting!

 

[Drdcm]

Guys… you have to be absolute fools to buy this. This is clearly a scheme to sell more genie +

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

You need flip flops with better arch support for a day at WDW.

I was thinking that too…

Gonna get “Fred flintstone irritation” on those

 

[Captain Barbossa]

In all seriousness though, the black bear population in Florida is around 4,000, so this isn’t entirely surprising. I highly doubt that this is the first time that there’s been one on WDW property. Just the first time there’s been one in the parks, possibly.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Guys… you have to be absolute fools to buy this. This is clearly a scheme to sell more genie +

…only if the bear accepts college program pay and accepts 85% of gross rent rates

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

In all seriousness though, the black bear population in Florida is around 4,000, so this isn’t entirely surprising. I highly doubt that this is the first time that there’s been one on WDW property. Just the first time there’s been one in the parks, possibly.

It’s practically a wildlife refuge…

I’m sure they tranq’d quite a few over the years…

I mean…there’s bobcats all over that area and it’s not like the gators stopped hatching either

 

[Brian]

It’s practically a wildlife refuge…

I’m sure they tranq’d quite a few over the years…

I mean…there’s bobcats all over that area and it’s not like the gators stopped hatching either

The diversity of wildlife one might see during an average third shift is staggering. They really come out to play once things are quiet in the parks.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The diversity of wildlife one might see during an average third shift is staggering. They really come out to play once things are quiet in the parks.

It’s one of the coolest things about the development…

The fact that “life finds a way” around it

 

[monothingie]

I am assuming that there is a hard close on Frontier and Adventure Lands? No guests being permitted to enter?

 

[bwang123]

This is shameful…

How much are they whacking people for a ticket this morning?
$110…

Just shameful and AWFUL management.

…But let’s hear it?

because management should be checking for bears every morning?

 

[wdwmagic]

I am assuming that there is a hard close on Frontier and Adventure Lands? No guests being permitted to enter?

Yep

 

[EricsBiscuit]

So what does Disney do? I have never seen something like this before. I’ve seen gator incidents (have had one knock on my glass door before) resolved by gator trappers. But I don’t know of any bear trappers in Florida? I would hope they can save the animal, but would they have to hunt it? Maybe tranquilize it and drag it out? Any ideas?

 

[Brian]

So what does Disney do? I have never seen something like this before. I’ve seen gator incidents (have had one knock on my glass door before) resolved by gator trappers. But I don’t know of any bear trappers in Florida? I would hope they can save the animal, but would they have to hunt it? Maybe tranquilize it and drag it out? Any ideas?

The bear will be put to work in Tiana's salt mine co-op for fair wages and stock ownership opportunities.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

From https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/bear/living/distribution-map/

Interesting, apparently WDW falls under the “frequent” category.