Chadder810
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Source please? Define very common (and I'm only really talking about child abductions)?
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Source please? Define very common (and I'm only really talking about child abductions)?
Figments Friend
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No 'source' per say that I can post a link to, but i assumed this was fairly common knowledge at this point.
It's one of those things you hear about from people over the years who have worked the Parks, or from living in the area locally.
This is probably not happening as much today with all the security now in place ( both visable and hidden ) but in the 80s and 90s it was definitely going on.
I have heard many past CMs talk about it over the years, and I have read a couple of un- official Park books mentioning the topic.
One book title I can think of where the subject was touched on was called 'Working For The Mouse'...if I am remembering the title correctly.
I think it was released in the late 90s / early 2000s and contains all sorts of interesting insights into the 'backstage' happenings.
The book is written as a series of interviews with ex-Cast and at the time of printing current Cast.
Some eye opening insights and interesting tales.
One chapter goes into some of the Cast stories regarding people they saw get busted by security when it was discovered they were coming into the Park specifically to find and kidnap children.
Scary stuff....as the guy mentioned lived locally!
When I lived in the WDW area in the early 80s, I had a guy come up to me at a family arcade.
I was alone playing a game, and he comes up trying to get 'friendly' and wanting me to go somewhere with him.
I knew better of course, but it just goes to show you how stuff like this can happen in the most unexpected of places.
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danyoung56
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From snopes.com - "In truth, no child has ever been kidnapped from a Disney theme park."
Minnie Mum
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Oh, please.
If a child was ever abducted at a Disney Park it would be headline news. Everywhere. Reality: no such thing.
wdwfan22
Well-Known Member
No 'source' per say that I can post a link to, but i assumed this was fairly common knowledge at this point.
It's one of those things you hear about from people over the years who have worked the Parks, or from living in the area locally.
This is probably not happening as much today with all the security now in place ( both visable and hidden ) but in the 80s and 90s it was definitely going on.
I have heard many past CMs talk about it over the years, and I have read a couple of un- official Park books mentioning the topic.
One book title I can think of where the subject was touched on was called 'Working For The Mouse'...if I am remembering the title correctly.
I think it was released in the late 90s / early 2000s and contains all sorts of interesting insights into the 'backstage' happenings.
The book is written as a series of interviews with ex-Cast and at the time of printing current Cast.
Some eye opening insights and interesting tales.
One chapter goes into some of the Cast stories regarding people they saw get busted by security when it was discovered they were coming into the Park specifically to find and kidnap children.
Scary stuff....as the guy mentioned lived locally!
When I lived in the WDW area in the early 80s, I had a guy come up to me at a family arcade.
I was alone playing a game, and he comes up trying to get 'friendly' and wanting me to go somewhere with him.
I knew better of course, but it just goes to show you how stuff like this can happen in the most unexpected of places.
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Most of the books written regarding what it's like to work for the mouse are done by former disgruntled employees. I would take what you read with a grain of salt.
Courtney6682
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So..I'm coming clean because I'm an actual adult now, as opposed to an idiotic 20 yr old. Oct 2002 I was 20 and my cousin was 27. We took our kids for a long weekend to Disney and to attend MNSSHP. My daughter was 2.5 and my lil cuz was 4.5 so old enough to be traumatized by our stupidity. Anywho...my cousin and I stole everything we could get our stupid hands on. We got caught and were escorted ''backstage'' back behind and around The Chapeau. They asked for all the merch back and then scared the crap out of us by saying we would need to fly back down to appear in court. I was terrified! How was I gonna explain that to my family?! We gave back all the stuff and then they walked us out of the MK saying we were banned for the next 24 hrs. Great, except that the party was that night. We weren't sure if they somehow ''flagged'' us in the system but we knew we couldn't miss the party and waste all that money. So we went and bought costumes as disguises..for the record I'm so embarrassed as I'm writing this. We were so sacred walking into the party, but we got in and had a good time. We def learned our lesson, and that was the end of my criminal career. 
So..I'm coming clean because I'm an actual adult now, as opposed to an idiotic 20 yr old. Oct 2002 I was 20 and my cousin was 27. We took our kids for a long weekend to Disney and to attend MNSSHP. My daughter was 2.5 and my lil cuz was 4.5 so old enough to be traumatized by our stupidity. Anywho...my cousin and I stole everything we could get our stupid hands on. We got caught and were escorted ''backstage'' back behind and around The Chapeau. They asked for all the merch back and then scared the crap out of us by saying we would need to fly back down to appear in court. I was terrified! How was I gonna explain that to my family?! We gave back all the stuff and then they walked us out of the MK saying we were banned for the next 24 hrs. Great, except that the party was that night. We weren't sure if they somehow ''flagged'' us in the system but we knew we couldn't miss the party and waste all that money. So we went and bought costumes as disguises..for the record I'm so embarrassed as I'm writing this. We were so sacred walking into the party, but we got in and had a good time. We def learned our lesson, and that was the end of my criminal career.
20 is a legal adult.
Darth Figment
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My girlfriend and I were in the line for maelstrom during the Food and Wine Festival. 2 or 3 yrs ago, there was this group of 10 or so people who were quite loud and drunk. So the guy decides to pick his girlfriend up and put her on his shoulders ended up falling over hitting her head on the wall. The 2 stayed and waited for help his buddies went on the ride and left them.
Courtney6682
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Yes, thank you. I'm sure most of us have done things in our college years we wouldn't dream of doing in our 30s
Seabasealpha1
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Dark mate. Dark...lol...
epcotlover888
New Member
We were on the monorail headed the GF and some creep was flashing people from her room as we pulled up. We told a cast member, but don't know what happened after that
epcotlover888
New Member
Wow. You're clever. I understood what she was saying. I would never admit to anything I did 20 years ago. But you must be perfect
Nick Sloane
New Member
I literally created an account on this website JUST to discuss this thread...
When I was at Disney about 18 years ago when I was 10 years old there was a man in Liberty Square at Magic Kingdom who was completely drunk. He had stripped down to boxer shorts and was walking around Liberty Square pushing people, screaming, and pulling women's hair. He must have been doing this for a bit of time. He made the mistake of pulling one pregnant woman's hair. Her husband was an off duty New York police officer that immediately took him to the ground and had him restrained until Disney security made their way over to take him out. As the man was on the ground he was screaming at everyone "I'm going to [expletive] kill everyone who is standing around here...I'll kill you all!". People were scrambling to take video and Disney security was jamming their hands into people's camera lenses saying, "You may not record this event. This is not the image that Disney would want to portray. Please stop attempting to take video." After about 15 minutes they brought out a gurney and strapped the man down as he kicked and screamed and wheeled him out to the applause of bystanders.
Definitely once in a lifetime I hope.
When I was at Disney about 18 years ago when I was 10 years old there was a man in Liberty Square at Magic Kingdom who was completely drunk. He had stripped down to boxer shorts and was walking around Liberty Square pushing people, screaming, and pulling women's hair. He must have been doing this for a bit of time. He made the mistake of pulling one pregnant woman's hair. Her husband was an off duty New York police officer that immediately took him to the ground and had him restrained until Disney security made their way over to take him out. As the man was on the ground he was screaming at everyone "I'm going to [expletive] kill everyone who is standing around here...I'll kill you all!". People were scrambling to take video and Disney security was jamming their hands into people's camera lenses saying, "You may not record this event. This is not the image that Disney would want to portray. Please stop attempting to take video." After about 15 minutes they brought out a gurney and strapped the man down as he kicked and screamed and wheeled him out to the applause of bystanders.
Definitely once in a lifetime I hope.
contrariwise
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Whoa. THAT is a story.
Laketravis
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And some may be doing things now that they wouldn't dream of doing 20 years from now
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
So..I'm coming clean because I'm an actual adult now, as opposed to an idiotic 20 yr old. Oct 2002 I was 20 and my cousin was 27. We took our kids for a long weekend to Disney and to attend MNSSHP. My daughter was 2.5 and my lil cuz was 4.5 so old enough to be traumatized by our stupidity. Anywho...my cousin and I stole everything we could get our stupid hands on. We got caught and were escorted ''backstage'' back behind and around The Chapeau. They asked for all the merch back and then scared the crap out of us by saying we would need to fly back down to appear in court. I was terrified! How was I gonna explain that to my family?! We gave back all the stuff and then they walked us out of the MK saying we were banned for the next 24 hrs. Great, except that the party was that night. We weren't sure if they somehow ''flagged'' us in the system but we knew we couldn't miss the party and waste all that money. So we went and bought costumes as disguises..for the record I'm so embarrassed as I'm writing this. We were so sacred walking into the party, but we got in and had a good time. We def learned our lesson, and that was the end of my criminal career.
Why on earth would you brag about being a thief on a forum like this? Nothing about this story is funny and only other criminals can relate to it.
You were 20...you were not 5. Ridiculous.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
You forgot "trespasser". If you're banned for 24 hours (which quite frankly sounds laughably lenient and causes me to question the veracity of the whole story), and you enter anyway ... you are a trespasser.
Honestly, if this were my story (and it never, ever would be!), I sure as heck wouldn't brag about it.
NYwdwfan
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Not to mention - there's a photo avatar and a real name username with numbers (that are most likely a birthday given the age in the "confession") - to link it all together.
Nemo14
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So..I'm coming clean because I'm an actual adult now, as opposed to an idiotic 20 yr old. Oct 2002 I was 20 and my cousin was 27. We took our kids for a long weekend to Disney and to attend MNSSHP. My daughter was 2.5 and my lil cuz was 4.5 so old enough to be traumatized by our stupidity. Anywho...my cousin and I stole everything we could get our stupid hands on. We got caught and were escorted ''backstage'' back behind and around The Chapeau. They asked for all the merch back and then scared the crap out of us by saying we would need to fly back down to appear in court. I was terrified! How was I gonna explain that to my family?! We gave back all the stuff and then they walked us out of the MK saying we were banned for the next 24 hrs. Great, except that the party was that night. We weren't sure if they somehow ''flagged'' us in the system but we knew we couldn't miss the party and waste all that money. So we went and bought costumes as disguises..for the record I'm so embarrassed as I'm writing this. We were so sacred walking into the party, but we got in and had a good time. We def learned our lesson, and that was the end of my criminal career.
Did you and the child have to come back to go to court?
Angel Ariel
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Are there things I wouldn't do now that I did then? Sure. They may have been stupid things, but they weren't illegal.