Sorry this is a little late but I have been busy since getting back from the world. On November 12 while in the briefing room for Test Track the following occured, I was exiting the briefing room with my son. As we were exiting the room I heard a disturbance behind me and turn around to see what the yelling was about. As I turned around I saw a man in his 40's pull back his right arm and throw a solid right punch hitting an older man (in his 70's) on the left side of his face. At that time the crowd grabbed the older gentleman and pulled him aside to protect him from this younger much larger guy. Now a bit of a back story... The older man (grandpa) was in line with his 6 year old grandson, from what I gather the grandpa was holding the little boys hand while in line. The little boy was excited as to be expected, the little boy kept pulling the grandfather forward causing him to bump into another older man in front of him in line. While exiting the briefing room the little boy again was pulling grandpa forward and they continued to bump into the older man in front of them. At that point the olderman turned around and shoved the grandpa backwards, the grandpa push the older man back and away from him. At that point the older mans son I am guessing took a sucker punch at the grandpa hitting him in the face.
Ok so I think we are caught up, now some info on me I am a law enforcement officer in the state of Florida. I have sworn to uphold the laws of the state and must take action if i see a Felony in progress.
So now after I see what happens I notice that the young guy then backs down and continues to move forward into the final que. The rest of the people in the briefing room are yelling at this guy and cheking on the grandpa. I then get out of line and approach a cast member working the que and tell him what just happened. The cast member says to me that he didnt see anything. At that point i pull out my badge and inform him that i am a law enforcement officer in Florida and he needs to get his supervisor, the cast member then runs off to get a supervisor. The supervisor gets to the scene and I explain what happened. She then removes the suspect, his party, the victim and my self from the que and bring all of us back stage. While backstage Disney Security is notified and they arrive on scene, the victim tells Security that he wants to press charges against the suspect. Orange County shows up and takes all of our statements. Here is the thing, I am not sure if they arrested the suspect or just gave him a notice to appear, because a manager took me away after the Sheriff Office was done with me. I guess I need to make a few phone calls to OCSO and find out. I completed a sworn statement and told the deputy i would be more than happy to testify in court. Maybe Raven might know or could find out what happened after I left.
Ok now to the rest of the story. The customer service manager, his name was Thomas, gave my son and I a bunch of Fast Passes to the rides and then he took us backstage and in the control booths at both Test Track and Mission Space. He then took us into The Seas. After we rode Nemo he introduced us to a dive trainer and then took us up to the top of the entire aquarium. OMG this was AMAZING you just dont understand how big The Seas really is until you have been up top. Also while up top they were doing Dolphin training and feeding the sea turtles! What an amazing way to end such a crazy day.
Ok so I think we are caught up, now some info on me I am a law enforcement officer in the state of Florida. I have sworn to uphold the laws of the state and must take action if i see a Felony in progress.
So now after I see what happens I notice that the young guy then backs down and continues to move forward into the final que. The rest of the people in the briefing room are yelling at this guy and cheking on the grandpa. I then get out of line and approach a cast member working the que and tell him what just happened. The cast member says to me that he didnt see anything. At that point i pull out my badge and inform him that i am a law enforcement officer in Florida and he needs to get his supervisor, the cast member then runs off to get a supervisor. The supervisor gets to the scene and I explain what happened. She then removes the suspect, his party, the victim and my self from the que and bring all of us back stage. While backstage Disney Security is notified and they arrive on scene, the victim tells Security that he wants to press charges against the suspect. Orange County shows up and takes all of our statements. Here is the thing, I am not sure if they arrested the suspect or just gave him a notice to appear, because a manager took me away after the Sheriff Office was done with me. I guess I need to make a few phone calls to OCSO and find out. I completed a sworn statement and told the deputy i would be more than happy to testify in court. Maybe Raven might know or could find out what happened after I left.
Ok now to the rest of the story. The customer service manager, his name was Thomas, gave my son and I a bunch of Fast Passes to the rides and then he took us backstage and in the control booths at both Test Track and Mission Space. He then took us into The Seas. After we rode Nemo he introduced us to a dive trainer and then took us up to the top of the entire aquarium. OMG this was AMAZING you just dont understand how big The Seas really is until you have been up top. Also while up top they were doing Dolphin training and feeding the sea turtles! What an amazing way to end such a crazy day.
).
