Spreading Your Ashes At Disneyland?

[RetiredFRN]

On my way into work this morning I was listening to my favorite radio show and they were discussing a problem that the CM's were having at DL. People are spreading their ashes at DL and causing problems with water, landscaping etc. I for one have never seen anyone spreading any substance ever! What do you guys think?? True??

 

[sbkline]

Are you talking about people being cremated and having the ashes spread around, or are you talking about smokers?

As for the former, I heard a year or so ago that WDW actually offers, in addition to wedding services, funeral services where you can have your ashes launched into the air with the fireworks and exploded over Cinderella's Castle. :lookaroun:hurl:

 

[MeTa]

I am down for that. :shrug:

 

[ClemsonTigger]

I've seen a number of young people (and some occasionally not so young) watering some of the landscaping...but no ashes.

...and I don't feel like I'm missing out....

 

[ClemsonTigger]

Are you talking about people being cremated and having the ashes spread around, or are you talking about smokers?

As for the former, I heard a year or so ago that WDW actually offers, in addition to wedding services, funeral services where you can have your ashes launched into the air with the fireworks and exploded over Cinderella's Castle. :lookaroun:hurl:

Another reason not to watch Wishes from Fantasyland (especially without a hat)

 

[happymom52003]

Are you talking about people being cremated and having the ashes spread around, or are you talking about smokers?

As for the former, I heard a year or so ago that WDW actually offers, in addition to wedding services, funeral services where you can have your ashes launched into the air with the fireworks and exploded over Cinderella's Castle. :lookaroun:hurl:

That must have been one of those crazy rumors! That is freaky.
Seriously though, there are alot of rules or laws about where you can and can't spread ashes. Alot of cities will not allow you to do it within city limits. We wanted to spread my mom's ashes at the beach, but there are regulations against it inside city limits. So we went to a secluded beach oustside city limits to do it. I do not know how uniform the laws are across the country, though....so who knows.
But I totally believe people are sneaking their loved ones ashes into DL....most people want their ashes spread at a place that is special to them, and DL and WDW are such special places to so many people. Maybe they should come up with some sort of official (and sanitary) way for people to do this (other than the fireworks!). If they did (or if they alrealdy do....anyone know?), I'd do it.

 

[Cynderella]

I always told my parents that if I died unexpectedly young (knock on wood!) that I wanted them to spread mine through Disney World and particularly (sp?) on Peter Pan since that's my favorite ride.

 

[yankeevttch]

I heard this on Fox news yesterday. They have been having problems with ppl spreading ashes at DL on HM. They said it happens often and the CM ends up cleaning them up later in the day.

 

[dr_teeth90210]

How bad would that suck if you had to take grampa's ashes to WDW. Everytime you revisited the park your vacation would be ruined with
feelings of sorrow and remorse for lost loved ones.

With that in mind feel free to spread my ashes in Small World.

 

[k.hunter30]

How bad would that suck if you had to take grampa's ashes to WDW. Everytime you revisited the park your vacation would be ruined with
feelings of sorrow and remorse for lost loved ones.

With that in mind feel free to spread my ashes in Small World.

You wouldn't have to feel sorrow and remorse! It would be a chance to remember the ones you lost and find joy in your memories.

 

[lilclerk]

You wouldn't have to feel sorrow and remorse! It would be a chance to remember the ones you lost and find joy in your memories.

Exactly! I think it's really sweet.

 

[bigdonpaul]

On our trip in August, we spread a small amount of my grandfather's ashes around the world. Most of them were buried in his grave, but my mom saved a bit for Germany, Pirates and one or two more of his favorites. That's what my mom wants to0.

 

[maggiegrace1]

My Father wants to be cremated and wants all of his kids and grandkids to take his ashes to WDW and distribute them into Bay Lake and Seven Sea Lagoon.

 

[sbkline]

Exactly! I think it's really sweet.

I think it's really sick and obsessive.

I love WDW just as much as the next guy, but IMO, being so obsessed that you want to be cremated and have your ashes spread around WDW...that's taking love for WDW to incredible, unhealthy extremes. It's just a vacation resort folks...not a religion. Some people seem to worship the joint as if it were a god or something.

Besides, I never have understood why people have any wishes at all for their funeral or their body. My point of view is that I'll be dead and gone, so you can grind me into dog chow for all I care...it's not like I'll be around see or care what happens to me or how you do my funeral. I'd rather do my planning for things that I will be around to enjoy, and focus my thoughts on the things of the living, not the things of the dead.

 

[happymom52003]

I think it's really sick and obsessive.

I love WDW just as much as the next guy, but IMO, being so obsessed that you want to be cremated and have your ashes spread around WDW...that's taking love for WDW to incredible, unhealthy extremes. It's just a vacation resort folks...not a religion. Some people seem to worship the joint as if it were a god or something.

Besides, I never have understood why people have any wishes at all for their funeral or their body. My point of view is that I'll be dead and gone, so you can grind me into dog chow for all I care...it's not like I'll be around see or care what happens to me or how you do my funeral. I'd rather do my planning for things that I will be around to enjoy, and focus my thoughts on the things of the living, not the things of the dead.

I actually feel kind of the same way. I want my family to decide what to do....because any type of burial, cremation, ceremony, etc...is for the living, so I want them to do something that they feel is special.
But some people do feel strongly about it.....my Mom was like that. She had horrors of her body being burried....which is why she wanted to be cremated. For whatever reason it was very important to her to be in conrtol of what would happen to her body after death. Maybe it was because she had an intense fear of death. Sadly, she passed away unexpectedly at a young age (she had a heart attack in her sleep). It was very comforting to me when we spread her ashes at the beach because I knew that is what she wanted. And now I can go to that beach and feel an extra special connection to her.

 

[darthjohnny]

I remember reading an Disney urban legend about this.

I've also seen a special on VH1 about obsessed fans, and this Disney fan said when he dies he wants his ashes spread throughout Pirates of the Caribbean.

Supposedly this is becoming much more common.

 

[lilclerk]

I think it's really sick and obsessive.

I love WDW just as much as the next guy, but IMO, being so obsessed that you want to be cremated and have your ashes spread around WDW...that's taking love for WDW to incredible, unhealthy extremes. It's just a vacation resort folks...not a religion. Some people seem to worship the joint as if it were a god or something.

Besides, I never have understood why people have any wishes at all for their funeral or their body. My point of view is that I'll be dead and gone, so you can grind me into dog chow for all I care...it's not like I'll be around see or care what happens to me or how you do my funeral. I'd rather do my planning for things that I will be around to enjoy, and focus my thoughts on the things of the living, not the things of the dead.

I definitely understand that but what if it was the family's choice? They knew the deceased person loved WDW and would want to have that connection with the place?

I am not a religious person and don't believe in life after death, but when my loved ones pass away, it will be nice to be able to spread their ashes in a place we all loved to be when they were living, rather than going to visit their grave in a cemetery.

...apparently I love commas.

 

[Tigggrl]

I hope this link works. There is a video to the story too....

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5762824

 

[Wilt Dasney]

I think it's really sick and obsessive.

I love WDW just as much as the next guy, but IMO, being so obsessed that you want to be cremated and have your ashes spread around WDW...that's taking love for WDW to incredible, unhealthy extremes. It's just a vacation resort folks...not a religion. Some people seem to worship the joint as if it were a god or something.

I see it differently. I think spreading someone's ashes in a place they loved makes for a better memorial than putting a body in a box and burying it under a pretty stone. We all go back to dirt in the end anyway, so why not just acknowledge that and spread the "dirt" around instead of placing a corpse in the ground and saying "here lies gramps" when the truth is Gramps isn't there at all?

I know it's a personal thing, but that's how I see it. :shrug:

 

[JustPlainBill]

I don't think it's a good idea having people spread the remains of deceased bodies in a place that is visited by millions of people a year. The beach, the ocean or the mountains is one thing but in an amusement park I think is rediculious. Speaking as someone who supervises a maintenence department, I think of all that debris that would clog the filters and plumbing in the Potc for example, would be costly and expensive to maintain. Would that be a good place for your former loved one to rest in a filter cartridge that will eventually be thrown in the trash or rinsed out where the ashes would go into the sewer? Not a good plan. Who wants to be sweating in a park and have someone else sticking to them when the wind blows? If you want to stay at the haunted mansion after you die, then come back as a ghost and complete the quota, check your remains at the front gate, please.