Sarangel
08-05-2004, 12:48 PM
Various sources are reporting that the terminal for the Disney Wonder was evacuated Thursday after a bomb-sniffing dog gave an alert while inspecting supplies being loaded aboard.
About 330 passengers were aboard the Wonder when the terminal was ordered closed at 9:25 a.m., Disney spokeswoman Rena Langley said.
Passengers aboard the ship were asked to stay on the 964-foot vessel while those in the terminal were moved to a parking lot.
The Brevard County Sheriff Department's bomb squad inspected a stack of mattresses on a pallet, and declared the area secure about 80 minutes later.
There was no indication why the dog, part of a private security firm contracted by the Canaveral Port Authority, gave the false positive. Sheriff's Lt. Vic DeSantis speculated that the pallet may once have held something that created the illusion a mattress hid an explosive device.
The Wonder had returned earlier Thursday from a four-day Caribbean cruise.
Its next departure, scheduled for later Thursday, was not expected to be delayed.
About 330 passengers were aboard the Wonder when the terminal was ordered closed at 9:25 a.m., Disney spokeswoman Rena Langley said.
Passengers aboard the ship were asked to stay on the 964-foot vessel while those in the terminal were moved to a parking lot.
The Brevard County Sheriff Department's bomb squad inspected a stack of mattresses on a pallet, and declared the area secure about 80 minutes later.
There was no indication why the dog, part of a private security firm contracted by the Canaveral Port Authority, gave the false positive. Sheriff's Lt. Vic DeSantis speculated that the pallet may once have held something that created the illusion a mattress hid an explosive device.
The Wonder had returned earlier Thursday from a four-day Caribbean cruise.
Its next departure, scheduled for later Thursday, was not expected to be delayed.