BAD BOYS BAD BOYS!! Undercover Security

[wishspirit]

Bump!!

 

[luvmyfam444]

Interesting thread! Just wish I[d seen in in the beginning so I wouldnt' have to read so many pages! LOL

I've never seen undercover cops - of course now I'm gonna look for them

 

[librarygeek]

I've never noticed them in Disney... but we did have an incident in Universal.

We were at a Harry Potter convention and we allowed into the park after hours. My friend and I went on Forbidden Journey, and after getting off, we ran into some guy she knew in the gift shop. He was clearly intoxicated (apparently he'd pre-gamed the park event), and was begging my friend to stay with him. They get outside the gift shop and he sits on the ground and then proceeds to vomit. She didn't want to leave him alone like this, and eventually a security guard came over (it took awhile but remember this is after hours, at like midnight). However all they did was ask if he was okay, he told them the ride gave him motion sickness and that was all, but they must have been able to smell the alcohol on him, I could smell it easily. Didn't do anything though. We actually wished they would have offered to escort him back to the hotel or at least out of the park though. He wasn't really being disruptive I guess, and so security didn't do much other than ask multiple times if he wanted medical attention. Eventually his friends that he was staying with came along, thank goodness, because I didn't want to waste my private park time sitting with a drunk guy!

 

[dmccarty]

Just returned from WDW and want to go back NOW!

One of the surprises for the kids was trips to the water parks. At TL I noticed Disney Security. He was dressed like a regular CM but his ear piece and mannerisms gave him away.

He needed to be at BB the day before. There was a guy over there wearing a bathing suit that was so small he was showing butt crack. If you are wearing a suit, so small that your fanny crack shows, you should be removed from the park. Beside BCM, Butt Crack Man, there was a couple of other creepy guys hanging out by one of the bars. All they did was drink, smoke, and watch the people on the beach.

At the resort one day I saw a toddler who had obviously escaped from the parents. He was moving out into the lobby as fast as he could go. I turned and looked to see if there was a parent but there was none. Another guest was doing the same. I took a few steps towards a sitting room since it looked like the place from which the toddler had escaped. There was a Dad with the, "Ruh Roh, where did he go look?" on his face. I asked him if he had lost someone and pointed to his quickly disappearing son. He quickly recaptured his escapee.

The tropical weather moved in on us on our last weekend which kept us out of EPCOT for F&W but on our earlier trips the crowd was well behaved. I only heard a couple of people who where loudly drunk but they were not bad.

There was a group of three people sitting in France near the Crepe station that was interesting. One member of the party was on an ECV and was well past drunk. He had trouble backing out the ECV so they could go home. I hope he did not run anyone over and I hope they stayed at an EPCOT resort. Gong through the always crowded England was going to be interesting for a drunk on an ECV.

Later,
Dan

 

[CdnCarrie]

I can relate to that. When my daughter was two, we were in Mickey's Starland and after coming out of the gift shop, I realized my daughter was holding a stuffed Minnie Mouse, which we did not pay for. How she got a hold of it while I was carrying her is beyond me. Since the doors were one-way, we had to wait for the next person to come out so that we could go back in an return it. I'd have hated for my daughter to get a record at so early and age.

My 3 year old walked out of the CBR gift shop with a whirly light up toy. We went back in and paid for it.

 

[chartle]

Just returned from WDW and want to go back NOW!

One of the surprises for the kids was trips to the water parks. At TL I noticed Disney Security. He was dressed like a regular CM but his ear piece and mannerisms gave him away.

He needed to be at BB the day before. There was a guy over there wearing a bathing suit that was so small he was showing butt crack. If you are wearing a suit, so small that your fanny crack shows, you should be removed from the park. Beside BCM, Butt Crack Man, there was a couple of other creepy guys hanging out by one of the bars. All they did was drink, smoke, and watch the people on the beach.

Some one was probably at BB also you just didn't see him/her. Also there is a lot of cameras around.

There were some major incidents at the water parks and I think they have really upped the amount of surveillance.

 

[jpolak]

When we were at MK this past August I saw this guy walk into the park with his "family". Then a little while later while waiting for DW I see the same guy walking by. His gives a little head nod to a sheriff deputy that was there and as he walks by I notice he's wearing an ear piece. So they are absolutely in the parks.

 

[mommy2emily]

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[waynesgirl]

(3) On a morning bus a lady got very upset that another guest had a leash/backpack on a small child. She demanded that the leash be removed. She claimed to be a Child Protective Services case worker and just wouldn't quit. She actually got very mean with the obvious single mother with a baby plus this toddler. When the bus got to the Magic Kingdom it pulled up to a different stop. Two cast members and an Orange County deputy were there. When they led the "case worker" off the bus the whole bus cheered. Then the bus pulled to the regular stop where the bus driver remarked better a child on a leash than on a milk carton.

Love this thread but this one post really caught my eye...and you being a fellow Georgian, you know we don't do to well with interference in raising our "young'uns".

First, the bus driver made a good point. How true...and sad.

Second, I hate those leash things too- think they are ridiculous looking but I also had enough space in between my kids that I never needed one, even as a single mom (thank goodness). However, that mother was a lot better woman than me, because if that lady would have chimed in on her in front of me, I probably would have been the one arrested.

I would have started with the simple statement of..."It's probably about time your shut your fat trap, 'cuz if you don't, I'll be joining you at the next bus stop." Mind you, I wouldn't have put my hands on her- I pay too much to go to Disney to do that- but I would have immediately called the police and demanded her office superior's number.

Many social workers are wonderful people who are underpaid and overworked. There are a few, at least in my part of the state, that are bullies, pure and simple, and use what little power they think they have to try to control other people around them. If this woman was a social worker, then Disney should have called her office immediately as well. She severely overstepped her boundaries on that.

 

[Eljay]

Love this thread but this one post really caught my eye...and you being a fellow Georgian, you know we don't do to well with interference in raising our "young'uns".

First, the bus driver made a good point. How true...and sad.

Second, I hate those leash things too- think they are ridiculous looking but I also had enough space in between my kids that I never needed one, even as a single mom (thank goodness). However, that mother was a lot better woman than me, because if that lady would have chimed in on her in front of me, I probably would have been the one arrested.

I would have started with the simple statement of..."It's probably about time your shut your fat trap, 'cuz if you don't, I'll be joining you at the next bus stop." Mind you, I wouldn't have put my hands on her- I pay too much to go to Disney to do that- but I would have immediately called the police and demanded her office superior's number.

Many social workers are wonderful people who are underpaid and overworked. There are a few, at least in my part of the state, that are bullies, pure and simple, and use what little power they think they have to try to control other people around them. If this woman was a social worker, then Disney should have called her office immediately as well. She severely overstepped her boundaries on that.

Of course, I can't know for sure, but I got the impression that the confrontational lady most likely wasn't a social worker. Probably a nut job that got all obsessed about the leash and mouthed off.

Awesome to know that Disney paid attention and didn't allow the poor mom in question to get followed by the wacko.

 

[stimmons]

Thanks for finishing the story. I was trying to picture Pooh tackling and subduing the thieves right there in the middle of Main St. Now that would be a very rare character photo.

 

[polymerpig]

There was a guy over there wearing a bathing suit that was so small he was showing butt crack.

Haha - you don't have to be in a water park to see that. We were having dinner outdoors at Raglan Road the other day... Had quite a view of a butt crack one table over...and he was wearing big shorts.

 

[Kaewin]

I had heard these stories but never expected to have one to happen to me. When we were in Disney back on the fifth our group was tired. I drove all nights and my kids were up on and off. I had brought a friend, who is a bit older than me, and he was also tired. We hit the park after rope drop and had a good time. AT lunch we went to Cosmis ray's and got rib baskets (should have known their was a problem) and went on Space Mountain. We had a great time but my friend was real pale, and he is not a very tanned person to begin with, and we made our way back across the park. We got some drinks and headed over to Haunted Mansion where he threw up all over the place. In less then two minutes there must have been 4 or five people on us and a few had ties. My friend just wanted to head back to the room and caught the bus. The head tie was all over me with a clip board getting all of the info they could get. After he copied all of the stuff he tried to give me a set of fast passes for the rest of the day (I have a GAC for my son so I didn't need it.) and then took us right into HM and put us right on a ride. I was so amazed at this. Next time I need to get on right away I will have to remember the throw up trick

 

[scion5220]

I had heard these stories but never expected to have one to happen to me. When we were in Disney back on the fifth our group was tired. I drove all nights and my kids were up on and off. I had brought a friend, who is a bit older than me, and he was also tired. We hit the park after rope drop and had a good time. AT lunch we went to Cosmis ray's and got rib baskets (should have known their was a problem) and went on Space Mountain. We had a great time but my friend was real pale, and he is not a very tanned person to begin with, and we made our way back across the park. We got some drinks and headed over to Haunted Mansion where he threw up all over the place. In less then two minutes there must have been 4 or five people on us and a few had ties. My friend just wanted to head back to the room and caught the bus. The head tie was all over me with a clip board getting all of the info they could get. After he copied all of the stuff he tried to give me a set of fast passes for the rest of the day (I have a GAC for my son so I didn't need it.) and then took us right into HM and put us right on a ride. I was so amazed at this. Next time I need to get on right away I will have to remember the throw up trick

In all the years I've been going to Disney, the other night was the first time I saw actual throw up on the ground...someone did NOT have a good time on the Tea Cups (it was right outside that ride's exit)!

 

[gometros]

Surprisingly, on our most recent trip, I had an incident where I had expected to see security, but didn't. We entered MK as the crowds were leaving after Wishes. As we went under the railroad and walked across the circle, somehow I misjudged the curb and went flying, landing on my knee, really hurting myself. Nobody came to my aid and I eventually was able to get myself up. I have to assume that security was busy with the exiting crowds and just didn't notice.

 

[DavidH]

I too have not read every post - I hit every 10th page to just get the flavor....

My information is 15 years old (my gosh! it doesn't seem that long), but I doubt things have changed too much.

Security came in three varieties in the parks. The regular cast members with the uniforms, hats and badges. There were security managers that usually had dress clothes and an earpiece - you would notice them. Then there were the "foxes" in plain clothes (shorts, t-shirts and ball caps) - you would have no idea. Usually had a radio in a shopping bag.

They used to bring the shoplifters to one of our shops and let them pay for their stuff. It was never said, but I always thought the shoplifters got a better deal if they paid for their haul (usually odd stuff).

If you saw vomit on the ground, you called custodial with a "protein spill" There were bags of Vobaum (sp) inside all the trashcans. In minutes, they were there covering it with Vobaum and sweeping it up.

If there was blood, another call to custodial -"blood on the ground" - would bring a crew with a special box. They seemed to get there is seconds. The box was full of gloves, masks, special trash bags....it seemed like they cleaned, bagged and put it all back into the box.

At least that is the way I remember it

 

[Kaewin]

@DavidH

Just came back from POR and had a great time there. make sure you see Piano Bob he is a trip. My kids wanted to use the pool so I only saw him for about 20 minutes but he worth it.


Also I was at the lounge on another day and order Purple Haze abita beer and it sucked, the waitress asked if I liked it and told her no and she switched the half glass for a full Turbodog. Great people there.

 

[appleorchard]

We had an incident 2 years ago with my mom in the Bird show--she started to pass out, had to lie down on the bench. My DH told the CMs and they sent him to get a wheelchair from the first aid station. No men in black, no help--I didn't want to stand up in the middle of the show and ask for help-- I'm a nurse and we never ask for help anyway lol- we got her in the chair and to first aid and left a few hours later. Her blood pressure was very low. Took the wheelchair out of the park to the bus stop--they didn't charge us for it, amazingly enough.

 

[ginnymack]

While this does not qualify as undercover security, I had a long distance brush with security.

I was checking my blog's stat reports, particularly the section that shows the keyword searches that readers used to find the blog.

Anyway, there were several searches done by one person using a combination of words that made me a little uneasy. It could have been general interest, preparation for a prank, or something more sinister. I decided to pass the information on.

It took me a while to figure out who to call and get patched into the right people. I left a message, saying that I did not necessarily feel that it was of real concern, but I wanted to pass along what I had seen. Within 5 minutes someone in securitycalled me back, asked a ton of questions, and asked for screen shots of what I saw and any information I had on that reader. It was not much, but I sent along what I had.

They did tell me that this type of thing happens from time to time and they take it VERY SERIOUSLY and INVESTIGATE THROUGHLY. They thanked me for bringing it to their attention and told me never to hesitate to do so again in the future. Of course I never heard back from the security team.

 

[Disneylovingdad]

I love this thread. I read the entire thing already. I am in Law Enforcement and have thought of working for Disney security when I retire in about 9 years. Are there any current or former security CM's on here that wouldn't mind PM'ing me as I have some questions about how you like the job? I do realize it is a job and not like vacationing there but have some specific questions relative to what I could be hired for with my experience as well as benefits/salary questions. Thanks!