mking624
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There are a couple of things that come to mind when reading about this...
The first is my honeymoon. When we were there, there was an incident going on and we had no idea what it was. It was at the Boardwalk and many of the guests had been asked to stay away from there temporarily. They had no idea what was going on. We saw several of them ask CMs all over what was going on. Pretty much all of them were clueless (since Disney only shares info on a "need to know" basis...so park CMs wouldn't have been considered "need to know"). It wasn't until after the incident had been settled that we discovered what was going on...it was a hostage situation. A disgruntled husband (possibly ex) was holding his kids hostage at the Boardwalk where his wife worked in housecleaning. We weren't staying at BW, but we only knew there was something going on because of the BW guests that kept pressing CMs about what was going on. Most of the WDW guests had no clue.
The second incident that comes to mind is not Disney related, but the scenario is similar. My MIL used to work for this one high school outside Chicago. At a graduation party, something happened at a hotel where a young graduate either jumped or was pushed off a high balcony at a known hotel. I am not familiar with the entire story, but I do know that it wasn't covered by ANYONE and the hotel made no statements or anything to be released. The entire thing was kept incredibly hush hush to the point where even most of the school employees who had been chaperoning the party didn't have many details. This happened about 3 or 4 years ago.
My point is that no matter where an incident occurs, Disney or otherwise, places know very well how how to keep it quiet, even from those who are riht in the area.
The first is my honeymoon. When we were there, there was an incident going on and we had no idea what it was. It was at the Boardwalk and many of the guests had been asked to stay away from there temporarily. They had no idea what was going on. We saw several of them ask CMs all over what was going on. Pretty much all of them were clueless (since Disney only shares info on a "need to know" basis...so park CMs wouldn't have been considered "need to know"). It wasn't until after the incident had been settled that we discovered what was going on...it was a hostage situation. A disgruntled husband (possibly ex) was holding his kids hostage at the Boardwalk where his wife worked in housecleaning. We weren't staying at BW, but we only knew there was something going on because of the BW guests that kept pressing CMs about what was going on. Most of the WDW guests had no clue.
The second incident that comes to mind is not Disney related, but the scenario is similar. My MIL used to work for this one high school outside Chicago. At a graduation party, something happened at a hotel where a young graduate either jumped or was pushed off a high balcony at a known hotel. I am not familiar with the entire story, but I do know that it wasn't covered by ANYONE and the hotel made no statements or anything to be released. The entire thing was kept incredibly hush hush to the point where even most of the school employees who had been chaperoning the party didn't have many details. This happened about 3 or 4 years ago.
My point is that no matter where an incident occurs, Disney or otherwise, places know very well how how to keep it quiet, even from those who are riht in the area.