On Tuesday, we were in the Magic Kingdom and wanted to go ride Pirates of the Caribbean. When we got there it was closed due to "technical difficulties". Well, a few minutes later my wife overheard somebody saying, "Is Kobe Bryant still in there?" So I thought that must have been why they closed the ride, but I wondered why close the entire ride for that? Just slip him in through the back or something. We continued hanging out in the POTC gift shop area (it was raining too, so that motivated us to stay put), and then we overheard a Disney security officer scolding a man who apparently tried to get out of the boat during the ride, so then we thought maybe the Kobe thing was just a rumor.
Well, Wednesday night, we were walking with the masses out of World Showcase after seeing Illuminations, and then a couple of cast members and maybe even a security person were escorting a family, against the crowd flow, so I looked up to see who it was, in case it was some kind of celebrity, and sure enough it was Kobe with his daughter sitting up on his shoulders, to kind of make it harder for everyone to see who it was. I walked right past him and I heard him say something like, "We're gonna get lost in this place."
Anyway, that was my first celebrity sighting at WDW, so I just thought I would share.
Well, Wednesday night, we were walking with the masses out of World Showcase after seeing Illuminations, and then a couple of cast members and maybe even a security person were escorting a family, against the crowd flow, so I looked up to see who it was, in case it was some kind of celebrity, and sure enough it was Kobe with his daughter sitting up on his shoulders, to kind of make it harder for everyone to see who it was. I walked right past him and I heard him say something like, "We're gonna get lost in this place."
Anyway, that was my first celebrity sighting at WDW, so I just thought I would share.
