Rats with Wings!

[Tonyh1975]

I posted this in the wrong forum before, my apologies for the double post.

I am about to shed some light on a very disconcerting matter that I recently discovered about my wonderful Disney parks.

I am not sure if anyone knows this or not, but on several occasions I saw some..rodents. Giant rodents that no one should see. I am talking about mice that easily push the 5 foot long mark, and that is just the tip of the iceberg. These mice actually attract kids like some freaking reverse pied piper crap! And the park seems to encourage this by having photopass employees snap pictures of it!

Mice, chipmunks, and other filthy vermin!

But all of this could be easily overlooked if you veer away from them and not allow your kids to fall under their ridiculous "magic" spell. However, there is one thing that simply can't be overlooked.

I believe, and I am sure you will all agree, something has to be done about the seagulls.

I don't know how much it would cost to put a dome over the parks, but if anyone can do it, it would be Disney! Yet they REFUSE!

I have emailed, called, and begged them to do something about this problem and I have been ignored, chastised and even hung up on. Way to go Disney! So much for a carefree vacation.

How difficult would it be to erect a dome, or put up zigzags of fishing line that would sever the heads off these rats with wings should they fly into the line at full diving speed?

Granted we would then have to deal with the issue of headless bird bodies and bodiless bird heads raining down upon park goers, but I feel this is a much more acceptable resolution than allowing these filthy beasts to snatch food from my family's hands.

I was eating a 7.00 churro from a street vendor when I was suddenly accosted by a seagull who felt he deserved the cinnamon and sugar coated treat more than me! I got into a tug of war match with the bird and was winning...until his friend swooped in and beat the tar out of me by repeatedly flying into my face and chest until the thief was able to wrest the treat from my grip and fly off.

Since the pest problem is so out of hand, I feel that Disney should either refund my churro purchase or provide me a replacement. They did not see it this way though and laughed at me when I asked. My wife had a pretzel stolen from her mouth! a seagull put it's beak into her open maw...mid-chew...and stole a pretzel right from betwixt her teeth! HOW? WHY?!?!?

It got me thinking, there has to be a reason as to why Disney would allow such things to occur. Then it dawned on me. THEY ARE IN ON IT!?!?!

They have trained these disgusting birds to steal recently acquired baked goods only to fly off and secretly return the product to the vendor for re-sale.

Shame on you house of mouse. SHAME! NEVER AGAIN!

I am going to Six Flags where this NEVER happens.

 

[mesaboy2]

I posted this in the wrong forum before, my apologies for the double post.

I am about to shed some light on a very disconcerting matter that I recently discovered about my wonderful Disney parks.

I am not sure if anyone knows this or not, but on several occasions I saw some..rodents. Giant rodents that no one should see. I am talking about mice that easily push the 5 foot long mark, and that is just the tip of the iceberg. These mice actually attract kids like some freaking reverse pied piper crap! And the park seems to encourage this by having photopass employees snap pictures of it!

Mice, chipmunks, and other filthy vermin!

But all of this could be easily overlooked if you veer away from them and not allow your kids to fall under their ridiculous "magic" spell. However, there is one thing that simply can't be overlooked.

I believe, and I am sure you will all agree, something has to be done about the seagulls.

I don't know how much it would cost to put a dome over the parks, but if anyone can do it, it would be Disney! Yet they REFUSE!

I have emailed, called, and begged them to do something about this problem and I have been ignored, chastised and even hung up on. Way to go Disney! So much for a carefree vacation.

How difficult would it be to erect a dome, or put up zigzags of fishing line that would sever the heads off these rats with wings should they fly into the line at full diving speed?

Granted we would then have to deal with the issue of headless bird bodies and bodiless bird heads raining down upon park goers, but I feel this is a much more acceptable resolution than allowing these filthy beasts to snatch food from my family's hands.

I was eating a 7.00 churro from a street vendor when I was suddenly accosted by a seagull who felt he deserved the cinnamon and sugar coated treat more than me! I got into a tug of war match with the bird and was winning...until his friend swooped in and beat the tar out of me by repeatedly flying into my face and chest until the thief was able to wrest the treat from my grip and fly off.

Since the pest problem is so out of hand, I feel that Disney should either refund my churro purchase or provide me a replacement. They did not see it this way though and laughed at me when I asked. My wife had a pretzel stolen from her mouth! a seagull put it's beak into her open maw...mid-chew...and stole a pretzel right from betwixt her teeth! HOW? WHY?!?!?

It got me thinking, there has to be a reason as to why Disney would allow such things to occur. Then it dawned on me. THEY ARE IN ON IT!?!?!

They have trained these disgusting birds to steal recently acquired baked goods only to fly off and secretly return the product to the vendor for re-sale.

Shame on you house of mouse. SHAME! NEVER AGAIN!

I am going to Six Flags where this NEVER happens.

Okey dokey.

 

[Karbase8]

The wackiest post I have ever read

 

[ucfknight]

Shame on you for allowing the seagull to get the churro. You are contributing to the problem of aggressive birds by giving up so easily. It should have been a fight to the death. Once the seagulls see we humans aren't such pushovers, they won't be so quick to attack.

 

[cgattis]

The wackiest post I have ever read

Not quite the wackiest...he didn't break wind in the seagull's general direction......

 

[Magpie]

Since the pest problem is so out of hand, I feel that Disney should either refund my churro purchase or provide me a replacement. They did not see it this way though and laughed at me when I asked.

Hilarious. But I'm going to be all pedantic now and point out that, actually, Disney will refund your churro, if you take the pieces back to the vendor immediately and explain what happened.

I saw a seagull land on a woman's hot dog. She took the destroyed hot dog back into Casey's and they gave her a replacement one.

 

[nansmama]

How difficult would it be to erect a dome, or put up zigzags of fishing line that would sever the heads off these rats with wings should they fly into the line at full diving speed?

Granted we would then have to deal with the issue of headless bird bodies and bodiless bird heads raining down upon park goers, but I feel this is a much more acceptable resolution than allowing these filthy beasts to snatch food from my family's hands.

This is the best thing I have ever read in my life. HAHAHAHAHA.

As someone who has literally had food stolen out of my mouth by a Disney World seagull, I support this plan 100%.

 

[xie]

Clearly, WDW needs a small army of cats. They would take care of the bird problem, but you'd have to get used to finding bloody bird carcasses everywhere.

The gulls are getting more annoying though. We were outside on the patio of Rose and Crown a couple of weeks ago and they kept trying to jump right onto our table. We spent half the ($100) meal shooing them away.

I also saw two of them attack a guest carrying food (maybe it was you, OP??) while I was sitting in one of the rocking chairs in MK facing Tom Sawyer Island, where all those food carts are. They literally got in her hair.

 

[wiigirl]

 

[Phil'sFrontier]

They should hire a few special employees to slowly lure all the seagulls to Universal.

 

[tina.tina]

OMG! The Amazon reviewers have invaded every website I love. I saw a haunted review for a meatloaf recipe on a recipe website earlier.

 

[Tonyh1975]

Shame on you for allowing the seagull to get the churro. You are contributing to the problem of aggressive birds by giving up so easily. It should have been a fight to the death. Once the seagulls see we humans aren't such pushovers, they won't be so quick to attack.

Well, I know when I have been matched. If the fight continued, I am sure it would have been me who gave up the ghost, in front of my family.

I did contribute to the problem, and you are correct, if I was a real man I would have seen this problem through to my demise. The thing is, these gulls have evolved. They work in pairs like the velociraptors from Jurrassic Park!

I return to Disney on March 1st. I plan on adorning myself in a two-sided duct tape vest. As the birds attack me they will stick to the vest. I will then walk proudly around in my fluttering garment and every bird in the park, before me, will rightly tremble.

FREEEEEEEEEEDOM!

 

[ucfknight]

I return to Disney on March 1st. I plan on adorning myself in a two-sided duct tape vest. As the birds attack me they will stick to the vest. I will then walk proudly around in my fluttering garment and every bird in the park, before me, will rightly tremble.

March 1 gives you plenty of time to purchase and train a peregrine falcon. You can then get it registered as a "service animal". Ain't no seagull going to mess with you if one of those is sitting on your shoulder.

 

[Tonyh1975]

March 1 gives you plenty of time to purchase and train a peregrine falcon. You can then get it registered as a "service animal". Ain't no seagull going to mess with you if one of those is sitting on your shoulder.

I can tell by your reply, that not only do you understand my problem, but you are also a genius. This works so much better than my duct tape vest, as I am sure over time, especially if I ride Splash Mountain, the glue will break down and release the winged scavengers to wreak havoc once more.

Your solution is so much better. I feel like Pinky to your Brain. well done.

 

[princess_ariel_85]

Troll or not. This has been a delightful read. I can't remember the last time I laughed so much.

Do we have any photos of these roving velociraptor seagulls?

I've never had a problem with the flying rats. I dare them to take my food! Dare them!

 

[JaimeA]

Thanks for the laugh, I needed it today!

 

[nansmama]

Do we have any photos of these roving velociraptor seagulls?

Well-fed master of all he surveys.

 

[CAHarwell]

How about a cap with a stuffed fishing eagle attached? Rather like the fake owls people put on their roofs to scare off pigeons.

 

[MaleficentRN]

Don't blame Disney, blame the people that think it's cute to feed the seagulls and squirrels. Encourage their children to offer up their churros and popcorn so that now the vermin feel they are entitled to it and swipe them freely from those of us that buy snacks for our enjoyment, not theirs.
I feel the best thing would be to introduce more hawks to the resort area. But then there would be huge outrage because Little Junior was throwing his funnel cake to a chipmunk and the chipmunk was snatched up in the claws of a hawk and devoured while sitting on the fence around Splash Mountain.
Then you have a parent, freaking out that they are now traumatized and the only thing that will make it better is a life time of APs for the family.
It's a lose/lose situation.

 

[Tonyh1975]

Well-fed master of all he surveys.

Well, Nansmama, thanks for that. welcome back PTSD, months of therapy done the toilet.