Security at WDW

[SeilerBird]

I was looking at the Chevy Trax in the car lot at the end of Test Track. I like the looks and I am thinking about buying one. I was trying to open the trunk when a sales lady came up and said hello. I asked her how to open the trunk. She told me the truck is locked shut and cannot be opened. I asked why that was so. She replied that it was for my safety. And she said it with a straight face. Seriously? Opening a trunk is a safety issue? Well I won't be buying a Trax and I won't be buying any car from the Disney lot. Beware the Trax, it has an unsafe trunk.

 

[kmb584]

Can you imagine the heaps of little kids who would jump in the trunk if it opened? Or a little kid opening the trunk and getting whacked in the head? Those are both valid safety concerns.

 

[OZMom]

People can get locked in trunks. When my brother was about 10 he was playing hide and seek with his friends and thought it would be funny to hide in the trunk of our mother's car. He got locked in and it took about 30 minutes to find him. Very scary.

I'm sure its a liability thing, especially for a place with so many kids running around.

 

[Simba's Girl]

Not for nothing but EPCOT is not an auto dealership.

 

[OZMom]

Not for nothing but EPCOT is not an auto dealership.

I was confused by that too. Can you really buy cars from that area? I didn't realize there were even "sales people" there.

 

[SirDuff]

I'm assuming it was meant to be a joke

 

[SeilerBird]

I'm assuming it was meant to be a joke

Not a joke and yes you can really buy cars there. I have a salesperson walk up to me with a clipboard just about every time I am there. And most of them are dynamite looking 20 something girls.

 

[SeilerBird]

Can you imagine the heaps of little kids who would jump in the trunk if it opened? Or a little kid opening the trunk and getting whacked in the head? Those are both valid safety concerns.

Well with the saleslady standing there if she had a key and opened the trunk it would be very difficult for any kid to get locked in. I was expecting she had the keys.

 

[CAS239]

The one sitting in the showroom has a locked trunk. The actual cars on the road and for sale don't have a locked trunk....

I think OP took it as since the one in the showroom has a locked trunk, that's how Chevy is producing all of them.

 

[larryz]

I think OP took it as since the one in the showroom has a locked trunk, that's how Chevy is producing all of them.

And I think OP is laughing about the sales lady's ridiculous statement that the trunk is locked to keep HIM safe.

 

[fbb]

And I think OP is laughing about the sales lady's ridiculous statement that the trunk is locked to keep HIM safe.

We don't know if he would be here telling this story if it weren't for that locked trunk.

 

[SeilerBird]

The one sitting in the showroom has a locked trunk. The actual cars on the road and for sale don't have a locked trunk....

I think OP took it as since the one in the showroom has a locked trunk, that's how Chevy is producing all of them.

Well duh... I definitely understand that the ones they sell have trunks that would open. I was just blown away that they were trying to keep me safe from the deadly trunk.

 

[mesaboy2]

I'm pretty sure they would have said no if you wanted to fire up the engine, too. It's a theme park first.

 

[erc]

Well I won't be buying a Trax and I won't be buying any car from the Disney lot.

Well, based on the prices of the other WDW merchandise, that is probably good advice. Buy a Trax from a Chevy dealer and pay about 80% less than you would at Disney.

 

[CAS239]

Those cars are only meant to be there so you can check them out from the exterior and interior. You can't pop the hood, open the trunk, start the engine, or test drive.

 

[bocaj1431]

With the heightened level of security everywhere you go now, it very well could be due to a safety issue. Or it could be fear of a legal problem, such as other posts have noted the possibility of children climbing in to the trunk.

Due to 9/11, the bombings in Bostan, the constant threats to the U.S., and other similiar events, it is also not a reach to assume it was locked for safety reasons. They may want to eliminate any scenarios which could be a possible security risk no matter how remote they might be.

Either way,rules are in place for a reason.

 

[siskaren]

People can get locked in trunks. When my brother was about 10 he was playing hide and seek with his friends and thought it would be funny to hide in the trunk of our mother's car. He got locked in and it took about 30 minutes to find him. Very scary.

I'm sure its a liability thing, especially for a place with so many kids running around.

It's been a law since 2001 that new passenger cars have to have an interior trunk release:

https://www.federalregister.gov/art...hicle-safety-standards-interior-trunk-release

 

[maxiesmom]

Well duh... I definitely understand that the ones they sell have trunks that would open. I was just blown away that they were trying to keep me safe from the deadly trunk.

They probably want to keep kids from getting locked in. And to keep the CM from constantly having to unlock the trunk. Seems like very silly thing to get upset over.

 

[SeilerBird]

They probably want to keep kids from getting locked in. And to keep the CM from constantly having to unlock the trunk. Seems like very silly thing to get upset over.

I am not upset, I am blown away. I can't imagine how anyone could think that looking in a trunk was a safety issue. I have been looking in my trunk all my life and never got injured.

 

[maxiesmom]

I am not upset, I am blown away. I can't imagine how anyone could think that looking in a trunk was a safety issue. I have been looking in my trunk all my life and never got injured.

Again, it is because it is WDW and there are kids everywhere. They don't need to have CMs standing at each trunk with keys in their hands. Kids would be climbing in and out of the trunks all day long if they didn't keep them locked.