Street takeover tonight at Disneyland hit and run

[Bossy22]

I've been to DL 10 times in the last 12 years and never had a scary experience till last summer when I had 3 scary experiences. Once a mentally ill man was walking amongst the traffic, angrily swearing at everyone and hitting cars. He then got accross the street and the group of us (I was on my own but another group was close) detoured into the parking lot because we were scared of what he would do. Another time I was the Pharmasave and some old guy just started following me around and would not stop. He followed me around (less than a foot apart) for 20 minutes till after I left the store I ran to the crosswalk to just be able to cross before him. Then there was the time we were heading back from the parks to DI&S and a homeless lady jumped out of dark corner muttering nonsense (I was not worried but it really scared my young daughters). Whether you agree with me or not it definitely seems to be escalating in this area.

 

[DLgal]

The loud music could be a disturbing the peace violation,

Very much doubt that, considering it was on a busy public street.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

We've had some varying experiences with the homeless in the area but I never feel unsafe walking since there's usually large crowds of families walking too. I also think a lot of this comes down to what you're used to. We have a large homeless population in our hometown so it doesn't necessarily shake me up to encounter them because I'm used to it. My son is as well and knows to be aware of his surroundings if we're walking at night.

But it's also why I like the Disneyland bubble and staying onsite- it's a bit more like that WDW bubble which I personally love. Cut me off from reality and surround me with Disney, please.

 

[Rich M]

Thank you for pointing this out to the DIS community. It is a reminder that once your outside that area you will so the same non sense that you see everyday in many communities in California. As people have said there is a bubble that you can stay in to stay away from all that but you pay a very pretty penny to do that. There is a reason why those hotels are cheaper.

On a side note I must say that the some of the hostile comments in this thread is making the DIS boards a little less fun to be on. Not sure why the need is to attack others about their post and or comments. Someone asking someone else to be respectful of their surroundings and to turn down their music is no reason to attack someone for having the guts to actually speak up instead of not having the courage to speak up. I don't see anything wrong with just asking someone to turn down some offensive music while kids are around. Lets stop attacking each other on this site and remember we are all here for our common love for Disney.

 

[Pluto468]

I've seen homeless people but never anyone attacking people. Once when we were waiting for ART a homeless guy was trying to chat with me and my kids and was getting way too close and it made me very uncomfortable.We ended up walking just to get away from him. He wasn't mean, but I didn't like it at all. Last June there was one homeless person sleeping near the BW Anaheim plus Inn, but I saw alot more when we stayed at the Hyatt House on Katella. I think for some reason there are many more at that intersection than at the hotels right across the street or up near Hojo.

That's one of the reasons I love the Disney Bubble, but it just isn't affordable every trip, and I can get bigger rooms or suites on Harbor for less than a resort property most of the time.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I don't see anything wrong with just asking someone to turn down some offensive music while kids are around.

Because it's impractical truthfully as there could always be kids around and this is for a public transit stop.

Your (general) offense is not the same as someone else's.

And TBH actually going to the police about hearing music that you don't agree with at a public transit stop is too much.

People have to exercise realistic expectations on their end and hearing rap music or someone using profanity is not in the grand scheme usually worth engaging with those people nor the police. That doesn't mean you have to like it but we cannot impose everything on everyone acting like we are right and they are wrong.

I didn't see posters attack that poster but I do agree we don't always have to stick our nose in other people's business when we're out in public IRL regardless if we agree with their actions or not. There's a lesson there as well. Chances are the kids weren't even paying attention to what was going on until their parent engaged with strangers and furthermore went to complain to the police.

 

[Starport Seven-Five]

We've had some varying experiences with the homeless in the area but I never feel unsafe walking since there's usually large crowds of families walking too. I also think a lot of this comes down to what you're used to. We have a large homeless population in our hometown so it doesn't necessarily shake me up to encounter them because I'm used to it. My son is as well and knows to be aware of his surroundings if we're walking at night.

Agree 100% with this.

I grew up in a small town and then lived in a major city during college. Some interactions I had after moving were scary at first due my unfamiliarity but it turned out I was never in any real danger. Exposing your kids to something outside the polished Disney bubble isn't the worst thing IMO.

 

[Starport Seven-Five]

It's when a group of Street Racers in their tricked out cars effectively close off an intersection by gathering in the streets, blocking traffic. It is illegal and the police will break it up, but it happens VERY quickly and often the race happens before police can respond. It's an annoying aspect of Southern CA car culture. It happens mostly VERY late at night. Usually well after midnight. Their goal isn't to cause accidents, it's to avoid them by doing this late enough that there aren't cars on the road. Sometimes, 2 or 3 cars will just pill donuts in an intersection or rev their engines annoyingly. It's really stupid.

There are a lot of long straight roads with high speed limits here and those are the ones they tend to "takeover."

Not quite. A "street takeover" is a group of people doing donuts/burnouts. Usually happens at an intersection due to the larger amount of paved area. The "takeover" crowd is a different crowd than street racers as street racers will typically go out of their way to find areas where they won't get caught (backroads or industrial parks late at night).

Example of a street takeover:

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Not quite. A "street takeover" is a group of people doing donuts/burnouts. Usually happens at an intersection due to the larger amount of paved area. The "takeover" crowd is a different crowd than street racers as street racers will typically go out of their way to find areas where they won't get caught (backroads or industrial parks late at night).

Example of a street takeover:

Yeah we have those in my metro too. It's become worse over the last few years but is largely an issue on the other side of the state line from me. Sometimes they have actually blocked highways to do it. It's considered a public nuisance and can get dangerous at times, a few people have been killed here. It's usually referred to as sideshows in my area. While racing does happen the big intersection style stuff is just about burning your tires out and doing donuts. A few months back the police in the city where it's happening a lot in my metro have installed things on the main intersections known to have this which are an attempt to stop the cars from being able to slide around doing the donuts.

Back in November they had an intersection with 90 cars.

https://www.kctv5.com/2022/11/22/de...ections-effort-prevent-illegal-car-sideshows/

 

[Aurora0427]

We usually stay up on Katella, yes we see homeless people and people who are mentally ill. But no one has ever engaged with us and there are always large groups of people walking the same streets, I feel perfectly safe with my kids.

That’s great. We don’t anymore. To each their own.

I prefer not walking by people doing drugs with my kids on the way to Disneyland. I prefer to not be followed back to my hotel by a mentally ill person, screaming at me and my kids. If I want a vacation like that, I'll go to LA. Not at Disneyland. The Katella area isn’t necessarily unsafe, but I don’t find it pleasant. I’m not worried about being murdered, but I don’t enjoy the ambiance, and that’s ok. It’s definitely gotten worse since 2020.

 

[Aurora0427]

Agree 100% with this.

I grew up in a small town and then lived in a major city during college. Some interactions I had after moving were scary at first due my unfamiliarity but it turned out I was never in any real danger. Exposing your kids to something outside the polished Disney bubble isn't the worst thing IMO.

Well, we currently live in OC and are native Houstonians. Plenty of interactions. Why people are cool paying for that while on vacation is beyond me, but hey, we all have our own things we’re ok with and not ok with.

We go to Disney for the bubble, because we live in the real world.

 

[starlite_]

Well, we currently live in OC and are native Houstonians. Plenty of interactions. Why people are cool paying for that while on vacation is beyond me, but hey, we all have our own things we’re ok with and not ok with.

We go to Disney for the bubble, because we live in the real world.

How are you paying for that? The interactions mentioned in this thread are on the street. There is no bubble in Katella, it's a street. A street next to DLR but a street. The only way to stay in the bubble is to pay for the Disney owned hotels no?