The story some of you have been waiting for.

[Tim Gunn]

Ok. Well I'm glad I have someone new to stalk when I go back. Nothing like an unusual character.

If you really want a cool Main Street character to "stalk" - find Scoop. He's the Main Street reporter. Awesome guy. Ask him to tell you the story about Render Cilla.

 

[Shugardrawers]

If you really want a cool Main Street character to "stalk" - find Scoop. He's the Main Street reporter. Awesome guy. Ask him to tell you the story about Render Cilla.

I thought he was one of the streetmosphere people at MGM?

 

[phillybeth]

Did anyone else notice in "mommamouse's" first post, her grammer and spelling were terrible but then all of a sudden in the next few posts, she was spelling everything right and was using big words. In my opinion, the two posters are the same person!

That's my thought as well... I could be wrong though.

 

[Tiziminchac]

A few years back, maybe '97 or '98, I went with my best friend, his wife and daughter and his daughter's best friend to MK. As we were leaving we did our usual thing of walking through the stores on Main Street souvenir hunting. As we left the last store, The Emporium (I think) we were approached by a police officer in civilian clothes who flashed us his badge and informed us that the daughter had been shoplifting. It was very discreet and anybody standing nearby probably wouldn't have know what was going on. The cop then escorted the girl and her parents to a substation they have onsite.

Do you know where the smoking area is at the start of Main Street? Near Tony's Town Square Restaurant. Right next to the smoking area is an entrance to a "back stage" area. Back in there is the substation. I didn't actually see it, but my friend did and told me it was pretty big and full of cubicles. And the place was jam packed with people busted for shoplifting. And, I'm sure, other crimes. It took about an hour, I waited with the other girl in the smoking area, and when they came out of the back area and we all were escorted to the turnstiles. No one was banned for life. But we were told not to return that day.

My friend's daughter had maybe $90 worth of crap she stole. They gave her a summons to appear in court and she ended up paying a fine and doing community service. Maybe because she was a minor they didn't arrest her. But there is a police station in MK.

As for the OP's story, I'm not sure I believe it. But I wasn't there with her, so who knows.

 

[Tim Gunn]

I thought he was one of the streetmosphere people at MGM?

Not unless they have moved him in the last year. He usually hangs out on Main Street. He does the One O'clock Pin Talks teaching people about pin trading back in that place on the right when you come in the park - the building with the movies in the back?

 

[blondeheroine]

A few years back, maybe '97 or '98, I went with my best friend, his wife and daughter and his daughter's best friend to MK. As we were leaving we did our usual thing of walking through the stores on Main Street souvenir hunting. As we left the last store, The Emporium (I think) we were approached by a police officer in civilian clothes who flashed us his badge and informed us that the daughter had been shoplifting. It was very discreet and anybody standing nearby probably wouldn't have know what was going on. The cop then escorted the girl and her parents to a substation they have onsite.

Do you know where the smoking area is at the start of Main Street? Near Tony's Town Square Restaurant. Right next to the smoking area is an entrance to a "back stage" area. Back in there is the substation. I didn't actually see it, but my friend did and told me it was pretty big and full of cubicles. And the place was jam packed with people busted for shoplifting. And, I'm sure, other crimes. It took about an hour, I waited with the other girl in the smoking area, and when they came out of the back area and we all were escorted to the turnstiles. No one was banned for life. But we were told not to return that day.

My friend's daughter had maybe $90 worth of crap she stole. They gave her a summons to appear in court and she ended up paying a fine and doing community service. Maybe because she was a minor they didn't arrest her. But there is a police station in MK.

As for the OP's story, I'm not sure I believe it. But I wasn't there with her, so who knows.

Thanks for posting. That gives a lot of clarification on the onsite area.

 

[katerkat]

DH and I don't have any kids so we will just have to watch each other to make sure we don't shoplift.

I'm sorry. Do you want to borrow a kid? He comes with a stroller perfect for shoplifting.

 

[Pugdog007]

My investigation is complete. OP & MM are one in the same. Writing styles & grammar irregularities are too similar to be coincidental.

Summary: OP had a crummy vacation after a year of thorough research & planning on the DIS and she would like to write a letter to Michael Eisner about her experience. Spectromagic was cancelled without notification, the dining plan was confusing because candy bars & muffins were excluded with no explanation, and her DH was arrested for shoplifting a mug that DS4 stuffed inside a stroller before darting out of the store to get the mayor's autograph.

 

[diznygirl]

DH worked security at MK, and was a security manager at WDW for a bit.... and he says this story doesn't make sense. Standard operating procedure just doesn't work the way this person claims it happened. Maybe her DH isn't telling her everything that happened.

The backstage area that Tizminchac mentioned is not a police substation - it's the MK Security office. There are always deputies on property tho.

 

[Hixski]

I'm sorry. Do you want to borrow a kid? He comes with a stroller perfect for shoplifting.

Will you try it out for me first. I would like to see how well it works for shoplifting before I try it. Thanks!!!

PS: He is a cutie.

 

[dreamcometrue]

I don't have the energy to read this whole thread now, but wanted to say something to the "zero tolerance". Something very similar happened to me, not at WDW, but DL, years ago. It was my DD's first trip, she was 9 weeks old, and my DS had just turned 4. We went into the gift store while my DH sat outside saving spots for the parade. It was very crowded. I pushed the stroller, and picked out a Tinkerbell picture frame I wanted to buy. I put it on the canopy of the stroller and pushed the canopy back so the frame wouldn't fall out. I turned around and my DS was gone! I panicked, called his name, no answer...I looked around the store for a minute, then ran outside, with the stroller, not even thinking about the picture frame. I saw my DS sitting with my DH not too far away and turned around to go back in. I was met by a CM who asked me to open up the canopy. I remembered the frame right away and turned beet red, I was so embarrassed. I explained the whole situation to him and he was very, very nice about it and let me come inside to pay for it!

So, I don't know about the zero tolerance because they really didn't make a big fuss over me, they acted like it happens all the time. And I am sure at a place like WDW or DL, it does happen frequently!

 

[dreamcometrue]

OKay, okay. It's my turn to play detective. Which shop were you in? I'm just wondering because in the majority of the shops, wouldn't you have to cross over the parade route to get to Buzz? I'm assuming the "Family day Parade" uses the same route as the other parades. Your DH then continues to shop. You ride Buzz. He shops, shop, shops for some time obviously, because you have time to walk to Buzz, get in line for Buzz, ride Buzz and then walk to the castle. On the way to the castle you Dh calls you to see if he should run back to the store. He walks into the store, is arrested for walking into the store with a Disney item (important note to self, remove all disney items from you person before going into the Disney store, because that store will assume right off the bat that they are the only place in Disney that you can purchase said item & arrested you quickly!!!) and was arrested, super quickly. This all happened so quickly that he was able to call you, be handcuffed & escorted down the parade route??? In front of the parade watchers? Who obviously have been watching this parade for a very, very, very long time if it started way back when you were shopping with your family. Most of the Disney parades are only about 20 minutes long?? This new "Family Day Parade" must be nearly an hour long??

Next they allow your DH to give you his wedding band & wallet, esp. since they won't need his ID when they book him? What does he need his wedding band for when he is obviously going straight to prison??? They were then able to give you a bail amount & held him for 18 hours?

So, when is the court date? I might have to plan a trip!

this is my favorite post yet!

 

[dreamcometrue]

ok, I have had to pee since page 2 but could not tear myself away. yes, I know I said I didn't have the energy to read, but well...I lied! This was by far the most entertaining thread I have ever read. Almost makes me wish I had a family that argues over Thanksgiving dinner...too bad everyone in our family gets along! We're like the Brady Bunch!

Off to pee I go...

 

[jemiaule]

Dangit - you take a day off from the boards to get ready for Thanksgiving and a beaut of a thread like this happens.

Ya'll better keep it up tomorrow, I need a good excuse from cleaning the kitchen right away after Thanksgiving dinner.

"Oh no honey, see I gotta go read this thread on DIS then I will start working on the dishes with you. No, you go ahead and get started...I will be right there...promise"

 

[blondeheroine]

Almost makes me wish I had a family that argues over Thanksgiving dinner...too bad everyone in our family gets along! We're like the Brady Bunch!

I'll trade! Except for my Mom. You can't have her.

 

[kaytieeldr]

we were going to buy time share at disney

How has no one picked up on this discrepancy? If they're such Disney people, why don't they call it DVC?

Good catch! I can't speak for anyone else, but I was too distracted by the misspellings and confusing grammar to pick up on this line

So Mommamouse, where is security at the MK?

Planning huh?

Nope - testing

There is a character the "Mayor of Main St.". They actually have another character who is "campaigning" to be the new Mayor. We have only seen these gentlemen while eating at the Plaza Restaurant. The Mayor comes in and gives a certificate to the 100th family of the day.

Agreed, the story is whack!

Oh, wow. VERY interesting that there'd be a Streetmosphere Character out and discernable by a four-year-old WHILE the Parade was passing...

Do you know where the smoking area is at the start of Main Street? Near Tony's Town Square Restaurant. Right next to the smoking area is an entrance to a "back stage" area. Back in there is the substation. I didn't actually see it, but my friend did and told me it was pretty big and full of cubicles.

Oh, well, they musta moved it (NOT!), since MommaMouse claims that she

had two officers come out tell me to leave my children by the parade route and follow them.... down the middle of the parade route with one officer in front and one in back.

 

[mamatojon]

This story smells worse than week old fish on the pier.
I accidently shoplifted one day at WDW. Somehow a t-shirt ended up hooked on the side of my PWC. Was probably my fault. Was I escorted out by security? Not at all. My husband realized it was there after we left the store. We returned it completely embarassed, apologized and that was the end of it.
WDW is not vindictive, it doesn't embarass its guests and it doesn't make a public display of arreting and removing people from the parks. They are discrete because it is in there best interest. They don't want
or need the negative image they would get if they weren't.

Same here, we accidentally ended up with a pair of sunglasses in the cupholder of the stroller at a shop in MGM. Went back, said sorry, I think I forgot to pay for these, no problem. I paid and went on my merry way.

 

[annegal]

first of all I have put of doing my trip report due to my mixed emotiins going on right now and because My grandmother died 3 days after returning home from our vacation...

My family and I were shopping on Mainstreet picking up suvioniers. We had been in the store for quite awhile, children kept chainging minds. The Family day parade was passing by and caught the attention of my four year old who was sitting down in the rented MK strooler. He got up and started running towards the door to see I sent him back to give Dad the mug with trinkets in it. Now we know that he put in the cup holder on the back or stroller.While out side son wanted autograph on the town mayor who was there and then asked to ride buzz. called husband on cell phone and we decided iwould take him and 17 year old to ride while he and daughter shopped somemore since he was having better luck with getting some realistic gifts for her friends. She started with $50 gifts for 6 different friends!

Husband left store and was headed towards the castle to meet up with us and called and asked if he should go back and pick up another suvioner blanket, we agreed x-mas present for someone. Next thing I know he calls saying that orange county police were taking him away and one officer was escorting my 12 yr old towards where i was.

we were tolld to go to city hall. i arrived there and nobody could offer me any help as to locating my husband and finding out what on earth was going on.

finally after demanding someto come and explain something to me I had two officers come out tell me to leave my children by the parade route and follow them.... down the middle of the parade route with one officer in front and one in back.

they allowed my husband when we reached him give me his weeding bands and wallet and gave me a map to orange county prison where i could bail him out in3 hours with $500. 18 hours later I had him back. we have a court date in dec...much more to tell but that is the short of it

Mind you I have been to Disney 18 times..My adult bedroom is all mickey..my tattoo that took 40years to get the nerve to due is a custom mickey...I'm crushed..we were going to buy time share at disney...

There is no way I'd let my 4 year old out of my eyesight anywhere at WDW.
To think you'd stand outside, or at the door of a shop and tell the 4 year old to go find his father in the store and give him merchandise,and not stay with him is beyond belief.

Why not confess what really happened?

 

[NikiM20]

Ok I have made it through this entire thread and someone correct me if Im wrong
1) OP and DS were shopping
2)Family day Parade is going on outside (never heard of this one )
3a)OP wants to see the parade, Wait I meant DS
3b) or was it a mayor? (which way off topic I saw my towns mayor the other day, wasnt that thrilling for me )
4)DS runs out of the store
5)OP runs out after him, because shes worried
6)OP then sends the child back into the store ALONE (bad parenting judgement here, but who am I?)
7)DS puts a mug into the cupholder on the disney stroller (which is pretty good since I can barely do that)
8)Dad leaves and calls mom who answers the phone and can hear over said parade
9)Dad goes back is met by Orange County Police (were they on Orange County Choppers?)
10)They take him to City Hall after telling OP to LEAVE her kids on the parade route (I dont care who you are Im not leaving my children unattended in Disney, see #6)
11)they take Dad into custody for 18 hrs, but not before he gives OP his wallet, keys, and wedding band (I guess people arent married in jail)
12)now they have to go back to Orlando for trial in December (Sounds like agreat time for another Disney trip to me )


So g uys if I have missed anything, which im sure I have...Please correct me

 

[Tiziminchac]

The backstage area that Tizminchac mentioned is not a police substation - it's the MK Security office. There are always deputies on property tho.

Thanks for clarifying that. My friend, at the time, told me it was a police thing. So I always assumed that. Just the same, I hope I never see it.