While going to DTD, we got into a great discussion w/our bus driver, Dave, on Bus 2749. We asked him if the stories about the haunted bus were true. He said that there was a bus, number 2713 that had mystery passengers. He told us that it was always late at night and a driver would stop at the last bus stop. He'd see a person (sometimes a man, a woman or a child) in the back and tell them "Last stop, or do you need another hotel?" and the person wouldn't answer. So the driver would stop at the last stop and go to the back of the bus, figuring the passenger was asleep. When the driver got back there, there wasn't anyone. Thinking that the person might have snuck behind a seat, the driver would do a thorough check and come up empty. Dave said it happened to several drivers. Edited to add that Dave told us they changed the number on the bus and revamped it. He didn't know the new number.
Dave also told us that he used to work in the Emporium. He'd send a CM downstairs to get more supplies and, every so often, the CM would come up empty handed and say "I'm never going back down there" stating they had seen (as Dave put it) "what belongs in the HM". Even Dave told us he had a few encounters. He also told us the utilidors were the same way ... you could get lost in them easily and people had seen wierd things going on.
Dave also told us about a wall in the Emporium. They wanted to expand the Emporium, so they took down a wall. Behind the wall was a storage area that contained an original Disney train set and a whole bunch of original Disney stuffed Mickey Mouse dolls and other MM items. He said the storage area had never been cleared out ... just boarded up. He said, in all, they must have found at least 40 pieces of merchandise. Can you even imagine?!
The final story (the wierdest of them all) was something that happened right after 9/11. He told us that security was going over the MK w/a fine tooth comb. Well, in the rose garden near the Castle, some men were going over the area w/a metal detector. The detector went off and they decided to dig. Once they got to the metal, they found a metal box. Inside that metal box was an urn w/ashes. Someone buried a loved ones ashes in the rose garden!!! They were trying to figure out how this could be done w/all the security cameras and such. They figured it had to have happened during the 3rd shift. To this day, they don't know who the ashes belong to or who did the burying. We asked him what they did w/the ashes and he said that for a long time, there was talk about what to do w/them. He said that he didn't know if any decisions were made.
Thought I'd share that little bit of info. w/you guys!
Dave also told us that he used to work in the Emporium. He'd send a CM downstairs to get more supplies and, every so often, the CM would come up empty handed and say "I'm never going back down there" stating they had seen (as Dave put it) "what belongs in the HM". Even Dave told us he had a few encounters. He also told us the utilidors were the same way ... you could get lost in them easily and people had seen wierd things going on.
Dave also told us about a wall in the Emporium. They wanted to expand the Emporium, so they took down a wall. Behind the wall was a storage area that contained an original Disney train set and a whole bunch of original Disney stuffed Mickey Mouse dolls and other MM items. He said the storage area had never been cleared out ... just boarded up. He said, in all, they must have found at least 40 pieces of merchandise. Can you even imagine?!
The final story (the wierdest of them all) was something that happened right after 9/11. He told us that security was going over the MK w/a fine tooth comb. Well, in the rose garden near the Castle, some men were going over the area w/a metal detector. The detector went off and they decided to dig. Once they got to the metal, they found a metal box. Inside that metal box was an urn w/ashes. Someone buried a loved ones ashes in the rose garden!!! They were trying to figure out how this could be done w/all the security cameras and such. They figured it had to have happened during the 3rd shift. To this day, they don't know who the ashes belong to or who did the burying. We asked him what they did w/the ashes and he said that for a long time, there was talk about what to do w/them. He said that he didn't know if any decisions were made.
Thought I'd share that little bit of info. w/you guys!
