Seven Mistakes That Got People Arrested at Disney
Disney fans have proven far too passionate at times. On rare occasions, they’re even a bit too criminal.
Let’s look at seven things that got guests kicked out of Disney and/or arrested.
Avoiding a Temperature Check
Look, MickeyBlog loves The BOATHOUSE. We’re always telling people to eat here because it cooks some of the tastiest food on Disney property.
Still, common sense suggests that you must follow the rules to get here.
A pandemic moron failed to do that when he arrived at Disney Springs. This man had reached his breaking point during his vacation.
When a Disney cast member asked him to pass a temperature check, as was standard at the time, the man refused.
Instead, this idiot tried to run away and lose himself in the crowd at Disney Springs.
Alas, by the time he had The BOATHOUSE in sight, Disney security had surrounded him and took him to jail.
Hilariously, the man’s defense was that he shouldn’t get arrested after spending $15,000 at Disney.
Dude should have saved some of that money for a good lawyer.
Breaking into Disneyland
The pandemic brought out lots of lunatics. Some of them were pretty industrious, guessing the spots where Disney security was weakest.
Then, there was an 18-year-old who broke into Disneyland. This kid wasn’t a master criminal by any stretch.
His big idea involved hopping a security fence at an empty theme park and then roaming through the empty backlot of Disney California Adventure.
Folks, there are security cameras virtually everywhere at Disney theme parks and their adjoining areas.
Even in a massive crowd, you’d get spotted hopping a fence. It’s that much dumber when the whole place is a virtual ghost town.
The Anaheim Police Department caught him sneaking around the Guardians of the Galaxy building, presumably trying to steal stuff to prove his crime.
Do you know what police call that? Evidence.
Drinking the Water
While we’re on the subject, do you know who really ought to know the rules about Disney theme parks? Cast members.
That’s what makes this story so hilarious to me. A Disney employee spent his day off trying to go viral on TikTok. Be careful what you wish for, my friends.
@showmelovejete disney springs needs to up their water fountain game #fyp #disney #shopping #YesDayChallenge #coldest @thecoldestwater
This person had the bright idea to drink from the various fountains at Disney Springs. No, I don’t mean water fountains. I’m talking actual fountains.
You’re not supposed to do that for any number of reasons, most of them health-related. That water’s nastier than a dog park garbage can.
Guess what Disney did! Oh yeah, they fired that dude. On the plus side, his TikTok subscriber numbers tripled virtually overnight.
Here’s hoping he found a way to monetize that, as he’s out a day job.
@showmelovejete i was really hoping it was just a prank #jeteout #castmember #disney #fyp #OverShareInYourUnderwear
Hiding a Gun in the Diaper Bag
One of my favorite recurring gags on The Simpsons is that Maggie Simpson could outduel John Wayne in a gunfight.
Here she is shooting Fat Tony and thereby saving her father:
I always laugh and think about this when I remember an otherwise decidedly unfunny Disney arrest report.
A woman arrived at Walt Disney World with her seven-year-old son, seven-month-old daughter, two guns, and marijuana. She’d…planned a big day.
Either this person forgot about the guns and pot or remembered them too late. If it’s the latter, she panicked and hid the stuff in the diaper bag.
Alas, Disney security performs bag checks before anyone can enter the park. This time, they found two guns and some marijuana in a diaper bag.
The seven-month-old does have the Most Memorable First Visit to Disney story ever, though.
Possessing CBD Oil
How cool is your grandmother? I mean, is she “CBD oil in her purse” cool?
If not, Disney arrested a grandmother who is even cooler than yours, and yours probably makes delicious baked goods.
In 2019, a North Carolina woman visited Walt Disney World. She was carrying around “federally legal CBD oil.”
Disney apparently discovered the oil on her person and, well, here’s a quote from the civil suit she filed:
“(Disney) arrested and detained, processed as a narcotics felon and strip-searched a harmless, entirely blameless American great-grandmother, whose only ‘crime’ was her desire to lessen crippling osteoarthritic pain with a doctor-recommended hemp-based oil.”
At least report, this case is still moving through federal court.
Sleeping on an Island
My favorite pandemic criminal put some thought into his plan. He deduced that Disney wasn’t keeping up with Discovery Island even before the park shut down.
After all, Discovery Island hadn’t operated since 1999. As such, it was a prime target for a visit at a time when the rest of Walt Disney World was abandoned.
Alas, the magic eye in the sky caught this guy, too. His first mistake was taking a boat to Discovery Island.
During the pandemic, nobody was sailing at that time. So, any water-based activity gained attention.
That went double for a guy sailing in a restricted area. The self-proclaimed urban explorer had wanted to post abandoned island footage for his YouTube channel.
Instead, Disney officials caught him after two days on the island. He might have made it the whole week if he hadn’t taken his boat out that morning.
Stealing Buzzy
I still laugh whenever I think about this story. For a brief time a couple of years ago, EPCOT went through the strangest mystery.
The old clothing for the old Buzzy Audio-Animatronic from the Cranium Command attraction came up missing.
The Wonders of Life pavilion had been died for a long time by this point. So, nobody was spending any time thinking about Buzzy…right up until nobody could find its outfit.
At that point, the Buzzy mystery became more intriguing than a murder podcast.
Everyone needed to know that the little dude was okay. It turned out that he was fine, but his outfit had gone missing. Poor, nekkid Buzzy.
A thief had infiltrated Disney, stolen a bunch of merchandise, including Buzzy’s clothing, and sold it all on the open market.
Hilariously, NBA player and Disney superfan Robin Lopez had bought Buzzy’s costume online, not realizing it was a black-market transaction of the real thing.
This proved incredibly awkward since Robin’s twin brother, Brook, lives at Golden Oak, the official Walt Disney World neighborhood.
Robin returned Buzzy and then did some appearances at the NBA Experience at Disney Springs as a make-good for his transgression.