Originally Posted By bloona I know I mentioned it the other day on another post, but I have spoken to my friend again today, who came back from Orlando on Thursday last week. On Tuesday whilst at the MK, she was at Pecos Bill's when her daughter looked as if she was choking and going to be sick, so she picked her up and rushed off, when she returned, her brand new digital camera had gone. She asked staff what she could do, but no one seemed to know. She rang and asked if it had been handed in , but no luck. Any idea if anything else can be done, it had around 1000 photos on the disc of her 2 week holiday.She said she just wishes the disc hadnt been stolen too.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal Unfortunately it doesn't seem as though there is anything else that can be done in a horrible situation like this. She could, if she had the serial number on the camera, report it stolen to the Orlando PD. That said, most people don't have the serial numbers on their cameras or other things. The Cast Members should have referred her to Lost and Found, but if it was stolen it's long gone and no one is going to turn it in. It's just a cruddy, cruddy situation. I just wanted to say how sorry I am that this happened to your friend. It's such a violation and so disappointing that a fellow human would do this to another.
Originally Posted By hopemax Can't help with the camera, but the scrapping ladies on the DIS boards created an account on Shutterfly to store WDW pics. The purpose was to be a resource for those pictures that you didn't take but wanted once you got home. Characters, resorts, signs, even some food pics. Your friend can print pics from there so she has some reminders of her trip. www.shutterfly.com login: wdwscrapper@yahoo.com password: mickey
Originally Posted By jkayjs I would have your friend contact Guest Relations and give them the date, time of day and location. Someone may have turned it in later or to some CM and it just hadn't been checked in yet. Of course it is all to likely that it now resides with someone other than your friend or in a pawn shop. How sad a commentary this is that folks seem to feel that anything not attended is fair game. I remember as a child I was @ the park with my Gran and found a jump rope. I picked it up when my Gran told me to place it back exactly where I found it as it's owner would look there first. I said "but I don't know who's it is" to which she said "that's true but what you do know is that it isn't yours". I hope your friend is able to recover her camara as I know she is sick about it. I know they say you always have your memories but they are always better when they are cemented on film. Great idea about the photo library hopemax.
Originally Posted By dsnygrl4evr A sad commentary indeed! I don't really have any other suggestions, other than agreeing that your friend should check once more with guest relations with all of the valid information. There is always that possibility that the camera was turned in later. Oh, and hopemax, what a wonderful idea the scrappers had on shutterfly!!!! I may have to use some of those pictures for my own WDW book!!!!
Originally Posted By SuperDry That really is too bad. I doubt it will ever be turned in, as it seems clear that the camera was taken and not just lost - why would someone steal a camera and then turn it in? It really is a shame that "the berm" can't keep stuff like this out of the Magic Kingdom.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Are you implying that WDW has become too reasonably priced for these types of (questionable behavior-type) guests to visit and go about their deeds when the chance presents itself?
Originally Posted By SuperDry ^^^ I wasn't referring to a pricing issue or keeping certain types out, but more toward my wish that the berm would be able through pixie dust to keep stuff like this out of the park.
Originally Posted By disney pete Bloona im so sorry for your friend the same thing happened to me in prague and it hurts alot i just wished my memory card was also not with my camera,my fingers are crossed for a miracle for your friend.
Originally Posted By bloona thank you all. No news of any miracle. It shocked me that someone would take it, I think of it as a family place and Id like to think anyone who saw it and it crossed their mind to take a brand new camera, would picture themselves in the same predicament, loosing treasures photographs of their daughters.
Originally Posted By kennect We once checked into a room there and found the safe full of jewelry...I took it down to the front desk to turn it in...I made sure though that I did it in front of several cast members...I don't even trust them these as being honest overall...Hopefully the jewelry I found did make it back to the prior guest of the room....
Originally Posted By Altadisdude Thats so very sad. It reminds me of the time my cellphone was stolen at a Chinese restruant. It had slipped out of my pocket and when we noticed we called the Chinese place and then we called the cellphone. The thief actually had the gall to pick up! My girlfriend demanded to know where the phone was at and the person replied a town miles away from where the restraunt was at, then when she told the person what exactly they were full of(it comes from male cows) they claimed they no longer understood English. We called the phone company right then to turn off service immediately. According to the operator the phone hadn't made any outgoing calls, and it got turned off. Without purchasing a charging cord and a sim chip that works the cell is a piece of junk. For that much work you could go sign up for service someplace and get a free phone! So they deprived me of my phone, and I lost all of my numbers, for nothing other than to be mean to a stranger. Some people don't deserve to breath anymore!
