Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2008/06/26/tree-branch-falls-near-people-at-disneyland/" target="_blank">http://ocresort.freedombloggin...neyland/</a> >>A tree branch broke and fell onto a pathway this afternoon near the French Market restaurant in the New Orleans Square area of Disneyland. A Disney spokeswoman said it was one branch and that it did not fall on anybody. She said that no more than five people were near the branch when it fell. She said those people had minor scrapes.<<
Originally Posted By X-san Too bad it wasn't DCA...I could just imagine the "did it make a sound?" jokes we could've come up with!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice It didn't fall on anyone, but the five people had minor scrapes. What'd they do? Dive into it after it fell? *LOL* "I'm suing! You see this mark? Well, look closer! See; right here!? Closer, stupid! I'm gonna OWN Disneyland!" ;-)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA crazycroc should be able to draft a strong letter to get some free mint juleps or something...
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Turns out it wasn't a tree branch after all, but a churro. It's easy enough to mistake the two.
Originally Posted By -PegLegPete- They will probably make one of their phony trees if it looks like it is aging. You can bet the graveyard landscaping crew looked it over well. Mornin' Tinkeroon & carzycroc!! & everyone else :=)
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Must be a slow news day to report this lol, big deal .>> That's what I was thinking: Newsflash: Toilet clogs in NOS Ladies room. Long lines become even longer.
Originally Posted By SGE_lvr Hey i was around there in NOS around 7 and workers were up in the trees cutting the branches... me and my friend were wondering why they were doing it during open time! Does the closure of HM had to do w it, (porbaly not )
Originally Posted By friendofdd I've heard that one person, after being scratched by the branch that didn't hit anybody, had a mark under their left ear that resembled a mickey head. There is every likelihood photos will be offered on e-bay.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Too bad it wasn't DCA...I could just imagine the "did it make a sound?" jokes we could've come up with! << LMAO! <<Must be a slow news day to report this lol, big deal.>> I thought that too at first, but the link DB gave now has a hi-res photo and this wasn't just some small tree branch about 4 feet long. The photo shows that this was a large branch and if someone had been right below it or in the wrong place they could've been seriously hurt or even killed. Granted, that still may not qualify as "news" since no one was hurt, but the branch is at least 25 or 30 feet long with several other branches attached to it. Here's a link directly to the photo: <a href="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/files/2008/06/treebranchphoto2.JPG" target="_blank">http://ocresort.freedombloggin...oto2.JPG</a>
Originally Posted By -PegLegPete- WOW... that's a BIG branch. I was picturing a 5 or 6 footer. Good thing no one was under it!!
Originally Posted By bean Luckily the majority of the weight was still being held up by the tree. The branch was still attached and the heavy sections of the branch were still a good distance up. If anything people standing under it would had been scratch badly but i am guessing the sound of the branch breaking would had made people react to at least move out of the way. If it had caused some problem i would think it would be newsworthy but sinc eit did not cause any problems it really was not. The media just happened to be there due to the picketing from one of the unions
Originally Posted By Pollyana That could have been a big headache for someone...that looks like half a tree!
Originally Posted By coastlitho There's some better pictures of it here: <a href="http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/if-a-tree-falls-in-disneyland-does-it-makes-sound/" target="_blank">http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06...s-sound/</a> It looks like it was a big tree!
Originally Posted By spaceace Well I know I am going to sue and I wasn't even there. I am now so traumatized I will not be able to go by a tree and it is all Disneys fault. I think a lifetime pass to all of their parks, hotel, and transportaion might help. Think they will go for it?
Originally Posted By sharon2 Well, that would be cheaper than keeping all of those lawyers on retainer!!
