Originally Posted By dshyates Just heard on Fox News that a car holding a pipe bomb exploded last night in DtD just after midnight. I don't know any thing else.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I heard this on the radio this morning too but I've searched CNN, Orlando Sentinel and other news outlets and haven't found anything on it yet.
Originally Posted By figment1986 <a href="http://www.local6.com/news/13605034/detail.html" target="_blank">http://www.local6.com/news/136 05034/detail.html</a> Disney is saying trashcan fire.. or so MJ morning show said, news was originally saying pipe bomb.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^ indeed, they made pins out of the ones in the park. Will beinteresting to follow this one
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ Well, at least now we know why they kicked those kids out of Downtown Disney. They obviously had links to al Qaida.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad LOL @ vbdad anbd Trippy! I read some smoker tossed a buttt into a can and all of a sudden there is talk of a bomb.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 follow up story 11;25 AM seems the Sentinel wants to tie this to the security crackdown - as instead of leaving the story at the heightened sense of security it starts with, they had to rehash the same article that is posted right below it on the front page. <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-bk-package070207" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com /business/custom/tourism/orl-bk-package070207</a>,0,6788370.story?coll=orl_breaking
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Soon the shooting on I4 will be linked to Disney also - maybe the Porsche had a Mickey antenna topper
Originally Posted By ChiMike Again, the joking - -- Which is fine - -- But it is an indicator of how accepting Disney's customer base has become with their shift from an insular resort to part of Orlando's sprawl. No doubt, a lot of that is caused by things outside of Disney's control - - but Disney also has contributed to this, along with their excessive growth overwhelming the security controls they can provide.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip << but Disney also has contributed to this, along with their excessive growth overwhelming the security controls they can provide.>> I don't think the 'excessive growth' (which I don't think is excessive, but that is another thread) has nearly as much to do with this as the bone-headed decision to make Pleasure Island open to the public without an admission charge.
Originally Posted By danyoung CNN is now reporting that this was indeed an explosive device. They're listing it in the prank category as opposed to any attempt at terrorism. Still, pretty scary.
Originally Posted By dshyates Hmm. The old M80 in the trashcan trick. That one takes on new meaning in these tense times, eh?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I don't think the 'excessive growth' (which I don't think is excessive, but that is another thread) has nearly as much to do with this as the bone-headed decision to make Pleasure Island open to the public without an admission charge.< you would hope they would revisit this decision -
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror >>>I don't think the 'excessive growth' (which I don't think is excessive, but that is another thread) has nearly as much to do with this as the bone-headed decision to make Pleasure Island open to the public without an admission charge.<<< I do think their growth has become excessive, but otherwise I agree with the contention that this sort of thing is the result of PI's "dumbing down" via free entry. It was an instant loss of focus on their market, and an invitation for disaster.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I do think their growth has become excessive, but otherwise I agree with the contention that this sort of thing is the result of PI's "dumbing down" via free entry. It was an instant loss of focus on their market, and an invitation for disaster.>> Absolutely ... there is such a mix there now ... from conventioners on expense accounts chugging back jello shots, to wannabe gangsta rappers looking to get lucky, to CMs looking to get lucky too (albeit with a different demo for the most part and only after they've bashed management thru at least two Comedy Warehouse sets) to Midwestern DVC families to stroller pushers who just wander through ... well, they wanted a mall and that's exactly what they got and that brings all sorts of other problems. But removing the insulation from the real world by trying to develop every square inch of property and making numerous entrances/exits where for years only one really existed ...well, it was a recipe for disaster. Disney is simply overdeveloped and, much like the Four Corners/Clermont area, that development came without a thorough plan for everything from infrastructure/transport needs to what all those people coming in would do to the character of the area.
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror The quaint, idyllic days of the Buena Vista Shopping Village seem as if they never were. I was a little kid, so that's almost true... but still.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost For such a BIG event there has been very little said about it which leaves me to think that the rumor mill has been active again. I wonder if this one could be linked to that car fire a few weeks back. It just seems to me that this would be the buzz on the internet yet I've only seen it mentioned twice and seemingly with very little concern, soooo, I'm thinking as far as the truth is concerned, not so much. If I'm wrong, oh well, living up here in the Northeast I'm mostly out of the loop.
