A nice refreshing swim…off the Boardwalk? [Archive]

UnluckySven

07-25-2008, 06:18 PM

I went to the Boardwalk Wednesday night to meet up with some friends at Jellyrolls. I had gotten there a tad early and it was a very cool night so I decided to make some phone calls. I was standing in between the dock and the midway games when I see these three guys right by the railing. I could just tell they were up to no good and sure enough all of a sudden one of the guy’s strips down to his shorts and jumps off the railing into the water. His friends are laughing at him and teasing him about getting out. I then hear that he will just swim over to the boat dock but a boat was docked. So the guy then treads water and I head over to the midway games, and debate if I should tell the CMs there. Well I ultimately decided not to but the CMs find out have a good laugh, and I hear one of them say to a guest “it’s not my problem.”
Well the 2nd guy of the group decides he wants to jump in and does so to join his friend. I’m like well I should get going to Jellyrolls and if the CMs on duty don’t care well I guess I will be apathetic too.

As I’m walking over to Jellyrolls I see a golf cart drive up and I flag the two managers down.
Me: Um, two people just jumped into the water.
Manager 1: Where?
Me: Off the Boardwalk. They were heading for the dock last I saw them.
The two managers proceed to look at each other with a wtf look. The 2nd manager thanks me for telling them and I see them zoom off to the dock.

I walk back over to the railing and watch as the two manager’s pull into the dock where the two guys were up on the dock.
Unfortunately I didn’t see the final outcome but I imagine a free trip to the hospital may have been in order.

Cranbiz

07-25-2008, 07:50 PM

Terrytunes

07-25-2008, 08:11 PM

Those CM's should have at least called it in. Security would have been interested in them if no one else was.

When a guest decided to swim to moat around the castle, there was a big todo about it. To the point of telling all bus drivers to BOLO.

When we witness people scalping tickets from our window at the Main Enterance we call Security and it takes them a minimum of 15 minutes to come and find out who pressed the security button, was it a mistake, and when they find out it was not a mistake, they want to know where the scalper is. Uh, 15 minutes later? I finally stopped calling Security when I saw a scalper. They were just not interested in our little problem, I guess.

TT

Shorty82

07-25-2008, 08:14 PM

Cranbiz

07-25-2008, 08:15 PM

I said that they would have been interested in it, not that they would have come in a timely fashion.

Cranbiz

07-25-2008, 08:18 PM

Personally I wouldn't want to swim in anything but a swimming pool at Disney. It isn't a good idea to swim in any lakes, ponds, or the like due to bacteria that just loves the climate here and is a big part of the reason why swimming isn't allowed anywhere but pools.

The moat?! YUCK! While cleaner than, say, the Jungle Cruise or the it's a small world water it is still nasty. Lord only knows what all gets thrown in there, people spit in it, ducks crap in it, things wash down storm drains into it, etc.

Do you know what fish do in that water??:D::eek::rolleyes::p:

How about the night a couple of months ago where the drunk tried to swim from DTD to SSR. RCFD had to pull him out and OCSD got to lock him up.

Bochocho

07-25-2008, 09:14 PM

For the people who are around those waterways more than I am: What are the chances a gator or some kind of snake could be in there with them?

turkeyham

07-25-2008, 10:03 PM

That reminds me, a few years ago a bunch of Marines graduated from Camp Penelton. The SG marines did something so stupid and dangerous. I think there were 3 of them and they jumped from the second level on the Mark Twain. They swam in the River's of America. Security was called and were waiting on the Island for them. Security's top person is a retired marine from that base. He collected the fools and broght them into security. Security called the main person in charge at the base. Security's top man excourted them to the base and those fools were dismissed from their duty on the base.

I would never go into that water. That is gross and parts of that river is shallow in different areas.:eek:

Big Wallaby

07-25-2008, 10:10 PM

Okay, so what time of day was that? If it was before dark, my wife would have been really, really interested. My wife has been in that water because of training, and when she comes home I can tell immediately. Her first order of business is to strip down and shower. The worst part of swimming in the lakes is the amoebas.

turkeyham

07-25-2008, 10:35 PM

The jumpers jumped im mid day at Disneyland. I was at the park and saw security running. I asked my friends who work on the Island on what had happened. They told me and I was laughing. This occured in the summer.

Now if we could just get the Brizilian tour groups to follow and we can get them out of the parks quicker. :twisted:

turkeyham

07-25-2008, 10:43 PM

Big Wallaby- you work now on the Monorail system. Do you know Arnold? He worked at Disneyland in attractions. I last saw him Sept. 2007 and lost communication. I was a sad camper. Hopefully my small group will meet you and see him again. What does your wife do? I got to meet Jonathan last Sept and I mentioned SGT and he smiled at me. I told my friend if she did something bad to irrate the cast member, he would open the door and kick her out. I had him chatting away with us.

I am coming out Sept 10-18. We plan to use a rental car for Kennedy Space Center and we also plan to ride the monorail most of the time. We had a bus driver by the name of "AL", is he still there. He was a driver most of the time for Pop Century.:)

Zazu

07-26-2008, 09:39 AM

For the people who are around those waterways more than I am: What are the chances a gator or some kind of snake could be in there with them?I'd guess the chances of there being a gator in Crescent Lake to be well above 100%. Those critters are in every pond more than a foot deep. Every once in a while a 6 to 8-footer will crawl out on the beach and get a free trip to Disney's Nature Preserve.

I've seen big 'uns in the Rivers of America, too.

While I've never seen water moccasins on property (just lots of rattlesnakes), it wouldn't surprise me too much.

Big Wallaby

07-26-2008, 09:50 AM

Big Wallaby- you work now on the Monorail system. Do you know Arnold?But of course! Send me a PM with your name and I'll tell him you say hello.

As far as this story, just to get my facts straight... there is no Boardwalk with boats and a Jellyrolls at Disneyland, right? Just to get my facts straight, because it makes some difference in telling my wife about it. She works Lake Patrol on Crescent Lake here at WDW, but definitely not at DLR.

GRUMPY PIRATE

07-26-2008, 10:17 AM

I'd guess the chances of there being a gator in Crescent Lake to be well above 100%. Those critters are in every pond more than a foot deep. Every once in a while a 6 to 8-footer will crawl out on the beach and get a free trip to Disney's Nature Preserve.

I've seen big 'uns in the Rivers of America, too.

While I've never seen water moccasins on property (just lots of rattlesnakes), it wouldn't surprise me too much.

They should have some signs up of Tick-tock!

Ohhhh, You should never smile at a crockadile....:gator2::ticktock:

Switchbeam 9

07-26-2008, 06:29 PM

Oh god. No telling what's in the water! Naeglaria fowleri could be in it as well. It's the brain-eating amoeba.

Big Wallaby- you work now on the Monorail system. Do you know Arnold? He worked at Disneyland in attractions.

I know Arnold. He is awesome. Not long ago we were discussing monorail colors for the upcoming Monorail expansion (it's always upcoming) and one of his favorites was Monorail Candycane. I was partial to iridescent charcoal covering the entire train instead of white and and a metallic aquamarine stripe.

I'd guess the chances of there being a gator in Crescent Lake to be well above 100%. Those critters are in every pond more than a foot deep. Every once in a while a 6 to 8-footer will crawl out on the beach and get a free trip to Disney's Nature Preserve.

I've seen big 'uns in the Rivers of America, too.

While I've never seen water moccasins on property (just lots of rattlesnakes), it wouldn't surprise me too much.

Pest Control had to get a cottonmouth near the MK Monorail Station about a year ago. Was a big sucker too.

Sarah Magdalene

07-26-2008, 11:47 PM

Well, this is off park area but I did see a small gator -about a foot in size- lazily lounging about in a storm drain next to the MK bus roundabout. I'd say it was right near the side walk people use to cross from the MK parking lot to Disney University. Passers by who also noticed him had left him alone.

mechurchlady

07-27-2008, 10:25 AM

http://www.oitc.com/Disney/WDW/Property/Secrets/Animals.html

That site lists a lot of the animals people have reported. Someone hit a deer in Fort Wilderness with a bus, lol.

Cranbiz

07-27-2008, 11:20 AM

http://www.oitc.com/Disney/WDW/Property/Secrets/Animals.html

That site lists a lot of the animals people have reported. Someone hit a deer in Fort Wilderness with a bus, lol.

That is not difficult. The deer are everywhere on property. They start lining up on Vista Way about dusk and area there most of the night.

Ir's very dark in the Fort, hitting a deer is not hard. In fact seeing deer do alot of things in the Fort is not hard. One night while I was driving the third Orange from TTC to the Settlement I passed two deer mating. The SG on board felt that we were getting too realistic for a family park.

Switchbeam 9

07-27-2008, 06:00 PM

Luckly the likelihood of hitting a deer in a Monorail is slim. But I wouldn't rule it out as impossible. They are crafty little devils.

http://www.oitc.com/Disney/WDW/Property/Secrets/Animals.html

That site lists a lot of the animals people have reported. Someone hit a deer in Fort Wilderness with a bus, lol.

Never can trust the validity of such claims, but a CP bus driver that always drives the "A" (Magic Kingdom) route at night said that a bicyclist was sprawled out on Floridian Way, having been chased down and gored by a buck. Wouldn't surprise me too much because bucks do that to bicyclists in other areas. I rode his bus around 3 nights a week and he never seemed to be the type to tell tall tales.

felinefan

07-27-2008, 06:14 PM

Was the bicyclist hurt bad?

Big Wallaby

07-27-2008, 11:10 PM

Luckly the likelihood of hitting a deer in a Monorail is slim. But I wouldn't rule it out as impossible. They are crafty little devils.[/quote]And I heard a story tonight about an eagle on the Epcot beam. Eagles may not get run over by cars and buses, but I know of one who had a very bad experience with a monorail.

Never can trust the validity of such claims,...This time you can....but a CP bus driver that always drives the "A" (Magic Kingdom) route at night said that a bicyclist was sprawled out on Floridian Way, having been chased down and gored by a buck. Wouldn't surprise me too much because bucks do that to bicyclists in other areas. I rode his bus around 3 nights a week and he never seemed to be the type to tell tall tales.That was a bus driver on his way home, and when the higher-seniority bus drivers at MK found out who it was, the first comment any would make was "Well, that figures." I have actually talked to the guy it happened to, and it made local headlines. Didn't know it was on Floridian Way.

Was the bicyclist hurt bad?He was out for a few weeks.

BRWombat

07-28-2008, 08:05 AM

And I heard a story tonight about an eagle on the Epcot beam. Eagles may not get run over by cars and buses, but I know of one who had a very bad experience with a monorail...Great... now I have to simulate eagles on my Virtual Monorail??? :mad: :D:

Big Wallaby

07-28-2008, 08:58 AM

Great... now I have to simulate eagles on my Virtual Monorail??? :mad: :D:I would rather you not.

If you're going to do that, then you have to get X-Plane and do a Space Shuttle Launch with turkey vultures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCY0ejfxeZY) in the area.

DisneyMom

07-28-2008, 02:29 PM

Great... now I have to simulate eagles on my Virtual Monorail??? :mad: :D:

No, just a splatting sort of sound effect and a few feathers floating by.....:p:

hobie16

07-28-2008, 06:38 PM

No, just a splatting sort of sound effect and a few feathers floating by.....:p:
How about one through the windshield?

A guy I sailed with was a pilot for United. He carried a rubber chicken in his map case. After landing, but before pulling up to the gate, he'd open the side window and put the chicken under the windshield wiper.

turkeyham

07-28-2008, 09:38 PM

I can relate to a monorail hitting a duck in Fantasyland. One day my friends and I were feeding the ducks behind the turkey cart. We saw the driver on the monorail slow down and honk his horn at this stupid duck. The duck flew further down the track. Next thing we see if the monorail hitting the duck which sat on the beam. They duck went plop into the water. I was shocked, but look at the ducks, they are nice to look at but their brains are not quite all there.:eek:

hhsrat

07-29-2008, 07:23 AM

but look at the ducks, they are nice to look at but their brains are not quite all there.:eek:

This also describes an Ostrich ... well, except for the "nice to look at" part

JugglingFreak

07-29-2008, 08:40 AM

I was shocked, but look at the ducks, they are nice to look at but their brains are not quite all there.:eek:

:donald2: Donald is offended...

acourtwdw

07-29-2008, 08:23 PM

I have always wanted to know how WDW controls the animal population, but I didn't think they would have to hit them with buses!

No, really. How do they control the animal population? Inquiring minds want to know.

hobie16

07-29-2008, 08:29 PM

How do they control the animal population? Inquiring minds want to know.
http://www.readingeagle.com/blog/zeke/archives/Caddyshack/Caddyshack.jpg

Canuikstan

07-29-2008, 08:59 PM

This also describes an Ostrich ... well, except for the "nice to look at" part

In 2005 i was at AK on the Safari and an ostrich decided to sit on the track/road the vehicle travels on.. luckily it didn't sit there too long.

I have also stood in staging a waiting for a log on Splash fountain for 15 minutes while a family of Ducks took a dip in the splash down pond.

Also in2006, i was at Cedar Point when a Millennium Force Train hit a seagull on the drop.. the fell dead into the front train.. the poor guy and his daughter were traumatized.. 2.5 minutes on a hell train with that poor creature at their feet.. (mind you that ride photo must have been a classic..)

hobie16

07-29-2008, 09:06 PM

How about the time Fabio got hit in the face while riding a roller coaster?

http://bp2.blogger.com/_x-SzS16nI0E/RlGLy6ssCWI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/s6QiExByYaw/s400/fabiogoose.jpg

GRUMPY PIRATE

07-29-2008, 09:29 PM

How about the time Fabio got hit in the face while riding a roller coaster?

http://bp2.blogger.com/_x-SzS16nI0E/RlGLy6ssCWI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/s6QiExByYaw/s400/fabiogoose.jpg

That was just cosmic justice in action!

Neos

07-29-2008, 09:43 PM

In 2005 i was at AK on the Safari and an ostrich decided to sit on the track/road the vehicle travels on.. luckily it didn't sit there too long.
As recently as June I can confirm that the ostriches were still quite the attention hogs at times, BW can back me up on that one. Actually one of the funniest stories from my CP happened one rainy day at Fastpass return. I was chatting with the CM at the Harambe Station entrance as it was off-season and the rain had pretty much emptied out Africa, if not the park.
One of our coordinators came over with his radio and said we had to hear this. He took off the headset just in time for us to hear one of the drivers say, "...yes, an egg. It laid an egg in the road!" We all got a good laugh on that one, it was certainly one of the more interesting animal stops during my time at Kilimanjaro. We all got a good laugh on that one. Fortunately things were slow enough that waiting for animal programs to come remove the egg didn't back up the line much; guests didn't seem to mind waiting a few extra minutes in the covered line either. Never a dull moment in Harambe!

EDIT: I've been lurking for a while now, but I guess this is my first post so...JAMBO!

Cranbiz

07-29-2008, 10:00 PM

Welcome Neos. I'm sure that you will have many a SGT to report on.

I can imagine the Marsupial welcoming committee will be along soon.

:welcome:

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

07-30-2008, 05:47 AM

http://www.readingeagle.com/blog/zeke/archives/Caddyshack/Caddyshack.jpg

" I smell varmint poontang. And the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang, I think." :D::eek::twisted:

Main Streeter

07-30-2008, 06:19 AM

they are nice to look at but their brains are not quite all there.:eek:Sounds as though you are describing guests Turkey. :D:

BRWombat

07-30-2008, 09:37 AM

...EDIT: I've been lurking for a while now, but I guess this is my first post so...JAMBO!UNT? Cool! I'm pretty close to you -- in fact I go to church close to UNT (at The Heights (http://www.theheights.org) at the corner of Renner & 75)!! And ktulu is near, too (at least within the Tri-State area!).

Jambo and :welcome: to :sgt: from :wallaby: and :wombat:!!! :D: :D: :D:

Big Wallaby

07-30-2008, 10:42 AM

No, really. How do they control the animal population? Inquiring minds want to know.Well, we have to be very nice about it, considering animals pretty much run the place.

ktulu

07-30-2008, 12:04 PM

UNT? Cool! I'm pretty close to you -- in fact I go to church close to UNT (at The Heights (http://www.theheights.org) at the corner of Renner & 75)!! And ktulu is near, too (at least within the Tri-State area!).

Jambo and :welcome: to :sgt: from :wallaby: and :wombat:!!! :D: :D: :D:

Uh, UNT = Denton. You are thinking UTD I think ;)

JugglingFreak

07-30-2008, 12:07 PM

Uh, UNT = Denton. You are thinking UTD I think ;)

Denton, Denton, you've got no pretension
You're where the heart is, you're OK
Denton, Denton, I'd just like to mention
You're the home of youth
You're America's truth
You're Denton, Denton, U.S.A.

Shorty82

07-30-2008, 12:49 PM

Well, we have to be very nice about it, considering animals pretty much run the place.

I say that the ducks own the Magic Kingdom, we just rent it from them.

Amphigorey

07-30-2008, 02:27 PM

I would rather you not.

If you're going to do that, then you have to get X-Plane and do a Space Shuttle Launch with turkey vultures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCY0ejfxeZY) in the area.

I love turkey vultures so very much. They have this combination of dignity and vulnerability that I find very appealing.

Goofyernmost

07-30-2008, 03:02 PM

Personally I wouldn't want to swim in anything but a swimming pool at Disney. It isn't a good idea to swim in any lakes, ponds, or the like due to bacteria that just loves the climate here and is a big part of the reason why swimming isn't allowed anywhere but pools.

The moat?! YUCK! While cleaner than, say, the Jungle Cruise or the it's a small world water it is still nasty. Lord only knows what all gets thrown in there, people spit in it, ducks crap in it, things wash down storm drains into it, etc.

Do you know what fish do in that water??:D::eek::rolleyes::p:

For the people who are around those waterways more than I am: What are the chances a gator or some kind of snake could be in there with them?

Just as an occasional guest there I have seen many snakes in the moat, swimming around like they own the place. :eek:

BRWombat

07-30-2008, 03:06 PM

Uh, UNT = Denton. You are thinking UTD I think ;)Duh. :duh: You're right, ktulu!

Sorry 'bout that, Neos. Go Mean Green!

hhsrat

07-30-2008, 05:41 PM

EDIT: I've been lurking for a while now, but I guess this is my first post so...JAMBO!

Jambo and Karibuni! Welcome aboard. Go ahead, slide on in across the rows, tuck any loose articles in the net bags in front of you, that will keep them from bouncing around if we hit rough roads, and believe me, we will be hitting some rough roads. For your safety, please remain seated at all times, watch your hands and feet to the right as the doors close, oops, they're closed, you're stuck with me, and we're off ...

Whazzup

07-30-2008, 08:22 PM

Jambo and Karibuni! Welcome aboard. Go ahead, slide on in across the rows, tuck any loose articles in the net bags in front of you, that will keep them from bouncing around if we hit rough roads, and believe me, we will be hitting some rough roads. For your safety, please remain seated at all times, watch your hands and feet to the right as the doors close, oops, they're closed, you're stuck with me, and we're off ...

Wow, I almost feel like I'm really there, starting off on our two-week safari....:D:

GRUMPY PIRATE

07-30-2008, 10:38 PM

Just as an occasional guest there I have seen many snakes in the moat, swimming around like they own the place. :eek:

Ummm, they DO!

hehehe

Big Wallaby

07-30-2008, 10:41 PM

hhsrat, meet Neos. Neos, hhsrat. Just so you two know, you rode TSMM with me. I'll PM names to you both.

Whazzup

07-31-2008, 08:04 AM

hhsrat, meet Neos. Neos, hhsrat. Just so you two know, you rode TSMM with me. I'll PM names to you both.

Wallaby - are you playing matchmaker again?? ;)

hhsrat

07-31-2008, 09:35 AM

Wallaby - are you playing matchmaker again?? ;)

I certainly hope not.

Big Wallaby

07-31-2008, 10:41 AM

Nope, they're both straight guys. So it wouldn't work no matter how hard I tried.

thomaskr

07-31-2008, 01:28 PM

We stayed at some WDW resort a looong time ago (easily 15+ years ago) and my brother and I were hunting for tennis balls behind on the shores of a small pond near the tennis courts. I stepped on something and felt a vibration along with a definite "buzz" sound then a splash. A few feet away, a pissed off little alligator surfaced in the pond.

I can personally verify that there are alligators in the ponds at WDW. Well, at least back then.

ktulu

07-31-2008, 02:18 PM

Nope, they're both straight guys. So it wouldn't work no matter how hard I tried.

Did you try a romantic dinner, followed by a private fireworks cruise?

It wouldn't work on me, but I would be thankful :D:

Big Wallaby

07-31-2008, 02:59 PM

Dinner and Fireworks cruise, I'll take them once I get trained, but I don't want anything to come of it.

MistyT

08-28-2008, 01:22 PM

Big Wallaby

08-28-2008, 10:16 PM

"Jambo Simba One!"

That safari always go so fast is seems more like 30 minutes than two weeks. Darn Poachers cutting my time short.

:heimlich:Come to think of it, I don't think I ever made it more than about an hour and a half, and that was an extreme circumstance.

TechieSidhe

08-29-2008, 04:42 AM

I would rather you not.

If you're going to do that, then you have to get X-Plane and do a Space Shuttle Launch with turkey vultures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCY0ejfxeZY) in the area.

I was riding in the front part of the monorail between MK and the Contemporary in December of last year, and the driver referred to such birds as "the chosen ones."