Polar33
03-19-2004, 10:05 PM
From the Orange County Register (http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=86406§ion=BREAKING_NEWS&subsection=BREAKING_NEWS&year=2004&month=3&day=19):
ANAHEIM - The Tomorrowland area of Disneyland opened 30 minutes late this morning after a park landscaper found a suspicious package at the bathrooms near the Autopia ride.
The Orange County sheriff's bomb squad declared the incident a false alarm after deploying a robot equipped with an X-ray that determined the object was not an explosive.
"We don't know whether it was an elaborate hoax or just something left behind," said John Nicoletti, Anaheim city spokesman, who was at the scene.
The incident did not delay Disneyland's scheduled 9 a.m. opening, but patrons were unable to visit such Tomorrowland attractions as Club Buzz, Innoventions and Starcade until 9:30 a.m.
Officials said that the landscaper found the object around 7 a.m. at the bottom of a staircase. He notified security personnel, who in turn called police. Police summoned the bomb squad.
Due to some random prior knowledge, I have determined that the supposed bomb was actually a Geocache.
For those who are not aware, Geocaching is more or less a high-tech game of hide and seek using GPS devices. Read the FAQ (http://www.geocaching.com/faq/) at the Geocaching website for more details.
The cache in question apears to have been this one (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=12efd5f6-c97a-400b-9143-eb94bb2b17aa). It was located exactly where the bomb scare occurred, and the logged visits include a message to contact an APD officer.
Whoo Hoo! You heard it here first! I scooped the rest of the media! :pbjtime:
Yah, technically nothing's "official"...but I think the evidence points straight at it.
The incident did not delay Disneyland's scheduled 9 a.m. opening, but patrons were unable to visit such Tomorrowland attractions as Club Buzz, Innoventions and Starcade until 9:30 a.m.
Such Tomorrowland attractions as Club Buzz, Innoventions, and Starcade? I know that Tomorrowland is hard up for attractions...but why pick the worst possible examples? Heck...one isn't even an attraction and the other two could easily be disputed as well.
ANAHEIM - The Tomorrowland area of Disneyland opened 30 minutes late this morning after a park landscaper found a suspicious package at the bathrooms near the Autopia ride.
The Orange County sheriff's bomb squad declared the incident a false alarm after deploying a robot equipped with an X-ray that determined the object was not an explosive.
"We don't know whether it was an elaborate hoax or just something left behind," said John Nicoletti, Anaheim city spokesman, who was at the scene.
The incident did not delay Disneyland's scheduled 9 a.m. opening, but patrons were unable to visit such Tomorrowland attractions as Club Buzz, Innoventions and Starcade until 9:30 a.m.
Officials said that the landscaper found the object around 7 a.m. at the bottom of a staircase. He notified security personnel, who in turn called police. Police summoned the bomb squad.
Due to some random prior knowledge, I have determined that the supposed bomb was actually a Geocache.
For those who are not aware, Geocaching is more or less a high-tech game of hide and seek using GPS devices. Read the FAQ (http://www.geocaching.com/faq/) at the Geocaching website for more details.
The cache in question apears to have been this one (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=12efd5f6-c97a-400b-9143-eb94bb2b17aa). It was located exactly where the bomb scare occurred, and the logged visits include a message to contact an APD officer.
Whoo Hoo! You heard it here first! I scooped the rest of the media! :pbjtime:
Yah, technically nothing's "official"...but I think the evidence points straight at it.
The incident did not delay Disneyland's scheduled 9 a.m. opening, but patrons were unable to visit such Tomorrowland attractions as Club Buzz, Innoventions and Starcade until 9:30 a.m.
Such Tomorrowland attractions as Club Buzz, Innoventions, and Starcade? I know that Tomorrowland is hard up for attractions...but why pick the worst possible examples? Heck...one isn't even an attraction and the other two could easily be disputed as well.