[altamouse]

Some of you WDW veterans will know this, so hope you don't mind me bringing it up...what about personal safety when you are sharing space with 30,000 of your new best friends during holiday periods at the parks? Any tips or stories to share?

[leslieh]

Happily, I have no tips or bad stories to share. In fact, we have lost several expensive items over the years (Raybans, digital camera, etc) and someone has always turned them into security. I do feel safer at WDW than anywhere else.

[MissDisney]

I don't have a single bad story either...

[cinderbella]

I don't either.. I guess I take forgranted how comfortable I feel at WDW sometimes..

[llama]

Guess it says a lot that we've never had a safety issue either. Always feel safe and sound at the parks. That doesn't, however, eliminate the dopes, but they'll always be with us, so it's best just to ignore them.

[Peppertink]

I've never had any issues while at WDW...or DLR either.

[ddoll]

No safety issues. But we did have our umbrella stolen on a rainy day. Put it down next to us to use one of the exhibits in Epcot and it disappeared. No one ever turned it in either.
I was really annoyed because we take for granted that people are there with their families and think they'll be on their best Disney behavior.

Not always.

So just use your common sense and don't leave your things unattended, be aware of your surroundings. You know... the usual stuff.

[Peppertink]

Originally Posted by ddoll

So just use your common sense and don't leave your things unattended, be aware of your surroundings. You know... the usual stuff.

Zactly what I was gonna add!!!

[Jennatrz]

No bad stories to report either.

[Daisee]

Thankfully, I have no bad stories either.

IMO, WDW really is no different safety wise than any place else. Use common sense, and be aware of your surroundings. Take the same precautions you usually would.

[LynnA]

We just held on to each other while walking in crowds. We went to the parks later and took advantage of the extra magic hours, the parks were empty compared to during the day when there were between 75000 and 88000 people in the parks. I did yell at an older gentleman for pushing my son, but it was extremely rude on my part since my son said he didn't push him at all. I felt horrible about my rude behavior. So if that gentleman is a mousebuzzer, I'm very sorry.

[Dopey]

Never anything bad. Well, bad coffee, but that wasn't the question now, was it?

[Dana]

Personal safety? I don't even worry about personal safety when I walk through the pitch dark alleyway to get to my gym....in WDW, puleze...I dare someone to endanger my safety or that of my child....

What are we talking about here? A mugging behind the tea cups at night or someone stealing your purse? Are you thinking about an assult or something? WDW has THE best security even if you can't always see it. They are totally in tune with what is going on in that park. I have been pushed etc from people just shoving, but I shove back so it doesn't happen often or last long..lol

[hanwill]

no, in fact I left my camera on top of the stroller when we went into the haunted mansion... When we came out-there it layed just where I left it. I was very surprised that no one bothered to take it! It would have been very easy to whisk it off the top of the stroller!

[rlb]

The only time I have ever had a worry about personal safety was on Dec 26 and I was in the Magic Kingdom. It was during the spectormagic parade and many many people were trying to get across the bridge going to Frontierland. Two wheelchairs going opposite directions got hooked on one another. We were stopped while they tried to separate them amidst the hunderds of people on the bridge. People behind us kept pushing and pushing. It was the closest to seeing people trampled I have ever witnessed. It was really scary. As far as people intentionally trying to hurt me, I have never had that fear at DW.