disneylover1955
10-18-2010, 01:42 PM
Wow I just can't believe people sometimes! :doh:
An angry guest apparently assaulted a Disney bus driver last Tuesday night in an incident caught on video and posted to the Internet. The confrontation, which took place at a bus stop at Disney's Hollywood Studios, apparently took place after the driver informed the guest that he and his family would not fit on the bus and would have to wait for the next bus.
The video shows the man pushing the bus driver, and briefly putting his hands around the driver's neck. According to comments accompanying the video on YouTube, by the time the camcorder started rolling, the most intense part of the fight had already occurred:
"[T]his is what happened: a man and his wife with her baby were waiting for the bus. [T]here wasn't enough room on the bus so the bus driver told them he would call another one. [T]he man was enraged and threw the baby at the bus driver. [T]he woman got her baby and moved back away from them."
It was after this point that the video shows the incident, with those in the crowd calling for security. After the men were separated, the man can be heard telling the gathered crowd, "We were the first ones here and everybody pushed on from the back, and we were in the back!"
Warning...video could be considered graphic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmovTsW6gHY&feature=player_embedded
After a security guard arrives, the bus driver can be heard starting to explain that the man here tried to force his way, at which point the man cuts off the driver, stating, "He seen me here. I was waiting here in the first, and he tried to block me. He let everyone passing through get on board before us."
The bus driver starts to explain that he pulled up and the man and his wife had a stroller when the man interrupts again saying "We have a baby, you know. We're supposed to get the priority." The driver then left the bus with the security guard to talk and—while he returned to the front of the bus—he did not return to the bus by the end of the video.
The bus driver has been placed on paid leave while the incident is reviewed. Neither man contacted the Orange County Sheriff's Office to press charges.
The bus route, which runs from Disney's Hollywood Studios to Epcot, runs after park closing on nights when Epcot has already closed for the night and there is no way to get back to cars parked in the Epcot parking lot from the Studios. Many guests arrive at Epcot and later "park hop" to the Studios park through the International Gateway exit via the Friendship boat service. On Tuesday night, both parks closed at 9 p.m., so guests leaving the Studios would not be able to reenter Epcot to walk through to their car.
One possible explanation would be that the couple's stroller was not folded and the bus driver rightfully did not allow them aboard with the stroller open. With a large crowd waiting, it's a common procedure to let other guests on while parents fold strollers. This could have allowed the bus to fill before they were able to fold the stroller, resulting in them not being able to board the bus. Bus drivers can not proceed if there are passengers forward of the white line painted on the floor at the front of the bus. If the bus was at capacity, he would have prevented them from boarding. The bus driver would have then called for an additional bus to handle the overflow crowd and asked the remaining guests to wait for the next bus. The man, hot and tired at the end of the day, likely took the Friendship to the Studios and was possibly unaware of the requirement to fold strollers before boarding the bus.
http://www.mouseplanet.com/9416/Walt_Disney_World_Resort_Update
An angry guest apparently assaulted a Disney bus driver last Tuesday night in an incident caught on video and posted to the Internet. The confrontation, which took place at a bus stop at Disney's Hollywood Studios, apparently took place after the driver informed the guest that he and his family would not fit on the bus and would have to wait for the next bus.
The video shows the man pushing the bus driver, and briefly putting his hands around the driver's neck. According to comments accompanying the video on YouTube, by the time the camcorder started rolling, the most intense part of the fight had already occurred:
"[T]his is what happened: a man and his wife with her baby were waiting for the bus. [T]here wasn't enough room on the bus so the bus driver told them he would call another one. [T]he man was enraged and threw the baby at the bus driver. [T]he woman got her baby and moved back away from them."
It was after this point that the video shows the incident, with those in the crowd calling for security. After the men were separated, the man can be heard telling the gathered crowd, "We were the first ones here and everybody pushed on from the back, and we were in the back!"
Warning...video could be considered graphic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmovTsW6gHY&feature=player_embedded
After a security guard arrives, the bus driver can be heard starting to explain that the man here tried to force his way, at which point the man cuts off the driver, stating, "He seen me here. I was waiting here in the first, and he tried to block me. He let everyone passing through get on board before us."
The bus driver starts to explain that he pulled up and the man and his wife had a stroller when the man interrupts again saying "We have a baby, you know. We're supposed to get the priority." The driver then left the bus with the security guard to talk and—while he returned to the front of the bus—he did not return to the bus by the end of the video.
The bus driver has been placed on paid leave while the incident is reviewed. Neither man contacted the Orange County Sheriff's Office to press charges.
The bus route, which runs from Disney's Hollywood Studios to Epcot, runs after park closing on nights when Epcot has already closed for the night and there is no way to get back to cars parked in the Epcot parking lot from the Studios. Many guests arrive at Epcot and later "park hop" to the Studios park through the International Gateway exit via the Friendship boat service. On Tuesday night, both parks closed at 9 p.m., so guests leaving the Studios would not be able to reenter Epcot to walk through to their car.
One possible explanation would be that the couple's stroller was not folded and the bus driver rightfully did not allow them aboard with the stroller open. With a large crowd waiting, it's a common procedure to let other guests on while parents fold strollers. This could have allowed the bus to fill before they were able to fold the stroller, resulting in them not being able to board the bus. Bus drivers can not proceed if there are passengers forward of the white line painted on the floor at the front of the bus. If the bus was at capacity, he would have prevented them from boarding. The bus driver would have then called for an additional bus to handle the overflow crowd and asked the remaining guests to wait for the next bus. The man, hot and tired at the end of the day, likely took the Friendship to the Studios and was possibly unaware of the requirement to fold strollers before boarding the bus.
http://www.mouseplanet.com/9416/Walt_Disney_World_Resort_Update