Some people who worship these amusement parks are making a strange and completely illegal choice. Even Whoopi Goldberg did it!
Some people are so passionate about the Disney universe that they could spend their lives in the Disneyland parks. They go there for every possible opportunity, celebrating great moments of their lives (engagements, wedding anniversaries, etc.). ). In short, it is a place very dear to their hearts. Sometimes even too much, because some people make a decision that is surprising to say the least. The two American amusement parks, Disneyland Park in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, are in fact regularly victims of rather creepy and downright illegal incidents.
But visitors who do this can be prosecuted. “This type of behavior is strictly prohibited and illegal. Visitors who attempt to do so will be escorted off the property.”explained Disneyland in a press release after similar facts were reported in a Star Wars attraction earlier in the year. The behavior in question is that of fans so addicted that their last wish is to remain forever in the aisles of the park. But California law is clear on the subject: to spread ashes on private land in this state, you must have the permission of the owner. Those who do not respect it face 6 months in prison and a fine of $500, or 474.86 euros. However, that did not stop actress Whoopi Goldberg from scattering her mother’s ashes, as she detailed in her autobiography, even giving a technique to avoid being spotted.
Regularly, visitors come to dump the ashes of their loved ones there, reports the Washington Post. The newspaper explains that, according to a rumor started on the social network Reddit, the Haunted House attraction at the park located in Florida was closed on Saturday, November 30, 2024, after someone spread funeral ashes there. If Disney did not respond to requests to confirm or comment on the event, it is ultimately a fairly common thing.
On several occasions, people have publicly recounted dumping the ashes of their loved ones at Disneyland, including in the documentary Dark Side of Disney. But most fans get caught and are kicked out of the park. Then the ashes are cleaned: “Unless you want your loved one swept up or vacuumed up – in either case thrown into an industrial trash compactor – don’t spread their centers around the Haunted House.” or elsewhere in the park, explained Lynn Barron, a former employee, and Ken Pellman, creator of a podcast on Disneyland, in a book on cleaning in these parks. Because we must not forget that there are Disneyland employees everywhere, and that the parks are full of surveillance cameras.