Ten Most Interesting Theme Park Lawsuits against Disney

[LisaP]

#9 is legit in my book, as I would consider spending anytime at all on IASW as being officially stranded. I'd have to swim for it.

[Ed]

Another week, another lawsuit involving Disney World. Some employes at the Happiest Place on Earth have just filed a proposed class action alleging that Disney violated their privacy by making them show their social security numbers on their ID badges. The plaintiffs include bell clerks and room service cashiers at the Disney World hotel in Orlando, Florida. The complaint hints at possible identity theft but doesn't offer any specific damage.

My wife has been a CM at WDW for eight years, and her ID badge has NEVER listed her Social Security number. The only numbers on her badge are her "Perner" (employee #, which bears no resemblance to her SSN) and her cost center. And her name tag shows only her first name and hometown.

[AnnetteFan]

Yeah, I'm a bit confused about the ID lawsuit as well. I'm a former CM and never had my social displayed on anything, just my perner. Although these could be operating partners that actually work for another company or something, that's the only thing that would make sense to me.

[Mufasa]

The question of SSN on IDs was brought up to Bob Iger during the Q&A session at the shareholder's meeting- it is encoded in the barcode on the ID and the lawsuit was raised by members of the hotel union at Disneyland (Unite Here Local 11) that raised concerns that they can be read easily by smartphones that have barcode apps and present a risk of ID theft

[magicofdisney]

The question of SSN on IDs was brought up to Bob Iger during the Q&A session at the shareholder's meeting- it is encoded in the barcode on the ID and the lawsuit was raised by members of the hotel union at Disneyland (Unite Here Local 11) that raised concerns that they can be read easily by smartphones that have barcode apps and present a risk of ID theft

Can't they just ask to have it removed? Is a lawsuit necessary?

[BAMABOY]

"8.A Pennsylvania woman sued with allegations her breast was groped by Donald Duck."


This was thrown out of court citing there was no "fowl" play involved.

I know, that was bad but I couldn't help myself.

[squad51]

First the mother of the monorail driver has a legit suit. As a trained railroad engineer I can tell you that this crash and death should never have happened. The dispatcher/supervisor being off site, no one spotting the reverse movement, and not being able to stop in one-half the distance of any obstruction are all violations.

On a lighter note, can we sue for the massive eyesore that was the castle birthday cake?

[wdwaggie]

Couldn't the idiotic woman on Tot have gotten similar relief from jumping on a trampoline? I'm sure she was a monster to deal with and this was just her excuse to have the world cater to her instead of just adapting and getting along without infringing on everyone else around her.

[kemps@wdw]

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