Disneyland as a final resting place-
 

I admit it- this is my plan as well. I have told my family I want to be cremated and a small amount of my ashes sprinkled at each Haunted Mansion in the world-

Thought this was a fun little article.

Visitor Sprinkled ashes on Pirates?

Read about this on Mice Age.

One would think she couls have been a bit more discrete about the spreading of the cremains!

I still have my wifes ashes and have considered doing so many times. however its surprising how much there really is of those kinds of remains.

I may still, but anyone who knows or finds out will do so after the fact.

Well, on reading the report on mice age, I wondered, how in the heck did she get through bag check with a bag of cremains?

I remember when we picked up my friend Gene at the mortuary to take him out for a final lunch at his favorite restaurant. I opened the box to transfer the urn to another container, not realizing the plastic box was the urn, the poor cab driver howled with laughter as I exclaimed out loud, My God Gene, you look like a bag of Johnny Cat. He did, too. After 15 years in our dining room, we spread him in Golden Gate Park last year and said farewell one last time.

What if you scattered some of her ashes there and the rest in other places that she loved? That way she'll be in all the places she held dear to her.
:)

My thought is small vials-inch high or so. Fill each one with ashes and then take it to the parks around the world- don't drop them in the ride itself where they would eventually get swept up or something like that- instead palm the ashes and let them drop in the queue- like the gardens.

This is one of those that my dad heard about and asked me if it could possibly be true. :)

you just reminded me of when I called the mortgage lender to have her name removed from the deed. when I told the poor lady on the other end of the line "I need to have my wife taken off the deed to the house" she responded with "well, we'll need x-form filled out and signed by her as a release of interest, and it must be notorized (blah blah)"

my response (and honestly, without meaning to be a smartass...just my state of mind at the time, I suppose) was "Hmm...thats going to be kind of tricky. Shes locked in my safe at the moment."

a "gasp!" and echoing silence was all I could hear for the longest time. next voice I heard was her supervisor. :blush:

oops. poor thing probably still has nightmares over that


as far as spreading the remains I always envisioned the same deal used in "The Great Escape" for spreading the tunnel dirt above ground. (which was also suggested to me by the mortician oddly enough) a small bag down the pant leg, a string release, just walk around, pull the string and just sort of let them spread out.

dunno. doesnt actually feel like something I need to act on immediately

I've already made plans with iSm and zappp to have at least some of my ashes scattered somewhere outside of the Mansion at DL.
:)

That's a great story too! Ha! I can well imagine what she thought.

Alternatively, my little boy cat, Dancer, the crematorium sent me this wooden sarcophagus (quite pretty actually) with his cremains, and a beautiful card. As I had already picked up a brass urn for him (and one for his sister for when the need arises) I took a screwdriver to the bottom and opened it up to transfer and was surprised at the size of the sarcophagus compared to the little tiny parcel of what was left of my little boy. Practically blasted into nothingness. They both get scattered with me, wherever, whenever I go.

oh yes, as if I'm going to survive Gemini Cricket. :cool:

We have the remains of two of our cats sitting on our mantel. Small plastic bag (for each) in a small wooden box.

Dude, you're gonna live for ever.

I thought that was GD?

Only the good die young.

Cool - that means I'm immortal now

Exactly :D

I plan to die in the arms of a really hot guy. Maybe I'm dying because I took an arrow that was meant for him or something.... He'll beg me not to go and I'll tell him that I will live on in his heart forever. I'll tell him not to cry, that a smile will rush my soul to heaven. He'll tell me that he will die with me and I'll remind him that his service to the kingdom is needed and that his people need a leader like him. We kiss. He'll then put my dead body dressed in armor in a small rowboat filled with flowers. He'll push my rowboat down a rushing river and send my body over the nearby waterfalls. He will mourn me forever and build statues of me all throughout his castle. He will find love again but loses it when he tells him that no one can replace me. He will fight and win fierce battles in my name and wash his battle scarred arms and face in the waters of the waterfall that took me from his side. As an old man, he will live his last days by the shore and at his moment of death, I will escort him to heaven. Our love will be legendary and people will write sonnets, songs and movies about us shown on large 3D Imax theatres around the world.


Wait, what the heck were we talking about?

Wagnerian in eipc, GC! Can't mojo you, however. So I will pause in worshipful silence instead.

:snap: :snap: :snap: :snap:

Bravo GC!

I think the bury-me-at-wounded-bride idea is romantic... but the idea of being HEPA-vacuumed out soon thereafter makes it less appealing to me.

Then there's the poor people who live at the bottom of the falls who suddenly have an armored clad dead body fall thru thier living room....

With luck, I'll fall directly onto their couch sitting upright with my eyes open.
:D

I actually want to be buried so that archaeologists can unearth my body centuries or millenia from now and try to figure out who I was, how we lived back now, and why the hell there's a big ass angel statue over my grave (think NBC) however, IF I was cremated, I would like the tiny vial method. Take small pinches of me, and stick me in planters that don't see any seasonal action (eg: where I'm not gonna be moved for a while), preferably in various spots throughout the park, but especially near the mansion and the matterhorn.

In one of his last lucid moments my grandpa Dee was talking about his post-mortem plans. He was to be cremated (as I will be) - and we talked about taking some of his ashes to Japan, where he had spent many years. So, though it's been 5.5 years and I haven't made it to Japan as of yet, I have his ashes on top of my dresser in a cute-as-hell urn. I might be greedy and spread only half the ashes I have. ;)

Well, that is if I can get past security.

I want my creamains to be crushed to form a precious stone to be set in a ring to be known as the Ring of Hedon - it will give the wearer a sense of well being, and enable them to discover thier own personal path of fullfilled hedonist desires.

Other bits should be placed in contemporary reliqueries stashed in secret LoT commune sites in Palm Springs, Paris, and a converted freighter. Where they would be taken out each Colombus Day and displayed for all to see.

Any leftovers can be scatterd at the various Disney Parks, Newport Beach, left side of the pier, Yosemitie (on the grounds of the Awahnee), The Julian Pass in Switzerland, Outside the Abesses Metro station in Montmartre, and Millenium Park in Chicago - other sites might be added as I continur to remain alive.

Hmm, sounds like you're anticipating that your hedonistic pursuits are going to lead to a lot of weight gain. You're banking on a LOT of ashes to spread around.

I will request that my ashes be ground to a fine powder so they can be aspirated in the various locations

Wow spreading your ashes sounds like a KICKASS trip! If your will provides for transportation fees, hotel costs, 3.5 meals per day and a massage, I'll TOTALLY do it.

(I can even wear a T-shirt that says "Chernabog - Spreading Chris' Ash Since 20**". Now that's hot.)

Or, I'll just put you in the shelf in the living room next to your Dad, Dexter, Lyra and, as soon as I remember to pick him up, Abe. ;)

You do realize that you would get shop-vacced up, placed in a plastic bag, and then tossed in a dumpster right?

Not from the water (which is where the woman in the story allegedly put the ashes).

Unless they sucked all of the water out of PotC. That would take a long time with a Shop Vac and a LOT of plastic bags (or a REALLY big one).

They circulate and filter the water continuously.

That's why the planters outside are a much more appropriate option - it returns the remains to the earth, which leaves it up to nature. (Even if they dig out the planter, some of it will blow/scatter naturally.)

I really can't answer this post without posting something that might get me into trouble with work. But just trust me on this....That won't work either.

I only have my Dad on a shelf...congrats on your collection!

Do try to remember to pick up Abe!

I'll spread some at Tokyo Disneyseas for you. I know Which Bits I want to scatter, but I think I might need a bigger urn to hold them. :blush:

Not to get too off track but you could walk a howitzer through the bag check. It's not meant to stop anything. It's there to make sheeple feel nice and safe plus give the company some CYA in the event anything ever does happen.

Which is why I said NOT inside the attraction- (see post above)

I realize very well that the ashes would not stay there forever- they would only last for a while- it's symbolic-not a resting place in perpetuity.

...and I am talking small....not enough to raise a fuss.....

I mean come on- no matter where ashes are sprinkled they end up somewhere else. Washed away, blow away, swept up, and alll assortment of less than romantic ideas for resting places.

Keith Olbermann had a great line about it:

Hey, that's a great idea- to have your final resting place in the cemetary outside THM!

And THEN get tossed out with the filter into a dumpster. Either way you end up in a landfill, pecked to death by Seagulls.

So the garden areas are a better idea, I think. Perhaps we should befriend a landscape CM.....

Screw cremation, I want my corpse strapped to an easy chair, a couple thousand pounds of explosives around it- a big Burning Man style party for all my friends before I get blown to bits!

I think that's what people need to realize.

For example, ashes scattered in the ocean get gobbled up and pooped out by fish, sewage goes into the ocean, trash, etc.

Ashes scatted in the forest still get pooped on by animals, walked on by people, etc.

It's all a cycle. And I'm fine with it. Ash scattering and other funerary services are for the benefit of loved ones, not the deceased. It's a way for the loved ones to say good-bye and have closure.

For me, I want most of my cremains used for a kick-ass party via Angels Flight to the tune of "I'm Gone" from Disney Afternoon's "Talespin". (Yes, I want people laughing.) And, some of me shall be given to friends to carry with them to the places I've loved and scattered/dispersed as they see fit.

Lashbear: "Hi Guys, glad I could make it all the way from Aus to help celebrate the life of....

Coastermatt [strapped to explosive-laden easy chair]: BOOM!!!!!!!

Lashbear: "Ewwwwww, I think I got some CM in my mouth...."

I'll make sure you are well taken care of....hehe....:evil:

Matt, I have the number to a good phychatrist. Just PM me...;)

Some people would call that a party! :D

Would that be a bad thing?

Great, now I have an image of CM blowing up the same way as the whale in that news clip.

Nonsense, there'll be a lot more fireworks when I get blown up- think the build up to the finale of the biggest Disney fireworks show you've ever seen, then add some "Inferno barge" type fireballs, then BOOM!!!

Much more showy than the whale getting blown up, but just about the same end results :)

No, they didn't!!! LOL!!!!

Dead Whale Carcass + Massive Amounts of Explosives = Good Times for All!!!

I'd love to get my hands on the cremains of someone I didn't like and scatter them at DCA.

:D

But then that would say that you must secretly like them. After all the things getting done to the park and how awesome it's going to look, then you will be doing that person a favor. If you really want to make them suffer for eternity, just spread their ashes over at Knott's.

Every time I see it I flash back to 1996, downloading all 11MB on a 56K modem.

No, if you really despised them, then spread their cremains at Captain Kidd's. Judging from the place's cleanliness, they'll be there a long time.

That or Goofy's Kitchen

I had a co-worker once – a sweet lady, thin willowy, who always dressed and acted neat and proper. She told me that when she was still married to her asshole husband she would have fantasies about what she would do with his cremains if he died. She would put on a pair of sunglasses and drive up the 5 in his convertible – with Inagoddadevita playing on the stereo – looking for the trashiest, skuzziest place along the side of the freeway to dump his ashes.

The mental image of her doing that always makes me laugh.

I knew there was a reason I didn't like using Gas Station restrooms.

Could you imagine, though? "Hey, that's not baby powder, that's Grandma!"
:D

Ahh behold the power of the press.

I wonder how many people out there are now thinking "Humm, ashes, Disneyland. Damn! That's not a bad idea".

Now all Disney has to do is figure out a way to cash in.

I heard that story and "Thanks alot. You just gave everybody ideas to make my job more difficult. Thanks Al!!!"

I can just see it now..." Oh that dust. Don't worry, it's not human remains. It's just anthrax."

If it weren't for the huge legal logistics that they probably have to go through, they would probably consider it.

I remember when Frodo Potter proposed to Disneyphile at Disneyland. I had security ask me if this was a wedding. When I explained it was only a proposal, he looked very relieved and radioed that info in to HQ. Though he stuck around just to make sure.

The ashes dumping stuff was talked about in Mouse Tales, a long long time ago. Obviously this was going on, it's not like the idea wasn't there until it was reported the other week.

I don't see why it is weird to think that people WANT to dump ashes at Disneyland. People usually dump ashes in places that had some special significance to the deceased, and Disneyland is significant to many people.

Disney's PR decided to shoot themselves in the foot with this one. Why not DISCOURAGE this practice by talking about being kicked from the park because the ride will be shut down if you do this? Instead, they deny (despite things like the HEPA cleanup procedures), making Disney's PR less credible AND encouraging people to dump ashes -- after all, there are no consequences for doing so!

OMG I am crying because I am laughing so hard!!!

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Disneyphile you are fvcking brilliant :)

True but when it comes to Mr & Mrs. Joe Sixpack "Mouse Tails" is not quite the same thing as the font page of CNN, The six O'clock news and the front page of their local tabloid.

I also want a bit of me scattered off the back trails at Castaway Cay, and also a pinch dropped overboard from the Disney Magic. :D

Brilliant indeed, DP!:snap::cheers::snap:

After I die, I'd like to become a taxidermy sculpture, to be placed in storage alongside animatronic Abe Lincoln and the Country Bears. Just think of all the wild tea parties we will have.

Taxidermy is a great idea! I would want to replace the Evil Queen looking out of her window above Snow.

Can I be an audioanimatronic pirate???

While you are alive or after your passing?

David peed on Grandma's ashes...it was quite funny at the time. He had no idea where my mom and sister spread their portion of her ashes (think zip-locks, so everyone could have their own memorial). The one bathroom in her Cambria house was in use, so he went to the bottom level of the house (where my dad told him to go~they were both drinking at the time).

Dead and stuffed!

I want to be snorted by Kieth Richards. Let's face it, He's going to outlive us all. The only things that could ever survive a nuclear explosion are Cockroaches, Twinkies and Kieth Richards

That's soooo like the movie/book The Shipping News.
:)

In all seriousness, that was my first thought. The Queen and I, standing atop the ride. And then I thought, "No, that position belongs to NA. Me, I belong in storage with the rejects."

LOL!

If I don't get blown to bits, just skin me and bind some nice books or something.

I know there was some discussion in this thread about the remains being filtered away if spread in the water, it appears (from reading Al's article), that it was not the water where most of the ashes landed. For those who did not read Al's article:
ADMIN'S: If I quoted too much of the article, please feel free to edit (or remove the quote completely).

What a horrible thing to do to Grandma!