Disneyland as a final resting place-

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

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

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."

[Not Afraid]

LOL!

[CoasterMatt]

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

[Kevy Baby]

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:

Just this past Friday a Cast Member watching the security cameras noticed a woman in the back of a boat throwing a powdery substance into the lavishly decorated sets in the cavern scenes near the beginning of the ride. Even though Pirates is a 15 minute long ride, by the time the lady spreading the substance returned to the loading area Security had yet to arrive.

The college age Cast Members operating the attraction knew that legally they were not supposed to detain anyone, and when they confronted her about what she was doing in the cameras she told them she was only throwing baby powder around. The woman quickly disappeared out the exit, never to be seen again, but she'd actually left more than baby powder all over the Pirates of the Caribbean.

Security and the police finally arrived, and the ride was shut down on a busy afternoon of a holiday weekend. The ash was identified by the Anaheim Police as cremated remains, and the custodial department found most of it all over the "Captain's Quarters" scene in the caverns. The woman had done a very thorough job of spreading the ash everywhere though, and after an hour of cleaning with the HEPA vacuums there was still work to be done.

Because those lavish sets are maintained by costumers and maintenance crews that don't come in until Midnight, and with a growing crowd of cranky tourists outside wanting to know when Pirates would reopen, Disneyland management was faced with the decision of reopening the popular ride with ash remaining on the bedspreads, props and antiques in the caverns.

While custodial did a thorough job of cleaning the ash from the rockwork and the areas closest to the passing boats, much of the cremated remains would have to stay there until the set could be dismantled and cleaned completely after the park closed for the night. So after a lengthy downtime, Pirates of the Caribbean was reopened by management with the remains of a very devoted fan still spread through much of the Captains Quarters.

ADMIN'S: If I quoted too much of the article, please feel free to edit (or remove the quote completely).

[JWBear]

All sorts of illicit things happen inside Small World at the end of the night, and leaving Grandma's remains in there to listen to that catchy song for all eternity is definitely a possibility.

What a horrible thing to do to Grandma!