Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Scattering Ashes at Disney

Cremation seems to be growing in popularity as a way for people to tend to their dead.  Walt Disney himself was cremated, but I'm sure there are still people who hold tight to the idea that he's frozen somewhere in the Utilidors (I maintain he's in Spaceship Earth, a real spaceship that will take off December 21, 2012 with Walt's Chosen Ones aboard where he will awaken and take them to the promised land on a distant planet).  Scattering ashes is nothing new, either.  From romantic images of a lover's ashes being scattered in the countryside, over a lake or the ocean, to The Dude getting a face full of Donny's ashes courtesy of Walter, it's a scene we've become all too familiar with.

"Goddammit, Walter!  Fuckin' asshole!"

What's totally astounded me, however, is the fact that this happens often at the Disney Parks.  Well, okay, maybe I'm not astounded.  It makes a sick sort of sense, as the most popular place tends to be the Haunted Mansion, with everyone wanting to be the 1000th Happy Haunt once they pass away.  There's a sort of romance to it, spending your eternity with Phineas, Ezra and Gus, The Singing Busts, and Master Gracey?


And before you say anything at all, fuck you, Dwight.  I know Master Gracey isn't the Ghost Host, but he is in my head canon and there isn't shit you can say to convince me otherwise.  I've written incredible fanfictions based on this ride that none of you all will ever see and I know my shit.  I just choose to ignore that factoid.  Anyway, moving on.

So it's a thing to have your ashes scattered in Disney.  I don't know how often this happens anymore, but it happened a few years back and they straight up shut Pirates down for 45 minutes to make sure it wasn't bone matter.  It doesn't say whether or not it was, but the woman swears it was baby powder.  Okay, maybe it was.  Why the fuck were you scattering baby powder on Pirates of the Caribbean?

EDIT:  It was fucking bone matter and it took them a while to clean it up, according to multiple sources I'm too lazy to state.  Google it.

And evidently this is happening all over the park, though Pirates and The Haunted Mansion seem to be the most popular.  It's fucking nasty, though--and these idiots don't seem to realize that their loved ones are just gonna get cleaned up, especially in the Haunted Mansion.  What's even more alarming is that a bunch of comments all over the internet seem to say "Wow, we scattered ___'s ashes there in (insert year here) but we didn't know it was a big thing!"

Seriously?  Fucking gross.

                                     

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