Suspicious package closes Disneyland this morning

by Leah Zanolla
Mar 3, 2012

The park entrance to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure was closed for several hours this morning after a suspicious package was discovered. Around 7:10 this morning, a park security officer was conducting a routine walk-through before park opening when he noticed a "suspicious object" in a tree near the ticket booths. A bomb squad was called in and guests were directed to stay out of the Esplanade area. Some guests were already in the parks and were not affected by the closure.

Suzi Brown, Disneyland spokeswoman, said, "The safety of our guests and cast members is our top priority. In an abundance of caution and to allow the security teams to learn more, we are keeping guests away from the area at this time."

At 11:00 am, the parks were reopened. No more details about the package have been released.

Update: The suspicious object turned out to be a piece of paper that was rolled up like a map. According to police, the paper had some kind of "goodwill spirit message" written on it, though they didn't specify exactly what the message said. To make up for the hours the parks were closed to new guests, both Disneyland and California Adventure stayed open for an extra hour. Disneyland added an extra performance of Fantasmic and California Adventure added an extra showing of The World of Color.

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