GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:I just googled and found out that WDW does control the 911 system, it refers to a book, "Married to the mouse" and some passeges. It sounds like someone is very unhappy with the way WDW does things!!
Eh...I've heard some of the complaints associated with that, and I'm not impressed or persuaded. We happened to need medical assistance for my female roommate on our recent trip and I was most impressed with how it was handled. Their 911 people were professional and way better than 911 in *any* city I've ever lived in and made sure we knew our options, then dispatched an ambulance. Then, it seems, they contacted our hotel because our hotel had someone run ahead to our room to tell us the ambulance was just pulling up and "help is on the way". The Reedy Creek guys were great, professional and well trained (and willing to not dumb things down for us when we expressed that we all had limited medical training and could mostly keep up with them if they wanted to use medical jargon). And apparently the Hotel Manager stayed discreetly nearby our room while the EMT's were in the room with us so that she could check on us and make sure everything was okay and see if there was anything she could do. (Edited to add: she was very tasteful about it and didn't approach us until the medics were departing with my roommate)
I guess the whole Big Brother aspect of Disney controlling 911 and relaying information around their business like that could be a little disconcerting, but I feel if it really is for benevolent ends (and, call me a dreamer, but with Disney I feel confident it really is benevolent) then it's all the better. And I'm used to a little of the relay of information about me around Disney. I've had situations where something went wrong with a hotel, and I get informed upon arrival at dinner than my hotel would like to pick up the tab and other such things, so it didn't surprise me in the least...
Reedited to add: and the hospital there is great too! Awesome level of care and service! (A little overly religious for my taste, but a good hospital is a good hospital, so what's a little religion between friends, huh?)
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