The Orange County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious device found in a bus maintenance area of Walt Disney World.
Updated: Friday, 18 Sep 2009, 12:19 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 17 Sep 2009, 5:34 PM EDT
Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff's Office Hazardous Device Unit have determined that an object attached to a Walt Disney World bus is not explosive or hazardous. Once that determination was made, investigators removed the object from the bus for further examination. It is still unclear what the object is or why it was placed on the bus.
Employees located the object attached to the undercarriage of a WDW bus. The bus was undergoing routine maintenance at a back stage maintenance facility. Members of the Orange County Sheriff's Office Hazardous Device Team responded to the maintenance facility just after 3 p.m. to evaluate the device and determine how to proceed.
It was confined to a backstage maintenance area. Disney employees in close proximity were briefly evacuated from the scene and all bus service at the Walt Disney World was suspended.
As a result of the suspended bus service, WDW extended hours at Disney's Animal Kingdom all water parks. Taxi services were also been expanded to accommodate park guests.