Two banned from Walt Disney World after families fight over photograph request


Two people have been banned from a Walt Disney theme park after allegedly getting into a fight during a visit.

Florida authorities say that a physical altercation at Walt Disney World broke out over an attempted photograph.

Orange County sheriff’s office told NBC News that the fight broke out at the Magic Kingdom around 2.30pm on Monday after a member of a family posing for a photo in front of the park’s 100th anniversary sign asked someone from another larger family to move out of the way.

The sheriff’s office said that a person from the larger family punched a member of the victim’s family in the face and “the fight ensued from there”.

Two unnamed people were issued a trespass warning which means they are not welcome on the property, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said, adding: “If they return, they can be arrested.”

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No arrests were made at the scene because the victim did not want to press charges, according to the sheriff’s office.

It added that the victim was “treated medically on scene”.

Videos circulating on social media appeared to show a group of adults throwing punches while onlookers looked on with a later clip showing au-thorities handcuffing someone on the ground.

However, the sheriff’s office told NBC that it was unclear whether the footage depicts the incident in question.

“We have no way of knowing whether what is in the video that has been cir-culating online is this incident,” a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said.

NBC said that representatives for Walt Disney World did not immediately respond to questions.

According to the theme park’s official website, it is prohibited to “use profanity or engage in unsafe, illegal, disruptive or offensive behavior, jumping lines or saving places in lines for others.”

However, last year three people were arrested on misdemeanor battery charges and one was hospitalized for a minor injury after being involved in a fight at the Magic Kingdom, the sheriff’s office reported.



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