Bomb scare at Port Canaveral, terminal evacuated (5/21); resolved, says DCL

[AVP]

MousePlanet's Mike Demopoulos was onboard the Disney Wonder for a tour this morning, and has been reporting via Twitter that a bomb scare has forced the closure and evacuation of the Port Canaveral terminal, as well as the closure of all roads leading to the terminal.

I'm reposting Mike's earlier Tweets here, you can follow his updates at this link. (Click Me) For those unfamilliar with Twitter, the top posts are the most recent - scroll down for the first post in this series, starting 42 minutes ago.

• Bomb update: bus leaveing for wdw,..- 4 minutes ago
• Bomb update: on bus waiting to depart port wating for OK, very high security everywhere - 6 minutes ago
• Bomb update: ship will still depart at 5, accoriding to port police - 9 minutes ago
• Bomb update: being escorted to bus, much higher security in port area - 12 minutes ago
• bomb update: port athorthy police "this was a major scare, fertiziler was found in van" still on security hold - 13 minutes ago
• Bomb update: port athority security "partical evac occured, this does not happen very often" - 16 minutes ago
• Bomb update: being escorted out of terminal, van still being looked at - 17 minutes ago
• Bomb update: they look like they may be removing offending van, helicoper (coast guard) hovering. We are on a "security hold" to leavedc ...- 19 minutes ago
• Bomb update: road open still looking at van, dcl check-in delayed. Owner a guest on dcl - 23 minutes ago
• Bomb squad on scene buses lines up, ship announcement made.- 35 minutes ago
• Bomb scare in progress at the dcl port, all roads closed for now - 42 minutes ago

[AVP]

Another MousePlanet reader has told us that they are once again allowing passengers to board the ship, and it appears that the black van has been towed. We'll have more information and photos from the scene later today. According to Mike Demo, the Port Authority said that the ship will sail at 5:00 as originally planned.

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[mkraemer]

I was on the Wonder as part of the same group as Mike. We were having a tour of the ship and lunch. Our group was held on the ship until the all-clear was given. At that time, the multiple Disney buses carrying passengers bound for the ship were allowed to come to the terminal and begin boarding. As our bus left the port, everything seemed back to business

[adriennek]

I was thinking about you Mrs. Kraemer! Glad to see your update.

Adrienne

[Meisha B]

Glad everything was ok...

[mkraemer]

The really traumatic part was having to get off the ship and not be able to sail away after touring the ship.

[Andrew]

We have received a brief statement from Disney Cruise Line spokesperson Christi Erwin Donnan:

The situation has been resolved and we expect to sail as scheduled today.

[newhdplayer]

We have received a brief statement from Disney Cruise Line spokesperson Christi Erwin Donnan:

That was brief!

[Andrew]

That was brief!

Seriously, that was all they said.

[Meisha B]

The really traumatic part was having to get off the ship and not be able to sail away after touring the ship.

That would be...

[Mark Goldhaber]

Here are a couple of photos that Mike took of the incident scene with his cell phone camera:



In addition, one of his updates came through to me via text message instead of by Twitter. It came in during the first three tweets listed above.

• Black van with temp tags been stopped by a bomb squad dog, all roads closed huge line of buses and bomb squad showed up. Made ship announcement, watching now.

Look for a special edition of the MouseStation Podcast in a few hours for more on the bomb scare.