17 Disneyland Secrets They Don't Know Want You To Know‏

3. The Secret Police

Those methods of screwing with your head, senses and perception of time are bad enough - and all smack of poorly written creepypastas, amongst other things - but we've not even got into the rumoured plain clothes detective who are rumoured to keep things running smoothly in theme parks across the land.

Seriously, think of any Disney or other amusement park you've been to, and try to remember seeing a security guard at any point - you probably didn't, right? That's because you've been behaving yourself, with the understanding that being nice to the cast members will benefit you, and because you're hypnotised by the whole sensory overload of the thing. But if you do step out of line, this sort of thing happens:

The reason you never see them is because you're not supposed to see them. They're hidden, pretending to blend in with the actual civilian park-goers, but ready to swoop down at the first appearance of any untoward behaviour. Which is pretty chilling.

It's actually pretty similar to the idea of a panopticon, a mooted form of jail dreamt up by a philosopher where a single watchman has the ability to see any prisoner at any time - but nobody can tell when they're being observed, so they behave themselves out of fear of being caught. That's a nice feeling to have whilst walking to Splash Mountain, eh?