Death doesn’t fit the brand at Disney World. The rides break down. The turkey legs are $15. But a guest flatlining in front of Cinderella’s Castle? Not gonna happen. At least that’s what one former park employee suspects.

He recently went viral for confirming one of the resort’s most persistent rumors: that no one dies on Disney property. Not officially, anyway.

In a TikTok clip that now has millions of views, ex-cast member Tom Cruz (no relation) described the day an elderly guest collapsed at the Magic Kingdom. A doctor happened to be in line and started CPR. Paramedics arrived within minutes. Still, the man never regained consciousness.

Cruz said he couldn’t understand why the emergency response team kept trying long after it was clearly over. “This entire time, my man was not breath

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