prfctlyximprct
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Is it sick that I laughed??
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Little girl gets accidentally leveled by CM during parade
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englanddg
One Little Spark...
I_heart_Tigger
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Ouch! That looked painful. I can only imagine if I was the kid my mom would have said, "Are you alright?" and I likely would have said yes if I could move all my limbs...that was the deciding factor for being alright. If I fell out of a tree but could wiggle my fingers and toes I was alright and just kept playing.
Whenever something like this happens I always wonder if it happened elsewhere would people expect a payday? If this was a kids birthday party and Dad was flailing around and knocked over a kid would people be screaming about lawsuits? I guess it really depends on the people but my family was more of a get up, dust yourself off, take a few minutes if you need them then get back out there and have a good time.
I would hope Disney would offer a small good will gesture. If she did have medical bills they should pay them but they should not have to pay more money than the average Joe simply because they have it.
Whenever something like this happens I always wonder if it happened elsewhere would people expect a payday? If this was a kids birthday party and Dad was flailing around and knocked over a kid would people be screaming about lawsuits? I guess it really depends on the people but my family was more of a get up, dust yourself off, take a few minutes if you need them then get back out there and have a good time.
I would hope Disney would offer a small good will gesture. If she did have medical bills they should pay them but they should not have to pay more money than the average Joe simply because they have it.
The Empress Lilly
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Exactly, you are encouraged to participate, kids are invited to dance. The idea of WDW is that parents videotape their kids having fun meeting characters, dancing at dance parties, or flying at Dumbo. It's whole point of it all.
You're not a bad parent for standing two feet away from your kid at Disney, videotaping her having fun.
It's perhaps not a good idea at a dance party to swing your arms for a little pirouette, as that dancer did. But mainly, this is all just a wee little accident. They happen. Kids trip when they run, they get hit by a ball when playing sports. It's all got nothing to do with bad parenting - that is an annoying self-pat on the back other parents like to give themselves, making themselves feel better at the expense of others by turning their misfortune into a moral shortcoming.
Goofyernmost
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The test when I was a kid was if you could bend your arms, move your legs, wiggle your fingers and weren't bleeding from the ears, you were good to go.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Amen. Poor parenting leads to an unfortunate accident...kid gets hurt...mom sues Disney...mom gets a new car out of it. What do we learn...poor parenting gets me a new car
In reality it's nobody's fault. The CM could not have anticipated the kids would move in next to him like that, the parents didn't see it coming and the kid is just a kid. That's why the word accident exists. As a good will gesture Disney should have done something for the kid. It sounded like from the story the kid was fine.
unkadug
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And it's a possibility that Disney has already done something for the kid...the parents just might want more.Amen. Poor parenting leads to an unfortunate accident...kid gets hurt...mom sues Disney...mom gets a new car out of it. What do we learn...poor parenting gets me a new car
In reality it's nobody's fault. The CM could not have anticipated the kids would move in next to him like that, the parents didn't see it coming and the kid is just a kid. That's why the word accident exists. As a good will gesture Disney should have done something for the kid. It sounded like from the story the kid was fine.
GoofGoof
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luv
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I thought of that, too. But if the story is true as told, they won't talk to the family. I don't think that Disney is required to talk to Channel Six, though, and don't hold that against them.
But if Disney did apologize, which they said the kid did (I think) and covered any medical bills and these people are still involving the news and Channel Six, then they may be looking for easy money.
If they really refused to discuss it with the family, then I couldn't blame the family for getting a lawyer to get a court to demand an answer.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
I heard it was dropped off by 2 guys. 1 in a Spider-Man suite and the other dressed like Harry Potter. All is fair in love and war...even a theme park war
luv
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That wasn't lost on me. It's actually the part I have the biggest trouble with. If Disney won't speak to them, I could see getting a lawyer to go about it.
Channel Six, though...I don't see the point in that, honestly.
In any event, it seems no lasting damage was done and the kid is okay, so I'll leave it to Disney and the family to fight out.
You mean like joy?
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Not trying to make light of a kid getting hurt, but if she had a "magic band" on maybe the secret NextGen police that will be tracking us all in the parks would have been able to stop this from happening. If not at least the dancing cast member would have known the girls first name without having to ask. And you guys say nothing good will come from the magic bands.
. And you guys say nothing good will come from the magic bands.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
Not trying to make light of a kid getting hurt, but if she had a "magic band" on maybe the secret NextGen police that will be tracking us all in the parks would have been able to stop this from happening. If not at least the dancing cast member would have known the girls first name without having to ask
You sarcasm is evident.
EOD K9
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Yes it is....although I prefer to use choke chains. Take that however you will.
Of all the safety precautions that the Disney parks take - like putting a fence around Alice in Wonderland out in Disneyland (I realized they were forced), the height restrictions for some rides, no riding in front of the monorail, closing attractions that are built over sinkholes (joking about that one obviously) - the "dance parties" seem to be counter intuitive. Way too many ways for someone to get hurt.
It seems like a company that is so publicly watched, both by the media and by thousands of parents with iPhone cameras, that they wouldn't want to have this potential photo-op out there. To get hurt on the Great Movie Ride, for example, you have to try hard...really hard, and there are rules about standing up during the ride, hands inside the vehicle, etc. But then you can walk outside and into a dance party where arms and legs are flailing and CMs are jumping around throwing elbows that any pro hockey team would be proud of.
It seems like a company that is so publicly watched, both by the media and by thousands of parents with iPhone cameras, that they wouldn't want to have this potential photo-op out there. To get hurt on the Great Movie Ride, for example, you have to try hard...really hard, and there are rules about standing up during the ride, hands inside the vehicle, etc. But then you can walk outside and into a dance party where arms and legs are flailing and CMs are jumping around throwing elbows that any pro hockey team would be proud of.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
That's just silly. The CM was just dancing, and thought he'd do something that would wow the guests. Had it not ended up in a black eye, I'm sure he would be lauded for his performance.
There is no reason to try and control fun. And, sometimes fun means mistakes. Could he have been more aware of the kid? Sure. Was he targeting the kid? I think the video shows he was not. He was into the show, and dragging the kid into the show.
He shouldn't have done it, it was a bad idea, and it's not the kids fault or the Mom's fault...it's not news...it was an accident.