tinkerblonde11
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Is it weird that I would be psyched if this happened to me? It's like a little piece of Disney comes home with me, a Disney tattoo if you will.
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Little girl gets accidentally leveled by CM during parade
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friendofafriend
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MISICI is a trained role just like any other show or parade. The cast follow assigned choreography, unlike in the dance parties that spring up around the parks. It is highly unlikely that the performer just took it upon himself to make up his own moves. There are staging specialists that watch the performances daily to insure that the cast are performing as they were trained. The cast know this and are normally very strict about sticking to the script so to speak.
Rogue21
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Yeah, right? Makes me want one myself.
Seriously, things have certainly changed since many of us on here were kids. A parent telling us to "go play" meant actually going outside, where there was dirt and grass, and running around until we were sweaty. The chances of us colliding with something or someone, perhaps scraping a knee of getting a bruise were better than zero. Today, "go play" is more akin to video games, TV or iWhatevers -- safe from the dangers of places like, oh, nature? **The above is a generalization. Not aimed at any particular person: male, female or gender unknown.**
I digress. I feel bad for the CM. It was an accident. I feel bad for the little girl. It was an accident.
hiptwinmama
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I think if they had actually done that the mom wouldn't be so upset. If that happened to my kid and they didn't at least get her some ice and maybe ice cream I would be upset. I would never lawyer up or expect a settlement, but I would expect some ice and maybe some of those free stickers or a stuffed animal. If WDW really did nothing (which I just can't see happening) I would be angry too. I just highly doubt that she was completely ignored. I really wish (although it would never happen) that Disney would come out and say yes, it was an accident, yes we are sorry, and no we will not pay her a cash settlement.
Maybe she didn't loose consciousness, but she did get hit so hard it knocked her off her feet. Let's all be honest, if our child got leveled that hard we would probably flip out for about 5 minutes. Then we would come back down to reality, put some ice on it, buy her a stuffed animal and move on with our day.
BigThunderMatt
Well-Known Member
Somebody needs to take this video and alter it to have Street Fighter sound effects.
flynnibus
Premium Member
and why do you think the family was trying to get back in touch with disney after the fact?
My guess is onsite.. Disney successfully swooned them into doing nothing. Then they get home and realize they should have gotten more/etc.. so now they try to go back to Disney after the fact. Disney is already in 'lockdown' because they mitigated the situation at the time and doing more now opens the slippery slope. Before you know it, we'll hear the testimony the girl now suffers memory loss, nightmares, etc in a courtoom
BigThunderMatt
Well-Known Member
Before you know it, we'll hear the testimony the girl now suffers memory loss, nightmares, etc in a courtoom
If it even makes it that far. Most things are settled out of court.
Goofyernmost
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I don't particularly want to continue this silliness but if you would be so kind as to point out to me where in my post I stated that I did anything to create the situation or that you didn't. Please park the paranoia.
jencor
Active Member
and why do you think the family was trying to get back in touch with disney after the fact?
My guess is onsite.. Disney successfully swooned them into doing nothing. Then they get home and realize they should have gotten more/etc.. so now they try to go back to Disney after the fact. Disney is already in 'lockdown' because they mitigated the situation at the time and doing more now opens the slippery slope. Before you know it, we'll hear the testimony the girl now suffers memory loss, nightmares, etc in a courtoom
We still do not know the whole story, you know what she said and you are believing her. Of course Disney is not replying to the phone call. The report said they tried to reach out overnight and did not get a response. If you were there and someone called and you do not have all the facts or if there is a pending case we do not know about, would you think it smart to respond. I do not know the whole story, and I imagine you do not either. I am saying that I am not speculating. We do not even know how the TV station got the story at first, it may of been posted somewhere and they got wind of it. They say what the woman said, but she did not appear on TV to say it or be interviewed. I am just saying we do not know the whole story, but we will continue to speculate.
flynnibus
Premium Member
And I didn't say I was doing anything more than that. I said 'My guess...'
Phone call from who? the lady or the news station? Why do you feel its appropriate for Disney to not respond to either of those?
jencor
Active Member
Phone call from who? the lady or the news station? Why do you feel its appropriate for Disney to not respond to either of those?[/quote]
The person answering the phone may not know the case, if there is one. If there is a case, you do not say anything without council. What would you do if you got a phone call asking questions you did not know about? Answering could cause more problems, and I bet they get a few calls, and this one appears to be overnight. IMO the TV station is running with a story they do not have the answers to yet, but want a story. There is so much laziness in the news, they repeat what they hear instead of digging and finding out what did. Maybe if they waited one day, they would have a story, or no story, but the truth. Now it is viral and they will not report back.
Let me say, I feel for the child. I am not backing either side, I just think everything evolved without all the facts. It was a 37 second news story and we act like we know everything.
The person answering the phone may not know the case, if there is one. If there is a case, you do not say anything without council. What would you do if you got a phone call asking questions you did not know about? Answering could cause more problems, and I bet they get a few calls, and this one appears to be overnight. IMO the TV station is running with a story they do not have the answers to yet, but want a story. There is so much laziness in the news, they repeat what they hear instead of digging and finding out what did. Maybe if they waited one day, they would have a story, or no story, but the truth. Now it is viral and they will not report back.
Let me say, I feel for the child. I am not backing either side, I just think everything evolved without all the facts. It was a 37 second news story and we act like we know everything.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Uhm... you seem to overlook what the job of a spokesperson or PR person is - to respond to inquiries.
You're mixing up the story. The 'overnight' call is the news station calling Disney for comment. The 'overnight' excuse doesn't work for the mother trying to contact Disney.
For the mother, Disney should be responding - period. They may not be responding in the way she wants - but they should respond. For the TV story, I give Disney the benefit of the doubt in terms of timing. Which is why I'm not concerned with lack of a Disney response to them at the time the story aired. But those excuses don't matter for getting back to their CUSTOMER.
Edit: if you want more current info - see this clip http://www.wesh.com/news/central-fl...ent/-/11788162/20281150/-/v4p4gz/-/index.html - where Disney responded that they had just learned of the incident, and have since contacted the mother.
jencor
Active Member
I agree, the PR should unless there is a case pending, then no comment. What is missing in the story is when this happened and when the TV station picked up on it. Did it happen yesterday, last week, last month? Also as I said, she claims no response and the TV station has not followed through or reported all the facts to us.
My point, Disney had to respond overnight, when the sources may not be there to respond. Wait til morning for them to respond. They may of responded back the next day, we do not know. If this happened a while ago and it is not on top of the file, they cannot respond without some knowledge. But, they may not of responded either, again we do not know.
As mentioned, they may of responded and it was not what she wanted or expected. They may have done something for them and when they talked with others decided they could get more. Again, a time line would help. When did this happen and when did she contact Disney originally. They may have I just cannot side one way or the other until I know more. I feel for the girl and I hope she was taken care of by parents and Disney after the incident. I just want more facts.
jencor
Active Member
I just saw the update, looks to me from seeing it that you had a tv station that reported before knowing the facts. He even said they found the video on you tube, is that where the other station found it and made a story to create noise. She said in the story she sent an email. It did not say she called, but that she waited for Disney to respond, hopefully from a report that was taken on the event. The girl was hurt, but the mom responded to the Disney worker that she was ok. I think the TV station that first reported this owes an apology, like that will really happen.
flynnibus
Premium Member
I think the original linked article didn't report anything different from what the other did.. just the other stories which ran LATER had the additional info that developed later. Neither did anything wrong.
jencor
Active Member
this is where I will disagree, the first station reported a story before knowing the facts. The second report waited for the truth and not what they wanted to lean in their way.
flynnibus
Premium Member
No, they reported the facts as they were available at the time. They didn't mislead - and they reported the status of their effort to contact Disney. Your train of thought would require all news to wait till it's fully understood before it's covered. That's just not the way things go.
jencor
Active Member
They did not report the facts, they are suppose to find the facts, they did not and reported a one sided story without all the facts. They are suppose to report the news. I want to know if they report the rest of the story or just leave it there and those that only hear the one side are mislead. That is the problem with news stations now, they report what they want you to hear and not the news.
flynnibus
Premium Member
They were very clear they didn't have the other side of the story yet. If you can't handle that kind of disclosure and instead want everything to wait until everything is known.. I suggest you stick to reading magazines. With their long cycles, they have the ability to spend weeks assembling a story before publishing it.