Small child falls in water on Pirates

[WDW2010]

I was on SW several years ago and we were coming into the unload area. A man was letting is 3 year old daughter stand on the side of the boat as the boat went over the rollers. The girl slipped and fell into the water. She was now wedged in between the boat and the wall. It took us several minutes to free the girl and get her on the deck. Most accidents in WDW are the fault of parents who do not take care of their children.

100% correct.

 

[disney magic 06]

Good grief, aren't people stupid. At least a little commonsense should be a pre-requisite to having children :hammer:

 

[sublimesting]

Oh wow! Scary stuff. It only takes a second taking your eyes/hands off your kids for stuff like that to happen.

Reminds me of my first trip back as an adult with my DH in 1999. We were there without our kids who were just little guys at the time. We were on PotC with a family sitting in front of us. There was a little boy (maybe 5 or so) sitting on the left side of the boat, his slightly older sister sitting next to him (she seemed to be maybe 6 or so), the dad, and then the mom on the right side of the boat. We had listened to this family thru the whole line leading up to getting on the boat. The kids were both sorta cranky & tired, the little girl kept saying she didn't feel good, the mom was grumpy with the dad giving him all sorts of lip all the way along fussing at his every effort to interact with the kids, and the dad was just sorta meandering doing his best but you could tell he didn't really know what to do with his cranky kids. Neither of the parents were thinking when they let their little boy sit on the outside of the boat without an adult right next to him. So here we are on PotC with these little kids in front of us. Hubby whispered to me when we all sat down to watch the little boy by the edge. Both of us thought he was too little to be on the outside and he seemed mighty fascinated with that water just over the side of the boat. We start moving along...the little girl is really whining about her belly and crying a little. Down the drop and she's really carrying on now. Then she got quiet. I thought she was now interested in the scenery. Nope. That was the quiet right before she blew chunks into the bottom of the boat. The girl started wailing in between heaves. Mom is trying to reach over Dad to help her while she's shouting orders to the dad to pick up the backpack. Dad is just sitting there obviously shocked by his spewing child and not knowing what the heck to do with that. Meanwhile, that little boy decided he wanted nothing to do with his sister or the mess she was making. He hops up onto his seat, put a foot on the edge, and was on his way out of the boat when I reached forward and caught him. I pulled him back to us and sat him down. Mom & Dad looked back and thanked me. Then I reached over the seat and spent the rest of the ride trying to help the little girl be still and get the situation under control. What a mess. I felt bad for the family. Definitely a case of parents not thinking and not being in a position to keep a handle on their kid. If I hadn't caught that little boy he'd have hopped right on into the water. I guess he thought anything beat being yacked on. :lol: Scared me pretty good. We definitely watch other kids around us. I've seen some really clueless parents. Then sometimes totally unexpected things can happen in an instant. All it takes is turning your attention away for a second.

Same thing happened to us on IASW. Only it was a hispanic woman on a cell phone not watching as her little Luis repeatedly tried to exit the craft only to be held down by me. Time after time, up would go Luis his foot on the rail and me sitting him back down while madre just yapped away oblivious. I should have thrown her phone in the water. Hola amigo, now I have your attention. Guess what Luis has gone adios!!!

 

[WDW2010]

Good grief, aren't people stupid. At least a little commonsense should be a pre-requisite to having children :hammer:

I've seen such crazy parents in Disney, they seem so clueless on what they are doing. I'm not exactly sure if I should even call them parents..

 

[raven]

That water isn't that deep, even for a 3 yr old huh? I know with kids it doesnt have to be deep for the worst to happen but i'm just asking in general.

At load/unload the water is between 6'-8' deep in order to hold the conveyors. There are also a few places along each boat ride that are deep as well to house the pumps and large pipes. But for most of the ride the water is only about 2'-3' deep.

 

[dramamama]

Yikes that's scary. These stories are probably going to make me even more paranoid and cautious on our trips with the kiddos. I have such well-behaved little ones and they totally understand how important it is to stay close to mommy and daddy and always wait for our help. But at the same time this never puts me at total ease and we are always on them and their safety! Before every trip we have a talk about this though, I think it's important that you're trying to teach them these concepts and can definitely be done starting around 2-3.
Sounds like some of these kids really should be on those child leashes.

LOVE our monkey leash!!!!!!! We do get lots of looks from people who think we are terrible for putting our son on a leash "like a puppy". But, I would rather do that than lose him in a crowd or risk him doing something impetuous like has been mentioned here. I do have to be careful that we do not let the strap part trip anyone or get caught on anything while getting on or off of a ride. For those times I try to wrap the strap around my hand and really shorten it. We use it more as insurance as he has been taught that he is still supposed to hold our hand. He just turned three, though, and the world - especially WDW - is a really cool place to explore. I feel safer with him wearing his "monkey pack-pack". I just wish I could get away with putting one on my six year old. He is really more squirrely than the three year old!

 

[ddrongowski]

At load/unload the water is between 6'-8' deep in order to hold the conveyors. There are also a few places along each boat ride that are deep as well to house the pumps and large pipes. But for most of the ride the water is only about 2'-3' deep.

Did the child fall on the conveyor belt? Or did he fall in deep water?

 

[MKCP 1985]

This family probably flew to WDW for their family vacation/holiday and sometime along the way a flight attendant told the adults that in the case of an emergency, to secure their oxygen masks on themselves first before taking care of their children. One little step down that road and the next thing you know, toddlers are diving into the Pirates of the Caribbean lagoon!

 

[bmarkelon]

LOVE our monkey leash!!!!!!! We do get lots of looks from people who think we are terrible for putting our son on a leash "like a puppy". But, I would rather do that than lose him in a crowd or risk him doing something impetuous like has been mentioned here. I do have to be careful that we do not let the strap part trip anyone or get caught on anything while getting on or off of a ride. For those times I try to wrap the strap around my hand and really shorten it. We use it more as insurance as he has been taught that he is still supposed to hold our hand. He just turned three, though, and the world - especially WDW - is a really cool place to explore. I feel safer with him wearing his "monkey pack-pack". I just wish I could get away with putting one on my six year old. He is really more squirrely than the three year old!

Haha! My leash comment wasn't meant to offend child leash users. I just meant that some people really should consider this option! I get what you mean about added insurance. It's not a bad idea, but still funny to see sometimes. I know a lot of people that love their monkey backpack leashes!

 

[R W B]

At load/unload the water is between 6'-8' deep in order to hold the conveyors. There are also a few places along each boat ride that are deep as well to house the pumps and large pipes. But for most of the ride the water is only about 2'-3' deep.

Thanks for the info. I didnt realize certain areas got that deep.

 

[britdaw]

Oh wow! Scary stuff. It only takes a second taking your eyes/hands off your kids for stuff like that to happen.

Reminds me of my first trip back as an adult with my DH in 1999. We were there without our kids who were just little guys at the time. We were on PotC with a family sitting in front of us. There was a little boy (maybe 5 or so) sitting on the left side of the boat, his slightly older sister sitting next to him (she seemed to be maybe 6 or so), the dad, and then the mom on the right side of the boat. We had listened to this family thru the whole line leading up to getting on the boat. The kids were both sorta cranky & tired, the little girl kept saying she didn't feel good, the mom was grumpy with the dad giving him all sorts of lip all the way along fussing at his every effort to interact with the kids, and the dad was just sorta meandering doing his best but you could tell he didn't really know what to do with his cranky kids. Neither of the parents were thinking when they let their little boy sit on the outside of the boat without an adult right next to him. So here we are on PotC with these little kids in front of us. Hubby whispered to me when we all sat down to watch the little boy by the edge. Both of us thought he was too little to be on the outside and he seemed mighty fascinated with that water just over the side of the boat. We start moving along...the little girl is really whining about her belly and crying a little. Down the drop and she's really carrying on now. Then she got quiet. I thought she was now interested in the scenery. Nope. That was the quiet right before she blew chunks into the bottom of the boat. The girl started wailing in between heaves. Mom is trying to reach over Dad to help her while she's shouting orders to the dad to pick up the backpack. Dad is just sitting there obviously shocked by his spewing child and not knowing what the heck to do with that. Meanwhile, that little boy decided he wanted nothing to do with his sister or the mess she was making. He hops up onto his seat, put a foot on the edge, and was on his way out of the boat when I reached forward and caught him. I pulled him back to us and sat him down. Mom & Dad looked back and thanked me. Then I reached over the seat and spent the rest of the ride trying to help the little girl be still and get the situation under control. What a mess. I felt bad for the family. Definitely a case of parents not thinking and not being in a position to keep a handle on their kid. If I hadn't caught that little boy he'd have hopped right on into the water. I guess he thought anything beat being yacked on. :lol: Scared me pretty good. We definitely watch other kids around us. I've seen some really clueless parents. Then sometimes totally unexpected things can happen in an instant. All it takes is turning your attention away for a second.

WOW.... Well hey, at least it made the ride memorable, huh? But that sucks for those parents. LOL Good on you for grabbing that little boy before he fell/jumped.

 

[unkadug]

I agree! I understand a back sack or something like that to hold essentials (diapers, Sippy cup, first aid etc) but sometimes I see people with huge backpacks and 1 small child. They do have lockers in the park if all of that stuff is needed. It would probably ease a lot of the stress off the parents who are lugging it around. People need to relax more.

Are the lockers really big enough to stuff your kids in there?


:lookaroun

 

[SplashDuck]

There are so many people now-a-dayswho let there kids run off and do waht ever they want to. And then, when the kids get hurt, or run into something, its someone else's fault.

I can't tell you how many times I have been walking through the parks and some kid just runs into me out of nowhere! And then when I tell the kid to watch out, the parks look at me like I'M the one who is messing with their kid!

 

[disney magic 06]

Are the lockers really big enough to stuff your kids in there?


:lookaroun

Love it!! :lol: :fork:

 

[MansionGoer13z]

Sound's like it is time for Disney to come up with a video with Jimminy Cricket in it teaching adults and kids a like about Theme Park Common Sense perhaps loop it on the Disney Resort info Channel if one exists. But then again what to do about those who stay offsite. Hmmm.... But I do infact, like the "stuff the kids in the locker solution" as well.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Walked the plank after failing to appropriately appreciate the Q

 

[Mickey is King]

I don't disagree that you have to watch your kids closely in WDW, but.....let's not cut anyone down until we know the all the facts.

Even the most rigid, mindful, watchful (is that a word?) parents have been taken off guard by their childeren a time or two.

That's why SOME things are called accidents.......no one is perfect and it only takes a fraction of a second for bad things to go down.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

I don't disagree that you have to watch your kids closely in WDW, but.....let's not cut anyone down until we know the all the facts.

Even the most rigid, mindful, watchful (is that a word?) parents have been taken off guard by their childeren a time or two.

That's why SOME things are called accidents.......no one is perfect and it only takes a fraction of a second for bad things to go down.

Ahemmmm

 

[Mickey is King]

a grammer lesson? really? someone's bored this morning.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Ehhhh no..