• Disney sued by man who refused to move for Magic Kingdom parade
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https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-bz-disney-lawsuit-battery-proposal-20181004-story,amp.html I really feel bad for the cast member here.
Got a source that isn't blocked in europe?
Does this link work? https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/man-sues-disney-after-planned-proposal-leads-to-his-arrest/1501062601
I have lived with at least 6 Disney employees in the past and I have heard most of them say that people get hostile when told to move during the parade route, like moreso than any other attraction for some reason. Although it was Disneyland CA but I'm sure its the same in Orlando.
$5 says it's even worse in Orlando. While DL attracts a lot of people, WDW is marketed as a literal vacation kingdom to the world (bigger resort=more people=higher chance of this stuff happening). I've seen it happen several times over my once/twice a year, week long trips down there. I rarely sit around for parades anymore (RIP Spectromagic) but people get aggressive because it's their spot because they've "been waiting an hour for the parade and damn it, little Bobby is going to see the fire breathing dragon". Same thing applies to fireworks as well. If you sit in one spot for a half hour I can almost guarantee you'll see at least one aggressive tourist go up against a cast member. CM's don't get paid what they're worth. People down there get so entitled to the point where if they did something wrong, they'll blame it on the poor employee. (A very memorable time was a lady going off on our bus driver. That's a freaking story and a half)
People down there get so entitled to the point where if they did something wrong, they'll blame it on the poor employee. (A very memorable time was a lady going off on our bus driver. That's a freaking story and a half) You've caught my interest.
So we were on the bus coming back from the park, going to the Wilderness Lodge. The were a couple people standing but nothing too crazy. My parents and I were in the back of the bus with a family across the aisle (Mom, Dad, 2 kids). Now these seats face the aisle and the kid was in the seat closest to the door (right behind the brown panel): https://img00.deviantart.net/6f4b/i/2015/110/c/b/inside_of_a_disney_bus_by_azalon-d6hmnsi.jpg Now you see that black vertical bar that connects to the door? That's a pinch zone aka don't stick anything in there or else you're going to hurt. There was plenty of signage (at that point, this could be a old photo) there warning of this (on the back of that brown panel too!), so literally no excuses. Dad was occupied with one kid, mom was doing crap on her phone, and kid 2 was in the seat behind that brown panel on the left. The family wasn't tired or anything, so that excuse is out the window. Kid 2 kept climbing around that brown panel while the bus was in motion. Literally climbing. We make one stop at Fort Wilderness, doors open, and bam. The kid had his head in between the black bar and the door when it opened (because he stuck it in there when the bus was moving). The mother started screaming and freaking out and dad was confused. Bus driver hears the commotion and closes the door which releases the kids head. People get off and we start on our way to WL. Here's the fun part. The mother starts screaming at the bus driver that it was their fault their kid got their head stuck in the door. As we're on our way she's screaming about how she's going to get him fired and sue the park for a bad door design. Other people are commenting quietly around us how she wasn't watching and cameras would prove her wrong...but they were quiet about it. Now remember how I was across from them? Remember in the other thread where I can handle and make awkward situations? Well my dad and I are similar in that awkwardness is a joke to us. I straight up started laughing, looked at my dad and said something along the lines of "Wow, I saw that from a mile away but I guess mom was too busy on her phone to give a shit about her kid" and "I'm amazed her kid lasted this long with how little of a shit she gives about him" (crude, yes). We start talking to each other how she wasn't paying attention and how she'd get laughed off by management once the camera footage is reviewed. We get a nice stare from her. Some other guy agreed with us that "she shouldn't have been fucking around on her phone and should've been a mother and be watching her kid". Another group down below heard us and commented in agreement. So a decent group of people saw what was going to happen and knew she was being dumb. She keeps running her mouth loudly saying the same stuff repeatedly (fire the driver, sue Disney, free vacation, etc). We get to WL and everyone starts to get off. That family gets off out the back door, walks by the front door and she tells the driver he won't have a job soon (her husband was embarrassed at this point). One of the people that started to talk to us said "watch this, I'm going to ruin her whole night". How did he do that? He went to the front desk right behind her. I went back to the room to get my mug and then to the cafe which means I have to pass through the lobby. She's there yelling at the front desk while the one random guy is there talking to another CM and defending the driver, saying she wasn't paying attention, and how the kid literally climbed into there versus falling or being in the lower area and getting trapped. I don't know what happened but I hope the driver didn't face any sort of punishment. Also, a driver can lose their job if someone else hits them. No joke. Bus in the middle of a green light in traffic and someone blows through a red light going 50mph and t-bones the bus? They have a good chance of losing their job. I've spoken to several drivers in the past and they said Disney is pretty relentless on safety even when it is 100% out of the drivers hands. So that makes me wonder about incidents like this. Before anyone says anything about "why didn't I say anything to the mom?" simply put, I've done it in the past in other occasions and was blown off and in one case to "they aren't your kid" (sorry if I don't want to see them get hurt). Ex. 1, A kid was doing whatever the hell they wanted, including jumping around on seats. I said something like "excuse me, they should be careful, they might fall". Mom and dad ignored me (only got a stare from them) only to watch their kid be thrown to the ground a minute later because buses can accelerate faster then you expect. Ex. 2, another kid almost lost their fingers when they were docking a boat. I just pointed at them and the mom literally waived me off. The pilot luckily looked before they pulled in all the way and turned the back outward so the kid would have a full hand (or at least not be bruised. Of course mom got mad at the driver for the rough turn). The boat was exactly as below. They were in the mid area (the part that comes closest to the dock) with their hands waiving in the white area which is easily a pinch area. https://thumbor.thedailymeal.com/8gIHbHJNThYE2oZKCEtAwdtYhe4=/840x565/https://www.thedailymeal.com/sites/default/files/2018/05/02/1_Boat%20Across%207%20seas%20lagoon_slide_Edit.jpg Trust me, you want to do the right thing down there sometimes and people don't want to hear it. It's Disney so they should be able to do anything and be 100% fine. But if someone looks lost and asks me for help, I'll go out of my way to walk them to whatever ride or restaurant they're trying to find. Tl;dr: Shit ton of signage can't fix stupid/bad parenting. And nothing is the customers fault, it is always Disney's fault. No matter what.
That works, thanks.
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