GirlDreamer
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2011
In December, I was walking with my DS to get in line for Aladdin's Carpets and as we were walking by the Tiki Room I heard a CM (wasn't dressed in costume) instruct a younger CM to stand right there (she was in costume) and several other CMs over by the Tiki Room were on the walkies etc. I looked and there was a stroller parked up next to the Carpet ride with a small baby sleeping it No adults in sight! It was an odd stroller with some kind of cover since it was pretty cold and would be easy not to notice the baby in there. I gave the CM standing there a wide eyed OMG look when I realixed what was happening. We got in line and I continued to watch to see what would happen. Several other CMs showed up but they all stood back near the Tiki Room discussing with only the one CM standing near the stroller and she was really several feet to the side, and then here comes what I presume was the baby's mother back through the Aladdin line, she was up near the front of the line with an older woman and a small girl. About the time they she reached the area where the stroller was, a man showed up from the direction of the Jungle Cruise (getting fp's maybe?) The CMs came over immediately and were attempting to express that it was not OK to just leave the baby unattended, the family was obviously from Asia and kept trying to walk away not seeming to understand and the CMs were saying that security was on the way and they should wait there for security. I didn't see the end because we were at a point in line where I couldn't see clearly. There was very little fuss, I doubt if most people realized anything was happening.
You have no idea, there's many people who's willing to leave their small kids behind on their own to go on a ride. I've been accused of several parents of leaving their kids on their own because they expect me to watch them. Worst part though, when I worked in a smaller park that had a small water park area within it, was that sooo many parents would leave their small kids in the water park area all on their own while going on the rides themselves. There were so many times when we had to fish up a small kids that went under in the water and we couldn't find the parents because they were playing around in the park.
Also, one of the pp's mentioned how the undercover CMs kept asking if they wanted medical assistance. The reason why they ask several times is because it's Disney policy to ask the guests three times. It's probably because of the liability issue, that if a guest declines three times, then at least they've been offered and also had the opportunity to rethink their answer as some people tend to decline it the first time.