Obviously incurring the wrath of mothers, I agree, maybe mom wanted to ride with the family, maybe family wanted to ride with mom. I have been there, great that they were allowed on, I applaud the CM's judgement. However, If baby has to eat, feed it.If the family is all about togetherness, they can wait.So you missed your FP window, get another, go standby, ride something else, enjoy the time, Disney is agreat place to be for families and guest service is second to none, quite honestly it's why I go. Again, not in this case because it turned out great, but for the family missing the window and holding up others while they try to press their point and take advantage of the system, ask, if you get turned away, you are in Disney, enjoy it.
This was my thought as well. The OP got some ride magic last spring...someone else got some this year...big deal. I have to wonder if there were others that were miffed when the OP got her magic in March??
Of course, moms pretty much can tell how long their baby is going to take to eat. Kids are usually pretty regular..at least mine were. So, if the baby normally took an hour to eat, then perhaps they should have used the FP before feeding the baby. But, that's not the issue here.
Actually, OP didn't receive any magic last Spring, I beleive that's OP's primary issue.
Actually, OP didn't receive any magic last Spring, I beleive that's OP's primary issue.
You were lucky!
Mine were both very irregular, both with eating and sleeping. And then there was the colic! I wouldn't have tried handing a hungry baby off to anyone, and running off to ride. That'd have just been cruel. And not just to the person stuck with the baby, but to everyone around them. Actually, I wouldn't have brought either of my dear little monsters to Disney when they were infants, now that I think of it. Camping with them was bad enough!
Like almost everyone else posting here, I find it funny that the OP, who was "pixie dusted" seems to pointing out how unfair it is that someone else received a similar break from CMs. I find it equally funny that folks here go through the OP's post history to find "incriminating" statements. It's an open discussion, not a political campaign.
I suddenly had an image of a new TV show called "DIS Pickers" that has a couple of women digging through virtual garages and horady-homes of dead threads looking for valuable nuggets of information .Ah, but without the previous-post-pickers, how would we know she'd been formerly pixie-dusted herself? Her original post gave the impression that she hadn't.
And yes, highly entertaining thread!
I had been wondering if they would make exceptions for medical emergencies; it kind of sounds like they probably would (although of course I wouldn't bank on it; probably depends on the CM).
Then again, if it was a true medical emergency, I would think that the family has a lot more on their mind than whether or not they're still going to be able to ride Toy Story, or whatever. I can't see someone who had a medical emergency showing up three hours late saying, "Hey ... dude ... sorry, had a heart attack and missed my window. Can I ride now?"
I am standing there like it took you an hour to feed/nurse your child? That was their excuse for not making it back in time. The guy let them go through!
On Friday we had quite the day, we had to check out of our hotel due to having the check-out date wrong and then my dad had to return merchandise at various parks and so he didn't get back together with my mom and I until after 1:00. As tradition we always ride Space Mountain first, I got fast passes for my dad and I to ride when he met up. Well I barely made it back in time to ride it once, let alone both times.
I showed the guy at the check-in I had 2 passes and it was getting close with the time and he said that he would honor it if I didn't get back in before the time as long as it was 5 minutes or so after. I was very lucky, I got back at 12:28 and he looked at it at 12:29 and the pass expired at 12:30.
But standing there there was a family in front of me who had passes that expired an hour before and I am standing there watching the time change like OMG I am not going to get through cause they didn't follow the rules. I heard the lady say "I had to feed my baby." I am standing there like it took you an hour to feed/nurse your child? That was their excuse for not making it back in time. The guy let them go through!
I wanted to say something because this happened to us in March, we didn't know the fast policy changed and we had many passes that had expired and were not honored. I just blew it off and showed my about to expire pass and walked in.
But aren't they not suppose to honor them that late unless like the supervisor/manager okays it? We were lucky that the manager/supervisor got us the VIP treatment on 2/3 rides we missed out on, but my jaw hit the ground when he let them in.
Oh believe me...I've had 'that' baby. My middle child was the poster child for colic babies!!! There were times when the people above us (thank heaven they were friends!!!) made comments the next day about 'our previous evening'!!!!Agreed! I think it's tough to understand unless you've had a "challenging" baby.
On the DIS boards, it seems like we only hear happy trip reports of infants that nurse discretely in a queue, nap on rides in their carrier, effortlessly sleep through the night in a hotel, and never cry. It isn't always that easy.
I'm not taking my baby until he's fully weaned. Even then, we're bringing two sets of grandparents for reinforcement, and going in with very low expectations.
If I were the mom in the OP's experience, I'd be thrilled to ride a roller coaster again!
I wasn't thinking of go-to-the-hospital level emergencies. I was thinking more along the lines of "had to make a quick trip to first aid" or "had to wait until my blood glucose came back up to normal before I could safely walk" sort of things.