I was told around the lunch table, that Disneyland Resort now has a wrist band program. They put one on your child and one on you and when leaving the park, they must match up. Anyone have an experience with this program? Seems like a great one to me. :confused:

Has there been a bunch of abductions at the park?

They do the wristband thing at Chuckie Cheese.

In our neck of the woods, CC uses Stamps and they are checked very closely.

Abductions, you both the CA would here about these more than I would on your local news and do you thinnk that Disney would want you to here about the lose of a child.

I know that Disney would do most anything to insure the safety of children and thought it was a good idea. I bit expensive to operate and maintain. Seemed when I heard it that most parents, IF they could afford it, would want something like this, just in case. :D

What happens if the group splits? Mom and Suzy come in early and then Dad and Johnny come later but then mom and Johnny want to leave while dad and Suzy stays? Doesn't seem like it will work very well.

I do think this is a good idea - but I can see it being a waste of time. There are what - 2 ways out of DL and one way out of CA? Seems easy to "lockdown" if needed.

We had a conversation with a security person regarding missing children at the park and she said they have never lost a child since the park opened. I'm not sure if a child and the parents weren't reunited she would have told us, but I think they have a pretty good system in place when it comes to missing kids. Any CM's have more info they can share?

Although I think it would be a good idea, I agree with the poster that said the limited exits would be easy to lock down if need be. I taught my 3yo to look for a character or someone with a Mickey name tag if he ever can't find mommy or daddy. He now points out the name tags all the time.

Went back to the lunch table after all and he was there when they used the wrist bands for height. He got confused after asking his wife and got me all worked up.

If you can't watch your kids, a wrist band for tracking purposes would be good. But the expense and possible confussion would be aweful.

Thanks for asking a security person and that is what I am reading.

The security is in place, they have a plan and hopefully all you and your families as well as mine, never see it in action.

Thanks for all the posts. We care about each other.

See you at DL 21-25 Feb. :)

BA

What a great idea! I wonder if this is implemented at WDW as well. The thing we have always done is write on a piece of paper our name, the hotel we are staying in and any relevent numbers (cell etc..) and then put it in the kids fannie packs.

This would be a great relief for me because Disney is a big place and you never know when you're going to get lost in the shuffle. :)

Though it was like 30 years ago I got lost at DL as a little kid on a very crowded saturday. Within minuites I was sheperded by a CM to the place where children wait for their lost parents. I like to think that security has not diminished since then.

We taught or daughter her first and last names and our as well when she was 2 for just this reason. I'll be pointing out the name tags when we go in May.

We did something rather mean to The Boy when he was younger. He was in the stage where he liked to take off, not at a run, but still get way out infront of us. He was out of his stroller (I think we had it, but he wanted out), and the harness never worked with him. He pulled away from our hands and started off. We let him get a ways out, we could see him, he could not see us. We watched him begin to panic. He never EVER did that again. Even now, at a place he knows and is known, he still lets me know when he is going to the bathroom (he is 8).

We did something rather mean to The Boy when he was younger. He was in the stage where he liked to take off, not at a run, but still get way out infront of us. He was out of his stroller (I think we had it, but he wanted out), and the harness never worked with him. He pulled away from our hands and started off. We let him get a ways out, we could see him, he could not see us. We watched him begin to panic. He never EVER did that again. Even now, at a place he knows and is known, he still lets me know when he is going to the bathroom (he is 8).
my parents did this to me too, it worked for me :)

We did something rather mean to The Boy when he was younger. He was in the stage where he liked to take off, not at a run, but still get way out infront of us. He was out of his stroller (I think we had it, but he wanted out), and the harness never worked with him. He pulled away from our hands and started off. We let him get a ways out, we could see him, he could not see us. We watched him begin to panic. He never EVER did that again. Even now, at a place he knows and is known, he still lets me know when he is going to the bathroom (he is 8).

I have done this to both of my kids and, trust me, they never leave your side again. I remember my grandfather doing this to me when I was 4 and having a temper tantrum at a toy store. Let's just say, I remember what it feels like to think you have been left and it worked with my kids. I live in a small town though so it makes it easy to do that at the grocery store with the help of one of their own workers keeping an eye on them just in case the unthinkable were to happen. I will confess this to them when they are, oh...40! ;)

We did something rather mean to The Boy when he was younger. He was in the stage where he liked to take off, not at a run, but still get way out infront of us. He was out of his stroller (I think we had it, but he wanted out), and the harness never worked with him. He pulled away from our hands and started off. We let him get a ways out, we could see him, he could not see us. We watched him begin to panic. He never EVER did that again. Even now, at a place he knows and is known, he still lets me know when he is going to the bathroom (he is 8).

Well who ever this worked for...Lucky you. I did this with my sister. We where in TT and she keeped walking off, well I could see her and she couldn't see me. I watched her make a bee line for a Goofy plush doll, then started looking around for me. Didn't see me went to a cast member, saw both of them looking around. Followed her and the CM to lost and found. Then I decided to go to the bathroom and stroll through a few shops (about 15-20mins) later I walked into L&F. She was eating an ice cream cone and Mickey Mouse was in there signing papers for them. The CM had let her keep the Goofy doll. So as we where walking out she asked if she could get lost again. ****Hands up in the air*** no we are going home.

Well who ever this worked for...Lucky you. I did this with my sister. We where in TT and she keeped walking off, well I could see her and she couldn't see me. I watched her make a bee line for a Goofy plush doll, then started looking around for me. Didn't see me went to a cast member, saw both of them looking around. Followed her and the CM to lost and found. Then I decided to go to the bathroom and stroll through a few shops (about 15-20mins) later I walked into L&F. She was eating an ice cream cone and Mickey Mouse was in there signing papers for them. The CM had let her keep the Goofy doll. So as we where walking out she asked if she could get lost again. ****Hands up in the air*** no we are going home.
LOL. IMO they make lost and found too "fun." My nephew wondered off from us and when we went to Lost and Found he was in there with Pochantis, John Smith, and Meeko having a grand old time. I still don't think he understood that he was lost and that we were worried about him and this nearly 9 years ago. He just thought it was the greatest thing having his own priviate party with Pochantis. :rolleyes:

I wrote an article about the lost children process at Disneyland (http://www.mouseplanet.com/akrock/akrock7.htm). That article is very near and dear to my heart because the wonderful, beautiful CM who talked to me and let me interview her for it passed away a few years ago from breast cancer. She was a wonderful woman and she really wanted parents to know about the information in that article!

My favorite tip from that article is this:

Once at the park, take children up to CMs and show them what a white CM namebadge looks like. Many people at Disney parks have souvenir badges on, so you want the children to know to find a person who has a white CM namebadge. Remind them that if they are lost, CMs are safe people.

There are currently no wristband systems in place at Disneyland for children- neither to establish heights for restricted rides nor for security. I can't imagine the bottleneck at the gates if they had to try to match every adult and child going through the gates!! Disneyland may use wristbands for private events and such, but not for height or family matching.

Adrienne