Ok, as I write this we are still on vacation in the parks of Disneyland and California Adventure.
This all happened within two consecutive days. Had to write it now so I would not forget.
While waiting in line to watch World of Color, I watched as a parent became extremely frightened for the lady turned around and her daughter was missing. My family and I heard her calling for about ten minutes. She was not close to me in the line so all we could do was pray that she went to find a cast member and get help. We always try to help when we can. Felt really bad for the lady. Wish she would have held onto her daughters hand the whole time.
Ok, situation #2 standing in line for the Casey train in Disneyland. The lady from most likely Japan was watching her little ones, I mean really little ones from several feet away while in line. The line began to move and she let the little ones just keep playing. At the same time she would not look at the children. AAHHHH!!! The line moved some more and she was about 35 feet away and the line kept moving. All I could think of was someone picking up the very little girl and taking the child away. So, I picked up the little one and said "excuse me" to the other people in line so I could hand the very little one to the mother. I preceeded to tell her that she needed to watch her children so no one could take them away.
Situation #3, The alice in wonderland ride broke down for a few minutes and people were stuck for about 10-15 min. Well, as we just decided to wait in line, we saw two kids around 10-12 get off the ride and wait for their parents who decided to stay on the ride until they got it running. I had to parent their kids for the boy was picking up stuff and his hands were under the wheels of the ride. AAAHHHHH!!! I had to tell the boy several times to stay away from the track and stay behind the yellow line. All we could think of was the ride would start and the boys hand would get caught under the wheel and track then get hurt. Oh yeah, then the boy and the girl began throwing little round things from the tree that dropped on the ground at the ride. The cast member politely asked them to stop. Did the kids stop no way. Oh, not quite done yet. Then when the parents got down to the exit, the wife said, " I want free fastpasses now". Ok, my husband and I just looked at each other and shook our heads.
Situation #4, while at the thunder ranch coloring pages with our kids this little child began to scream and cry it's head off. Then the child proceeded to kick it's mother and this went on for 10 minutes. My husband told me to mind my own business. Well, there were two other families there and they just looked at the parents wanting to say " Control your child!!".
I guess this bit of venting is to say, people need to be more aware of what their lack of parenting is doing to others around them in the park. My advice is; Please be respectful to the other families in the parks, if your child is throwing a huge fit, get them under control. Watch your children, they could be hurt or taken from you forever.
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