Fighting height requirements

[Beatlegirl28]

Im new one the board 1st of all so I didnt see one about this, a fellow cm told me about this place so I thought Id see how others felt. Last week this family got into a war over the height requirement at the attraction. When I say attraction I mean all of us working. The 1st cm asked if they could check the little boys height, because he looked rather small and was being carried right away met with hostility with a short "why!?"
She said "well be do have a height requirement of ___ins. Response was "Well I didnt see that, we waited this whole line and he cant ride." (still hadnt measured him) Clearly though to small. 15 minute wait time by the way.
The CM says yes, the is a height marker in the front along with a sign that tell about the attraction"
Again with the short answers "Well I (we) didnt see it"
Cm: "well we do speil periodic to the line about everything"
She looked at me because she knew I was listening and I mouthed to her with the period of time they would have been in line it we had speiled 3x. 3!
So there next response was "Well we couldnt here it" Which is comepletely possible in certain sections of the line only in the ride is going by, but everytime we had speil it wasnt. I did two out of three speils.They continued going round and round. Continuely changing the words didnt see/hear" and finally gave up.
I walked over to the other CM who had the mic at that time give a quick story of what things they were saying so she proceed to speil again speaking really slow. The family that got to ride looked at her while they were entering the ride vehicle. As they heard her talking says "you need speakers in your line" Who the hell do they think she was saying all that info to herself?
The grandma who had done most of the fighting sat out with him anyway, we offered a switch she said no she didnt want to ride. So she didnt want to because smallest grandson couldnt ride, or she didnt like coasters. They didnt want to wait and talk to a lead. Anyway the lead showed up barely 2 minutes laters I say. "so all are signage and height markers ran away, oh and we need speakers in our queue" Explained her the story, she went to check it out and they were all there and the listened while a Cm speils to the queue. Everything worked.
This is just one case but there are tons of fights where they need to see a lead or a manager because there child is to short and its always the ones who are missing by a inch or shorter. Its alwasy met with the "so they cant ride?" So my thought is do people choose to ignore the stuff in order to cause a fight and get some compensation for a child not riding (whatever it maybe) or are they seriously thinking of putting their child in danger because it ruins there fun if they cant ride all together. Fun or safety? Really?

[Lasolimu]

So my thought is do people choose to ignore the stuff in order to cause a fight and get some compensation for a child not riding (whatever it maybe) or are they seriously thinking of putting their child in danger because it ruins there fun if they cant ride all together. Fun or safety? Really?

I think it's a little of both. A lot of parents seem to have very little care when it comes to the safety of their children and only care for themselves. I would blame the generation overall, but I know that isn't necessarily the problem. And there are many sites out there that attempt to teach people to scam the parks so it is also likely that they are trying to get something. Both of these have a lot of stories stemming from them around here, have a look around and you will see what I mean.

Anyway, allow me to be the first to offer you a very warm* welcome to that slice of the internet we call SGT. This website contains threads with quick twists and turns and advise you to not try to hard to keep up with them. Please keep your hands, arms, and legs safely inside the website at all times and enjoy your stay. The Marsupial Welcoming Committee should be along shortly with your care package.

*this instance of warm is actually hot** and not really warm

**this instance of hot means that you are now literally on fire, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for any inconvenience

[turkeyham]

Wecome to the fun zone! I agree, SG who claim that their kid can go on a ride not fit for his height is incorrect. If you disobey a CM and it is a safety issue, yes, CM's are correct.

[CptnSkippy]

I used to work at a go cart track, and the height requirements were on all signs, the tickets and we would still get the people that would say we ruined their vacation.

HELLO, YOUR KID CAN'T REACH THE PEDALS!

[DragonFox98]

Welcome!!!!

As for height requirements - I know they're there for a reason; my kids know they're there for a reason. My son was a bit miffed on our April 2006 trip because he was not the required 46 inches to ride RnRC, but he knew he could "fall out" or come to serious harm if he wasn't the right size. He waited and it was worth it (although, I felt really bad because we couldn't ride in October 2007 because I was preggers - he had to wait until September 2009).

Don't people realize that their kids can be harmed if they're too short? Oh, wait, that's right.....they're SGs so they don't care; their wants and needs outweigh anything else on their vacation.

[Cheshire Figment]

It is really very simple. At each Park entrance put an electronic measuring device. On a child's first entry to the Park a RFID microchip is implanted in a specific location, such as the left shoulder.

The child is then measured with shoes off and the measurement is keyed to the RFID chip.

When the child approaches any ride with a height restriction, at the entrance to the queue as well as in the boarding area there will be either a red or green light that will light up. It also will clearly indicate yes or no to cover people who say they are color blind.

The chip will be valid in all Disney Parks. And on a subsequent trip the measurement can be updated.

Now all we need to do in convince both Disney and the stupid parents that this is a reasonable thing to do.

I mean it is fairly easy to put a RFID chip in a cat or dog, why not a child?

[delsdad]

I mean it is fairly easy to put a RFID chip in a cat or dog, why not a child?

A few days ago we were talking with my 7 year old about the microchip in our cat. We explained why we had it implanted. My daughter thought about it, then asked "Did you have ME microchipped ?" She thought it only reasonable that if we value the cat enough to do it, we would certainly value her enough to do so !

[DisneyMom]

Ooooooooh! I wanna microchip the SGs, Pick Me! :D:

[hobie16]

Ooooooooh! I wanna microchip the SGs, Pick Me! :D:

I bet you'd use a macrochip. :dropmouth

[BRWombat]

The Marsupial Welcoming Committee should be along shortly with your care package.

Hey, don't overpromise. The care packages have been discontinued after someone complained. They just contained a coupon good for a free monorail ride from Wallaby -- he's no longer driving; one free legal question to me, with no guarantee of the accuracy of the answer; and a six-pack of empties from darph, who is not even a marsupial. I think he was just looking for a place to put his empties.

Im new one the board 1st of all so I didnt see one about this, a fellow cm told me about this place so I thought Id see how others felt. ...

Glad to have you here, Beatlegirl!!!

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