Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:23 pm
Count me in as another retired marching trombonist. This gang wouldn't make very good music, but we'd sure have fun doing it!
THere was the case, years ago, of a family that tried to sue the park because the entire family had been taken backstage and saw the characters, "with their heads off, and the weird breathing apparatus that they wear underneath, and it gave my kids nightmares!"flippin_mermaid wrote:I used to work at Disneyland (I quit in April), but I still somehow end up talking to people outside the park about the place!
So yesterday I'm at a friend's party and someone starts talking about Disneyland and they bring it to everyone's attention that I used to work there. So this guy proceeds to tell me that he won't ever take his 2 and 4 year old there again because he "heard" from some other guy that the people in the characters costumes don't wear clothes under the costume... I was like, "What?? That's insane, I've never seen that..." and he SWEARS that this guy told him that they were in Critter Country getting their pictures taken with Pooh and that Pooh crouched down and the front of the costume ripped open and the guy's *ahem* "wang" popped out at everyone!
I started laughing because it was just ridiculous and the guy got mad at me and told me "Now I know WHY they don't want you to work there... you think it's funny!" and I tried to explain that the cast members that *I* know and have seen ALWAYS wear clothing of some sort covering their body while in the costumes and that the costume couldn't rip open THAT easily, etc. He claims this just recently happened and that there is a lawsuit against Disney now because of it.... PLEASE tell me this isn't even true because I would feel so stupid after telling him he was lame for believing that story!
Anyway, it was pretty funny...
First of all, there has never been any breathing apparatus under any Disney character head!! We've worn ice vests on hot days to keep the ol' body temp down, but no breathing apparatus. And anyway, if I were a judge, and some idjit brought that one into my court, I'd simply ask if the kids had ever trick or treated. Yes? They have? And did your kids ever see their friends take off their masks? They did? Case dismissed!
Oh, and why did this family get taken backstage in the first place? THEY'D BEEN CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING!!! Great thing to teach your children...