Stories about guest behavior in theme parks.
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Hey, that is my nephew and niece you are talking about! :twisted: :hysteria:ktulu wrote:Who cares if someone with a similiar name is offended, that's their problem.
Otherwise, we might as well call them something like tuoafasdfoqw and otadnfoqdfewqior.
Great Googly Moogly, THAT had to be embarassing.Cheshire Figment wrote:Several years ago Judy had a very embarrassing moment at the Frontierland Train Station because of leaning on the railing. She managed somehow to get her knee through the space between the 4x4 vertical posts and could not get it back out.
She, I and the CM at the station worked for several minutes manipulating her leg but could not get the knee back to the Guest side of the railing. Finally the CM called RCES and they sent a squad with a Jaws of Life; put the JoL down at the bottom of the posts and it then pushed them apart and she was able to get her leg out.
I wonder what the maintenance people thought of when they had to put the fencing back together.
Of course Judy was very careful about leaning on fences in the future.
THAT is something I would do as well. Things like that happen to me all the time. Thankfully not yet at a Disney Park, just in my sad little life. :p:Well, again, that's the one in a million.GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:yeah, but the SG's will ignore even the nicest CM!! And then complain when you tell them something to protect them from harm!
We were buying tickets to get into the Louvre when we hear a blood curdling scream. Some kid had managed to get himself between the moving rubber hand hold on one of the escalators and a railing. The rubber was moving across his stomach and pulling him farther in. Luckily a guard ran over and hit the E-Stop button before the kid got much of a friction burn. The entrance lobby makes a great echo chamber!Cheshire Figment wrote:Several years ago Judy had a very embarrassing moment at the Frontierland Train Station because of leaning on the railing. She managed somehow to get her knee through the space between the 4x4 vertical posts and could not get it back out.
Anyone who has gotten shocked would not do it again, unless they wanted to, those things hurt!! then again, there ARE some people that like that sort of thing!Randy B wrote:You obviously have never come in contact with an electric livestock fence. It may be referred to as "tickling" but it is a tiny bit more entertaining than that. A casual brush can feel like a casual brush against a branding iron (but no burn mark). And it is a pulsing zap, about 2 pulses per second. Anyone who "gets jollies" from such a zap is WAY beyond enjoying anything that Disney would offer.
Randy
I have seen this time and again in both my professional life and private. Some people have attitude of "what can I get for free" or "how can I make this pay me" every once in a while you run across people that want the "world" to give them a living, weather to put themselves in a situation that they can sue someone or a big corporation, or see how they can manipulate the rules to benefit themselves. Its the modern day equivalent of begging or scamming. you see it every day. Some of the SG's that a lot of people talk about here, and other places, seem to have this attitude, and you are right, it does seem to be getting bigger.susislicker wrote:I really don't get it. Is stupidity on the rise or are these people coming out of the woodwork because they see other lawsuits and think they will win big bucks from Disney's deep pockets? I NEVER am thinking about ways to make money off of the venue I am at, whether it be Disneyland, a grocery store or a skating rink. I believe safety should be first in everyone's, including the guest's minds. I know that Traditions puts Safety at the top of the list right before Courtesy, Show and Efficiency and it is as it should be. If you see some SG taking a header into the Sub Lagoon, then Safety should be the first thing to consider, not *On with the Show* And by telling the SGs that it is dangerous to lean, sit, spin and stand on their head like Criss Angel on the railings or chains is not bad show, it is the first thing EVERY business should be looking out for, for it's patrons. People will find ANY reason to get money, greed begets bad behavior and it seems they are going to the Parks looking for ways to make money from Disney, Not all SGs, just that special breed of SG that thinks this is their ticket out of the Trailer Park. The other SGs just make for good stories and bad shifts.... :mad:
I thank every CM for giving me a safety spiel, they are trying to keep me in one piece, unbleeding and alive. :)
Take care and try to laugh it off, I am usually the first person you hear laughing at the poor sap who fell on his/her poor, wittle head. :twisted:
SusiSlicker
p.s. as far as being a hypocrite, we all have those little moments. When you get to be my age, you can call them Senior Moments! ;)
Did you get pictures!! (without getting things thrown at you!) heheheCheshire Figment wrote:Several years ago Judy had a very embarrassing moment at the Frontierland Train Station because of leaning on the railing. She managed somehow to get her knee through the space between the 4x4 vertical posts and could not get it back out.
She, I and the CM at the station worked for several minutes manipulating her leg but could not get the knee back to the Guest side of the railing. Finally the CM called RCES and they sent a squad with a Jaws of Life; put the JoL down at the bottom of the posts and it then pushed them apart and she was able to get her leg out.
I wonder what the maintenance people thought of when they had to put the fencing back together.
Of course Judy was very careful about leaning on fences in the future.
Oh my, the SG's are in FRANCE!! Hmm, maybe the are trying to trace to Sicon!!hobie16 wrote:We were buying tickets to get into the Louvre when we hear a blood curdling scream. Some kid had managed to get himself between the moving rubber hand hold on one of the escalators and a railing. The rubber was moving across his stomach and pulling him farther in. Luckily a guard ran over and hit the E-Stop button before the kid got much of a friction burn. The entrance lobby makes a great echo chamber!
We never figured out how she had gotten it in, and she was unwilling to try again. When we were trying to get it out (and she was wearing shorts, so no clothing in the way) the CM and I both (and later the squad people) attempted to both support her (while she was holding onto the horizontal rail at the top) and maneuver her leg. It must have been the angle that the leg went in that allowed the skin to compress enough to go in, but when trying to get it back out the skin would have been stacking up against the bones.susislicker wrote:How in the world did she get her leg in there in the first place? Inquiring minds want to know, so *I* can avoid doing it myself and having them have to go through the same thing again for me! :hysteria:
I did value my life and if I had even taken a camera out she might have killed me. Luckily for us it was a slow time of year and really before digital cameras had caught on. Also, the CM would not have allowed any Guests to go to the track side of the railing for pictures.Grumpy Pirate wrote:Did you get pictures!! (without getting things thrown at you!) hehehe