For all the friends of characters

[*pixie*]

saw this and thought you might enjoy it. Maybe this should be handed out on the bus's, trams and monorails prior to visiting a park.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A627699

[IndyandMarion]

Eh. The only time I'd have my army of squirrels attack a character is if someone that I despise was inside "protraying" the character.

Other than that situation, there's a person inside?

[BirdMom]

That article should be added to "Rules for Guests" in its entirety.

[leftcoaster]

Too bad it can't be put in the back of tickets.

But how about a sign in front of all entrances: "By passing through the entrance gates you agee to the following:"

[BRWombat]

saw this and thought you might enjoy it. Maybe this should be handed out on the bus's, trams and monorails prior to visiting a park.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A627699

Good idea, but it wouldn't work in practice:

(1) The guests receiving the article would have to be able read.

(2) Those that can read, would have to then read it.

(3) Those few remaining souls who actually read it would have to be able to understand it. "Check your brains at the gate" and all that...

Still, a good article.

[felinefan]

As far as the questions go, (would you attack a stranger on the street, etc.), you must remember that this is a British publication, and most of the Brits I've met are very rational people--more so than the average American . The average Brit would stop and think and say no they wouldn't attack a stranger on the street, but quite a few Americans, especially the young ones, would say "Hell, yeah!" because they think it's funny. Never think they'll be recognized and sued, arrested, etc.. Of course when was the last time we all saw a guest who could think, period? If there were any this site wouldn't exist. But let's face it, the last generation or so of Americans hasn't been big on following rules. We used to be so civilized.....

[Zazu]

But let's face it, the last generation or so of Americans hasn't been big on following rules. We used to be so civilized.....

We used to be so civilized because we all lived in fear that the nearest adult would smack us if we got out of line. And if our parents heard of it, they'd smack us for doing something that got us smacked! Now we hardly dare reprimand our own kids.

You know, I'm almost glad I'm getting out of the park.

[KieranDotW]

If only this were true :( My sister's going to be a "friend of Mickey's" this summer as an ICP and I cringe at all the horror stories I've heard. She's pretty small and I don't know if she could take all the kids' hits...

[Darksin]

We used to be so civilized because we all lived in fear that the nearest adult would smack us if we got out of line. And if our parents heard of it, they'd smack us for doing something that got us smacked! Now we hardly dare reprimand our own kids.

Oh god.. the hand. It makes me shudder to remember it!
There you are, goofing off and having a good time. Then, all of a sudden.. out of NOWHERE the 'RUBBER ARM OF DEATH' comes around the corner and *SMACK*. You sure as hell didn't screw around in a theme park because when your parents said "Keep it up and we're leaving" them really would. Right after a very public whooping if you really screwed up.

You didn't screw around because that adult would smack you, then call your parents who would whoop your ass. Let's face it, we all still did it but our Ninja skills got very good, very quick! It was a survival instinct in anyone currently over the age of about 28 now.


Kids today, I can't understand it. You can't even punish a kid now, 'Time Out' is probably considered abuse much less anything that would get threw the kids head as 'Don't. Do. It. Again.'. I see so many parents, even outside of the park who just give their kids anything they want to shut them up. It's an entire generation of spoiled entitlement wimps.
Okay not all of them are bad, the problem is the majority you encounter are just little Hellspawn.

-BEST BIRTH CONTROL EVER-

Although I have to say, I'm going to just sit back and HOWL with laughter when these kids hit the real world and realize it just doesn't work like that!

[WEDFan]

We used to be so civilized because we all lived in fear that the nearest adult would smack us if we got out of line. And if our parents heard of it, they'd smack us for doing something that got us smacked! Now we hardly dare reprimand our own kids.

You know, I'm almost glad I'm getting out of the park.

Even putting the smacking aside, you see the same thing in schools. It used to be, if you didn't behave in school, you got detention. Then when your parents found out you had gotten detention, you'd get grounded. Now most of the time a school tries to hand out any punishment, the parents show up defending their little darling, who would never really do anything wrong, so the school obviously made some sort of mistake or are out to get their poor child.