"Apology? Who told you to accept an apology? I didn't tell you to accept an apology. Someone hits you, and you accept an apology? This is a public humiliation!"
Posted on 01/08/2007 7:10:02 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
The immediate trip to the hospital is also telling. Not the first aid station, not the medics, but the hospital.
OK, who let Grumpy wear the Tigger suit?
(Just send out Bashful or Dopey to the family to make amends.)
That being said, I did used to fantasize about taping a "kick me" sign to Winnie the Pooh's butt just to be a jerk ... ;^ ) Had Pooh whacked me a good 'n, I'd have deserved it.
In the video, it looked to me like the twerp was trying to pull the zipper on the back of Tigger's suit. It's cute when a three year old yanks Santa's beard, but not so much when it's a high school student. Anyway, it's hard to see in those suits. Tigger probably just meant to push the turd's shoulder to get his arm away. Not that that qualified as a punch in my book. I hope this family of wannabe hucksters receives nothing but national humiliation and a lifetime ban from Disney Land.
Along those same lines see my post #6.
My husband worked at Disneyland when he was in college. They had orders to keep an eye on the employees in character costumes. The costumed employees can be male or female. There have been times when someone will grab and grope a character. Children have his them and if you look at the picture the kid has his hand behind tigger and doesn't move it until he is hit. He could have discovered a bra strap under the costume and was harrassing the character even as his parents filmed. Look at his expression, he is up to no good.
D'oh should have read incident report, the actor was a man.
The father is still a scumbag.
Well, if you look at what they did for the family, it wasn't anything that really cost them money -- just free passes to the park, some special access, that kind of thing.
It still cuts into profits, but is probably one of the few things the local management has the authority to award independent of senior approval.
Lucky e-Gore didn't hoof-em and Tigger was de-clawed and Owl didn't poop on their heads.
Nothing worse than being attacked by all the Disney characters,....(the kid will probably have nightmares about mean little dwarves.) /sarc off
"Apology? Who told you to accept an apology? I didn't tell you to accept an apology. Someone hits you, and you accept an apology? This is a public humiliation!"
Offering a family an extra day walking in your park that they weren't planning to do or pay for can actually MAKE you money, because they will buy stuff.
I'm a frequent theme parker, with season passes to one or two park groups every year, and I'm continually amazed at how much money I spend in a day at the park, given that it's "free" to be there.
This is why with most parks, you can get a season pass for less than the price of two full-day tickets. I realise this isn't true for Disney, which has an entirely different pricing structure because of it's popularity.
The littlest kid looks like he saw the whole thing. He'll be scarred for life.
My buddies wife worked as a character years ago as a college aged student. Said the characters were constantly groped, poked, and mistreated by ill behaved guests. Also said that in they had specific charts for how long they could remain in the costume depending on the temp. I.E. 95 degrees out, 15 minutes max. or something like that.
Thanks!
Hey, a high note!
Well, that's it for me folks! You've been great!
The Brady Center for Overhyped Sensationalism and Incessant Whining released a statement today, calling on Disney to implement "Tigger Guards" on the premesis.
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