Silly Slappin' Swings

[Disneyguy85]

Tonight, I was at DCA in the holding pen area for the new Silly Symphony Swings attraction. The ride ended for the current riders, everyone is getting off and then I see this boy crying hysterically towards a CM, I quickly gathered that this boy had dropped something into Paradise bay. (I later found out that it was his shoe) Now, I'm not sure if it fell while he was riding, or if he had put his shoes in one of the storage baskets and when the ride was over, it fell in, and I don't know of he lost his shoe because he was doing something stupid, or if it was just an accident, but his mother was PISSED. She smacked him in the head and called him an idiot (more than once) and said "We're going back to the hotel!"

After I rode, I looked down to the lower deck, the family was there and a CM retrieved the shoe with a hand-held grabber, and even after getting it back his mother was still pissed, and his younger daughter (possibly following the mother's influence) also called him an idiot.

It all happened so fast, but really, his mother should not have reacted the way she did! In retrospect, I feel that she should have been a little more understanding, especially in public.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Tonight, I was at DCA in the holding pen area for the new Silly Symphony Swings attraction. The ride ended for the current riders, everyone is getting off and then I see this boy crying hysterically towards a CM, I quickly gathered that this boy had dropped something into Paradise bay. (I later found out that it was his shoe) Now, I'm not sure if it fell while he was riding, or if he had put his shoes in one of the storage baskets and when the ride was over, it fell in, and I don't know of he lost his shoe because he was doing something stupid, or if it was just an accident, but his mother was PISSED. She smacked him in the head and called him an idiot (more than once) and said "We're going back to the hotel!"

After I rode, I looked down to the lower deck, the family was there and a CM retrieved the shoe with a hand-held grabber, and even after getting it back his mother was still pissed, and his younger daughter (possibly following the mother's influence) also called him an idiot.

It all happened so fast, but really, his mother should not have reacted the way she did! In retrospect, I feel that she should have been a little more understanding, especially in public.

she is just prepping the next generation of SG's,

she is making sure she firmly inplants in her kids mind that going on vacation is a time of trama and verbal abuse for something you may not have had control over.

that way when something goes wrong, you can call someone else an idiot.

bet that kid remembers the "great" vacation for years to come.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Another fine example of FINE parenting skills at work.

[BRWombat]

Is there a mechanism for dropping Mom in the bay?

[GuestJockey]

Is there a mechanism for dropping Mom in the bay?

SUCH a good idea. We were actually talking about having a special "Moon Launch" fountain in World of Color. We could pick one Guest each evening and invite them to spend the night on the moon. Then sit them on one of the blow-pop fountains and 3..2..1..STUPID GUEST BLASTOFF!!!

[Main Streeter]

We could pick one Guest each evening and invite them to spend the night on the moon. Then sit them on one of the blow-pop fountains and 3..2..1..STUPID GUEST BLASTOFF!!!
I would E R & walk across to see this!

[turkeyham]

Can we launch my noisy up stairs neighbor? Launch her into on coming traffic on Katella? "SPLAT!!!":twisted:

I thought the goal is to wear your shoes at all times. Maybe duct tape can be applied to the shoes to the legs.

Yes, go ahead and dip mom in for being a royal pain in the rear. Drop her from the Sun Wheel, that would make a nice splash.:eek:

[PatchOBlack]

I thought the goal is to wear your shoes at all times. Maybe duct tape can be applied to the shoes to the legs.


From what I understand, shoes don't always fit so snugly on the feet of young kids. So, it may not have entirely been the boy's fault that one of his shoes came off during the ride. In any case, the reaction of the adults with the boy was uncalled for.

[Disneyguy85]

Again, I should stress that I am only reporting what I saw, and that I do not know the whole story, or what caused the shoe to fall into the water, but regardless, I don't think that his mother should have reacted the way she did.

I also wonder if the boy had done something to annoy his young sister, because she also seemed a bit weepy.

Oh well...

[darph nader]

Drop her from the Sun Wheel, that would make a nice splash.:eek:

Howz about no restraints on the Maliboomer? :twisted:

[Disneyguy85]

Howz about no restraints on the Maliboomer? :twisted:

Sounds good... :twisted:

But better make it quick, I've heard through the rumor mill that the Maliboomer will supposedly get dismantled in September.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

I'd say duct tape her legs together and drop her in the bottom of the Rivers Of America with cement shoes and once Fantasmic! starts, you'll have SG Flambe!

[darph nader]

I'd say duct tape her legs together and drop her in the bottom of the Rivers Of America with cement shows and once Fantasmic! starts, you'll have SG Flambe!

Isn't RoA only like 4' deep? (won't bring up the cement 'shows');)
Brought to you by your #1 foofer. :rolleyes:

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Isn't RoA only like 4' deep? (won't bring up the cement 'shows');)
Brought to you by your #1 foofer. :rolleyes:

Not in the middle of the River.

[turkeyham]

If I remember right, our toward Pirates of the Caribbean it is at least 12 to 15 feet deep. I saw the area when it was drained. :D:

[Main Streeter]

Isn't RoA only like 4' deep?
Think ROA is abt 6' 6" in center. Am sure it's not 15', yet I've been proven wrong more often than not. :o: Google darph, Google. ;)

[Cranbiz]

I googled darph, found his website darphnader.net

Not much to look at, but it's got to be darph, knowing how computer challenged he is. :D:

[Main Streeter]

I googled darph, found his website darphnader.net
Cran, you actually....??? No. NVM. Too funny. :D: :cool:

[darph nader]

I googled darph, found his website darphnader.net

Not much to look at, but it's got to be darph, knowing how computer challenged he is. :D:

DAMMIT,,,,,,,,,found out again. :mad:

[CheshireKat]

My kids have had a number of shoe incidents at Disney-

On the risers at Flights of Wonder, the backs of the steps are open and my youngest daughter's shoes disappeared in there. At the end of the show, we were ready to go and she is there looking mystified at where her shoes were. Thankfully there is a storage room under there and the very nice CM went in with the flashlight and found them.

The other one lost her flip flop just before the exit of Buzz Lightyear- CM and my husband had to go through the ride twice with the claw to find it and pull it out!

Kids do crazy things and accidents happen- I was a little annoyed at my kids at the time, but that passed quickly, no need to traumatize the kids or the cms on vacation!

[chrisfabo]

Reminds me of the time last trip to WDW when I was sitting down in Stitch's Escape, and glanced up at the ceiling, only to hear a nice clatter down behind me. I was in the top row. Came back an hour later to retrieve my sunglasses, and the CM told me the mantinence guy had to crawl under the seating supports to get them...at least he cleaned em up too. ^^; I put my sunglasses on a bungie, and sling them on my neck from now on.

[Whazzup]

Welcome, Chrisfabo! Gosh, you've been here for over 24 hours and haven't received a welcome yet. :confused: Our dragons and marsupials are falling down on the job. But I'm sure they'll be along soon to give you a very warm welcome. :cool:

[CBeilby]

Welcome, Chrisfabo! Gosh, you've been here for over 24 hours and haven't received a welcome yet. :confused: Our dragons and marsupials are falling down on the job. But I'm sure they'll be along soon to give you a very warm welcome. :cool:

Well, one Marsupial is probably busy with peak season shifts, and the other is in Philly for the next week or so...

And welcome to Chrisfabo.

[Lasolimu]

Hmm, please excuse my tardiness, I have been busy doing manual labor in the hot sun which doesn't go well with my black scales.

Hello chrisfabo, I am the resident dragon and would like 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 I would like to 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 has been informed of your presence and will be here when they can to give you their welcome.

*this instance of warm is actually hot**... very hot

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

[Freak]

C'mon, really? Smackin your kid around because they lost a shoe? Not cool. Kids are kids and stuff happens. Props to CM who grabbed it and got it back. Should've thrown it at the mom instead though....

Maybe we can give the kid an exploding shoe next time?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4399323475_dc5b810517_o.gif
That way when junior lets the shoe fly at mom...:D:

And I'll have to give it up to the CMs in attractions...I've seen them do crazy weird things to get stuff back. This was awhile back but, I remember having one ride Indiana Jones while sitting on his knees basically as the car bucked and jumped looking for someone's hat with a flashlight. Even better, he found it. When I was working Mine Ride, if the lost article was close enough to the track to where I could grab, I'd do a drive by and pick it up with my hands or a grabber if I could. If it was on the lift though...say bye bye.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

how did a battleship show up on the street where the two girls were walking?

[darph nader]

how did a battleship show up on the street where the two girls were walking?

ilm.

[PatchOBlack]

how did a battleship show up on the street where the two girls were walking?

Look, if anime has taught me anything, battleships are not found just on the water. They can fly, go into outer space, and even drive down commonly traveled streets. Also, everything can explode. :cat1:

[Freak]

Yeah, if you think battleships showing up on land is weird for anime...watch Galaxy Railways. Biggest WTF show ever.
http://www.kpnetcc.com/anime/images/anime/dvd8147.jpg

Steam trains...in space.

Yup. Space. Oh and they fight with laser guns....

[PatchOBlack]

Yeah, if you think battleships showing up on land is weird for anime...watch Galaxy Railways. Biggest WTF show ever.
http://www.kpnetcc.com/anime/images/anime/dvd8147.jpg

Steam trains...in space.

Yup. Space. Oh and they fight with laser guns....

Well, of course they do. All you need to do is add some rockets to make any vehicle space-worthy. If it just needs to fly, all you need is a propeller and maybe something wing-shaped.

[CBeilby]

Gotta love Leiji Masumoto. :D:

The scary thing is that Galaxy Railways and it's parent title, Galaxy Express 999 take place in a universe where Space Pirate Ships are literally space battleships crossed with age of sail Galleons, (or even a Zeppelin with a Galleon suspended beneath it in one case,) but that he's also crossed over Space Battleship Yamato into it. That's right, the original Space Battleship anime, which he co-developed back in the early 1970s.

And just to set the record straight, I'm a huge fan of the man's works, and have been ever since Yamato was brought to the US in 1979 as Star Blazers...

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Some of my favorite "b" movies are the ones mentioned!!

[PatchOBlack]

And just to set the record straight, I'm a huge fan of the man's works, and have been ever since Yamato was brought to the US in 1979 as Star Blazers...

o/` We are off to outer space! We are leaving Mother Earth! To save the human race! Our Star Blazers! o/`

[felinefan]

Can you imagine what the older girl used as a reason why she had only one shoe when she got home? :eek:

I once read a children's book about a little girl who went shopping with her mother and asked for a pair of red getas (traditional Japanese sandals). A few days later, she was playing "the weather telling game' with her friends, which involved kicking a geta off one's foot, saying, 'May the weather be fair!" and if the geta landed right side up, the weather would be fair. If it landed sideways or upside down, different weather was forecast. But not only did this girl's geta land on its side, it cracked. So to hide the crack in the wooden geta, she got her getas muddy. When she got home, her mother suggested she wash her getas and dry them in front of the bath fire. The red dye ran out of the straps, and the crack showed up plainly. The girl thought she was in trouble. Surely her mother would not buy her new ones so soon. But she did, and explained she had told the weather-telling game as a child herself, so she understood. Now the girl was grown up, and found her old getas, and sent them to her granddaughter along with the story behind them, kind of as a family memento.

[Mr. M]

Tonight, I was at DCA in the holding pen area for the new Silly Symphony Swings attraction. The ride ended for the current riders, everyone is getting off and then I see this boy crying hysterically towards a CM, I quickly gathered that this boy had dropped something into Paradise bay. (I later found out that it was his shoe) Now, I'm not sure if it fell while he was riding, or if he had put his shoes in one of the storage baskets and when the ride was over, it fell in, and I don't know of he lost his shoe because he was doing something stupid, or if it was just an accident, but his mother was PISSED. She smacked him in the head and called him an idiot (more than once) and said "We're going back to the hotel!"

After I rode, I looked down to the lower deck, the family was there and a CM retrieved the shoe with a hand-held grabber, and even after getting it back his mother was still pissed, and his younger daughter (possibly following the mother's influence) also called him an idiot.

It all happened so fast, but really, his mother should not have reacted the way she did! In retrospect, I feel that she should have been a little more understanding, especially in public.

Future Lizzy Borden growing up there. :D