Originally Posted By Kira don't know if this has been posted yet, I looked for a topic on is and wasn't able to find one. Thought the article was interesting. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13323204/" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13 323204/</a>
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire The family's lawyer said on the news just now, "Disney is inviting 4 and 5 year olds to ride this" and that Disney did not have enough warning. This is ridiculous!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I never saw a "Hey 4 year old, come on down!" But it seems to me some one's mom took him on the ride. Parents have a responsibilty to judge if their children are ready for these rides.
Originally Posted By avromark You know this is kind of like the lady who spilled Coffee from McDonalds on her. Parents (or People) should assume a thrill ride, has a certain "risk" element to it, likewise if you order a coffee expect it to be hot. If there is free speech, expect some "Not nice" stuff on the Internet, who am I going to sue? The founder of Arpanet? Look I found someone who didn't agree with me that Green Shirts are better then Red. This gets a bit ridiculous. So if I'm a bad driver do I sue Ford/Pontiac/Toyota if I drive into a tree?
Originally Posted By Kira As tragic as the incident ended I hope that the family finds closure. I don't see them finding closure in trying to blame disney and sue them for a ride that the PARENT CHOSE to take their child on. All this is doing is a pointing fingers. I think the lawsuit is ridiculous. The whole article frustrated me -_-
Originally Posted By avromark Well this child is innocent, it's tragic but parents should be responsible for their children. Do we really need airgates for example to parent our children? I think taking hold by the scruff of the neck works (with lil brothers )
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys >The family's lawyer said on the news just now, "Disney is inviting 4 and 5 year olds to ride this" and that Disney did not have enough warning. This is ridiculous! < If anything, the signage at this attraction DISCOURAGES any and all guests from riding.
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Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 I am so sad that this innocent child has lost his life and as Kira said I hope they find closure. But, they probably won't. Even if I were able to ride Mission Space there would be no way in H*** that I would have brought my four year old child on it. I am sorry but the parents are trying to point the finger elsewhere instead of themselves. They are the ones that are partially to blame for their sons death and his underlying illness was the other part. And Disney is at Fault??? This was very poor judgment on the mothers behalf. Sorry JMO.
Originally Posted By Labuda Lay off Stella, Avro. Read this instead: <a href="http://www.stellaawards.com/stella.html" target="_blank">http://www.stellaawards.com/st ella.html</a> As for the suit that's the subject of this topic, I still am sorry a little boy died, but IT IS NOT DISNEY'S FAULT, and I hope the parents go broke and ed up penniless. Petty, yes, but greedy people like this trying to turn a buck off their own child's death make me sick.
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 >>greedy people like this trying to turn a buck off their own child's death make me sick.<< Oh Labuda, you said it and that's just what they are is greedy. What goes around comes around!!!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I was going to comment on #10, but I see it's been admin'd. I don't wish anything bad on the family... it's misguided hurt on their part, likely spurned on by an opportunistic lawyer. But no matter. <<This was very poor judgment on the mothers behalf.>> I don't believe it's poor judgement on the mother's part either. Age has no bearing on the child's death. If an adult-aged child had an undetected heart defect, would you still blame the mother? I don't think so. This is nothing more than a tragedy with no one to blame.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys >As for the suit that's the subject of this topic, I still am sorry a little boy died, but IT IS NOT DISNEY'S FAULT, and I hope the parents go broke and ed up penniless. Petty, yes, but greedy people like this trying to turn a buck off their own child's death make me sick.< While I agree that Disney is not at fault here, I think you may be a little harsh here in your opinion of the family's motivation. I don't think they're trying to make a buck and IF they win in court or get a settlement, I doubt if they will have smiling faces.
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 Trek what I am saying was that the mother should have thought about it a bit more before taking her child on MS. To me that is poor judgment. As far as the heart defect goes, she had no idea the child had one so there would be no poor judgment with regard to the illness. I think this makes sense.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey We took my 6 year old nephew to WDW in February, and I didn't let him ride ToT or M:S because I thought he was far too young. I would never let a child of mine ride M:S or ToT until I felt they were old enough to handle it. I don't think a four year old should be on that intense of a ride. I think the parents are just looking for someone to blame. It was an accident where no one was truly at fault, and some people have to find someone to point the finger at, even when there isn't one.
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp I have a question for those who said that they wouldn't allow their 4/5/6 year old to ride M:S (or any other ride). Why? If the child wants to go on it, and doesn't have any obvious health problems, why would you keep it off the ride? Because they're afraid? (But then, they wouldn't want to go on it.) Because you're afraid for their well-being? Most children that age are in probably the best shape they'll be in their entire lives. Hence my question. I'm not trying to belittle anyone but I am truly curious as to why you wouldn't allow such a child to ride. (FYI, we allowed our 3 year old to ride Space Mountain on his 3rd birthday (approximately), and he loved it.)
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys ^^ My answer to this is that parents have a responsibilty to protect their children and make decisions FOR them that are in the child's best interest, whether the child thinks the parent is wrong or not. Clearly, a 4 year old does not belong on MS.
