Originally Posted By SafariRob I was at the Magic Kingdom on Saturday. A full trip report is coming soon. Anyway, we watched MSEP and Wishes in front of the castle. It was amazing! Then, without warning, something no so amazing happened. As the mob was making their exit toward the turn-styles at the end of Main Street, I heard a guy yell out, "Ahhh! That's my foot!" I turned to see an elderly gentleman in a scooter trying to reverse off a 30-something father's right foot. The poor guy was yelling out in pain. His foot was finally freed and the scooter disappeared. The victim hunched over his foot for a few minutes before finally limping away. I sure hope the dude is okay. Also, I'm thankful that it was not a child's foot that got run over. Who is liable when that happens? The hit-and-run scooter or Disney? From now on, I am staying parked after a parade or fireworks show until the masses have cleared.
Originally Posted By leobloom Makes me glad that we didn't watch the parade and fireworks from Main Street. Even if we didn't get the full effect of seeing the fireworks over the Castle, at least we had plenty of room to ourselves in Frontierland.
Originally Posted By mele I'm surprised more people don't get hurt in the mass exodus after the fireworks/parades/shows. It's such a dangerous situation. Accidents happen...but it's really sad that the person didn't bother to stick around to help the person they injured.
Originally Posted By SafariRob Like I said, I am just soooo thankful that it was not some kid. I think I will try your suggestion, leobloom, and watch from Frontierland next time...whenever that is.
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl We always stay and hang out in the stores or get a snack after the fireworks. too many people trying to all get to the same place at the same time..so not worth the hassle
Originally Posted By FerretAfros A couple years ago, someone in a scooter ran over the side of my foot at DL. It was in the middle of the afternoon, so the huge crowds and darkness weren't really an excuse, on the path leading down from Adventureland to the POTC entrance. I had been walking all day, so it kind of felt surprisingly nice. Still, I would have preferred that it hadn't happened, but it was not the worst thing that's ever happened. If it was something similar to what I experienced, it sounds like this guy was over reacting. Yes, there was a lot of pressure on my food, but it wasn't really painful. The air-filled tires helped spread the weight out, so it was evenly distributed to not cause much/any pain.
Originally Posted By mele You do realize that different people have different pain tolerance, right? Without being there, you cannot say the man was overreacting. There are too many variables to consider for you to make blanket statements about the situation.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yes, I know that. I feel like I usually have a fairly low tolerance for pain, and since it didn't hurt me, I just assumed that it probably wouldn't hurt other people much either. At the end of the day, the foot that got run over was no more or less sore than the other foot after walking the parks all day, so I really don't think it was that bad. As I said, it ran over the side of my foot, so that may have affected it as well. If it had run over the arch of my foot (I'm not sure how that would happen, but we can assume for arugment's sake) I'm sure it would have hurt a lot more. I don't know if getting my toes run over would hurt more or less, but I would assume that it's about the same. If the person on the scooter (or the scooter itself) was a lot heavier than the one that ran over me, that could change it too. But, as I said before, if it was similar to what I experienced, it really doesn't hurt much.
Originally Posted By Manfried You know, I was at EPCOT a few days ago, some disabled person in a scooter/wheelchair was looking across the lagoon, not watching where they were going, and almost hit me. I feel for those that need a motorized assistance, but it gives them no right to drive them irresponsibly.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 both times I've been plowed into it was when they were driving in reverse..I guess when the beeping noise is on you don't have to look. the tires likely will not cause pain- but the fiberglass fenders- etc certainly will
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I'm taking the unpopuler side on this one. We had a family member using the scooter and in large crowds like that people treat the scooter like it is a non moving object and the crowd moves around it but just like a rock in a stream the crowd fills in to the gap needed in front of the scooter for it to move. So what happens is the driver has to continually jerk to a stop to keep from running some one over and those people always have their back to the scooter so they are unaware of why there was a space there to begin with. We quickly learned to just wait till the crowd cleared or we would take 3 adults hoding hands and try to shield her front so she had room to move. But that didn't work very well because people would try to cut in between us and the scooter. Scooters and crowds just do not mix and accidents will happen even when both parties are doing their best to accomodate each other.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 we were in epcot one day and a real plus size man got his scooter in a tight turn and was stuck. He got out of the scooter and picked it up , moved it over a few feet then got back in. His mother had too hold his turkey leg for him while it was busy.
Originally Posted By SafariRob >> We quickly learned to just wait till the crowd cleared...<< That's probably the safest thing to do. >>Scooters and crowds just do not mix...<< Agreed. >>...a real plus size man got his scooter in a tight turn and was stuck. He got out of the scooter and picked it up , moved it over a few feet then got back in.<< LOL. Do you have video?
Originally Posted By leobloom >> His mother had too hold his turkey leg for him while it was busy. << Reminds me of that classic Disney tune: "A Turkey Leg is a Wish Your Stomach Makes (When You're Riding around Epcot in Your ECV)"
Originally Posted By danyoung With all due respect for those who have legitimate needs for a scooter, it's been my observation that by far the majority of Disney park scooter-users are large people who use the scooter instead of walking. As such, they don't scoot in their daily lives, and are unfamiliar with the devices they're riding. I've seen it many times - the scooter driver that doesn't know what he/she's doing, almost plowing into groups of people. Beware the hefty scooter-user!!!
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL ^^^LOL, fat+turkey leg+mommy holding it+scooter= hilarious!!! Not so hilarious: I got TAGGED while sitting in the theatre for Cranium Command. I was on crutches pre-surgery with a locked knee, ripped ACL and torn up meniscus. We decided to sit on the benches along the back wall when fat man and his fat wife both rolled up on their rented scooters and decided to park in front of us. Then, without notice he just backs up into my injured leg. He then turns around and without a word, pulls forward and scoots over, no apology, no nothing....nice. Almost makes me think that these motorized vehicles should require a license so when you travel, only people who know what their doing can rent them. Not just the fat, lazy dil-weeds that monopolize the Disney scooter rentals these days.
Originally Posted By Manfried The pretend disabled are obnoxious. Too many people abuse their disabilities. A friend of mine was blind, and he tried to act as much as he could like a real person. He said people are just taking advantage of things. For those that are really and truly disabled then they should get the parking spaces, etcetera. Unfortunately we have become a nation of scammers and con artists looking to use the system to their own advantage. And to the person above about trying to get the scooter through a large crowd. Yes, truly disabled. But a crowd is a crowd. Whether in a scooter or not, common sense applies. And it does not care if you are truly disabled or not and if you are, you should still use it.
Originally Posted By SafariRob >>Almost makes me think that these motorized vehicles should require a license...< I was thinking the same thing. They are motor vehicles and should require some sort of registration, license, etc. If each scooter carried a license plate, the few obnoxious drivers that ruin it for everyone might actually be more courteous.
Originally Posted By barboy2 I only see scooter riders when I am in the USA. In all of the other countries I frequent they, for the most part, don't exist---strollers, too, are far more rare.
