Originally Posted By DlandDug >>I've seen tennagers detained in that part of the ride. I think they were looking for trouble in stead of a bathroom and they were caught.<< According to the first post, it was a middle-age man with his kids behind him. Hardly sounds like your tyoical troublemakers. Confused tourist-- oh yeah.
Originally Posted By p-n-p06 Just because he's a middle-age guy with kids in tow does not mean he wasn't purposely exploring in an area he should not have entered and that he knew exactly what he was doing. It doesn't mean he was there to cause any trouble for Disney but many times people don't think about things like that...they just do what they please to satisfy their curiousity. The bathroom question could have been an excuse to deflect the glaring fact that they should not have been in that area. How anyone could mix up Splash Mountain with The Hungry Bear restaurant is beyond me...unless they didn't speak english and even then it's far-fetched. Like nobody on LP has ever been in an area of DL that they discovered access to but knew they should mind-their-own beeswax. It's just a good thing that nobody got injured or it we'd be travelin' down the BTMRR trail once again. "Step away from the log flume"...
Originally Posted By Anacon Sorry for the confusion DlandDug. Tuesday night I saw the middle-aged man, but in the past I have seen teenagers detained in that area by a castmember. It looked as though they made their way into that section of the ride and got caught. Clearly, something needs to be done to keep people out of there.
Originally Posted By dr jones This is a little of the same thing, Last week, while my wife and I were in line for Big Thunder, we got to the part of the line that curves around the water wheel thing with the wooden trough. There was a man and woman there with their two young sons. They had let the kids climb over the fence and dig handfuls of coins out of the pond! One kid was filling a paper drink cup, and his brother was using a Disney shopping bag. When the line finally moved, the mom said "Come on guys, lets go" very casually like nothing had happened. Everyone within sight of this, all had the same look of, "Did I really just see that?" Then as they walked away, they started stuffing the coins into their pockets. It was definitely one of the trashyest things I'v seen at DL.
Originally Posted By DlandDug And if one of those kids had slipped and fallen, you can bet that family would be suing Disneyland today... (I have no qualms about telling people to get their kids OUT of fenced areas in Disneyland. I do it nicely, but I do it.)
Originally Posted By alexbook LOL! I can imagine the conversation if somebody challenged those folks: "Well, the coins were just sitting there, not doing anybody any good, and you know those churros are so expensive..." ;-)
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Man, what a difference in parenting! I remember going to a restaurant when I was a kid. Me and my friend got bored and noticed they had a fountain out front with lots of coins. Well, being kids, we reached in and started to grab some. BAD idea! Our parents were upset to say the least and made us put the coins back and then we were stuck to them like glue for the rest of the dinner.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 It's funny how just a parent being upset with you can make you feel like pond scum, LOL! Nowadays I see kids just get away with murder and they have no sense of guilt at all...
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't know if this is true or not, but don't they donate all the money from the fountains to charity? I remember hearing that somewhere, and it sounds like a really nice thing, as I'm sure there are plenty of coins thrown into the fountains in the course of a few weeks.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb That's what I've always heard. And I think they donate unclaimed lost and found items to charity as well.
Originally Posted By dzy76 A CM told me once that they do donate the coins to charity. I think I would have told those parents that if I'd been standing by them. How nervy can you get. No wonder some kids have no sense - their parents don't either!
Originally Posted By Tink60 I agree with you dzy76. I would have let them know that they were stealing from disadvantaged children and charity organizations rather than the disney company.
Originally Posted By dr jones I did actually ask the guy "Hey, do really feel like that's ok?" I got the blank stare in return as they moved on in line. We were on opposite sides of the fountain thing so didn't want to keep raising my voice and look equally trashy. And besides, my first instinct was not very "Disney" at all. LOL We'll just have to hope Karma does it's job.
Originally Posted By oneyepete Now if it is true they donate that money to charity, I can use what I've thrown in on my taxes!
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Now if it is true they donate that money to charity, I can use what I've thrown in on my taxes! << Did you get a receipt?
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Maybe this family knew about Disney donating the coins to charity, and figured they would skip the middle man?
