Originally Posted By jkayjs Let's face it the Monacos of this world would never see their 15 minutes without the assist of the good ole drive by media. There is something about big buisness that just seems to irk many folks in the mainstream media so any time they can take a shot they do. They are as guilty if not more for letting this go on. Not only should Disney not settle with the Monacos they should counter sue the local yocal news station and others that picked up this story and ran with it. Of course that will never happen but I can "dream".
Originally Posted By Mr X >>>I don't think characters get choked or deprived of oxygen significantly.<<< If you've ever put one of those costume heads on, you'd know how tough to breathe it is in there. Plus, it's a good 20 degrees hotter inside the costume, so on a 95+ degree day...well, you do the math. >>>This business of miscarriages is news to me. I've never heard of it.<<< That's because they don't talk about it. It's known within the character crew though, and many girls will quit if they become pregnant. I'm speaking for Tokyo only (it's what I know), I have no idea if it's common knowledge for the American CM's, but I can only assume it is.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>many girls will quit if they become pregnant<< I'd do the same, but Disney should really find a new position for them during their pregnancy - be it working in a shop or food outlet or something, so they can keep working at the park if they want to.
Originally Posted By Mr X Maybe they do, I don't know. The easiest thing would be to just let them switch to character captain. I don't know how they work that stuff out though.
Originally Posted By debtee It would be beneficial for Disney to switch them to a Character captain during their pregnancy as they understand what the Character goes through and how it feels to be one! I hope they do this. I'm also of the opinion that gaston lives did not ask for anything or come across that he was fishing for anything, he was just relaying a story and got jumped on!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Wow! Two threads on Tigger with hundreds of posts ... must be as slow a week on the Disney boards as it is in the news business!
Originally Posted By jkayjs It just dawned on me. The Monacos must have thought that when Disney said they were giving away "a million dreams" they said "a million dollars". Simple mistake.
Originally Posted By DramaMama07 Our local news guy made a FABULOUS comment when they aired the video on Saturday. (Why am I posting this now? Because I am a Tivo slug who watches things days after they come on...does that make me a bad person?) They showed the clip and sort of explained that the family was taking action against Disney, then the news guys says (something along the lines of) 'It looks like the kid was messing with Tigger, maybe Tigger should be the one suing'. HA HA! (Besides everyone knows it WASN'T Tigger at all. It was Tony the Tiger, he's been jealous of Tigger's fame for years. Now he is laughing as a black mark is put on Tigger's otherwise flawless record! Tigger was framed.)
