NotUrsula
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2002
According to snopes.com, there has never been a documented kidnapping from a Disney theme park (Ref. ://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/kidnap.htm)
"In truth, no child has ever been kidnapped from a Disney theme park ..."
Calypso, I hate to disagree with what seems like sensible caution, but Valentine is right about ID. If you are going to put ID on your child in case he gets lost, you *do* need to put it in a visible place. CM's are NOT allowed to undress children to look for hidden identification. While you shouldn't make it readable from a distance by passerby; you should make it obviously accessible to a CM who is attempting to identify a child. You don't need the child's name; information identifying parents and giving contact info is sufficient.
My own child has been instructed to find the nearest CM and then STAY PUT! He has been told never to go anywhere with anyone other than the adults who took him to the park. Our way of explaining this to him is that a "good stranger" will stay with him until we can get back to him, but a "bad stranger" will try to make him go somewhere else. We always stay onsite, and he wears his room key on a neon lanyard at all times; any CM can identify us by the info on that key.
"In truth, no child has ever been kidnapped from a Disney theme park ..."
Calypso, I hate to disagree with what seems like sensible caution, but Valentine is right about ID. If you are going to put ID on your child in case he gets lost, you *do* need to put it in a visible place. CM's are NOT allowed to undress children to look for hidden identification. While you shouldn't make it readable from a distance by passerby; you should make it obviously accessible to a CM who is attempting to identify a child. You don't need the child's name; information identifying parents and giving contact info is sufficient.
My own child has been instructed to find the nearest CM and then STAY PUT! He has been told never to go anywhere with anyone other than the adults who took him to the park. Our way of explaining this to him is that a "good stranger" will stay with him until we can get back to him, but a "bad stranger" will try to make him go somewhere else. We always stay onsite, and he wears his room key on a neon lanyard at all times; any CM can identify us by the info on that key.