Why does nearly everyone feel the need to bash or be jerky? Some one even said "didn't happen"? Really? Im just making this up?
I was un aware that I needed to go breath by breath. My one son, Twin A, and I were first. We step up to the CM and answer "4" to the obligatory "How many in your party?" We are directed to the middle of the train which was right there by where the question was asked. We step into said line. Twin B says "Can we ride in the front?" and the CM directs them to the other line for those who are waiting on the front or back of the train. I see this and don't think any thing about it. My daughter is with my son. I am not allowing her to ride alone, she is with her brother. My daughter at that time says "I don't want to ride in the front" to her brother. (which Im sure was in a little sister whiney tone) The CM who is in charge of that line, then pulls her out of that line and takes her by the arm to the exit. I see this and leave Twin A in line. Twin B is still in line for the front. I follow a few steps behind. I am within earshot and he is saying nothing to her. She is now crying. She was not crying while in line. Whining yes, crying no. He puts her on the stone wall and turns and leaves. He says nothing to her and nothing to me. He does not tell her to wait here for your mom, he doesnt say ANYTHING! I go out the gate. I say to her "What was that about?" She said "I didn't want to ride in the front and he made me leave the line". I sit down on the opposite side of the wall. She is still crying. Another CM (a woman) walks and asks her "What's wrong? Did you not want to ride?" To which my daughter answers "I did, but not in the front row". The CM enters through the gate and nothing more is said.
Twin B did get reprimanded once he got off the line. As a parent, I chose to tend to the child in need before the child in trouble. Twin A was then allowed to ride EE again 3 more times with DD, in the middle of the train, while Twin B and I watched. Seemed like appropriate punishment to me.
Anyone else want to bash me or call me a liar?
Oh and I never said anything about expecting a CM to "babysit" my daughter, I just wouldn't expect one to set her free out in the park alone either.
My "warning" is that had I not been witness to this, I would have enjoyed EE, exited through the gift shop and where would my daughter have been? I would have no idea where she was. Its understandable that if you put a child on a ride alone, which I know is allowed, then you know to meet them at the exit. However, this is different because I put her on the ride with her brother and would have expected her to be there with him upon the completion of the ride.
So just knowing that it is a possibility might help someone else, that was my sole intention.
Geez.