Ever lose someone in the parks? How long?

[onecoolmama]

I will have DD1 and DS2 at the World in October. My DS has always been a wonderer, so I know to keep an close eye on him. However my DD now 11 months, gave me quite a scare the other day. We were in Blockbuster and I put her down for half a second as I grabbed the movie on the bottom shelf..and she was gone.

Finally, thank goodness she has only been walking for a few months and she is not that quick. I found her two ailses away. But in two more months, she will be a runner, not a walker! So I now have my handsful with two free spirited children! Good thing there are a lot of adults going.

I was lost as a child 3 times in one trip (I honestly think my mom was trying to run from me!!!) It's my biggest fear. I never want my children to feel how scary that is! I think I can teach my 2 year old how to go to a CM and what they are wearing, but my DD she will just have to stay in the stroller or in our arms..I would lose it if I lost one of them!

 

[tink44]

Onecoolmama,

Sounds like a double stroller is the only way to go for you. Besides the fear of losing one of your little ones, there's too much walking for young children. You don't need a double meltdown after an hour or so.

 

[RussH]

Cousin Bob

Many years ago in 74 my family was vacationing in Florida at my uncles in Tampa. My cousin was married to Bob and he was from what I had heard quite a character. The kind of guy you would watch while he pumped your gas but definitely not allow to look under your hood.
Him and I hit if off fine both of us like British sports cars.

The 5th or 6th day there we went to MK. Bob was not having fun just one of those people that cant relax.

From what I remember we were having Ice cream and I sat with Bob and my cousin at the same small table.
He finished his cone quickly looked at
his wife then got up and said I'm leaving . No one said anything apparently Bob did this a lot. He reached over the table and shook my hand with the strangest smile I had ever seen...Oh thats right Bob never smiled.
That was 29 years ago and no one has seen Bob since.

So this wasnt really a lost story more of a missing story but it did happen at WDW.

RussH

Oh by the way ...they never missed Bob very much.

 

[tmq2766]

RussH,
Anyone ever check the HM?????

 

[tink44]

He reached over the table and shook my hand with the strangest smile I had ever seen...Oh thats right Bob never smiled.

That was 29 years ago and no one has seen Bob since.

The winner of the "lost in the World series" - RussH

Anyone ever check the HM?????

Or -The Great Movie Ride. What a character!

 

[disneybred]

For us, it is not a disney vacation if someone has not gone missing. We've lost adults, kids, groups of people.....but we somehow always find each other. I remember one time my group (9 of us) left me when i was in the bathroom. About 10/15 minutes later, someone came back looking for me. I just sat there and waited. There are tons of other stories of people in our group going missing. We still argue over who actually got lost and whose fault it was.
For Christmas, we all got talk abouts, so now we don't have to worry about losing people....we just get on the talk about and find out what happened. (those things are great...i recomend getting them if you seem to lose people alot too)

(We never had anybody get lost for as long as Bob has)

 

[DisneyVillain]

We were on the boat to the Disney/MGM Studios on June 2nd, when the announcement was made to "Be sure to have a place and time to meet if your party is seperated." Without hesitation, my 17 yo son turned to his little brother and said: "Magic Kingdom, in front of Cinderella's Castle, noon Saturday, wear a red shirt." Of course, even if it hadn't been five days away, that location and time was the big Gay Day assembly in the Magic Kingdom, with tens of thousands of people meeting there in red shirts. My son is so helpful!

 

[jeleebeene]

On our second night in WDW in 2000 we decided to go to DTD and shop and find somewhere to have dinner. There was 14 of us in all - so imagine is all trying to stay together!

Outside of the World of Disney, there is a performance going on, so we all stop to watch. After about 5 minutes, we are off looking for a place to eat and decide on Portobello Yacht Club. We are waiting on our table, when we notice that my mom isn't with us. I figure she is in the restroom, so I go look for her, and she is not there. I have anxiety all of the time, so this just sent me over the roof. DH, my dad and brother went crazy looking for her - it was so crowded around the Marketplace, I wasn't sure where to look. We finally found her - right in front of where the performance was. She didn't even see us all head over for dinner - she was pretty upset about it, but I just cried and cried for about a half hour. I am such an emotional person! I can't even imagine how I'd be with a child and losing them for any length of time! I was a wreck, but the rest of the trip was ok without a missing person incident!!

 

[wuv tigger]

Our 1st trip losing someone was in DMK with dh, dd1 (3 1/2 & dd2 14 months) in May 03. I figure someone WILL get lost again. We now have our get lost plan ready for Jan 04.

The 4 of us headed into It's a Small World. SOMEHOW DH got separted from dd1 & I. SO, dd & I rode IASM.

DH was SO & almost when we came out of the ride. DD & I spent 20 minutes watching every boat that came out, hoping they were on the boat behind us, only to find out he was looking for us outside at the entrance.

**** The worst part was that I purchased matching Green (Peter's color) shirts for ALL of us to wear. We REALLY do stick out in a crowd. *****

 

[tink44]

There's that dad losing mom and children thing again. Hmm..

 

[LadyLt]

Originally posted by DisneyVillain
We were on the boat to the Disney/MGM Studios on June 2nd, when the announcement was made to "Be sure to have a place and time to meet if your party is seperated." Without hesitation, my 17 yo son turned to his little brother and said: "Magic Kingdom, in front of Cinderella's Castle, noon Saturday, wear a red shirt." Of course, even if it hadn't been five days away, that location and time was the big Gay Day assembly in the Magic Kingdom, with tens of thousands of people meeting there in red shirts. My son is so helpful!

Very few posts make me laugh out loud, but this one did. I am still chuckling. I think your son's sense of humor is great.

It reminded me of when my darling daughter was 18 years old and visiting WDW for her high school graduation. She was staying with her cousin who is a CM. He suggested she go to MK on a Saturday, though he did suggest she change out of her red t-shirt when she came out of the bedroom. He didn't warn her when he dropped her off at the Polynesian and left her for 12 hours while he went to his job at the Studios. She called me back in Texas about six times that day to report on various "sights" that she was seeing. LOL My nephew is gay and knows his cousin is okay with it. He just had a weird sense of humor.

To get back to the original thread, the same darling daughter became angry with me in Magic Kingdom one day when she was 15 years old. She stormed off on her own. She knew the Magic Kingdom and we were staying at a WDW resort so I wasn't frightened. I just went ahead and did my own thing for the next two hours. After that I decided that I better go looking for her. We had established the area outside the Baby Care Center as a meeting place, but she wasn't there. I went to City Hall to leave a message for her. She was standing there at City Hall waiting on me. She had forgotten our place.

Bianca

 

[tink44]

Hey -3 pages of responses! I'm so honored! This was the first thread I posted! Thanks to all who posted- they've been funny and poignant. Also reminding all of us to make a plan!

Any more?

 

[Maridw]

In 2001 there were 10 of us that went, my sister & her family (6), my family (3) and my brother. We went to Epcot and went to TT, got fastpasses and then went to Wonders of Life. My nephew, Shanon(16) didn't want to go there so he went to Innoventions. After that we went to Living Seas. While there it was getting close to our FP time so we started finding everyone and could not find my niece, Beth(14). We had 2 people stand in a central spot and the rest of us panned out and searched both levels. Still no Beth. So we headed toward TT while my sister stayed to continue looking and talk to a CM. On the way to TT we ran into Beth and Shanon. Beth could not find us and thought we had all left LS, so she went to find her brother. She knew he was probably still in Innoventions, and that is where she found him.

We called my sister and let her know that we had her and she had gone down to security to talk to them. So she had to go back down to let them know we had found her. Needless to say, my sister was not a happy camper when she caught up with us. But my niece had done what she was told. My sister & her hubby and told all the kids that if they got lost or separated, to try and find another member of the family. In fact she wasn't even upset, she kept her cool and went where she knew someone was. Thankfully it was at Epcot that she got lost.

 

[CdnDisneyFan]

Quite a few years ago, my mom and I were at Epcot, and I was getting angry with her for some stupid reason, so I left, and ended up back at our hotel room back at Hotel Royal Plaza, and believe me, she was NOT pleased with me after that!!!

Jules

 

[DisneyVillain]

Originally posted by LadyLt
I think your son's sense of humor is great.

Little brother had his turn later in the week. A cast member overheard him setting a meeting place with his big brother before we entered the Magic Kingdom. She was confused when she tried to help, and he told her that he actually did mean "Sleeping Beauty's Castle", and not "Cinderella's Castle"; but he explained: "We've seen Cinderella's Castle, but we've never been to California."