Family restrooms?

[sleepingbeautymama]

With a week and a half left until our trip, I'm having a lot of pain and not sure how much of the parks I'll do. So when it's just my husband and 4 yr. old daughter, is there anywhere he can take her to use the restroom? Thanks

 

[Cheshire Figment]

All the parks have companion restrooms. I have seen men bring girls into restrooms and get them very quickly into a stall.

 

[shovan]

Pick up the handicapped guidebook in each park, it will tell you where the handicapped/companion/family restrooms are. They are seperate single large restrooms set away from the other restrooms. I believe they are intended for the handicapped & situations such as yours. My DH is WC bound & needs my assistance, so this makes vacations so much easier for us! I guess that's one of the reasons we keep going back! We'll be there in 13 Days for the Food & Wine Fest and again in Jan. with family! Good Luck on your trip, hope all goes well!

 

[Chuck S]

At that age, and unless she is a special needs child that would make the larger family restroom a necessity, he could just take her into the regular mens rooms and rush her into a stall. It isn't unusual for a dad to do that at Disney.

 

[HopperFan]

I would never allow my DH to take my DD into a mens room. I still remember my Dad taking me into a mens room well over 40 years ago....and while nothing bad happened, it was a memory planted in my head that I don't want for my daughter.

Until they do away with urinals and fountains, then it is not a place for a girl. I would have no problem waiting outside a companion restroom with my disabled son for your husband to assist his daughter, if there were no other option for him.

 

[Chuck S]

I would never allow my DH to take my DD into a mens room. I still remember my Dad taking me into a mens room well over 40 years ago....and while nothing bad happened, it was a memory planted in my head that I don't want for my daughter.

Until they do away with urinals and fountains, then it is not a place for a girl. I would have no problem waiting outside a companion restroom with my disabled son for your husband to assist his daughter, if there were no other option for him.

I don't understand why it is different from a Mother taking her 4 yo son into the ladies room.

 

[Biscuitsmom31]

I don't understand why it is different from a Mother taking her 4 yo son into the ladies room.

I don't either. Male parts aren't pretty, but I don't think their traumatizing either.

I meant to say "aren't" pretty. Now I feel like some sort of weirdo.

 

[maxiesmom]

I don't understand why it is different from a Mother taking her 4 yo son into the ladies room.

All the female stuff happens behind closed doors. There are no women out in the open taking care of business.

 

[Hannathy]

Another don't understand the difference. Even men standing at the urinal aren't really "showing" much and if a little girl walked thru fast she'd have to be pretty close to see much and IMO most men would be descreet and angle themselves away till she passed. Or tell her to close her eyes. My DH used to take our DD in when she was that little and she is not traumatized. If women can take boys, men can take little girls.

 

[HappyDznyCamper]

As long as a companion rest room is available I see no reason to take a 4 year old girl into the mens room, it just isn't necessary. Companion rest rooms are just that, for anyone who may need help(a companion) including parents with children of the opposite sex too young to go in by themselves.

 

[mrzrich]

Here's a link to all the companion restrooms. They also have them at all the first aid/ baby care centers

http://www.allearsnet.com/pl/restrooms.htm

 

[MousekaMaddi]

theyre everywhere, and are great!

 

[SueM in MN]

All the female stuff happens behind closed doors. There are no women out in the open taking care of business.

I do think that does make a difference for comfort level for many women thinking of themselves taking a son into the ladies room vs a man taking a girl into the men's room.

That said, when my oldest DD was little, when her dad took her places without me, he did rush her into a stall in the men's room. I doubt that she remembers it because he didn't make a big deal he just took her in and that was it (if he had made a big deal of it, I'm sure she would have remembered it and not liked it).

On the other hand, he has taken our youngest DD who is disabled out by himself. On one of those trips, he did use a companion restroom because she uses a wheelchair and needed to use that. When he came out, he was greeted by an angry woman and a security guard. She had seen DH taking DD into the Companion Restroom and decided he was up to no good. He has not taken her out by himself again since then (and that was a few years ago).

For people who do use them, my only request (as someone who needs them for my DD) is that people think about what other options they have and consider whether they can use any of the options. Keep in mind that for some people, those Companion Restrooms (they are Companion Restrooms, not Family Restrooms) are their only choice and that there are very few of them - even though it might seem like they are all over, there are only about 5-6 per park (and that means, for some people, those are the only 5-6 toilets in that whole park they can use).

 

[mrzrich]

On the other hand, he has taken our youngest DD who is disabled out by himself. On one of those trips, he did use a companion restroom because she uses a wheelchair and needed to use that. When he came out, he was greeted by an angry woman and a security guard. She had seen DH taking DD into the Companion Restroom and decided he was up to no good. He has not taken her out by himself again since then (and that was a few years ago).

It a shame that people automatically think the worst
I have a male friend that taught elementary school. He loved it, and the kids loved him. However, many parents assumed he was a pervert. They thought "Why would a heterosexual nondeviant man want to teach Elementary school"

He was always worried that his actions might be perceived as inappropriate. Like the time he had a former student run up to him and hug him to say she missed him. He felt like he had to push her away before somebody saw. A lot of these kids didn't have dad at home so a good male role model was really important.

He eventually changed his certification to teach middle school which he really doesn't like as much.

 

[Pooh Bear Hugs]

I'd rather take my sons to the womens toilet with me than leave a person in a wheelchair stuck outside as I was blocking their toilet.

 

[sleepingbeautymama]

Here's a link to all the companion restrooms. They also have them at all the first aid/ baby care centers

http://www.allearsnet.com/pl/restrooms.htm

Thanks for this link. I'm glad to see there is somewhere he could take her. I know my dh, he would not want to take her into a men's restroom.