batraylover
Earning My Ears
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When we were at Disneyland one parent yelled at her daughter because her princess crown fell off on the teacups, not out of the teacup, just fell off her head, the mother screamed at her daughter (they were in the teacup next to us) you can't be a princess you can't even keep your crown on. The little girl was in tears.
I saw one parent dragging her daughter by the arm to the Snow White Musical, the little girl was dressed as Snow White and had these awful heeled shoes on, that I personally as an adult could not walk in. The little girl kept saying my feet hurt, stop pulling me, and the mother was yelling at her, and the little girl kept screaming that she did not even like Snow White.
When I was in the toy shop, picking up some playing cards, the Cinderella princess story thing had just ended (didn't know that, or perhaps would have avoided the area). A little girl (maybe 5 years or 6 years old) dressed as Cinderella had these awful clear shoes on that were heels (supposed to look like glass slippers I guess). She took her shoes off during the story time because she told her mom her feet hurt. Her dad blew a gasket at her. He said you wanted to be Cinderella I bought you a Cinderella outfit, and on and on and on about it, and the little girl kept saying I wanted to wear my recess shoes.
When we were watching the parade of dreams a little girl was screaming her head off because her mother kept making her leave her red wig on. The little girl was dressed as Ariel, and had blonde hair, the mom kept telling her that she couldn't be Ariel without the red hair. The little girl was really upset.
When we were in line for the Matterhorn a little girl dressed as Aurora in the most itchy looking long sleeve dress I have ever seen was eating one of those Mickey Mouse chocolate covered ear ice cream bars. One of the pieces of chocolate flaked off and landed on her dress, the white section near the top. The mother in line with her screamed at her in front of everyone until the little girl was in tears about how princesses don't eat ice cream and how she just ruined her $100 princess dress. Any parent who pays $100 for a dress for a four and a half year old needs their head examined if you ask me. I knew the little girl was four because Alice, the White Rabbit, and the Mad Hatter came by the queu and saw the little girl screaming and Alice asked her what was wrong, and the little girl told Alice she couldn't be a princess because princesses didn't eat ice cream, and that she was four and a half and wanted to be a princess. Alice told her that all the princesses eat ice cream, and that her favorite ice cream was strawberry. The little girl started laughing at that point. At least Disney knows how to make the day fun when parents ruin it.
Besides the princess dress incidents, which seemed to be coming up around every part of the day, we were there from 8am-1am; what got me was how many parents just do not watch their children at Disneyland. When we were boarding the Storybook Land Canal boats, they let two kids go up and sit on the front part of the boat, the one little boy kept putting his hand in the water. On Buzz lightyear, this one kid kept banging the gun on his head everytime he missed hitting a target he was aiming for, and he would say stupid, stupid, stupid. He was loud enough that we could hear him in another car, above all the noise in the place. In line for the Matterhorn a parent got off with his son, and the kid was screaming about how scary the monster part was. The dad told him to grow up and get over it, mind you this kid was preschool age. When we were in line for the Snow White Musical, a little girl who was maybe three was wondering around all by herself. I teach pre-k Sunday school so I watch kids around me, even when they aren't my own. I watched her head over for the snack stand area and sit at a picnic table. Five minutes later, and I know it was five minutes later because I was anxiously watching my watch waiting for them to open the theatre, they were running late, and this woman in a frantic comes up screaming I can't find my daughter, she's about this high, blonde hair, I was like she is at the table, and the woman was like how long has she been there, I was like about five minutes, and she was like I did not even know she was gone. How do you not know your three year old is missing for over five minutes?
The last time we were at Disney in 2002, I remember parents talking on their cell phones and ignoring their kids was a big problem. I watched one little boy run off in line for the Winnie The Pooh characters because he wanted to get closer to them. I said excuse me ma'm your son to this lady four times, she still finished her call. Then she starts screaming that her son is missing.
I have taken kids to Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Sea World San Diego, the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Wild Animal Park, Wild Rivers waterpark, Knott's Soak City Waterpark, Boomers, and other crowded locations. Kids don't go more than an arms length away from me whether they are 2 or 12. And I have taken large groups of 6-8 kids places as well, including twin two year olds, and I have never so much as for a second not known where the kids are. I get so frustrated at Disneyland and other places when I see how parents treat their kids, and their complete neglect towards their kids. Makes me wish I carried a cell phone around places like that, because I would love to call CPS on some of these parents, but I don't think a cell phone should ruin a day of fun at Disneyland for the kids.
Just my opinion. Thanks for letting me vent!
I saw one parent dragging her daughter by the arm to the Snow White Musical, the little girl was dressed as Snow White and had these awful heeled shoes on, that I personally as an adult could not walk in. The little girl kept saying my feet hurt, stop pulling me, and the mother was yelling at her, and the little girl kept screaming that she did not even like Snow White.
When I was in the toy shop, picking up some playing cards, the Cinderella princess story thing had just ended (didn't know that, or perhaps would have avoided the area). A little girl (maybe 5 years or 6 years old) dressed as Cinderella had these awful clear shoes on that were heels (supposed to look like glass slippers I guess). She took her shoes off during the story time because she told her mom her feet hurt. Her dad blew a gasket at her. He said you wanted to be Cinderella I bought you a Cinderella outfit, and on and on and on about it, and the little girl kept saying I wanted to wear my recess shoes.
When we were watching the parade of dreams a little girl was screaming her head off because her mother kept making her leave her red wig on. The little girl was dressed as Ariel, and had blonde hair, the mom kept telling her that she couldn't be Ariel without the red hair. The little girl was really upset.
When we were in line for the Matterhorn a little girl dressed as Aurora in the most itchy looking long sleeve dress I have ever seen was eating one of those Mickey Mouse chocolate covered ear ice cream bars. One of the pieces of chocolate flaked off and landed on her dress, the white section near the top. The mother in line with her screamed at her in front of everyone until the little girl was in tears about how princesses don't eat ice cream and how she just ruined her $100 princess dress. Any parent who pays $100 for a dress for a four and a half year old needs their head examined if you ask me. I knew the little girl was four because Alice, the White Rabbit, and the Mad Hatter came by the queu and saw the little girl screaming and Alice asked her what was wrong, and the little girl told Alice she couldn't be a princess because princesses didn't eat ice cream, and that she was four and a half and wanted to be a princess. Alice told her that all the princesses eat ice cream, and that her favorite ice cream was strawberry. The little girl started laughing at that point. At least Disney knows how to make the day fun when parents ruin it.
Besides the princess dress incidents, which seemed to be coming up around every part of the day, we were there from 8am-1am; what got me was how many parents just do not watch their children at Disneyland. When we were boarding the Storybook Land Canal boats, they let two kids go up and sit on the front part of the boat, the one little boy kept putting his hand in the water. On Buzz lightyear, this one kid kept banging the gun on his head everytime he missed hitting a target he was aiming for, and he would say stupid, stupid, stupid. He was loud enough that we could hear him in another car, above all the noise in the place. In line for the Matterhorn a parent got off with his son, and the kid was screaming about how scary the monster part was. The dad told him to grow up and get over it, mind you this kid was preschool age. When we were in line for the Snow White Musical, a little girl who was maybe three was wondering around all by herself. I teach pre-k Sunday school so I watch kids around me, even when they aren't my own. I watched her head over for the snack stand area and sit at a picnic table. Five minutes later, and I know it was five minutes later because I was anxiously watching my watch waiting for them to open the theatre, they were running late, and this woman in a frantic comes up screaming I can't find my daughter, she's about this high, blonde hair, I was like she is at the table, and the woman was like how long has she been there, I was like about five minutes, and she was like I did not even know she was gone. How do you not know your three year old is missing for over five minutes?
The last time we were at Disney in 2002, I remember parents talking on their cell phones and ignoring their kids was a big problem. I watched one little boy run off in line for the Winnie The Pooh characters because he wanted to get closer to them. I said excuse me ma'm your son to this lady four times, she still finished her call. Then she starts screaming that her son is missing.
I have taken kids to Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Sea World San Diego, the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Wild Animal Park, Wild Rivers waterpark, Knott's Soak City Waterpark, Boomers, and other crowded locations. Kids don't go more than an arms length away from me whether they are 2 or 12. And I have taken large groups of 6-8 kids places as well, including twin two year olds, and I have never so much as for a second not known where the kids are. I get so frustrated at Disneyland and other places when I see how parents treat their kids, and their complete neglect towards their kids. Makes me wish I carried a cell phone around places like that, because I would love to call CPS on some of these parents, but I don't think a cell phone should ruin a day of fun at Disneyland for the kids.
Just my opinion. Thanks for letting me vent!
I hope that's what happened to at least 80% of what you saw in the parks. 
Which reminds me- I saw a blue and white long tutu yesterday at the dance store that I thought would be pretty just over a blue (maybe sparkly?) swimsuit for a super cool princess costume...maybe a pair of shorts underneath too to make it "ride approved"
