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[WardFam]

I agree, and also understand OP's decision.

I sincerely hope this woman doesn't continue with aggressive behavior towards anyone, let alone children. Can you imagine what the outcome could have been if the shoved person/kid had balance problems, or other physical issues that aren't "visible"? Wow...it makes my blood boil.

It makes my blood boil too every time I think about it!

 

[WardFam]

I’m so sorry to hear this happened but good on you for not letting her take your day from you. People are out of control these days.

We had a small incident on our trip (seems insignificant next to yours). Some Lady was screaming at my new DIL about how stupid she was for paying that kind of money for a spirt jersey and it’s people like us paying Disneys high prices that ruin it for everyone. She claimed if stupid people like her wouldn’t pay that kind of money for things they would bring the prices down. It was ridiculous how angry she was. I was about to step in and explain (not very nicely I’m sure) that at 21 she has already received her MBA with a minor in Business Law, was still a full time student working towards another degree all while maintaining a full time job, hence, she could buy whatever she chooses (she’s actually quite frugal) and she’s far from stupid when my husband stopped me and reminded me that giving into that kind of anger was exactly what the Lady wanted. They want everyone to be as miserable as them. By fighting back our day would be ruined by feeding into the anger (actually I would have probably walked away feeling better). We also had another ridiculous incident while boarding the plane to return home. We followed the line up instructions given by the gate person and some guy was trying to tell her she was doing it wrong (come on people just because she’s young and pretty doesn’t make her an easy target). I noticed my DIL just stood quietly while both these people were being jerks-and it made them even madder that they couldn’t get a reaction out of her. The more she ignored them the louder and madder they became. It was brilliant. This old Italian might be learning a new trick?

Now I do have to give your EXTRA credit because if a person assaulted any of my children-it would be the last thing they did! I hope they found her and kicked her out. Disney is one of the last happy places on earth and we need to keep it that way.

your poor DIL. Both of those situations are awful. I think it would have made me feel better to yell back also!
I definitely went from trying to calm the situation into mama bear, but when my son started into a panic attack I just went straight to protect him and make sure he was going to be ok. I think if there had been another adult with me (I was just with my teens this trip) one of us would have made sure she did not get away. I agree with keeping Disney a happy place for everyone!

 

[Wesley815]

Ok here is the story;

Thank you for sharing! Appreciate your honesty and openness about what happened and what you saw or didn't see. Sorry your family had to deal with them, glad you're all ok after.

I really have no idea why people are acting up so much. For me I'm happier now to get go out of house again and to places like Disney or travel locally (was far more unhappy when things were closed). Maybe I'm understanding since I work in hospitality, but I'll still never get the anger and blaming pandemic. Zero reasons to do that- we're all adults and should act like it.

 

[DLgal]

your poor DIL. Both of those situations are awful. I think it would have made me feel better to yell back also!
I definitely went from trying to calm the situation into mama bear, but when my son started into a panic attack I just went straight to protect him and make sure he was going to be ok. I think if there had been another adult with me (I was just with my teens this trip) one of us would have made sure she did not get away. I agree with keeping Disney a happy place for everyone!

Totally understand taking care of your child. I would have done the same.

 

[MonocularVision]

My theory is that lockdowns, school shutdowns, and in general the craziness of almost two years of COVID is driving us all mad. I try to remember to give others as much grace as I can but even still, I have caught myself feeling and behaving in embarrassing ways.

 

[cruisehopeful]

I wish my husband had been there. I didn’t actually see the assault and my attention turned to my son because he was so upset. I do wish I had at least made sure security talked to them.

You are right to tend to your own family. There are cameras all over Disneyland and I don't expect that they got away with that type of behavior. I wouldn't want to waste my family time (and especially expensive family time) on following them around if your son wasn't injured. If that same thing happened somewhere else, I'd file a police report, etc, because I would have "time" to do that away from family time. Sorry that your blood is still boiling when you think about it. That is not fun.

 

[poptart90]

Another thank you for sharing this awful, awful story. I've been absolutely appalled since reading your original post. But also hoping to learn the details as we are traveling to DLR at the end of the month. We've seen all kinds of things at the parks (the craziest was a full-on multi person physical assault in Toontown!) but I've never seen or heard of an adult assaulting a child at DLR. I'm truly sorry that happened to you and your family. And for what it's worth, I think your son had every right to stick up for himself. And I hope those people are booted from the Parks for good!

So again, thank you for taking the time to explain their outrageous ridiculous (and illegal!!) behavior to keep other parents (like me) informed.

 

[WardFam]

Another thank you for sharing this awful, awful story. I've been absolutely appalled since reading your original post. But also hoping to learn the details as we are traveling to DLR at the end of the month. We've seen all kinds of things at the parks (the craziest was a full-on multi person physical assault in Toontown!) but I've never seen or heard of an adult assaulting a child at DLR. I'm truly sorry that happened to you and your family. And for what it's worth, I think your son had every right to stick up for himself. And I hope those people are booted from the Parks for good!

So again, thank you for taking the time to explain their outrageous ridiculous (and illegal!!) behavior to keep other parents (like me) informed.
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Another thank you for sharing this awful, awful story. I've been absolutely appalled since reading your original post. But also hoping to learn the details as we are traveling to DLR at the end of the month. We've seen all kinds of things at the parks (the craziest was a full-on multi person physical assault in Toontown!) but I've never seen or heard of an adult assaulting a child at DLR. I'm truly sorry that happened to you and your family. And for what it's worth, I think your son had every right to stick up for himself. And I hope those people are booted from the Parks for good!

So again, thank you for taking the time to explain their outrageous ridiculous (and illegal!!) behavior to keep other parents (like me) informed.

Thanks! And I hope your trip is full of all the magic!

 

[Araminta18]

Oh my goodness, that's crazy! But totally agree about the anger issues -- we had something happen to us in September in that same vein, though much less serious, where at rope drop a couple at the next turnstile decided that at the gate there was only gonna be one line and so when we lined up at the next turnstile we were cutting in line. But they didn't say anything until the gates opened, then they abandoned their front position at the other turnstile to go in front of us and then started yelling at us for like 3 or 4 minutes about how rude we were cutting everyone and how dare we and there was only one line at their gate. It was bonkers. What is wrong with people?!

So glad your son is ok! I'm sorry that happened