Has anyone actually lost their kid at Disney?

[sukhakuli]

I'll have to check in to those bracelet things. What we did previously was tie a luggage tag on to their shoes with info in it. For my oldest it was just our name and number, but for ds we had a little letter explaning that he has autism and is non-verbal, and then had our number on it. He speaks now, so it's not an issue anymore, but that the time, people expect a kid his age to talk or nod or something, and he was absolutely and completely unresponsive to everything.

I forgot another lost story. We lost my mom after Fantasmic. That doesn't sound so critical, except she had my 3 week old ds with her. She is mentally ill, and my dad was carrying my ds. I don't know why, but he let her carry him when we were leaving. We agreed to meet at the bottom of the ramp in case we got separated. Well, my mom got there first, and decided that we must have left without her. So she left the park. She wandered around the parking lot for a while. Then she decided she'd take a boat back to our hotel (we were staying at SoG. There is no boat from MGM. Or is it Hollywood Studios now? Anyway...). So she wandered down to the boat dock, but the boats weren't running. She then she decided to take a cab. But she couldn't find her cell phone. Not to mention that she didn't have a car seat for him! In the meantime, we were panicked. The park was closed, and emptied by now. We were standing by the gates with a bunch of cast members trying to find her. She was gone for over an hour wandering around. We finally found her outside the gate by the bus kiosk looking for a bus to God only knows where. I don't know that I've ever been so angry. And my mom and dad just can't figure out why she is not allowed to watch the kids at all! She kept asking to carry the baby and I kept telling her no, and she kept getting upset about it. She claims her mind was taken over, and she has no memory of any of it, and of course it won't happen again. Yeah, right.

Obviously I'm still bitter about it! LOL!

 

[eeyorefan41]

We lost our dd -5 at the time- in the Test Track Exhibit. My dh thought she was with me and I thought he had her. By the time we realized this and went back in to get her a CM was already walking her out towards us.

 

[*Toadstool*]

SAFETYTATS! I'm a big fan of these! I feel much better knowing my info is clearly visible. She can't take it off herself either.

 

[jlstwinmommy]

We lost my older DS at WDW when he was almost 7. We were traveling with my parents and a good friend of mine and her family. All of us had stopped for a restroom break and as we gathered back together and were deciding where to go next, the 2 boys (hers had just turned 6) apparently already decided and took off. After 5 minutes, we decided what to do and then realized the boys were missing. Fortunately, I had told my son that if he got separated to find the nearest CM and tell them he was lost. As soon as he realized he couldn't see us, he stopped at a CM like he was told. They were just getting ready to inform security when we saw him (he had actually only gone about 200ft up the path from where we stopped). Unfortunately, we didn't tell them to stick together if they got lost, so my friend's DS kept going. My DS told me where they were headed so my friend's DH was able to find him after another 5 minutes of frantically looking. They were headed to ride the cars and he was standing there wondering why we hadn't followed him.

My DH lost my DD (3 at the time) in Hersheypark during a very crowded Saturday in the summer. He had taken the kids on a kiddie roller coaster and was meeting me right after. When he walked up to me, he only had 2 of the 3. DD was little and just followed the sea of legs and made a turn. DH though she was right behind him. That was the scariest 10 minutes of my life as I had no idea where to begin to look for her. Fortunately, at some point she realized she was following the wrong legs and turned around. She's a twin and she was wearing a matching shirt to her brother. As we were describing her to people nearby, one lady said - "oh - a shirt like that little girl?" There was my DD, crying hysterically trying to find her mommy. I don't think I let her hand go for the rest of the day.

 

[jaleaton]

A little embarrassing, but I'm an adult, and I lost my parents who had my baby in their care. We were in the Mouse Gears shop in Epcot, and I had a bathroom emergency, so I ran across the way to the Electric Umbrella. Once I got to the bathroom, I realized I had left my bag and phone with my mother, but figured, no big deal, I'll just find them when I get back in Mouse Gears, sounds easy, especially when looking for someone with a baby and a bright orange stroller. WRONG...that store is huge, and not so easy to find your 'lost' party. The store didn't have phones that could call out, so I went over to Guest Relations and called them, located them, and was able to quickly meet back up with them.

 

[ajchambers1]

I take a picture of my kids each morning just in case they get lost! It would be easy to forget what they were wearing in the panic of looking for them!

 

[roobug]

We lost one of our twins when they were 22 months at Epcot at the fountain in from of Mission to Mars. I went on the ride DH was watching them play in the fountain then Bug took off on him. He grabbed Monkey and put him in the stroller, but by the time he did that Bug had gotten into a store. A CM found him, and where standing outside the store. We had matching shirts, so the CM saw him walking up and said "This little guy must be yours" It ended well, but we didn't have any identification on him so lesson learned.