We had a disgusting episode at Rose & Crown.....

[*NikkiBell*]

I agree and the majority of the comments posted here. Rose & Crown is a high quality establishment and what a guest accidently did should not deem the restaurant as disgusting or unworthy of a visit.

My other random thoughts...

I am about 95% sure from what you have stated that this vomitting was due to a combination of the heat and eating many different foods (as people typically do on vacations).

Immediately thinking that the vomitting is due to illness is a bit off base. As a fifth grade teacher, I know first hand that it could have been excitement, the heat, etc. Jumping to such a conclusion is a bit much. Your children are exposed to millions of germs everyday and they will NOT contract anything from vomit unless they ingest it.

I feel that the CM's tried to keep this as quiet as possible to save the little girl from embarrassment. I have a feeling this child was pretty upset about what she did and even ashamed. The CM's gesture to help with the fireworks was more than appropriate and they tried to calm you down in the meantime.

Sawdust and similar items are used to clean up vomit. It is used in schools, cafeterias, restaurants, etc. This is standard. Additional cleaning typically occurs later on after the public is gone. Would you have rather the CM's get a hose and spray the vomit around by you? I think not.

 

[danalee]

Ok I just got to the end of this post, and I do see both sides.....but I still would not want to eat my dinner next to smelly vomit

That is just nasty, I feel bad for the little girl but I also feel bad for anyone who would have to sit and "enjoy" there dinner near vomit!

Oh and I wouldnt care if it was, "my kid ate junk all day and is really not sick vomit" Or "my kid has gag reflex vomit" Or "my kid is excited vomit" Or "my kid is really sick vomit" its vomit no matter what, and nope I wouldnt want to eat by it.

I think the OP felt she got the run around so to speak, if you are the waiter or how about a manager and this happens, of course help the family of the sick kid, no doubt.....but talking with the people next to this and reassuring them you are doing what you can to clean it up and get them moved as soon as possible, I am sure would have nipped this whole thing in the bud!

I grant you vomit happens, even at disney but I still dont want eat by it.

 

[luv2nascar]

I'm a mom to two motion sick DDs and I have cleaned up my fair share of puke. There is no way I'm ever getting used to the smell period. I could not sit there and eat smelling puke.

My SIL's kid threw up in Crystal Palace this year. I can only imagine the scene. Her other kid threw up on a disney bus in the seat and on the hotel bed.

 

[EpcotGuy]

your daughter can puke on command?!? I must say that is kinda cool, what a talent! I would be afraid to upset her or not let her get her way for fear of massive amounts of vomit!

also, to the post about the girl peeing in the restaurant doorway, that is SICK. I am assuming they were from another country. which is absolutely no excuse. If you do not know how to act properly in the USA then learn how to before you come!

This reminds me of the time I was at the Universe of Energy, and a 4 year old just stood up and peed all over the floor in the car... right as it started moving for the first time. GROSS! We laughed our buns off and just climbed over to the next row in the car (thankfully the ride was fairly empty....).

 

[Disney D]

I'm absolutely amazed at all the Puke "episodes" at WDW. In all the times I've been, I have NEVER come accross it !!!!!!!!!!

I'm biting my tongue now that I've said that !!! I'll be back at WDW on 24th August !!!!

 

[Esmerelda]

If it bothered me that much (like the OP), I would have just picked up and left....goodness gracious! Working in the ER, I smell things all day that you'd rather not hear about. Some bodily functions...folks just can't control. (a small child peeing...yes...the parents could have handled that WAY better..). When you have a churning stomach...well...you know the rest.

Had it bothered my family that much...we would have just left and eaten some where else. There really wasn't much any CM could do regarding the smell other than what was done. I'm sure the little girl did not want to toss her cookies anywhere...let alone DW...ick. Perhaps she ate something and rode an attraction...or maybe she had a lot of DW "junk" that day...then there's the heat. It certainly does not mean she had a "virus". Oh well...doesn't matter. I guess I just wouldn't have reacted the same way....

Esmerelda

 

[scrapbookworm]

We also don't know if maybe the girl's parents had told the CM that she had a gag reflex/motion sickness/ate too much candy etc, and that's why they weren't forced to leave. ONLY the girl's parents really know what happened.

Here is another idea: What if it was a food allergy/sensitivity, and R&C had accidentally served her something containing that ingredient? Maybe they had requested No Dairy, No Wheat, etc and there was a mistake. Or maybe the girl took a bite of her parents food before anyone realized what happened. Then that would explain why that family wasn't forced to leave the restaurant, and why R&C offered to let their children and the OPs children start the fireworks....

 

[ReneeA]

your daughter can puke on command?!? I must say that is kinda cool, what a talent! I would be afraid to upset her or not let her get her way for fear of massive amounts of vomit!

also, to the post about the girl peeing in the restaurant doorway, that is SICK. I am assuming they were from another country. which is absolutely no excuse. If you do not know how to act properly in the USA then learn how to before you come!

Yeah, it's quite a talent! She gets mad, and starts to cry and can have herself vomiting within minutes. I don't give into her because she already has the potential to be quite a tyrant. I just have to clean up the mess when it happens.

 

[faindrops27]

Ok, well the child threw up, and you were 5 ft from it. Me, I do not like to think, or deal with throw up. But, me having been in the medical field have seen, it all before. Some have sensative stomachs. Anyhow, me personally think a dog swimming in my pool, that me, or my family have to get in is way more "gross". I really don't understand the thought process. But this is JMHO

 

[CharmedLife]

Had it bothered my family that much...we would have just left and eaten some where else. There really wasn't much any CM could do regarding the smell other than what was done.

Esmerelda

I agree - the ball was in the court of the OP. If you don't like it, leave. I teach bloodborne pathogen safety at work and there are specific things you have to do when cleaning up bodily fluids. I'm sure the CM's were handling it as they had been trained.

To the posters who complain about the smell of the cleaning chemicals, it's an unfortunate reality of what has to be used to clean it up due to the BBP precautions. Again, if the smell bothers you, you have a choice to leave. Your choice is the smell of the "protein spill" or the smell of the cleaning chemicals.

That said, I do think that if the delay in moving the OP's family to a different table was because the restaurant was packed and there was nothing available (as I'm sure was the case at that time), then a CM should have at least communicated back to her that they were waiting for something to open. It sounds like there was a lack of communication once she asked to be moved.

 

[Allison]

Thousands and thousands of helpful threads on this board... and a person registers a screen name JUST to comment on the "barf-o-rama" drama...

Funny how the stench of a conspiracy theory is stronger than vomit

Hmmm...I was thinking the same thing.

 

[awatt]

This thread is too funny. 130 replies, some of them quite passionat, about vomit!

 

[MastaMind]

Ok, well the child threw up, and you were 5 ft from it. Me, I do not like to think, or deal with throw up. But, me having been in the medical field have seen, it all before. Some have sensative stomachs. Anyhow, me personally think a dog swimming in my pool, that me, or my family have to get in is way more "gross". I really don't understand the thought process. But this is JMHO

Amen to that! Wet dirty dogs in a pool are worse than vomit on the floor.......unless you swim in the vomit. Oh, the irony!

 

[mousebit]

Last night, our family was celebrating my DHs BD at a Mexican restaurant. DGD thought she was plenty old to partake of the salsa and chips, washed down with large gulps of iced tea. My daughter noticed the green face just in time to rush her out the front door (closer than the restroom) where DGD deposited her appetizer in the bushes on the side of the building (thankfully, out of sight). When they returned to the table, we all just smiled and went on with the meal and conversation. Very soon, DGD was all better.

Moral of that little story: Life happens. Kiddos upchuck. Move on.

The happiest place on earth is full of happy children--and all of them little time bombs, very likely to make a whoops when least expected or desired.

Kudos to the CMs. It sounds to me like they were trying to handle the situation discretely. With years of teaching experience, I can say I have seen a lot kids puke (brag or complaint? )) And every time the child is just humiliated. My heart goes out to them. And very often they feel better immediately afterward, so there's no need to leave or do anything that might add to the drama.

I'm sure it was an unpleasant experience for the OP. I probably would have moved very quickly (I can't handle the smell either). But I would have done so discretely, without causing further embarrassment to the sick child or her family.

 

[traci]

To the OP, I also think vomit is gross...and I have two babies!! If I had to smell it at a restaurant while trying to eat, that would be the end of me
I didn't take your post as condescending either. I am a little surprised to read parents who say their kids throw up on a weekly basis, or because they are too hot *and it just happens all the time*....that to me doesn't seem healthy If my kids were getting too hot or worked up I would take them to a cooler place before the vomiting even became an issue. To the little girl at R&C poor little thing hugs to her.

Safe and happy travels all

 

[ElizabethB]

I would have left immediately if this happened to me. The OP couldn't have been so "trapped" that she couldn't have people move their chairs so she and her family could get out. This happened to us once. We were having breakfast at the toniest restaurant at Stein Erikson Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah. A family was walking past our table leaving the restaurant. As they walked past us, the boy (who was about 12) suddenly looked at us and heaved all over the floor by our table, also hitting our table cloth. The restaurant staff did nothing. We simply got up and walked out. We didn't pay for our food. We just left.

I sense that the OP didn't really want to leave as he/she had worked so hard to get that waterside table at R&C. The OP expected the family with the sick child to leave. When they didn't, the OP got upset. Should the family with the sick child have left? Absolutely, yes. But, sorry, you can't expect other people to act politely or graciously (ever). The days of people behaving with politeness and civility are long gone. It's now every man for himself - at least in the U.S. Not sure about other countries.

So, you have to do what is best for you. I'd have left the restaurant as fast as I possibly could -- Illuminations view or not.

By the say, I don't work in the medical field and, for me, vomit is extremely gross and I simply cannot handle the odor without gagging myself. By contrast, a dog in my swimming pool is not gross and is no big deal.

 

[juligrl]

Last night, our family was celebrating my DHs BD at a Mexican restaurant. DGD thought she was plenty old to partake of the salsa and chips, washed down with large gulps of iced tea. My daughter noticed the green face just in time to rush her out the front door (closer than the restroom) where DGD deposited her appetizer in the bushes on the side of the building (thankfully, out of sight). When they returned to the table, we all just smiled and went on with the meal and conversation. Very soon, DGD was all better.

Another throwing up story! My DH and his family still talk of this one. When BIL was about 12 they stopped for ice cream on the way up to their family's cabin. He ate his ice cream and they all hopped back in the car to go the rest of the way. BIL then got thirsty and reached into the cooler and pulled out a nice bottle of - lemonade. Not two minutes later they were pulled over at the side of the road with BIL throwing up. There just so happens to be a stain in the road right where he puked which every single time we pass it they all reminisce about this story.

 

[Mo-Yo]

I understand that the OP hates vomit...who doesn't, honestly?

And I would have wanted to be moved to another table probably as well.

That said, in what way was the OP harmed by having the family with the "sick" girl" remain in the restaurant?

Shouldn't the parents be free to judge for themselves whether or not thier child was "sick" or sick enough to have to go back to the room.

 

[Ms.Mouse]

Ok, well the child threw up, and you were 5 ft from it. Me, I do not like to think, or deal with throw up. But, me having been in the medical field have seen, it all before. Some have sensative stomachs. Anyhow, me personally think a dog swimming in my pool, that me, or my family have to get in is way more "gross". I really don't understand the thought process. But this is JMHO

OK, I admit it.... I'm a little slow on the uptake.... I get it now and I'm rotfl.....

 

[Mouse House Mama]

To the OP, I also think vomit is gross...and I have two babies!! If I had to smell it at a restaurant while trying to eat, that would be the end of me
I didn't take your post as condescending either. I am a little surprised to read parents who say their kids throw up on a weekly basis, or because they are too hot *and it just happens all the time*....that to me doesn't seem healthy If my kids were getting too hot or worked up I would take them to a cooler place before the vomiting even became an issue. To the little girl at R&C poor little thing hugs to her.

Safe and happy travels all

That's a great suggestion and those of us who have children who vomit do try to help our children not to vomit. Do you really think ANYONE wants to vomit? Child or adult. And no- it is not a health problem. My son has a very bad gag reflex. It is the way his throat is made. There is no magic cure to help him. Believe me, we would have found one if we could have. It breaks our heart every time this poor kid pukes. Luckily it is a million times better as he has gotten older. Certain foods trigger it. Obviously we stay away from those foods but sometimes he can eat something today and tomorrow have the same thing and it makes him gag. We think it's a texture thing mainly. I know it's very hard to understand if your child doesn't have this issue but taking my child in particular to a cooler place would have no effect on his vomitting. I agree that the CM should have told the OP that they would get them a table ASAP. I also agree that nobody wants to eat smelling vomit, myself included. I just think that ripping the poor family apart because their kid puked is wrong. You don't know the circumstance and from the Op's post she didn't see the kid vomit, it was just there and she was trying to find out if it was indeed vomit. So you can't fault the family for not apologizing to them. Of course if my child vomits and we are in a crowd we apologize but we clean it up and move on. There is nothing else we can do, and nasty remarks and looks do nothing for the situation. There are very few parents (I like to believe) that would take their sick kid all over to puke randomly for fun. It's possible that the child was not sick. I do also agree with the OP about not letting her kids help start the fireworks with the child who vomitted. Unless I knew that the child was not sick (I would tell the other family if it was my son that puked) I would be hesitant about letting my kids get up close and personal. Not that I am a gremaphobe by any means, but I don't want my kids to feel ill if I can avoid it. No flames please- I am just trying to show you the other side of the coin.