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

[Disney D]

No matter what anyone says, I think vomit is the most vile disgusting thing.... and if my children vomited in a restaurant I would totally understand if people felt sick and were put off their dinner,or even if they walked out ( I would if anyone was sick near me). I think I would make my apologies and leave. I know the damage is already done but I wouldn't enjoy sitting there being judged by eveyone. My kids come first and I'd hate to upset them by leaving but at Disney you can soon make it up to them.

 

[pigletforever]

I agree with everyone else. Kids are kids and they puke. My oldest used to throw up weeklly due to a nervous stomach - everytime he got in an uncomfortable situation. He wasn't sick and had no illness just scared. I feel for the family. Hope your child is never in the same position and someone makes a fuss and embarasses them. And why not eat at R&C? Sounds like they were following protocol. you didnt have a bad meal. You were treated pretty well - new table and all. Sorry you didnt allow your kids a magic moment with the fireworks.

 

[Disney Planner Mama]

I have to say I'm a little confused as to why Disney didn't get someone in to really clean up the mess, rather than just put sawdust and such over it? I mean it's hard to go 10 feet in disney without tripping over someone in the custodial staff (one of the reasons I liked disney...it's so very clean...).

 

[patsal]

While unpleasant, I think the drama it caused was over the top. Kids throw up and not always from a virus. Some have really poor gag reflexes and something triggers the reaction. Still other children have vomiting down to a "science" for manipulation--not a bad way to get attention and embarass the parents if you really wnat your own way--to go do something else, not watch fireworks, to not have to eat your dinner, etc. A very bad situation was made worse by an over reaction.

 

[wheatenwalker]

I agree that the people with the sick kids should have left-- how unfair to make a sick child sit there! And I find it repulsive as well to have vomit 5 feet from me while I am eating ( and I too am a nurse)

 

[jimenyfan]

I would have quickly asked for a table inside so I didnt have to sit their and smell vomit but it wouldnt have ruined my night, luckily I have a strong stomach and terrible sense of smell. On the other hand no disney vacation for me is complete without my 8y/o throwing up somewhere, and when he does its not from illness.

 

[mickeyfan2]

The GROSSEST thing happened to us last night at Rose & Crown and because of the runaround and BS we got, we will NEVER eat there again. We had a 7:30 ADR, arrived and were seated about 8:10 outside next to a table with two families (4 adults and 2 little girls) that were about done eating. Table full of used plates, glasses, etc. We order and are happy....get salads drinks, etc. THEN I smell the distinct smell of vomit and cleaning chems like they use in schools and I just feel so ill. I look over and a CM is cleaning w/sawdust and spreading it around etc into the grout of the stone floor. OK, enough. I mean we are within 5 ft of this stuff and trapped. The only way out was over this vomit. I told my girls (they were even closer) to move over to my side of the table. I asked our waiter if one of their little ones thru up. I get some runaround with a smile that "quite possibly"....and he goes away! OK, maybe I have rocks in my head, but there is NO WAY I am going to sit there and be able to enjoy our meal smelling this and seeing it spread into the floor! We had this awesome table RIGHT by the water....these people procede to keep their place 'cause obviously they don't want to leave with illuminations starting soon....how uncouth. The little girl sits on her mom's lap and they order dessert!!!!! I am ready to vomit, myself. In the next few minutes while we are waiting for it to be completely spread around (cleaned up) and find out what our options are, this jolly good fellow comes over and starts asking if my two girls and those two sick girls will start the fireworks for them....I am like - uh, I don't want my kids within 50 yards of these kids and there is NO WAY in **** that we will be participating in some little silly thing with a vomiting kid.....he acts like I am a crazy kook for overreacting. (I don't THINK so)I asked the girl that came to put our umbrella down what exactly happened, I mean if I am wrong and it isn't vomit I would feel MUCH better and it would save me from worrying now for the next several nights of our trip if my kids are going to wake up ill, but she gives us some garbage excuse that this sawdust and chem clean up is "standard procedure" and done all the time and she doesn't know why it is being done 5 ft from us and what happened. I told her we just arrived and there is NO WAY I want my girls to get sick and no way I want my trip ruined by illness. (I am the mega handiwipe queen) Ask to be moved to another table. WELL, you would think I asked to dine with the queen. So put out were they. We had to ask 5 different people to be moved or if we could just leave and skip the whole thing. They just acted so Disneyish like there is NO problem, it's in our heads and we are making a big deal out of nothing. After we got aggravated and wanted to just leave (that was my first reaction but we were literally trapped)they did move us to an inside table, but at this point after having to walk over the vomit covered in sawdust and spread into the stone to get inside, we had no appetite left at all. We ate NOTHING. The waiter took off one meal - whoopee. I just cannot get over the nerve of those people staying with their ill kid, either! How rude and stupid. I would rather eat next to a 1/2 naked hairy, dirty guy in a Speedo with bare feet than a person throwing up......maybe it's just me but come on - talk about unsanitary. GROSS. I was just so disgusted by how we were made to feel like WE had the issue because we were asking to be moved, not the people that thought Illuminations was so important that they had to stay and expose everybody out there to this sickness. I understand about kids all of a sudden being sick, but to stay in a restaurant with a kid that is obviously ill is just selfish and I am really surprised that they weren't asked to leave by somebody at R & C.

Lives4Disney

Please let this go. I had a kid vomit on me at Fantasmic just as the show started. He got the guy (not my DH) next to me too. The CMs cleaned it up and I then bought a new shirt to change into. It did not ruin my evening or the rest of my trip. We lovingly call him puke boy now and laugh.



ETA: Puke boy threw up because he at cotton candy, hotdogs, pretzels and other stuff and began to jump around.

 

[ukwildcat]

I would pose this to the OP. You have children of your own. Have you never experienced anything worse than vomit with your children? Personally, I have been urinated on, pooped on, vomited on, etc. So there is some vomit on the ground next to you. So what? My opinion, you overreacted.

 

[GreatBarrier86]

I understand how something like that would ruin a meal but you can't really blame the kid. I do recall vomiting several times when i was a baby and i dont really think i wanted it to happen.

Also, i think disney did the right thing by pretending everything is ok. It's not appropriate for them to make a scene in front of everybody else. They are "required" to provide an enjoyable environment for their guests. By them fretting about something like this, it takes away from the magic that is disney. Ok...that was tacky, but i do agree with it.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I can see both sides here.

A kid at the next table at Kona threw up and I thought DH was going to go over the edge. The mom was cleaning him up and being quite discreet about it, and the family was leaving. I was facing their table, but I was trying not to stare because I didn't want DS to notice. DS is a bit of a drama king and if someone TALKS about something gross or if something gross comes on TV when he is eating then that's it - he won't take another bite. DH was far more upset about it than I was, but it didn't ruin our dinner.

I used to nanny a little boy who would vomit on purpose if he wasn't getting his way. He virtually NEVER threw up when he was truly sick.

Kids do throw up sometimes from things other than illness, but it isn't pleasant! I really think if my child threw up in a restaurant that we would LEAVE, even if he wasn't sick. I would be too embarrassed to continue to sit there, especially if I thought we were making other diners uncomfortable. And I guess I have the same expectation of other people.

 

[5wdwfans]

I also have two of three children with a gag reflex. Never know when it can happen, each of my chlidren were always embarrassed when it happen in public so we tried never to make a huge thing of it because it is something that they can not control. (Usually carried extra clothing and wipes for this reason)Myself or Dh always cleaned up the mess or at least helped. We would not have been able to eat dinner ourselfs if the smell lasted for very long. For years my DMIL thought our child was ill because they threw-up she never understod what a gag reflex was after many explanations. I do agree that it would be very unpleasant to eat dinner with the smell lasting more than a few minutes.

 

[elaine88]

wow, seems like a lot of people have tons of puke experiences!

first of all, what's this whole starting the fireworks thing?

if my kid just vomited in a restaurant, i would apologize and immediately take him or her out. get away from the crowds, fireworks or no fireworks.

if i was the op i would have just left. everyone has their "things". my "thing" is cat smell. i would rather die than smell cats. maybe the op's "thing" is vomit.

 

[Michele]

I have to agree. My kids have thrown up plenty of times when they weren't sick. They may just be too excited, or sometimes even just taken too big a bite of food and it gags them and they throw up. No sickness. I wouldn't have kept my kids from starting Illuminations because of it.

 

[notnothin]

Agree with pretty much everyone here. Pretty extreme overreaction here. People get sick, and vomit from time to time. It happens, and will likely happen to your children at some point in life as well.

As for getting a different table, it sounds like you were moved inside, but even that wasn't enough. Sometimes you just can't please people.

I should also note that if that were my family (with the sick child) in such a great seat for Illuminations, I doubt I would have left either. What better way to cheer up a sick child than a fantastic Illuminations presentation!

 

[The Sweetness]

If my child were sick, I would definitely apologize to anyone affected by the unfortunate timeing, and book it out of there. If my child weren't sick, Id help clean up, get my child changed, and calmed, if upset, but I wouldnt nec. haul *** out of there. Not if I knew my child had this embarassing (for her, I am sure) habbit. It would only make the child feel worse to make an issue of it

 

[mickeyfan2]

I am also sorry that your kids missed out on a once in a lifetime experience over this.

 

[gems_smiling]

I think you overreacted. Just think of the poor kid who throw up and the CM's who had to deal with it. I know its not nice smelling sick but you could have politely asked for a table inside. I dont think its stupid for the people not to leave, just because a child is sick does not been that they are ill, and the family had just as much right to stay to watch the fireworks as you did. Also it would have been a really magical experience for your kids and the kid who was sick to start the fireworks and you should have at least been thankful to be asked.

 

[MissMichelle]

My son a year ago while in Florida (not in DIsney that day) choked on his cherry in his sundae...By this time he had already eaten his first 3 courses...what do you think happened? VOMIT. We stayed, because he obviously wasn't ill, and we cleaned up and the waitstaff where we were was awesome, WE got moved.

Sorry you had to sit and deal with that (as vomit stinks and makes me feel sick smelling it) but I usually go out knowing *things happen*.

 

[49rt67]

IMO--I could not eat dinner with the smell of vomit in the air. I would have requested another table, maybe inside. Yes, I wouldn't have had the great view of the fireworks, but life isn't always perfect. Kids throw up, doo doo happen. I'm sure the parent and the child who vomited were embarrased enough. Why make a big deal out of it. It's not the fault of the Rose & Crown, the cast members, or the child (and her family).

 

[TruBlu]

My kids both have terrible motion sickness. Usually eating is the only thing that makes them feel better. DS has trown up everywhere grocery store, restaurants, on me.... I always clean up the mess myself - I don't feel that anyone else should have to.

If that had been him he would have been humiliated that it had happened. I would hope that the people sitting around us would be a little more kind to a child that obviously couldn't help it. I can't imagine how bad that poor family felt.