Weird photopass discussion

[pikaboo27]

So yesterday DH and I were walking out of Carsland towards the arch and DS(14mon) was up riding on DH's shoulders. We came across the photopass photographer and asked if he could take our picture. He said he could only take it if we took DS off DH's shoulders. He said he would get in trouble if he took it while DS was up there. That he wasn't techinically allowed to ride up there. Huh??. Has anyone heard of this? It must be a new rule (if it really is one) because I have a photo pass picture from 2 years ago that we took with friends and their son is on his dad's shoulders. And it's a rule that children aren't supposed to ride on their parent's shoulders? So strange. Anyone else experienced this?

 

[Iceman93]

I was once asked by a uniformed security guard to take my 3yo daughter off my shoulders. I looked around and saw plenty of other parents using this convenient method of transport, and pointed out that I'd done it myself plenty of times previously. He was very nice about it, but did say that their policy is not to allow this yet they really only enforce it for bigger/older children. What caught his eye with me was that I had jumped over a spilled ice cream that I almost stepped in and he thought it looked like my daughter was a bit wobbly up there. So I took her down and that was the end of me carrying her on my shoulders at Disneyland!

 

[lana772]

My DH was asked to take our DD(then 5) off his shoulders. She was very small for her age, only about 25 lbs, so I don't think it's an age issue... and it's not new. This was over 4 years ago.
The only reason for not doing it at that time that I could think of was that DH is tall and maybe they thought he would bump her head on something.

 

[tdhickey]

I think DLR is a little more obsessed with safety these days with recent happenings, especially preventing falls.

 

[lovebug33]

I would never put my DD on my shoulders. My friend's dad had her son on his shoulders and tripped and fell. Son suffered permanent brain injuries. He was 16 months old and it has been six months. They don't think he will ever recover. I've heard lots of horror stories that are similar, so I wouldn't risk it.

 

[mamaode]

Although I did not see the specific accident, several years ago my friend and I approached toontown and saw the medical team treating a father and child. The people mulling around said the father tripped and fell and the child appeared to be injured badly as they were pretty frantic. Very scary.

 

[sherilaine]

Wow - those accidents sound very traggic - for years parents have hoisted their kids up on their shoulders but when you think about it, that is a long way for a kid to fall and in a crowded place like DLR, I am sure tripping is something that happens more often than one might think.

I suppose it is good then that the staff are discouraging this.

Makes you want to count your blessings!

 

[SMD]

If the kids on shoulders is really a rule, I wish they'd enforce it at Fantasmic.

We had a large group of about 15 standing in sort of a semi circle. One person on the end was not completely facing the camera the Photopass photographer said he couldn't take the picture unless everyone was facing front. I've also seen them refuse to take pictures of 2 kids pretending to choke each other in front of the castle, and 2 people who wanted to hold up a sweatshirt with their company logo between them across the partner's statue. Although in that last case the photographer did offer to take the shot with the guest's own camera.

 

[PatMcDuck]

I would LOVE to see this enforced just about everywhere, esp. World of Color. Never fails, just as the show begins, up pops the 7-8 foot tall giants! And it's too late for me to move.

 

[DarthMole]

I would LOVE to see this enforced just about everywhere, esp. World of Color. Never fails, just as the show begins, up pops the 7-8 foot tall giants! And it's too late for me to move.

That is unbelievably rude. I remember standing on Main Street watching fireworks with my then 4 yo son struggling to see anything. I picked him up and held him in my arms so his head was the same height as mine and made sure he this didn't block anyone's view behind me. Were my arms a bit tired afterward, you bet, but I would never consider being so selfish to block the view of people behind me by putting a child on my shoulders.

Kids on shoulders in crowded places is just a recipe for disaster. Even if you're extra careful, you don't know what other people or even your own child will do that could induce a fall.