White rabbit from Alice in Wonderland has altercation with 14 year old girl

[safroim]

The lawsuit in DL is frivilous and pathetic. And I don't blame the person in the White Rabbit costume for doing what he/she did. Hopefully Disney will protect their own for the job they do and the crap they deal with.

 

[shortchef]

My feel for this is that the father targeted that particular character to help him with the lawsuit he was planning to file. The whole thing looks like a setup and I feel the father should be banned from the parks for life or longer. I hesitate with the kids, trying to remember that they are still children and were obviously raised very poorly.

 

[GirlDreamer]

It wouldn't surprise me if they did it on purpose so they could get a reason to sue Disney. It's happened before and it will probably happen again. There was a specific situation where a woman planted a cockroach in Boma in AKL and started screaming and making a huge fuss so that she could sue Disney. The only problem was that the other guests had seen her get the cockroach out of her bag before she started the commotion

But then again, some people are just idiots. They'll never grow up and mature, no matter what their physical age is. And having a dad like that certainly doesn't help. I had a child about 7 years call me a b*tch once, because he wasn't tall enough to get on the ride, and the dad just stood there and gave me nasty looks as if it was my fault. He didn't even react a little bit to the language his son was using

 

[lookame]

I used to be a prfessional mascot not for Disney but for a few events around my area. I've had to go out in 90 degree weather with the bobblehead suits and feel like I was wearing a wool blanket. The problem with the suit is your already dealing with a 10 pound character head on your shoulders then to have someone pull on it in some way or jump on you makes the job much harder. You become fatiqued much easier. Your required a break every two hours to be able to just replenish your fluids and then you can't work for longer than a 4 hour stretch without some extensive break.

The girl was provoked by her father to pull the tail. The rabbit ran after her and she was giggling the entire time. The rabbit pulled her arm but didn't pin her to the gate or grab her by the neck. In all I believe the rabbit was probably fired which is sad knowling how it feels to be in those suits and have kids jumping on my my entire shift.

 

[kymom99]

We were at evening EMH at MK a few years ago. In tomorrowland they had a dance party going on, with Goofy in a space suit. He came down off the stage to mingle with the audience and I was just about to send my son over to dance with him when 2 teenaged boys came up to Goofy and started dirty dancing with him. Goofy proceded to walk away and didn't dance with anyone else. It was a shame that they ruined it for everyone else.

 

[maiapapaya]

I really hope Disney doesn't settle. How on earth do these people think they can win?! At the beginning you hear the father saying "go get him!" The girls does. They all laugh. The Rabbit pursues. The comments the rabbit makes about the girl and her friend leaving him alone sound as if the tail pull in the video wasn't their only assault on him. And as he's walking away the girl is smiling and you can hear them all laughing. I fail to see the damages to this group of idiots who planned the assault on the rabbit in the first place (as you can clearly hear in the video!)
I hope they go to court and the judge orders they pay Disney's legal expenses and then bans them him/herself from ever going back on Disney property.

 

[World Showcaser]

pulling a fake rabbits tale is whats wrong with society?

I agree that some people are over-reacting.

The White Rabbit shouldn't have touched that girl. Period. There are always going to be idiots in the world that do things that they aren't supposed to do (i.e. pull a giant rabbit's tale). However, we still need to remain in control of our own selves. I don't think the White Rabbit pinned the girl against a fence or grabbed her by the neck. However, he shouldn't have touched her at all and he certainly shouldn't have broken character. There were better ways to deal with the situation. That's what handlers and security are for.

 

[dadddio]

It doesnt look like he grabbed her by her neck and pinned her but he should have never touched her either. If I were disney I would pay up with the agreement being the girl and her friend are never allowed on disney property again....seems fair that would teach them a lesson...I dont know about you but no matter how much I couldnt agree to never be able to set foot in disney.

If I were Disney, I wouldn't pay them a dime. I'd let them take me to court and I would crush them like bugs. I'd not care that I spent far more money on my legal team then I'd ever pay out to them in a settlement. It would be about making the next group of deadbeats think twice before they sued me for no good reason.

Then, I'd ban them from the parks publicly.

(The character and his handler probably got fired over this. That's too bad.)

 

[dadddio]

It blows me away that people are calling this 'assault'. She has her arm bent and the CM briefly holds her arm below the elbow as he warns her that if she keeps it up then he's going to call security, while she laughed.

While he was wrong in the sense that he shouldn't have gone out of character and likely has been fired because of that, he hardly assaulted her. In fact, anyone who finds that he did assault her must also believe that she and her sister made the first assault, in my opinion. As such, any civil case related to this is a non-starter, in my opinion.

 

[CarolinaGirlTiss]

Many years ago when my ex husband and I took our kids to the park he embarassed the fool out of me. We were having dinner at the carousel where the characters come out to greet you (for the life of me I can't remember the name). Anyway, Chip and Dale came out to greet the kiddos who were sitting at another table and then came to our table to shake hands with us. My ex was the kind of man who when he shook hands he would squeeze to show power (yes he had many issues). He even did this to an elderly person at my Mom's church one time and hurt him. Well one of the chipmunks went to shake his hand and he squeezed. The chipmunk squeezed back and then it became a game to my ex so he squeezed even harder. The chipmunk left and shortly after that the manager of the restaurant came to our table to explain to my ex that there were real people in those costumes and he should be more careful. I wanted to crawl under the table and die. Of course he saw nothing wrong with what he did. This is not the only reason but is certainly one of the reasons I now call him my "ex".

 

[Lorilais_mommie]

Many years ago when my ex husband and I took our kids to the park he embarassed the fool out of me. We were having dinner at the carousel where the characters come out to greet you (for the life of me I can't remember the name). Anyway, Chip and Dale came out to greet the kiddos who were sitting at another table and then came to our table to shake hands with us. My ex was the kind of man who when he shook hands he would squeeze to show power (yes he had many issues). He even did this to an elderly person at my Mom's church one time and hurt him. Well one of the chipmunks went to shake his hand and he squeezed. The chipmunk squeezed back and then it became a game to my ex so he squeezed even harder. The chipmunk left and shortly after that the manager of the restaurant came to our table to explain to my ex that there were real people in those costumes and he should be more careful. I wanted to crawl under the table and die. Of course he saw nothing wrong with what he did. This is not the only reason but is certainly one of the reasons I now call him my "ex".

Geez.. He's got issues.. I would have crawled under the table..
I give chip/dale credit for asking the manager to talk to him..
He had no clue, that could have been a 18 girl in there.. And he probly really hurt her!

The only time I ever was a little (what's a good word) "surprised " with a character was when Mulan was getting a little to friendly with my DH..
My DH (And I maybe a little impartial ;-) but I think he's very handsome...

Anyways we had only been married about three years.. And we were celebrating our third wedding anniversary on this trip..
We were taking DD to storybook dining dinner in Norway.. And Mulan happen to be there..

She kept gushing over my DH.. I was taking pics and laughing b/c no other princess and ever gushed over him like that.. (He was beat red!)
i was ok with everything until I started looking at the pics.. Her hand was on his chest and head on his shoulder.. Very intimate looking pic

We had a great time so I didn't mind.. (After I got of the little twitch of jealously) plus she was probly playing it up for my camera
However now every time we see Mulan I always make sure to hold DH hand, where she can see it.. Just in case ;-)

 

[disneydad123456789]

Seriously...whether it was in "good fun" or not...that girl assaulted that character. While I admit that he probably should not have gone after her I don't think following her and having a discussion with her is totally out of line either. Even the girl's statement says that this was not the first time (her friend had done it too) and I cannot blame a person for finally reaching their limit of taking physical abuse from a Disney guest. He should not have threatened to call security though...he SHOULD have called security and had the girl and her friend thrown out of the park.

As for holding her by the neck and pinning her to the fence? That's not what I saw in the video. Stating that way is a gross overstatement of what happened. I feel bad for the white rabbit...I hope that Disney stands up for their employee. He was repeatedly assaulted by that girl and her friend and he did not respond with undue force or anything from what I saw in that video.

Your absolutley correct. In a Court of Law, that girl assaulted the bunny. My wife is a lawyer and after she saw the video, that is exactly what she said.

She told me about this case once, where this girl went to jail for assault. All she did was throw dollar bills at her boyfriend, who was demanding money from her. In court she admitted to throwing money and the judge fined her, put her in jail with bail, and said that the act of throwing anything, as minor as it sounds, is assault.

For that 14-year old who grabbed and tugged hard several times before letting go of the rabbits tail, should be lucky charges against her were not filed.

 

[Lorilais_mommie]

Your absolutley correct. In a Court of Law, that girl assaulted the bunny. My wife is a lawyer and after she saw the video, that is exactly what she said.

She told me about this case once, where this girl went to jail for assault. All she did was throw dollar bills at her boyfriend, who was demanding money from her. In court she admitted to throwing money and the judge fined her, put her in jail with bail, and said that the act of throwing anything, as minor as it sounds, is assault.

For that 14-year old who grabbed and tugged hard several times before letting go of the rabbits tail, should be lucky charges against her were not filed.

This is exactly why I didn't understand he lawyer would use this video to help his case?

 

[maiapapaya]

This is exactly why I didn't understand he lawyer would use this video to help his case?

Especially when you can hear the dad saying "go get him!" and they're all laughing

 

[Honeybell]

If it had happened in FL could the Rabbit have claimed he was acting under Stand Your Ground?

The Disneyland characters really need handlers for protection. People are idiots. My daughter had a friend who worked at Chuck E Cheese and she was once tackled by the dad at a birthday party while dressed up like Chuck E. Once he had her down he encouraged the birthday boy to come over and kick her. The restaurant did nothing to him and as a 16 year old at her first job she didn't want to rock the boat.

 

[Cyrano]

Folks this is not related to Walt Disney World.

There is a thread on The Disunplugged Board and possibility elsewhere on the DIS.
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