Even on Vacation the same rules apply!!

Just listening to the local news here in Florida and a couple have been arrested for leaving two children in a Disney hotel room on their own. The kids were aged 2 & 4!! The parents (one of whom was a school counsellor, of all things!) had gone to the pool at the Carribean Beach Hotel and left the kids behind. When arrested they couldn’t understand what the fuss was about – they were on vacation in the happiest place on earth, so it was OK, right?

No!! The same rules apply as at home. Whether it be at the Theme Parks, Hotels, Villas or especially Water Parks. I can never understand why people think it’s ok to leave kids alone while on Holiday. You would never leave them alone at your local shopping centre while you went off shopping, would you?

The same applies to security. I took Emily to Hollywood Studios yesterday and was amazed to see the amount of strollers left unattended with bags hanging off them. I would assume this would be like a pickpockets buffet, but people are lulled into a false sense of security while in Disney. Not a wise thing to do IMHO.

Anyway, Hollywood Studios was as good as ever, although the cutbacks are showing in that there was no Fantasmic yesterday so my plans for that were thwarted (perhaps for the best as I am pretty sure the darker side of the show would have scared the bejesus out of Emily) Instead, we caught the friendship boat over to the Boardwalk and had a lovely stroll followed by dinner and ice cream at Beaches N’ Cream. Lovely.