Last June, the unthinkable occurred (on a cruise ship, of course) when a little girl fell off a Disney Dream ship.
Her father had thought it a good idea to have her pose in front of an open porthole, and the report released afterward said the 5-year-old "climbed on the railing and sat down" and then "lost her balance and fell backward off the railing into the ocean.”
Her father jumped right in after her, and they both were pulled from the water by a trained Disney rescue team and returned back aboard.
The father was injured; the child was not.
The police investigated, finding that the railing in front of the porthole (window, as landlubbers would say) was 47" high. The parents felt that Disney should be responsible. Disney, naturally, felt otherwise. What's more, the Broward County State Attorney’s Office declined to file charges of neglect against the parents.
I feel like the parents have a duty to keep an eye on their kids, and even if a kid wants to do something as dangerous as hang in front of an open window, someone has to be the adult in the room, or on the ship, as it were.
I'm glad everyone survived and will tell the story to generations yet unborn. And I hope to find out that various member of the Disney rescue squad dress like Walt's beloved characters as they perform their lifesaving work.
It wouldn't be too Goofy.
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