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post #1 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:21pm
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The theme park madness continues:

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Two Orange County parents were arrested on child-abuse charges after telling authorities they accidentally left their 3-year-old daughter in a stroller while they rode Pirates of the Caribbean at Walt Disney World.

A Magic Kingdom patron alerted park management about 4:45 p.m. Saturday after spotting the girl in a stroller parked in the sun, according to a report released Monday by the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

The girl was hot, turning red, covered in sweat and appeared to be "lifeless," the report states.

A paramedic touched and shook her, but she failed to respond.

Saturday's highs were in the low 90s with no rain, and deputies estimate the child was in the sun for 45 minutes to an hour.

Paramedics revived the girl by taking her indoors and giving her water.

Deputies said the heat might have become deadly.

"[A paramedic] advised that if medical intervention had not been administered the female child was nearing signs of heat exhaustion with unknown results up to and including death," the report states.

Parents Juan Carlos, 35, and Danette Rodriguez, 32, approached park workers, seeking their daughter, about 50 minutes later.

The couple said the girl was asleep inside a double stroller and got lost in the shuffle as their group of two adults and four children approached the ride, they told investigators.

When they entered the attraction, the father said he thought his wife had their daughter, while she thought her husband had her.

Shortly afterward, the father went back outside to move the stroller to a designated area but failed to see the little girl, he told deputies.

The parents realized their daughter was missing only after they left the ride.

The couple, of Cypress Trail Drive, were arrested on one count each of child abuse and released from the Orange County Jail on Sunday on $2,500 bail each.

They could not be reached for comment Monday night.

The children were turned over to relatives while the Department of Children & Families investigates.
I've seen parents more worried about the $500 video camera on the stroller than the child in it. And I can't tell you how many times some complete stranger asked me to hold their baby while they went on a ride.
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post #2 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:29pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
And I can't tell you how many times some complete stranger asked me to hold their baby while they went on a ride.
Are you fucking serious?
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post #3 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:35pm
I guess Disney should be more concerned about Mexicans and less concerned about homosexuals in their park. The parents should have done the more responsible thing and left the baby in the car while they went and had fun.
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post #4 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:37pm
Did the tyke lose any appendages though?
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post #5 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:39pm
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Originally Posted by Greg David
Are you fucking serious?
Yep. I would tell them the child was too small to ride and they'd ask if I could watch/hold them until they got off the ride. Nevermind the fact that one parent can ride and then they can swap without having to wait in line again, they're willing to let a total stranger watch their child by virtue of them wearing a uniform and a name tag.

I've also seen parents tell their kids to "wait right there" for them while they get into a line with a 60 minute wait.
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post #6 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:39pm
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Originally Posted by B_MetalSucks
Did the tyke lose any appendages though?
Only if you consider stupid parents to be appendages.
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post #7 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:51pm
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Originally Posted by MikeShaynePI
I guess Disney should be more concerned about Mexicans and less concerned about homosexuals in their park.
Is that supposed to be funny?
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post #8 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:51pm
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Originally Posted by MikeShaynePI
I guess Disney should be more concerned about Mexicans and less concerned about homosexuals in their park. The parents should have done the more responsible thing and left the baby in the car while they went and had fun.
So where are we in the pool to predict how long it takes this guy to get banned?
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post #9 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:52pm
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The girl was hot

That seems inappropriate.
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post #10 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:56pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
Yep. I would tell them the child was too small to ride and they'd ask if I could watch/hold them until they got off the ride. Nevermind the fact that one parent can ride and then they can swap without having to wait in line again, they're willing to let a total stranger watch their child by virtue of them wearing a uniform and a name tag.

I've also seen parents tell their kids to "wait right there" for them while they get into a line with a 60 minute wait.
Awesome! You should have taken a page from your avatar and tried to sell their kid. "Cause Bender's Discount Orphanarium means discount orphan"
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post #11 of 31
6/26/07 at 9:59pm
Isn't Disney mainly for the sake of the kids, anyways?
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post #12 of 31
6/26/07 at 10:00pm
I keep telling them that they need to install refrigerated baby lockers.
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post #13 of 31
6/26/07 at 10:37pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
Yep. I would tell them the child was too small to ride and they'd ask if I could watch/hold them until they got off the ride. Nevermind the fact that one parent can ride and then they can swap without having to wait in line again, they're willing to let a total stranger watch their child by virtue of them wearing a uniform and a name tag.

I've also seen parents tell their kids to "wait right there" for them while they get into a line with a 60 minute wait.
That's a pedophiles dream job.
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post #14 of 31
6/27/07 at 12:52am
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Originally Posted by MikeShaynePI
I guess Disney should be more concerned about Mexicans and less concerned about homosexuals in their park. The parents should have done the more responsible thing and left the baby in the car while they went and had fun.
Huh ... how do you know "Juan Carlos" is Mexican?
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post #15 of 31
6/27/07 at 1:32am
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica
Huh ... how do you know "Juan Carlos" is Mexican?
The comment was about generalizations and disparaging a group of people, as Disney did with the whole we don't think homosexuals are good for families and thus shouldn't congregate in our amusement park thing. It doesn't matter if he's Mexican, and nothing is worse for families than almost killing a member of your own due to stupidity.
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post #16 of 31
6/27/07 at 1:37am
Because what Pirates of the caribbean needed was another kidnapping/exchange scenario.

There's a cafe'/ bakery near where I live, and as I was walking past one day I saw that someone had left their baby in a stroller in the alley beside it while they went in to eat.
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post #17 of 31
6/27/07 at 1:41am
Well with the current weather, that's just criminal.
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post #18 of 31
6/27/07 at 1:41am
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Originally Posted by horrid
There's a cafe'/ bakery near where I live, and as I was walking past one day I saw that someone had left their baby in a stroller in the alley beside it while they went in to eat.
As long as you put a bowl of water down its fine.
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post #19 of 31
6/27/07 at 6:28am
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Originally Posted by MikeShaynePI
The comment was about generalizations and disparaging a group of people, as Disney did with the whole we don't think homosexuals are good for families and thus shouldn't congregate in our amusement park thing. It doesn't matter if he's Mexican, and nothing is worse for families than almost killing a member of your own due to stupidity.
Your attempt at social commentary falls apart in light of the fact that Disney actually WELCOMES the gay crowds during Gay Days -- they even rented out the MGM Studios theme park for a special event over that weekend. To them, it's not a couple of thousand gay visitors, it's a couple of thousand paying customers.
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post #20 of 31
6/27/07 at 6:39am
So, THAT'S why you work at Universal. Homophobe!
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post #21 of 31
6/28/07 at 3:35pm
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Originally Posted by horrid
There's a cafe'/ bakery near where I live, and as I was walking past one day I saw that someone had left their baby in a stroller in the alley beside it while they went in to eat.
Something similar - I was out picking up lunch at McDonald's for my mom and myself while she was working, and when I pulled into the parking space, I noticed the car next to me had been left unlocked, the door wide open, and a baby strapped into a car seat inside, completely alone. I sat around in my car and waited for the idiot parents to come back, I didn't feel right about leaving the kid alone. I mean, really now - you might want to bring the infant inside with you. If you can't carry everything AND the baby, order less food.
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post #22 of 31
6/28/07 at 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica
Huh ... how do you know "Juan Carlos" is Mexican?
I'd be willing to bet he isn't from Eastern Europe.
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post #23 of 31
6/28/07 at 3:49pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
Your attempt at social commentary falls apart in light of the fact that Disney actually WELCOMES the gay crowds during Gay Days -- they even rented out the MGM Studios theme park for a special event over that weekend. To them, it's not a couple of thousand gay visitors, it's a couple of thousand paying customers.
Right, as I recall Disney had no issue with the fags, it was our friends at Focus on the Family.
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post #24 of 31
6/28/07 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by Brendan
That's a pedophiles dream job.
I don't even let my daughter run around in my fenced in yard by herself at my seemingly-harmless-suburb home in Orlando, partially due to the fear of kidnapping and partially due to the fear of a poisonous prehistoric Florida swamp insect swooping down and carrying her away.

It has been pretty ungodly hot, off and on here lately. F**k these irresponsible people. Disgusting. They should've been keel-hauled at the POTC ride.
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post #25 of 31
6/28/07 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
I don't even let my daughter run around in my fenced in yard by herself at my seemingly-harmless-suburb home in Orlando, partially due to the fear of kidnapping and partially due to the fear of a poisonous prehistoric Florida swamp insect swooping down and carrying her away..
You're kidding about the kidnapping, right?

Does Disney have some kind of daycare facility?
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post #26 of 31
6/28/07 at 4:56pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Wood
You're kidding about the kidnapping, right?
There is no limit to the amount of irrational fear that Americans will subject themselves to.
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post #27 of 31
6/28/07 at 5:08pm
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You haven't seen our insects here in Florida.
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post #28 of 31
6/28/07 at 5:18pm
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Originally Posted by Chavez
I'd be willing to bet he isn't from Eastern Europe.
But he could be ... *gasp* ... European!

He doesn't necessarily have to be speedy Gonzales.

Chavez, Chavez, you must be related to that Chavez guy in Venezuela right?
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post #29 of 31
6/28/07 at 5:32pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
You haven't seen our insects here in Florida.
Not all of them, but I do read Dave Barry.
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post #30 of 31
6/28/07 at 5:36pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica
But he could be ... *gasp* ... European!

He doesn't necessarily have to be speedy Gonzales.

Chavez, Chavez, you must be related to that Chavez guy in Venezuela right?
For all you know, I AM that Chavez guy in Venezuela.
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post #31 of 31
6/28/07 at 9:55pm
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Originally Posted by Chavez
There is no limit to the amount of irrational fear that Americans will subject themselves to.
I blame the sensationalistic media.

"Why you shouldn't leave your kids alone in your backyard" a special report at 11, right after our update on the child-porn ring bust, charges brought up on a pedophile caught at a local amusement park, and the trial verdict of the latest baby toucher/abductor/killer.

Coming up next, Paris Hilton...
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