| Re: Lost Child
On our last trip we lost my 5 year old son in Epcot. We were in Germany, and my friend and my daughter had walked ahead some, and I stopped to look at a cart while my son sat in the stroller with me. He decided he wanted to catch up with the other two and jumped out of the stroller unbeknownst to me. When he didn't find them, he reversed direction but went right past Germany (I didn't see him). His jumping out and reversing direction must have happened very quickly.
Once I realized he was gone the CM at the cart I was visiting immediately stepped into action. We looked for him in the immediate area. Then my friend returned with my daughter and he wasn't with them. They took a detailed description of what he was wearing down to his shoes. My friend and the CM of the cart were both looking for him, and Disney security showed up as well. I was instructed to stay right where I had lost him, and it was agonizing not being able to look for him. The security folks were immediately on the walkie talkies trying to locate him.
It turns out that after he reversed direction he just kept running and ended up at the DVC booth by the American Adventure. The CM there took him in and talked to him until security arrived. They walked him back to us and gave him stickers on the way.
It was the longest 10 minutes of my life! After that my son has always been really good about staying right with us. It is definitely good to have a plan and to know exactly what the kids are wearing (down to the shoes).
|