Selfish Parents Abandoned All of Their Children Including Baby to Ride Disney Roller Coaster

A group of adults abandoned all their children so they could ride one of Disneyland’s most popular coasters, leaving them among strangers at the Disney Park

Disneyland Resort (Anaheim, Southern California) is a family-friendly destination that welcomes everyone. Walt Disney committed his first amusement park to be for all ages, and it still retains that value today, over 65 years later.

The Walt Disney Company’s centennial begins this year, and the House of Mouse seemingly aims to embody Walt’s core values in every aspect of the business. From theme parks to movies to experiences and television shows, inspiration, innovation, and imagination play a part in almost everything they do.

And 68 years after opening the doors to Disneyland in the Golden State, the Resort still welcomes millions of Guests each year. Whether it’s Disneyland Park’s Sleeping Beauty Castle or Disney California Adventure Park’s new Avengers Campus, or even the food and drink offerings at the Downtown Disney District, this Resort is small but mighty.

That said, while the theme park footprint is tiny compared to its East Coast counterpart, the sprawling Walt Disney World Resort, it still tends to be packed wall to wall with Guests all hoping to get a piece of that charming and nostalgic Mickey Mouse magic.

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Despite its size too, there are many attractions spread across Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park. There are classics like Dumbo the Flying Elephant and “it’s a small world”, thrills like Space Mountain and Incredicoaster, and newer additions like Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: BREAKOUT! and WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure inside Avengers Campus.

Along with attractions, there are nighttime spectaculars that bring Guests together to experience soaring soundtracks and vivid visuals. At Disneyland Resort, these are currently Wondrous Journeys at Sleeping Beauty Castle and World of Color — One at Paradise Gardens Park.

And while enjoying the light and sound spectacle is meant to be a joyous occasion and one to share with family and friends (or on your own, solo travelers!), this report shares a traumatic moment a group of children, including a baby, were left waiting for the old World of Color alone.

The story comes from a thread that asked if anyone had ever called out another Guest for breaking the rules, and this user revealed the time they discovered children had been abandoned so their parents could go and ride Incredicoaster before the show began. User Mindeola wrote that they were waiting for World of Color to begin, and there was a baby in a stroller “crying and screaming.” The Guest recalls that the baby was with a toddler and an eight-year-old child, and what they thought were parents or guardians stood just to the other side of them.

However, it occurred to them that the adults nearby were not connected to the children in any way, so the Guest decided to engage with the children, making faces and rocking the stroller so the baby’s upset would ease.

It was only when the Disneyland Guest began talking to the eight-year-old that they uncovered what had happened. The oldest child revealed that he was there with his parents and his aunt and uncle, with the baby and the toddler being his cousins. He was left “in charge” of the other children while the adults went to ride the Incredicoaster across Pixar Pier.

And it gets worse.

The Guest wrote that the eight-year-old told them it was his birthday and that his parents and relatives “had made him watch the kids all day around the Park while they went on rides.” It was then that the Guests alerted Cast Members, who took them to the entrance of the World of Color seating area to wait for the adults.

While the Guest didn’t know the outcome, they wondered if the police or child protective services would be involved in the situation. They ended their report by saying, “The baby was no older than six months. The toddler was around 2. It was at least 45 minutes, and [they] don’t know how long they were there before we sat down.”

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For these children, Disneyland would not be The Happiest Place on Earth after being abandoned by their respective parents for the entire day. Worse still, birthdays should be memorable affairs, especially for children. This young boy will likely have a hard time forgetting such awful behavior, as his future birthdays will be marred by this disappointing and probably traumatic day.

Disneyland’s rules state:

Children should be supervised. Guests under age 14 must be accompanied by a Guest age 14 or older to enter a Theme Park. To board an attraction, children under age 7 must be accompanied by a person age 14 years or older.

Have you ever witnessed any rule-breaking at Disney Parks? And if so, did you report it? Let Inside the Magic know in the comments down below!

Disneyland Resort consists of two theme parks, Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park, the Downtown Disney District, and the hotels, Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa, and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel. The latter is currently being transformed into Disney’s Pixar Place Hotel.