Posted on 03/27/2013 4:45:35 PM PDT by plain talk
A wheelchair-bound man was awarded $8,000 by Disneyland after the "It's A Small World" ride broke, stranding him for a half hour while the theme song played continuously, according to an attorney for the plaintiff.
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Not nearly enough.
Agreed; but I suppose listening to that song for half an hour may be considered a form of torture?
How long will it take to get that song out of his head? He should sue for malicious torture or something.
The complainant is clearly insane and the judgment should be set aside.
They could never get away with that on Gitmo.
You got that right! I been on that ride and I have the album at my parents’ house.
Hells bells, for $8,000/ half-hour, they can strand me on a ride and play any frigging music they want! I’ve got 4-5 days to give ‘em. LOL.
What are they talking about? I took that ride in Disneyworld once... and it was so crushingly busy that we DID sit there at the end of the ride listening to it for 30 minutes.
Are you tellimg me I should have sued for $8000? I had no idea. Neither did the only 100 people logjammed trying to get the heck off that ride.
It’s been decades since I went on that ride, just once, and I still remember that song, I feel sorry for the guy:)
This is nutty.
It could have been worse. He could have been forced to listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxmpTMGhU0
Only $8K? I imagine this guy’s lawyers were crushed.
I drove my parents crazy, singing that song for hours after our trip to Disneyland. My kids did the same to me so I guess we’re even.
The only purpose of that ride is so that when your kids have kids and they have to take that ride they understand just how much you loved them and would do for them.
“Or this...”
Arrrrrrg! That will cost you $12,000 per half hour! You’ll be hearing from my attorney.
I agree. The man who designed that “ride” was evil. If I had to listen to that song for an extra half an hour I’d be looking for someone to kill.
“Agreed; but I suppose listening to that song for half an hour may be considered a form of torture?”
I’m SURE that some people in Geneva would be VERY INTERESTED in what Disney put him through.
I’d bet that EVERYONE reading this thread now has the stupid song running through their head.
Thanks for the thread!
/dripping with (loving) sarcasm :)
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