It's easy to feel safe when you're on a Disney property but this news story of a man who was arrested for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl on a Disney cruise ship is a reminder that bad things can happen. I am impressed with how the ship's cast members handled the incident. They immediately notified the FBI and then turned the man over to Bahamian police who now have the man in jail. It tells me that passenger safety is more important than trying to protect their image by attempting to hide what happened.
Whenever you have large groups of people, you have the chance that there will be some bad ones. And frankly, considering Disney's appeal to children it can only be a sign of the usually safe atmosphere that they provide that keeps reports of pedophiles on Disney properties from being regular news items.
Posted by marybeth at January 7, 2007 08:33 AM Thumbs Up