children on adult's shoulder for fireworks

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Yeah, I agree, not a good thing for people to do. But I've accepted it as a by-product of fireworks shows. Wasn't there a Disneyland commercial at one point that showed a child on a parent's shoulders? It's something people always do at fireworks shows.

I'd say it's equally as annoying as having to show up 3 hours before a show and stake out a spot because everyone else will.

Originally Posted by Prudence

Frankly, when I was very young we didn't stay up that late anyhow. Even though we had to fly in, stay in a hotel, yadda yadda, we still went to bed at an appropriate hour. Maybe we got to stay up a little later for a treat, but we weren't out super late.

Ok, I can't help but have an opinion on this....that totally sucks and I feel sorry for any kid that has something like that imposed on them at Disneyland. It's a vacation! What sort of evil will it do to keep a child up "super late"? Sure, they may end up cranky, but so would the adults. It's no more evil than letting a child eat more sugar than usual, or get a bunch of souveniers, including a balloon that will die at the end of the day or mouse ears that they'll never wear again.

Sorry Pru, that's one of my buttons there.