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A tragic accident at The Explorer's Hotel has been reported. My sympathies to the family.
what a terrible accident, and a horrible time of year for it to happen, not that any time is good
Such a terrible thing to happen at this time of the year, my thoughts go out to the friends and family of the child.
Omg, what a tradegy :cry: ! I know some people from Derry whose surname is Canning, and I'm too scared to ring them incase they are related in some way.
Such a tragic accident, made all the worse by the timing and location.
My thought go out to the family involved.
Terrible, Terrible news.
Almost everybody is in the festive mood, going towards christmas, when you read this. :cry:
:cry: Gosh, that's horrible. What an especially terrible time for it to happen too, with Christmas on Thursday and his and his twins birthday on Friday. It's tragic, my thoughts go out to his family and friends at this terrible time :(
My heart goes out to the little boys family at this very sad time, may he rest in peace
QuoteSuch a terrible thing to happen at this time of the year, my thoughts go out to the friends and family of the child.
Couldn't of said better my self.
P.s. On a lighter side anyone notice the reporter said eurodisney on the video on BBC site ?
This is such a tragic thing to happen so close to Christmas. My heart goes out to the family. It is always so sad when a child loses their life.
I however feel so angry at the way Sky News decided to all but condem Disneyland Resort with their article thats basically headed
'Disneyland Holiday Boy Drowns'
The article then goes on to show pictures of the Disneyland park whilst only skiming over details.
Sky news link:
//http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/No-Lifeguard-As-Twin-Boy-Colum-Canning-From-Derry-NI-Drowns-Near-Disneyland-Paris-Resort/Article/200812415191212?lpos=UK_News_Top_Stories_Header_3&lid=ARTICLE_15191212_No_Lifeguard_As_Twin_Boy_Colum_Canning_From_Derry%2C_NI%2C_Drowns_Near_Disneyland_Paris_Resort
To be fair, it does not once criticise Disney itself, just the hotel where the accident occured which, when there was no lifeguard, the writer has every right to do so.
Some people on here can never accept criticism of anything to do with their beloved Disney - a young boy has died, and, instead of picking out inaccuracies with Sky News articles, the least we can do is to pay our respects to the family and leave them in peace. Who cares, at a time like this, whether it is called Euro Disney or not, for example? Certainly not me . . .
Also to be fair the implication is in the way the article is presented. One look at that article without reading it.... what would you think?
As well as the fact that I have expressed my thoughts and wishes to this boys family on other sites apart from this dont call me a fan boy just because I point out that some media sites like making people think badly of companies just because something bad happens near it.
This incident would have been tragic no matter where it was, however I know that if this had happened in a random hotel on the continent it wouldnt have recieved as much media attention. I made the post because I am disgusted that the media leeches onto this story just because its near Disneyland.
At the end of the day a child has lost his life, thats the saddest thing, why he lost his life is up for investigation in the hotel. Nothing else should matter, not where the hotel is, but how and why.
But this hotel is connected to the Disneyland Resort, so it is obvious that they are going to mention that in the article. If it was a completely separate incident in a completely separate hotel, then fair enough, it would be wrong to link it to an attraction simply due to it's proximity, but when a death has occured at a Disney-related hotel then it has to be included.
I am not saying it shouldnt be mentioned, I have read a few reports on this, but the sky report was the only one that showed photos of the resort and linking them so closely. All of them mention they were going to Disney, and yes it is a hotel linked to Disney, but Sky news took the link to the park way too far.
But I am going to leave it all there, I understand how you could have read my post from the wrong view. But as per my first post, my thoughts are with the family and brother.
OK. It seems we have both misunderstood each other slightly, and I am sorry if I came across too strongly. The story just shocked me and I probably reacted in the wrong way.
As you rightly say, all that matters is that we give our sincere condolensces to the bereaved. I can't imagine how they are feeling . . . :(
No problems :) internet messages can be misleading sometimes.
I cant even begin to imagine how his twin brother is feeling, and so close to their birthday too :cry:
Firstly, I'd like to send my Condolences to the child's family who would have been looking forward to a great holiday and Christmas. I'd like to mention this first as its the most important thing before I talk about the other aspects.
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Secondly, this is just another example for me of poor Health and Safety on the Continent (I'm not talking specifically about DLRP). I've stayed at the Explorers Hotel on a number of visits since it opened in 2003 and not once have I seen a Lifeguard on duty at the pool, its not acceptable for a World Class Resort even if the hotel is not owned by Disney.
The pool isn't huge but during Peak season it would be full of small children any of which could easily have an accident in the same way.
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Finally, I think is it right for media outlets to link this accident with Disney, it happened on their site and they should be doing their very best to ensure that none of their guests should be exposed to uncessary risks. I honestly wouldn't feel safe in a swimming pool without a professional supervising. I think Disney should take note on a lot of safety precautions used by the UK parks be it on rides or in hotel swimming pools.
Just saw this on one of those annoying BBC Three news updates. Tragic, yeah. :(
It's hard to know who's at blame. The child was autistic, the parents let him play and took their eye of him, a swimming pool was nearby...? It's a horrible way to learn you're not safe just because you're on holiday.
They showed video of the hotel at least, unlike this ridiculous Sky News article. I'll echo, why oh why is there need to include a photo gallery of the park?! Or use the Castle and Minnie Mouse as the lead image? This isn't me as a DLRP fan speaking by the way, it's me as someone just looking at the news and seeing how absurd their reporting is. It just wouldn't have the same effect as a story if the Disneyland connection wasn't there. It's the age-old "holiday tragedy", the tabloid favourite.
The hotel is owned and operated by Thomas Cook. None of these articles explicitly mention that. I agree somewhat with what Willow just posted ^^ actually, I don't think some of these hotels always realise where they are. I hope Euro Disney SCA have the power to give Thomas Cook a bit of a stern warning (at the very least) for letting this happen.
To be honest I also feel it's strange that this happened on Thursday and the boy unfortunately died on Saturday, yet it's only in the news now. I'd hate to think this family are having their awful tragedy splashed across the news just to grab ratings and fill a bit of the Christmas news void. I feel for them twice over.
People seem to relax and do things they never would do at home when on holiday, and this story is so sad as they went for such a special time for the family. I think its a sad fact that we have so many health and safety regs here in the uk which means people dont take care of themselves as if they get hurt its someone elses fault. Ive just employed a guy from luxembourg at work and he finds the whole health and safety thing over the top, which i have to agree. i bought a bag of chocolate covered nuts the other day and on the pack it said - warning contains nuts- well what a stupid statement or when you buy a drink tea or coffee from some stores and theres a hot liquid warning!!!!!! im not saying anything bad about the parents just to be clear as my prayers are with them. just i think the continent have the health and safety balance correct, unfortunately we have gone the american way where law suit heaven has reigned supreme.
that's horrible...my heart goes out to the family.Hope they can find the strength to carry on, especially over Christmas and their son's birthday...
Our thoughts are with the family at this time, the family are from our hometown of Derry, and i cant start to imagine the pain the family are going through. All the time me and my daughter and wife go, its always full of joy and happiness of the thoughts of our visit and the happy times ahead, we could never even think in a million years something as tragic as this could ever happening..... we would just like to extend our sympathy to the family..
Thomas Cook should be severly repremanded by Disney and the local goverment agencies while open access is provided a lifegard should have been on duty at all times when outside pool opening hours a metal screen should be pulled across to prevent any acidental entry by a child or a drunk adult guest.
I went in the pool several times at the Explorer's Hotel the last time I was at DLRP and there wasen't any lifeguards on the entrance of the slides, On my first night I wanted a ride on the dragon slide and it was blocked by a whole gang of kids so I had to climb back (Not exactly the best thing to do but what was I supposed to do? Get in trouble as well when me and others are innocent?) to the entrance of the slide and go down stairs to tell the staff member by the lockers, He said he will do something about it but did when he saw the kids come out of the slide which was like 90 minutes later.
So they should hire more lifeguards in the future.