Tokyo Disneyland is a place of wonder and dreams, of magic and smiles, and of enchanting, adorable parades. Unfortunately, recently it was also a place of heartless scams pulled off by two visitors. As part of the park\u2019s 35th anniversary celebration, Tokyo Disneyland has been holding a year-long promotion<\/b>
\nTokyo Disneyland\u00a0is a place of wonder and dreams, of magic and smiles, and of\u00a0enchanting, adorable parades. Unfortunately, recently it was also a place of heartless scams pulled off by two visitors.
As part of the park\u2019s 35th anniversary celebration, Tokyo Disneyland has been holding a year-long promotion called\u00a0\u201cHappiest Surprise,\u201d\u00a0in which\u00a0employees hand out special pendants to guests and visitors. Each of these pendants also comes with some sort of present, like priority seating for the park\u2019s always popular stage shows, passes to the front of attraction lines, or vouchers for merchandise or food.
Employees hand the pendants out at their own discretion, whenever they spot a visitor whose day they want to make extra special. On Dec 22, one of the recipients was a young man in a wheelchair, accompanied by a woman in a black jacket, and ordinarily this would be a heartwarming tale of Disney\u2019s stellar hospitality and consideration towards guests with mobility issues.
However, Twitter user\u00a0 @milktea_sutella \u00a0later spotted the pair receiving Happiest Surprises again later that same day, and while the photos she tweeted show they\u2019re the same two visitors, you\u2019ll notice\u00a0one key difference.
The man and woman have switched places. In the first photo, it\u2019s the man who\u2019s sitting in the wheelchair while the able-legged woman stands\/walks, but in the second photo, they\u2019ve reversed roles, as she\u2019s seated in the chair and he\u2019s pushing her around the park.
@milktea_sutella\u00a0claims the pair received a total of 18 Happiest Surprises throughout the course of the day, and while she doesn\u2019t have photographic evidence of each and every exchange, it seems pretty clear that the two are faking injuries or disabilities as a ploy to get preferential treatment, prompting sharp criticism from online commenters.
\u201cUgh, how low can you get?\u201d
\u201cI\u2019m gonna keep my language family-friendly and say they\u2019re being \u2018jerks.\u2019\u201d
\u201cHow terrible. This might make people suspicious of people who legitimately require a wheelchair.\u201d
\u201cIt\u2019s sad, because doing this kind of thing changes how people react when they see someone in a wheelchair.\u201d
On the bright side, it\u2019s unlikely that two fraudsters are going to make a dent in\u00a0Disney\u2019s legendary commitment to customer service and accommodation. Still, it\u2019s sad to see someone taking advantage of genuine kindness for something as petty as getting to cut to the front of the line at a theme park.
Source:\u00a0Twitter\/@milktea_sutella\u00a0via\u00a0Gogo Tsushin\u00a0via\u00a0Hachima Kiko<\/p>\n