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This was a fantastic episode – I only wish I’d heard it before my last trip to Disneyland, though my 5 year old was only lost for a few minutes. I thought he was old enough to mostly keep track of me, so I was spending more of my “kid tracking” energy on the 2 year old (and none on the 8 year old, who stays with us at that age!). The problem wasn’t that he wandered off, it was that he *thought* he knew where we were going next and didn’t realize we were meeting back up with Grandma and his brother before we went to Star Tours. So I went to the stroller (parked between Star Tours and Buzz Lightyear) and *he* went to the line for Star Tours.

While he was missing, I was a little reluctant to tell a cast member (feeling like a bad parent and I thought they’d just send me to the lost kids place to pick him up). It’s so nice to hear that they will help you search the area before sending you to lost children! Fortunately for us, I saw my son at the same moment that a cast member recognized that he was in distress and was starting to try to get his story.

From the podcast, I also never thought much about my 2 year old taking off from the stroller – I’ll definitely be keeping that in mind in the future, too! So the one tip I’d add is just because you *think* your kid is old enough to keep track of you doesn’t mean they are right about where you’re going next!

Now for the connection and I apologize for being slow. Are you Ray and Rachel that spend some time over at the BOGP forums? If so, Holy Small World Batman.

Keep up the great work on the show and we’ll be listening.

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