Joylyn,

       There is a law in Florida as well that protects a women's right to
breastfeed in public even if she is (God forbid) exposed.  However, we still
have our fair share of individuals who have no knowledge of the law.  To
Disney World's credit, I will say that I personally have never had a problem,
and my experiences equal yours.  Not to mention the fact that the LLLI
Conference was held at Disney World's Swan Resort with great success.

       However, I have dealt with others who have had poor experiences.
Disney also does not appear to have any interest in breastfeeding support for
their employees.

-- Debbie Albert



In a message dated 7/11/02 9:48:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Date:    Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:42:26 -0700
> From:    Joylyn <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Nursing at Disney World..
>
> I have nursed at disneyland a million times, at least.  Only had one
> problem
> ever, and that wasn't a problem because I didn't allow it to be. I was
> walking
> with baby nursing in sling and some stupid employee yelled out "you can do
> THAT
> in the baby room."  I yelled back "I can do THIS anywhere I want, by law,
> but
> thank you!"  Later I wrote a letter and got a nice response which just
> basically
> said thank you for your concerns, we will again make sure everyone knows
> that in
> california everyone can nurse anywhere.
>
> But really, I have seen many nursing moms, even found myself on a bench
> with 2-3
> other moms, all nursing and talking, strangers until we sat down to nurse,
> by
> chance at disneyland. I've nursed in line, on rides, (the dip in Pirates
> and
> teeth--don't go well together!), and everywhere else.   I think disneyland
> is
> pretty good but then, we do have that law out here in california which
> helps out
> a bit!
>
> Joylyn
>
> "Debbie Albert, Ph.D., IBCLC" wrote:
>
> >        Disney has been notoriously horrible about supporting
> breastfeeding,
> > whether we are dealing with employees or patrons at the park.  At one
> point,
> > there was a rule, that breastfeeding mothers could only nurse at the baby
> > stations.  In fact, I am not sure if they changed that rule.  The Baby
> > Station is usually only one location in a very large park, and whenever
> the
> > baby needs to nurse, it is never convenient to get there.    Either way I
> > broke the rule many, many times, including a sling quickie on
> Cinderella's
> > carousel!   I gather that discreet moms don't have much trouble, but
> those
> > who are less than discreet could easily be told to go to the Baby
> Station,
> > which by the way, is sponsored by C----------n, and charges 3 to 4 times
> as
> > much for any baby item someone needs to buy in the park.
> >
> >        In the past, I have had two mothers report difficulties in Disney
> > Stores, although I might add that one of them decided to sit right in
> front
> > of a cashier's desk (I usually say that discretion is an issue).  Anyhow,
> I
> > am not sure if Disneyland is any better, but Disney WORLD and from what I
> can
> > tell, the Disney Store, is not.
> >
> > Debbie Albert, Ph.D., IBCLC
> > Tampa Lactation Counseling
> > Tampa, FL
>


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