Shanghai Disneyland bans Mickey Mouse attacker
- Man turns to violence when ignored by mouse, hitting employee on the head
- Amusement park slaps six month ban for bad behaviour
A man has reportedly been banned from Shanghai Disneyland for assaulting an employee in a Mickey Mouse costume, in the latest incident of misbehaviour at the city’s top tourist destination.
According to Shanghai Television, the man unsuccessfully tried to stop and engage the Mickey Mouse character as he was walking by. A woman who witnessed the incident said later on Weibo that the man said, “If you won’t stop for me, then I will hit you”.
She said he then hit the employee on the head and, when challenged over his behaviour, became angry and tried to stop her from making a video recording with her mobile phone. He backed down when other visitors gathered around as other Disneyland staff tried to restore order.
“I did pat its head. [But] what’s wrong with patting its head?” he shouted, before leaving the scene with his hands covering his face.
The woman complained to the visitor centre and the man was ejected from the amusement park and banned from returning for six months, according to Shanghai Television.
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Shanghai Disneyland refused to comment and the man has not been identified. It is a regulation at the amusement park that visitors are not allowed to touch the acting staff.