Top 5 dumbest things said at the Disney-MGM Studios

[OnWithTheShow]

Following with the recent popularity of lists in recent threads I just thought I would share these humorous ancedotes. (There seems to be a real shortage of posts and posters these days! Where is everyone?)

Top 5 dumbest things said at the Disney-MGM Studios



5. Can you tell me when the 3 o'clock parade starts?





4. You gotta ride "the drop" man!




3. Can you tell me where Orgasmic is?



2. Guest: Where did the King Kong ride go?
CM: We do not have a King Kong attraction here ma'am.
Guest: When did it close?
CM: There was never a King Kong attraction here it is at Universal Studios.
Guest: No I am sure it was here.


1. Can you tell me where this ride is? (While pointing at a map of Busch Gardens Tampa!)

[Ex-Imagineer]

Top 5 dumbest things said at the Disney-MGM Studios

5) "Excuse me, did you see where my wife went... she was wearing those mouse ears things and a Mickey Mouse tee shirt."

4) Standing under the Star Tours "Walking Transport" across from Chewbacca and a storm trooper... I thought someone said there was some Star Wars stuff here; maybe it was in the other park.

3) "Excuse me but where can I find the ET ride." Me, "That is at Universal Studios." "Oh, which way do we go?"

2) On a Sunday afternoon, in the Animation building. A guy was mad at the cast member leading a group through. "Where are the people that draw the pictures?" The cast member, "It is Sunday sir they do not work on Sunday evenings." "Your a liar, this is all fake anyways... lets get out of here!" Cast member, "Have a good day sir :)."

1) Back in 1998.... "This is nothing like the one in California, that one had a bunch of rides."

[cindyfan]

I know this thread is for MGM, but had to throw this in......

"We are going to DisneyLAND"......
"oh, you are going to California??"
"No, the one in Florida!"

or

"The first day we were there, we went to DisneyLAND. Then we hopped over to Universal! " !! "These hopper passes are great"

[All Aboard]

A little out of context. A father speaking to his kids on the bus back to All Stars a couple of months ago. He wanted to make sure everyone at the back of the bus heard his tales.

"One summer when your Dad and Uncle Steve were kids, we got to go to Walt Disney World while it was being built because your Grandad was the head of the construction company that built it. Before the park was open to anyone we go to ride all of the rides when nobody was there. One day we rode Space Mountain all day."

This along with several other claims showed how clearly memories get muddied or stories grow taller over time.

I almost asked, "and what year was that, do you remember?" But I just smiled, nodded and kept my mouth shut.

[raidermatt]

...shortage of posts and posters...

Hey! Enough with the short jokes...

:D

[MikePezz]

I had to tell this story after reading this post.

About three years ago, my father and I were waiting in line for Alien Encounter (remember when it used to get a line?), and a woman behind us asks the group she is with: "Now are all of the things in here 'Disney?'". We had to bite our tongues so hard. I had the urge to turn around and blast her with:

"No of course not. The building you walked under to get into the park was Church Street Station (hence the train), Universal is across the HUB past the statue of the old guy and the rodent, and Sea World starts just beyond the tall, medievel-looking building."

Of course, this lady still isn't as bad as the families that I hear on any rainy day in one of the parks:
"Now if we get separated, just remember, we are all wearing yellow ponchos."

[Safari Steve]

Woman walking into the Haunted Mansion, to teenaged kids in front of her: "This had better not be that G. D. Tower of Terror again!

[Boots]

Last time we were at MK and eating at LTT a lady asked me where the restrooms were at. I told her up the steps. She asked me why would they put the toliets up there and the water have to run down. She was very serious and I can't remember what I said. I just thought this was a strange question and I really didn't know exactly what she meant or wanted me to answer. The at the Studios another woman with really short shorts and part of her rear hanging out asked me if I thought too much of her was showing for a family park. I don't think I even answered this one!!!

[Testtrack321]

Epcot- FutureWorld

Guest:"So what happened to the future ride?"
CM:"...."
CM:"Which one?"
Guest:"You know, the one with the future theme."
CM:"We have lots of those"


Guest:"My kids want to go see the Nickelodian exhibit"
CM:"Sorry ma'm that's at Universal."
Guest:"You mean you moved it!"

I love the story gcurling. That was great. It would have been perfict if he said Splash Mountain instead of Space!

[Safari Steve]

Actually, it was perfect, cause Space Mountain wasn't built until around '75.

[Testtrack321]

I know, but it would have been a bigger slap in the face for stupidity.

[Lesley]

As we walked into the One Man's Dream exhibit in Jan. we got to overhear a woman who was speaking very loudly and apparently trying to show off how much she knew about Walt Disney....but one of the first things out of her mouth was "Oh, that must be Walt Disney Jr.....I know he had a son...there's a Walt Disney Jr."

And I wonder how many folks read the map wrong and end up at the Crossroads looking for the Sci-Fi.....my dh did this when we were supposed to meet there...it was quite a funny conversation over the walkie talkies as he told me "I'm where the map says the restaurant is but it isn't here" as I'm saying "I'm sitting right outside and I don't see you" I took out my map and had to tell him he was looking at shops, not restaurants, on the map.

At AK its hilarious to watch people bang on the glass and do chimp impressions at the gorillas...while the gorillas look on with that "What's your problem" expression.....it becomes obvious which animal has more intelligence, at least in that particular case!

[CM Tinkerbell]

I love these stories. They're so funny.

Well, this didn't happen in the parks at all, but it's Disney related. We're planning a big family trip for January 2003, with my sister in law adn her family and my husbands mother. One day I was showing them some information on the parks so they could see what it was all about. There was a picture of the Walt With Mickey statue and my Mother in Law says "oh look, there's a statue of the man who started Walt Disney World!....What's his name again?"

[Barb]

I love these. :D
On my way to WDW, riding on a Mears bus, a man asked me how to catch the monorail to Universal.

[Lesley]

Oh, I forgot one.....a friend I used to work with had just returned from WDW and we were sharing stories. I mentioned something that happened during a boat ride from Epcot to MGM. She insisted I must be mistaken because "there is no water or boats near MGM":rolleyes: Whatever!

[cindyfan]

HA HA HAAAA......
Yellow Ponchos!!!!!!!:jester:
Just too funny!!!!
Reminds me of some of the pictures we took at Epcot one day when it was raining and EVERYONE was wearing YELLOW PONCHOS......my Mom asked "How can you tell which one is Mickey?"!!! She was JOKING!!!!!
:D

[Distriv]

:jester: i was standing in front of Splash Mountain and was watching the logs go down. Standing near me was a woman i'd say was in her early 40's with her husband and teenage sons (the eldest looked 17 and the youngest 13). The mother was watching the logs go down and her sons asked if she wanted to go on it with them. She asked if they would get wet and they said, in order to get her to come on the ride, no. Well the father just chuckled.
"Well OK if you say so."
She was COMPLETEY serious!

[DisneyVillans]

These are too funny! Who has another one?

[UncleKyle]

Man I worked at MGM for 5 months and I heard tons of the stupidest questions in the world but I can't remember a single one of them now. But I've heard a lot of these stories before. I think the one we got the most was:

"What time will the rain stop?"

I saw a CM pick up the phone one time and told the guest to wait while he called God and asked. :)

Then I knew of another CM (it was his last day at work) that told them to wait while he called the control room to see if they would turn it off and the women believed him! She turned around to her family and said "That man is calling right now to see if they will turn it off" LOL

The Universal comparisons happened so often that they quit being funny after a while.

[RweTHEREyet]

What a hoot---that one made me laugh out loud here at my desk. I can see that happening to a lot of unsuspecting folks.

[Veigel_Family]

:crazy: :rolleyes:

While on the bus going from MK to MGM, my husband and I overheard another dad telling his wife and kids that they were heading to MGM, but would return to WDW later in the day.

:earseek:

[Barb]

LOL I over hear that all the time. The four parks are EPCOT, MGM, AK, and of course, WDW! I love it. :)

[PlutoPal]

Those questions are pretty stupid! The stupidest one is the one about the 3 o'clock parade.

[Tartan Tigger]

I've heard people asking when the rain will stop. Kyle, I love that CM's reply (calling control centre to ask them to turn it off) that made me LOL.:D

[HorizonsFan]

Well, they can turn off the snow, why not the rain?
;)

[Luv2Roam]

Quite often you hear people referring to MK as WDW or Disney. I think it just goes back the days when there was only MK.
What I recall the most was standing in line for Test Track, going into the control room que. The guy in front of us was telling his wife this ride didn't move. ;):jester:
And I got a chuckle form a UK mother and her two young children at Starring Rolls. The young boy was looking all over the pastry cases and said, "No sausages!?" :D

[space42]

Luv2Roam-

Thats it exactly. Up until 1982 WDW was just the Magic Kingdom. So when we were going to WDW, we were going to the Magic Kingdom. EPCOT was a different park :)

I suppose old habits are hard to break. So, let me make sure I understand this.. there are 4 parks.. EPCOT, MGM, Animal Kingdom and WDW :)

[cindyfan]

Yea....I can understand referring to MK as WDW!
But when people call it "DisneyLAND"
Now that drives me CRAZY!!!

I just thought of another one I heard a few years ago. On my 7yo DD first trip to MK, we were standing watching the log going down the big hill of Splash Mountain. I was trying to convince her to go on it.
Next to us was a family also watching. The dad says "Now this is the ride that actually goes UNDER WATER!! And you can see the fish and everything!" He was serious!!! And the rest of the family believed him!!!

SO....THEN....My DD scared to death.....says "Is he right???? But there is nothing covering you! How long do you have to hold your breath??"
It took alot of convincing to get her to believe you DON'T go under water!!!
Obviously the man was confused with 20,000 Leagues!

[Jenn]

We just got back and I heard a couple of good ones...

A woman and some kids met up with their group after Splash Mountain and she told them all that they sing that song "Skip A Dee Doo Dah" in there.

Saw massive confusion about Fastpass - people just don't get it. They are either mad because they got in the stand by line and you are just walking on by with your fastpass or they are trying to get fastpasses when they already have one and cannot figure out why the machine is giving them that "not a valid fastpass" ticket.

Heard a man asking at the WL bus stop if they would also get a Universal bus here.

Also heard alot of misinformation - like a family going to the TTC to get the Port Orleans bus. Good luck!

A family talking about taking the monorail to Downtown Disney.

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

Heard in Epcot (Not MGM, sorry). A little boy was asking his mom why Spaceship Earth was built. And she said "they built it just to prove that they could build something like that." And then as they passed by she turned to her husband and said, "Is there a ride in there?"

I couldn't make that up!

[meeko_33785]

Last Year walking past the street that leads from the Hunchback Theater to the New York Street, I overheard a woman ask her daughters, "Do people really live here?" I hope she was joking.

[UncleKyle]

I heard someone ask that same question "Do people really live here?" on Main Street USA. :D

[KCritter]

Last December at MGM we overheard a young boy with a very British accent ask "Mummy, where's Harry Potter? Are we going to see him now?"

[DisOrBust]

My neghbor had asked for help in planning her first trip to WDW. After giving her all my resources and guides and telling her about the dis and how to get good resort rates she informs me I don't know anything. Her cousiin works at TDS and can get her a room for free!

You go girl!!

[HauntedMansionFan]

I remember being at MGM once and hearing a wife ask her husband if they "really dropped you" on ToT, he said "no, people would get hurt, it's just a simulator, I've been on it before" I laughed. I remember also sitting outside the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground and hearing someone told their partner that this is where they filmed all of the movie. I also heard some kind in line for RnR once trying to sound cool to his friend and say that "RnR was the fastest coaster in the world, and the reason it was inside a building was so when the coaster broke the speed barrier the boom wouldn't be heard all over the park." The other kid was like, "really? Cool."

[MulanMom]

My DH loves to tell a joke and make people laugh. In all seriousness, as we were departing Epcot WS via International Gateway, my DH asks the CMs which one is the Swan (in plain view of the icons!). Two of the CMs got it that my DH was joking, while a third seriously answered the question. He, too, got a chuckle when he realized DH was pulling his leg. However, we realize CMs can't always laugh, as you never know when a guest may be serious.

This past trip, I had two people ask me about fastpass. They thought you had to have a special ticket or pay extra to use it. When I said, "no, just put in your ticket", you would think I just gave them Christmas presents...they were so excited.;)

Sharon

[UncleKyle]

Man the RnR breaking the sound barrier is hilarious!!!! LOL:p

[ugadog99]

As we were exiting Osbounre Lights, a man and his family were looking at the large "Happy New Year, 2002" display. The man says "Who are the Osbourne's? Do they own Disney now?" The poor man was being very serious and my girls and I were trying very hard not to laugh! :D

[Tiggerlover91]

Hmmm.....the silliest questions I got while I worked there....

1) what time is the 3 o'clock parade

2) where is tommorowland....as they stand there right at Alien Encounter and see me in my costume that says TOMMOROWLAND INDY SPEEDWAY

3) how do you get out of the park....as they stand at Cinderella's castle looking down Main Street

4) how much more rain are we going to get...I'd answer...I'll have to get back to you on that....the Tomorrowland Techs aren't communicating with me today

5)What's the wait time on this ride...as they look dead at the sign that says 30 MINUTES FROM THIS POINT...and then look to me for the "REAL" answer :jester:

Pretty amazing huh??

~~~Denise

[April76]

I overheard two ladies in MGM.... they were standing near Hollywood & Vine, trying to get their bearings with the park map when one lady pointed to the middle of the map and said "I wonder where this big Sorceror's hat is..."

:p

[GeorgeG]

It just goes to show that not everyone is as knowledgeable about WDW as those of us who are obsessed with it (and I'm proud to be so obsessed). We shouldn't be too judgemental about people who ask those dumb questions, either. Think of it as an additional source of entertainment. People can be very funny if you take them in stride. It's when they turn obnoxious with their stupidity we can suggest they stay on the monorail for four laps and it will get them to Universal on the fifth...

[mmexpress]

GREAT STORIES!!!!!

30 DAYS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!:smooth:

[Poohbear123]

I was wearing a Purple Imagineers Shirt, that was given to me by a friend, on my last trip in Feb. I also had my Pin Lanyard on, and I had a few people come up to me and Ask ME where restrooms, attractions etc. were!;) I directed them to the areas and told them to have a nice day!:o

[Barb]

The same thing happens to me because I wear my Guest of Honor badge. Everyone assumes I am a CM, even though it's red instead of white. A lot of people don't realize they're for sale for everyone. :)

[UrsulasDaBomb]

ROFLMAO*
These are too funny.
During our last trip,we went to Alien Encounter and about six seats down from us,near the end of the row,was a family of four.The two kids looked to be about 8 and maybe 6 or 7.Mom totally flips when the harnesses come down over the shoulders and tries to slip out in the darkness,audibly cussing when she bangs her knees on the seat in front of her.When the alien gets loose and starts running around,she REALLY freaks because she can't get out and the kids are screaming and crying.She turns to her DH and asks what to do.I can hear him telling her there's nothing they CAN do but wait till everything is all over.Mom clearly does NOT like this answer.DH and I are watching her,giggling to ourselves and thinking how stupid she was to bring her kids into this particular attraction.I remember thinking "way to go mom!Way to traumatize your kids for life." After the show is over and the harnesses lift off,MOm grabs both kids and HAULS them out of the theatre as fast as she can.Both kids are screaming and crying their heads off.On our way out,we notice mom has bought them suckers and each one has a stuffed "Skippy' doll in their hands.DH and I just laughed at the stupidity of the mother and the idiocy of the father for going along with her.I mean,geez people.They warned you when you went in that it wasn't suitable for small children.:rolleyes:
Ursula

[antnee]

Too Funny
Boots I would have told her it wasnt hanging out enuff

[cindyfan]

UrsulasDaBomb.....I actually feel bad for that woman and her family. YES, it does warn them.....but.....if the kids were around 8 and they really didn't know what they were in for. It was quite a surprise.
Unless you've seen it yourself, you really don't know!!!:eek:

I really had no idea what to expect when we first went on Countdown to Extiction!! :eek:
My DD was 8 at the time and really had no fear of any other rides, etc......WELL......She was screaming and crying like I had never seen before!!
So I really do feel for them.:rolleyes:

[Testtrack321]

But here climbing out is the funny part!

[SPAGo 98]

Originally posted by Tiggerlover91
5)What's the wait time on this ride...as they look dead at the sign that says 30 MINUTES FROM THIS POINT...and then look to me for the "REAL" answer :jester:

Actually, the posted wait times are not always accurate, as you well know. I was just there, and it was almost midnight (park closing) and the Buzz Lightyear sign said "55 minutes," and we wanted to go on Space Mt again, so i asked the CMs standing there if it was really 55 mins. She said, "no, it's actually less than 10 minutes." so that's not really a stupid question at all...

[Talking Hands]

Same thing happened to me all my last trip. I was wearing khaki slacks and polo shirts the entire trip as I have dumped a large portion of my wardrobe and invested in more conservative clothing. I kept getting asked all sorts of questions.

[Safari Steve]

All the FastPass wait time signs have to be changed by PC from a remote location, which sometimes takes longer than we'd like, so during parades and late at night, they can be inaccurate. During the day, and at attractions without FastPass, the posted waits are (generally) quite accurate.

[gram]

MY FAVORITE FROM A FEW YEARS AGO WAS OVERHEARD AT THE END OF THE DAY FROM A WEARY MOTHER WHO SAID, "STOP THAT OR I'M GOING TO KILL YOU. THEN I'LL GO TO JAIL AND YOU WILL BE AN ORPHAN"

[Barb]

Gram, that is too funny. You can just feel the frustration of a long day at the park.
Wonder if she thought about what she said later?? :rolleyes:

[Testtrack321]

My favorites are the "lost my head when I got off the plane" things. Universal confusion is ok, but those are teh best. The "when is the rain going to end" is good. Love the riding SM all day thing. Great.

[disnee15]

I hear alot of "How much does Fastpass cost and things like that" also I'm in the singles line om Test Track and the parents of some kid always asks the CM if they can stay with thier kid!! I mean duh Singles line! Also I heard someone say that buzz was a motion simulator.

[Pig Pen]

She always says "Disney" for MK. And every time I say, you mean Magic Kingdom? And she says, no...Disney.

It drives me nuts!

She's always confused about which park is which....she's been there about 10 times and she's still confused.

And don't even get me started about her Universal/IOA confusion.

My favorite question is one my DH asks when we go into a gift shop in MK...just to see the CM's reaction "Do you sell Mickey Mouse stuff here?"

He thinks he's a comedian.

[BabyLove99]

When we were at RnR my brother got a little silly. We were standing in that area where Aerosmith comes and "talks" to you. My brother says really loud, dead serious "Whoa! Is that really Aerosmith, live in person???" And my cousin, playing with the joke says just as serious "I think it is!!!" My brother replies with "That's so cool! I can't wait to tell all my friends!" I can only imagine what the people standing next to us thought........ :)

[UncleKyle]

When I was there all of CM's would go to a park and eventually we would mess with people like that Aerosmith thing. We did some funny but stupid things. Walt wouldn't have been proud :( but your only young once.:D

[Grog]

A family talking about taking the monorail to Downtown Disney

Could be that they were confusing the two "DisneyLANDs". At the one in California, the monorail does stop at DTD.

I have to give credit to the CMs though. It has to get frustrating. I remember getting on the bus at MGM once to go back to MK and the guy ahead of me asked the age old question "Does this bus go to Disneyworld?". The poor driver must have heard that so many times because he took a deep breath, his eyes glazed over, and he calmly explained that they were already at WDW, and that the bus was going to MK. The guy in front of me seemed a bit confused but got on and sat down :bounce: :D :bounce: :D :bounce:

[Ona]

These are absolutely brilliant!!!

I think there is still a LOT of confusion about Fast Pass EVEN though there is info. everywhere to help people understand.

Last December I was in the line for Space Mountain and we were well inside the star tunnel and the wait was about 100mins. There was a large group of boys aged about 16 or so behuind me in the line. Everytime someone walked past in the fast pass line they wouldget all disgruntled and discuss jumping over the barrier.

I think then someone mentioned to them that those people had fast passes and that was why they were moving to the front.

When the next lot of fast pass people came by the guys stating asking them "How much?" I thought at first they were asking how much did it cost to get those fast passes and I was about to inform them that they are free when I realised that they were trying to BUY the fast passes off of the people walking by!!!!!

I was soooooooooooooo funny!!! The people were just looking at them like "eeehhh??????". I couldn't do anything except laugh but eventually one of the fast pass holders set them straight. It was hilarious!

People kept thinking I was a cast member too because of my guest of honour badge. Even though I had been standing behind them in the line for BTMRR for an hour, wearing my ordinary clothes :D :D :D :D .

Ona

[Conure]

Here is a fictional list of the 10 dumbest things said in Disney World. (sorry it's kinda off the subject.)

10. "Why's there no tee for that giant golf exhibit in EPCOT?"
9. "Geez, why dosen't Disney get rid of that 'Hollywood Tower Hotel' I'd rather stay at the Grand Floridian. Some people even call that place, 'Tower of Terror'!"
8. "How do you get to that Disneyland Paris from here?" (while in Orlando)
7. "Why is that mouse everywhere?"
6. "How come there's no Universal t-shirts here?"
5. "My first trip to Disney World was in 1965 when my dad took there. My favorite ride was Tower of Terror."
4. "I was at Disney World when it first opened in June 1956."
3. "Where's the Nintendo ride?"
2. "Look-it's Mickey!(while pointing to statue of Walt Disney). But, who's the mouse?"
1. Are We There Yet?

The Dumb Disney Dialouge

Tourist 1: Hi! This your first trip?
Tourist 2: No. My dad took me in 1963 when it opened.
#1: Wow. That musta been fun! I also went that year! Space Mountain was so much better than.
#2: Back in '63 there was no information on their web site, so trip planning was hard.
#1: Where did you stay?
#2: The Hollywood Tower Hotel.
#1: Cool. Did you fly?
#2: I don't have wings.
#1: Who's that mouse?
#2: Beats me. I'll bet he's like Walt Disney's compatriot or something. Don't see many 5'7" mice these days.
#1:Yep, that was certainly a year to remember!
#2: Yeah, we put a man on the moon, didn't we?
#1: To busy working on Ronald Reagan's campaign to tell.
#2: The mouse should run for president.
#1: No. It's too hard to win Florida. Where do you think the ballot boxes are hidden, Space Mountain?
#2: Yeah, that's why it's so dark!
#1: Yeah, we should call someone.

Note to all first time Disney travellers: do your research to avoid mishaps like these. Though the chances of two people like this meeting areabout 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 0,000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000013

[madcoco]

We were behind a woman (around 30ish) in line at the stand across from TOT that sold Turkey Legs and HotDogs 2 yrs ago. I thought I was hearing things but she asked:

"I would like a white meat only turkey leg". The CM said that turkey legs are dark meat and smiled.
She snapped back. "You obviously don't know anything about turkeys do you?"He again said turkeys legs are dark meat.She said"Thats enough of this, where do they get these people from. That is the last time I come to Disney and stormed off".:confused: I was waiting for a punch line that never came,thinking it was a joke.

[marty3d]

These are great!

I had a similar Space Mountain Fastpass experience. I was using a FastPass while the stand-by line was 60 minutes. As I was taking the (long) walk down the empty fastpass lane, I could tell that there were a group of 3 teenagers who were getting agitated everytime someone walked by (the were about 3/4 of the way to the front). They jumped the barrier right in front of me. Once we got to the front, the CM explained that they needed Fastpasses and sent them back to the end of the line!!

re: wait times. Has anyone ever notice that when there's no wait at the ToT, the posted wait time is 13 minutes?

[J. Thornhill]

re: wait times. Has anyone ever notice that when there's no wait at the ToT, the posted wait time is 13 minutes?


I have noticed this! This is true at the Haunted Mansion as well. It must be a inside joke.

J.-

[Micca]

How long before an MGM guest asks: So does Ozzy ever turn on the lights and sing a few songs?

[JALaP]

Spectromagic: the float goes by from Fantasia- I dont know the character but it's the scary one, sort of on a mountain, with the wings----A woman asks her husband what character that is, and he says Batman! She says, oh Disney made a Batman movie? He says, oh yes, they made the second one.
Well,at least I know it wasnt from Batman!

[Tiggerlover91]

The wait times on ToT and HM never go above or below 13 minutes. It's a "horror" thing in a manner of speaking....13 being an "unlucky" number. Does that make sense now? I learned that when I did my training before working in MK last August. :D Pretty neat huh?? :smooth:

[Safari Steve]

Actually, while the reasoning is correct, the sign at Mansion can (and often does) display wait times of 10, 5, and 0 minutes.