Pigsty333
I get censored all the time
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I apologize - this is a little long:
4th of July
This 4th of July we decided to go to the Magic Kingdom and watch the Fireworks. We currently live in Florida and some of my daughter's friends and girl scout troop from NY were visiting. We picked them up at the hotel, and proceeded to go to the park. This group included my husband, my 11 yr. old son, my 13 yr., her two friend, her former troop leader and a co-leader. We had a wonderful day doing everything Disney - pictures, rides and dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern.
We then proceeded to Main Street to catch the Fireworks and then to see SpectroMagic. They were setting up the ropes and we asked a cast member if it was okay to stand there and he said yes. We got our spots, sat down with the kids and tried to enjoy our wait. As I was talking to the adults in the group, this woman who was standing next to us butted into our conversation and began to berate us about which event we were watching, etc. When I politely said to her that I knew which event was coming first and what we were doing, she proceeded to give us a very dirty look. She was accompanied by a little boy no more than 10 yrs. old. A short while later an older woman joined her and we saw her talking and pointing to us. By this time the ropes had been set up around the walkway (and for those of you familiar with Main Street) this is the around where the flag pole is and the characters mingle in that cirle, in front of the train station. There is a garbage can on either side and rails. There were many small children around the rails and we had placed our cameras, raingear and bags on top of the garbage cans. My son was leaning up on the rail when the older woman began to scream at my son, telling him that she worked there and she did not want him in that area and did not want to see him sitting on top of a garbage can, etc. I then turned and told her that she did not need to concern herself with my son, his father was with him as well as the older girls and to basically mind her own business. She continued screaming and yelling, making such a scene and saying she was calling a supervisor that I told her to go ahead. No one came, but she continued her tirade. We proceeded to ignore her and the fireworks started.
It was beautiful and very emotional. I cried since having moved from NY and a retired cop (lots of memories and 9/11). We all sang the songs, the national anthem, america the beautiful etc. At the end of the fireworks we proceeded to gather our belongings when I saw this woman (the younger) one walk over to my daughter, slap her on the shoulder and start screaming and cursing at her (words I can't even describe here) and tell her that she was surprised that she knew the songs and she should be proud. My daughter told her that she sings them everyday and we are very patriotic, to which she began to call her a not so nice word beginning with w and ending in e. She was pushing her and telling her she was an inbred. She proceeded to tell my child that as an American Indian she had every right to sing her songs and that she made more money than we would ever make in our lifetime. Her mother then started to call all of us names - my husband is Irish, I am Puerto Rican and the others in our group were African American. They both continued and as she started to push my daughter, who was hysterical crying at this point, I had had enough. I stepped in and told her to cut it out. Here we are in the middle of the Magic Kingdom and this scene is being created. People were walking past us and trying to figure out what was happening. I was mortified and felt sorry for my child. As I stepped in between her and my child and move my child away, this woman turned her fury on me, pushed her face into my face, actually touching noses and proceeded to spit on me. At this point, I lost all my control and proceeded to slap her. She backed away and at this time the security officers, which my husband had gone to get came by.
They asked them for ID, they denied the incident and refused to identify themselves as employees. Can you believe it, they did not detain and take them to an office and verify if they were employees. A couple of the supervisors, head of security, etc. came over to us and told us that she refused to provide ID, denied working at WDW and had exited the park. I thought this was a little disappointing that nothing else was done.
BY this time all the other families that were seated around the circle informed the security that this woman had been cursing them out, screaming at them and that I was the last family she started with.
All in all, a really bad 4th of July. And for those of you who witnessed it, I apologize.
4th of July
This 4th of July we decided to go to the Magic Kingdom and watch the Fireworks. We currently live in Florida and some of my daughter's friends and girl scout troop from NY were visiting. We picked them up at the hotel, and proceeded to go to the park. This group included my husband, my 11 yr. old son, my 13 yr., her two friend, her former troop leader and a co-leader. We had a wonderful day doing everything Disney - pictures, rides and dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern.
We then proceeded to Main Street to catch the Fireworks and then to see SpectroMagic. They were setting up the ropes and we asked a cast member if it was okay to stand there and he said yes. We got our spots, sat down with the kids and tried to enjoy our wait. As I was talking to the adults in the group, this woman who was standing next to us butted into our conversation and began to berate us about which event we were watching, etc. When I politely said to her that I knew which event was coming first and what we were doing, she proceeded to give us a very dirty look. She was accompanied by a little boy no more than 10 yrs. old. A short while later an older woman joined her and we saw her talking and pointing to us. By this time the ropes had been set up around the walkway (and for those of you familiar with Main Street) this is the around where the flag pole is and the characters mingle in that cirle, in front of the train station. There is a garbage can on either side and rails. There were many small children around the rails and we had placed our cameras, raingear and bags on top of the garbage cans. My son was leaning up on the rail when the older woman began to scream at my son, telling him that she worked there and she did not want him in that area and did not want to see him sitting on top of a garbage can, etc. I then turned and told her that she did not need to concern herself with my son, his father was with him as well as the older girls and to basically mind her own business. She continued screaming and yelling, making such a scene and saying she was calling a supervisor that I told her to go ahead. No one came, but she continued her tirade. We proceeded to ignore her and the fireworks started.
It was beautiful and very emotional. I cried since having moved from NY and a retired cop (lots of memories and 9/11). We all sang the songs, the national anthem, america the beautiful etc. At the end of the fireworks we proceeded to gather our belongings when I saw this woman (the younger) one walk over to my daughter, slap her on the shoulder and start screaming and cursing at her (words I can't even describe here) and tell her that she was surprised that she knew the songs and she should be proud. My daughter told her that she sings them everyday and we are very patriotic, to which she began to call her a not so nice word beginning with w and ending in e. She was pushing her and telling her she was an inbred. She proceeded to tell my child that as an American Indian she had every right to sing her songs and that she made more money than we would ever make in our lifetime. Her mother then started to call all of us names - my husband is Irish, I am Puerto Rican and the others in our group were African American. They both continued and as she started to push my daughter, who was hysterical crying at this point, I had had enough. I stepped in and told her to cut it out. Here we are in the middle of the Magic Kingdom and this scene is being created. People were walking past us and trying to figure out what was happening. I was mortified and felt sorry for my child. As I stepped in between her and my child and move my child away, this woman turned her fury on me, pushed her face into my face, actually touching noses and proceeded to spit on me. At this point, I lost all my control and proceeded to slap her. She backed away and at this time the security officers, which my husband had gone to get came by.
They asked them for ID, they denied the incident and refused to identify themselves as employees. Can you believe it, they did not detain and take them to an office and verify if they were employees. A couple of the supervisors, head of security, etc. came over to us and told us that she refused to provide ID, denied working at WDW and had exited the park. I thought this was a little disappointing that nothing else was done.
BY this time all the other families that were seated around the circle informed the security that this woman had been cursing them out, screaming at them and that I was the last family she started with.
All in all, a really bad 4th of July. And for those of you who witnessed it, I apologize.
