A Fourth of Pixie Dust! A Fourth of Fun! A Fourth of Attitude! NEW! 4/6 pg. 26

[MEK]

45 minutes of yo-ho-ing! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Charles threatening to do something drastic. Oh Brother! And CM's in thigh high boots coming to rescue you. And the rude lady. Oy Vey!

My vote is you find Happy Dog and the fireworks. Great update!

 

[sunny_stace]

Oh no!! Getting stuck on a ride is the absolute worst! Especially with a crew of teenagers trying to be cool. I hope you were able to make it to the fireworks! I hope the rude lady had to wait forever for a bus or a tram afterwords! (is that mean? ) The anytime fastpasses are a nice way of the CMs to make up for the inconvenience!

I know when I got stuck on Splash Mountain last fall it was a nightmare! "Brer Fox and Brer Bear are causing a commotion downstream" is burned into my eardrums for the rest of my life - and yes, it gets really eerie sitting in silence with just the emergency lights on! I can understand how you aren't racing to go back on PoTC. I hope it didn't spoil the rest of your evening!

 

[MeMom]

As for Happydog, she had her own 'stuck' epsiode during the trip. I am glad ours was on Splash as opposed to Pirates. I'm really not a Pirates fan, to be honest. I ride it because everyone else wants to. I do enjoy it more when our little boy cousins are with us, because they really get into it.

So glad no one tried to jump out of the boat and wade through the water. That could have gotten crazy.

The anytime Fast Passes helped a little.

I had to give mine and Brooklynn's up, since that was our last night. I hope the Wigd clan made good use of them during their last days.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Oh Jeez! I think I would have gone a little nuts with the yo-ho-ing!!
I would have said something similar to the rude lady - as if she were the only one who wanted to see fireworks? Man...people are stupid.

I sure hope it worked out that you found happydog and they eventually ran the fireworks!!

 

[Poolrat]

Oh, she wasn't meaning to humor me.

But at least she stood there. Mine would have bolted at photographic evidence of the mood.


I would have had the Pirate stress disorder too !!!!. Even though I remember the fireworks being delayed, I was still anxious about you in the Pirate lair.

Silent Pirates would have been SO creepy.

 

[vamassey1]

Oh dear! Being stuck on any ride is horrible but being stuck that long is even worse. I have no patience for staying in one place either especially if I have somewhere to be. We got stuck on Spaceship Earth last trip. We were in the part where you're going up. I was so scared we were going to miss our diner ADR.

I hope things got better after this.

 

[disneydreamingdebby]

Good for you! It's good for the kids to see that side. It tells them to speak up when it's important.

It makes me sad that so many attractions go down. I really wish Disney could get a handle on this problem.

I can't help but laugh about Charles--maybe he was going to wade through the water...

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Yikes! What an ordeal! The only ride- knockonwood- I have ever been stuck on is Haunted Mansion and we had to walk out. I can't imagine what you guys must have been thinking with the CM's in their waders soming to get you. Imagine if you'd been in the scene between the two ships or at the drop like TK described!

Good for you for saying something to that woman. I hope someone had taken her fireworks spot by the time she got there. I'm sure everyone was tense and concerned about getting to see the show. What is the matter with people??

For the record, I am at the notion of Charles doing "something drastic" what might that have been? Did he have a plan???

Hope the Dolewhip and a DIS meet made up for it and ended the night on a postive note. At least you'll always have the story of when mom tried to fight with the rude lady and dad almost did something drastic...

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

Noooo! That totally stinks that yall were stuck on Pirates for 45 minutes! And even worse that you had pushy people behind you.

I'm glad you stood your ground though! GOOD FOR YOU! I can't stand when people feel like they are entitled to cut through others and be rude.

Boo for the fireworks being canceled, but yay for dole whips!

 

[disneyfan61]

LOL!! Good for you to speak up. I think I would have done the same thing. I would not have been too happy to be stuck in there either. Especially right before the fireworks!!

And to Charles for thinking of doing something DRASTIC!! I wonder just what was he thinking of doing? Maybe swimming for it?

 

[princess_momma]

Oh man! That sounds so rough!! I would've been so mad at that lady after all that you had to go through...45 minutes stuck on a ride! That is really unfortunate. And now you leave us hanging? Man!

 

[hlrababy]

Dole Whips make everything better!!!!

I know I would have ended up saying something to the teenagers in the front. Geez!!!! That would have lasted about 5 minutes with me. Or, with Hollie. She might have ended up saying, "mommy, those kids are loud!!" really loudly herself! haha

 

[caralyn817]

I just found your thread via MeMom and Jill. I love it. I can't wait to hear more. I'm not very good about writing trip reports. I always have good intentions but never complete them. I will be starting one for my next trip and am making it my goal to complete it.

I hate rude people to and would have done the same thing. A Dole Whip always makes things better. I hope you made it to the fireworks. I haven't seen the fireworks at Magic Kingdom in 2 years. Oh how a miss Wishes! My little one can never make it that long.

 

[punkin413]

There was a large group of high schoolers on a trip in line with us. Their natural exuberance was a bit off-putting. So was the wandering of lots of hands on others. My, what an affectionate bunch they were.

I'm so not ready for a teenager.

Oh my gosh, I can just feel your anxiety about missing the fireworks! I'd be the same way.

So sorry you're probably scarred for life with PotC.

And don't feel bad - I probably would have done the same thing (or worse) with the rude lady who was trying to pass everyone to get to HER fireworks. I have the same gut reaction to rudeness. I just can't let it go unchecked! I can just see it - me giving that woman the business and Ray standing there completely embarrassed. Is this what happened with Charles, too? If so, I think we are married to the same man and they are married to the same woman!

This is probably the same lady that passes traffic on the shoulder of the road b/c she has to be somewhere....because her life is way more important than everyone else's. Hopefully she's also the one that we see sitting in front of a police car with their lights on getting a ticket for doing such an obnoxious thing. I bet she felt stupid when she got where she was going only to find that you were right and the fireworks had been postponed.

 

[Wicket's Mom]

I would hate being stuck on the ride especially with those teens! The one thing going for it was that it wasn't Space Mountain!

I hate rudeness, so I usually say something which will probably get me in trouble someday!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

On the subject of responding to rudeness:
My new strategy is to kill them with kindness. And a little saracasm.

For example - in response to the rude lady - In my sweetest voice,
"Oh, I'm sorry, were you going to the fireworks that we all hope to get to go see too? I've heard they will be delayed, but I really hope you can find a spot to watch by rushing and pushing past all these other families."

usually I'm way too cranky to say anything remotely nice though!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hi Jackie! Sorry I'm late to the party - kind of sidetracked with moving - it seems like we will be eternally moving I'm all caught up - It is so nice that so many of your Disney memories are with your mom - it will always make Disney that more special for you! Too bad Connor lost his corn doggies I hope he managed to get some later in the trip!

I really enjoyed the pics of your Bayou area and the introduction to Louis! It is so cool how Disney went out of their way to really create an atmosphere at some of the resorts!

I would have had to say something to that lady, too! And I would have probably been the faithful Disney informer too - I can't help but help people, even when they probably don't want my help!

 

[Lovemy3babes]

Oh boy Jackie. Not a fun Pirates ride. I'm sorry! I would have also said something to the rude lady. It stinks to encounter that on a vacation you had planned for so long. My kids would then be mortified as everything I do embarrasses them anyway.

 

[Poolrat]

I would hate being stuck on the ride especially with those teens! The one thing going for it was that it wasn't Space Mountain!

Oh My- Space would have been worse and RnR would have been the worst for me. Being harnessed in for 45 min would make me nuts. Not sure I can tolerate 45 minutes of Aerosmith blasting either.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

This update had me rolling and I heard the whole thing from you on the trip!!!

I can totally hear Charles threatening to do something drastic! The only thing better is if he actually had followed through....

Rude woman... I'm so proud of you for standing up to her! Baylor is normally mortified when I do that but anymore I just don't care. I can't stand to see people act that way at Disney. They aren't the only ones in the park. We all are trying to enjoy our vacations.... UGH!