A great tip for anyone.

[DisneyWorldbuff]

I yelled at a pair of teenage girls jumping over the railings to cut in line at Buzz Lightyear once. Does that count?
Actually, I have had a lot of great conversations on the bus. It's neat because then you see them around your resort and give a wave or hello. I have always liked helping new WDW visitors that have questions and I usually seem to sit next to them on the bus.

 

[dmartin69]

I agree you can meet some nice people from just talking. You can even make new friends that way.

Thanks for the tip

 

[Kae]

Years ago we met nice folks in the hot tub at POFQ they were there for a conference, late they stopped me and gave us passes for private event at DHS, one of the couples had to leave. We went had a blast

 

[a742246]

We always carry Disney Pins to trade with CM and others. Works great as a conversation starter!

 

[G'ma2L&A]

New to the boards.

We are taking our 11 yo DGS to WDW at the end of this month. His first time.

This is a great idea for us to occupy time. I might pick up a small notebook. He can track the states/countries where CMs are from. Standard question he might ask would be "what food from home do you miss most?" We might make a game of it to find someone from each of the 50 states.

I too love chatting with random people in lines. I am the annoying passenger on the plane talking up a seat-mate.

 

[helenm29]

Drives my husband CRAZY! I love to talk to people...see where they are from...just chat about Disney or anything else! I'm TOTALLY a people person so if I see you in line and start chatting with you...don't think I'm crazy ok? lol

 

[Disney Princess 65]

We make it a point to chat with people on our Disney trips. Cast members. People on the transportation. People in line. Correcting people who believe the monorail
runs from Epcot to the Animal Kingdom.

We once spent about 15 minutes chatting with a young woman working in one of the shops in the UK pavilion.

We just started chatting and the conversation just kept going!

 

[dutchscotsman]

being a german speaker I love to talk to the guys and girls at the german pavilion in their mother tongue. They always seem to really appreciate it.

 

[AlexisK]

I LOVE talking to the CMs. One of the girls in Norway last year was from my family's home town. She talked to my daughters for almost half an hour about it and as we were leaving she gave the girls some of her pins. You never know what kind of magical connection you are going to have with people if you just dare to strike up a conversation!
-Alexis

 

[klmall]

Drives my husband CRAZY! I love to talk to people...see where they are from...just chat about Disney or anything else! I'm TOTALLY a people person so if I see you in line and start chatting with you...don't think I'm crazy ok? lol

I won't think you're crazy since I do exactly the same thing and it drives my family crazy too! Funny thing, I rarely chat with others in line except at Disney. I love asking about their trips, where they're from and how many trips to WDW have they taken. It passes the time and I learn so much about others. Often they ask questions and I enjoy helping them figure out how to navigate WDW. For me it's just another way to enjoy being at Disney!

 

[Texans_loyal]

I love talking to people at Disney!
We were at the magic kingdom during NFL playoffs and the falcons had just massacred the packers. the guy on the bus was so excited, he couldn't sit down. I wonder how he felt after the Superbowl

 

[looking4themouse2]

When we visited DL a few years ago, we were leaving Turtle Talk with Crush and our daughter (who was 6 at the time) was crying because Crush didn't pick her for one of the questions. When we were leaving, we were waiting in line to leave and there was a CM standing there and I think he was from TN/KY (where we had recently moved from) and we struck up a quick conversation. He asked why our daughter was crying and I told him. He told us to wait at the side of the theater. Once everyone left the theater, we had a PRIVATE conversation with Crush and our daughter was beyond herself. It was so thoughtful and so sweet, and made her trip. When I got home I wrote Disney and told them about what he did and I hope they put it in his employment folder.

That literally made me cry! One of my favorite things about Disney is just what you described, it doesn't matter if you are joe shmo or will smith the cast members have a way of making you and your family feel important and at the end of the day that's what brings us back.

 

[looking4themouse2]

I love talking to people at Disney too one of my most memorable conversations was with a server at the 50's prime time who was from my state. Although the wonderful ladies we met from Japan who interpreted most of what our chef at Tepan Edo was saying were also fabulous and pretty hilarious We literally met people from all over the place that trip - a cook from Olive Garden there for a conference, some wonderful people from Canada, and even a couple from Europe while sitting by the resort pool one night.

 

[Jasper07]

Just back from a trip that I had worn a Celebrating Farewell to Wishes button. It ended up being a great conversation starter. One night when we were waiting on Wishes to begin, I could see the young lady next to us was by herself and I asked if she was a local or on maybe on the college program. She said she was from AZ on the college program and was working at the Poly renting watercraft. We talked about several things while we were waiting. I hope to find her when we stay at the Poly in May

 

[TI double-GUH ER]

Oh DD is fantastic at this. She'll talk to anyone, anywhere about anything. Last trip we were waiting in line for Astro Orbiter and she started making up a song with the little girl in front of us. The two of them spent the wait time singing, twirling, dancing and hugging. After about 2 minutes they declared themselves to be best friends (although they didn't exchange names!!). It was fun to watch and those are some of my favorite pictures (and movies) from the trip.

 

[NJBebop]

It just goes to show that Disney Resorts aren't you average "amusement parks", it's a community. I just moved 20 minutes from WDW and am at the parks almost every day, and I'm always talking to other guests. It's a world all of it's own.

 

[JenniKleims]

I enjoy talking and remember that we made some really neat people the last time we were at WDW (but that was back in 1993 LOL) I hope that we can meet some nifty people when we go down again in November

 

[mnamna]

I'm actually really surprised how many people would welcome random conversation! I say that not to be rude, but out of genuine surprise.

I actually hate it when strangers try to start a conversation with me. I have autism, and it drives my nerves and anxiety through the roof, and reduces my social tolerance overall, meaning I reach the point of being overstimulated WAY faster than if I'm left alone. When strangers try to start a conversation with me, I try to keep answers very to the point and short, in hopes that they'll leave me alone without having to come out and end up seeming rude, because I don't tell people about my autism, and it isn't obviously apparent.

 

[Tamaruny]

So I learned one thing that I absolutely do everytime I'm in the kingdom. COMMUNICATE. Talk with other people!
Where you guys from?
Where you all staying?
How's your day going?
To complete strangers. In line waiting for Anna and Elsa two dads can have a conversation on their daughters. Standing up in front of the bus with strollers with other dads, "hey man where you guys from?"
I even love talking with cast members. You ever see a cast member that lived in your state (their IDs state where they are from) "hello, I see u lived in Massachusetts, where abouts?"
This as always worked for me. Have a conversation with someone, you will be amazed how much the experience will increase with meeting other people.

Does anyone have any great stories like this, meeting other people (potentially from all over the world) ?

great advice

 

[Figment Mom]

I am not one to strike up conversation with strangers. I'm a bit reserved and not good at small talk. I'd rather be lost in my own thoughts than talking to people.

But one afternoon at MK my son and I grabbed seats at the railing on the top level of the train station to wait for the parade. We found ourselves sitting next to an older woman from England and we chatted with her for quite a while.

I even left my son sitting up there with her while I went down to get us all some frozen lemonade.