Arguments at the Parks - Stories?

[Principessa1284]

Hey all,
Well, this Diser needs some cheering up. DBF, his friend and I went to AK today. Neither of them had ever been there before (we live in Orlando) and we had a REALLY spectacular day.. except for the last half hour or so. We were walking through Asia to Everest, and I mentioned Kali River Rapids. As soon as I did, he whined and whined that he wanted to go on it in the worst way. It was a bit cooler out today (high of 76 I think?), I was wearing jeans, it had a 40 minute wait, and I knew I'd be cold, wet and miserable the rest of the day if I went on. Well, long story short, he ended up getting SO upset with me for not being willing to go on with him. Of course it ended up being "We never do ANYthing I want to do!!" and we left right after the jungle trek and he went right home after dropping me off at my apartment.

So ladies, I need to hear some good, dumb stories about arguing in the Parks! Hopefully it's something you can laugh about now, so make me feel like I'm not the only one!!

 

[littleteapot]

No stories from me, but I'm compeled to tell you that DBF needs to grow up. This type of attitude that causes many marriages to be miserable. There is no amusement park in the world (not just the "World") worth fighting over with my beloved. He would never expect me to be cold and miserable for his sake either. DBF had his friend there, why the heck didn't he just ride it with him?


I hope you work it out, but this raises huge red flags for me.

 

[genius118899]

Not at WDW, but a theme park, none the less...

DBF (of the time) and I were 17. I had convinced my mom to let us take two of my brothers (ages 10 and 13) with us to Six Flags, about 90 miles from our house. I'd been looking forward to this for a while, because our parents are strict and I was surprised she'd let us take the kids. We decided to cut costs and pack lunches, leaving them in a cooler in the car and walking out there around noon. I didn't want to carry a bag and I didn't have pockets, so I had DBF carry my keys. After lunch, which we ate in the car, we got out and started walking back to the park. I asked DBF if he still had my keys. He said no, and we turned around and tried opening the car. Sure enough, it was locked. I broke down in tears. This is when DBF starts laughing- he'd had my keys the whole time and knew it! He thought it was the best practical joke ever, and I was in tears. (this guy was a real winner). Needless to say, I *****ed at him the rest of the day.

 

[Principessa1284]

dup - sorry!

 

[Principessa1284]

No stories from me, but I'm compeled to tell you that DBF needs to grow up. This type of attitude that causes many marriages to be miserable. There is no amusement park in the world (not just the "World") worth fighting over with my beloved. He would never expect me to be cold and miserable for his sake either. DBF had his friend there, why the heck didn't he just ride it with him?


I hope you work it out, but this raises huge red flags for me.

His friend didn't want to go on either - he volunteered ME as an alternative and just added flames to the fire in general. I'm still not entirely sure why he got so upset - he wasn't angry or yelling or anything of that nature. We did talk about it when we dropped of his friend off.. he explained why he was upset, and I appologized for the fact that he was upset but I really wasn't about to go on that ride on this particular day. I wanted to tell him what a stupid reason that was to be upset when we had such a great day otherwise, but it makes me furious if he tells me that the reason I'm upset it stupid (I can be emotional at times and who knows why we feel what we feel), so I held my tongue and let him sulk.

 

[Stephres]

I can honestly say that my husband and I only have arguments at Disney World! We can go through daily life being respectful and considerate to each other but put us with cranky children on vacation and we will have a blow out within 3 days!

I wish I could tell you what the arguments were about, but they are so stupid they are quickly forgotten. I think holding your tongue is the best thing you can do in your situation, it sure won't make the situation better by pointing out how silly he's being!

I hope it helps to know we all go through it.

 

[bumbershoot]

His friend didn't want to go on either - he volunteered ME as an alternative and just added flames to the fire in general. I'm still not entirely sure why he got so upset - he wasn't angry or yelling or anything of that nature. We did talk about it when we dropped of his friend off.. he explained why he was upset, and I appologized for the fact that he was upset but I really wasn't about to go on that ride on this particular day. I wanted to tell him what a stupid reason that was to be upset when we had such a great day otherwise, but it makes me furious if he tells me that the reason I'm upset it stupid (I can be emotional at times and who knows why we feel what we feel), so I held my tongue and let him sulk.

Are you guys far enough along in your relationship that he might have had something he wanted to talk to you about on the ride? Seems a silly place for conversation or perhaps jewelry, but guys have done sillier things, LOL. Could also explain the friend throwing you under the bus, so to speak, making you and only you go on.


Or he was just tired and cranky.


Maybe you could buy a poncho next time! Works for me at Disneyland/DCA on Grizzly River Rapids!

 

[lucigo]

If he does the right thing and owns up to being a selfish brat, surprise him with another trip just to ride the ride. If he pouts too long its time to take someone else!

 

[WisconsinDisneyGirl]

I will never forget our last family trip to WDW. Went for my DH graduation from grad school with our DS 5 at the time. My husbands boss at the time what all over him 24/7. He told DH he had to take his Blackberry on the entire trip to "check-in". Well, he wan on that "crackberry" all the time. His boss was calling him and emailing him all the time. We went on a Disney cruise on that same vacation and he had to "check-in" at every port. It makes me sad to think about it. He was under so much pressure and stressed out big time. I was not happy about it and we had quite a few fights. He does feel bad about it and will not be taking his Blackberry on our trip in Dec!!!!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I will never forget our last family trip to WDW. Went for my DH graduation from grad school with our DS 5 at the time. My husbands boss at the time what all over him 24/7. He told DH he had to take his Blackberry on the entire trip to "check-in". Well, he wan on that "crackberry" all the time. His boss was calling him and emailing him all the time. We went on a Disney cruise on that same vacation and he had to "check-in" at every port. It makes me sad to think about it. He was under so much pressure and stressed out big time. I was not happy about it and we had quite a few fights. He does feel bad about it and will not be taking his Blackberry on our trip in Dec!!!!

I feel for you...
My DH is required to be available 24/7 even when he is on vacation. He has to be avaiable to take calls (which are only supposed to be emergency calls but in IT people seem to think everything is an "emergency"), and do much of his work from his laptop in the room at night. He spends several hours when we get back at night working while we are asleep. It stinks, I know it is not good for his health (we all need a real break sometimes). We don't argue over it, I know he'd rather not be connected to work, but he needs to be so I try really hard to tell him how much I apprecate it and try not to say how much it bugs me. Glad your DH won't have to be conected this trip, that's great. My DH will be (in fact they got him a mobile internet card for his laptop for the ride down) but I will do my best to not throw the laptop out the window!

 

[ajh88]

Sorry to hear your day at AK ended up on a sour note.

I'll just say that AK is the *one* park that pushes one of the members of our party over the edge on every trip! I don't know why - the heat, the crowds, the walking - I haven't pin-pointed it yet, but the only cross words DH and I have ever had with each other on any Disney trip (while at the parks - we won't count his driving!) have been had at AK.

It sounds like DBF could have handled his disappointment a bit better, but we all have our moments - but I wouldn't think he'd continue pouting or sulking for very long - it's just a ride and it'll be there next time! Hope you make up & cheer up soon.

 

[Disneychix]

Oh goodness! That's tame compared to me and DH! :lol:

We bicker all the time. Normally it's small stuff about one of us being late for an ADR or what time to get up in the morning. DH and I are not good in warm weather, meaning we get cranky when we're overheated. This does not fair well in WDW when it's hot and humid!!

I did witness a lady waiting in DTD for the boat back to SSR yelling at the boat driver becuase he told her "happy anniversary" (she was wearing a pin). She was telling the boat driver how dumb her husband was and that she left him in DTD and was going back to the room. She kept saying "do I LOOK like I'm having a happy anny? My husband isn't here!" Geez lady, take the pin off then!

 

[MousekaMaddi]

I leave my DH home= NO bickering

we always have a blast AND HE PAYS $$$$$

 

[Principessa1284]

Are you guys far enough along in your relationship that he might have had something he wanted to talk to you about on the ride? Seems a silly place for conversation or perhaps jewelry, but guys have done sillier things, LOL. Could also explain the friend throwing you under the bus, so to speak, making you and only you go on.


Or he was just tired and cranky.


Maybe you could buy a poncho next time! Works for me at Disneyland/DCA on Grizzly River Rapids!

Hm.. good theory, but you're giving him and his friend more credit than is due, lol. We are far enough along in the relationship for something of that level to go on, but I don't think he'd do it at Disney.. he's just not a park person.

If he does the right thing and owns up to being a selfish brat, surprise him with another trip just to ride the ride. If he pouts too long its time to take someone else!

Eh, he tells me now that he's been to all 4 parks, there's no need for him to go again until we have kids to bring! He's made it no secret to how badly he wants as many little babies as one's uterus will allow, lol.

I will never forget our last family trip to WDW. Went for my DH graduation from grad school with our DS 5 at the time. My husbands boss at the time what all over him 24/7. He told DH he had to take his Blackberry on the entire trip to "check-in". Well, he wan on that "crackberry" all the time. His boss was calling him and emailing him all the time. We went on a Disney cruise on that same vacation and he had to "check-in" at every port. It makes me sad to think about it. He was under so much pressure and stressed out big time. I was not happy about it and we had quite a few fights. He does feel bad about it and will not be taking his Blackberry on our trip in Dec!!!!

I feel your pain! DBF is the general manager of a convenience store/gas station, and he ALWAYS has his employees and district manager calling him. Unfortunately he's "on call" 24/7 because he doesn't really have an assistant manager or anyone else of authority working at the store. It can be annoying sometimes - especially if we're out to dinner or something to that effect, but I try to be understanding since it could be an emergency (you know, with gigantic gas tanks being involved).

Sorry to hear your day at AK ended up on a sour note.

I'll just say that AK is the *one* park that pushes one of the members of our party over the edge on every trip! I don't know why - the heat, the crowds, the walking - I haven't pin-pointed it yet, but the only cross words DH and I have ever had with each other on any Disney trip (while at the parks - we won't count his driving!) have been had at AK.

It sounds like DBF could have handled his disappointment a bit better, but we all have our moments - but I wouldn't think he'd continue pouting or sulking for very long - it's just a ride and it'll be there next time! Hope you make up & cheer up soon.

Thanks! Yeah, he's made it no secret that he doesn't really enjoy going to the parks, but he goes because he knows it makes me happy. He seems to enjoy it once we get there, and crowds or waits don't really bother him. I think it's got something to do with the fact that he's an Orlando native (5 generations or something like that), and he was raised to believe that all the theme park companies are bad and just brought congestion and urban sprawl to the area, and would have been better off without them. I've been able to change his tune to a degree (he loves walking around the countries at EPCOT and really enjoyed all the animal exhibits at DAK - we spent almost an hour on the Jungle Trek!)

In other news, I can tell you that he called me this morning on an unrelated note, and sounded like his normal self. I think I envy men in that respect - they can let things go so easily while women (ie - me) can hold onto things for so long. But thank you ladies, I am feeling much better about it!

I leave my DH home= NO bickering

we always have a blast AND HE PAYS $$$$$

Yep! Next time, he's staying at home!! I'll take a friend who'll act their age (well, you kknow, sort of!)

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

DH and I have had some doozies over the years at WDW. Usually the kids are misbehaving because they are hot and tired and everything all put together just fuels somethings that probably at home would blow over.

We just returned on Saturday and I made a huge effort to not have any meltdowns. Even the kids (9, 5) remarked on how well behaved mommy was.

The weather was cooler this trip and we took things slower. We didn't see and do as much this trip, but everyone's mood was better.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

DH and I had a huge fight at AK on our first trip.
It had been POURING rain all day (in January, so not pleasant). We were waiting to take the train from Rafiki's back to the main part of the park. DH was whining that his feet were sore, he was tired of walking, he wanted to go back to the hotel, etc.
This is our FIRST trip to WDW, and we were only there Wed-Sun so we were on a very tight timeline. I wanted to see the parade, so we were going round and round about it.
There was a family with a little girl also waiting for the train. The little girl was eating a Mickey bar and just looked blissful.
DS (who was 8 at the time) was watching her and finally wailed "I wish our family was HAPPY!"
We did end up staying for the parade.

 

[npmommie]

No stories from me, but I'm compeled to tell you that DBF needs to grow up. This type of attitude that causes many marriages to be miserable. There is no amusement park in the world (not just the "World") worth fighting over with my beloved. He would never expect me to be cold and miserable for his sake either. DBF had his friend there, why the heck didn't he just ride it with him?


I hope you work it out, but this raises huge red flags for me.

No stories here either, and I agree with this poster!
My dh would have said ok fine, and he would have happily gone off on his own to ride!!!

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

ex DH got into a huge argument. Our girls were 2 and 3 at the time and we were waiting to go into the Storybook Breakfast in Norway. I had asked him the night before to charge the battery on the camcorder. In the morning I asked if he could get the camcorder ready to go. So when I asked him to get the camcorder ready for when we went in, he realized that he forgot the battery. We had the earliest reservation so none of the gift shops were open. I am not ever sure that they would sell the battery. I was fuming, but it was nothing compared to how i was when our just turned 2 year old daughter started singing "Once Upon a Dream" to Sleeping Beauty. Sleeping Beauty picked her up out of her high chair and brought her over to Mulan so that she could sing the song for her. My DD could hardly speak sentences so it was shocking that she could do even this. We missed catching one of the best memories ever because he didn't put in the battery. It was our 9 year anniversary too. So needless to say it was a horrible day. He was in the doghouse for most of it. After that we left him at home and from that moment on I realized that I would never ask anyone to be in charge of the camera or camcorder again.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Okay, not only did I totally throw down with my husband in front of our child in Toontown, but to make it worse, this lady was watching us. Like, as a spectator sport. We had spent the week with my parents which amplified everything, it was hot and sticky and crowded and so not a happy place. But this woman, staring at us? She pushed me over the edge. I turned to her and snapped, "Are you enjoying this? Don't you know it's rude to stare at us?" or something like that.

I have seen people fight, argue, disagree, but I just chuckle, like been there, done that, and walk on. I don't stop my stroller and WATCH.

 

[Pinga's Mommy]

Wow, you all should really be a fly on the wall when we travel with the in laws. Too many to tell. The worst was 2006 in Disneyland. We took a day away from the parks to go eat some fish tacos my mother in law heard about on FOOD NETWORK. We all thought she knew where it was. Turned out, all she knew was that it was across the bridge? WHAT BRIDGE???
We found it hours later....in SAN PEDRO, CA!!

There was screaming in the car and silence during dinner. At least the tacos were good.