Awkward/Funny Moments at Disney

[JazzySteph]

I'm not sure if there is a thread for this, if so I'm sorry! I just thought it would be fun to share some of funny or awkward experiences we've had at WDW.

I'll start with one I had today. I was walking in Canada at World Showcase at Epcot when out of the blue this box of McDonalds french fries came flying past my face. It landed on the ground and I saw it belonged to this man and his daughter. Well the fries were all over the ground and the ones still in the box were halfway touching the ground. I went to grab it assuming it was meant for the trash because if it were me fries that have touched the nasty ground I wouldn't want to be ingesting. Well I grab the fries and the man just stares at me and puts his hand out and says can we have the fries please they aren't meant for you to eat. As if I was going to eat his dirty fries or something? I was just like oh I'm sorry I figured they were going to be trashed since they were dirty. So I handed them back to them..they finished the fries then threw the box on the GROUND?!?!

The nerve of some people. So I went back and put the box in the trash where it belonged in the first place. Some people are just so strange.

 

[xyzabc33]

UGG...how gross, I understand being short on money and conserving food but eeeeeewwwww!!!!!!

 

[crazymomof4]

Odd: After one of those Florida storms rolled through we saw a kid, maybe 5 or 6 yrs old, bend over and suck water from one of the puddles on the sidewalk! DH and I looked at each other and we each knew what the other was thinking: "So glad that's not one of ours!"

Funny: When DS #1 was 7 months old we were having dessert in the Contemporary (the area that is now Chef Mickeys). DH and I were splitting a huge piece of choc. cake. We were sitting w/ DS sitting between us at the table. As DH passed it to me DS raised his arms up and lunged for the cake with mouth open and both hands ready to grab. At this point laughter breaks out all around us. We had no idea how many people sitting at tables all around us had been watching our baby! (He was pretty darn cute at the time!)

 

[Mouse House Mama]

The first time went a CM came up to my ds who was 2 at the time and said - We are going to celebrate your birthday today! Then he pinned a birthday pin on him. My son was thrilled and his stupid Mom (that would be me!) says to the CM "Oh well today isn't really his birthday" to which he replied- "that's okay- we won't make you come back for your real birthday!" I felt like such a dork! I just wanted to melt into the sidewalk. I still roll my eyes just thinking about it!

 

[DisGirlAllie]

I have 2.
#1
When we went in August (we brought my friend) we were walking around in the afternoon when we saw a woman in a navy sweatshirt in August! I would have died after 10 minutes!

#2
When we went at Christmas in 2006 we heard some hick family talking to another on the bus. they had a 7 year old boy say "Momma I want to go to the Magical Kingdom! Not Epcots!" Then Mom says "We'll go tomorrow and then we'll go to that zoo, and then the movie park." My dad (DisneyRefugee) looks at me and says "Thank god I raised you well to know the correct names of the parks" (We have gone since I was 3) and i said (immitating the boy. by this time we were off the bus at Epcots. ) "I want to go to Magical Kingdom!" we both roared out laughing!

 

[Foohound]

We were at 1900 Park Fare for dinner October of 05.
It was Myself, My DD who was 4 at the time, my DH and my DN. We were sitting in the long booth table against the wall. We had a family right next to us(not much moving room)!!. They had a DD the same age as ours. Both girls where dressed in Bell Costumes from Disney. My DD has the yellow one and the other little girl had the Red Deluxe one. Since we were sitting so close I tried to be civil and talk to the DM about where we from, which resort we were staying in, and I even got her DD a plate of food since she was by herself and did not want to leave her DD alone. We were fine until the arrogant husband arrived. He proceeded to tell his DD through the whole dinner that his DD's dress was much more expensive and much prettier than my DD's. That they were staying at the much nicer hotel, and when prince charming and cinderella came through that they were more intrested in seeing her than my DD. The mother looked like she wanted the floor to swallow her up, and my DH wanted to deck him, which with my DH's size would not have been a problem. The DM finally told them it was time to go. She said nice to meet you and took off. I felt so sorry for her. I have decided that you meet all types when you are at Disney!!!

We will think twice about every going again.

 

[camdensmom]

"I want to go to Magical Kingdom!" we both roared out laughing!

DH is 35.

He went to Disney at least 5 times as a kid/teen.

We have been 6 times together.

He STILL insists on calling it the Magical Kingdom. It drives me NUTS!!!

 

[bgdiznee]

Our biggest awkward moment probably came during the trip when youngest DS was just 4. We were having dinner at the Garden Grill back in the days when it was known as The Good Turn, anyway DS was a very picky eater and we use to have to do the "three more bits" routine with him alot. So here is DH and myself saying three more bits when the little fellow was just at his absolute limit. So of course up comes all the dinner he has consumed, but the funny part was our two older children took off like they had been jet propelled for the lobby unwilling to share in the family shame The wait staff was cool and acted like it happened every day. I don't think any of us will ever be able to eat at that restaraunt again. Its been 20 years!

 

[j_dp456]

One time in front of Splash Mountain we witnessed a family reunion gone horribly wrong. There were two big guys in the family that were really p.oed at each other. They were swearing and using words that should never be spoken (especially at Disney) . Well the only thing that was keeping these two guys from tearing into each other was a trash can and a little old lady. A small crowd had auctually formed around them . To make matters worse this was a family reunion so everyone there with them was wearing bright yellow t shirts! No pretending you were just an innocent bystander if you were a apart of this family!

 

[camdensmom]

This still makes me laugh.

We were on the Jungle Cruise and the CM asked a little kid if he wanted to "drive the boat." If you have never been, it is important to note that the boat is on a track so you aren't really driving. Well, the boat comes upon "danger" (waterfall maybe?) and as the CM points this out the kid (who was all of 6-7) starts frantically trying to steer and screaming, "OH SH*T! HOLY CR@P!" It was hysterical.

 

[crazymomof4]

We were at 1900 Park Fare for dinner October of 05.
It was Myself, My DD who was 4 at the time, my DH and my DN. We were sitting in the long booth table against the wall. We had a family right next to us(not much moving room)!!. They had a DD the same age as ours. Both girls where dressed in Bell Costumes from Disney. My DD has the yellow one and the other little girl had the Red Deluxe one. Since we were sitting so close I tried to be civil and talk to the DM about where we from, which resort we were staying in, and I even got her DD a plate of food since she was by herself and did not want to leave her DD alone. We were fine until the arrogant husband arrived. He proceeded to tell his DD through the whole dinner that his DD's dress was much more expensive and much prettier than my DD's. That they were staying at the much nicer hotel, and when prince charming and cinderella came through that they were more intrested in seeing her than my DD. The mother looked like she wanted the floor to swallow her up, and my DH wanted to deck him, which with my DH's size would not have been a problem. The DM finally told them it was time to go. She said nice to meet you and took off. I felt so sorry for her. I have decided that you meet all types when you are at Disney!!!

We will think twice about every going again.

On my return trip from the buffet, I would have "accidentally" spilled my entire plate on his head. I'll bet Prince Charming and Cinderella would have found that VERY interesting!

Geez- it takes all kinds!

PS- My DD has the yellow gown!

 

[Foohound]

My DN still wishes my DH had decked him, even if we poor folk had been kicked out!!

DD and I loved the yellow dress. I have now passed it on to a co-workers DD who loves it as well.

My DN and I still laugh about that night. The really funny part was his wife was so nice, the say opposites attract go figure?

 

[CanadianGuy]

This still makes me laugh.

We were on the Jungle Cruise and the CM asked a little kid if he wanted to "drive the boat." If you have never been, it is important to note that the boat is on a track so you aren't really driving. Well, the boat comes upon "danger" (waterfall maybe?) and as the CM points this out the kid (who was all of 6-7) starts frantically trying to steer and screaming, "OH SH*T! HOLY CR@P!" It was hysterical.

I know it's wrong to laugh at this.. but holy cr@p.. did I laugh.. I still got tears in my eyes and coke coming out my nose..

J

 

[Luv Bunnies]

We were eating at Whispering Canyon Cafe in December. Our 11 year old son has Asperger's Syndrome and he tends to take things very seriously. We explained to him that the whole place was just one joke after another and that he shouldn't be offended or surprised by anything they do. He said he would be fine with it and he was...mostly.

He was ready for the ketchup and thought it was hilarious. He played along with the giant jar of Sprite when he asked for seconds. He even went with his younger brother to race on the stick ponies and take the whippersnapper's oath.

Then, a girl at another table had a birthday. The wait staff sang to her, very badly. Then they each took out a fork and proceeded to eat the piece of cake they brought her! This completely outraged my DS. They gave the girl another piece of cake when the fun was over, but DS couldn't believe they would actually eat her birthday cake. When our waiter came with the bill, my DS said, "Look buddy! If it was my birthday and you ate my cake, I would sue you!" The waiter just laughed. DS said he'd had enough of that crazy place and asked if we could leave. We were ready to leave anyway.

When we returned to our hotel, we were talking about what we would be doing and where we would be eating the next day. DS said we should go back to Whispering Canyon. And we thought he hated the place!!!!

 

[dixipixi]

A couple of years ago, we were at the TTC monorail platform early in the morning, prior to park opening. We walked up just as the doors on the monorail were closing. We just went and stood "in line" (there was only 1 other family there) to wait for the next one.

About this time, 2 ladies with 3 little kids walk up to the platform. One of the ladies starts yelling at the others, "see there. We're late. If we had been 2 minutes sooner we could have been on THAT train!" She walks up to the CMs and starts telling them that they HAVE to let her on THAT train.

The male CM tells her that the track is being "charged" or "electrified" or something and there is NO WAY she can get on the monorail. He is very polite to her, points her in our direction, "If you'll go stand with those people another monorail will be along in a few minutes."

She really starts screaming, "You can just go to H**l! We have reservations for breakfast! We're never gonna make it! You know you can let me on THAT train!"

About that time, the monorail takes off. She starts running along the platform and urging the other lady (who has been trying to calm her down the entire time and apologizing to the CMs) to drag the kids and run along with her to "catch" the "train".

Of course it's not that far to where the station platform ends and when she reaches the rail, she just hangs out over it, reaching for the monorail and screaming, "NO! NO! NO!" She finally starts really crying and comes back to the CMs and REALLY lets them have it! It was totally ridiculous. The other lady and the kids looked like they could have died from embarassment.

It was an odd situation. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Our boys got a real big kick out of it, but I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

 

[miranda1979]

I remember when...(and we have it on video camera)! We had went to sea world that day and were waiting for the show to start, and we were there early. So my uncle decided that he was hungry but nothing was open. So he decided that he was just going to eat the left over popcorn on the GROUND from the last show. It was SOOOOOOO gross. After that we all just bought him stuff that was all about popcorn. I even made him a popcorn cake.

I am not blood related to him thank god. he has since flown the coop! We all knew that he was weird.

 

[DisMN]

Oh my, some of these stories are just whacked.....makes you wonder doesn't it?

My awkward moment has to do with my granddaughter. She was 3 at the time and coming from far northern Minnesota she hadn't ever seen a black person.
So we're standing in line and I notice her staring at the man behind us.

And she stares.

And she stares some more.

I KNOW what she's going to say so I brace myself for it.

She opens her little peep and says "Hey mister! YOU are VERY black!!"



Luckily the man was the sweetest of fellows and he gave a big bellylaugh, patted her on the head and said "Hey little girl! YOU are VERY pink!"

It was soooooo embarrassing...but kids, waddayagonnado?




.

 

[DizzKneeGeek]

She opens her little peep and says "Hey mister! YOU are VERY black!!"

There is still Mountain Dew on my computer screen.

 

[SpaceMounatin]

When I was in Tokyo Disneyland, my brother and I went into Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin (my mom and sister were off doing there own thing). I got in line and my brother says, "I have to use the bathroom." He did this at every ride. So he leaves and I stay in line. 30 minutes later, I'm still in line,a nd I have no idea where my brother went. Then all of a suddon a Cm came up to me, with a flash light (it was a dark room in the queue) asking if I was waiting for my brother (I was really easy to spot because of my red mohawk). I said yes, or in Japanese: "Hy!" And nodded, and the CM came back 5 minutes later with my twin brother and we thanked her and she went on her merry way. The next room was the station so we got on. After the ride was over, my brother looks at me and said, "That was great! And the line wasn't too bad either!"

-Dainan "I just thought I should share that!" Rafferty

Though nothing will beat me screaming really loud in HISTA with my uncle, who looked at his 16 year old grandnephew as if I was insane!

 

[Todd&Copper]

I have one for Sea World San Diego.

We were at the walrus tank, and there was a male who was trying to woo the female by, um, extending his very large member. Well, everyone was laughing (except for the youngest children, who didn't know what the big pole on the walrus was for). Anyway, we had our video camera that day, and Dad asked Mom to get the display on film, while he took some pictures. So, Mom films the walrus for a couple of minutes, and the walrus just keeps extending himself. At this point, Mom, who is unfamiliar with the video camera, says, "How do I make this stop?" Dad had come up behind her and said, "Show him a picture of your mother."
And no, we never showed that vacation video to Grandma.