Crazy stories at disney world

[v_gan]

My crazy story comes from 2007. It was the end of the night during park closing at Epcot. Me and my boyfriend had waited a while after Illuminations so that we wouldn't be leaving with the hoards of people. So the walkways weren't too crowded.

We were walking past Spaceship Earth, on our way out of the park, when all of a sudden a hefty teenage girl in a wheelchair goes whizzing past us! *Zoooom!* She looked like she was having a blast, as she was the one rolling her wheels to go faster and faster. Seconds later, we see two large women, one middle-aged, one older, come running after her, yelling, "Stop, stop! She's gon' hit sumbody!"

It was the FUNNIEST thing I have ever seen. It just happened so fast, and we were tired as it was, so we couldn't stop laughing

 

[Lorilais_mommie]

My Family and I were in Epcot on our 1st trip to WDW. My DD (2) and I were trying walking without holding mommy's hand. She saw a man with a white bread in a hawian shirt and she took off on my YELLING at the top of her lungs " ITS SANTA, ITS SANTA" She cut right in front of a CM pushing some kind of cart. and pushed through about 20 people. I caught up with her right before she pounce on him. I told him how sorry I was, and as I walked back passed the 20 people she had pushed my face beat RED! My DH just stood there laughing.

Not sure if he was the same one as others had seen, we did not get a card.

 

[BeachClub1292]

In 2004 my family was at MK waiting for the parade to start. We layed a blanket on the ground so my Mom, Sis and Nephew(7) could sit, we were behind people that were sitting on the curb on Main St. So my dad, BIL and myself are standing in the back and my nephew(4MO) is sleeping in his stroller right next to me.

Everyone around us is nice and were all talking waiting for the parade to start when I felt the stroller move and hit me in the leg. I look over and a woman is trying to push the stroller over with my nephew asleep in it so her, her husband and daughter could push there way in. I yelled at her to get her hands off the stroller and she looked at me and told me that we need to move the stroller so they could sit. I told her it wasn't moving my nephew was asleep in it and she said? "she doesn't care." By then I didn't have to say another word everyone around us jumped all over her. It was great she then called all of us rude Americans, I forgot to mention she had a British accent. Anyways her and her family left and her husband was embarrassed.

Now if she would have asked if we could make a little room for her daughter so she could see better no problem. Also the lady on the curb made room so all the little kids could sit there right before the parade started. Moving a stroller with my 4mo nephew asleep in it might have me saying, "off with her head"

 

[kiwicassie]

A few years ago my friends and I were walking into Epcot at rope drop. Everyone was doing the "Soarin run" and we were behind a man with a very overloaded stroller. He had so many bags hanging off the back that when he stopped to pull out a map, it flipped back The little girl (maybe 4 years old?) seemed okay but stunned. The man's bags were EVERYWHERE and everyone was staring. Before anyone could help or inquire about his daughter, he turned around and sped away towards the front gate with his face bright red. He left ALL his bags (backpack, shopping bags, water bottles, you name it!) It was entertaining. (and I hope his daughter is okay!)

 

[floridianer]

I love this one!!!!



Once I was travelling alone to Florida and I had 4 weeks for myself...
I just went from Anna Maria Island to Disney to spend some days there...
In Epcot I rode Mission:Space (it was when no green version was available) and I rode it with a cute 4,5 or 6 year old and his dad! Maaaaaan, he was NERVOUS!
Dad explained everything to him and he was getting more and more concerned.
I looked to his dad and (without saying a word) asked him if I can talk to him... I asked the little one if HE was our Pilot and that it was my pleasure to meet him ...
When we entered I switched places with them so that he was on HIS place.
He was excited!
He pressed all the buttons all the time and when we left I just went over and thanked him for his outstanding job and said that he surely saved us on this mission... He was thrilled! (Dad was a bit motion sick I guess... )
Didn´t see them again this day but still remember his face !

Another little thing was when I was in MK with friends. We headed over to Space Mountain and when I said, "wait a second, I will run and get us fast passes for Splash Mountain before we enter the line at SM my best friend said that will will do it!!! He even asked (he is not a big Disney Fan and doesn´t go as often as we do) "this is the Water Ride, right??" I said YES, it is!
When he came back (wondered how fast he CAN be) and we stood in line for SM he handed the Fast Passes to me. Guess what... He had passes for the JUNGLE CRUISE!!!!

 

[goofyernmost]

my crazy story is a cast member story (so my apologies to all the kind and wonderful cast members here)

My aunt is blind and we have taken her to Disney several times over the years. She loves it and travels well along with her various guide dogs/seeing eye dogs. One fall we were there during a pretty bad heat wave in October. The pavement is TORTURE on the dogs feet and we did everything we could to keep her in the shade.

(I should mention this is right around the time they invented fastpass and stopped allowing people to go directly to the exit to load those guests with handicaps.) We were not aware of this and to be honest I think that guests with handicaps should not have to wait in the regular line if they have letters from doctors, etc.

Well we go to the park and off we went on Jungle Cruise, Pirates and Tiki Room with no issues and no waits. We didn't have to go thru the exits because we were either ushered on immediately or brought directly to the handicap entrance due to the dog.

We walked off to Splash Mountain and went to the exit so we could "dog swap" and go on the ride. Obviously her dog could not go on this particular ride, although he could on many of them. The young lady at the exit said "oh you will have to get a fastpass and go through the regular line." I explained to her that due to the heat it was virtually animal abuse to stand in the sun (it was a very busy weekend day and the line was out of the building) and that we always went to the exit in the past. She said "too bad ma'am, those are the rules." I told her again politely (I was in shock at her rudeness) that some "rules" are made to bend a little especially when the health of a guide animal is at risk. She said "How do I even know she is REALLY blind? Can she prove it?"

At this point she opened the gate for a woman in a wheelchair....so obviously she WAS allowing people to bypass the regular or fastpass line. I asked her "why did you allow her in but not us?" She said "She is in a WHEELCHAIR" and rolled her eyes at me. I said "Wait a second, you want my Aunt to PROVE she is blind...well march yourself over there and tell that woman to get up and WALK!" I then asked for a ride manager IMMEDIATELY. Meanwhile the girl/castmember went on and on about how we could have just decided to put a harness on our "pet" and bring him to Disney. I have NEVER seen someone so uneducated, rude, petty or nasty and ESPECIALLY in Disney!

When the ride manager came she was very apologetic and said "We have had some issues with this castmember recently." I told the ride manager that I wanted an apology AND I wanted her to be removed from working directly with the public. The ride manager point blank said "This young lady will no longer be working with Disney, we will not accept this kind of behavior from our castmembers."

We didn't let it ruin our trip but it was very disheartening. We have never run into that issue since. We use fast passes or regular entrance on all rides that require them expect in the rare instances where the pavement is too hot for the dog. We have been graciously welcomed onto rides or "dog swap" and in several instances they have actually had a ride manager come and wait with her guide dog so we could all go on together! NOW that is Magic!!

That's the worst case of entitlement I have ever read. I know I am obviously the only one here that noticed, but there it is.

Let's break this down.

You went to the wrong place to load (an accident, I understand that) and then because of a CM that was following the rules, you did everything in your power to get that person fired from a job that hardly pays anything anyway but probably is needed by the individual. All because you felt that the CM should have broken the rules for you and the dog. Well let's hope you had a "magical day" because you went out of your way to ruin someone else's. And, BTW, informing you of rules is not rude. It is doing their job.

The animal abuse issue is your issue. You brought it there on a hot day on hot pavement and now it's someone else that is the abuser? All so you and your aunt could get a ride in a theme park? It wasn't going to get any cooler in the middle of the day, you needed to be responsible and sympathetic to the dogs needs and take it out of that environment until it cooled down enough for it to be comfortable.

Because you never mentioned anything about the person in the wheelchair and why they would get entrance and not your group, I suspect that you know why they HAD to go in the rear entrance and how it was different from your reason. Sorry, but I am not willing to see where anyone had done you wrong.

Oh, and as a sidelight...that "manager" should be the one that is no longer with Disney. Giving out that information about alleged previous indiscretions of a CM is without class, leadership or anything other than trying to make it all go away. That would not be someone that I would ever consider management material.

 

[SweetMommy]

On my trip in December we were leaving DHS on a Saturday nite after Fantasmic. The bus line back to POP was very very long. There was this lady right behind us. Now to give you the full effect you have to know this woman was a redneck. (And I'm not trying to be rude or anything, you just need to know to understand lol) She kept commenting on where her friends were and the guy w/ her said they probably went back to the hotel already. Then she starts complaining about how Disney Transportation lets handicap people on first! I'm just taking deep breaths at this point! So as we are getting pretty close to getting on a bus, she spots her friend and is now yelling to them to cut everyone in line and come join her. Well we get on the bus and its getting full, my son and I sit down and my BFF stands to leave more seats for woman and children. This redneck sits down and proceeds to save 2 seats!!!! Now I'm already aggravated b/c I missed the Osbourne Lights so you can imagine my state of mind lol So a lady w/ a bunch of early teen boys come on the bus. The lady goes to sit down next to me and the rude redneck tells her no, she's saving that seat. Now I've had it! I say quite loudly, "No no, sit down, she's saving the seats for people who are somewhere at the end of the line outside." Oh the redneck lady didn't like that at all. She commented how rude I was! To which I had to respond by commenting on how she complains about letting handicap people on the bus first and then proceeds to hold seats for guests who don't have a chance of getting on the bus! She didn't have much to say when they shut the doors and her friends were not on the bus!

But the good part was the lady who I was trying to get to sit down proceeded to compliment my son on how cute he looked w/ his face painted and his goofy ears It made his nite!

 

[cinderella crazy]

And this is one that just made me feel good...during that same trip, we were getting on Toy Story Mania. As the cast member reached in to make sure I was securely in my seat, he said to me "Have a good ride, princess." I can't tell you how good that made me feel. Thinking about it still makes me smile. When in your adult life does anyone call you "Princess?" Oh boy...I can't wait to get back there this year. Hurry up and get here, September.

Isn't it wonderful? I got called princess a couple of trips ago and it actually made me blush. And people wonder why Disney is my happy place.

 

[nicolepdonnelly]

My fun momet wasn't crazy- just special.

After a long day at the parks with my DH and DS (10) we were headed back to AKL on the less than crowded bus. We sat across facing a pretty large family from another country- they were speaking spanish to eacheother. They were mostly adults, but there was one boy about 5 who kept watching my DS. So, he politely smiled- they 5 yr old smiled back. Then he winked- little guy winks back. Then he made a silly face- silly face back and so on. It was so cute, they spent the whole ride making faces and laughing. The family started watching and laughing too. Then the grandma says in broken english- see they don't need to speak the same language to be friends.

I thought that was a great life lesson! You don't need to speak the same language to share a magical moment!

 

[BrittLeshea]

Back in '07 when my college program was just starting, me and a group of other CMs were at Epcot in Norway, about to take a picture with the troll. Well, there was another family in front of us and the son grabs one of the viking hats and puts it on. Just as they're about to take the picture, the dad says loudly to the son, "And DO NOT do your FLAVOR FLAV impression!" We all cracked up! That was pretty much the running joke for the evening.

 

[growinupdisney]

Since when does two people in love = ? WTH?

It didn't bother me and still doesn't but it was the first time my younger children had seen this thats why the(i put that there because of the eyes being wide open not the wording)
I have several family members that are, they just had never at the time seen it displayed!
Please no need for flames!

Decided to edit: My dd15 best guy friend is gay, they have been best friends for over a year. Please, this was not meant to offend anyone!

 

[Lifeangel1]

We went to EPCOT back in the 80's. We stood and watched the fireworks. Well some of the residue from the smoke of the fireworks got in my daughter's eyes. She was 6 at the time and started crying and rubbing her eyes. A CM ushered us to the first aid station. It was very crowded (we were told the wind changed unexpectedly). Well after standing in line for quite awhile it was finally her turn. They were wonderful and was somehow able to convince her to let them flush her eyes. when we emerged, the park was closed and empty. It was kind of creepy walking through the park alone. Suddenly the park came to life. People pushing cleaning carts, small trash trucks and gardeners with their hedge trimmers, all came out of nowhere to take care of the park. It was kind of cool seeing this all happen.


The second story is: we were in the MK on September 11th, 2001. The park closed and the magic was gone in a heartbeat......enough said.

 

[OhThePain]

That's the worst case of entitlement I have ever read. I know I am obviously the only one here that noticed, but there it is.

Let's break this down.

You went to the wrong place to load (an accident, I understand that) and then because of a CM that was following the rules, you did everything in your power to get that person fired from a job that hardly pays anything anyway but probably is needed by the individual. All because you felt that the CM should have broken the rules for you and the dog. Well let's hope you had a "magical day" because you went out of your way to ruin someone else's. And, BTW, informing you of rules is not rude. It is doing their job.

The animal abuse issue is your issue. You brought it there on a hot day on hot pavement and now it's someone else that is the abuser? All so you and your aunt could get a ride in a theme park? It wasn't going to get any cooler in the middle of the day, you needed to be responsible and sympathetic to the dogs needs and take it out of that environment until it cooled down enough for it to be comfortable.

Because you never mentioned anything about the person in the wheelchair and why they would get entrance and not your group, I suspect that you know why they HAD to go in the rear entrance and how it was different from your reason. Sorry, but I am not willing to see where anyone had done you wrong.

Oh, and as a sidelight...that "manager" should be the one that is no longer with Disney. Giving out that information about alleged previous indiscretions of a CM is without class, leadership or anything other than trying to make it all go away. That would not be someone that I would ever consider management material.

Thank you for having the guts to say what I couldn't.

 

[cinderella crazy]

On my trip in December we were leaving DHS on a Saturday nite after Fantasmic. The bus line back to POP was very very long. There was this lady right behind us. Now to give you the full effect you have to know this woman was a redneck. (And I'm not trying to be rude or anything, you just need to know to understand lol) She kept commenting on where her friends were and the guy w/ her said they probably went back to the hotel already. Then she starts complaining about how Disney Transportation lets handicap people on first! I'm just taking deep breaths at this point! So as we are getting pretty close to getting on a bus, she spots her friend and is now yelling to them to cut everyone in line and come join her. Well we get on the bus and its getting full, my son and I sit down and my BFF stands to leave more seats for woman and children. This redneck sits down and proceeds to save 2 seats!!!! Now I'm already aggravated b/c I missed the Osbourne Lights so you can imagine my state of mind lol So a lady w/ a bunch of early teen boys come on the bus. The lady goes to sit down next to me and the rude redneck tells her no, she's saving that seat. Now I've had it! I say quite loudly, "No no, sit down, she's saving the seats for people who are somewhere at the end of the line outside." Oh the redneck lady didn't like that at all. She commented how rude I was! To which I had to respond by commenting on how she complains about letting handicap people on the bus first and then proceeds to hold seats for guests who don't have a chance of getting on the bus! She didn't have much to say when they shut the doors and her friends were not on the bus!

But the good part was the lady who I was trying to get to sit down proceeded to compliment my son on how cute he looked w/ his face painted and his goofy ears It made his nite!

Friend, where I'm from, redneck is not a very nice term. Mostly because some people assume that if someone has a southern accent, they are a redneck. Which then leads to the stereotype that all southerners are uneducated, etc. I do not think that was your intent. However, you could have left the redneck term out of your story and it still would have been just as effective in relaying how rude this lady was.

I have a very similar story to yours. When DH and I were on our honeymoon, we were waiting to get on the ferry boat ride that takes you from MK to WL. It was after the park closed so there were a lot of people who were waiting. All of a sudden, this woman starts pushing her child through the line. She would push the child up and then say "Son, you shouldn't push past people. It's impolite." But then they would never move back where they had originally been in line. DH and I looked at each other and I knew we were on the same page. They got up to us and the woman tried to push her son past us. At this point, the ferry had arrived. We stood our ground. We just stood as close as we could not budging. They never got past us and wouldn't you know, we were the last ones on the ferry. If we had let her push past us, we would have had to wait for the next ferry. Unbelivable! I felt really bad for the son too. He looked so embarrassed.

 

[babyrich]

That's the worst case of entitlement I have ever read. I know I am obviously the only one here that noticed, but there it is.

Let's break this down.

You went to the wrong place to load (an accident, I understand that) and then because of a CM that was following the rules, you did everything in your power to get that person fired from a job that hardly pays anything anyway but probably is needed by the individual. All because you felt that the CM should have broken the rules for you and the dog. Well let's hope you had a "magical day" because you went out of your way to ruin someone else's. And, BTW, informing you of rules is not rude. It is doing their job.

The animal abuse issue is your issue. You brought it there on a hot day on hot pavement and now it's someone else that is the abuser? All so you and your aunt could get a ride in a theme park? It wasn't going to get any cooler in the middle of the day, you needed to be responsible and sympathetic to the dogs needs and take it out of that environment until it cooled down enough for it to be comfortable.

Because you never mentioned anything about the person in the wheelchair and why they would get entrance and not your group, I suspect that you know why they HAD to go in the rear entrance and how it was different from your reason. Sorry, but I am not willing to see where anyone had done you wrong.

Oh, and as a sidelight...that "manager" should be the one that is no longer with Disney. Giving out that information about alleged previous indiscretions of a CM is without class, leadership or anything other than trying to make it all go away. That would not be someone that I would ever consider management material.

I agree, thanks for saying it.

 

[Dawgdad]

Friend, where I'm from, redneck is not a very nice term. Mostly because some people assume that if someone has a southern accent, they are a redneck. Which then leads to the stereotype that all southerners are uneducated, etc. I do not think that was your intent. However, you could have left the redneck term out of your story and it still would have been just as effective in relaying how rude this lady was.

I'm pretty sure I am a redneck...I drive a truck and once burned a Dale Earnhardt #3 flag cuz it touched the ground.

Hehe - kidding, but seriously as someone from Georgia, I hear redneck alot...it's not so bad - I get the image she was trying to portray. Luckily, rednecks aren't sensitive or politically correct, so you can still make fun of them. It's all good.

 

[iwrbnd]

We were in WDW January last year and in line for Fantasmic some very large teens were yelling at security to let them in so they could sit. They were yelling out obscenities and after everyone was seated and the show started they sat right up front. During the segment when the princesses come out on the floats with Ariel, Belle, and Snow White, they start yelling out "Ariel your so F***ing hot, show us some t**s" They yelled these kinds of things throughout the entire show. The parents said nothing to them, they just laughed along. That is probably the worst behavior I've seen out a human being in WDW. I was embarassed for them.

That's horrible! I would have gotten a CM! I hope there weren't little ones around them to hear!

 

[CuteAndFluffy]

I have two, one sour, one sweet:

We were walking in Epcot near the French Pavilion behind this. A man in his 40s was pushing an older woman, likely in her 80s. She kept saying that she wanted to go to the grocery store (poor old dear didn't seem to know where she was) and that she didn't want to go to France. The man, through his 4 teeth, killer mustache and haze of stale cigarette smoke, had clearly been frustrated by this the whole day and started shouting at her with clear intent that he was "gonna take this chair over to that hill and let go, you old ****." My DH and I glanced at each other, silently moved a little faster to put ourselves between them and the slope down to the International Gateway and kept pace until we were safely past the "drop off zone."

The other is one that just makes me laugh. We were childless at the time, but went to Disney with friends and their 2 1/2 year old. They were off riding Splash Mtn. while we took kid duty for a bit. Now, I must note: Their daughter was a runner and we had a backpack (leash) for her because she would dash off with no warning. I was following her around the playground to ensure this didn't happen while DH sat near the entrance, ostensibly to keep an eye on her from that vantage point. As I was across the playground, she made a dash for the entrance as my husband stared into space. I very quickly yelled "Honey! LOOK ALIVE!!" to which he jumped up like a Muppet, flung the bags he was holding, and RAN. He came back holding onto the little Angel....to a round of applause from all the other parents who had started laughing as the scene unfolded.

 

[GovieMom]

That's the worst case of entitlement I have ever read. I know I am obviously the only one here that noticed ...

I noticed too. Thanks for putting what I was thinking into words.

 

[SnowandMittens]

My crazy story is about someones wardrobe. Last April while at MK I was walking behind a rather "Pooh sized" young girl. Not sure of her age, but she was a teenager. She was wearing a very midriff black tankop with a VERY thin, and VERY short white cotton miniskirt that you could see right through to her "crevasse". This is not the worst of it. She was wearing a hot pink thong that was purposely hiked up out of the top of her skirt. The reason I know it was on purpose was because she had her room key and a small wallet clipped to it. This was by far the most disgusting thing I have ever seen at Disney!!!!!!

Not quite sure why "Pooh Sized" had to be included. I would have found it offensive if Hedi Klum was doing that.