Crazy stories at disney world

[cinderella crazy]

I would love to read more crazy Disney stories.

I don't really have one everything that has happened to me has been perfect well almost. I may have been part of others crazy stories.

I was a eleven going to Disney with my parents. I woke up supe early for the flight and it was my time of the month, my very first one, yuck!!! I woke up with some tummy problems but neither one of my parents thought to much about it, no temp and no throw up. We just chalked it up to some nerves. We flew down there and at that time Disney had vans to take guests to the resorts. On the van ride I look up at
mom and said that I was going to be sick. The words were quickly followed by the action. Unfortunatly, there were other guests in the van. They had napkins and passed them up to my mom along with a bottle of water. What nice amazing people who did not understand English. Compassion speaks in any language.

When we arrived at POFQ the manager quickly set us up in a room even though it was only around noon. He then sent a doctor to come check on me. I only had a bad case of food poisoning. I was so glad to not have been contagious. Disney was wonderful as always and checked on me daily and brought stomach sensative food to the room.

I have always felt super guilty about what those sweet people said about their van ride. I hope their trip got better.

Anybody got anymore stories???

I'm out of crazy/weird stories. But your story reminded me of something that happened on our last trip which was last year. We drive down to Disney. So we were on our way down and somewhere in Macon, GA DS gets sick. We pull off the road, clean him up, and we continue on our way. He was fine after that. Made it to Disney with no problems and we start our vacation.

Fast forward 4 days. We head to Biergarten for dinner. We had been to Biergarten in 2007 and had a wonderful server. Well, we ended up having the same server this time and not only did we remember her, but she remembered us! And let me tell you, after what happened this trip, she wil NEVER forget us. We ended up sitting at a table with some other people. They were nice, not particularly chatty but they did make conversation. I'm sure these people will never forget us either. We start to eat and DD pushes her plate away. I figure she's just being cranky. She then starts putting her head on my arm. This should have been a huge light bulb moment for me. All of a sudden, she got sick. You see, when her tummy hurts, she finds me and wants to be held. So when she didn't eat and then wanted to cuddle, I should have known what was coming. And it was sooooo horrible. The server was so nice and she brought towels and gave DD Sprite (big mistake!). And the poor child just would not stop! The people at the other end of the table looked horrified (which I would have been too). The server just kept bringing towels. Sigh. Did I mention I was also holding her at this time... When I was sure her stomach had settled a little, I got her out of the restraurant, literally ran (in the rain) from WS through the rest of the park, to the van, and drove really fast back to the hotel. So I sat in the hotel room with a very sick little girl, cleaned us both up, and was starving (I had only eaten a couple of bites of sauerkraut). But DH was sweet and he brought me some food later.

We're going to Biergarten again in May. I am definately going to look for that server and give her a BIG hug if I see her. She was wonderful. I just pray we don't have a repeat of last time!

 

[freepixie]

Maybe this is why Disney started using their specials cards.
From what some people are saying, I could go up to the CM and tell them I have RCID, Rectal-Cranium Insertion Disorder, and can't stand waiting in line. The CM has no right to question my statement, and neither does anyone around me, so I have the right, simply by making a statement to displace an actual disabled person because even though I look normal, they aren't allowed to ask any questions. The other 25,000 people in the park can do the same thing, so we all get head of the line priveledges.

Wrong info - there is no such thing as head of the line priveledges! Most times people in wheelchairs, ecv's, etc. wait longer! OMG the worst is Spaceship Earth at Epcot - we will walk in and see the line is non-existant for the regular line. We go to the handicap entrance and wait about 20 min. If we were all able-bodied we could have just walked on the ride, but no, we wait 20 min.

 

[li52tb]

We went on a trip with my whole family in 2007. One thing after another went wrong on this trip (my dad threw his back out and got food poisoning on day one alone, my nephew had to get stitches, my parents' dog died back at home). We were at DHS and my parents had gotten the news about the dog a few hours earlier, but were trying to continue with the day. Still, we were obviously not in the best of moods.

We were waiting in line for the Backlot Tour with a young couple and another family of grandparents, parents and a little boy who was probably 4 or 5. As we were standing there, the little boy ran up to the woman in the couple ahead of them as she waited with her back turned and smacked her bottom. The parents/grandparents saw and did nothing. The woman was shocked and seemed unsure how to react. A minute later, he did it again and his parents laughed. He must have done it at least three times. The woman and her boyfriend/husband kept looking at the parents in disbelief, but they completely ignored the behavior. I was expecting it to get ugly.

My mom had just retired days earlier from her job as a kindergarten teacher, and she was LIVID watching this. To be honest, I think she was waiting for the little demon-child to approach one of us so she could give him what-for. Luckily for him, he did not. But we sure as heck avoided standing in front of that family as we moved into the preshow!

I had something similar happen to me! I was in line for the bathroom in the Nine Dragons and I felt something slap me on the bottom! HARD! And then I turned around to see a little girl slap me again. She must have been about three. Her Mother who was with her actually laughed and said "Oh she likes to do that!" Then turned to the girl and said in a really annoying sing - song voice "Happy hands!!". I didn't know what to say.....

 

[KAYzEyes]

Maybe this is why Disney started using their specials cards.
From what some people are saying, I could go up to the CM and tell them I have RCID, Rectal-Cranium Insertion Disorder, and can't stand waiting in line. The CM has no right to question my statement, and neither does anyone around me, so I have the right, simply by making a statement to displace an actual disabled person because even though I look normal, they aren't allowed to ask any questions. The other 25,000 people in the park can do the same thing, so we all get head of the line priveledges.

Hmm... being a butt-head <rectal-cranium>? No cure for stupid, but as far as I know stupidity doesn't count as a disabling condition. I'm sure you'd be big ol' proud of yourself impersonating a PWD (to enlighten you, that means People With Disabilities). You deserve a medal. NOT

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

Let us not forget the epic this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJtNGcGRWl8

my FAV. We were laughing SO hard.

That is awesome! That guys LOVES Off Kilter!! And was I just seeing things or was his face painted?!

 

[Scurvy]

KAYzEyes, thank you for the information. It was interesting to hear about the experience from your perspective, and certainly sounded much different than when your niece related the story. I know for me, and I suspect for goofyernmost as well, the following statement by your niece led to much of the confusion in my posts:

The pavement is TORTURE on the dogs feet and we did everything we could to keep her in the shade.

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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 is the one who mentioned torture and animal abuse, and I'm afraid I took that portion of her post at face value. It left a bad taste in my mouth, because it was hard to reconcile the claims that the dog's comfort was the most important thing with the fact that you were letting the dog walk on the "torturously hot" pavement all day. I'm glad to hear that she exaggerated that part. I'm also very glad to hear that they now make booties for the dog's feet - that sounds like a very good thing.

I suspect the case member was under the mistaken impression, as I was, that the ADA required accomodations to be made to "even the playing field", so to speak. I hadn't realised that that everyone with any disablity was entitled to all accomodations that were made for anyone else. That's good to know. And though I do think that the Cast Members should be better trained in that information, I can understand why the Cast Member in question would think that only those who couldn't use stairs would be entitled to take an alternate route that doesn't have stairs. That in no way excuses her rudeness - she obviously was completely out of line to suggest that you prove your blindness.

If your niece had said that a CM who was ignorant of the ADA laws had refused to grant you the accomodations to which you are legally entitled, and so you asked for a manager who overruled that CM, I wouldn't have argued with that and I suspect no one else would have either. It was all the talk of the dog being "tortured" and the argument with the CM, as well as the talk of "rules are made to be bent" that made me feel your niece was acting in a ridiculously entitled manner. Your post makes the situation seem much more reasonable. I'm glad things usually work out better than they did that day, and I hope you continue to enjoy your trips to WDW.

 

[SnowandMittens]

Totally painted. I've posted this in another thread, but every time we see Off Kilter and drink we do the hand motions. It's become a running bar joke for us.

 

[cinderella crazy]

Let us not forget the epic this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJtNGcGRWl8

my FAV. We were laughing SO hard.

Rock on dude!!!! I would wager he went around the world and Canada was his last stop. I especially liked how he was blowing kisses to people at the end.

 

[larryz]

From what some people are saying, I could go up to the CM and tell them I have RCID, Rectal-Cranium Insertion Disorder, and can't stand waiting in line.

That's just funny!

Now, on a more serious note, too many people on this board have FMID (Foot-Mouth Insertion Disorder). It'd be nice if people would just get along without personal attacks.

 

[Mollyremy]

Ok...back to the crazy stories!!! My sister and I took the kids back in May of 2007 and had the MOST disgusting experience while waiting in line for POTC. A mother of a maybe 3-4 year old boy instructed him to go to a corner in the line and urinate!!!!! We could NOT believe that she would allow him to do this, especially when there was an Exit door right next to where he went! I mean really, is it that important to stay in line and disgust the guests in line with you???!!!! We love Disney and strive to "keep it clean" by picking up trash we see and stuff like that---I would NEVER allow my child to disrespect and violate Disney like that~!!!!

 

[KAYzEyes]

I don't usually participate in these discussions, but I just had to comment about this. Now you are the one showing your ignorance. Allergies can kill people. Your blindness is not going to kill you. (OK, I don't know the cause of your blindness, so perhaps you do have some underlying illness that is causing your blindness that could be potentially fatal in the long term, but in this case I'm talking about allergies that can kill someone in the short term.) And in a less severe case, allergies can cause wheezing and difficulty breathing that is NOT automatically reversed by using a pill or inhaler.

I actually think that this is a reason for you TO use the back entrance, so that you are exposing fewer people to the possibility of being stuck next to your dog for an extended period of time. So, please use the back entrance as an accomodation for your disabilty, but don't expect to get directly on the ride. (I'm not saying you said this.) You are legally (and morally) alotted accomodations to allow you to enjoy Disney as much as an able person, but not more than one. Just please, at the same time, show some compassion for those who may struggle because of your guide.

Yes, in fact blindness can be fatal, every minute of every day a person with limited vision could be seriously injured or killed (usually due to the recklessness of others, sadly). My blindness is the result of a life-threatening condition. And, I've known too many people to count thru my life time who, when confronted with the fact they are losing their sight and will be blind feel it's a death sentence. Most get past that dread and depression and adjust and become independent without sight as they were with.

I've lived with severe allergies & asthma half my life. I'm allergic to dog dander in fact, yet I am owned by several Dachshunds, a Golden & my GSD guide dog. I take meds that alleviate the issues where my dogs are concerned. Allergies can be horrific, I agree. Please realize that even if allergies were clearly visible (looking at person you'd know right away he/she has allergies), I could not see it. I would hope that if a person is so severely allergic to dogs that it could be life-threatening being near one, the person would have the common sense not to sidle up to someone's Service Dog. If a person is allergic, they have the ability to say away from my dog. If I'm standing in a check-out line, line for a ride, etc, if a person with allergies is foolish enough to come up and stand next to my dog, well, not my problem. To suggest that I should be on high alert that I "might" encounter someone with dog allergies while I'm out living my life with my guide dog is rather ridiculous. If you are allergic to my dog, don't come near me. Simple solution.

In my years as a guide dog handler I've encountered a number of folks with allergies to dogs. I've walked into a doctor's office wating rooms for example, and upon taking a seat a person in the seat beside me would get up and move to another area stating (nicely in most cases), "I'm allergic to dogs." Then there are those who go screaming off ranting & raving like a crazed gorilla shouting "I can't be near dogs I can't be near dogs!" Welllllll, ok then, don't be near my dog. Simple enough to move, or ask me if I'd please move, because I have no problem sitting somewhere else.

But thanks for the "ok" to use those exits to rides as entry. You're sorely mistaken assuming that having a disability & having accommodations re: theme park rides allows us to bypass able-bodied people getting on the ride. Doesn't happen, at least it hasn't been the case in my situation.

Just one more point... many are focusing on the dog, and thinking the dog is the reason for my wanting to use the back entry to rides. If I had chosen to not have my dog (or my cane) with me, I'd have been with my niece as my sighted guide. If that were the case, I still have the right to be accommodated just as the person in the wheelchair. It's law. It's a right. It's the safest avenue to accessing the rides. On occasions when I did go thru the regular entrance, the CMs have to stop the ride to ensure my safety in boarding (on the ones where the floor moves like a conveyor belt, or the cars move slowly as people run up to climb in). Being sight impaired I cannot safely get on rides that way. Thus, the reason for accommodations for PWD.

Hope this enlightens folks, but I realize some simply will never "get it".

 

[Virtucomp]

We were in MK on our first trip with my sister and her family. We were waiting outside a show like Philharmagic. Her DH says he has a headache and goes to get a drink. We get let into the first room. When he gets back he waits for us at the exit. Since we don't come out he waits for the next group. We are now in the show but since we did not come out again he figures we went somewhere else. (this is before cell phones).

So we end up not being able to find each other and my niece is really upset. Kept checking the agreed upon meeting place but never crossed paths. We ended up meeting him at the dock for the campground.

So the next day we goto MGM and are in line for the back stage tour where they do the stunt with the boat and the water. The CM come up to Brother in Law and says Hi whats your name... and Come with me. My Niece freaks out and starts screaming "Don't take my Daddy!" She was upset about losing him the day before and now a CM is taking him away again.

The people in line with us must have thought he was getting arrested or kidnapped.

We convinced her it was ok and she was thrilled to see Daddy in the show as the Boat commander with the binoculars.

 

[KAYzEyes]

KAYzEyes, thank you for the information. It was interesting to hear about the experience from your perspective, and certainly sounded much different than when your niece related the story. I know for me, and I suspect for goofyernmost as well, the following statement by your niece led to much of the confusion in my posts:

She is the one who mentioned torture and animal abuse, and I'm afraid I took that portion of her post at face value. It left a bad taste in my mouth, because it was hard to reconcile the claims that the dog's comfort was the most important thing with the fact that you were letting the dog walk on the "torturously hot" pavement all day. I'm glad to hear that she exaggerated that part. I'm also very glad to hear that they now make booties for the dog's feet - that sounds like a very good thing.

I suspect the case member was under the mistaken impression, as I was, that the ADA required accomodations to be made to "even the playing field", so to speak. I hadn't realised that that everyone with any disablity was entitled to all accomodations that were made for anyone else. That's good to know. And though I do think that the Cast Members should be better trained in that information, I can understand why the Cast Member in question would think that only those who couldn't use stairs would be entitled to take an alternate route that doesn't have stairs. That in no way excuses her rudeness - she obviously was completely out of line to suggest that you prove your blindness.

If your niece had said that a CM who was ignorant of the ADA laws had refused to grant you the accomodations to which you are legally entitled, and so you asked for a manager who overruled that CM, I wouldn't have argued with that and I suspect no one else would have either. It was all the talk of the dog being "tortured" and the argument with the CM, as well as the talk of "rules are made to be bent" that made me feel your niece was acting in a ridiculously entitled manner. Your post makes the situation seem much more reasonable. I'm glad things usually work out better than they did that day, and I hope you continue to enjoy your trips to WDW.

Thank you for understanding. My niece is well, passionate to the extreme when it comes to me & my guide dog. Not a bad thing, it's great to have someone who is looking out for my best interest. It is much different reading an account of something in type then hearing it in person, and even though she and I were right there at the same incident our explanations are quite different in many respects. I'm glad giving my two cents (well, a lot more change then that thus far! LOL) has helped some understand what happened. Have a great day!

 

[KAYzEyes]

That is awesome! That guys LOVES Off Kilter!! And was I just seeing things or was his face painted?!

That video was awesome! LOL! And yes I think his face is painted, or he's wearing a mask?

 

[KAYzEyes]

Ok...back to the crazy stories!!! My sister and I took the kids back in May of 2007 and had the MOST disgusting experience while waiting in line for POTC. A mother of a maybe 3-4 year old boy instructed him to go to a corner in the line and urinate!!!!! We could NOT believe that she would allow him to do this, especially when there was an Exit door right next to where he went! I mean really, is it that important to stay in line and disgust the guests in line with you???!!!! We love Disney and strive to "keep it clean" by picking up trash we see and stuff like that---I would NEVER allow my child to disrespect and violate Disney like that~!!!!

UGH that is so wrong! Geez even my guide dog knows whee the designated potty areas are!!! LOL

 

[kdnmom]

I would hope that if a person is so severely allergic to dogs that it could be life-threatening being near one, the person would have the common sense not to sidle up to someone's Service Dog. If a person is allergic, they have the ability to say away from my dog. If I'm standing in a check-out line, line for a ride, etc, if a person with allergies is foolish enough to come up and stand next to my dog, well, not my problem. To suggest that I should be on high alert that I "might" encounter someone with dog allergies while I'm out living my life with my guide dog is rather ridiculous. If you are allergic to my dog, don't come near me. Simple solution.



But thanks for the "ok" to use those exits to rides as entry. You're sorely mistaken assuming that having a disability & having accommodations re: theme park rides allows us to bypass able-bodied people getting on the ride. Doesn't happen, at least it hasn't been the case in my situation.



Hope this enlightens folks, but I realize some simply will never "get it".

First, this is exactly my point. If someone is already in line and you come in after them with your dog, where are they supposed to go if they're allergic? That's why I said I thought it was a good idea for you to use the back entrance...

Second, I never said that you should be on "high alert" for someone with allergies, so there's no reason to call me ridiculous for it. I simply said that you should show some compassion for people with allergies as opposed to your prior post where you implied that they could just take a pill or use an inhaler.

Third, thanks for your sarcasm in your comment that I "ok"ed your use of the exits. I never said anything of the sort. I politely said to please use those means of entry. And then you state that some people will never get it. Maybe that wasn't directed at me, but quoting me at the beginning implies that it was... There wasn't anything in my post that was indicative of me "not getting it." I just was pointing out that there are issues regarding guide dogs for people with allergies, and perhaps we should all show compassion for everyone. End of story.

 

[VeroBeachGirl]

Luckily, rednecks aren't sensitive or politically correct, so you can still make fun of them. It's all good.

 

[pktbMouse]

This is more of an embarrassing story more than anything..a couple of years back we took my 75yr old Mom to MGM. She had always wanted to do Disney but couldnt walk very far so we got her one of these ECV or whatever you call them (electric wheelchairs). She had NO clue how to drive this thing and would constantly run into things and people. When she finally got the hang if it (or so we thought) we left her in the restrooms, telling her we would meet her at the front of The Great Movie ride. Hubby and I were standing waiting on her admiring this couple who were obviously on their honeymoon, they had on the bride and groom ears and were sitting on a bench all lovey dovey hugging and such. All at once form nowhere comes my mother like a bat out of hell...going at top speed yelling "wheres the brake on this thing?".. before we could do anything she ran into a large trash can, pushing it in front of her halfway accross the park (making one heck of a noise!!!) and slammed it into the side of the bench where the couple were sitting. Well, the couple got the fright of their life they jumped about 10 feet in the air and landed on the ground!!! Hubby and I just stood silent with jaws wide open for about a minute... Mom casually gets off...fixes her hair and says to us.."will it be ok to park that there?...it took me all my will power not to start laughing as the couple were raging mad not to mention the trash bin and the bench were ploughed about 30 feet away from where they should have been sitting. If you are that couple and you are out there with memories if an old woman nearly killing you on your honeymoon I sincerely apologise!!! also for the ignorant couple that were trying to stifle their laughs that were along with her. Heres a bit I might add about the power of Disney. We fixed the bench as best we could but coulnt budge the trash can. We decided to ride the ride then tell a CM when we came off. Well...when we got off the ride which took no time at all and came out..the EVC was parked nicely under a tree, bench and trash can back exactly where it was before like nothing had happened. Impressive eh? thats the magic of Disney for ya.

 

[SundaeAfternoon]

First, this is exactly my point. If someone is already in line and you come in after them with your dog, where are they supposed to go if they're allergic? That's why I said I thought it was a good idea for you to use the back entrance...

Second, I never said that you should be on "high alert" for someone with allergies, so there's no reason to call me ridiculous for it. I simply said that you should show some compassion for people with allergies as opposed to your prior post where you implied that they could just take a pill or use an inhaler.

Third, thanks for your sarcasm in your comment that I "ok"ed your use of the exits. I never said anything of the sort. I politely said to please use those means of entry. And then you state that some people will never get it. Maybe that wasn't directed at me, but quoting me at the beginning implies that it was... There wasn't anything in my post that was indicative of me "not getting it." I just was pointing out that there are issues regarding guide dogs for people with allergies, and perhaps we should all show compassion for everyone. End of story.

Geez, chill out, would you?

Take your own advice, and show a little compassion here. Enough already!

 

[kdnmom]

Geez, chill out, would you?

Take your own advice, and show a little compassion here. Enough already!

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I'm sorry if you feel I'm not being compassionate. Perhaps it's hard to portray online without using or . I have compassion for KayZEyes, her illness, her disability, and her difficulties navigating the world. I'm glad that she has a guide dog to help her through. I also, though, have compassion for my close friends and family members who struggle with living with allergies on a daily basis. As KayZEyes said, no disability trumps any other (or something to that effect).