RockinDisney
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The kids spent the rest of the way back to the hotel (which includes a 15 minute walk from the monorail up to the hotel) in complete silence. Then they were pretty good for a couple days. And when one of them started to act up again, one of the others said, "You better shut up before Aunt Jane goes off again."![]()
I must admit that I am the one who made this "scene" at the World. Of course, I didn't start, but I certainly ended it.
A little background is needed to set up the situation. I am a retired soldier who goes to the World every year. I also have very set and strict ideas on how children should respect their elders as well as being well behaved in public. I have little tolerence for children who act up or disrespect adults. Well, on this particular trip, my brother, his wife, sister-in-law and his blended family of six teenagers (rather out of control teens) were along on vacation. Now, they don't have a lot of money and it took several years of saving to be able to go on this trip. On our very first night we were at MK and were leaving after the evening EMH. They all decided that, in this massive crowd leaving the park ... including a lot of young children ... that it was a good time to start fighting with each other, cursing at each other as well as yell and cursing out their parents (including the dreaded "F" word) ... at the top of their lungs.
All the way out of the park and on up to the monorail I was biting my tongue so hard I thought it would bleed. I was waiting for the parents to say something ... anything! Once we got to the top and were waiting, I went into this spiel about how lucky they were and that they should be thankful they were able to be here and to act appropriately. Then I asked if they realized how hard their parents worked to bring them. That's when it came ... the challenge!
One of the kids ... and I don't even know which one ... said very loudly and very clearly, "I didn't ask to come to this f###ing place." OK, get ready for it ... I lost complete control. My Army sergeant voice came out and I lit into them for at least 10 minutes with both barrels. I don't even remember what I said. All I know is that, when I was done, I got an ovation from the others waiting in line.
The kids spent the rest of the way back to the hotel (which includes a 15 minute walk from the monorail up to the hotel) in complete silence. Then they were pretty good for a couple days. And when one of them started to act up again, one of the others said, "You better shut up before Aunt Jane goes off again."![]()
SERGEANT THANK YOU SERGEANT
my great aunt was a army sergeant and she used that voice on us once when we were 12 yrs old and to this day we all make shore she never has to do it again .
So I have a self serving story- I was asking my friends for a crazy story and one brought up a "remember when" and i said yep but that wasn't crazy and then they told me the end of the story which I was involved in but had never heard and made me tear up so here it is my self serving story..
A group of my friends and I were at WDW, all female and all between 27-35 at the time. Of course as a good Disser- I had bought glow in the dark necklaces and braclets at the Dollar store and we were covered in them!As we were standing chit chatting and waiting for the night parade, I heard a young girl probably 7 or 8 ask her mom for a glow in the dark toy, the mom tells the little girl that she is sorry but she just doesn't have any money left...hearing this I walk over and ask the mom if I can talk to her daughter, the mother gave me a funny look but says sure. I ask the daughter if she is a true princess and the little girl says oh yes, I asked her if she knew the princess wave and she said no, so I taught her the wave, after we practiced a couple of times and she had it, I told her wow she was a princess and she needed a glow in the dark necklace so I took two of mine off and put them on her... as I walked away I heard her ask her mom if I was Ariel
this is funny because even though I had long red hair at the time, I am 165 pounds enough to be two Ariels
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My story ends there but the part that I never knew that my friend told me when I was asking for crazy stories was as I was walking a way the mom answered " I'm not sure but what I do know is that was a true princess"
I have had a few Disney moments in my life but none that have made me feel like I was the princess...hearing this brought tears to my eyes- So that is my self serving Disney story that if it wasn't for this thread I would have never known
OMG THANK YOU!!! I was thinking I was in the minority with this one. You don't have to have a disability to understand that this CM was beyond wrong and insensative in her words and actions. The people who brought the assistive dog had EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO and just because it was a hot day why should there vacation be ruined by being forced to stay at the hotel instead of going to the park. There are GAC's FOR A REASON and I utilize this for my autistic daughter. People look at us like "she can walk, why are THEY using the disabled entrance" I say take my daughter for a few hours (hell ONE hour) and see how difficult it is for her to do the simplest thing like waiting in line or dealing with crowds or loud noises at times. She loves going to Disney but she occasionally needs the special assistance in these area's and NOBODY should ever judge unless they are in that situation. How dare ANYONE think that we have a 'sense of entilement' Nobody WANTS to be disabled in anyway and if the Disney folks allow for special entrances who are YOU to dispute it?!?!?!?
One time we were leaving DHS and our DD was having an epic meltdown (for reasons still unknown) we could not get her on the bus for the hotels and everyone was staring (I was not upset at this because people were just wondering what was going on with this little girl) the beautiful thing was the person in charge of the bus area came over and I started to cry because I had NO idea how I was going to get back to our hotel. She called for a van and we were driven to our hotel door to door. I thanked them both over and over for not only providing us with the ride but for being so understanding and non-judgemental!do I feel a sense of entilement no, just relief!!!!
Tina
That is the sweetest story ever. Honestly, that choked me up. I know it killed you when you heard the rest of the story.![]()
Let's get back to the original topic of this thread and end the arguing back and forth here. Any further arguments will be deleted and may result in infractions being issued.
In regards to the original story that started this debate. OH MY GOSH!!! I am only halfway through reading this thread and cannot believe how many people are arguing about this. From reading the original post, it angered me because it is a LIE!!! SHE MADE IT UP!!! How can anyone seriously believe this occurred? If it were true, BUT IT ISN't, of course the CM is at fault. FIRST, No CM rude or not, would be that blatant about it. I was a CM for 6 years and interacted with thousands of them, NEVER encountered one like that. Next, ABSOLUTELY NO FREAKING WAY, is a manager going to tell you he has had previous issues with an employee OR that they will be disciplined, let alone terminated!
Again...THIS STORY IS MADE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, My son is autistic and we use a GAP. I am not questioning the persons need for assitance, I agree with that. I am unhappy with the poster making up a story and using a person with disabilities as the subject!!
I would like to share a story that is not mine but I dont see my friend posting it so I have to do it. My friend was on the Keys to the Kingdom Tour. They stopped at that smoking outcove by the Jungle Cruise. They were sitting and suddenly a duck ran in and stopped in the middle, than another ran up behind it and they "shared a moment", than ran out. My friend said everyone was sitting there silent with their mouths open, than all began to laugh.
Sorry J if I beat you to posting this; but I couldnt resist.