Did you ever lose it at Disney

[MinnieM3]

Well he lines up, he is 10 and the other two kids were like 3. I am happy, he can surely beat a toddler. Nope, another game lost! I was almost in tears, I was frustrated anyway because we had just broken our camcorder. Before I knew it I told him: " I can't believe you let a kid wearing a pullup beat you!" OMG what did I just say. I was so mean. He cried. DH looked at me like I was on acid.
. Then DH beat the same toddler that had beat my son and got a big stuffed Dinosaur. I was screaming "YES!!!!!!" I wanted that toddler to be humiliated and beaten by God.

OMG! Amy&Dan!!! I am in my classroom whilel the kids are doing quiet work and I just BUSTED out laughing at your post! Especially the lines above. So here are 18 little 8 year olds turning to look at their teacher wondering, "What's so funny?" I mean my room was so quiet when I laughed you could hear a pin drop. This will teach me to read DISboards at school!

 

[MinnieM3]

Less arguments now that DH has *finally* learned that once we pass under the Purple sign all he needs to say is "Yes, dear!"

 

[Sharon]

I normally am an easy going person.But.. I freaked out at these people behind me during a parade. I had grabbed a seat on the sidewalk about an hour before start time. About 30 seconds before it began, a familytook their 3 kids & placed them in front of me. I was livid. I had waited an hour ahead for a reason. No I didnt want anyone in front of me, because I wanted pictures w/o peoples heads in them. I asked the parents to tell their kids to stand back w/ them & they acted like they didnt understand me.They spoke in some language I dont knowwhat. Ok they were foriegners so maybe they didnt understand me. But as the kids saw the parade they yelled to their parents in English & they did understand. I repeated my request to the parents & they said No. Ok now Im
going insane because then the mother scoots herself up w/the kids. I then said if u dont move back I will tell a CM about the situation. She grabbed the kids & said come on something stinks in this spot lets move. I was so mad but happy now I would have headless photos . So I returned to my happy self.

 

[patsal]

Mostly just the ususal pre-teen and teen eye rolling and "lipping off", which I deal with in a calm and straight foreward manner--I simply state that they straighten up or we go back to the room. Usually works--but DD now 9 hates to lose at anything--she is VERY competative--she lost at mini-golf and really just melted down. We figure just drag her out of there and to the car ti will eb alright. Nope she places herself on a bench and refuses to move! I am having a BRAT standoff in front of fantasia mini golf. DH left and went to the car, DS followed suit--I just parked it on a bench and waited it out. Did tell DH if he ever left me alone to deal with that again we'd be doing the "unhitching " ceremony! LOL

Because I teach I have to discipline a lot of kids throughout the regular school year. I find that when I go to WDW too close to the school year with no other break from kids I forget that I don't have to discipline other people's children--to my children's embarassment I point out where lines are and explain that when we budge people we are supposed to say excuse me! Oh well, I am nice but firm.

Finally we were at the Goofy thing where the Diamond Horseshoe used to be (I'm really glad it isn't there anymore since it was such an unnerving experience). Well, I know from reading here that you are not going to be staying seated so I stand--this old man and his wife are seated on benches and he starts yelling at me to sit down. I politely but firmly say no I prefer to stand (besides my hips will lock up if I sit). He comes back with you are an idiot no one else here is standing--so I calmly say that if the show starts and all are still sitting I will move. Of course the show starts, everyone stands and I figure good now he'll shut up--nope he wants to stay on the bench and sit so he still expects me to get out of his way. I figure just ignore him he'll go away. Nope--he comes over and puts his hands on me saying that I better sit down. At this point I tell him to get his hands off me and I am not sitting down--I did tell him to deal with it I'm not sitting. He got angry and went to tell a CM on me--she just laughed at him and said that I didn't have to sit down. She then came to me and said that I didn't have to sit down. I ended up moving because he was being so rude and because by this time he's telling my DH that he should be controlling me. Of course my DH laughs and says I don't think anyone can control her! One more tap on DH's shoulder and another rude comment and I know DH is going to lose it, so we just moved. As we were leaving though--I can't help it I couldn't control myself--I end up with them behind us and I just kept loudly saying to DH that I felt sorry for his daughter and grandchildren, I could move but they had to spend their entire vacation with him!

 

[Marseeya]

Thank you all so so so so much for sharing these stories! I'm so glad I'm not the only rotten mom to have ever had a meltdown in public like that

It wasn't at WDW, but my son has always been very difficult and just last year we went to a festival where he gave us SUCH a hard time. I mean, he was just being hateful (he's 14 now). Hubby and I flipped on him and started talking mean to him, telling him we weren't putting up with his $hit, and just on and on at him. It wasn't pretty and people were just looking at us and shaking their heads.

I've learned not to be judgemental about things like this. Kids can certainly bring out the worst in us, can't they??

 

[4mykids]

All I can say is...If you have kids, a spouse, BF/GF, in-laws, you have lost your temper at WDW!

That said... My DH will tell anyone who will listen that WDW is not a place for kids! One trip just my DH and I went. I felt so guilty leaving my DD6 and DD3 (at the time) home. We drove up to the hotel just as the last bus was returning from the MK. A dad was dragging his screaming child down the sidewalk. No more guilt! DH was right; WDW is no place for kids. We had a GREAT time!

We went in February for a week. DS 14 and DD 11 were with us. I had decided prior to the trip that I would remain calm if it killed me. Day One we were all still in the Zippity-doo-dah mindset. Day Two (thank goodness), DH played golf. Everyone still happy. As the days wore on, so did our patience! With each other and other people. By the end of the week, my DH swore it was his last trip to WDW (YAY!!!). We finally broke him!

How can you not lose your temper? The heat, crowds, exhaustion, EXPENSE! Now we go down there knowing we will not ride every ride. We just take our time and let the kids set the pace. We really did have a great time. And, yes, we were all still speaking to one another when we left!

 

[missypie]

What have we LEARNED from our meltdowns? So many of the meltdowns happen when it's crowded and we're hot and tired. Wish I could go when it's cool and empty, but I can't.

 

[kandeebunny]

I had a complete melt down at my step brother about 2 summers ago in the MK. I'm not allowed tor ride SM and I hated Alien Encounter. So he made friends with some other kids our age and said he would be right back (they had fp's for SM) so I sat myself on a bench and pulled out a book. Well 30mins passed, then an hour...then 2. Allt his time I had been trying to use the walkie-talkies we had to reach him. Well 2 1/2 hours later he shows up, with 2 guy and 3 girls in tow. I LOST IT completely! Went off on him completely in front of his new friends and new erm...kissing partner. He left me, had turned off his walkie talkie and everything. THen that night we were supposed to go to PI and he pitched a fit saying he wasn't going because that wasn't his scene, which was a complete lie because 2 weeks earlier we had been going to clubs together constantly! SO I lost it on him again saying that he left me ALONE for 2 1/2 hours where I couldn't go anywhere or do anything. We made up, and he's joining us on this next trip, but if he does it again I'm lockign him out of the hotel room and sending him home! LOL

 

[Maridw]

I did as well as my mom. We went in 95 with all our family (minus DH and my brother). There were 10 of us and we were keeping together. DD was 8 at that time, so we had 5 kids ranging from 13 down to 8.

We went to MGM and it was the coldest day of our stay. First thing, I had to go to the bathroom, so I took my DD and my dad also went to the bathroom. When DD & I came out, no one was around. I walked to the corner and looked up the street to see if I could see them maybe waiting at the top of the street. No one. So I looked around the entrance area and still no one. Finally after about 10 minutes, I see my BIL directly across the street, standing in the doorway of the store. So I asked where everyone was, he said they were looking in the store. When I found my mom, she said she had him stand in the door to watch for us, so they could get out of the cold. I told her that I had looked all over and could find no one. My BIL said he was there the whole time and could see me. I asked why he didn't yell at me or do something to get my attention or at least come over and get me. He didn't have an answer for that. My sister said she had been wandering the store and kept checking to see if he was in the door and he was there the whole time.
Then we found out that my dad hadn't found us either. We went out to see if we could see him. He had already walked down the street and was walking back toward the entrance when we found him.

I was so mad that I said I would just leave and go back to the resort with DD as it seemed like my sister & BIL were doing everything they could to make my trip miserable. My sister said I was acting like a baby and should just stop making a scene. At that point my mom actually said she would go back to the resort as she didn't need this misery. Then my sister said oh don't do that.

When my mom and I talked about it, we knew that my BIL had stepped back into the store just enought that I couldn't see him, but he could see me and was probably laughing about getting me upset. She said if he had been where he was supposed to be, my dad would not have gotten up the street. So she knew they were trying to get me upset. We have pictures from our last day there that we took at WL and in both pics, there is not one smile among the 10 of us. We had definitely had enough of each other.

The next trip we did together (minus mom & dad, but with DH & my brother), we split up and did our own thing. Then the kids were ages were 14-19. We met a couple times for dinner or lunch, but it was a better trip.

 

[disneyaggie]

Mine was a long time ago, but I still remember it very well, Disney is just not a place I usually lose my temper at, but... I was there with my daughter in July, it was hot and crowded(we were at the Magic Kingdom) and groups of what I think were Brazilian teenagers kept breaking in line in front of us. Finally I had enough. We were in line for Thunder Mtn. when here they came again, a group shoved ahead of us and I lost it. I yelled out "NO!!" very loud, all day they pretended not to understand English but I guess no is universal ANyway I grabbed my daughters hand and shoved my way past every one of them yelling "NO!" and shaking my finger at each one of them. I think I surprised them too much for them to do anything because they sure didn't try to get in front of me again that day!

Terri

Good for you! If everyone told off the line cutters, they may not be as eager to do so! I like your style!

 

[Sharon]

When on vacation, my motto is Im not gonna let anything ruin my vacation.
But sometimes that rule has to be broken & on some occasions it makes for the better. If ya know what I mean?

 

[disneyaggie]

Wow, I love all these True Confessions!

I've never lost it at a Disney park (yet) but I did do an entire afternoon at Six Flags absolutely infuriated at DH. The kids were something like 5, 3 and 0 and our firm had a Six Flags Day where everybody got free Six Flags tickets. DH proceeded to do all the thrill rides, leaving me sitting on various benches for an hour at a time with three kids. I think I must have spent 3 hours that day at Loony Toons Land. And I didn't get to ride a single ride in a whole day at Six Flags. (Gosh, it still makes me angry to think about it!)

The foregoing story is the reason I waited until our kids were 12, 10 and 7 before we had a Disney vacation!!!

Sounds to me like you should have made DH stay home one day while you took a "Missypie Day" for yourself at Six Flags! Hey, us N. Texas gals must stick together!

 

[maxaroni]

I got really mad at dh last October...but in my defense he was being a JERK!! I think I stayed pretty level headed since the kids were there. But....

We arrived to Disney on a Friday. It had been a really long day with the flight and all, but we were going to MNSSHP anyways. We were there about 3 hours before ds wasn't feeling well and so we left. OK, no problem. We noticed that ds wasn't turning his neck. To look at things he would turn his whole body. Then we noticed that ds had a small lump in his neck. Now, I had taken him to the dr. just the day before, on Thursday, and he checked out fine. His allergies were acting up, but no infection or anything. Well, this lump continued to grow. By Sunday you could see it without feeling it. DS said he didn't feel bad, but we noticed he also wasn't eating. We go to AK on Sunday morning. He hadn't eaten. He started to feel bad. I suggested we find him something to eat. All the walking with the heat and no food might be making him feel bad. We start looking for a place to eat and of course when you need something NOW, it just seems to take longer to find anything. We finally find something. We had to practically force ds to eat two bites. It didn't help. I gave him some Emmatrol (anti-nausea med...I carried it in my fanny pack). We waited a little bit to see if the med would help. No he wasn't feeling any better. I say we need to go. DH gets MAD! He started saying "Maybe we should just go home. If he's going to be "ACTING" like this every other day. We should have never even came. What a waste of time. What a waste of money" He was making ds feel even worse. On our way to the bus he *tried* to take the stroller away from me, but I didn't let him. I told him he can just walk on with his bad attitude, that me and *my* kids will be right behind. I was as nice as I could be, but referring to the kids as *mine* always seems to to get to him. So then he starts yelling at us for walking too slow and now we're going to have to wait for the next bus if we don't run. I just keep on walking with my kids. We made the bus just fine. We get back to the resort and as soon as we step off the bus ds throws up. Of course, dh didn't know this becasue he gets off the bus and takes off without us. When we finally make it to the room ds lays down for a nap. DH is still mad. I kindly, really as nice as I could be, let dh know that we would play it by ear. When ds wakes up if he's feeling better we would keep our plans and go to Epcot that night. If not we would just start over in the morning. I reminded him that ds had been to the dr. the day before we left and checked out fine that maybe he was just exhausted and in desperate need of a break. The lump in his neck is of great concern to us and I let dh know that if something is wrong with ds he [dh] would feel really bad for acting this way and I'll be taking ds back to the dr. when we get home. And dh suggests I take ds to the emergency room, but then we decide to wait for ds to wake up and play it by ear. DS wakes up and feels fine and we carried on for the rest of the trip without incident. It turned out to be the BEST vacation ever! Although the lump did continue to grow and ds still couldn't turn his neck, but he said it didn't hurt and he felt fine. And dh was as sweet as can be for the rest of the trip, even things that he would normally blow up at...he never said a word. I was so proud!

OK, so when we get home I take ds back to the dr. The lump is suspicious and after some lab work confirms there is still no infection we are sent to a specialist to rule out lymphoma. So during the whole process of dr appointments and surgery and waiting for biopsy results, dh is really glad we got a fabulous vacation.

BTW~~biopsy results came back negative. He just had a funky lymphnode. And now when dh mentions the trip I'll jokingly say "Oh, but you forgot to mention the big hissy fit you threw" and he'll just at me with embarrassment.

related to mine? LOL Sounds very similar to how mine would act.

 

[tinkerbee]

In 2003 when we took my niece nephew and sil to DW I lost it. My niece didn't want to go on anything and I mean anything I threw a fit(she was 7). I was so mad I spent all this money(we paid for everything) and she wouldn't go on anything. So I stormed off like a little brat and went on rides by myself for 3 hours. I was such a baby about it. But I really wanted to share the magic with her because I don't have children and she is my only niece. Later my nephew cheered me up and even went on ToT and RnR which is a big deal for him since he doesn't like heights. I think the only rides we did get her to go on was the teacups 20 times in a row.

 

[mjmstd1]

I was about 10 years old and my brother and I were waiting in a REALLY long line to get an autograph from Mickey. We had been in line for about an hour and a half and were next to get our picture taken and our autographs. All of a sudden, this family of four comes running in from the exit and jumps right up there with Mickey on OUR TURN!! My dad and a lady behind us started yelling and before we knew it, the family of four was escorted out without any pictures or autographs. My brother and I were so embarresed that our dad made such a scene but we forgot all about it after we got our autographs!

 

[kupperman]

I really have to commend everyone for being so honest. This is a great thread!

 

[knovak]

I have to agree - great thread. I am going in May with my 2 and 5 year old and have the dreadful fear in the back of my mind I am going to "lose it" over something silly!

 

[Robo]

DW and I were standing in the standby line for Test Track a few years back (don't remeber if FastPass was installed yet) .
The line was very backed-up and (as usual) SLOW.

There are a bunch of high school-age kids in the parks this trip and, while we're standing there, a gaggle of teen girls walk by and see that they KNOW a couple of the boys who are in line a group or so ahead of us.

Well, the girls (4, as I recall) manage to wiggle through the rest of us waiting and reach where their acquaintances were standing.
One of the girls kind of whispers to one of the guys to play along.
Then she starts speaking "cute" and loudly, "Hi, I'm Cindy and we're from Orlando, where is everyone else from?" A few other guests begin to respond with the usual info.

DW and I are now fuming because these little dears have just pulled-off a fine "line-cut" in front of everybody.
At this point I chime in (in a loud voice), "Hi, Cindy, I'm Rob. I'm from Kansas City and I'm one the folks you just crowded in line ahead-of!"

While I'm talking, I take my DW's hand and we step right up ahead of the girls AND their co-conspirators.
Now that the worm (mouse?) has turned, "Cindy" starts getting huffy about how WE got in front of THEM and how WE adults were cutting in front of "young high school kids" in line.

We just ignored their less-than-under-the-breath comments regarding us for the rest of the que.
It wasn't a "pleasant" moment, but I'll always remember that for once, I actually cut-off some line-jumpers and I'll bet THEY think about what might happen if they ever attempt it so flagrantly again.

 

[Marseeya]

DW and I were standing in the standby line for Test Track a few years back (don't remeber if FastPass was installed yet) .
The line was very backed-up and (as usual) SLOW.

There are a bunch of high school-age kids in the parks this trip and, while we're standing there, a gaggle of teen girls walk by and see that they KNOW a couple of the boys who are in line a group or so ahead of us.

Well, the girls (4, as I recall) manage to wiggle through the rest of us waiting and reach where their acquaintances were standing.
One of the girls kind of whispers to one of the guys to play along.
Then she starts speaking "cute" and loudly, "Hi, I'm Cindy and we're from Orlando, where is everyone else from?" A few other guests begin to respond with the usual info.

DW and I are now fuming because these little dears have just pulled-off a fine "line-cut" in front of everybody.
At this point I chime in (in a loud voice), "Hi, Cindy, I'm Rob. I'm from Kansas City and I'm one the folks you just crowded in line ahead-of!"

While I'm talking, I take my DW's hand and we step right up ahead of the girls AND their co-conspirators.
Now that the worm (mouse?) has turned, "Cindy" starts getting huffy about how WE got in front of THEM and how WE adults were cutting in front of "young high school kids" in line.

We just ignored their less-than-under-the-breath comments regarding us for the rest of the que.
It wasn't a "pleasant" moment, but I'll always remember that for once, I actually cut-off some line-jumpers and I'll bet THEY think about what might happen if they ever attempt it so flagrantly again.

Yes! You're my hero! Line cutting and things like that never bother my hubby because he's so laid back, but it drives me out of my mind. I wish he'd stand up for himself/us once in a while, LOL.

 

[disneyaggie]

DW and I were standing in the standby line for Test Track a few years back (don't remeber if FastPass was installed yet) .
The line was very backed-up and (as usual) SLOW.

There are a bunch of high school-age kids in the parks this trip and, while we're standing there, a gaggle of teen girls walk by and see that they KNOW a couple of the boys who are in line a group or so ahead of us.

Well, the girls (4, as I recall) manage to wiggle through the rest of us waiting and reach where their acquaintances were standing.
One of the girls kind of whispers to one of the guys to play along.
Then she starts speaking "cute" and loudly, "Hi, I'm Cindy and we're from Orlando, where is everyone else from?" A few other guests begin to respond with the usual info.

DW and I are now fuming because these little dears have just pulled-off a fine "line-cut" in front of everybody.
At this point I chime in (in a loud voice), "Hi, Cindy, I'm Rob. I'm from Kansas City and I'm one the folks you just crowded in line ahead-of!"

While I'm talking, I take my DW's hand and we step right up ahead of the girls AND their co-conspirators.
Now that the worm (mouse?) has turned, "Cindy" starts getting huffy about how WE got in front of THEM and how WE adults were cutting in front of "young high school kids" in line.

We just ignored their less-than-under-the-breath comments regarding us for the rest of the que.
It wasn't a "pleasant" moment, but I'll always remember that for once, I actually cut-off some line-jumpers and I'll bet THEY think about what might happen if they ever attempt it so flagrantly again.

Good for you! I applaude your move. I bet they think twice before they do it again.