DIS RESTAURANT BOARD CONTEST! - Can You Make Us Laugh?

[scanne]

The setting: Christmas 2001
The cast: Me, DH, my mom and my dad

My dad is about the least "cooperative" when it comes to the "schtick" found at 50's PTC. In fact, he usually makes up his own comic routine long after the meal has ended but won't let his guard down to be an active participant.

So we had Auntie Claire, who was a hoot! She was loud and brassy and didn't take to my dad wearing his hat at the table or my DH putting his elbows on the table. She kept threatening "No dessert if you don't listen to Auntie Claire" and tried to swipe my dad's hat a couple of times. My mom and I shared an entree, and my dad and DH each got their own. Well, Auntie Claire walks by as my dad is finishing his meal and proclaims, "Well would you look at the tongue marks you left on your plate!" She held up the licked-clean plate and had everyone around us applaud. Boy was my dad embarassed. It was great for us! Then she looked at DH's plate. He hadn't finished his green beans and to make matters worse, he tried to quickly hide them in his napkin. Auntie Claire would have none of it. She grabbed DH's fork, and speared 8 or so green beans and proceeded to do the "chugga chugga choo choo!" chant you do when a little kid won't eat his food. Can I tell you she nearly choked my poor DH as she not-so-gently force-fed him those green beans. She counted each "chew" and when he finally managed to swallow his vegetables, Auntie Claire let out a loud cheer and pulled DH out of his chair to bow to the onlookers! We had tears streaming down our faces we were laughing so hard. Even my dad let down his guard and hammed it up with Claire. We were all allowed dessert and were presented with those view finders to choose our sweets! It was smores all around! We still laugh about this meal almost 5 years later.

We haven't been back to the PTC, but it's on our list!!!

 

[julie56]

Hi...not sure if I should be writing this as it's not very Disney-esque, but the last time we were in Disney, my husband, sons and myself had lunch in the Crystal Palace. This was our first meal here, so we were not sure what to expect. We had a great time visiting with the characters, but Tigger seemed a little over-zealous. He spent quite a bit of time at our table, but oddly seemed to be paying more attention to me than the kids. He was very touchy, and actually grabbed me from behind while I was on my way to the buffet line. After an entire lunch of being practically groped by Tigger, my husband was getting quite irritated. I didn't want to make a scene and figured we would probably sound ridiculous for complaining that Tigger seemed too affectionate. We left and didn't give it anymore thought.

Several months later we happened to be watching the late news (which we RARELY do) and there was a report on TV that a WDW employee had been arrested for sexually harrassing women while in character. My husband and I looked at each other and both said, "I wonder if it's Tigger...". To this day he still brings it up and tells me that I should have let him kick Tigger's you-know-what! I'll never hear the end of this one...you know, the one time he was RIGHT!

 

[jimmytammy]

Our 1st trip in Dec. 99 was a whirlwind. We were with 9 people total including me, my DW, our DD and DS. We ate breakfast at Donalds Breakfastsauras for DD birthday. Our son was 5 at that time and literally scared out of his mind of any of the characters.

Well, it was time to eat and things were going smooth...that is until Donald comes around! You know how he is always making trouble! Our little boy just about freaked out. Our DD and her 2 cousins were having no problems, but poor Casey sure was! He could have crawled under the table.

So about halfway through our meal, Ol Goofy shows up. All the kids get their autograph books ready, all but Casey that is. He is no where to be found! Just a few minutes before he was there, right between his Mom and me. Now he is vanished! We start asking everyone, "have you seen Casey"? We were in a panic!

Lo and behold, we hear a voice from under the table, "I'm down here". Goofy sees him down there and starts to laugh, in a out of character kind of way, which made it all the more humorous.

We could'nt pry Casey to come back up, so we let him finish his breakfast with his plate in his chair. I am happy to say he finally got over his fear of characters.

 

[JillL.]

Last october was our first time eating at WCC..it was my Dh birthday and he is very quiet guy.. unfortunatly for him everyone else in our party is not! The waiter was the best, really played it up for the kids and we laughed and enjoyed it...towards the end of the meal my DH volenteers to change the babies diaper ..."oh no you dont" i say..shortly after here comes our waiter with a giant cupcake loaded with toppins and announces in his loudest WCC voice that it was dh birthday would everyone sing happy birthday....my husband is embarrised beyond words ...the waiter then turns his back and eats my husbands cupcake ...motioning for everyone to keep singing when the song is replaced by laughter! When my 3 year old realizes whats going on he stands on his chair and screams "HEY THATS MY DADDY"S BIRTHDAY CAKE!"


i laughed so hard my side hurt!

we will never forget it!

 

[PrincessAurora]

Does it count if this happened while we were waiting to be seated? We were kind of inside the building... Anyway, we were outside Akershus, waiting for our name to be called for lunch. A nice lady was standing behind me with a little girl in a frilly princess dress. She looked a bit confused and asked if you needed reservations for lunch. I put on my best DIS helpful manner and told her that people usually make reservations 90 days in advance for dining, especially for a Princess meal but since Norway wasn't as popular as Cindy's Table, they may get lucky.

She told me that she hadn't been here since she was 16 and things have changed a lot (no kidding) and her husband was in charge of making the plans which involved him putting on pants and yelling "Let's go!"

Now it was 11:30am currently when the harried husband arrived and said they could take them at 2:30pm. Mom just looked as husband, pointed at me and said "this nice lady said people make these reservations 90 days in advance. Why didn't you know this?" During all of this her little girl who was about 3 years old was just happily playing with her shoes, a small rock, her dress, the very picture of carefree ignorance. The wife now points at her daughter and said "See? She is devastated!" The little girl contined to not care one bit. Yup, that was devastation if ever I saw it. She then looked up, across the sea of little princesses, and what did she say? "Water!" And she gleefully toddled off towards the lake while Mom is hissing "She is sooo upset." Yuppers, ignoring all that Princess action to watch the water.

OOOOOOOOO, I remembered a quick one once we got inside Akerhaus. The characters were coming around, we had just chatted up Aladdin and I asked him why he was at a Princess Breakfast and was there something Jasmine needed to know. He was a really good sport. Anyway, he was at the next table behind us when I hear this little boy say to Aladdin "Do you have a weiner?" I am hoping he was talking about his lunch selection or maybe I wasn't that far off in my first thought.

 

[dimoe]

OKay here goes mine on our first trip to disney we want to eat with the princesses so bad. So one day we eat in the castle and get to see all of the princesses. My daughter loved it. Then two days laster we eat in norway at the psb and my daughter seems very happy with that . When are walking around epcot later that day she says ," Mommy why did you make me eat in the dungeon?" I was like what do you mean she was like well we visited the princesses in the castle and today we ate in the dungeon. Next time I would want to only eat in the castle. I laughed so hard.
Diane

 

[fam4jc]

We are seated at the table for the Princess Storybook Breakfast. Everyone is excited - with wide eyes my girls squeel and point as Mulan, Mary Poppins, Aurora, Jasmin and Snow White one by one become visible to them. We as a familiy had been watching & re-watching all the Disney princess movies for months in preparation for this very meal. We knew these ladies. We had our favorites. (how little I knew as Mommy I learned a moment later)
Jasmin was the first of these grand ladies to our table. My 5year old in her Snow White costume was bouncing up & down in her seat "Jasmin, Jasmin, Jasmin" Jasmin looked kindly at her and Joy blurted out at the TOP of her lungs "My daddy thinks you're hot!"

 

[Lorix2]

At our very first trip to WCC in April of last year, my DD then 12, somehow managed to knock her plate full of food onto the floor breaking the plate and sending food flying everywhere.

A server yelled out really loudly "there's gonna be China on that bill and I don't mean a trip!....nice going Drop-erella! She was SO embarrassed, but
her 7 y/o brother who wouldn't stop laughing at her was taking a bite of cornbread while they were cleaning the floor and one of the them snatched it from his hands and kept on walking. He had no clue what had just happened, it was done so smoothly. That made him stop laughing at his sister and then we all had a good laugh on him.

 

[problemchild718]

My dear, sweet, quiet future husband and I went out for a nice quiet dinner to watch the fireworks and enjoy the view at the California Grill. We check out the observation deck prior to dinner then settle into our table by the window. We are enjoying our wine and appetizer when he decides he'll use the rest room before "the meat comes" (his all time favorite steak) so off he goes. I decide I may as well go to the ladies room. Things being the way they are, ladies take longer. I return to the dining room to find my sweetie sitting at the wrong table with a complete stranger, wine glass thats NOT his in hand. The lights had been turned down for the fireworks and he must have gotten a bit disoriented! The poor lady at the table was speechless as this 6'6" strange man sat at her table picked up her husbands wine and began to drink. I couldn't tell if she thought he was going to mug her or kidnap her, but it wasn't good. By then, her husband returned, confused by the whole scene. FDH almost needed to use the bathroom again when he realized what he had done and I was laughing so hard I had to go back out to the observation deck so I wouldn't ruin dinner for the others in the place. After a bit of coaxing, we returned to the dining room for our meal, but the poor thing was traumatized and kept looking over his shoulder at the stunned woman 2 tables down! I always ask for the famous "stranger table" when we return. I still crack up when I think of it!

 

[Mermaid02]

At our Breakfast in Cinderella's castle last December Snow White came over to our table and noticed our dd's birthday button and tiara.... she asked how old our dd was and Megan said, "Sixteen" so Snow White gasped and said, "Oh you can drive now! How exciting!" to which my dh and I said, "NO! Not yet, no driving yet." Snow White looked sad and said to Megan "they won't let you drive yet?" Megan got sad too, "Nope" and they assumed the picture position. My dh went to take the picture and had a little trouble with the digital camera, he fumbled with it for a few moments. Through her smile Snow White said to Megan, "And they let HIM drive?" Note the huge smile on dd's face- nothing like having a Princess make fun of your Dad on YOUR special day!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

At the end of September, a friend from college and I decided to get away for a few days for our birthdays (my 21st, her 20th). We decided to do some character meals and just act like kids...We went to 1900 Park Fare on our first night there and we made Tshirts that said it was our birthday and the prince brought us out crowns and Cinderella brought us out a cupcake and everyone sang...This cute little girl, about 4 years ago, stands up on her chair, hands on her hips and goes "Arent they way too old for this?" Her dad told her something about its for all ages and she yelled "the prince just must think they are cute"
it was toooo funny!

 

[danalee]

I cant believe I am writing this......

In August 2005 my family of 10 were having dinner at the Rose & Crown, well my 6 year old in the middle of dinner say's "mom I have to p**p! Ok...... so my husband who's not to happy says "ok lets go and hurry up, no taking forever, no song and dance just p**p"
My little one is famous for taking forever to go to the bathroom, we joke its his favorite room in the house.

Ok so like 5 minutes later there back we are all kinda shocked so quickly, but they are both mad you can tell, so I say to my little guy "what's wrong"? Nothing! His dad same response............um ok....so nobody is saying anything.......

So a waitress comes by to take some plates and my husband, who wasnt done when he left, pushes his plate away and says "you can take this I am done" Now my husband licks his plate clean most meals, so of course we are all like "ok whats wrong?" his same NOTHING!
Just then my son chimes in and says "my underwear are making him sick"........What???????? to which my dear little one says "well he made me hurry so I started to soon and I told him to just throw the p**pey pants away.....but noooooooooo he put them in his pocket"
to which my husband blurts out they "but they were new vacation underware" I could have died, the waitress just turned and walked away, my family sat silent for a moment and like a dummy I said "why would you put dirty underware in your pocket" and my family lost it! thank goodness we were all done!
So trust me when my son says he has to p**p my husband just takes him and doesnt say a word, and I always take extra underware!

 

[Grammyof2]

We were in the Sci-Fi in October of 2000. There were 8 adults and we were seated in 2 cars. I have been there several times before and after this incident but I have never seen this done again.

The CM's on this trip were making these LOUD, SCREECHING sounds whenever they delivered the food to a car. I think it was suppossed to be tires squealing. Well, we had waited a really long time for the food to arrive. Everytime we heard the screeching sound, we were sure it had to be us, but it wasn't.

Finally, we here the dreaded screeching(it really was annoying), and 2 CM's start a slooowww motion slide towards our table with 2 big trays of food. The 2nd CM slid on something and plowed right into the back of the first CM. Both trays went flying, as well as all the food. The crash was SUPER loud(all the plates breaking, etc). Then dead silence as all the CM's just stood there.The CM's delivering the food actually had fries, onion rings and chili sauce laying all over them. Then, everyone in the restaurant burst out laughing.

Well, amazingly we had replacement food in about 3 minutes. I am sure we got food intended for another table or two. In fact the new food arrived before they even had it all cleaned up.

But the most important part is there was no more screeching sounds during the rest of the meal. All good things must come to an end.

Everytime we pass the Sci-FI my DH makes this loud screeching sound and chuckles.

I need to add that no CM's, food, or patrons were injured during the making of this memory.

 

[Natazu]

We were having lunch at Coral Reef. Our server, Jose, came to the table and asked if we had any questions. Jose had a thick Spanish accent and was kind of... urban. He was sort of like Scarface if he was played by Rob Schneider. My wife asked him if she could get the surf-n-turf. He said no but when we mentioned that we'd gotten it for lunch before, he scurried off to check. When he came back, he said "Yes but there is no filet at lunch". I asked, "what kind of steak is on the surf-n-turf for lunch" to which Jose replied "jus steak". I said "what is Juice Steak?". He said "regular, ju know, steak-steak". He actually said "steak-steak". My wife asked him to check with the chef and come back. About fifteen minutes later, he came back and asked us if we were ready to order. I said, "what about the steak". He said, "oh, chef say it is shrimp, or strip". We said strip is fine and when our entrees came out, my wife had lobster and a beautiful 8oz filet mignon. But, Jose got the last laugh in the end because since the Surf-n-turf (normally $55) was rung up as Lobster Dinner - add-on-filet, her lunch entree was $75.

 

[philaround]

Once upon a time [long, long, ago] at King Stefan's Banquet Hall [long before PSs and ADRs] we [me, DW, DD, and DM] decided to have dinner there. I was a real Disney novice at the time and did not even know that there were characters at this meal. Well we were seated at a nice table and given menus. Shortly after we had ordered our food the characters started going from table to table. We did not notice Goofy [I know how could we miss someone so tall, but we did] come up behind my little [4'9"] DM and lean down over her and plant a big kiss on the top of her head. My DD almost fell out of her chair because she was laughing so hard. Since Goofy had sneaked up on us I missed getting a photo of the event. I turned to my wife and said "Oh no, I didn't get that on film". Well Goofy heard me and waved his arms at me and made a holding a camara pantomime movement so I aimed my camara at my DM and he proceeded to smooch the top of her head again. I think this is when I got hooked by everything Disney.

 

[TR Denise]

OK I'm not to good at telling stories but I'll try
In 1987 My Dad took our family to WDW on the gold card it was a dining plan and recreation plan. We got full course breakfast, lunch and dinners. The kids could also order anything they wanted. My 2 oldest kids ate anything and everything so it was great but as we all know it can get to be to much. So on the last day we went to Chef Mickeys (the old one where rainforest in DTD is now). We order and my DS 5yrs just wants a kids meal so we ordered him a shrimp cocktail for all of us to share. When we ordered it he gets this stricken look on his face and yells out NO MORE SHRIMP COCKTAILS and puts his head on the table. Everyone around us was laughing and waitress thought it was a riot. I guess we were shrimp cocktail abusing parents. Hes 24 now but if he orders a shrimp cocktail we still ask him if hes sure he really wants one we wouldnt want to force him.

 

[luvrodents]

I’ll never forget that fateful day, the day I learned that not all rodents are as sweet as our beloved Mickey. My husband and I were shopping in the Downtown Disney Marketplace when we both had a craving for Wolfgang Puck’s famous Chinois Salad. So, we popped into the Wolfgang Puck Express and bought our salads with a side order of flatbread and then (here’s where the trouble started) we decided to eat them OUTSIDE. It seemed like a good idea at the time; the Florida sun was shining, there were flowers blooming, fountains flowing, and shoppers chatting happily as they strolled past. All was right with the world. We smiled at one another as we sampled our delicious lunches and soaked in the atmosphere. It was then that HE came along, an adorable gray squirrel… or so it seemed. I, being a lover of rodents, cast a brief glance in his direction. “Oh, look at the cute little squirrel,” I said to my husband. I had barely finished uttering those words when I realized that the brazen creature was standing directly beside me and staring at me with a burning intensity. I was immediately gripped by fear. Mind you, I am no stranger to squirrels; I sometimes feed nuts to large groups of them. I tell you, this was no ordinary squirrel. This squirrel was possessed. He continued to glare at me, while I sat motionless and avoided eye contact. Without moving my lips, I asked my husband if he was still staring. I could hear the concern in his voice as he answered, “Oh, YES.” We had completely stopped eating our lunches, all we could think about was the wild-eyed rodent who would not leave my side. It seemed like an eternity passed as we sat there, held hostage by this fluffy-tailed menace. Then, through the corner of my eye, I saw the squirrel becoming agitated. He would not be ignored. His gaze remained fixed on me, but he was now standing way up on his hind legs, waving around his clenched front paws. It may be hard to believe, but I swear I saw him beating his little white chest with those tiny fists. Under his breath, my husband said, “I think we need to get out of here.” Still glaring, the squirrel was now assuming a posture that made it clear that he was about to spring. “Grab your salad and run,” shouted my husband, and we both ran panic-stricken back into the restaurant. One of the many cooks who had seen what happened, came over to us and said, “there’s nothing to be afraid of, it’s just a little squirrel.” He couldn’t understand how two full grown adults could be chased off by a squirrel, but he hadn’t seen the look in THIS squirrel’s eyes. What was that crazed look? Hunger? Fleas? Rabies? Demonic possession? I don’t know… but Spunky meant business! To this day, whenever I pass Wolfgang Puck Express, my pace quickens and I keep looking over my shoulder. If you happen to see a cute little squirrel in that area, whatever you do, DON’T MAKE EYE CONTACT!

 

[ShellyMouse]

ok, here it goes. i hope this counts, it ended in a restaurant.

it was our last day at WDW this past december. we were kind of working our way out of the magic kingdom, going through some shops. we stop in one shop b/c my dh wanted a mickey sweatshirt. we buy it, and leave, just kind of wandering around deciding where we are going to have a early dinner before leaving. i just kept feeling like people were starring at me. now, i hate to have "all eyes on me", i'm shy, and like to kinda blend in. and i just kept catching all these people looking and pointing, and whispering. i was sooooo uncomfortable. this went on for a while, and i finally ask dh "do i have a booger, do i have something in my teeth, on my face?" lol! he says no, stop worrying what others think. so we decide to go get some lunch at the noodle station. we are in line, people still starring. we sit down, people still looking! i'm thinking "omg, what?!?!?!?" finally, this cm comes over and asks if i know i have 2 SHIRTS, ON HANGERS, AND PRICE TAGS HANGING FROM MY BACKPACK? omg!!!! they must of hooked on while we were browsing. 2 shirts, exactly the same. everybody STILL starring and listening! my dd (6) jumps up and gets teary eyed (and loud)...."mom, did you steal those?...are you going to jail??" i wanted to disapear! "no, sid, i'm not going to jail"....."but mom (loud again) did you steal those?" omg! "no sid, mom would never steal"

how did my dh NOT notice this walking from somewhere by the pirates OTC to the noodle station? i don't know, 2 days before x-mas, crowds not the lightest. so, i immediately hand them to dh and direct him to "TAKE THEM BACK"...LOL!!

poor dh, his food got cold while me and dd ate....and the people just kept looking over like i meant to take them. when dh got back, he said the cm at the store was just like "ok, thanks"....

anyway, my dd STILL loves to tell people about this, "my mom almost went to jail"

i wish she would just forget about it!


(btw, i love all the other stories!!!)

 

[IluvKingLouis]

Not quite a dining experience, but my husband, mother, my father in law and I, were leisurely visiting at the lounge connected to the 50's Prime Time Cafe (I believe it's called the Tune In Lounge ---is it still there?)

MGM was the first day of our vacation, and this was mom's very first trip to WDW. Earlier in the day she had had a run in with the Faux Paux productions guy, so she thought being sassy to everyone was how you did things at WDW.

While at the Tune In lounge, mom headed to the bathroom. On her way she bumped into Cousin Vinnie (from the Prime Time Cafe) who asked her, in his thick New York accent, where she thought she was going. She responded (with her Swedish accent), "what's it to you?", he tried not to smile and asked back "Where you from?". Mom, not missing a beat said "Brooklyn". Cousin Vinnie, "Oh yeah, what part of Brooklyn?". Mom, knowing nothing about Brooklyn answered "The East side.". At that point cousin Vinnie broke character and just started laughing.

 

[Mamu]

December 2004. Adult visit. DH, Myself, Our close friends Beth, Harry and Beth's Sister Showtime, and Our friends from Alanta, The Hunter and Rina.

Bad news 2 week before the trip Hunter and Rina are splitting, Hunter will be coming alone.

It's Sunday and Hunter needs to catch up on some work we will be meeting him at Spoodles for dinner.

The five of us head over to AK for the day. Sometime in the afternoon we become weary The Dawa Bar is a great spot to stop, rest our weary feet and get a pick-me up drink while waiting for the parade. I'm a shop-a-holic, DH a Quanto Costa man.

We get our drinks and sit, I look up and there across the way is Mombasa Marketplace, I'll be back in a minute. Twenty minutes later I exit the shop with a bag bigger then me. They can all see me walking back with this huge bag, DH hitting his head, yelling Quanto Costa, my friends falling of their chairs laughing. While walking back I slowly pull a Giant Pink Flamingo out of the bag and dance it over to the table. Many laugh later we decide to name the flamingo "Philomena" and she will be Hunter date for the night.

We meet up with The Hunter and tell him we have a date for him. Out of the bag dances Philomena. We get her a booster seat at Spoodles and sit her beside The Hunter. Everytime The Hunter looked over at Philomena his words were "waitress we'll have 2 more Tankard's of Sangria" They say Pink is beautiful and I think The Hunter was beginning to think so too.

All names have been changed to protect the innocent except Philomena, and edited for a family web site.