Ever been ditched at a DW Park?

[harperwi]

I recently read a trip report where a family lost their teenage son for a few hours when he got mad and wandered off. It made me think back to my trip in early 2000 when I flew to Florida by myself and met up with a (not very good) friend from Orlando to tour the AK for the first time.

I'm wondering if anyone else has any stories like this to share. Maybe we can form a club!?

I found out as he was parking his car that my "friend" was not a big thrill ride lover. I'd read up on the AK and I knew that I would probably like (the original version of) Dinosaur best, so he told me I should go on it by myself and he would wait. I did, and it was AWESOME, and when I came out there was still no line, so I asked if he'd mind if I rode it again.

He didn't mind, so I did.

When I came out the 2nd time, I figured he was off checking out the animals in the surrounding foliage. I waited outside the Dino Institute for 45 minutes, but he never came back. At that point I decided since he wandered off, he would have to find ME! I rode Dinosaur a third time, and then I set off to explore the rest of the park.

I HAD A BLAST THAT DAY. Everything I wanted to do I did, as many times in a row as I wanted to. It was my itinerary at my pace. After about an hour of scanning the crowds for my friend, I decided to leave him a note on his windshield, so I got my handstamp and headed for the lot.

And yes, you guessed it, his car was gone.

I didn't really care, and I went back to the park and toured until closing time.

At closing time, I went to guest services and asked them if there were any buses to my off-site resort. Their answer was no, but when I told them what had happened and why I had no lift home, they called a taxi, PAID THE DRIVER, and sent me back to my hotel lickety split. I couldn't believe they would do that for me. (They must have thought I was more broken up than I really was...)

So that was my "ditched at Disney" story. Anyone have anything similar happen to them???

Jon

 

[SleepyatDVC]

Never been ditched at the parks. Had the urge to ditch annoying friends before - never actually did it though!

 

[Alice28]

When I was 15 or 16 I ditched my friends. It was my friends 16th birthday and her parents flew me, my friend, her other friend and her boyfriend down to DL (we lived in San Jose) for one night (her dad was a pilot and rented a private little plane). We stayed at the DL Hotel and everything. Okay, you are probably wondering why I was such a brat and ditched them. First, she and her boyfriend were making out non-stop. We were there for an hour or two and all we had done was the arcade by Space Mountain and one ride. They were making out non-stop and it was gross. Second, I figured out the three of them were shop-lifting! I was shocked and horrified and yet being 15 didn't know what to do- I wasn't going to tell on them, but I wanted nothing to do with them either! I didn't want to be guilty by association! So, while they were making out on Main Street, I kind of started wandering through shops and then just decided to keep going! I knew we were meeting for dinner at the Blue Bayou at 6...I really kind of branched out, esp for my age and had fun going on what I wanted to do, when I wanted to do it. I met back up with them at 6 and just acted like we accidentally got separated- I felt badly because her parents were worried sick about me. During dinner I noticed my friend and her boyfriend and other friend had all these cool rings and bracelets..and I said "Gee, where did you get all those things? That must have been expensive!" They all looked at each other and laughed and said "Oh, you know, just at different shops and stuff." It was the most awkward situation ever and after that I decided to cool it with her and we weren't really friends anymore after that.

 

[I am JEN]

OMG...just have to add that I would be sooooo mad if a friend ditched me like that and even left in their car! Did you ever talk to them again?