Funniest comments you've overheard in WDW

[pednurse]

Nope, no Dippin' Dots anywhere at the world last week. Had to wait until we returned home to get some (they're at our mall and a local park).....and just discovered a new brand of them at Walmart in the freezer section. Yum!

 

[MELSMICE]

Nope, no Dippin' Dots anywhere at the world last week. Had to wait until we returned home to get some (they're at our mall and a local park).....and just discovered a new brand of them at Walmart in the freezer section. Yum!

Unless they have removed the stand, they have Dippin' Dots at Typhoon Lagoon.

 

[pl'smama]

Funniest thing I have ever heard was during the MVMCP parade last December. My DH, DD and I were chatting with a couple of different families while waiting for the parade to start and we all told where we are from. When we mentioned that we were from Toronto, Ontario (as in Canada, eh?) this one lady asked if we celebrated Christmas at the same time of the year as Americans did!!!!!!! I nearly died, it was so funny!!!

Suz

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Funniest thing I have ever heard was during the MVMCP parade last December. My DH, DD and I were chatting with a couple of different families while waiting for the parade to start and we all told where we are from. When we mentioned that we were from Toronto, Ontario (as in Canada, eh?) this one lady asked if we celebrated Christmas at the same time of the year as Americans did!!!!!!! I nearly died, it was so funny!!!

Suz

Maybe she thought that because we celebrate Thanksgiving October when they celebrate it in November. However whenever my family and I speak to Americans they ask us something Toronto or Canada, they have said a lot worse things then when do we celebrate Christmas.

 

[Princess Stitch]

Funniest thing I have ever heard was during the MVMCP parade last December. My DH, DD and I were chatting with a couple of different families while waiting for the parade to start and we all told where we are from. When we mentioned that we were from Toronto, Ontario (as in Canada, eh?) this one lady asked if we celebrated Christmas at the same time of the year as Americans did!!!!!!! I nearly died, it was so funny!!!

Suz

When I was 12 my mom took me and my brother to Disney for the first time (I went when I was 2.5 but don't remember). We were swimming in the ASSp pool one day and I was talking to another girl about my age. When I told her I was from Canada her response was "Oh cool! Do you live in an igloo??"

I don't remember if I said anything back to her or not, just remember thinking how rediculous and cliche it was.

 

[briar_rose_59]

When I was 12 my mom took me and my brother to Disney for the first time (I went when I was 2.5 but don't remember). We were swimming in the ASSp pool one day and I was talking to another girl about my age. When I told her I was from Canada her response was "Oh cool! Do you live in an igloo??"

I don't remember if I said anything back to her or not, just remember thinking how rediculous and cliche it was.

Don't forget the dog sleds we take to school, eh?

 

[donna in Oz]

OK, so we're in Pecos Bill's Cafe about lunchtime, and it's packed. My mom-in-law, daughter & son-in-law go off to find a table, while the other three of us wait in line. (My DMIL is in a wheelchair and is also blind so she's totally unaware how close together people are seated.)
Anyway, the line is moving so slow that my DH decides to call our daughter about 20 minutes later and let her know that we're still in line and ask where they found a table. (The seating area is really big).
But DD never answered her cell; after we were all seated, we realized that she had not been able to hear the ring due to the noise in the restaurant. After considering this for some time, my wonderful mom-in-law suddenly says, in a very loud voice, "You need a vibrator!!"
Obviously, she meant the ringer on the phone should vibrate, but of course, the folks around us heard only her comment. The stares we got!!!!

 

[dreamn_Disney]

OK, so we're in Pecos Bill's Cafe about lunchtime, and it's packed. My mom-in-law, daughter & son-in-law go off to find a table, while the other three of us wait in line. (My DMIL is in a wheelchair and is also blind so she's totally unaware how close together people are seated.)
Anyway, the line is moving so slow that my DH decides to call our daughter about 20 minutes later and let her know that we're still in line and ask where they found a table. (The seating area is really big).
But DD never answered her cell; after we were all seated, we realized that she had not been able to hear the ring due to the noise in the restaurant. After considering this for some time, my wonderful mom-in-law suddenly says, in a very loud voice, "You need a vibrator!!"
Obviously, she meant the ringer on the phone should vibrate, but of course, the folks around us heard only her comment. The stares we got!!!!

This was so great. I laughed so loud I think I woke one of the kids up.

 

[Princess Stitch]

Don't forget the dog sleds we take to school, eh?

Yeah, it was also a shock the first time I went to the Canada pavillion and I saw......totem poles? I remember making a comment to one of the CMs that maybe we needed to find another way to represent the country because I don't think I've ever seen any totem poles in real life. Her response was "Oh really?!?!?" like she was so shocked. Maybe some people think we use them as streetlights out here

 

[Kewz1]

Yeah, it was also a shock the first time I went to the Canada pavillion and I saw......totem poles? I remember making a comment to one of the CMs that maybe we needed to find another way to represent the country because I don't think I've ever seen any totem poles in real life. Her response was "Oh really?!?!?" like she was so shocked. Maybe some people think we use them as streetlights out here

Um, no. I assumed they represented the indigenous peoples in Canada.

Kristen

 

[Sorsha]

When I was 12 my mom took me and my brother to Disney for the first time (I went when I was 2.5 but don't remember). We were swimming in the ASSp pool one day and I was talking to another girl about my age. When I told her I was from Canada her response was "Oh cool! Do you live in an igloo??"

I don't remember if I said anything back to her or not, just remember thinking how rediculous and cliche it was.

Kinda OT, cause this didn't happen IN WDW, but at a retirement community NEAR WDW when we went to WDW and eastern Florida to visit my grandma in 1987. We were relaxing near the pool, surrounded by many very friendly retired persons. My grandma introduced my brother and I to an elderly gentleman friend of hers, he asked where we were from, and we relplied "Montana". He thought about this for a minute, then, with a thoughtful look on his face, asked "Well, how did you get here?". I replied, "We flew." He said, "On a plane?!?" I answered, "Yes." Even more confused, he now asked, "You have AIRPORTS in Montana?" I was sorely tempted to reply with a smart-@$$ remark like "No, we took Pony Express to Spokane and flew from there!" but I didn't... respect for your elders and all that. I thought my grandma would hurt herself trying not to laugh.
Yes, and we still have troubles with Indian attacks too... but only when our football team beats theirs...

 

[dqpowell]

My grandma introduced my brother and I to an elderly gentleman...

"my brother and me", not "I"

Sorry -- I just finished reading through the entire 158+ pages of this thread. I was able to resist correcting grammar on years-old posts, but it was hard sometimes. Unfortunately yours is the last post, so I did it just this once to get it out of my system.

The only relevant story I can think of at the moment follows.

DD8 is really looking forward to our upcoming Disney trip. She's never been there, so DW and I have been talking to her about it, trying to build the excitement a bit. DW asked her recently if she's looking forward to meeting any of the characters.

DD8: "No way, Mom. Those are mascots." She said the word "mascots" as if it were a four-letter word, with a serious and slightly disturbed look on her face.

DW: "What do you mean, honey? What's wrong with them?"

DD8: "They're not real, Mom. There's a person inside there! That's creepy!"

Apparently DD9 is totally weirded out by the concept of a person running around in a costume pretending to be something else. Now DW and I refer to anything or anyone negative as a "mascot."

David

 

[Sorsha]

"my brother and me", not "I"

Sorry -- I just finished reading through the entire 158+ pages of this thread. I was able to resist correcting grammar on years-old posts, but it was hard sometimes. Unfortunately yours is the last post, so I did it just this once to get it out of my system.


David

Goodness - you're worse than I am!! I am a compulsive grammer-corrector when I am face-to-face with people I am personally speaking to, but even *I* resist correcting complete strangers electronically!! It is ok - I don't mind.
FWIW you are quite correct, and I am not entirely sure why I typed that, since I most assuredly know better - I think my fingers ran away from my brain again. They tend to do that.
Sorry for hijacking the thread! Back to your regularily scheduled funny WDW stories now.

 

[dqpowell]

Goodness - you're worse than I am!! I am a compulsive grammer-corrector when I am face-to-face with people I am personally speaking to, but even *I* resist correcting complete strangers electronically!!

Oh, don't worry about it. I didn't intend to pick on you. Yours just happened to be the the last post on the thread when I finished reading it. Had I finished reading it yesterday or tomorrow I probably would have corrected somebody else.

We seem to be opposites. I tend not to correct grammar in face-to-face meetings. It's more likely I'll do it on a message board, because I'm used to correcting written text. (I work as an editor and technical writer.)

Back to our previously scheduled program...

David

 

[deej696]

I once passed a man telling what appeared to be his grandson that he had a picture of himself with Walt in front of Spaceship Earth. Anyone else wonder how he pulled that off???

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

When I was 12 my mom took me and my brother to Disney for the first time (I went when I was 2.5 but don't remember). We were swimming in the ASSp pool one day and I was talking to another girl about my age. When I told her I was from Canada her response was "Oh cool! Do you live in an igloo??"

I don't remember if I said anything back to her or not, just remember thinking how rediculous and cliche it was.

That comment has been made so many times that it's not even funny anymore. If it ever happens to me I would feel like saying what about the people who live in such cities like New York City, Buffalo, Chicago, Boston and Alaska. It's also very cold there during the winter months, so how is Canada any different?

I do think part of the problem is how the Canadian Pavilion is made up and that video they keep showing, so it's time they renovate it to show how Canada really is.

 

[dqpowell]

If it ever happens to me I would feel like saying what about the people who live in such cities like New York City, Buffalo, Chicago, Boston and Alaska. It's also very cold there during the winter months, so how is Canada any different?

FWIW, New York City and Boston don't get nearly as cold (or snowy) as Buffalo or Alaska. Their temperatures are moderated quite a bit by being on the coast.

I can sympathize with you as I live in upstate NY and have been to Canada dozens of times. On visits to Ottawa or Toronto in the summertime I always wonder if it gets colder there in the winter than my hometown. I would guess Toronto doesn't get as cold as it has Lake Ontario to help moderate the temps somewhat but I'd bet Ottawa gets really cold, being inland. Of course Ottawa is only about a three hour drive north, so it's probably not all that different than upstate NY.

David

 

[briar_rose_59]

Just to continue the "people who are clueless about Canada" tangent. My law teacher was telling me about a couple she met that was convinced they were going skiing in Windsor, ON in July... Nevermind Windsor's south of Detroit, and the fact that they have no mountains (at least that I was aware of in the 4 years I lived there). But no, they were going to go skiing.

And now back to your regularly scheduled thread!

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

FWIW, New York City and Boston don't get nearly as cold (or snowy) as Buffalo or Alaska. Their temperatures are moderated quite a bit by being on the coast.

I can sympathize with you as I live in upstate NY and have been to Canada dozens of times. On visits to Ottawa or Toronto in the summertime I always wonder if it gets colder there in the winter than my hometown. I would guess Toronto doesn't get as cold as it has Lake Ontario to help moderate the temps somewhat but I'd bet Ottawa gets really cold, being inland. Of course Ottawa is only about a three hour drive north, so it's probably not all that different than upstate NY.

David

I remember a few years ago I was in WDW during the month of December when Buffalo got a major snow storm, however it did not hit Toronto. When I asked my Dad how is that possible, he said the same thing you mentioned about how Toronto has Lake Ontario to moderatre the temperature.

 

[Ride Junkie]

I once passed a man telling what appeared to be his grandson that he had a picture of himself with Walt in front of Spaceship Earth. Anyone else wonder how he pulled that off???

...maybe they used to have a Walt face character??