>> Funniest Overheard Comments Part II <<

[lisalonglash]

Not to be argumentative but "monorail" is the generic term for monorail. Skytrain is a specific name used by two cities for their transportation system. It's like calling the subway in a city "The Bullet." The generic term is "subway" and the specific term for that city is "The Bullet." So, the monorail at WDW is not the Skytrain.

As a Vancouverite, I appreciate this post LOL Yes, it's called Skytrain here, but it doesn't just go over land, it goes under land too - so, technically, Vancouver's Skytrain is a subway and a monorail

Oh, as a funny aside, my 6yo ds insisted on calling the Disney monorail the Skytrain every single time we happened to see it in October - made me giggle

 

[Alesia]

bump

 

[dwheatl]

Not overheard so much as experienced, but a funny, magical moment at DL. My young adult kids had been bickering (in part due to 4 in 1 room, lack of sleep from burning the candle at both ends, forced togetherness), and I asked them to make up. They were hashing it all out in front of IASW, and had finally made up and went in for a hug. Suddenly, a blast of music came out of the speakers overhead, and it began to snow. We all burst out laughing, then watched in awe the light show projected on the walls of IASW.
How's that for pixie dust?

 

[TaraPA]

We were leaving DHS in December & this couple walking in front of us was talking about the Osborne Lights. The wife says "wow who is that Osborne family anyway?" I looked at my friend because we just knew the guy was going to say "You know honey, Ozzy & Sharon" - BUT he says to her "You know honey, Donnie & Marie & all their brothers!" We laughed out loud so hard they turned to see what we were laughing at & we had to go over to the side for a minute to compose ourselves!

 

[dinah439]

On our last trip, we were on a bus to Animal Kingdom and there was a woman who was telling her son about the big tennis ball inside Epcot. She said it was called Planet Earth because there were pictures of the Earth inside and that there were stairs and you climbed them all the way to the top and Mickey was there to give you a hug.

 

[pampam]

On our last trip, we were on a bus to Animal Kingdom and there was a woman who was telling her son about the big tennis ball inside Epcot. She said it was called Planet Earth because there were pictures of the Earth inside and that there were stairs and you climbed them all the way to the top and Mickey was there to give you a hug.

Where do people get these ideas??

 

[dwheatl]

Where do people get these ideas??

Maybe she was just teasing him. Before my DD's first time on Splash Mountain, I told her the log went under water, so get ready to hold her breath. I don't know why I wanted to torture my DD, but I have since paid for her therapy.

Please don't me. I know I was bad, and I'm sorry.

 

[KJ Luvs Pluto]

I usually don't remember the funny things I hear, but two of them do stick in my mind. The very first ride at MK was Pirates and a young boy (maybe 10 or so) was sitting behind us and we were the only two families on the boat. As we start off he says "Look Da, the water is REAL".

The second was in Epcot. I was sitting on the small stone wall in Germany enjoying an adult beverage and a man says to his family "Well, we have just left Switzerland, where should we go next?" as he's looking at the Epcot map. Maybe he had an updated map that lists Switzerland on it? Mine sure didn't show it, I checked. I had to giggle at that one - of course it could have been the wine .

 

[Matt71]

The second was in Epcot. I was sitting on the small stone wall in Germany enjoying an adult beverage and a man says to his family "Well, we have just left Switzerland, where should we go next?" as he's looking at the Epcot map. Maybe he had an updated map that lists Switzerland on it? Mine sure didn't show it, I checked. I had to giggle at that one - of course it could have been the wine .

That sounds like he was making an inside joke. Maybe he thought Disney's interpretation of Germany looked more like Switzerland, so he was being sarcastic. Still funny though.

 

[ITmickey]

just a small bump keep 'em coming!

 

[duffy]

I was sitting on the small stone wall in Germany enjoying an adult beverage and a man says to his family "Well, we have just left Switzerland, where should we go next?" as he's looking at the Epcot map. Maybe he had an updated map that lists Switzerland on it? Mine sure didn't show it, I checked. I had to giggle at that one - of course it could have been the wine .

Not sure if you're familiar with the show "Arrested Development" that used to be on Fox, but season 3 had a lot of episodes take place in a fictional place called "Wee Britain". I love the United Kingdom part of the World Showcase, and so does my daughter, and we kept referring to it as "wee Britain".

 

[mickeystoontown]

Subbing to the new thread.

 

[footballmouse]

It's a good bet that the person has been going to WDW for a long, long time. Don't forget that originally MK was Disney World as far as parks were concerned--no other parks existed. It took a long time for a lot of us to break down and call it MK. I think my family finally started to do it gradually in the mid-90s. It doesn't surprise me in the least that some people have continued to do it,. After all, some people still call the TTA the WEDway Peoplemover and refer to Mission to Mars, etc.

I'm guilty of both of these. I've been going since Disney World opened and it is very hard for me to say Magic Kingdom. When I say Disney World my dh and kids all know what I mean. I also call it the PeopleMover. Oh well, that's what I knew it as.

 

[mickeymedic]

Both of these were overheard in the line for SM...

A group of teenage girls ahead of us were anxiously awaiting their turn on SM. One girl was getting a little bit nervous. Her friend reassured her that SM did not go upside down. She said only RNR goes upside down. Then another friend jumped in to correct her saying that EE goes upside down, too. But it happens so fast in the dark that you don't really notice it. I think I laughed out loud...but I'm sure she had no idea what I was laughing at.

A little later in line the same group of girls was shouting to another group of girls behind them in line.
Girl from group 1: Do you have an odd number in your group back there?
Girl from group 2: No.
Girl from group 1: How many do you have?
Girl from group 2: 9

I am glad to see our schools are doing such a good job educating our young people.

 

[njprincess601]

background info: my mom has been to WDW over 20 times and we have stayed at the Poly 5 times now, and this trip could see the volcano pool/slide from our room.

so we were having dinner at Ohana in Dec and my mom looks out the window, points to the volcano slide and asks "what is that?" and i told her it was the volcano slide. and she goes "oh okay." now, knowing my mother, i asked her what she thought it was, and she said she knew it was the slide, and she was just making sure. so i rolled my eyes and said, "no really, what did you think it was?" and she said SPLASH MOUNTIAN and that she was wondering how it got so close, when the castle (visible) was so far away.

my brother and i still won't let her live this down.

 

[Mom2PrincessesLinSy]

This past week:

While on line for Little Mermaid in MK in Ariel's Grotto, a woman about her 30s starting talking about meeting Ariel. She was apparently a little short on the fries in her Happy Meal, since she also proudly told everyone that she has seen Ariel earlier in Norway, where she was seen "On LEGS, On HUMAN legs! You NEVER Can find Ariel in Human form!"

Seriously, she was completely into it. At first we thought she was playing up the whole "princess" thing for the benefit of the little kids around, but she was totally serious!

Scary, almost.....

 

[DreamWeaver2002]

Last trip we witnessed a guest arguing with a castmember at the ticket and transportation center about which monorail went to Disney Studios. The CM explained that NO monorail goes to the studios and the guest says, "then where did I go last night? I thought I was at Disney Studios."

 

[mom22bless]

Tusker House?

alright ive got a few funny things and not surprisingly enough both of them were said by people in my group.

First One: On our arrival night, my DFiance and I had dinner at Ohana and just as we were finishing up dessert the fireworks started. So Adam excitedly whips out his phone. When I asked what he was doing he said "I'm texting B (one of our friends who also had traveled with us) to tell him to 'look outside, We've got fireworks!'" What makes this funny is that B was back at our hotel, Port Orleans French Quarter. I just looked at him and shook my head.

Second One: We were taking a break in AK, sitting on some benches enjoying some fruit and lemonade. In front of us was a restaurant (i cant remember which one) that was supposed to look like and old beat down hotel. It had painted on cracks on the walls, "exposed brick", all the disney magic that makes things look worn down. I think somewhere on the building it was also written in run down faded writing "Hotel". A female companion of ours who was sitting next to me says quietly to herself "Oh that looks like a cool hotel, I bet it would be cool to stay there." I let it go at the time not quite sure if she was serious or not but a few days later I mentioned it. She was like "I wasn't joking, what do you mean it wasn't a real hotel." "I thought you could stay in the parks."

 

[ligirlz]

I just had to come on hear and tell what I heard as DH and I were walking around DHS by the Mickey Hat. We were in front of an older couple and their friends and the woman goes to her husband "What do you do in that ride" (pointing to the hat). The husband told her he didn't know. Then she goes "Do you slide down it" and her friend say "Maybe but how to you get in the ride". Dh and I were and he says to me I would love to see that ride one day maybe I will pitch it to Disney. I could not for my life of me stop giggling and now was looking at the hat to figure out how they would see it as a slide.

 

[momatater]

I was in the bathroom at MK 2 weeks ago and I heard a little girl (about 4-5) talking to her grandma in the stall next to me. She says "grandma, did you know I have a boy named Scottie in my class?" Grandma says "no dear, I didn't know that." Little girls says "I can't wait to go home and tell him they have toilet paper at the MK named after him!" After further investigation on my part...I realized the toilet paper dispenser has the name Scott on it (scott towels) Then the little girl goes on to say "Oh, and Grandma, if you think Scotty is a hottie, HE'S NOT!!!! Grandma was laughing and we all came out, I was still kinda laughing and grandma just shrugged her shoulders we all laughed a bit more.