>> Funniest Overheard Comments Part II <<

[mirandag819]

I was sitting on the monorail and overheard a dad telling his wife and 2 kids..... okay when we get in the park you go get our FPs for Splash Mountain, you go gets ours for Space Mountain, You go get ours for that Toys Story ride (assuming he meant Buzz and not TSM or he was in the wrong park), and I'll go get BTMRR and we will meet back at the castle in 20 mins and then we can ride all 4 in a row. I bet they were pretty disappointed when they realized they had FPs for 4 different rides but only 1 person could ride each.

 

[mousefan1972]

Last December we were walking from PotC to Frontierland, in front of the Fry Cart. Overheard a guy on his cellphone while he rushed past us, "I didn't get the fastpasses for Pirates!" (pause) "I don't know; I couldn't find the machines!"

 

[posh*tots* resale]

I felt sooooo bad for this little boy on our last trip to MK. He couldn't have been more than 5 or 6. It was late in the evening & his father was trying to secure a spot for them to watch the Fireworks show by the castle. Now mind you....this is Sept. 2007, the heat during the day was UNBEARABLE, I guess Florida set records that year for the most consecutive days of +90 degree heat. This little boy was EXHAUSTED & didn't want to walk anymore & started to get whiney and cry. He just kept on crying that he wanted to go back to the hotel. The father grabbed him rather harshly by the arm....and screamed in his face, "Do you know how long your mother and I saved up to take you here? Now you are going to shut-up and stop crying and watch the show. Thats what we came here for!" I nearly cried! My kids were 18 months and 3 yrs old & "I" even knew their limitations. We missed a lot, but then again, we were on THEIR schedule.....not ours! If we didn't get to do something (which was many)....oh well...so be it. Lots of angry parents w/ little or no patience. When mine were napping in the stroller, I would sit & people-watch. LOTS OF FUNNY STORIES THERE!!!

 

[Quacktatty]

I overheard a woman ask a CM if POTC was a ride! And this was in 2007 when I thought everyone knew about it!

 

[anonymousegirl]

I was at DHS a couple of weeks ago, just at the start of the Spring Break madness. I was about to use my FP for TSMM (that I got by being at the gates before 8am (it was EMH am hour at DHS). A woman walked up and started to enter the FP door. The CM asked for her FP and she said "What's that?" He explained and she said, okay, where do I get one of those? It was around 11:30am and the CM explained that she could go get one but it would be for a later return time. She started to get annoyed and asked how come all "these people get to go now?" He explained that they'd gotten theirs earlier in the am. So she said she'd just go through the regular line because "I don't want to wait until 6pm to ride." He warned her the stand-by time was 90 mins and she totally freaked and ended up walking away in disgust. I just gave the CM a sympathetic shrug as he looked at my FP and let me pass.

 

[catne]

in a long line for Maelstrom (on an Epcot EMH, so it was about 10:00 P.M.) There were 3 people in front of us who obviously had never been to WDW before...making some of the usual mistakes about where the monorail goes and whether they'd be going over to "Disneyworld" tomorrow to eat at the castle. So they get up within a few people of loading, and one of them says..."Oh, gees, this looks like a boat ride. What's the point of that. We waited all this time for a BOAT!" Then she says to the very nice CM "Is this really a boat ride? In the Dark! Why should we ride a boat in the dark? Do you get all wet?" The CM tells her the ride is not in the dark and you don't get wet at all. The lady goes on to say "but it's dark outside, in case you didn't notice!" Then turns to her companions and says "I don't think she understood my English. Let's get out of here, they're wasting our time. Like there's anything to see on that dinky lake in the dark -- they even turned off the lites on the buildings at the end of Illustrations." And they walked off. After waiting 20 minutes. And not listening to the Americans behind them telling them it's not in the dark and it's not outside ride! Doh!

 

[dopeynme]

DH and I were in the rental car line. A woman at the counter was giving the guy a hard time because she had reserved a full sized car but wanted a vehicle that would seat 8 people. Then she says, "Does Disney have some sort of shuttle? Hmmf, how much does THAT cost?"

DH and I just looked at each other and rolled our eyes. That became our joke whenever we saw anyone who had obviously not done any research....

 

[mickeymouse1017]

I have to laugh everytime we are in the Magic Kingdom when I think about the guy that kept telling his family that he was not leaving without seeing the "dancing bear jubilee" first. I hope he got to see it because that memory always makes my day!

 

[disneymomofmyca]

I was at DHS a couple of weeks ago, just at the start of the Spring Break madness. I was about to use my FP for TSMM (that I got by being at the gates before 8am (it was EMH am hour at DHS). A woman walked up and started to enter the FP door. The CM asked for her FP and she said "What's that?" He explained and she said, okay, where do I get one of those? It was around 11:30am and the CM explained that she could go get one but it would be for a later return time. She started to get annoyed and asked how come all "these people get to go now?" He explained that they'd gotten theirs earlier in the am. So she said she'd just go through the regular line because "I don't want to wait until 6pm to ride." He warned her the stand-by time was 90 mins and she totally freaked and ended up walking away in disgust. I just gave the CM a sympathetic shrug as he looked at my FP and let me pass.

This reminds me of a similar story of not understanding the FPs. We had our FPs for the AK Safari and our return time ws 2:00 pm. We were patiently waiting by the entrance for the FP clock to strike 2 and there was this women just crazy upset because she didn't understand why the CM wouldn't let her in the FP line even though her return time was around 3:00 pm. She didn't understand that you couldn't return until the time on the FP and she didn't care that the nice CM was trying explain it to her. She really got upset while my family watched and waited. When the FP clock struck 2 we handed the CM our passes and strolled on in. The upset women got so disgusted at this she stormed off with some loud choice words for the CM. I was glad the CM stood her ground and remained calm and happy throughout the scene.

 

[Brian_WDW74]

I've merged a new thread into the previously existing thread.

 

[inkkognito]

I think that if anyone was about to enter AK, they would have found out that it had real animals before they decided to go there. I wouldn't think most people would just pick a random place to vacation without knowing a single thing about it.

Here in Orlando a few years back, there was an AK commercial with the tag line Zatazu (sp), pronounced "Not a zoo," and they made a big deal out of that catch phrase. I can see where the seed might be planted with someone who saw that commercial...then they arrive, see all the live animals, and think, "But they said it was NOT a zoo!"

Once in the Soarin' line I had a funny experience not because the guests were clueless but simply because they were taking the warning signs very literally. I can't remember how they are worded, but they say the ride makes fast turns and drops or something like that...very CYA...makes it sound almost like a roller coaster. The guests had thought it was a tame ride, so when they started reading all those warnings they were getting very worried. I managed to convince them there was nothing to worry about...I ended up sitting next to them and they loved it. I never really thought about the sign but once I actually read it I could see where it might worry someone who doesn't know the ride!

 

[pkondz]

Every time that I am at Disney, I hear a newbie say something that makes me laugh. Here is my one from this week... I was heading into Soarin with my FP. The standby had a wait time of 85 minutes. As I was walking up, a lady walks up to the CM by the entrance and asks " Is that wait time 85 secs?"

I would think about that periodically during my trip and just crack up!!

I wonder how many people would like to see wait time 5100 seconds! Or how many people would start counting them down!

 

[cheerforchelsea]

Waiting in line to ride Dinosaur at AK (we were in the room with the giant skeleton) a little boy about 5 was busily asking his father about the different dinosaur bones. (The family was from England so you will have to imagine their beautiful accent as they spoke.) The father carefully point out the dinosaur's head, feet, tail.......and then the little boy said " if that bone is his tail then that other bone must be his "willie".

 

[matt&jakesmom]

Waiting in line to ride Dinosaur at AK (we were in the room with the giant skeleton) a little boy about 5 was busily asking his father about the different dinosaur bones. (The family was from England so you will have to imagine their beautiful accent as they spoke.) The father carefully point out the dinosaur's head, feet, tail.......and then the little boy said " if that bone is his tail then that other bone must be his "willie".

Too funny!!!

Not sure if I had posted this or not. I recently was going thru my photoalbums from prior trips. I write up a report of our trip and had included this. We had just seen It's Tough to be a Bug. There was a mom and a boy around 3 walking ahead of us. All of a sudden he started picking at his butt and then like "digging" in there. The mom then noticed and said what are you doing and he said "mom I think those bugs are still there" Well we couldn't help but out loud laugh.

 

[AbbyPan]

Ahh.... on it's a small world, the people who try to name each country/continent they see... get to the last room and "Iceland! No, Greenland! Yeah, it's Greenland!)

HILARIOUS!!!

I have to admit we've done ridiculous stuff in the past when we just didn't know any better...

Our first time riding TTA was quite eye-opening. WE (all 7 of us) didn't realize that TTA is usually empty...and so there's no need to pack into one car.

WE ran to the first empty car we saw, again not realizing that there were empty cars everywhere, shoved ourselves in and when the door closed were packed like sardines. We look at each other, and the CM’s, who were staring at us in confusion btw, we see how ridiculous we look all cramped in one car. All you see are blank stares, and the quiet creeking/rolling of the car wheels…and all we could think of was: “WE’RE IDIOTS!!”

 

[hgbluesparkles]

I can't remember how they are worded, but they say the ride makes fast turns and drops or something like that...very CYA...makes it sound almost like a roller coaster. The guests had thought it was a tame ride, so when they started reading all those warnings they were getting very worried. I managed to convince them there was nothing to worry about...I ended up sitting next to them and they loved it. I never really thought about the sign but once I actually read it I could see where it might worry someone who doesn't know the ride!

My DH was the same way! He's a ride weenie and for some reason was very concerned about Soarin'. Those signs had him turning to me and freaking out but once he went on the ride he loved it!

Funniest quote on my honeymoon was when the kid in front of us in Living With the Land said to his mother, "I thought this was supposed to be a scary ride!" No clue how he got that idea but he was disappointed in the ride to say the least. On the other hand, as adults we enjoyed it!

 

[pampam]

HILARIOUS!!!

I have to admit we've done ridiculous stuff in the past when we just didn't know any better...

Our first time riding TTA was quite eye-opening. WE (all 7 of us) didn't realize that TTA is usually empty...and so there's no need to pack into one car.

WE ran to the first empty car we saw, again not realizing that there were empty cars everywhere, shoved ourselves in and when the door closed were packed like sardines. We look at each other, and the CM’s, who were staring at us in confusion btw, we see how ridiculous we look all cramped in one car. All you see are blank stares, and the quiet creeking/rolling of the car wheels…and all we could think of was: “WE’RE IDIOTS!!”

You have a very funny way of describing things. Very visual. I loved your post.

 

[teddygurlkeekee]

subbing!

 

[SafetyPinndSally]

This past February my DH and I were on our Disneymoon and we were waiting in line for the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor and we're all squished in there when over the small chatter I hear this...

"Why do we have to be so close together?!" a woman, I guess, had taken it upon herself to ask this of a CM who was posted at the inside door to the attraction and I'm sure he was probably rolling his eyes at this woman's overly obvious question. He looks at her and says,
"Welcome to the Magic Kingdom Ma'am where personal space has no meaning and the person next to you (which just happened to be my DH) is your new best friend."

I could not help myself and I just cracked up right there, especially after seeing my DH's face, and I got the nastiest look from that woman and I was so grateful that we did not see her for the rest of the day.

 

[Pollito916]

"Welcome to the Magic Kingdom Ma'am where personal space has no meaning and the person next to you (which just happened to be my DH) is your new best friend."

That's great!