Funniest things our children have done at Disney World

[Wall-E1]

I'll start this thread out with an incident at Animal Kingdom.

On my son's very first trip to Animal Kingdom, back in 2003 (he was eight at the time), we were visiting Rafiki's Planet Watch. We were in the petting zoo area. I was snapping a few pictures of some of the animals, not paying full attention to my son. Well, I hear a gasp and some giggles from other guests. I turn to see where the comedy is, and they are laughing at my son. He is picking up the goat poop balls off the ground (you know, they look kind of like Cocoa Puffs, but without the chocolately flavor) and trying to feed the goats. They, of course are turning their heads, wanting not to snack on their own excrement. (In my son's defense, this was his first time ever to a petting zoo, or seeing a live goat. He had been living a sheltered life until very recently, at that time. I had just adopted him six weeks before the trip, and up until that point, he was living in various foster and group homes). Anyway, I was frozen. My situation is this. I love seeing people do stupid things and would be fully enjoying this, if only it weren't my own son. You see, I'm very germ-phobic. So, as I was thinking about how funny it was, I was also thinking that I would never be able to hold his again, EVER! He would now require a "Silkwood" scrub down to get rid of all the cooties that he had just come into contact with. It took everything I had, to kneel down close to him (but not close enough where he could reach over and touch me) and explain that he was not picking up food, but rather poop. He smiled and turned a little red, looking at the giggling and pointing people around us. I was bursting with pride at that moment. How could I not be? This was my "parent moment". Parents, you know what I'm talking about - that one moment in your child's life when you realize, "my child is really advanced". This was my moment. I always bring up this story at family functions, to his friends, and anywhere else where I can think of embarrassing him. It's something I can hold over his head forever. Enjoy the pictures below. They were snapped mere moments before the incident.

 

[java]

Remember that awful cake castle fiasco of the 90's? When the castle was transformed into a huge pink "cake"
Well my then 3 year old runs up to the castle so excited. We are turning around to snap a picture all the while debating if we like it or not. and then it happened.
He Licked the Castle!!


He thought it was real cake. I had my "let it go" moment instead of freaking out about germs ect. (and I am a germaphobe that wishes they had a hand sanitizer shower)

Well this child is now 15 and has a fantasic immune system. We attribute it to licking the castle at Disneyworld.

 

[NikitaZee]

When my daughter was 2, she did several things on one trip that made us cringe. We were walking past one of the housekeepers at the Polynesian, she said 'aloha' to us and my daughter said 'You! Lady! Clean room!'. It's funny now, but not then it wasn't. Another day at Epcot, we were watching the fireworks when a man stepped in front of her stroller and stood there. She took the mask she had been making at the Kidcot stations, stood up in her stroller and started beating the man over the head with it. He turned around and covered his head, my husband ran over to get the mask from my daughter, and I turned around in laughter - I couldn't help myself. The man walked away, and my little girl sat back down and finished watching the fireworks.

 

[Rora]

Remember that awful cake castle fiasco of the 90's? When the castle was transformed into a huge pink "cake"
Well my then 3 year old runs up to the castle so excited. We are turning around to snap a picture all the while debating if we like it or not. and then it happened.
He Licked the Castle!!


He thought it was real cake. I had my "let it go" moment instead of freaking out about germs ect. (and I am a germaphobe that wishes they had a hand sanitizer shower)

Well this child is now 15 and has a fantasic immune system. We attribute it to licking the castle at Disneyworld.

ADORABLE!

 

[Wall-E1]

Remember that awful cake castle fiasco of the 90's? When the castle was transformed into a huge pink "cake"
Well my then 3 year old runs up to the castle so excited. We are turning around to snap a picture all the while debating if we like it or not. and then it happened.
He Licked the Castle!!


He thought it was real cake. I had my "let it go" moment instead of freaking out about germs ect. (and I am a germaphobe that wishes they had a hand sanitizer shower)

Well this child is now 15 and has a fantasic immune system. We attribute it to licking the castle at Disneyworld.

Just think about all of the other little boys that had previously run up to the castle and licked it in that precise location. I'm leaving the girls out of this because they tend to be smarter than boys and would not partake in such foolishness.

 

[tzolkin]

Last year when my DD was 4 we were riding the bus back to the resort from DTD. She had just bought a small Minnie doll. She was holding Minnie by the feet and rubbing her up and down and twirling her on one of the posts you hold onto. DH and I looked at each other and then at the group of people (early-20s) across from us who were all smiling and trying not to laugh. I quietly said, "Honey, don't do that" and she loudly replied, "But Mommy, Minnie loves to dance on the pole". At that point everyone could not contain their laughter including the driver. My kids could not figure out what was so funny.

 

[Wall-E1]

Last year when my DD was 4 we were riding the bus back to the resort from DTD. She had just bought a small Minnie doll. She was holding Minnie by the feet and rubbing her up and down and twirling her on one of the posts you hold onto. DH and I looked at each other and then at the group of people (early-20s) across from us who were all smiling and trying not to laugh. I quietly said, "Honey, don't do that" and she loudly replied, "But Mommy, Minnie loves to dance on the pole". At that point everyone could not contain their laughter including the driver. My kids could not figure out what was so funny.

You know what they say. Kids emulate their parent's behavior. Anything you want to share with us?

 

[AmazingGrace]

When we went on Benji's wish trip, we got dinner ressies at the Bier Garten. Grace was about 4 at the time and was all about meat. Burgers, hot dogs, meatloaf, bacon, you name it, she was a meat eating girl. So she was all excited because the buffet featured meatballs. We go up there to fill her plate and alas, the meatballs were gone!! OMgosh!!! She was just devastated, started yelling and screaming, "where are my meatballs? I want meatballs. I took her to the ladies room and calmed her down and whe she came back out, there were more meatballs. I guess it was one of those you had to be there scenarios, but here's this chubby cheeked baby girl with big blue eyes, and her princess hat just going off about meatballs. It didn't seem too funny at the time, but looking back, it was hilarious!!

 

[Wall-E1]

I have another funny, magical vacation moment to share about my son.

On our first night at the hotel, I sent my son to take a shower. He comes out thirty minutes later absolutely glistening. I mean he looked unusally moist from head to toe. "What did you do in there?", I asked as I felt his hair and face. Sure enough, his hair and skin were slick to the touch. I checked in the shower and saw that my son had washed himself with the bottle of body lotion. I explained to him that he would have to get back in the shower to wash off the lotion and rewash with body wash instead. Of course my son, always up for a debate, countered with the fact that he already smelled like spring sunflowers, so there would be no need to go back in.

p.s.- Notice that I did not give the name of the Disney Hotel There is a reason for this. This did not happen at one Disney Hotel. This happened at several Disney Hotels. It was almost a family tradition for a few years. The first night, my son would wash with body lotion, causing me to lecture him, which in turn opened up the evening debate. The vacation for us never truly started into this first night ritual. Fortunately, he has not done this in the past couple of years.

 

[Bitsmommy]

Being first time parents and having a newly potty trained son, who was about to turn 3, we thought that we could handle Disney World without the use of Pull Ups. BIG misconception!! We were prepared for the first accident, we had a change of clothes, ect. So, he had an accident, we cleaned him up, went in for our reservation at Tony's 15 minutes later. We had just ordered. Then, the flood gates opened!! HE PEED ALL OVER THE BOOTH. We had no extra clothes as we had already used them, a very wet child and a very wet booth and floor. DH had to go to a gift shop and purchase pj's for our son to wear as there were no pants in his size, besides the pjs. I had to use napkins to clean up the pee and put them in a bag. I tried to tell the server what happened, but she just looked at me with a blank stare. So, if you were there in September of 08, yes the booth smelled like pee and I AM SO SORRY!!!

 

[phillmolly]

I have a good one...

We were in Epcot with my 4 yr old nephew and we were walking around the world, I forget excatlly where we were, somewhere around the mini railroad. Anyways my DN says to us, four grownups, "hey guys I gotta p**p", so we start heading towards the restrooms. Every few minutes DN reminds us that "hey guys, I really gotta p**p" So after a few minutes its "hey guys, did you forget that I really gotta p**p, cause I really gotta p**p, HEY GUYS I REALLY GOTTA....I P**PED!"

Luckily my SIL had a change of clothes for him and was able to get him cleaned up, but we still laugh about it! My DH and I will just look at each other sometimes and say "hey guys, I gotta p**p" and we just crack up!!!