Have you ever had a shock?

[Tina]

Ok... I just returned from the World and here's my shock. I was sitting outside the entrance to Rock N Roller Coaster at MGM on those horribly uncomfortable concrete benches, waiting for DH. A group of young 20-somethings walked past and one was rather large in the behind. She was wearing a very very very VERY small skirt. As she walked past, she kept pulling on the backside because it was riding up as she walked. The funny thing was, no matter how much she tugged on that thing, there wasn't enough fabric to cover that big ole booty. You could see her underwear as she walked. I can't imagine what she was thinking when she got dressed that morning! Now before anyone jumps on me about my mentioning this young woman's size, bear in mind that I have a big ole' booty of my own. The difference is, I keep mine covered in public!!

 

[DizBelle]

Regarding dogs in the parks: seeing eye dogs aren't the only kind of service dogs. People have companion dogs to help with anxiety or other conditions. Dogs can also be trained to alert someone to an impending seizure. So these dogs may very well have been service or companion animals.

I didn't know that! But it makes sense that a dog (or other pet) could help with anxiety. I wind down by sitting on the sofa petting one of my cats. I was telling DH that the one thing that would make my WDW vacation perfect would be to take the cats so they would be in the room at the end of the day when we returned from the parks and they could sleep with us in the bed. One of the more difficult things for me when we travel is adjusting to them not being around. We have 6 cats so there's always at least 1 around you in the house.

 

[88Keys]

Hey, Brack....

We live over by the Airpark near LakeForest Mall -- nice neighborhood.

 

[#1MMFan]

It always shocks me when I see girls around the age of 7 or 8 and they have their belly buttons pierced. A few years back we were told my a mom, I think they were from England, that it is normal over there for young girls to have them pierced. And here I didn't even get my ears pierced until I was like 15.

Not normal at that age here. Geez, how ridiculous. Like can you imagine the little girl saying "mummy, I wan't my belly button pierced?". I don't think so.

 

[#1MMFan]

88Keys: We lived in Gaithersburg for a few years until 1990. Our house was on Sioux Lane near the "bubble" pool & tennis courts. It is great town.

How cool. My best internet buddy lives in Gaithersburg, MD and I hope to eventually meet up with him. My cousins are in the Balt/DC area and so I have the potential for going over there easily enough. Have you or 88keys got photos of Gaithersburg? I'd love to see it. How big is the population? Dang, I should just ask my buddy, nick, I suppose, but what the heck, I'll post anyway!!! LOL

 

[88Keys]

Gaithersburg is a quickly growing suburb of DC (but equally close to Baltimore) -- it is primarily residential but has a nice parks systems. It is very diverse in terms of ethnicity and wealth-levels. All in all, pretty nice but not much to see -- for that, Baltimore and DC are hard to beat.

 

[Poohnatic]

Okay, my shock for the past two days is how many people live/lived near where I used to live (Frederick!), lol!

 

[pedro2112]

next surprising thing i seen was at AK on thursday. a man who was probably in his mid 20's with his hands in his pants scratching himself as he walked down a crowded street. he did it as if he didn't care if anyone watched. wasn't a pleasant site.

He probably was a professional baseball player

 

[brack]

How cool. My best internet buddy lives in Gaithersburg, MD and I hope to eventually meet up with him. My cousins are in the Balt/DC area and so I have the potential for going over there easily enough. Have you or 88keys got photos of Gaithersburg? I'd love to see it. How big is the population? Dang, I should just ask my buddy, nick, I suppose, but what the heck, I'll post anyway!!! LOL

I went looking for photos of Gaithersburg and found none. Then I thought of my favorite print hanging in our kitchen. It was a gift just before we left. The print is of the historic train station. I quickly took a picture of it and here it is.

 

[Poohnatic]

Brack, that's a great print! I used to drive by the old train station fairly regularly.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

He probably was a professional baseball player

hahahaha

 

[Cinderella94]

*bump* Keep 'em comin!

 

[mndisfam]

OK - I have a few shocks from our last trip. I have really hesitated posting the first one, bcs I really don't want to judge someone else's situation...

We had a great 2 bedroom condo at Old Key West overlooking one of the fairways. It was great bcs we could sit and watch the golfers up close. (To anyone who had my 9 yr old son yell "fore" I completely apologize. It took us some time to figure it out...)

It was pretty hot - Wilma was about to roll in. Easily 90 and very humid (well, to my Minnesota standards.) One late afternoon, my mom and I kept hearing the squalling cries of a newborn. Sounded about 6 weeks old. We looked around, and finally saw something that made us shake our heads.

A poor dad was trying to play a round of gold while holding his screaming tiny (less than two months old). He ALSO had a 4 year old boy with him - the kid was bored and acting like you would expect a 4 yr old to act on a golf course. Drawing pictures in the sandtrap with clubs, shaking a coke can and throwing and kicking it.

All the time, the dad is trying to chip and putt while holding a screaming little infant in his arms. There was no one else around, so he wasn't holding up play or anything. But the poor baby! At one point, he put the baby in the golf cart - where I can't imagine. And he tried to golf. Then, he held the baby in his arms, got the 4 yr old into the cart, and drove to the next hole.

All we could think were two things - 1) maybe he is the Old Key West pro and had to be out on the course checking grass conditions and had to have his kids with him or 2) his wife said take the kids somewhere and he was determined to golf.

He was out there - in front of us, about 20 minutes. I bet he NEVER takes his kids again. He looked pretty stressed!

 

[Disneyrsh]

Well, we decide not to move, since we were first and she obviously knows this. Then her husband comes down a few minutes later. We see her and her husband whispering and looking at us as if we are not supposed to be first. Anyway, Goofy finally shows up and my wife brings my son to Goofy's lap. The woman and husband scream that there is a line and we are not first. Luckily the photographer clicked away quickly and got my son done. The woman and husband continue yelling at us. At which point my wife, very upset says "F%$@ You and your matching Wal-mart dresses!".

That's hilarious! Ok, I know it's wrong, very, very, wrong, but still really funny...

I'm betting the people who yelled at you thought you were there for other reasons, saw Goofy, and decided to take advantage of the situation. I'm surprised the purser didn't say something to the people behind you, like, yes, they're on the list, and yes, they were here before you. It really would have solved the problem before you had to resort to the f-bomb.

 

[jojomg]

I too have seen crazy things , once in line for buzz a woman was so behind my 12 yr old neice she was leaning on her...I pushed my neice in front of me..well the lady took out her map and leaned it on my back and started pointing to things on the map...poking me....I was so shocked I didn't know what to do....but the thing about the babies is if you plan a trip in advance and don't know the baby is going to be there ....you have no choice but to cancel or take the baby..my son has a baby who will be 4 and a half months old when we go...we planned this trip last year before we knew about baby ..we are meeting alot of family from around the country..so we have to go and take the baby and hope for the best. We will be keeping her out of the sun though and spending alot of time in the room napping her..I hope it turns out alright..its my daughters 13th birthday in disney..

 

[Syrreal]

1. We were at Trails End having breakfast and there was this family next to us. The father was yelling at his teenage son (who was looking like he wanted to be anywhere else but there) bcs he was eating the (crispy) bacon with his hand. He was saying things like "I've already told you that's unacceptable. Eat it with your d.mn fork". This tyrade went on for more than 10 minutes. I felt so bad for the kid. I mean, come on, it's BACON. You're on vacation. Chill!!

2. Lot's of people wearing (skimpy) bathing suits in the parks. I know it's hot and the sun is out but please, keep the bathing suits for the water parks. Or at the very least put on a coverup.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

1. We were at Trails End having breakfast and there was this family next to us. The father was yelling at his teenage son (who was looking like he wanted to be anywhere else but there) bcs he was eating the (crispy) bacon with his hand. He was saying things like "I've already told you that's unacceptable. Eat it with your d.mn fork". This tyrade went on for more than 10 minutes. I felt so bad for the kid. I mean, come on, it's BACON. You're on vacation. Chill!!

2. Lot's of people wearing (skimpy) bathing suits in the parks. I know it's hot and the sun is out but please, keep the bathing suits for the water parks. Or at the very least put on a coverup.

That's so sad. I hate seeing parents so uptight in Disney. I also can't imagine eating crispy bacon with a fork! You would cut into it and it would shatter into a bunch of little bacon bits. What next? Lick your plate? That would have gone over even better!

Anyway, I am glad I'm going in December- I won't have to see too much of the half naked crowd. They will be forced to partially cover up at least.

 

[Cinderella94]

1. We were at Trails End having breakfast and there was this family next to us. The father was yelling at his teenage son (who was looking like he wanted to be anywhere else but there) bcs he was eating the (crispy) bacon with his hand. He was saying things like "I've already told you that's unacceptable. Eat it with your d.mn fork". This tyrade went on for more than 10 minutes. I felt so bad for the kid. I mean, come on, it's BACON. You're on vacation. Chill!!

My goodness....some people...

Can't wait to hear more stories!

 

[jann1033]

1. We were at Trails End having breakfast and there was this family next to us. The father was yelling at his teenage son (who was looking like he wanted to be anywhere else but there) bcs he was eating the (crispy) bacon with his hand. He was saying things like "I've already told you that's unacceptable. Eat it with your d.mn fork". This tyrade went on for more than 10 minutes. I felt so bad for the kid. I mean, come on, it's BACON. You're on vacation. Chill!!

:
so the bigger faux paux is Dad being loud and obnoxious and disturbing all the other diners or Dad not knowing legitimate finger food when he sees it( what does that say about Daddy Dearest's table manners btw) ?

 

[#1MMFan]

I went looking for photos of Gaithersburg and found none. Then I thought of my favorite print hanging in our kitchen. It was a gift just before we left. The print is of the historic train station. I quickly took a picture of it and here it is.

Hey 88keys and Brack!!! Thanks so much, I love the print. I live in the West of Scotland, and we have awesome scenery here, but when you live with it sometimes you take it for granted. I am hoping to work (temporarily initially) in the MD area (after I pass the USMLE) and am sussing out nice communities. I found some pics of Montgomery Village which is where my buddy lives. I've been out to my cousins who live in various places, Joppa, Baltimore, Aberdeen (MD, not Scotland!!!), Crofton and now Alexandria, VA. I couldn't handle being TOO close to them all tho! I absolutely love DC. Well, what I've seen of the nice part; it was always somewhere high up on my list of places to see. Nick tells me he can get into DC in 30mins on the Metro. Sounds cool. Well PM me sometime, either of you, it would be nice to talk more. Thanks again!!! John