Have you ever had a shock?

[NC State]

the worst shock i ever had at disney was over at mgm. we were all waiting in line at al's toy barn and they were doing character change over. unfortunately buzz couldn't come back out so we were told that he was off to save the world. the little kid in front of us was devestated but accepted that buzz has these things to do. but oh no the family in front of them went mad, the father was screaming that they had paid good money to come here and they wanted to see buzz. the CM tried to explain the rules but got called a dirty little *****. i was appalled at this, there was no need to be racist about it. afterall he could come back later.

We wonder what's wrong with our youths of today...it's bad parents.

 

[PrincessJasmine1972]

Oh my!

But what kind of a message was he sending her breast?

Sorry, I'm not ususally one to point out typos, but this one was so funny. It's a new kind of communication method. Breast messaging instead of text messaging.

Whew! It took me an entire week to read this whole thread.. and while it was entertaining..some of the shocks were terrible/disgusting..but some were downright funny! I hope one day I'll get to enjoy WDW..and if this thread is still around when I do..I'll be sure to post any shocks I see..

 

[Loves Disney]

Last summer we were in line for Soarin'. We ended up waiting 75 minutes and got on at midnight (EMH). While in line, there was this very obnoxious group (A women and two kids). The kids kept fooling around raming into others around them and at times screaming. Well, my dad had a rather large wound on his leg (from a bicycle crash) and it was healing well. The kids had nearly fallen into this wound of his without the least bit concern.

Had the kids fallen into it, it would have caused some pain for my dad (though he would never show it lol, naturally! ). And it would have caused it to open back up. My dad turned around and VERY politly asked the kids to be careful. After he looked away. the women pulled the kids over to her, motioned as if she was kicking my dad's wound and whispered to them to go over and kick him as hard as they could in his wound.

My jaw dropped! I couldn't believe what this women was asking her kids to do! I could expect this in the "real" world, but never in Disney! What was she thinking!!?? Is this how she wants to raise/teach those kids! I still can't get over some people's thought process...what DO they think??

 

[2 princes 1 princess]

Second was how many little kids I saw with harnesses and leashes on. They aren't dogs people! They're kids! Poor little things. I realize that sometimes it can be hard to keep a little one under control and close to you, but you just have to work with them a little. Kids do not need to be on leashes.

I happen to be a former "leash child"! In 1973 my parents had a harness on me when we went to WDW and I'm glad they did! I would always wiggle out of their grasp and run away. I don't remember it, but they have pictures. I've never had to use one with my two older kids, but my youngest is a different story. My mom says he is just like I used to be. We are packing a harness for this little guy for our trip this year! We've had some close calls allready and I'm not taking any chances!!!
If a parent is protecting their child and it kind and loving towards that child, who are you to say it's wrong to allow the child freedom to walk around a little without being able to dart away and endanger himself?
Please don't judge other parents! Were in WDW for crying out loud, it's not like were taking them to a bad place and tying them up or something!

 

[Corryn]

My son is 16 and does not cuss, not even the D word. At least not in my presence.

I did not start cursing until I had children!
The only time my 12 year old daughter cursed (at least that I know of - I wasn't born yesterday) was when we were down in Jensen Beach at a friends house. There was a spider as big as your stretched out palm on her shoulder/arm. She knocked it off and screamed the F word sooooo loud, I ran in there to start smacky smacky, then I saw that huge M-er F-er on the floor. I told her I would forgiver her, This One Time!!!!!
BTW, how would you kill a spider that big?

We sat there and watched it for about twenty minutes until we finally figured we better get this thing in a container! My girlfriend dropped a clear plastic bowl over it and when our husbands returned, Mike scooped it up between the bowl and a piece of cardboard and flushed it down the toilet.
We couldn't believe the size of that thing, and regretted just not putting a lid over it and sticking it in the freezer!

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

Cursing: I'm 26 and I rarely curse. I see how silly it sounds when people use those as their primary vocabulary. It sounds like you don't know any better words to choose. Sometimes I still choose them, though. I *never* curse in front of my parents. I said the d word in front of them once and I felt upset. My cousin's 19 and she curses at her parents and mine like it's nothing.

Leashes: I think people have a bad image because some look exactly like those dog harnesses. Maybe it's a leftover thing from the Industrial revolution. Ever see the pics of the poor children who were harnessed and made to pull barrows of coal/wood, etc.? The principle behind leashes is totally different now. That's why I like the ones that look like stuffed animal backpacks but still have the leash. It looks better and doesn't have that dog/ox image but is just as good at protecting the child and keeping them nearby. I'll look for a link to the picture of the cute animal backpack leashes.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I did not start cursing until I had children!
The only time my 12 year old daughter cursed (at least that I know of - I wasn't born yesterday) was when we were down in Jensen Beach at a friends house. There was a spider as big as your stretched out palm on her shoulder/arm. She knocked it off and screamed the F word sooooo loud, I ran in there to start smacky smacky, then I saw that huge M-er F-er on the floor. I told her I would forgiver her, This One Time!!!!!
BTW, how would you kill a spider that big?

We sat there and watched it for about twenty minutes until we finally figured we better get this thing in a container! My girlfriend dropped a clear plastic bowl over it and when our husbands returned, Mike scooped it up between the bowl and a piece of cardboard and flushed it down the toilet.
We couldn't believe the size of that thing, and regretted just not putting a lid over it and sticking it in the freezer!

You know, it disgusts me to no end when I hear kids cuss. But I would not have had a problem with your daughter on this occasion!!! I never say the F-word, but I probably would have if I had seen a spider like that!!!

 

[Mouse House Mama]

You know, it disgusts me to no end when I hear kids cuss. But I would not have had a problem with your daughter on this occasion!!! I never say the F-word, but I probably would have if I had seen a spider like that!!!

I probably would have made the S word in my pants as well!!!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I probably would have made the S word in my pants as well!!!

I think it's safe to say I would have needed a clean pair or drawers myself! I do NOT do spiders of any kind, big or small.

 

[Corryn]

I probably would have made the S word in my pants as well!!!

When I went running in, I was screaming, Who Said That!!!! But when I saw that spider, man was I shocked!!!

When my oldest was only a few months old, me and DH were in the mall window shopping. We would walk and stop, walk and stop, walk and stop. When we got out of one of the anchor stores and into the actual mall, my husband made it a point to stop at every single window. When we got to Florshiem (spelling?) I said, what the heck are you looking at?? He said, Corryn, that lady has been following us the whole time, every time we stopped, she stopped ten feet away from us. Look at her, she's waiting for us to put the baby carrier down.
My husband is now retired from working midnights as a NYC police officer in Jamaica, Queens and has an excellent sixth sense when it comes to stuff like this. When we both turned and looked at the lady, she hustled away.

After that, my girls ALWAYS wore the wrist leash harness WHENEVER we went to the mall!!!!!!! Forget what people say, I bore that child and no one is taking her away from me! I'm Momma Lion when it comes to my cubs - Beware!

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I too had a group of people "walk" surrounding me and my Mom when I had my oldest ds in a stroller. I think they were interested in my pocketbook. We managed to go into a store and stayed for a while and they finally left. All I could think was "If you mess with my kid I will beat you!!!" This was also at the mall. I wonder if we were at the same mall as you!

 

[dkostel]

Out of many trips to WDW I'd say I've only had 2 real shocks:
One, on an E ticket night, there was a 30 minute wait on Splash. There were 2 teenage girls and a boy (between 15-17) in front of us. During the course of the wait they talked to my 9yo niece about her vacation, school, music, etc. She was on cloud 9 as teenagers were paying attention to her. I remember thinking what great parents they must have to be such kind and well behaved teens. Well, then we get up to the cave right before the last turn & down the steps and one of them takes out a marker and is poised to write on the cave wall. Anyone else I probably would have been rude to about it but I just said "you don't want to do that, there are cameras everywhere." I was shocked that these otherwise perfectly behaved teens would think nothing of writing on a wall at DW.

On another occasion I was in line for RNR with my niece and there was a mom, her sister and daughter in front of us. Half way through the cue, her son comes over (he had to be 11-12) and asks for money to buy something, she said no. He starts having a tantrum, with his voice so high and whiney that I really couldn't get much of what he was saying, but it definately looked inappropriate for someone his age. I see his mom just getting angrier and angrier so we hung back a little as I knew she was about to lay into him. Instead of screaming the way a parent might, she uses her tanrum voice and starts screaming right back. It wasn't to point out how stupid he looked either, she was seriously having a tantrum. I suddenly developed technical difficulties with my shoelaces and let a couple of families get ahead of us. My niece was at the age where she would just say what was on her mind, and I didn't want her to incur the wrath of these people.

 

[catpaws007]

Heres a shocker.. 2 weeks ago, while at Islands of Adventure, We were waiting in line for "Spiderman" Let me tell you, thats the most busy attraction there! Its right in the front and always has a long line!! Well the line was soo long, we were outside right about to enter the building, having complete view of the street.. well there was a family, and this girl about 12. The 12? yr old girl was naked!!! Right in the middle of everyone!! No clothes!!!! I was so shocked, was afraid to look in that direction again! They were changing, or putting sunscreen on, or something... but NAKED! The Dad was changing too.. but i didnt stare at what went on next.

 

[sbpuckett]

Ok, mine is from summer 99 when Islands of Adventures opened. My hubby and I were in line for Dueling Dragons (I think) and witnessed this mother curse and berate her son (probably 8 or 9) because he was afraid to get on the ride. The CM's (don't know what they really call them at Universal) actually had to step in and try to calm the woman down. We truly thought she was going to break his arm or beat him or something and it just made us so mad. We just didn't understand why she would get so upset over a ride - and we are truly thrill ride fanatics.

 

[Ruana74864]

Don't let it get you down. I always laugh when I read about the "invisible disabilities" that some people have to deal with. Don't get me wrong. I totally agree that there are issues that people have to deal with that no one can look at them and see. I guess my problem is that these people are not concerned about the "invisible disabilities" of the other guests in line that they may be stepping in front of.

My 8 yo has major kidney/bladder issues and has to "go" without much warning. So, if another guest gets in the back of the line and then the bus pulls up and their family of 20 gets on first (this happened to me in June) and then causes my family to have to wait for another bus, this could be a problem. My dd may not be able to wait that long to "go". I am not saying that there don't need to be some concesions given to the handicapped. I just don't see any reason that they don't have to wait at all in line for the buses. If they are healthy enough to be in FL when it is 95 degrees outside, maybe they could wait for a bus.

I totally agree with you. In two weeks I will be going to the world. I do have a "invisible disability" which prevents me from standing for long periods of time. I will be using an ECV, but I do not expect special, move to the front of the line treatment. Just because I have a disability doesn't mean I WANT that special treatment. We are always saying don't treat us any different than you would anyone else when we are not at Disney World why should we change our minds when we are there.

 

[dwheatl]

Oh my gosh! I was just on another forum and a post made me relive a DL trauma from my childhood. When I was about 6 or 7, we were watching a parade on Main St. when Pluto came along. I was sitting on the curb, and he came over and growled and BIT me (I guess it wasn't a real bite, you know how character mouths are). As an adult, I told my husband about this, and he didn't believe me, but when our DD was about 6 or 7, it happened to her! I guess it's somewhere in the Pluto character handbook.
Also, another time when we took our kids to a Main St. parade, Pluto was in a wagon that was supposed to be from the dog pound, and he escaped with several real puppies. One of the puppies scrambled over to the little girl sitting next to my kids and relieved itself on her leg. As you might guess, our family now makes it a point to avoid in the parks. I love Pluto cartoons, though.

 

[bubba73]

This past week, I was at the World and saw something that I never in this world would have thought I would see out in public, let alone at WDW. Of course, I don't know what all was going in the scenerio but what I saw was a parent actually KICK their kid in the backside. I couldn't believe what I saw. I felt bad for the child but I also felt like going to that parent giving them a dose of their own medicine.

dwheatl - I know what you are talking about with Pluto. I was at a Character lunch just Friday at the Garden Grill inside of the Land in EPCOT. One of the times that Pluto made his way around to the table, he put his mouth over my head and it had the same soundtrack with the growling. It kind of freaked me out. I went along with it and laughed about it but it was somewhat weird.

 

[Living the Magic]

ok this happened this saturday at MK:

Ok so its been raining almost all day and now its full blown rain storm and me and my family were on TTA which we got to see Space Mountain with the lights on (that was a surprise!) so we go down only to find people blocking the TTA exit i mean really its not like we can wait on it its automatic and my son almost got crushed trying to get off! So im already getting mad so we decide to run to buzz since there is no line (everyone happens to be at the TTA exit) so we ride buzz and then we have to run to COP so we get in line and this lady has the guts to cut me!
This is how the convo went
"miss do u have a party up ahead?"
"no"
"well we were in front of you miss"
"i don't care were all going to the same place!"
Thats not the point! I just got soaked running from ride to ride and then you cut me! ugh what happened to manners?????
Disney in the rain is not fun at all
Living the magic

 

[DisneyHokie]

Most shocking things? Where do I start?

1) I saw a child sneeze into a buffet

2) While staying at the Boardwalk, my friend and I were relaxing on our balcony while a few loud, obnoxious guys started walking down below us. All of a sudden, 3 of them threw up at the same time! EWWW Exactly what I want to see before I go to bed.

3) Again, at the Boardwalk..I was about 12 years old and I heard a phrase I shouldn't even be THINKING until about the age of 20

4) The ol "My husband is up there!" line cutting routine

5) The ol "stoller on your heel" (I've experienced this about ten times and I am not a slow walker, lol). This is fine if they apologize but they look at you like it's your fault they hit you!

6) Not too long ago my bf and I were walking into Epcot behind this father pushing his daughter in a stoller. He pushed her far ahead of him and would run up to her stroller and catch her. Something that a child would do with their plastic shopping cart at home. I was rolling my eyes, worrying about the child's safety. Others around us were giving the "what is he doing?" eyes. The back of the flimsy stroller was heavy with bags and all of a sudden after one of his pushes, the stroller flipped backwards and hit the ground. The girl inside wasn't crying and I hope was alright. I hope he was on his way to first aide and not running from embarrassment when he took off with the stroller as fast as lightning speed. He left all his bags just laying on the ground. One of the on-lookers (to embarrass the man I think) screamed "You forgot all your things sir!" and handed him all the bags he had dropped.
The onlooker then joked with his friends and spoke in the child's point of view "How was your trip to Disney Janie?" "Oh my dad cracked my skull open while acting like an idiot!"
I had to laugh at that comment after such a tense situation

 

[Goobergal99]

Cursing: I'm 26 and I rarely curse. I see how silly it sounds when people use those as their primary vocabulary. It sounds like you don't know any better words to choose. Sometimes I still choose them, though. I *never* curse in front of my parents. I said the d word in front of them once and I felt upset. My cousin's 19 and she curses at her parents and mine like it's nothing.

I must admit, I have a truckers mouth , although I never curse in front of my child. My mom and I are very close so we curse in conversation about things but not at eachother . It must be my childhood, can take the girl out of south philly but can't take the south philly out of the girl, I guess