Have you ever had a shock?

[Dislifer]

Ok, the most shocking thing happened to us last year while staying at the Polynesian. It was just me, my dd (14), and ds (9). We are just beginning to have dinner at Ohana. As soon as the food began to arrive, my dd says I don't feel good...at all...can I go back to the room. So, she had a cell phone and I told her to go ahead and I would get the waiter, pay up and follow her ASAP. She left. I was a nervous wreck that she was feeling ill and all alone walking back to our room. So, my son says should I go and make sure she is ok? So, I said..."yes, hurry up and catch up with her". I still haven't been able to flag down our waiter and then I would have had to pay the bill and all this takes forever when your in a panic hurry.
So, I call dd on her cell phone and say ds is coming....are you ok????
WELL!!!! The poor kid got out of the restaurant just in time she was throwing up by herself in the bushes walking back to our hotel room!!!
So, now she says she is back in the room...SICK AS A DOG!!! I ask her if ds is with her...she says no!!! UGH!!!!! so now I'm really panic striken!!!
Well, THANK GOD he ended up back in the hotel room a minute or two after (which under these circumstances felt like forever) and I was soon there too!!! These are the times you REALLY REALLY REALLY wish that there was another adult with you!!!

I would love to know other people's advice as to how they would have handled this situation...I mean if I made dd stay in the restaurant while I settled the bill...she would have definitely thrown up right there. I guess if (God forbid) this happened again, I would send the 2 kids together.

That was my shock I guess. I mean imagine seeing a young girl by herself, at night, throwing up in the bushes at the Polynesian!!!!
What an experience!

 

[Goobergal99]

Ok, the most shocking thing happened to us last year while staying at the Polynesian. It was just me, my dd (14), and ds (9). We are just beginning to have dinner at Ohana. As soon as the food began to arrive, my dd says I don't feel good...at all...can I go back to the room. So, she had a cell phone and I told her to go ahead and I would get the waiter, pay up and follow her ASAP. She left. I was a nervous wreck that she was feeling ill and all alone walking back to our room. So, my son says should I go and make sure she is ok? So, I said..."yes, hurry up and catch up with her". I still haven't been able to flag down our waiter and then I would have had to pay the bill and all this takes forever when your in a panic hurry.
So, I call dd on her cell phone and say ds is coming....are you ok????
WELL!!!! The poor kid got out of the restaurant just in time she was throwing up by herself in the bushes walking back to our hotel room!!!
So, now she says she is back in the room...SICK AS A DOG!!! I ask her if ds is with her...she says no!!! UGH!!!!! so now I'm really panic striken!!!
Well, THANK GOD he ended up back in the hotel room a minute or two after (which under these circumstances felt like forever) and I was soon there too!!! These are the times you REALLY REALLY REALLY wish that there was another adult with you!!!

I would love to know other people's advice as to how they would have handled this situation...I mean if I made dd stay in the restaurant while I settled the bill...she would have definitely thrown up right there. I guess if (God forbid) this happened again, I would send the 2 kids together.

That was my shock I guess. I mean imagine seeing a young girl by herself, at night, throwing up in the bushes at the Polynesian!!!!
What an experience!

I don't know, when I was 14 I was doing a whole lot more then just going back to the hotel room of a resort on my own. I could understand if it was your 9 year old but 14 seems old enough to me to walk back to the room sick or not. Then again, I was raised in the inner city and had my house key sewn into my uniform when I was 10 because my mom worked full time so I may not be the best advice giver in these scenarios because I was by no means a coddled child.

 

[Yookeroo]

My dear Yookeroo, disagreeing with your "science" is not irresponsible. And that isn't a particularly nice thing to say. The expression of different points of view on a scientific topic is covered under the concept of "free speech."

Really? Will you next tell me the the sun rises in the east?

Anyone can disagreee with anything. There are those who deny the holocaust. And those who deny evolution. And those who believe the Earth is flat. Doesn't make them right.

Though the idea of allowing people to disagree with you may gall you,

Don't quite know where you pulled this from.

I personally find that sort of politically correct censorship far more repulsive and hypocritical.

Censorship? Politically correct? Don't know where this is coming from either. Nowhere have you been censored. And I have no idea what makes the idea of global warming "politicaly correct".

Actually, given who's running the country, the poliically correct stance in the U.S. for government funded scientists (in the U.S.) might be to deny global warming:
Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him

Perhaps we can just agree to disagree. I won't call you a left wing nutjob eco-twinki nazi and you can refrain from calling me a right wing gun toting psycho irresponsible earth rapist. We can discuss the fine points of climate change over a cold draft at the Rose and Crown. I would understand if you opted to drink your beer warm... but thats fine by me. I'll even buy the first round.

My intent here is not to be abrasive, but conciliatory

A condescending lectures on the 1st amendment is a real sincere attempt.

- as we are all fans of things Disney. I would kindly like to point out that you have done what other supporters of the global warming point of view often do. They don't respond to the science of the argument,

What science? Of course, you've already poisoned that well with the claim that scientists only claim there's global warning for "politically correct" reasons. Kind of makes it easy to dismiss the arguments. You have failed to explain what the actual agenda is. And no, "funding" isn't good enough. Why do the "funders" want to find global warning? Why does everyone doing any funding of science have the same agenda?

You want cites? OK:
Greenland's Ice Sheet Is Slip-Sliding Away
Climate scientists Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley and Malcolm Hughes had concluded the Northern Hemisphere was the warmest it has been in 2,000 years.
Arctic ice 'disappearing quickly'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012801021.html
The EPA

rather they vilify all scientists who disagree with them -- calling them "irresponsible" or "wing-nuts" and make sure they are discredited or lose their funding. They don't tolerate dissent well. I'm sure that was not your intention, but regretfully the result is the same.

I honestly do not believe there is any need to worry about WDW being submerged by rising oceans in the next few centuries, if ever.

Maybe not. Maybe it's not people that are causing it. But how resposible is it to dismiss what the people who have studied this closely are saying on the small chance that they're wrong?

 

[Goobergal99]

I'll tell you what shocked me one year at Disney. I was 5 1/2 mos. pregnant with my very large unborn child. I also had two small children and two strollers. My DH and I boarded the bus, but we got seperated as everyone rushed on. He ended up being on the back of the bus with dd and stroller and I ended up on front of bus with ds, stroller, and dfetus. Well you think someone would let the pregnant lady with the kid and the stroller have a seat. But NOOOOO, healthy bodied men, women and teenagers just sat there and would not make eye contact. Finally, an elderly lady offered me a seat, but I said absolutely not. She didn't look too steady as it was.
Through the course of the ride, my ds wanted me to hold him, so I set the stroller down and tried to talk to him. Well the stroller ended up bumping some guy and he gave me the dirtiest look and made some noise like "GEEZ".
Ok, now the hormone crazed lady had had enough. I said loudly "I cant believe how rude people are nowadays. If we were back home, 10 people would have offered me a seat in my predicament and now I cant even get one!"
I guess I made some lady feel bad, so she picked up her kid that looked about 5 and set him on her lap and said I could sit down. I thanked her profusely and she gave me half a smile. Is this the way it is in our current times? If my kids are sitting and ANY adult needs a seat, I tell my kids to offer them a seat. Am I crazy or is everybody else?

I agree with you. I always give my seat up to preggo women and the elderly and my DH does the same. We get really aggravated when ppl are rude and don't give up their seats.

 

[Matt'sMom]

Really? Will you next tell me the the sun rises in the east?

Anyone can disagreee with anything. There are those who deny the holocaust. And those who deny evolution. And those who believe the Earth is flat. Doesn't make them right.

Enough already! This is getting extremely OFF TOPIC. Please take it to a personal level and PM or email if you want to continue your rants re: global warming, or a lack there of. OK?

Let's return to discussing DISNEY now, shall we?

 

[SnowWhite607]

I must say that I was pleasantly surprised at the number of people who got up or put their children on their lap so me or my DD5 could have a seat on the bus. And yes, we do the same if it is a child or someone elderly or preggo.

 

[WeluvDisney2]

Enough already! This is getting extremely OFF TOPIC. Please take it to a personal level and PM or email if you want to continue your rants re: global warming, or a lack there of. OK?

Let's return to discussing DISNEY now, shall we?

Thankyouverymuch!

 

[hayleypiesmom]

We stayed at Pop last month, and I only had a couple of "semi" shocking incidents.... one was really more aggravating, and the other, I'm hoping was a misunderstanding on my part.


On our first afternoon, we decided to save our ticket and not go into a park, so we just rode the bus to Magic Kingdom, and then rode the monorail through all the loops, just to see the castle, Spaceship Earth, etc...

All was well, until we stopped at the Contemporary, and two young boys (probably around 12-13) hopped on alone. They were so obnoxious!!! One stood on the bar dividing the car-- neither one EVER stopped yelling. At EVERY stop they jumped out, yelling at the CM at the stop, "Is this Magic Kingdom?!" At one point, the CM really got enough of them, and yelled back.

They also asked us (as we sat there minding our own business) where we were getting off. My dd8 said something like that we were just riding it around to look at things... they boy's answer was, "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard!!!" We just ignored them (hard as it was) until they FINALLY got to Magic Kingdom. What a long ride that was!!!

The other incident was at the Pop Food Court. It was a pretty busy time, and my dd and I were getting two snacks with our dining plan card. We apparently managed to get into the slowest line (I assumed a new cashier working.) We were in no hurry, so it was no big deal.

The cashier struggled to ring up the order in front of us. It seemed to take a VERY long time, but it finally went through. Then it was our turn.

Again, she had a TERRIBLE time with it. She tried one thing, then another-- asked me repeatedly how many people were on my card (3.) We were buying two snacks, so it shouldn't have been a big deal.... I'm a patient person, and I've many times been on the other side in these frustrating/ embarrassing situations, so I didn't think much of it....

The couple BEHIND us, on the other hand were no quite as patient. I'm not sure why they didn't change to another register, but the woman stood there making sarcastic remarks the whole time.....

THEN, (finally to my "shock" ) she handed her husband their dining cards, and said, "You deal with her." and took off with their huge trayful of food!!! I saw her sit down and start eating.

Well, her dh stood behind me, for another minute, or two, and then he joined her. I never saw either one of them "pay" for their food. My hope is that they were honest enough to settle up later.... I have a feeling they didn't, though.

 

[Yookeroo]

Enough already! This is getting extremely OFF TOPIC. Please take it to a personal level and PM or email if you want to continue your rants re: global warming, or a lack there of. OK?

Let's return to discussing DISNEY now, shall we?

You're right. My apologies for the highjack.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

for the LOVE OF GOD ! DISNEY shocking things. Not GLOBAL shocking things. Darian, looks like you owe another round of brewskies ;o) LOL

Shocking? you want shocking? The last time i went to WDW my hubby would take pics of me by various places (ie mgm ears, castle, splash mountain, characters...etc) well to see these pics you would wonder where i was. whats that brown thing behind me? oh its the tree of life. ....whast that grey thing behind me in the distance? oh the castle! LMAO! he cut EVERYTHING off! LOL LOL LOL!

 

[Corryn]

for the LOVE OF GOD ! DISNEY shocking things. Not GLOBAL shocking things. Darian, looks like you owe another round of brewskies ;o) LOL

Shocking? you want shocking? The last time i went to WDW my hubby would take pics of me by various places (ie mgm ears, castle, splash mountain, characters...etc) well to see these pics you would wonder where i was. whats that brown thing behind me? oh its the tree of life. ....whast that grey thing behind me in the distance? oh the castle! LMAO! he cut EVERYTHING off! LOL LOL LOL!

Hey, Kerry, You're Lucky!!! At least you get a photo of yourself During our vacations, I give my family the speech (and I have to do so often) :
When I die and you guys need photos of me at my wake, or if I die when my grandchildren are too young to remember me, or if I die and you're old and you want to remember what I look like, you won't be able to, BECAUSE NO ONE TAKES ANY PICTURES OF ME!!!! Mommy takes all these pictures of you and daddy, and daddy doesn't even care either. That's probably because if I die before him, it will be convenient for him not to have any pictures of me around so he can get over me and get a girlfriend faster......I go on and on.. .

Well, then my daughters will start snapping or my husband will, but it is ridiculous that I have to go to such measures. The Guilt Factor is one card that I don't use that often, but when I do, it works (with some reminding, of course!)

 

[LinnyLinny]

Well one of my big shockers at WDW's MGM Studios was when right in front of the sorcerers hat two grown adults around 21 or 25 start punching each other i was completely schocked with my jaw to the ground then one of the guys throws the other one on the ground and jumps on top of him and they start rolling around while slapping and punching each other and yet no CM tell them anything like to stop they just stand there and look then walk away it was a big shocker to me

 

[mitros]

Enough already! This is getting extremely OFF TOPIC. Please take it to a personal level and PM or email if you want to continue your rants re: global warming, or a lack there of. OK?

Let's return to discussing DISNEY now, shall we?

I guess it will be up to a moderator to tell us if we need a cease and desist order.

 

[crystalblue705]

I have a few things. We got back last week and had stayed 2 weeks. The main thing is the way people would just stop in front of you. My daughters were walking ahead of me when this guy in front of them stopped suddenly and assumed the John Travolta position( pointing upward) and at what??? Nothing was there that we could see. Actually, could have used this for Candid Camera to see how many people you could get to look up! Also there was this couple at the top of the stairway at The Land that blocked the way down. It didn't matter that people like us were waiting to go down, they were spread out at the top ,maybe wondering "Where am I,Who am I?'' They didn't notice that noone was on the stairs? Hmm. Wonder why there's nobody on the stairs? Be back later with a few more.

 

[KathyTX]

Someone called for a moderator opinion? Here it is:

The topic is "shocking things you've seen at Disney."

Political commentary is off topic for this thread.

Carry on.

 

[dwheatl]

Also there was this couple at the top of the stairway at The Land that blocked the way down. It didn't matter that people like us were waiting to go down, they were spread out at the top ,maybe wondering "Where am I,Who am I?'' They didn't notice that noone was on the stairs? Hmm. Wonder why there's nobody on the stairs?

Maybe they thought it was an escalator and they were stranded.

 

[crystalblue705]

Here's another one. We were at the Land again, this time at the Seasons food court. I was waiting for my daughters to get their food while sitting at the table eating mine. (I took priority that time and got to eat my food while hot. Yay) I like to people watch so I noticed a few teens at the table in front of me and it looked like they were trying to decide what to do next, ? go get food now .wait till later,etc. They get up and one of them stands still, while the others walk away, and starts reaching down into the front of his shorts and I'm thinking OMG what is he doing!!! He was digging for his........fannypack. Apparently he hid it in the front of his shorts so no one could see it,maybe he felt self-conscious with one,whatever. I was going into shock mode while it was happening. Whew! I wonder how many other people saw him that day and were wondering what was going to come out.

 

[Darian]

Here's another one. We were at the Land again, this time at the Seasons food court. I was waiting for my daughters to get their food while sitting at the table eating mine. (I took priority that time and got to eat my food while hot. Yay) I like to people watch so I noticed a few teens at the table in front of me and it looked like they were trying to decide what to do next, ? go get food now .wait till later,etc. They get up and one of them stands still, while the others walk away, and starts reaching down into the front of his shorts and I'm thinking OMG what is he doing!!! He was digging for his........fannypack. Apparently he hid it in the front of his shorts so no one could see it,maybe he felt self-conscious with one,whatever. I was going into shock mode while it was happening. Whew! I wonder how many other people saw him that day and were wondering what was going to come out.

Oh that is hysterical!!! I can just imagine the looks on the faces of people watching... "Dear Lord Martha, what is that guy pulling out of his pants?!?!?!"

 

[Darian]

I have a few things. We got back last week and had stayed 2 weeks. The main thing is the way people would just stop in front of you. My daughters were walking ahead of me when this guy in front of them stopped suddenly and assumed the John Travolta position( pointing upward) and at what??? Nothing was there that we could see. Actually, could have used this for Candid Camera to see how many people you could get to look up! Also there was this couple at the top of the stairway at The Land that blocked the way down. It didn't matter that people like us were waiting to go down, they were spread out at the top ,maybe wondering "Where am I,Who am I?'' They didn't notice that noone was on the stairs? Hmm. Wonder why there's nobody on the stairs? Be back later with a few more.

Oh crystalblue705!!!!! YOU got to STAY at WDW for TWO WEEKS?!?!? That is shockingly wonderful! I am soooo jealous!!!!! I bet you had a great time!

 

[crystalblue705]

Hi Darian. Yes we had a wonderful time. Actually, I manuvered a couple of extra days from work and had 16 days there. Tried for 3 weeks and I got the look. Took what I could get. We drive down from CT so I needed the extra time for that but they don't know that we drove straight thru so we could be there ASAP. Yahoo!!!! Works for me and I'll probably do the same next year. Seems like some people at work are getting the Disney "I wanna go" even my boss because I always have everything so organized and make it seem so simple. I got a million questions when I got back. Hey, as long as they don't go the same time as I do. Definitely not a vacation from work if they're showing up in my world.