Have you ever had a shock?

[TigrLvsPooh]

WOW! That is horrible. I don't blame you for being stunned, I probably would have been also. It's sad and sickening to think of people hurting their own children.

On another topic, I can't believe this thread is still alive! When I originally posted I had no idea it would go on like this. WOW!

 

[epcotfan]

I was at WDW a few weeks ago. My mother and I decided to dine at Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch. When we made the priority seating at the restaurant the host asked for how many and where we were from. We simply said Canada. I thought they were just asking for marketing/demographic reasons. I had forgotten that when you were called to your seating they announced, "Here ye, here ye, please welcome so and so from the great state of (insert your state/country here"

Anyhow we are waiting to be called and here the various hosts call out, "Here ye, here ye, please welcome the Jones family from the great state of California, etc..." This went on a few times and finally we were called. The host said, "Here ye, here ye, please welcome the XXXXXX family from the great country of Canada" So just as that is said and we get up to go to our table this woman in the waiting area bursts out laughing at the statement. Like loud obnoxious laughing. She hadn't laughed at any of the state families that were called out. I just thought that was incredibly rude! If you don't like Canada fine but have some freaking manners and keep your opinions to yourself.

 

[cam-89]

lol......my cousin actually told me this one. He wasn't feeling too good, so he was resting in his room when he hears this person talking on the walkie talkie in his room (he thought it was me playing a joke on him.) and the person says "Hey Jim, come on up! I've got 2 naked women in the room!" What goes on in the Lodge at night?!

 

[CdnDisneyFan]

Actually, yes I have had a shock!!! The day before DM and I left, I was looking in the room for a resort postcard to take home with me, (they had none), when I decided to look in the bible, maybe someone had stuck one in there as a bookmark or something, but when I opened it up, I looked down, and nearly barfed, someone had written profanities in it!!! Talk about sacreligious!!! I hurried down to Guest Services with it, and boy Noel the CM was so apologetic about it. Didn't get any postcard, but not a fun thing to find last day of vacation!!!!

Jules

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[gillis95]

Been shocked a couple of times!! Once in EPCOT we saw an older gentleman (70's) with a life size Kermit puppet on his hand making it 'talk' walking with - I don't think I'm assuming - a prostitute. She was 20-30 something in spike heels and a slinky black and red dress. I think they were playing 'Mommy and son'! Everyone was staring at them.

We were waiting for our Minnie's Breakfast at Poly when a young girl comes running by and stops right in front of my DH sitting on a bench and pukes - slightly splashing his shoes. My DH just smiles at me and says'excuse me' and bolts to the BR himself..needless to say breakfast was not that great!

We shared a bus to AK with a family: Dad and twin dtrs (11ish) and dad's brother I think (they looked alike) and other young boy. Dad continued to yell and say terrible things to one of the girls. How she was ruining the vacation and other mean things. Giving her really terrible looks. Then being so sweet to the other twin. I felt so bad for her. My DH and I wanted to take her with us! We never saw her do 1 thing that would cause such treatment. The crazy thing was we kept running into that family throughout the day and dad was still doing it. Poor girl.

 

[disneysteve]

Ok, I haven't read all 26 pages, but here's my story.

We were in EPCOT several years ago. There was a family - Mom, Dad and toddler son (less than 3 years old). The stroller was parked on the sidewalk. The Dad and son were on the grass (where you aren't supposed to walk anyway) and the son had his pants down and was urinating on the ground. To make matters even worse, Mom was nearby videotaping the whole affair! Really makes you wonder about folks when you see something like that.

Steve

 

[Goofymum]

I was at Disney with my parent's, my sister and DS in 2000. We were at MVMCP when we stopped to use the restroom. My mom who has had multiple knee surgeries opted to use the larger handicap accessible stall..not to mention it was the only one available. A woman with a little girl in a wheelchair came in and the mother kept trying to peek into the stall to see who was in there. When my mom was finished the woman started yelling at my mom telling her she shouldn't be using that stall and shouting obscenities at her. When my mom came out of the bathroom the woman followed her out still yelling, she then went back in and my sister who was angry that someone would speak to someone like that at Disney went into the bathroom only to get the same earful. If the little girl had been in there before, my mom would have gladly let her use the stall first.

 

[Hollymom1229]

My Sis, Best Friend and I were at WDW in July 2001. Understandably for the time of year the parks were crowded. We were at MK and decided to ride the carousel because it had a short line, less than ten minutes. We went running to the back side by the exit and got on our horses. A man came in through the exit with his two kids and put them on the carousel. We knew he wasn't handicapped, because he purposefully waited until the CM had passed by on final checks before coming in. In my nicest tone I said "Sir, the line is on the other side, that's the exit." So he gave me the finger and had his kids ride the carousel. I'm not much on confrontation, but I still wish I'd turned him in to the CM.

 

[kandmwedding]

Whew.... that was a long, funny, sad, disgusting 26 pages. But, well worth the read!

Now, my story...

My Dad, Mom, sis and I had been waiting over 2 hours to ride Test Track (even with FastPass). We'd gotten almost to the front of the line - you know the big room where you line up around the outside before they let you in to take your seats. We were about halfway around the room when the lady from the very back drags her son up to the front of the line and tries to push her way in. My dad yelled something like "Wait your turn - the line's back there". The lady replied "You wait - like you waited at Auschwitz". Thats right, she was telling us to wait like we apparantly waited at the German concentration camp. I'm not sure if she thought we were Jewish (and was being anti-Jew) or if she was Jewish and was trying to allude that we (Americans) waited too long before doing anything. I think it was the latter, which was really obnoxious being that my grandfather fought in WW2 to stop the injustices going on. Neither my family, nor she or her son looked Jewish, so it really made little sense. Not the end of the world, but definitely a shock!

 

[minniestheone]

We were in line for Peter Pan's Flight and you know how that line is. This older foreign couple is "making out" in front of us while our 8 year old son stared. We were trying to distract him but the way the line is, that was virtually impossible. ANYHOW, they finally stopped and the woman then proceeded to take out a toothbrush, put toothpaste on it and brush her teeth in line. She took a sip of her husband's water, swirled it in her mouth, then spit it on the ground where she was standing! My husband lost it and went off but she acted as if she didn't understand him.

 

[mmausse]

Ok, I'll bite altho' I admit I only read the first 3 pages. It seems that I am always a witness to something strange when I visit the World. Y'all be the judge:

During my trip in October 1996, I went to Typhoon Lagoon. I just wanted to relax on those innertubes that float around and go thru the caves. There was a couple also lounging but when he got drenched by the ice water he jumped up - he was TOTALLY naked. He yelled something in French to his female companion, who I now noticed was also nude. I paddled as quickly as I could to the next lifeguard station (in actuality, I dove out of my tube and swam REAL FAST). The CM couldn't believe my story until she saw them float au naturale by. She blew her whistle and jumped in the water with a towel - she asked me to give her the radio (which she'd forgotten). The couple clearly did not think they had done anything wrong. The CM kept repeating - no, this is America, MUST HAVE CLOTHES! Then a whole bunch of CMs showed up and led the couple wrapped in big towels back to the entrance. The man pointed to the sign with the rules. He was right - at the time it said nothing about requiring a bathing suit. I watched the CMs put up big signs that day saying bathing suits were MANDATORY. The signs were changed within 2 days.

Same time - new story. I was staying at GF in Sugar Loaf Lodge. It was very late at night when I returned to my room (like2am). I was vacationing alone and anxious to get sleep. At first I thought I was dreaming. Around 245am, I turned over in bed and there was someone else in it.......with me. It took me a few moments to realize that I was awake and this was no dream. I screamed and jumped out of bed (or rather flew). There was a really old man sound asleep in my bed. My scream did nothing to wake him so I tried to used the phone and the line was dead. I grabbed some sweat pants and sweatshirt, my purse, and my room key and went to the lobby of the Lodge to call for help - that phone too was dead. Not wanting to leave a total stranger in my room, I began knocking on doors of other guests. the first 3 rooms, they checked their phones and they were dead too. Fortunately, the 4th room (& to be honest, my loud knocking had pretty much woken up the whole floor) they called the lobby and they sent security down. The old man had wandered from his room for some unknown reason. HOW, you are asking did he get in mine? GF explained that sometimes the keys get coded alike for different rooms because there were only SO many codes. The funny thing is his wife didn't miss him. GF upgraded me to a different room and lodge that night to make amends but eew.

And lastly, last December I spent a month at WDW. But for a week in November I went to Universal. I don't know HOW that park stays open - it is NOT Disney in any way, shape, or form, but I digress. At Universal, a man and his teen-age son were sitting on a bench and the man was showing his son something in a backpack. The son, being a teenager, took it out. It was a small black box - rather non-descript, until the boy aimed it at some birds and I realized it was a TASER - a stun gun. It sends electric shocks to anyone or thing it touches. I WAS SHOCKED AND APPALLED! Apparently the Universal security checks aren't that great. I found a Uni employee and told them what I had seen. The guy, arounf 30, said so what. It wasn't a gun or a knife so they were told by management to leave it. I showed him my federal badge and said that it would be advisable for Universal to show some spine and escort the man or take the taser or I'd get in touch with some friends who might take a lingering interest in Universal. I am NEVER going back to Universal!!!!!NEVER EVER.

 

[Aquagirl]

I would have had a heart attack if I found some old guy in bed with me. I can't believe that he didn't wake up!!! Why were the phone lines down? That is so scary.

 

[FFerret]

mmausse--all I can say is WOW!

and this made my day :
"or I'd get in touch with some friends who might take a lingering interest in Universal"

 

[DisneyDiver]

Well, I know I've posted in this thread before, but I thought I might share what I think of all this.

Firstly, a lot of you people show REMARKABLE restraint. When someone jumps me in a line, I let them have it (verbally of course, no swearing, it is Disney after all!) - I firmly remind them that you queue for a reason, and if that doesn't work, then I tell them that I wouldn't hesitate to go and get a CM. Usually does the job.

Frankly, if you people ever went skiing in the French Alps, then you'd faint... Queue skipping is a way of life out there - every man, woman and child for themselves!

 

[arminnie]

I read every page wondering if I would read about someone who saw some some fools driving up and parking behind the NY taxicab parked in the fake street at All Star Movie resort.

Several years ago, I arrived very late at MCO and my cousin and aunt who had arrived earlier picked me up. We drove to ASMo. It was fairly new then, and we had not been there and were not sure where to go.

We saw a turn in and drove around the building and parked behind the taxi. It seemed odd that there were no other cars there. I went with my aunt to go take the suitcases to the room. My poor cousin then tried to leave. She said she drove around the swimming pool several times trying to find a way out while the people in the pool stared in disbelief.

The next morning we looked out in the daylight hours and realized to our horror that we had turned on to a SIDEWALK. I promise that NO alcohol was involved whatsoever. I thought that we were going to fall off the walkway when we realized what we had done.

For the rest of the trip (and for many years later) it has been a family joke about driving right up to the building.

 

[DrTomorrow]

In a few weeks I'll be at WDW, and I bet I'll experience something to share on this thread. Unfortunately, it'll probably be another urinating child, not a naked Frenchwoman.

 

[jann1033]

that was by far the best! (now that's a "wrong turn"!) too bad it wasn't at universal (LUCY)

 

[PTarbay]

We were at Disneyland in February.We were eating in a restaurant near Indiana Jones.A family sat down next to us and they could not stop coughing.They were all sharing 1 meal(5 people)The son complained about 1 of his sisters coughing on the food and the mother replied dont worry about it we all have bronchitis anyways.As I went to move farther away from them the daughter coughed all over my food.The father looked at me and said sorry ****happens.We left our food and ate at another restaurant.

 

[RickinNYC]

My own "shocking" story took place at the Biergarten in Germany at Epcot. My partner, friends and I were enjoying the environment until the show ended. It seemed that every single child in the joint decided that the staging area was a playground. That's now what surprised me in the slightest. In fact, the kids were acting fairly goofy and having fun that it added to our own fun.

One child in particular, who was by far one of the oldest (she looked to be about 10 or 11) took it upon herself to use the entrance to the stage as her own. Unfortunately for me, I happened to be seated right there. She wouldn't just slip past my chair and the chair behind me. She muscled her way in, slamming our chairs to get by. Not once, not twice but over and over and over again.

At first I put it off to her excitement and ignored it. I just figured she was a little girl and was running on Disney excitement. But when she kept it up, and made me spill my beer on myself, then my food onto my lap, I tried to put a stop to it. I quietly told her to please not shove or push, but to simply slide by, and I used the nicest "grown up" smile I could muster.

What did she do? She screamed out "NO!" And SHOVED my chair as hard as she could. And it wasn't to get by this time. She just shoved and then shoved again with this look of utter fury.

I should mention that there was about a foot space between my chair and the chair behind me to get by.

That did it. I asked her where her parents were and she immediately tapped the man right behind me and said in a lound, whiny voice, "Daddy, this man is yelling at me and won't let me play."

I was not only stunned that her father was in the chair behind me and never said anything to begin with, but I was simply floored by his reaction. He stood up over me and started to berate me LOUDLY that his daughter had every right to do whatever she wanted because this was Disney World and it was for children. He tried to intimidate me by his size and loud voice!!! Are you kidding me?!

So of course, being a guy, I stood up. I happened to stand about a half a foot taller than him!! LOL! All I did was stare at him, look over to a waiter and flag him down. Still standing, I asked the waiter to please get the manager which he did immediately. Meanwhile, the entire time, the guy was ranting and raving. His wife got into the picture, yelling at my partner and I, foul language and all.

The manager apparently saw them and heard them, rushed over and tried to defuse the situation. I was quiet as a mouse and with a smile, asked him to either get the couple to be quiet so we could enjoy our dinner, or make them leave. Then I sat down and continued with my dinner.

Then the two started screaming at the manager that this was a family establishment and that their children could do what they pleased. When it was clear they weren't going to listen to the manager, he apparently called for security and made the entire family pack up and get out.

As they were escorted out, still screaming and cursing, with the little girl trailing behind them (I kid you not) kicking chairs and pushing the seat backs as she walked. Several tables broke into light applause and murmurs of agreement.

Shocking? Perhaps not. But boy did I feel enraged at so many things. The snotty little girl, the couple's beligerent attitude, their sense of entitlement, their language in what is truly a family establishment, the total lack of respect and disregard for other patrons.

But it didn't ruin my day or my trip. We had a great time!

 

[decker96]

We were on the TTA in Tommorowland at night last year. There was a couple (probably early 20's) two cars in front of us totally making out. This wasn't a huge deal, although not what I really wanted to watch. Anyway, a couple minutes into the ride, the girl climbs onto the guy's lap and well, I'm sure you can all figure out what they were doing! I guess they thought since it was dark out, no one would notice.

I was totally shocked especially because my DD (5) was sitting right next to me and facing the same direction as me. Thank god DH was across from her, so he blocked her view. I whispered to DH what was going on and he turned around to look. The couple got all mad and started making comments about us minding our own business and quit trying to watch them!! Well, when you're directly in front of me and I can't move anywhere else, it's a little difficult not to be aware of what's going on! Needless to say, I have never been so glad to get off a ride in my life!!