Have you ever had a shock?

[ChairborneRangr]

We were at Zio's with our friends (party of 17 I believe). THe waitress came out with a tray laden with everyone's Stewart Root Beers Bottles. She turned too fast and they ALL dumped on my. My shirt pocket was full of root beer

It was a huge mess. I went to the restroom and cleaned up. They were all apologetic and nice. I still gave a tip. It was an accident, not bad service.

 

[Pirate Mickey]

Originally posted by lfontaine
I think that this is the first courteous smoker I've ever heard of. Do you think he can spread it to all the other smokers? Tell him that I appreciate his efforts.

I'm not a smoker but have several friends who are. I'm guessing the reason why you never hear of courteous smokers is because they ARE being courteous. I second your kuddos to the BF mentioned.

 

[harleyquinn]

Okay it took me three days to get through this whole post and it was great!

Luckily the most shocking thing I saw this August was all the poor little girls wearing those horrible jelly shoes!! On a bus ride I saw one particular girl with at least 5 bandaides on eat foot!

Guess those parents didn't read the "what to wear on your feet" thread!

 

[CdnDisneyFan]

Originally posted by SB in KY
" and his mother yanks him into the seat and says "Don't be stupid, there's no dog around here. Nobody would hit a kid at Disneyworld"

And to think the mother didn't believe the brat, how priceless is that!!!

Jules

 

[two-foxes]

Not a WDW story, but a DLR one from this past August.....
I have noticed kids getting a bit grumpy, sassy, etc on prior trips, but nothing like this little bugger...

We were headed to Millionaire, running late and because it was right before showtime, there was no line. Well, except for a CM, a mother and a SCREAMING boy about the age of 6 or so. This kid was throwing a fit unlike anything I have seen, and the mother was screaming right back at him. To top it off, he had a gameboy that he was repeatedly throwing to the ground, picking it up, throwing it back down...he missed my foot by about 6 inches as I was trying to pass them. (Yes, I did cut in front of them!) I had to fight every urge to pick this kid up under my arm, carry him to a corner and give him a "come to Jesus" talk. It was insane to see the mother show her son exactly how to pitch a fit....he copied her to a tee...but the gameboy smashing to the ground definately gave him the winning edge in the screaming competition! The poor CM working the line was just staring at them...........the stuff they must see in one day!

 

[BrerRabbit_fan]

Love this thread! Here's mine.

We were at the AK and it was raining hard. We were trying to decide if we would do Kali or not. It was the last day before the rehab this Jan and the kids had their hearts set on riding. Plus we were already wet. The debate raged on (we didn't want the kids getting sick, yes we had ponchos).

Anyway, we are under the awning type thing near the restroom seeking shelter with tons of people smashed in a small space when I overheard a conversation and looked up. A husband was fighting with his wife who wanted to return to the hotel. He refused. I would have left him there but he obviously had the keys and belittled his wife out loud in front of the kids. He asked her if she is going to cry, does she want a musical accompaniment, etc. He went at it for a while in front of their two children. I wanted to tell the 12yr old boy that is not how to treat women but I was scared the dad would punch me. Ugh!

 

[stinkerbelle]

Originally posted by two-foxes
I had to fight every urge to pick this kid up under my arm, carry him to a corner and give him a "come to Jesus" talk.

LOL!!

oh gosh...I haven't heard the "come to jesus" line in a while...that's priceless.

But you are right...sometimes some kids need that talk. and, well, sometimes the parents do too. (I guess you have to know your child's limits and know not to push them too much.

 

[MELSMICE]

Originally posted by BrerRabbit_fan
A husband was fighting with his wife who wanted to return to the hotel. He refused. I would have left him there but he obviously had the keys and belittled his wife out loud in front of the kids. He asked her if she is going to cry, does she want a musical accompaniment, etc. He went at it for a while in front of their two children. I wanted to tell the 12yr old boy that is not how to treat women but I was scared the dad would punch me. Ugh!

Unfortunately, that boy will probably treat his girlfriend or wife the exact same way some day. What a sad thing.

 

[ekmdisney]

Well, I think I have the shockers of all shockers.

On our last night at the parks, we went to EPCOT, to have dinner in England and to see Illuminations. We got a good spot on the bridge, going toward Paris. We had been there for a while and then a mom with her sleeping baby in a stoller come and stands next to us.

All is well and then around show time and she turns to me and and ask, or at least what I think she asked "If I could see." I said yes. Then the next thing that I now she is running off, and leaves the baby in its stoller with me. My mom and I just looked at each other with this "I can't believe she just did that," kinda look on out face.

She is then running off toward England, and waving her arms and yelling. What she was trying to do was get her families attention, to let then know where she and the baby where. While she was running off I could hear her calling her family, and we figured out that they didn't speak a word of english.

I keeped my eye on her and told my mom that if I could see her any more that we might be taking a baby to the parents lost and found after the show. But I never lost eyesight of her, and she came back right after she had gotten the rest of her family.

The most we could guess about this is that both myself and my mother were in ECVs, so we guess that that she thought we couldn't get that far with her baby.

But to this day we still could not believe that this happened.

 

[Muziqal]

I've got a few...but here are 2 of my favourite:

1. 2 months working at Epcot - still fresh out of Traditions if you're there for a whole year. Working down in the mine (O Canada 360 film) for the day. Few shows under my belt now and have successfully gotten over the ill feeling I had acquired from the party the night before. Settling into a nice quiet day of Q&A's about Canada and maybe tell a few jokes about Canadian stereotypes. A Brazillian tour group shows up. I usher them into the theatre and give them the little spiel. I leave for a second and come back in when, to my left, I see a man completely outside the guest area (lean rails) and facing the wall. I walk over to see that, yes indeed, he is doing his business in the theatre. Mortified and stunned, I asked the guest what he thought he was doing. He turned towards me (still holding his member and urinating) and was muttering phrases in Portuguese. He walked towards me (still urinating) and tried to grab me - for what reason I don't know. His family watched curiously as this happened and as I repeatedly waved my hands to show I meant that he can't do that in the theatre. So, the doors on the other side swung open...he shook off and zipped up and him and his family walked out. I actually had to go point him out to security over at Millennium Village. Very interesting day...I think the most interesting mine day for me.

2. New Years Eve 99-00. Epcot is ridiculous...a few of the Canadian guys had been asked to be security guards that night. What did that mean? Wearing a blue coat, grey pants and a thin ugly tie. We stood on the promenade and made sure there was always a few feet of space open to resemble a pathway and move the hordes of people through (why anyone would pay that much $ to experience feeling of a sardine is beyond me? or maybe I was the crazy one to sign up to work there that night?). About 11:45 pm and everyone is anticipating a big fireworks display...I hear a scream behind me on the stairs up to the Post and look back. A husband and wife team are battling it out on New Years at Disney (maybe this is why Walt had invisioned that there never be any alcohol in the parks?). She hit him...he hit her...she jumped on his back, he threw her to the ground and carried her off by her hair. I don't know how anyone was going to intervene when you could barely move 2 inches to the left. I had seen families bicker on their vacations to the happiest place on earth up to that point, but never had I seen that type of violence...

Mind you, not all days at the park were that shocking...but those 2 stories of guests come to mind. I think we did a few shocking things...but those stories I can't tell!

 

[mitros]

You know, I had mentioned this on another thread regarding rudeness of guests, and I will say it again. It seems like the groups from Brazil are the rudest and most gross of any other group of people going to WDW. It's like they have NO manners or common sense whatsoever! Is this the way they behave in their own country? If that's the case, I'll stay away from Brazil!

 

[MELSMICE]

Muziqal - those are definitely some real "shockers" to say the least. The one about the guy urinating is absolutely gross. I will remember that next time we are in a theatre & my kids ask if they can sit down to rest for a few minutes - ABSOULTELY NOT!! will be my response!!

 

[daisylove]

We have had a rude experience with a CM not once but twice and it was the same CM. We went last November and the CM with blodish/reddish hair that drives the monorial to Epcot was awful. We asked politely and waited and waited and happily we got the front of the monorail from TTC to Epcot. My DD4's 1st time. She was beyond happy and excited. The driver was rude and almost nasty. Wouldn't talk to us at all and when he did it was him doing a favor for us. Forget him giving her a license which would have made her week. Really shocked me being used to the Disney magic. I shook it off even though it obvously stuck in my head and my daughter never noticed because she was so excited and happy (but very quiet in awe and well behaved for the ride). Then we go back this last Feb and ask to ride in front. There is nobody waiting and noone in front and it is the same CM very nasty again saying no he does not want anyone in front to bother him. The SAME guy! I could not beleive it. Of course my DD noticed this time and was crying and crushed becasue he was so mean about it. UGH. We are going again 3/31 and I really pray we get another driver.

 

[mickeyfan9194]

We were just in WDW Feb 6-14th. Rode the front cab of the monorail four times (two different drivers). I can't really remember what the "pilots" looked like, but neither of them said anything unless we directly asked them a question, and none of those times did my kids get co-pilots licenses. Afterwards my kids asked me, "what's such a big deal about that?" I told them it USED to be a big deal. Hope this isn't a sign of things to come.

 

[auntpolly]

Originally posted by daisylove
We have had a rude experience with a CM not once but twice and it was the same CM. We went last November and the CM with blodish/reddish hair that drives the monorial to Epcot was awful.

Was he sort of young? Because I was yelled at by a monorail CM fitting that description and I was pretty shocked.

I got tired on E-ticket night and headed back to the room by myself, and was in a monorail car with just one other man and his little girl. The monorail stopped just short of the staion, and a garbled voice came on the loud speaker and said something we couldn't understand. We looked at each other, shrugged our shoulders, and then chatted for awhile. After more than 10 minutes, we started to really wonder what was going on. The dad says, "I'm going to call them on the emergency phone and find out." His little girl (the only one of us with any sense! ) said, "Daddy, no! That's for emergencies!" The dad said, "It's OK honey. We just want to know what the problem is and how long we'll be."

Big mistake!!!!!! A young CM with redish, blondish hair climbs into our car and screams at us like we're 3 year olds about not using the emergency phone. We tried to explain and he wouldn't even let us talk! I told the little girl that we ( and I meant her dad, not me -- I was just sitting there minding my own business!) should have taken her advice! That's a pretty icky memory! That guy was really mean!

 

[DizBelle]

Ok, the next person that goes to WDW needs to find this guy and report him. We don't need this kind of attitude (especially from a CM) ruining our WDW experience.

 

[daisylove]

That sounds just like him. could be late twenties oldest. Reddish blond hair. Bad attitude. If I get him again I will report him. Does not have the Disney magic.

 

[auntpolly]

Originally posted by daisylove
That sounds just like him. could be late twenties oldest. Reddish blond hair. Bad attitude. If I get him again I will report him. Does not have the Disney magic.

I'll bet anything we're talking about the same guy! Isn't that weird? They seem to try so hard to keep everybody pixie-dusted around there! Anybody else out there bump into our bad tempered little monorail CM?

 

[Pixie glitter]

I haven't encountered the monorail CM you've mentioned above, but our one and only bad experience with a WDW CM this past trip (Mar 6-12, 2004) was with another monorail driver. He was probably in his 40s and his name begins with a B--can't remember it now. He was driving the monorail from the TTC to MK. We rode in the front with him, a first for our family. My children were very excited, but they were also extremely polite and well-behaved. Well, this guy did not speak to us at all except to answer direct questions, and then his answers were short and very unfriendly. And he didn't give the kids so much as a smile, much less a co-pilot's license. It was very disappointing to me, but fortunately my children didn't seem to be bothered by him. I thought about reporting him, but ultimately decided not to for fear he had just suffered some sort of personal tragedy that was making him so "un-Disney." Now I'm regretting it, especially in light of the other reports of rude monorail drivers.

 

[ekmdisney]

I'm glad that I have never had a run in with a bad monorail driver, but if I ever run into that red headed one, I will be reporting him, he just should not be working there.


But I have run into a lot of great monorail drivers. I got a funny story from one of them. We were on our way to EPCOT, and she had said that before she became a driver, she worked in the kennel at EPCOT.

Now one time, they had taken all the dogs out for a walk around the area. When they got back to the building they noticed that all of the dogs paws were GREEN. It seem that the grounds keepers had forgotten to tell them that they would be in the area to paint the grass green on that day, the paint is non-toxic, bio-degratible. So all of the owners were coming in to pick up there dogs at the end of the day, and finding that they had green paws. She said that some just laughed it off, after they found out what happened and the that the paint would not harm the dog, but some became very angery and securty had to be called a few times.