Have you ever had a shock?

[Ilovestitch]

Originally posted by Grasshoppa
My wife and I were recently at WDW staying at the All Star Movies Resort. Our second day there, after being in the parks all day, came home that evening to find our room cleaned but there was an empty condom wrapper on our nightstand (not ours, btw)! We couldn't believe it--thank God that we didn't have our kids with us on this trip!

That is absolutely gross!!


Here's my shocking story to tell- it didn't happen to me but to a friend of mine. She and her husband and two little boys were at MGM. They had just seen the Indiana Jones show and were standing outside the theatre. The actor who played Indiana Jones in the show happened to walk by. Her husband said "Look boys, there's Indiana Jones!" Indiana Jones turns around and yells "A**HOLE!!!" back to her husband!! It wasn't like he was making fun of the guy, he was just pointing him out to kids b/c he thought they would be excited to see him. The actor must have thought they were making fun of him or something, but even so- he shouldn't have yelled that w/kids nearby! They were shocked and went and complained to Guest Services. -Stephanie

 

[Darian]

Man, thats the worst! On top of new bedding, I'd want the entire room disinfected - especially the bathroom. I would also wonder what happened to my personal property while I was away from the room. Did they use your toothbrush as well? Yikes....

I feel your pain.... I stayed at a hotel on the Colorado river in a town called Laughlin, NV. I came back to my room to find the bed sloppily made, short hairs and bodily excreetions on the sheets that would show some folks "got busy" while I was out water skiing. I got the whole weekend there comped.

 

[musicalSaranader]

That's just gross. Can't people get their own room to do that??

 

[DizBelle]

Originally posted by Grasshoppa
My wife and I were recently at WDW staying at the All Star Movies Resort. Our second day there, after being in the parks all day, came home that evening to find our room cleaned but there was an empty condom wrapper on our nightstand (not ours, btw)! We couldn't believe it--thank God that we didn't have our kids with us on this trip!

A reasonable explanation for this is that the cleaning staff found the wrapper under the bed and placed it on the night stand. I don't they they can throw anything away that is not in a trash can. So it could have been from a previous guest and you room was not violated at all.

 

[Darian]

Originally posted by lfontaine
A reasonable explanation for this is that the cleaning staff found the wrapper under the bed and placed it on the night stand. I don't they they can throw anything away that is not in a trash can. So it could have been from a previous guest and you room was not violated at all.

I like your explanation for the condom wrapper Grasshoppa found in his room. Its a much more comforting scenario than having one's room "violated."

Say, Grasshoppa, was your bed "messed up" or not made up in the usual way? That would be a dead give away that something less than Kosher happened while you were away....

 

[tink111]

The worst I've seen was one day in EPT... I was sitting with DH on a bench enjoying a snack when a foreign man (I think he was speaking German) and his approx. 3 year old son were walking along in front of me... the son was becoming a little whiny. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but quickly the man rushed the boy in our direction next to the bench where we were sitting. He proceeded to allow the boy to urinate... but the worst part was that the man didn't pull the boy's shorts down. He simply rolled up one of the "shorts' legs" for the boy and found what he needed in there to be able carry out this action. Disgusting! And he didn't care a thing in the world if we saw.

 

[Saa62]

Originally posted by Darian
I like your explanation for the condom wrapper Grasshoppa found in his room. Its a much more comforting scenario than having one's room "violated."

Say, Grasshoppa, was your bed "messed up" or not made up in the usual way? That would be a dead give away that something less than Kosher happened while you were away....

May I make a suggestion. Disney housekeeping might want to consider, in the situation of something questionable or offensive found in a room that would probably be trash from present or past occupants, would be to bag seperately the item(s) in question with a standard form letter or note stating this item found at cleaning, but due to policy because it was not in a trash receptical it could not be thrown away. This would give the present occupants the option to throw away the item in the appropriate place or save it for whatever reason they might have. This might help alieviate some suspicion that fowl play may have taken place in their room, and also provide some sensorship from any children that might be staying in the room from items leftover from mom and dad or former occupants. What does anyone think of that idea?

 

[jgates]

Sounds like an excellent idea!!!

 

[disrailfan]

I have to add to this thread because this one takes the cake.

We (DW, DD13, DD16 and myself) were at MGM for the openingThis was the first week of December so the crowds were not terrible. We witnessed a whole family of 7 renting all of them Electric Chair Vehicles (ECV's). This included their 10 yo, 13 yo, 15 yo, 17 uo (ages approximate) and then Mom, Dad and Grandma. Needless to say Grandma with the exception of the mothers weight was the only one that appeared to have a reason to have the ECV.

All the way down the main street in MGM they were weaving in and out of people, the 17 yo even ran into someone. They came passed us sitting on the curb of the main street and almost ran over my toes and my wifes. I was appauled later to find out from a CM that there are no restrictions keeping anyone from renting and ECV. You do not have to show proof of being handicap in any way to rent and ECV.

Thought that everyone would get a kick out of this story.

 

[ekmdisney]

Originally posted by disrailfan
I have to add to this thread because this one takes the cake.

We (DW, DD13, DD16 and myself) were at MGM for the openingThis was the first week of December so the crowds were not terrible. We witnessed a whole family of 7 renting all of them Electric Chair Vehicles (ECV's). This included their 10 yo, 13 yo, 15 yo, 17 uo (ages approximate) and then Mom, Dad and Grandma. Needless to say Grandma with the exception of the mothers weight was the only one that appeared to have a reason to have the ECV.

All the way down the main street in MGM they were weaving in and out of people, the 17 yo even ran into someone. They came passed us sitting on the curb of the main street and almost ran over my toes and my wifes. I was appauled later to find out from a CM that there are no restrictions keeping anyone from renting and ECV. You do not have to show proof of being handicap in any way to rent and ECV.

Thought that everyone would get a kick out of this story.

This is the reason I will be renting ECVs off site from know on. I did it on my last trip, and it was wonderful!

I hated having to get their right when the gates opened to make sure that I could get an ECV, because so many people abuse them. I like to take my time getting to the parks. It was so wonderful to get there when I wanted.

But I have seen, what you saw myself. I saw a group of teens, not a one of them over the age of 17, and they were all walking and running just fine. They had one ECV and they were taking turns riding it. They too were weaving in and out of people, nearly hitting a few of them, and laughing while they did it!

I know the reason they rent them is to try to jump the line. But to tell you the truth, it is some times a pain in the butt to use the handicap line. Sometimes I would reather stand in the regular line, but thanks to a car accident 10 years ago, I can't.

 

[rwade428]

Here's my story........a couple of years ago, my sister and I were waiting to get on Star Tours and there was a family of 4 in line in front of us. One member was a little girl around 6 or 7 who was obviously distraught about going on the ride. She was crying and her mom just kept telling her that she was ruining the whole family's vacation. We felt so bad for her!!!

Please use common sense about who should go on what ride. Do you really want your children to remember WDW as a traumatic experience??

I also agree with everyone about the babies in the park. Wouldn't you have more fun at home with them instead of hauling 40 pounds of baby paraphenalia around WDW??

 

[ChairborneRangr]

*** Babies in the park ***

Personal choice. End of story.

I have 4 kids. We always took our kids with us everywhere, even Disneyland/DisneyWorld. We just adjusted what we did. And we never took more than 2 lbs of extra stuff. As long as the needs of the child are being met, why should anyone else care? The original point was parents oblivious to the needs of the young ones in the heat and sun.

The debate board is a better location for this particular topic.

 

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by ChairborneRangr
*** Babies in the park ***
The debate board is a better location for this particular topic.

The debate board no longer exists....people were evidently not playing nice!

I had another shock that I posted on another thread...
We were having lunch at Tempura Kiku during the F&W fest. We sat right next to an obnoxious group of 3 or 4 that were obviously drunk at the sushi bar. They proceeded to use profanity, make fun of the Japanese accents of the CMs (completely , used chopsticks for sword fights....you get the picture. They were sooo loud. I made several comments regarding their volume, gave them lots of glares, one of them seemed mildly embarrassed, but the behavior continued. They FINALLY paid for the check and left, which resulted in applause from the rest of the diners. I was shocked at the drunk morons, but I was also shocked that CM's or security didn't remove them from the restaurant or the park for that matter.

 

[Missy1961]

I know it seems horrible when you see a kid crying and mom & dad make them ride the rides......but you don't know that kid. My 5 yr old niece cried before every ride we went on a few weeks ago--and then loved every one! She had riden them all last year without a complaint--so she was just being silly. But if you saw her mom & dad talking to her in stern voices you might think they were being mean, but they weren't! Now I know sometimes the parents are being horrible, but not every time.

 

[rwade428]

I was not dissing anyone who takes their children to WDW. It wouldn't be the same place without them. I was only making a point about teeny weeny little ones and parents belittling bigger ones. I didn't mean to start an uproar, I was stating my opinion and I thought that's what these boards are about. I'm sorry if I offended anyone.

 

[LadyAurora]

We were at MGM Sunday, in the fastpass line for ToT. As we got to the top of the queue, by where they have that empty "pool' or "fountain" three foreign (speaking another language) tourists climbed over the chain and cut in front of us. One of them was also smoking. I said to DH, quite loudly, "I guess the rules don't apply to them!" but I have no idea if they heard/understood. I wasn't worried because they would soon be disappointed when they reached the CM who would be asking for their fastpass!


Or so I thought. The CM at inside the "lobby" was away from his post, speaking to the group already at the library doorsto the left. The three line jumpers walked past the CM station to the library on the right. The CM returned to his post and just told them to finish up their drinks before they could enter the library. Never asked them for a fastpass.
Quite disappointing. Oh well, the CMs can't keep their eye on everyone.

 

[ChairborneRangr]

rwade428

I probably just misread you. No worries.

I was just making the point that we always brought our children with us everywhere and the family made adjustments as necessary to accomodate the needs of the little one.

 

[walt's assistant]

My brother and I are standing on the bridge in front of Splash Mountain...it is a pretty good place to stand and get wet from the cars going down the water flume.

Anyway, a car with two women slides out the mountain and, just as it tips to slide down the flume, they both lifted their shirt tops up!!!

Aparently they had no problem showing their naked breasts to all!

My brother and I didn't mind...


WA

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Originally posted by allicat
On our last trip in March, at All Star Music, I noticed a woman and man sitting on the ground outside the door of their room. Nothing wrong with that until I glanced over and noticed that the woman was shaving the guys hairy back and the piles of hair were all over the walkway!
It was truly disgusting.

 

[llij]

When we were at BB last October, my daughters were in the kiddie area riding a inner tube down a winding slide (can't remember the name at the moment). Well along comes a little tike and he decides to relieve himself in the water where the kids slide right on through. The CM was trying to get the kid to stop, but unfortunately he didn't understand him. The parents were no where in sight and the poor CM was a little exasperated trying to get him to stop! Of course, this was right before my daughter was going to slide on by. She needed a good shower after that one! Yuck!