Have you ever had a shock?

[AlwaysAPrincess]

I have had a few shockers....
The 2 that stick out....both on this last trip(May 2004).....My hubby & I were looking up at the menufor something to eat at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe in Tomorrowland when a little boy approx 3 pulls on my shorts & says I am lost. SO I bent down to askhim his name & told my husband to flag down a CM. As I am there talking to the boy A CM walks right past me & I told him this little boy was lost. HE stood there with me & radios whoever & storming right towrds us is a woman. SHe yells at the little boy for walking away from "grandma" & yanks him by the arm & storms away. No thank you...no where did you find him we were worried...That really ticked me off.

The next one on the same trip...my hubby & I sat on the curb for Spectro magic 1 1/2 hours early. We decided to rest...have an ice cream & chat. As you know the side walks get packed for this parade. A woman with alittle girl in a stroller rammed me right into my back(I guess to get as close as she could) & the kid dumped a whole large soda down my back. No sorry...NOTHING. It was hot & I was all sticky & gross...could not wait to leave after the parade.

 

[AlwaysAPrincess]

The parents are the ones that shock me more than the children!
ANd I here ya with all the sunburned newborns & babies out there!

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

We had a chocolate milk poured all over our stuff when waiting for a parade too. The kid kicked it over and the parents were mortified that it got on our stuff. Plenty of apologies. But being they were so nice about it and we are at a place for kids we were ok with it. I mean it could have been our 3 year old doing the same thing LOL Accidents happen

 

[Poohnatic]

I've loved reading this, and have one to add. Kinda funny.

Two weekends ago, my family met up with a good friend at WDW. We went into the magic kingdom and decided we needed a small meal (we had dinner ressies for later). Casey's looked like a good choice.

I got the food and my husband and I were fixing our hotdogs the way we like. A little girl (3 or 4 years old) and her mom were getting straws and napkins and the next thing I know, I see the little girl pluck a french fry out of my cup and chomp it down. I had a hard time not laughing, because I probably would have done the same thing when I was that age.


Suzanne

 

[KEH]

Well ours was a funny (ha ha) sort of shock. Two years ago we were walking along a path in the Magic Kingdom just before the fireworks began when Tinkerbell flew over our heads. "Oh," says I, "Tinkerbelle gets very close to you."

"Yes," replies my DS, "and Tinkerbell's a man!"

Sure enough, body shape, hairy armpits and all, Tinkerbell was a man.

Of course, once we were over the shock we all fell about laughing but I was very glad that my kids were 14,12 and 12 and old enough not to be traumatised by Tinkerbell having a bit more than we bargained for in "her" tutu.

 

[Moosysmom]

I didn't know Tinkerbell was a person.
I just thought it was some sort of Puppet type thing.
OMG.
Lynn

 

[JLSM97]

I was at MK Wednesday this past week. I was absolutely shocked to see a woman changing her baby's diaper on top of the hot dog cart next to Toon Park. I try to be understanding of parents who choose to change a child's diaper in public (on a bench or chair, in their stroller, etc.), though I don't think it's always necessary. But on a FOOD CART???

 

[epcotfan]

That is disgusting JLSM97. YUCK!!! What are some people thinking when they do these things???

 

[will1966]

I'm afraid I'm guilty of line-jumping, but it was an accident!

Our first day of our first trip to WDW we were in Epcot. We saw a place where you could go meet Mickey. We walked in and all we saw were people milling about. They didn't seem to be organized in any way. Two or three guys were at the rope talking to a CM, so I, DW, DD and DS approached them. Suddenly, this shrill voice cries out, "Excuse me! This is the line!" I whirled around and somehow this queue had formed. I swear it wasn't there before!! I just stared in disbelief. The girl that had spoken to me was glaring like I'd hit someone. Some guy laughed and said, "Yeah, the end of the line's back that way." I felt about the size of Jiminy Cricket. I think I apologized and then we all slunk to the back of the line. The girl kept looking back and glaring at us. We finally left. I was too ashamed to stay there. I'm sure they talked the rest of the day about the inconsiderate yahoos that tried to cut in line!

 

[graygables]

Last Dec, Mickey's Phil was "down", so we were waiting in the FP area. There was a man sitting on the floor with what appeared to be his pre-teen DD on his lap with his hands all over her. She was laughing and wiggling around and it was clear he was "enjoying" it. I just about passed out. We left and told a CM, but DH and I were so disturbed, we couldn't go back in.

Also, DH and I had had an adults-only evening at Epcot and on the bus back, there was a little girl (about 9 or 10) going through the pins she had bought. She had purchased a duplicate and was upset about it. Her dad started telling her she was stupid and really reaming her out. She put her head down and was so upset. I happened to have a nice Epcot pin on my bag, so I got down next to her and asked if she wanted to trade with me. Her eyes lit up and we traded pins. Her dad looked at me and said, "Did she put you up to that?" I wanted to smack him. I said, "No, I've been looking for a really cool pin to trade for all evening and the one she had is perfect!" Sort of put him in his place, but I felt so sorry for the girl as you could tell he was verbally abusive (and the mom didn't stop him)

Then there was the goth couple on Kali who just needed to get a room. I told the CM that DDs and I wouldn't ride on the same raft with them (as did several people in line behind us), but the CM just let them go on alone, examining each other tonsils and other body parts. I know it's got to be hard to play "hall monitor", but it is a family park for crying out loud!

 

[will1966]

When we were at MK in 2000, we got our FP for Buzz Lightyear. When we returned to ride and made our way through the FP line, this little boy, probably about 10 or 11, and who had probably been in the regular line for over an hour, watched us go by. He starts screaming, "You're pig snot! You're all pig snot!" The woman behind him (I'm assuming his mom), kind of smiled at us like she was really embarrassed. We thought it was hilarious. To this day, we still talk about the "pig snot" boy!

You know, reading this thread has me a little nervous about our trip next week. I hope I don't come home with any shocking stories!!

 

[jann1033]

last trip the worst we saw was a little girl ( maybe 5) who had some costume on ( couldn't tell who, it had white with gold i think around the neck area, the girl had it 1/2 off by the time i saw her)that she didn't want to wear and kept saying she wanted to change which dad said was fine but mom would have none of it, screaming it was expensive, she was wearing it, what a brat she was ect...what a fun time she was creating... dad just kept walking while mom kept pulling the girl's arm roughly and screaming...this was fairly early too( wondering if they went to the princess break. at epcot) so do not think mom was overtired just way to caught up in the costume thing ...too bad they don't make them in adult sizes she she could dress up and not force the kid to pursue her fantasies!

 

[Shalida]

Well, I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all 62 pages of this thread so far. People's behaviour just amazes me sometimes.

My husband and I have a term for the types of people described here - vacation villians. Unfortunately we have visited WDW and had our own vacation villian in our group; my MIL.

At the time DH and I were living in Orlando and his parents and elderly grandmother came out to visit us. Of course we took them to WDW as they had never been before.

MIL was a royal pain in the patootie and offended probably every person she was in contact with. If any of the following stories sound familiar let me offer my profuse apologies now.

Offense #1 - Snotty to children of all ages.
We bought MIL an Epcot passport and at every country she loudly whined and complained about all the children at the kidcot stations that were in her way. At Canda she even told some little girls to get out of her way so she could get her passport signed and stamped.

Offense #2 - Rude Picture Taker.
If MIL wanted to take a picture of something and someone was standing in front of it she would either yell at them to get out of her way or would motion like a deranged traffic cop to have them move. I was secretly pleased to later discover MIL and numerous pictures with people in there flipping her the bird.

Offense #3 - Public displays of nastiness.
France, living statues, MIL wanted a picture of everyone posing with them. Grandma and FIL are a bit back in the crowd and can't get forward. MIL yells (yes yells) to FIL "William, get your @$$ over her now for this picture you are ruining everything".

Offense #4 - Poor treatment of Grandma.
This was the kicker for me. Grandma is elderly, can't walk for long distances and is hard of hearing to boot. This is MILs mother by the way. MIL is complaining about the wheelchair, refuses to push it and whines that it is slowing us down.

Grandma has lots of questions about WDW and either because of bad hearing or poor memory asked me a lot of the same questions repeatedly. MIL gets completely bent out of shape when Grandma asks me the third time what country we are in and MIL loses it and yells "she's already told you three d@mn times we are in Germany, $&#@*!".

This is where I became the vacation villian. I pulled my husband aside and told him he had to talk to his mother about her behaviour NOW! I said if she makes one more nasty remark like that to her own mother that I was taking grandma, putting her in the car and we would go to another park by ourselves to enjoy the day and they could take a cab home.

Offense #5 - The martyr.
After the conclusion of offense #4 I got to spend the rest of their visit listening to MIL verbally nail herself to the cross. Things like "it is just too bad I am such a burden to your wife that she would want to leave me here" and "it's too bad we will probably never get to visit WDW again because your wife doesn't like being at the parks with us".

So, in the summer of 1999 if you encountered or witnessed any of the above I offer my most humble apologies. And yes, I never accompanied them to WDW again.

 

[B'rer Karen]

Ugh Shalida. After reading your post I'm writing myself a memo: Marry an orphan.

 

[Shalida]

If you read my previous post you may remember the term "vacation villian"; a term my husband and I use to define someone who spoiled a portion of the day by some act, deed or word. While visiting MK in the very beginning of December of 2003 I encountered a gem of a vacation villian who I will just call "Crotchety Old Woman" or COW for short.

Every evening that we went to the parks we tried to get good seats for the evening parade. And every evening we staked our claim earlier and earlier only to have our view spoiled by some inconsiderate person who thought walking up two minutes before the parade started, hanging or pushing over our kids & blocking their view was perfectly acceptable behavior. So our last night in an act of sheer desperation to find a spot where the kids could watch a parade unhindered I made my way to find "the perfect spot" 2 & half hours before the parade began.

I finally determined that the loading station for the Magic Kingdom Railroad would be the perfect spot. It is at the beginning of the parade route and on a second story level so it would be near impossible for anyone to ruin the view last minute unless they levitated up in front of us. One problem, they close the three seperate stairways up to the station until 30 minutes before parade time.

No biggie - my mom & dad took the kids for food and I planted myself on the main set of stairs to wait. During this time I chatted with the cast member who was guarding the entrance. Almost an hour into my wait she excused herself for a few minutes. When she returned she informed me she spoke to her supervisor and they were going to reserve a table & chairs for us on the station to insure we got good seats considering how long I had been waiting patiently.

Time for the ropes to drop and to make my way up the stairs. When I get to the table reserved for us the same cast member was kindly telling acouple that the table they were trying to sit at was reserved and she then went and got them chairs to sit right along the front of the station which would give them a perfect view as well. And here is where the vacation villian entered the picture - these chairs were not good enough for the woman and she was pissed off. So as my mother and I get our stuff set up and the kids seated with their dinner the following conversation began.

COW: So, just how did you get them to RESERVE a table for you.

Me: Well, I was the first one here and had been waiting for over two hours. The cast member working the gate spoke with her supervisor and arranged for this table to be reserved.

COW: WELL, I have been waiting three hours and was here longer.

(This I knew was a full out lie because from talking to the cast members when I first arrived I asked if there were others waiting to go upstairs and was told no)

My Mom to COW: Well also we have a 3 year old here with us and we are celebrating his birthday today.

COW (In the nastiest tone I have ever heard or personally made myself) : What does that matter that you have a child with you, we have been waiting longer and Disney is overrun with children!

Me (Fed up with COW): Yeah, that's right this is Disney. Forget the children; adults should have priority.

COW: You don't have to get snotty!

Me: Lady, maybe you should take a bit of your own advice.

And, I turned away.

My mom was less than thrilled that I was rude to the lady but hey, I tried to be friendly and the woman was just an out and out jerk. During the 30 minute wait before the parade started she would look over every few minutes and stare or shoot me dirty looks. If it wasn't for my mother I would have stared right back at her and proclaimed loudly "What could you possibly want!?"

Prior to the parade starting an elderly couple comes up and is standing off to the side trying to find a spot. I decided that I hated to see them standing there the whole time so I took one of my boys and put him on my lap, dad takes my other boy and puts him on his lap and we offer the elderly couple their seats.

The COW well had a cow over this manuever and started in again with her complaining and yelling at me and my mother. We just turned our backs and started up a chat with this very sweet elderly couple who were most grateful for the seats and were having fun playing with my boys.

Later, after the parade was finished and with a fair amount of time until the fireworks were to start I was talking to another couple who was seated behind us. We somehow got on the subject of the COW and I related the whole story to them. The woman told me the COW was full of it - they had been in line at the other stairs for about 30 minutes before the rope dropped and the COW was BEHIND them. Well that proved my earlier assumption she was full of it about her 3 hour wait.

But don't think we let the COW ruin our evening. Hardly! She made for much amusement actually. You could visably see her seething that we were having a good time, chatting with others around us and could care less about her.

 

[DizBelle]

Originally posted by Shalida
Unfortunately we have visited WDW and had our own vacation villian in our group; my MIL.

Sorry, but your MIL sounds like the most selfish person on the planet. These kinds of people make everything unbearable for the rest of us. Everything is all about them. The enitire universe revolves around them. I sure hope your DH didn't inherit any of these traits.

 

[Shalida]

Originally posted by lfontaine
Sorry, but your MIL sounds like the most selfish person on the planet. These kinds of people make everything unbearable for the rest of us. Everything is all about them. The enitire universe revolves around them. I sure hope your DH didn't inherit any of these traits.

Hey, no reason to say sorry! She truly IS the most selfish woman on the planet! And I totally agree how people like her ruin it for everyone else. This is why my husband and I refuse to go on any kind of vacation with her every again.

And no, DH is nothing at all like her. In fact he has often said he uses his mother as an example on how NOT to behave!

 

[Shalida]

Originally posted by B'rer Karen
Ugh Shalida. After reading your post I'm writing myself a memo: Marry an orphan.

LOL! My DH has jokingly said he has often wondered if he is adopted or something because he is absolutely NOTHING like his mom.

That whole trip was so mortifying because we just knew her bahaviour was ruining other people's enjoyment of the parks. Thankfully after DH talked to her she did calm down somewhat and saved all her nastiness just for us.

Oh joy

 

[ekmdisney]

Originally posted by Shalida
Offense #5 - The martyr.
After the conclusion of offense #4 I got to spend the rest of their visit listening to MIL verbally nail herself to the cross. Things like "it is just too bad I am such a burden to your wife that she would want to leave me here" and "it's too bad we will probably never get to visit WDW again because your wife doesn't like being at the parks with us".

I might have turned around on her and said that I love going to the parks with my husband and my grand-mother-in-law. I just don't like going to the parks with YOU!

There is another member of these boards who has the same problem, but for her its her SIL (she could be ex-sil by now). That woman was a C.O.W. in every way.

Heres hoping that every trip that you have had after this one has more than made up for the one with your MIL.

And let's all hope that as time goes by there will be less and less C.O.Ws in everyones future trips!

 

[ChairborneRangr]

thankfully COWs tend to not enjoy themselves at WDW because they don't "get it". If all the COWs (or COMs for that matter) came back every year it could ruin it for all of us.

I love visiting "the world"