Have you ever had a shock?

[airforcewife]

I actually read this entire thread! So do I get some sort of Dis prize? Whew! It took forever, but it was sooo entertaining!!! Wow I don't know whether to be scared of rude south American teenagers, scary abusive parents ( who should just be taken away. The kid gets to stay) . But now I'm on my guard against spot stealers at parades and shows! Dh was thinking of eating lots of spicy Mexican food a few hours before a parade. His digestion system does not process that type of food well. It gives him...well use your imagination. Lets say he could clear us a path if he ate enough of that stuff.

I'm so on the lookout for this trip!!!

Robyn

 

[mom2rb]

OK, I wasn't at Disney at the time but here is my story. I was at the book store with MIL and 31/2 year old twin DS. The boys tell me they have to go potty. While we are in the stall the lady next to us was very loud. My sons start saying " It smells like poop in here. Mom why does it smell like poop I only have to pee? It sure is stinky in this potty."
I was horrified. I tried to get out of the store with out anything else happening, but no. As we are finding Grandma and trying to leave my kids are singing " farty,fart,fart farty,fart,fart" all the way out.

 

[Dee & Greg]

And we had our first "shock" in 8 trips! (See page 59 of this thread.. we hoped not to have a shock!)

We ate Dinner at Cal. Grille last Thursday evening after Spectro. We stayed a BC, and were trying to figure out the best way to get back to our resort. MK had closed. We decided to take the monrail to Epcot and catch a bus to BC. Sorry, no busses. So we get off the monorail at the Poly to take a bus to DTD & then our resort. Sorry for all the info.. Anyway...
We're waiting at the bus stop at the Poly with only one other family who needs to do the same thing as us. It's about 9pm.
Slowly other folks start showing up at the bus stop and they look like they have been to a Polynesian Luau? They have leys and empty drink glasses.
Soon the area really begins to get crowded. No bus.
People are getting louder. NO bus.
Finally, a single bus arrives for DTD. Now, we were the first ones there, but now a huge, angry crowd has formed. People are pushing. I noticed an older man approach the bus driver's side of the bus, evidently wanting to speak to the bus driver. Next thing I know, two younger (30's?) men are pushing and yelling at each other. Sorry for the slur, but, they had big "Jersey" accents. "You can't talk that way to my Fatha! Shut your Pie-h**e". Next, fists are flying. A Fight! EEEKK! I jumped on the bus with my DH and the bus driver closes the door and we drive off... leaving the two men still fighting, and the older gentleman trying to break it up!

Shocker!

 

[hayleypiesmom]

Originally posted by mom2rb
OK, I wasn't at Disney at the time but here is my story. I was at the book store with MIL and 31/2 year old twin DS. The boys tell me they have to go potty. While we are in the stall the lady next to us was very loud. My sons start saying " It smells like poop in here. Mom why does it smell like poop I only have to pee? It sure is stinky in this potty."
I was horrified. I tried to get out of the store with out anything else happening, but no. As we are finding Grandma and trying to leave my kids are singing " farty,fart,fart farty,fart,fart" all the way out.

I just had to LOL at this one, as I had nearly the SAME thing happen.

When my dd was probably about 4 years old, we went into a public bathroom-- she was beginning the "independent" stage, and insisted on going into the stall alone.

Just in the above situation, another patron (and the only other person in this restroom) was "very loud." My little dd was very quiet for a minute, or two (obviously studying the situation) then chose to break the silence VERY loudly with, "Mommy, is that YOU out there tooting?"

How do you respond?! "No, baby, it's not me.... now hurry up, please!" [So we can make a run for it before the other lady gets out of there.... luckily, we did!] LOL!

 

[MELSMICE]

Just returned & wanted to add my "shocks"

Last Friday we were in EPCOT for the Food & Wine Festival. It's around 8 p.m. or so & we are at the end of our "tour". We're in the UK & there is this couple there with their 2 young children in strollers. Well, the couple COULD NOT keep their hands off of each other. They were literally making out right there in public. They seriously should have considered going back to their room pronto!!!!! It was a little much.

Today we were at Super Soaps for a bit & we were in a large crowd watching a Live Talk on Stage. Three people in those ECV's just came through the crowd when there was really no path. One gentleman (& I use the term loosely) literally ran one woman down - ran right over her foot & almost knocked her down. Her foot was caught under the ECV & she told the guy you need to back up I can't my foot out. His wife was behind him on one & they were both uttering some unkind words to the crowd around them. They really should have gone around the crowd - not through them.

There was something else I wanted to post, but for the life of me I can't remember it now - oh well, maybe I will!!!!!

 

[MELSMICE]

I remember - actually I guess this is kind of funny...................

We spent our 1st 2 nights at the YC. My DH usually gets up & jogs in the morning, then gets the newspaper & a cup of coffee while he winds down from his jog.

Sunday morning he bought his coffee & paper & sat in the YC lobby to read it. He took out the Sports section & set the rest of the paper down on the coffee table. He said that as soon as he set it down people came up & started taking sections to read - no one even asked whose paper it was. He came back to the room with only 2 sections because he said everyone around him had the other sections.

We went to the YC Galley for breakfast & sure enough, people were sitting there reading "his" paper. He actually got a kick out of it & said he was glad he could do something nice for all the guests for only $1.50!

 

[riopooh]

Melsmice - the people who "shared" the paper were probably reporting that they were shocked when your husband actually took two sections of the paper back to his room! (Can you believe that guy was acting like this paper was his...!!!)

 

[paigevz]

it was our first trip to WDW. We watched Illuminations and is was so great! Then, the huge crowd starts moving towards the exit, and this man just totally attacked his son! He had a map in his hands and just ran after the kid, hitting him with the map and screaming at him (it wasn't English or Spanish, so we don't know what he was screaming).........the kid was about 13 or 14 and went running away and crouched behind a bench. The other people in the group just watched. We had our little 4 year old son on dh's shoulders, and I remember just being so schocked. Just as quickly as he started, the guy stopped, and they all were walking to the exit with the crowd. The boy was crying, and still said a couple things to the man's back who just kept walking. Later, the mom (I think) dropped back and put her arm around him and talked to him, and still later (we're all still walking to the exit), the dad dropped back and said something to him and then ruffled his hair. I have no idea what it was all about, probably just teen attitude and dad had enough, but I've never seen anything like that anywhere, and the whole crowd around them seemed shocked.

On another note about losing toddlers, our ds couldn't open doors yet at home, and we stayed (not at Disney) in a hotel on vacation this summer. Well, in the hotel, I guess the doors are easier to open. We had connecting rooms, and had left the kids (my two sons and dniece) in one room watching television with MIL, while FIL was napping in the other room, and we stole a quiet moment on the balcony of the room FIL was napping in. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and when we opened it, there were some people with our youngest son........only about 20 months old at the time.........who said they found him in the hall and remembered seeing him yesterday coming out of our room with us, so knew he belonged there! He'd opened the door and left, and the 9 and 6 year olds AND MIL hadn't even noticed. Can you imagine? It scares me to think of who might have found him instead of those nice people, and I still have occasional nightmares about it. We had asked MIL to keep an eye on him too, but she said, "I thought you said he couldn't open the door!" Well, at home he couldn't (and still can't over 6 months later!).

 

[MELSMICE]

Originally posted by riopooh
[BMelsmice - the people who "shared" the paper were probably reporting that they were shocked when your husband actually took two sections of the paper back to his room! (Can you believe that guy was acting like this paper was his...!!!) [/B]

I never thought of that - that's too funny.

 

[DisneyIsMyShrink]

I have some shocks from my husband and my recent trip to WDW.

1st is a good one. While at WDW for 3 days without our kids we spent most of our time watching other people and their kids. I guess it's just habit, but what shocked us was the number of familys we saw with 4 or more children who were all still young. Being from a big family myself and being on the way to being a big family with our 4th on the way. It was really nice to see so many other people like us. When your just at home in your own town you don't see that as much, but in a place with so many people from all over we saw more of it. We stopped and expressed our feelings to some of these people. I know we all can use the encourgement. You wouldn't believe how rude people can be. Everytime my husband and I take the kids out people stare openly, count, and do obvious double takes.(We have 3 boys, ages 4,3, and 19months. The 3 and 4 year old are always mistaken for twins which doesn't help the situation.) Anyway, I was shocked in a good way to see so many large familys.

My 2nd shock wasn't a good one. My husband and I were sitting at a table outside of The Plaza Restaurant eating and waiting for Wishes when all the sudden my husband was like,"What in the world is that?" I looked and down where the special seating is down below where we were there was this plaid butt bent over. It took a minute to focus on what was going on but then we saw it. The plaid butt belong to someone bent over changing a little girl. The girl was standing up and the woman was wiping her bottom and legs with wipes. I don't even want to think about what she did with those wipes. I'm just glad we weren't sitting down there. Anyway, the bathroom is just a few feet away from there and she had someone else with her so loosing her seat wasn't a excuse. It was gross.

I was also shocked with the amount of people who smoked wherever they wanted to at Epcot. In the WS where there are a couple benches behind all the flower beds there were ALWAYS people back there smoking. One time my husband and I escaped back there to rest in the shade and they got annoyed with ME because we came and interupted them. I guess they felt bad and didn't want to smoke around me because I was pregnant. If people want to smoke I don't care, but please in places where it isn't allowed except in a certain place I don't understand why they can't just wait till they get there.

 

[disneylovr1]

This happened back in 1985. It was my familes first trip ever to WDW. We didn't really have a plan, and our first day we ended up going to River Country. My brother was 5, and I was 9. Lunch time came, and we got some hamburgers and took them to the beach to eat. My dad headed back to get something, and as he was leaving a seagul swooped down and took my brothers hamburger right from his lap! This was my dads first experience with tourist prices, so the burger was probably like $5 back then. So at the time he didn't find it very amusing, although the rest of us did. Now he laughs too. We still bring that up every time we go back.

 

[MelessaG]

Originally posted by DisneyIsMyShrink
I have some shocks from my husband and my recent trip to WDW.

1st is a good one. While at WDW for 3 days without our kids we spent most of our time watching other people and their kids. I guess it's just habit, but what shocked us was the number of familys we saw with 4 or more children who were all still young. Being from a big family myself and being on the way to being a big family with our 4th on the way. It was really nice to see so many other people like us. When your just at home in your own town you don't see that as much, but in a place with so many people from all over we saw more of it. We stopped and expressed our feelings to some of these people. I know we all can use the encourgement. You wouldn't believe how rude people can be. Everytime my husband and I take the kids out people stare openly, count, and do obvious double takes.(We have 3 boys, ages 4,3, and 19months. The 3 and 4 year old are always mistaken for twins which doesn't help the situation.) Anyway, I was shocked in a good way to see so many large familys.

We have four kids ranging from ages 6 years to 6 months. It's nice to hear we aren't the only "big family" who loves WDW.

(I hope your get your princess this time. We have three princesses and one pirate)

 

[ChairborneRangr]

Amen on the big families...

Did you notice that the invitations to come over or go out to dinner with others basically dried up as soon as you had your third child?

That is the way it happened for us until we could find others like us. When we go to a restaurant now it is "Party of 18"

More people are going back to having big families. THe old 60's "replacement" model of 2 kids is changing. I guess people are coming to grips with the fact that every human alive on the planet could fit in the state of texas with plenty of room to move around.

We had 4 kids on purpose and I wouldn't change.

 

[LLagow]

Ok this one happened to me- we were sitting outside Pecos Bills waiting to watch the afternoon parade. I didn't realize that we were sitting under some trees with a bunch of birds in them. Needless to say one of the birds pooped in my hair! The parade had already started, so I was pretty much stuck there - several people did offer me napkins to help clean up. Then my DH pulls out his comb and says, here let me comb the seeds out! YUCK I had to sit through the whole parade that way, and the walk out of the park, and the bus ride back to OKW! Couldn't get in the shower fast enough!

 

[MelessaG]

Originally posted by LLagow
Ok this one happened to me- we were sitting outside Pecos Bills waiting to watch the afternoon parade. I didn't realize that we were sitting under some trees with a bunch of birds in them. Needless to say one of the birds pooped in my hair! The parade had already started, so I was pretty much stuck there - several people did offer me napkins to help clean up. Then my DH pulls out his comb and says, here let me comb the seeds out! YUCK I had to sit through the whole parade that way, and the walk out of the park, and the bus ride back to OKW! Couldn't get in the shower fast enough!

Eww! I'm so sorry that happened to you. No fun.

 

[ricktib]

Originally posted by ChairborneRangr
More people are going back to having big families. THe old 60's "replacement" model of 2 kids is changing. I guess people are coming to grips with the fact that every human alive on the planet could fit in the state of texas with plenty of room to move around.

Actually, I've heard that the world's entire population can fit within the city limits of Jacksonville, FL (albiet the nation's largest city by land area).

 

[NotUrsula]

Remember that when you see those "large families" you may not be seeing nuclear families. Blended families often end up larger-than-average just by default. In my case, the look-alike children I'm shepherding are not all mine; I only have one, but my siblings can't normally afford WDW, so I take my nieces and nephews, too.
It's not unusual to see DH & I taking 6 kids through the parks.

Avg. number of children per mother is still dropping in the US; it's 2 right now. A bit higher in some states, but that's the US avg.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_10.pdf

 

[MelessaG]

Originally posted by NotUrsula
Remember that when you see those "large families" you may not be seeing nuclear families. Blended families often end up larger-than-average just by default. In my case, the look-alike children I'm shepherding are not all mine; I only have one, but my siblings can't normally afford WDW, so I take my nieces and nephews, too.
It's not unusual to see DH & I taking 6 kids through the parks.

Avg. number of children per mother is still dropping in the US; it's 2 right now. A bit higher in some states, but that's the US avg.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_10.pdf

Well the four DH and I have are our doing entirely, and it's nice to go somewhere that we can all have fun without being asked by perfect strangers "Don't you know how to keep them from coming?" and other completely thoughtless and inappropriate comments. I guess I should save those stories for a thread entitled "Ever had a shock at the grocery store/park/mall/etc..." Because everyone at WDW has always been wonderful about our family size, and that includes the CM's at WDW-DINE who don't audibly flinch when I make our PS's for ten people at a time. (grandparents and aunts are usually part of our trip too)

 

[Hollyann]

MelissaG...I understand about the comments. My twin brother has ten children, with plans to have more! He & his wife are terrific parents and have 10 of the happiest, most well adjusted kids I've ever seen! I imagine it's a lot of work (not to mention $$$) to take such a large group to WDW. However, you probably can't beat the fun! If you start the other thread (shock at mall/park, etc), I'd love to read it and I'll be posting there, too!

 

[Missy1961]

If you want to start a shock at the mall, etc., do it on the community board.....you can post about all sorts of stuff there. In fact, if I wasn't signing off now, I'd start one myself!