Have you ever had a shock?

[MELSMICE]

Last June we were waiting in the gift shop of the RnR coaster and a man grabs his ds about 9 or 10 yrs old by the hair of the head and starts shaking his head violently, stops, screams at him some more and does it again. I told him if he touched the child like that again I was getting park security--which I did anyway. They really just watched the guy. I couldnt believe what I was seeing. If thats what he does in public imagine what he does to that kid in private. I just couldnt stay silent about it. It was extremely abusive behavior. He and I had words and he told me if I had been abused when I was a kid maybe I could have learned how to keep my fat mouth shut.
You know Im adult and really dont care what the dude thinks about me but I was really worried for the poor kid.

It's stories like this that literally turn my stomach. I feel so very bad for children in these situations. My heart breaks for them.

 

[disneyaggie]

Last June we were waiting in the gift shop of the RnR coaster and a man grabs his ds about 9 or 10 yrs old by the hair of the head and starts shaking his head violently, stops, screams at him some more and does it again. I told him if he touched the child like that again I was getting park security--which I did anyway. They really just watched the guy. I couldnt believe what I was seeing. If thats what he does in public imagine what he does to that kid in private. I just couldnt stay silent about it. It was extremely abusive behavior. He and I had words and he told me if I had been abused when I was a kid maybe I could have learned how to keep my fat mouth shut.
You know Im adult and really dont care what the dude thinks about me but I was really worried for the poor kid.

Wow! Good for you! I would have done the same thing! It sounds to me that the big idiot was excusing his behavior by saying what he did about "if you had been abused". I bet his son was happy you stepped in, too! Three cheers for you!

 

[plummer925]

Oh my gosh - I just read through all 1342 posts!!

When I went to Disney World a couple years ago the only thing that was real shocking was the steepness of the ramp out of Ice Station Cool (I think that's what it's called) - I was having hip problems so I was in a wheelchair and it took ALL my strength to get up that ramp!! Horrible!!!

 

[dani0622]

oh god, i just read through a ton of posts, it really amazes me....
I can remember a few awful things myself....both from my last trip 2 years ago...
on WDW train and saw woman changing diaper of one baby while the other child maybe one or two? hanging out side of train
the other was watching a grown woman maybe in her thirties knock my 10year old sister so hard that if i wasn't standing there to catch her she would have fallen to the ground, then turn around and look at my sister very nasty (so I called her a beast for knocking over a child but she kept walking!)

 

[MrsKreamer]

Whew I am exhausted! It took me 2 1/2 days to read it but I read the whole thing!! Anyway let's see if I can remember a few from my trips and working there...

OK when I worked at ASSp front desk this happened to me...I had just started working there like 2 weeks before, but I had pretty much learned the ropes. Well in comes this woman with her husband and 3 kids(10, 10, and 7) in tow. Well she starts off complaining that her ressies was messed up from the beginning and how she had to spend almost $60 in long distance calls trying to fix it. CRO promised to send her that in Disney $ and it would be waiting for her when she got there. Well her and her 2 kids were on a pkg, I think it was the Silver Dream maker. She then says that she called last week and asked if she could bring her neice, the operator asked for her neices age, who was 10, and then said no problem. Well this lady took "no problem" meaning that her neice would also have a 6 day ultimate park hopper and 2 wishes! I explained to her that she would have to pay extra for that and she BLEW up! She started banging her fists and screaming for a mngr and saying how this whole vacation was ruined...Come on, like Disney is just going to give you $500 worth of park tickets!? I saw her later and she still looked upset...poor kids probably had a bad vacation b/c their mom is a nut!

This one was told to me by a friend durring the CP. There is a couple who go to WDW every year in September. A Mom, a Dad, and a baby. They always eat at Crystal Palace b/c it is one of the few resturaunts that have tables of just 3, plus they know if they want something other then the buffet they can request it and they comply(little known fact). Anyway they love for the characters to interact with the baby, so the characters are told about them in advance. They are told that the baby loves the characters but is allergic to the fur, so they can't touch the baby. Well my friend, who was really close to Tigger , said that when he saw the baby he almost fell over. It was a stuffed animal wrapped in a towel! He said that they have done this for like 20 years, they take the towel baby everywhere. They take him on rides, to shows, and of coarse to dinner. He said it was really sad when the Mom started to feed the baby. All I can think is that they must have suffered the loss of a child and were sucked into a delusion.

Another strange one was told to me by my CP profeesor. He said he met these two lovily old ladies at Epcot one day. He couldn't help but notice a very strong odor coming from one of the ladies coats. Well she fnally introduced him to her late dog that she carried with her in her coat. She said that he really loved Epcot, so they took him there every Sunday! WOW!

This one was me who caused the shock. Feb 1995 was my very first trip to WDW, I was 12. I went with my DAunt, DUncle and their son Mark. Mark was 5 at the time. Well we went to eat in the Coral Cafe, the resturant that's "under water" Well when we first walked in there were 3 little steps down and shooting out the side of the railing were bubbles, to give it that underwater feeling. Well my cousin Mark stopped short to play with the bubbles and I didn't see him. I tripped over him and down the stairs. It was quite a scene! We had to go to first aid to fill out a form saying that we wouldn't sue, then we got to go back and eat breakfast.

I have never seen public urination, but I have seen plety of parents NOT watching their kids. Oh I make a promise now that when we take our Ds he will be watched by us the entire time!!

When I worked at ASSp we had a case of public nudity. A foriegn lady was sunbathing topless.

Oh and I have heard horror stories about guests deficating all over the room except for the bathroom. We also had to escort a man to another hotle, after he came back to his run drunk and peed outside. Then he tried to get back to his room and couldn't get in. He then proceeded to bang on everyone's doors! We had to arrest a Pop Warner participant's big brother for smoking something other than cigarettes in the parking lot. I know I have somemore but I can't think of them!

 

[JonJehrio]

I went to a late night showing of The Village onthe Disney Magic and was surprised by how many children were there being a Suspense movie and all. A family came in 5 minutes after it started with the about 4 or 5 year old boy sitting next to me. A few times during the movie he started crying and telling his mom he was scared. She just kept shushing him and eventualy appeared annoyed with him. I am also shocked by the attitude of many on the Disney Cruise ships about letting their children, especially 10 to 16 year old kids have the run of the ship. There were many a time where I'd be walking around at 1-2 AM and see "packs" of young kids running and roaming the ship.

 

[Toni300z]

I finally read it all!
What a great thread.

I went last week and the only shocking thing my frined and I witness was...

While in line for Space Mountain, there was a man maybe in his 40's who had a muscle shirt on with NO DEODORANT. It was so strong it made our noses and eyes burn. He kept swinging his arms and lifiting his arms up. Yuk. He had no clue. But my frined kepy saying pew, Please stop. Haha.

Oh yeah and the weight for the ferry at nights after Wishes is horrible. There are so many RUDE people. They come from behind u and butt in line, push you. Just rude.

 

[MrsKreamer]

I wanted to add that on my last trip I found the CMs at the hotel to be more rude...we metioned it many, many times that we were on our honeymoon, and yet they never sent a card or anything. I finally asked them to send me a card and they misspelled my dhs name...Kort

 

[sanapunk]

I went on a day trip, not to any parks, just to check out hotels, etc, in january. I wanted to ride the monorail really bad, so we rode it to EPCOT and back. From the looks of it, the park was pretty packed, so when we got to the station and people got on, I was nice and got up and offered my seat to a man who looked a bit tired.

here's the "shocker" to me:

He didn't say thank you, or even sit. Instead he gets this weird look on his face and runs out of the monorail, asking the conductors if it was leaving soon, so he can go find another cab to sit in! He completely just left his family on that side. HELLO? ARE YOU MENTAL? I GOT UP AND GAVE YOU A SEAT NEXT TO YOUR FAMILY.

Arg, try to do something nice, and it just turns out WEIRD.

 

[MrsKreamer]

that is terrible....some people

 

[ekmdisney]

I went on a day trip, not to any parks, just to check out hotels, etc, in january. I wanted to ride the monorail really bad, so we rode it to EPCOT and back. From the looks of it, the park was pretty packed, so when we got to the station and people got on, I was nice and got up and offered my seat to a man who looked a bit tired.

here's the "shocker" to me:

He didn't say thank you, or even sit. Instead he gets this weird look on his face and runs out of the monorail, asking the conductors if it was leaving soon, so he can go find another cab to sit in! He completely just left his family on that side. HELLO? ARE YOU MENTAL? I GOT UP AND GAVE YOU A SEAT NEXT TO YOUR FAMILY.

Arg, try to do something nice, and it just turns out WEIRD.

But I think it shows how much he really loves his family. (Or you just gave him a reason to get away from his family for a little while.) He left them with someone he DIDN't want to sit with. He thought their was something wrong with you, so he got away from you. BUT you were perfectly all right to sit next to his family. Maybe he was hoping that you would take his family away.

 

[sanapunk]

But I think it shows how much he really loves his family. (Or you just gave him a reason to get away from his family for a little while.) He left them with someone he DIDN't want to sit with. He thought their was something wrong with you, so he got away from you. BUT you were perfectly all right to sit next to his family. Maybe he was hoping that you would take his family away.

LOL, well he could have atleast said "oh thanks anyway" and i would have sat back down. Maybe him and the wifey got into an argument. Plus I think the MIL was there, maybe he was trying to escape!

 

[ekmdisney]

LOL, well he could have atleast said "oh thanks anyway" and i would have sat back down. Maybe him and the wifey got into an argument. Plus I think the MIL was there, maybe he was trying to escape!

OHHH! Their was a MIL, that can explain so much. I don't have one, but I have read some really scary stories on the these boards about them. 'Specially when it comes to the parks.

 

[2chinooks]

While we were having breakfast at Maraat AKL we saw a man carrying a huge tray of creamers to his table. He sat there for 15 minutes opening at least 100 of the little containers and dumping them into his mug. He then started the whole process AGAIN! After filling his mug with free cream he drank it. YUCK!

 

[rayelias]

While we were having breakfast at Maraat AKL we saw a man carrying a huge tray of creamers to his table. He sat there for 15 minutes opening at least 100 of the little containers and dumping them into his mug. He then started the whole process AGAIN! After filling his mug with free cream he drank it. YUCK!

I've seen the same thing happen myself several times (not always at Disney).

I'm a compassionate guy - if someone truly can't afford to eat (which is nearly impossible in the US anymore), then I've got little problem with someone sustaining themselves on "free" condiments. (I say "free" because they're really not "free", but included in the cost of the accompanying item).

But, if you're spending several thousand dollars for a Disney vacation, you can surely afford a couple bucks for a glass of milk. And if you can't, there are a plethora of FREE water fountains throughout the property.

 

[GoN2WDW]

A huge pet peeve of my husband and I are those people who think they deserve to be "up front" at everything. I can't tell you how many times we've arrived very early for Illuminations or a parade to have a good viewing spot, only to have the last minute family try to shove past us. We literally have had to block our daughter by standing with our hands on our hips and feet shoulder width to keep them from pushing her out of their way. We gave up our time to get a good view, they should have planned better too. Then they usually stand behind saying "can you see honey?" I'm really not a rude person, and under normal circumstances try to be considerate to everyone, but their selfish behavior really irks me. Our favorite saying is "a million people and they're all alone!"

 

[DZNYMGCFAM]

These things are terrible, but what I hate also is when a CM just ruins someone's day. Admittedly, that's rare, but it does happen. You'd think they had a way to "pull" CMs who are in a bad mood to a backstage location for the day.

That is really bad!! We took my mother, aunt and uncle with us for the first time one year and we had raved about how wonderful WDW and POR was....well she was on the boat going from DTD back to the resort with my aunt when the boat docked at POFQ the "captain" said next stop was POR, then he got off and a new "captain" got on, when the boat was ready to leave he annouced they were going to DTD...my mother told him that they had just come from their and the other guy said they were going to POR..the guy told them too bad and if they did not like it, jump overboard!!! I was horrified when she told me this!!! She said the guy was totally rude and no one spoke another word. Of course we tried to complain...we got no where, they did offer to give us a free boat rental for the next day. However we were leaving the next morning at 7am!!!!

I told my mother she should have jumped over board, LOL, and seen what he would have done!!!

 

[shatzjsl]

I told my mother she should have jumped over board, LOL, and seen what he would have done!!!

That would have been funny! I bet he would think twice about saying it again!

 

[Kimberly815]

My best friend's first trip to Disney was without me. It was for spring break in college.
They were waiting in line for something (I want to say Splash Mountain) and there is a group of about 6 highschool cheerleaders with their coach ahead of them. As they get closer to the front of the line, more cheerleaders keep pushing ahead of them to 'join their group'. After about a half hour of this, and at least 10 cheerleaders, my friend gets annoyed and starts making comments to the members of her group about how it is rude to cut in line, especially with so many people. We are from MA, and my friend has a strong Boston accent, is about 6 feet tall, athletic and a redhead (Think Donna from That 70's Show). Well, as she is making comments a few more cheerleaders are cutting. One very small, blonde cheerleader turns to her, does the hairflip, trusts forward one hip, puts her hands on her hips and says in a Southern accent "Ya'll are friendly. Where ya'll from?". My friend turns to her, gives her one look and says "Not your trailer park."
The cheerleader ran to her coach and complained. The coach came back and apologized for all of the girls attitudes and let my friends move up ahead of them. Apparently, the coach had spent enough time with the cheerleaders to know how terribly they behave.
Not the nicest thing to say, but whenever we see intentional rude behavior ANYWHERE we now just turn to each other and ask "Ya'll are friendly. Where Ya'll from?" and have a good laugh.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Kimberly,
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!