Have you ever had a shock?

[Tarheel Tink]

Ok, my shocks from our trip last week!

1- woman changing her baby's diaper on the floor of the waiting area for Turtle Talk at the Living Seas. Same woman was changing another child's diaper while standing by the elevators earlier. Come on! Diapers can be changed at the baby station in the bathroom right over there! It is not nuclear waste that has to be ejected immediately- you have time to get there!

2- Ak on Tuesday May 3rd- huge crowd of South American teenagers "swarm" DH and I in line to enter park. First 1 casually stood next to us, then stepped ahead, joined by 4, then about 8, then more! Our jaws were hanging in astonishment while I say "I've read about this, but it is unbelievable!". We switch to the end of another line and it happens again! Third line try; this time I stand behind DH facing the oncoming crowd with a very unDisney-like snarl and manage to survive it. Unfortunately no one in front of us knew how to squeeze their fingers apparently so it took forever to enter the park. At Dinosaur it happened again! DH and I held the metal bars on either side of us refusing to let them pass, so they merely shot under the bars with CMs calling after them. I really couldn't handle this so we left the park after the safari and Dinosaur. I am now a true believer of the infamous
line-cutting teens.

3- picture this- Beach Club Villas pool at 11:30 pm (get that, night time). A few people are in the hot tub, no one in the pool. DH and I slip in the pool and within 2 minutes bursting out of the lobby are 3 shrieking kids. One shoves his dressed sister into the pool and follows her in a cannonball. Screaming and fighting goes on while the third kid head dives in the shallow end. They get out and leap in right by us, dousing us. All of this is done at top volume. Shortly mom and dad with a baby in a stroller come out and laughingly tell them to quiet down, it is almost midnight, giggle,giggle. This only gets them going at a higher volume which apparently amuses the "parents" to no end. DH looked at me in shock and said "And they keep reproducing?" They stood right by the edge of the pool and watched benignly while the kids head dived repeatedly on the shallow end and followed DH and I while we tried to avoid them by constantly moving. Parents finally went inside leaving the screaming banshees; youngest freaks out when they disappear and follows them screaming while other siblings screams taunts at him.

 

[Pixiedusttravel]

You know, there are so many nuts out there. The CM probably was afraid the woman would make a huge scene {I have witnessed such outbursts from these types} and make the CM feel bad even though the CM would be in the right to say something to this person.

I agree totally! I probably could have said something too, but to quote Rex from Toy Story, "I don't like confrontation!!"

I just hope that when they collected the glasses and found the "surprise" in the can that they cleaned them with some really strong disinfectant.

 

[Buzz2001]

I actually have two stories. DD and I were near Splash Mountain. A man had his daughter, who appeared to be about 2, sitting on his shoulders. He wasn't holding on to her and she leaned backward. She fell to the concrete. He was very upset. The little girl was screaming. I'm sure that he never dreamed she'd fall. Now everytime I see someone with a small child on their shoulders, I cringe.

I was walking back to my table at the Dig Site (CSR) a few years back. I noticed a father carrying a tray of food and his DD was on his shoulders and the same thing happened, WHACK, fell right on the concrete and smacked her head. If you've never heard that sound it is something you forget. I don't know how she didn't crack her skull. What possesses folks to do the things they do.

Another time I was in the pool talking to my DW how was sitting in a chair and this women asked me to help get her husband out of the pool because he was diabetic and was going into shock. She was 5 ft tops and he was a big guy. By the time we got to the ladder, he started to convulse. Have you ever tried to lift someone out of a pool that was dead weight? Guests just watch us struggle a bit before 2 other gentlemen came over to help along with the lifeguards. One was a doctor from NY. As he started to come around he kept saying something about he was find and he was looking for me but I didn't even know him. This happened in June and the concrete was extremely hot. That's where we ended up placing him.

 

[CheshireVal]

I posted way back somewhere on this thread, but I just thought of another strange thing that happened to me.

A few years ago, I was on the bus to DTD. I was alone in my seat--- my mom and brother were in the seat in front of me. There was this man in the seat behind me who seemed to be around my age (mid-twenties at the time). He was there with an older couple who I assumed were his parents.

Anyway, he kept leaning waaaay forward and resting his elbows and arms and sometimes head on the back of my seat.... and he kept kind of playing with my hair. I had to scoot to the very edge of my seat and lean as far forward as possible so that he woudn't touch me. As soon as I tried leaning back, he'd invade my space again.

At first I thought maybe he had some kind of mental disability, but I couldn't really tell. I was too embarrassed (and unassertive) to say something to him, so I whispered to my brother that I'd like to swap seats with him. When my mom turned around and saw what was happening, she said, "Sir, please stop touching my daughter!" And he sat back in his chair and didn't bother me again! Very strange!

 

[luvthatduck]

"Sir, please stop touching my daughter!"

Man, if I had a dime for every time I heard that...

 

[aesalsa]

"Shouldn't it be called Donald's PhilharMagic? I mean, he is the star, right?"

I TOTALLY agree with your signature .

 

[LoriMistress]

"Shouldn't it be called Donald's PhilharMagic? I mean, he is the star, right?"

I TOTALLY agree with your signature .

Me too!

 

[alabamagirl]

I have actually seen people (mostly teenagers) abuse the characters. They will hit their heads so that they spin and turn and try to trip them because they know they have limited vision. My opinion: They should be forever banned from Disney. The characters are what bring the stories to life for the guests.

 

[ChairborneRangr]

revoking passes without refund should be the standard punishment for punching or abusing the characters.

 

[Epcot Girl]

When I was last there, I saw a man with 5 kids ( All between the ages of 4 and 8, I would guess) , and he had them all on those childrens leashes! We were behind them waiting in line for Thunder Mountain--They seemed nice, but why would you have a kid that old on a leash?

what is wrong with parents? It is the happiest place on earth, darn it!!

 

[4greatboys]

8 does seem a tad old for that.

 

[DanceRC28]

While waiting to ride Test Track a few weeks ago, DH and I began to smell this horrible "dirty diaper" smell. It was so crowded we couldn't pinpoint the location at first. As the line wrapped around and we seen a man holding his daughter and knew it was coming from them. The girl was about 4 years old, not a baby! The father seemed clueless even though everyone in line had begun to cover their noses and faces in disgust. About 10 minutes later as we went to get on the ride we seen the father leading his daughter out by the hand with a huge brown stain on the back of her pants.......needless to say we didn't eat for a long time after that! I mean seriously parents need to get a clue!!!


Renee

 

[ericamanda01]

Time for a BUMP!

 

[newchic99]

bumping so I can find this easier tomorrow

 

[Nora94]

not exactly shocking, but we were watching the cinderella show at the castle. This woman with a huge double stroller is about 3 people in front of us. No biggie, we can see over it cause we are far enough back. Well, about 5 minutes into the show, she stands up behind the stroller. Just keeps standing there. Between the stroller and her, there is no way to see 3/4 of the stage.

So, I go up to her and tell her - very nicely - to please not stand up as the rest of us can not see with her in the way. She was po'd. My husband was about to kill me, but the 3 ladies next to or behind me all said thank you for saying something.

It's important to NOT let those types of people rule the world. Be it Disney World, or our big blue marble we call Earth.

Nora

 

[londonpenguin]

At WS in 2002, we were resting a bit near a rather pretty garden display, and I happened to notice one of those cute little lizards that Disney uses for insect control sitting on top of a small lighting encasement. I'm just idly watching the lizard, which was doing its best not to be noticed (lol), when these two little boys come running up. They were maybe 8 and 10. Pretty cute little towheads, and they looked well-kept. The older one says to the younger, "I'm gonna get that lizard." For a second I thought about saying something, then I figured there was no way the little boy was faster than the lizard, so I just watched.

The boy slowly leans forwad so his head is right over where the lizard is (still trying not to be noticed), puts one finger against one nostril, closing it up, and proceeds to blow snot out of the other nostril. Gaaaah! The lizard took off and the snot landed on top of the light. It's so disgusting, I can't take my eyes away, and then I hear someone yell and the little boys go scampering away. It all happened in about 10 seconds. In fact, it happened so fast, I wasn't entirely sure it had happened. But wait: there's a big glob of snot there. I can handle blood any day, but show me mucus and I want to be sick.

Anyway, not too shocking, just ... y'know .... euuccccchhhhh!!!

 

[MommaPooh217]

Last year at ASMov I had DD 20 months and DD 4 yrs playing in the kiddie pool area when this woman comes up to me and strikes up a conversation. At first she was complemented me on how cute my 20 month old is and says she also has a 4 year old , up to this point nothing seemed out of the ordinary until she says my 4yr old has been playing with her DD, I tell her the only children dd has played with tonight are the ones she is playing with now a little girl (not her daughter) and 2 little boys.She insists my daughter has been playing with her and proceeds to say to my daughter "You were playing with so and so (name escapes me now) have you seen her ? It is at this point I smell the alcohol on her breath, and my poor dd is just looking at this woman like she has a second head. When I again explain that we have'nt seen her, her response is "Oh well she's probably over with her dad at the big pool." She never bothered to go check even when I suggested it was probably a good idea just to be safe. If that had been my child and I did not know where she was I would have cleared the pools to find her and had every CM there searching for her. The stupidity of some people just amazes me ,you would think that if you are on vacation you could at least hold off on the alcohol,or make sure there is a family member who is NOT drinking to be resposible for your child if you just cannot do without it.

Just my humble opinion
Tina

Ryan,Kerry,Sam and Kiley's Mom

 

[marcyinPA]

We took my Ds on his first trip when he was 2.5 (1997)....we were waiting in line for a slide in the kiddie area of Blizzard Beach, where he was "face to butt" with a woman in a thong. EEEW!! I quickly picked him up so at least his face was up higher! Not pleasant!

 

[jlowejd5]

We were on a senior year of undergrad spring break trip (back in the dark ages of 1996). Me, the future DW, and her roommate. We're in Epcot, minding our bidness, bopping along, listening to the singin' booshes.

Out of nowhere, this 70-year-old woman riding an ECV comes FLYing out of nowhere and misses the roomie by maybe two feet. And the ECV was going faster than a man could run. I don't know what she'd done to it, but I've never seen one move that fast. We saw her about an hour later zipping around a little marching band that was playing. Got a good picture of her. She was NOT having a Magical day, from the looks on her face...

(and this isn't an ECV slam, my dad used one for five years...they're lifesavers at times, but this old bat was crazy)

 

[Epcot Girl]

A few years ago, My mother and I were at Chef Mickeys at the Contemporary for the breakfast buffet. We had gotten our food, and were eating quietly. Many people were asking for bacon, as they had run out. So, they put the bacon out, and these two rather obese men cut everyone, and take ALL THE BACON. There must have been 100 slices!!!!!

I just didnt know what to do! It was insane!!