Have you ever had a shock?

[Miranda Danda]

I read each and every one of these, and I have a different shocking story.
A few years ago, when I was in college, I was at WDW with my parents. We were eating at a resturant inside of the Magic Kingdom called Libertry Tree Tavern. We were seated, and we ordered, and a new family sat down at the table next to us. It was a mom, dad, and a ~3 year old.The waiter offered a child's menu for the kid, but the mom said, no, he is just a baby so he is just having baby food. She then ordered for her and the dad ordered and they got out baby food jars. The boy started to whine saying that he wanted mac and cheese, and the mom just spoke to him in the way people talk to little babies, saying, oh my sweet little baby, you are just a little baby, you need to eat baby food. She took a spoon, scooped up baby food, and tried to feed the boy he started whining even louder that he wanted mac and cheese. A waiter came over and asked if they wanted to order mac and cheese for the kid, and the family said, no, he is not old enough for it, he just needs baby food. By the time we left the kid was screaming mac and cheese, mac and cheese over and over again. It was horrible, and I don't know much about babies, but as far as I know 3 year olds don't eat baby food.

First of all, welcome to the DIS Boards! Second of all, I don't know a whole lot about babies either, but that does sound VERY crazy!!!! Poor kid. Maybe they didn't want him to grow up. Geez, I thought MY parents were overprotective!

 

[bigmerle1966]

No, it is not normal for a 3 year old to eat baby food unless the child has a special need and cannot eat regular food. Most of the babies I know started on table food right around the time they turned one.

 

[wfloyd]

But it is entirely possible for the parents not to want to pay for dinner for a 3 year old and thus make it look like he is younger by giving him baby food.

 

[phanomouse]

I just returned back from a 3 week trip and I saw many shocking things that I swore I was going to post here.

I was on the sea racers circling discovery island and when I came around the back side of the island closest to FW there was a couple in a sea racer that were stopped and from a distance it looked like one of them was trying to get out and the other person was trying to stop them from getting out. Their boat was drifting very close to going into shore and I started to slow down. As I slowed my engine I could hear the girl talking frantically. I could not see her because he was in front of her but she was standing up but crouched down if that makes sense. the boat turned as the wake hit it and that is when I realized she didn't want to fall out she just had a full bladder and was trying to "go" over the side. I quickly sped away back to the GF laughing with my father in law the whole way.

The next thing I saw was a couple in MGM arguing outside of LMA. The man was standing with one hand on the stroller and the other pointing a finger in his wifes face and obviously yelling at her. She stood there holding her ground and eventually swung her fist clocking him right in the nose. It knocked him back and he used the stroller to balance himself. He looked like he was going to burst into tears but he then he shocked me by reaching his one free hand out and grabbing her neck. Then she grabbed his and they started struggling. By this time people are stopping and obviously wondering what to do. Then from all their pushing around they knock the stroller over and their, maybe 18 month old, child falls out onto the pavement. This didn't stop them from fighting though. My wife ran to get the baby and I, along with a few other park guests, pulled them off of each other.

For the next few days my wife and I joked about how this trip was cursed because we had never seen such behavior (actually we didn't really care just thought it was funny, well not everything was funny but still). Then one night we are coming out of the BC heading to epcot and we were standing under the waterslide on the sidewalk to epcot and my wife looks over at the beach and sees a girl in her early 20's in a very very skimpy string bikini. She looks at me and jokes with me telling me not to stare. When I look over she is bending over pulling her bottoms down. And then I realize there is a guy taking pictures of her. The rest of our party arrived and we started walking away. My wife turned to me and pointed out that this girl was still posing and flashing her body (it was very busy at the BC, it was about 6pm and people were eating and swimming and they were right on the beach next to the waterslide). I decided to go tell a CM but as I turned around I saw Disney Security dragging these two away.

All in all it was quit and interesting trip. There were a few more I wanted to post but this is turning out to be pretty long so I will just leave it at this.

 

[Miranda Danda]

I just returned back from a 3 week trip and I saw many shocking things that I swore I was going to post here.

I was on the sea racers circling discovery island and when I came around the back side of the island closest to FW there was a couple in a sea racer that were stopped and from a distance it looked like one of them was trying to get out and the other person was trying to stop them from getting out. Their boat was drifting very close to going into shore and I started to slow down. As I slowed my engine I could hear the girl talking frantically. I could not see her because he was in front of her but she was standing up but crouched down if that makes sense. the boat turned as the wake hit it and that is when I realized she didn't want to fall out she just had a full bladder and was trying to "go" over the side. I quickly sped away back to the GF laughing with my father in law the whole way.

The next thing I saw was a couple in MGM arguing outside of LMA. The man was standing with one hand on the stroller and the other pointing a finger in his wifes face and obviously yelling at her. She stood there holding her ground and eventually swung her fist clocking him right in the nose. It knocked him back and he used the stroller to balance himself. He looked like he was going to burst into tears but he then he shocked me by reaching his one free hand out and grabbing her neck. Then she grabbed his and they started struggling. By this time people are stopping and obviously wondering what to do. Then from all their pushing around they knock the stroller over and their, maybe 18 month old, child falls out onto the pavement. This didn't stop them from fighting though. My wife ran to get the baby and I, along with a few other park guests, pulled them off of each other.

For the next few days my wife and I joked about how this trip was cursed because we had never seen such behavior (actually we didn't really care just thought it was funny, well not everything was funny but still). Then one night we are coming out of the BC heading to epcot and we were standing under the waterslide on the sidewalk to epcot and my wife looks over at the beach and sees a girl in her early 20's in a very very skimpy string bikini. She looks at me and jokes with me telling me not to stare. When I look over she is bending over pulling her bottoms down. And then I realize there is a guy taking pictures of her. The rest of our party arrived and we started walking away. My wife turned to me and pointed out that this girl was still posing and flashing her body (it was very busy at the BC, it was about 6pm and people were eating and swimming and they were right on the beach next to the waterslide). I decided to go tell a CM but as I turned around I saw Disney Security dragging these two away.

All in all it was quit and interesting trip. There were a few more I wanted to post but this is turning out to be pretty long so I will just leave it at this.

WOW! I will have to take you on my next trip! Maybe you are a good luck charm for interesting events!!!!

 

[MI mom of 3]

bump..

 

[tbelfonti]

Just back and here are mine...

1. The number of people who smoke outside the designated smoking areas. This is a huge issue for us as we have a child with a heart defect who on a GOOD day has oxygen levels in the high 80's. It got to the point that my older DD would yell to my DH "daddy - someone is smoking! Move the baby!"

2. Epcot on 5/14 in FW: Little boy wandering around, calling for his dad. I'm panicked thinking he's lost but he ran away from me when I approached him (rightly so, as I'm a stranger). Finally found his dad who wasn't even the slightest bit worried that the boy was lost.

3. MK on 5/20 waiting for DD and DH to come off Splash Mtn. It's probably 9:45AM in the morning and my friend and I watch this couple SCREAMING at each other over Fast Passes. I didn't want to interfere but it was obvious to us that she had only put in one ticket and received one FP in return (didn't realize you needed to use all tickets to get multiple FPs). My friend and I were waiting for them to come to blows.

4. The number of people who just reached out and touched the baby without asking. It freaked me out. Yes, she is beautiful. But please don't touch her!!!

5. The young woman who asked to hold my baby! I explained the baby's situation (heart defect, lack of spleen, etc) and she seemed insulted that I said no! My DH would have divorced me had he come off a ride to find me standing there with a stranger holding her.

 

[crzy4mickey]

who in their right mind would even have enough nurve to ask a stranger if they can hold their child? THat's crazy! The only time I would and have touched a strangers child is when they (the child) were in danger of getting hurt. I stopped a child once from running out the doors of our local grocery store into a BUSY parking lot and the mother looked at me like i tried to hurt the child or something. ah....Your welcome.....anyway I was glad I at least stopped the child from getting hurt. That was thanks enough!

 

[aubriee]

I just returned May 22nd and looked, but didn't really notice that many shocking things except:

1. The number of people smoking in nonsmoking areas.

2. The number of people wearing very thin white shorts with no underwear underneath. One lady came off Kali River Rapids and lets just say it was VERY obvious the hair on her head was dyed blonde.

3. The number of exhausted kids being screamed at by their parents. Geez, the kids obviously needed a nap.

4. The number of people eating at counter service places who just left their trash on the tables. Excuse me the trash cans are close by.

5. Young babies with sunburned feet sticking out of strollers.

6. The number of people who took screaming, terrified kids on rides or into the 3-D shows and then made them stay (screaming the whole time).

7. A few people who gave me a dirty look and were very rude when I offered to take pictures of them, so they could all be in the picture with the rest of their family. Most gladly accepted the offer or politely refused, but a few acted like they thought I wanted to steal their camera or something. Geez, I was just trying to be nice.

8. The parents who were laughing and encouraging the kid to pull Meeko's tail outside AK one evening while they took pictures. Meeko was trying to sign another kid's autograph at the time.

Hey, I guess I did see more than I realized.

 

[Miranda Danda]

A few people who gave me a dirty look and were very rude when I offered to take pictures of them, so they could all be in the picture with the rest of their family. Most gladly accepted the offer or politely refused, but a few acted like they thought I wanted to steal their camera or something. Geez, I was just trying to be nice.

Man, I was SHOCKED by this too! I offered to take pics for some people and they either glared at me, rolled their eyes, or walked away. A simple, "No thank you" would have sufficed. At least you and I were being polite. No one can fault us for that.

 

[pixiedust23]

2. The number of people wearing very thin white shorts with no underwear underneath. One lady came off Kali River Rapids and lets just say it was VERY obvious the hair on her head was dyed blonde.

That is so so gross. Why dont people just wear underwear!?!?

 

[milmore104]

I hate seeing babies/kids who are sunburnt. I mean if you can afford to go to WDW than you can certainly afford a $9 bottle of sunscreen to put on your child...
That being said, some that I have experienced is ...
This one still Pi..es me off while walking through our resort courtyard my 16 month old DD was hit in the head by a football and knock to the ground. The boy who throw it was about 14 or so. I ran to my screaming DD who was scratched up and bleeding a little on the forehead. The boy didn't even bat and eyelash he just picked up his ball and started throwing it again. Mind you he was not playing w/ anyone just throwing it in the distance over and over agian. I handed my child to my DH and walked over to the boy and asked if he'd like to say he was sorry. He looked at me and said w/ a turned up lip "NO, FU" You can imagine the shock on my face at that moment. I followed him to his room and told his father what had happend and the father tells me my 16 month old DD should watch were she's going. It's not his boys fault! Mind you all I was looking for was I'm sorry is she okay. I was not yelling or even raising my voice. Now I know some of you are probably thinking why wasn't I watching her. I was I am a very worried mom who watches her like a hawk I did not see this boy throwing the football if I had I would not have let her walk and we would have walked another way! I reported it to the manager of the hotel. I would have let it go at an accident if the boy would have said those 2 little words "I'm Sorry"
Another one I saw that really bothers me is a young boy about 9 tossing his cookies right out there in front of Splash MNT. clearly the boy was suffering from heat exhaustion and the mother says w/out skipping a beat "Are you done were going to miss our Fast Pass Time, then we'll have to wait in line"

 

[Miranda Danda]

I hate seeing babies/kids who are sunburnt. I mean if you can afford to go to WDW than you can certainly afford a $9 bottle of sunscreen to put on your child...
That being said, some that I have experienced is ...
This one still Pi..es me off while walking through our resort courtyard my 16 month old DD was hit in the head by a football and knock to the ground. The boy who throw it was about 14 or so. I ran to my screaming DD who was scratched up and bleeding a little on the forehead. The boy didn't even bat and eyelash he just picked up his ball and started throwing it again. Mind you he was not playing w/ anyone just throwing it in the distance over and over agian. I handed my child to my DH and walked over to the boy and asked if he'd like to say he was sorry. He looked at me and said w/ a turned up lip "NO, FU" You can imagine the shock on my face at that moment. I followed him to his room and told his father what had happend and the father tells me my 16 month old DD should watch were she's going. It's not his boys fault! Mind you all I was looking for was I'm sorry is she okay. I was not yelling or even raising my voice. Now I know some of you are probably thinking why wasn't I watching her. I was I am a very worried mom who watches her like a hawk I did not see this boy throwing the football if I had I would not have let her walk and we would have walked another way! I reported it to the manager of the hotel. I would have let it go at an accident if the boy would have said those 2 little words "I'm Sorry"
Another one I saw that really bothers me is a young boy about 9 tossing his cookies right out there in front of Splash MNT. clearly the boy was suffering from heat exhaustion and the mother says w/out skipping a beat "Are you done were going to miss our Fast Pass Time, then we'll have to wait in line"

That is horrible how they (father and son) handled the situation with your daughter. What is so sad is that after seeing how the dad acted, you can tell where the boy gets it from. He knew he wasn't going to get in trouble because thats what his dad does. You handled it fine and I am glad you DD is okay.

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

I have read through some of the stories people have posted and needless to say they are quite shocking! When I go next month I wonder what I will see!

Nicole

 

[disneyaggie]

I hate seeing babies/kids who are sunburnt. I mean if you can afford to go to WDW than you can certainly afford a $9 bottle of sunscreen to put on your child...
That being said, some that I have experienced is ...
This one still Pi..es me off while walking through our resort courtyard my 16 month old DD was hit in the head by a football and knock to the ground. The boy who throw it was about 14 or so. I ran to my screaming DD who was scratched up and bleeding a little on the forehead. The boy didn't even bat and eyelash he just picked up his ball and started throwing it again. Mind you he was not playing w/ anyone just throwing it in the distance over and over agian. I handed my child to my DH and walked over to the boy and asked if he'd like to say he was sorry. He looked at me and said w/ a turned up lip "NO, FU" You can imagine the shock on my face at that moment. I followed him to his room and told his father what had happend and the father tells me my 16 month old DD should watch were she's going. It's not his boys fault! Mind you all I was looking for was I'm sorry is she okay. I was not yelling or even raising my voice. Now I know some of you are probably thinking why wasn't I watching her. I was I am a very worried mom who watches her like a hawk I did not see this boy throwing the football if I had I would not have let her walk and we would have walked another way! I reported it to the manager of the hotel. I would have let it go at an accident if the boy would have said those 2 little words "I'm Sorry"
Another one I saw that really bothers me is a young boy about 9 tossing his cookies right out there in front of Splash MNT. clearly the boy was suffering from heat exhaustion and the mother says w/out skipping a beat "Are you done were going to miss our Fast Pass Time, then we'll have to wait in line"

Looks like the father and son are both losers!

 

[spatenfloot]

bump.

 

[Sherrilatte]

the incidents that occur in this thread are unbelievable. But I shouldn't be surprised because when you get so many different types of folk from around the world in one place, you're bound to see anything.

 

[Minnie's Mate]

Two that always get my blood pressure up are similar. Once at MGM I staked out a spot for the parade near the end of the parade route with my youngest son asleep in our double stroller while my wife and older son went to the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Playground. I stood in that spot for 45 minutes with our stuff spread out enough so my wife would have room to stand by me when they returned. About 5 minutes before my wife returned a woman and her little girl plopped down in front of the angled side of the stroller. I told her she would have to move that my other child would be returning to the stroller and she would be blocking his view. She just looked at me and turned away. When my son returned, I told her she would have to move as he couldn't see the parade. She turned to him and said, "Can you see little boy?" He said yes. She looked at me and said he said he can see. Now my son was four at the time and the parade hadn't started so he didn't know what she meant.

The second was on another trip. We had purchased folding camp stools to use during parades. We staked out our spot on Main Street in MK about 45 minutes before the Electrical parade time and were patiently waiting for the parade to start. We had the double stroller angled toward the parade route and were seated behind the stroller. This woman walks up with her two kids and plops down on the curb in the triangle formed by the curb and the stroller. I told her she would have to move. She told me no. I told her if she wanted a front row seat she should have been here earlier before they were all gone. She looked at me and said, "You don't own the park, you know." And I replied, "You don't either." She looked at our fold up stools and said, "Some of us don't have THAT kind of luxury." My wife told her, "Some of us plan ahead." Unfortunately, the CM's weren't doing their jobs that night and allowed her and her two kids to sit with their feet in the street. So, I kept rocking the stroller wheels against her nice white shorts!

 

[IloveWINNIEthePOOH]

So, I kept rocking the stroller wheels against her nice white shorts!

Good for you!! I would have done the same!

 

[shatzjsl]

So, I kept rocking the stroller wheels against her nice white shorts!

I totally agree that you had a right to be upset but I don't see what the point of doing this was. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Did she block anyone's view or take anyone's seat?