Have you ever had a shock?

[TigrLvsPooh]

This thread is great!

My shock was at Epcot during Christmas week about 3 years ago. We were waiting for a ride and saw three women wearing disney christmas tree skirts as ponchos. We couldn't stop from laughing because we have one at home on our Christmas tree!

Now THAT would be a sight to see!!!!

 

[MELSMICE]

A couple of trips ago, we were on the boat from WL to MK and I notice a girl about 11 or 12 sitting on a man's lap. He was probably in his 30's. I'm thinking father and daughter, but that is not what was disturbing.

She squeezed blackheads on his nose the entire trip to MK while the rest of the family looked on and gave her encouragement. "Oh, that was a good one" or "Get that one, too".

Can you say gross...

UGH - that is disgusting!!!

 

[Deafmedic]

Truly sick and disgusting.

 

[jgates]

Finally got up to date after 6 months of not reading this thread. It has been a riot.

My most recent one was not at Disney and in fact involved me and my daughter (again). I got to the breaking point. Two months ago her cell phone was stolen only a few weeks after she got it. Since I handle a big group of phones for work our rep was kind enough to replace it without charge for me. Then a few weeks later DH & I are on vacation. When we get home she says the new cell phone won't charge. Sent it in for inspection - water damage (somehow - who knows?). $35 deductible. Then we get the bill for her last week of school. $77 (for a $10 a month emergency phone, LOL). So she is now into me for about $100 that she shouldn't have been. So DH volunteers her to dress up in the kid's klub reindeer costume and ride in the parade this morning - she would get paid $25 which would help her 'debt' to me. In the middle of Wal-Mart of course, she starts in with - 'you can't make me do that' and on and on it goes. I got to the breakdown point (see the snotnosed kid post, LOL) and said (very loudly) - 'I AM YOUR MOTHER AND I CAN MAKE YOU DO ANY DA** THING I WANT TO - ENOUGH!!!'. So, if you happened to be in small-town WalMart and saw me go bezerk, I apologize. But she survived the parade in good form this morning and scarfed up the little bit of left over candy we had, LOL. And one of her best friends told everyone in the band that it was her in the costume which really made her mad!

 

[skippyman111]

WATCH our family on "Fan's Guide: Walt Disney World" on August 1st at 4:00 pm eastern time on The Travel Channel!!!!

That's awesome tigr!! How did you get featured?

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

We were at Typhoon Lagoon last October and were in line to ride one of the faster water slides. There was a family with a teenage daughter (age about 13 or 14)who's dad kept trying to pull down her top and bikini bottom to expose her hiney. Once he pulled out her bikin bottom front to take a peek. Mom seemed indifferent, pretended not to see. They were not from the US and thought maybe they had a different cultural values and so I should just mind my own business, but man, even so....

The girl didn't seem to be appreciating all the "Lolita" attention she was getting. It was disturbing and I considered asking her if she was "ok" or getting a cast member. "Perv" dad saw DW and I glaring at him and he kept his hands to himself. Maybe it was "innocent fun" and he was just teasing his daughter, but I'm thinkin not... more like wanting to throw him from the top of the TOT and see if he can fly like peter pan....

Darian
(not handling the memory well)

oh my god!!! see, i'm one of those people that if i really don't appreciate something i hear or see, i'll say something extremely loud about it. but i would have probably gotten a CM considering it's Disney and i would probably offend some people lol.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

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.

last time i went to WDW i went to Cinderella's Table for the first time and was excited because i love the whole princess thing and i love any kind of midevial theme you can possibly think of. we got there and all of the waitors and waitresses and hosts/hostesses were so pleasant and nice and then we get our waitor.......whom looked like he was having the worst day. not that i blame him because it happens and you can't help that. but he was just miserable and we ordered our food and it wasn't cooked right at all i ordered medium rare steak and i got it back and it was very well done and same with my boyfriend he ate the lamb and it came out almost black. i felt bad so i didn't want to say anything because i know how it is when you're working at a tourist spot and you're having a bad day, but it's amazing how much the CM's really do make the experience. if you have a pleasant one your trip will be amazing and if you have a miserable one your trip will be crappy.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

It always shocks me when I see girls around the age of 7 or 8 and they have their belly buttons pierced. A few years back we were told my a mom, I think they were from England, that it is normal over there for young girls to have them pierced. And here I didn't even get my ears pierced until I was like 15.

i worked at Claire's for about a year and i saw a young girl come over and look at the belly rings and i said "oh honey those are belly rings!" thinking she thought they were earrings she said "oh i know! i have mine pierced!" ....so mom was standing right there and i go "how old are you?" and the mother replies, shaking her head as if out of embaressment "12".....wha!??! the mother said that she begged her for it and if she didn't get her permission she'd get it done herself anyway........which is crazy because she obviously looked very young and we live close to the canadian border, which their legal age is 16, but still there's no way she would have gotten it done. i got mine done at 16(with permission.....before it was even "the cool thing" to do lol) and i still think that's way too young. my kids will wait until they're 18

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Over Easter we saw several girls and women who needed to put on some clothes, but the absolute worst was this pre-teen wearing a tiny, white, string bikini with a low-slung sarong, and I do mean low slung. Her mother and she looked at us several times, but I'm afraid it was because of my son's wild hair (trip to MK barber shop) rather than the look of disgust I was shooting her undressed daughter.

In defense of the 4 yr old giving the finger, I bet he just saw an adult do it and had no idea what he was doing.

KDawnLily, I'm afraid too few people are shocked by that expression which has become so pervasive in our society. It is absolutely forbidden in our home, and it is a shock to hear it, especially from a kid.

I'm so disgusted about all this urination that I naively didn't even suspect was happening. If you see any of it, though, please let a CM know. They have stuff they will sprinkle over it, then they'll wash the area with bleach. I saw them do this with a pile of puke at MGM over Easter and asked a mgr. how they handled bio-messes.

see, i understand girls wearing a bikini top and shorts...you know.....one's that FIT! i'll admit, if it's hot out i'll wear a bikini top and my shorts......but sometimes, even in Disney, the girls are completley falling out of their baithing suit tops!!! come on people! it's not sexy, it's trashy! not to mention there's kids there and i don't know about some people, but when i catch my guy with a "wandering eye"(which, thankfull is very rare......i guess he's good at hiding it haha) i go up to the WOMAN and say something to her about it. it's rude..and a few other choice words lol.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

We've witnessed a few things, but here are some recent ones:

Last April while waiting for RnR there was a mom, dad & 2 sons (about 10 & 12). Well, the kids starting acting up & the parents began yelling at them, telling them "how rotten they were & to get out of their faces because they were no good kids". The younger brother then pushed the older one or something & the father smacked the younger one right to the ground. The kid tried to getup & get comfort from his mom (who was in a wheelchair) She pushed him back down & told him "don't come to me for help". I felt so bad for both kids because if that goes on in public I can only imagine what goes on behind closed doors.

i always feel bad for those kids because that's how my parents are(hence why i haven't vacationed with them since i was 16) but hopefully the kids will turn out ok.....i know i did!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

This doesn't hold a candle to my "girl in her panties" story....but the other thing that shocked me our last trip in December 2002 was the number or restroom stalls that I went in that had urine all over the seat - and no it wasn't water from the mega flush (sometimes it was - but there is a big difference between clean water and yellowish urine) I know that public restrooms can be a little scary but either use the toilet seat covers that are provided or carry clorox wipes or some other disenfectant to wipe the seat off with before you use it - don't just squat and pee all over the seat. That made me absolutely crazy - the people that do this are scared to death of germs but it's no big deal to make other people sit in their urine (if they don't happen to see it before they sit down) or clean up after them or go in half the stalls in the bathroom before finding one they can actually use. If you must squat at least clean up the seat after yourself. Sorry....off soapbox now

i hate that! you can squat and make the toilet perfectly fine it's not that hard! and the ones that are never flushed.....i don't get it. why not flush the toilet?? it's just gonna make the line go slower for the rest of the people since no one ever wants to go in there and flush it. and the women's bathroom's always having a line.......don't let me start on that lol

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

we've seen many shocking things over the years. I guess the thing that is starting to shock me the most the past couple of years is disney's indifference in respects to some sort of a dress code or reasonably acceptable attire for a family vacation spot. Now, i'm still a reasonably young man who enjoys an attractive female as much as the next guy; but please; enough with the t-bar and g-string things girls. I don't care if they want to wear this kind of underwear, but, just remember: it's UNDERwear, not outer wear. very few of us want to see it!! I realize that some of these girls come from different cultures where it's acceptable to wear stuff like that in public, but, it should be the responsibility of disney CM's(written company policy) to confront these people and make them dress appropriately or leave. Also, along this same line, on our trip over easter week: While visiting blizzard beach with my two dd's; we spotted a young man wearing a shirt with this: "f*ck milk! got pot?" I was totally PO'd! more so at disney for allowing this character to walk around it's property with that shirt on. that shirt should have never been allowed on disney property! walt would have been doing summersalts!!

Also, on a couple other points from previous posters:
As far as I know, disney does not "discourage" guests from bringing in their own food and drinks. Our family doesn't bring in our own food; but, I have no problem(and I don't think disney does either) with people who do. If this policy has changed, maybe someone else can clarify it for us.
The last point is about people who advocate confronting rude guests: I don't think it's a good idea! These people who do these things are rude and don't care about others already. They may also tend to be more violent as well. Do you really want your children's lasting memory of disneyworld to be your fist-a cuffs with some idiot? I agree that these people need to be confronted; but, bring it to a CM's attention and let disney do the confronting.
sorry so long...

it's so nice to hear a guy say they don't like seeing the women walking around scantaily clad. i mean, i said in another post, i understand a TASTEFUL bikini top and shorts.....but when they're falling out all over the place it's just disgusting......not sexy.....trashy.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

This happened last year when DM and I were at Downtown Disney going to the buses. A woman was standing up and sobbing and talking to her husband who was sitting on the bench looking at her with a sarcastic grin on his face, and she was saying "you always badmouth me and treat me like s**t in front of the kids". And people were watching this walking by and all the husband would do is sit there with that grin on his face. I felt so bad for that woman. Nice vacation!

lol if i heard that i woulda walked by and said "Get rid of him honey!!! there's better fish in the sea!"

i hate guys(and the women who act) like that.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Ok - that just breaks my heart. Why won't some parents be more sensitive to their children's fear?

when i worked at Claire's i used to pierce ears and a lot of them were on kids between 2-9 and in those ages children freak out because the pain(which isn't really bad) and the noise(which scares them more) and the kids never wanted to get their ears pierced and the parents would literlary force them. i've had parents screaming at their kids and i've had them tell me "oh i'll sit on her and you can do it".........well since i was the Manager on Duty most of the nights(because i was by myself) i told them "i'm sorry but if your child really does not want this done, i'm not going to do it" and they'd get mad and i'd explain to them that there was another piercing place in the mall if they'd like to go there or that they can call and speak to my manager if they wanted to. most of the time they just left mumbling obcenities to me. it just amazes me what some parents do to their kids.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

The stories about scantily-clothed people has got me thinking---is this a big problem in BB or TL? We are taking our 5 and 7 yodds in Sept to WDW and planned to get PHP so we could take them to their first water parks. What do you think?

Thanks,
Tracy in Idaho

if they have the swimming diapers i don't see a problem. although, my neice is 10 and wears a bathing suit(obviously) so i dunno 7 might be pushing it, but i don't know, just my opinion. don't get mad

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

DH and I always say something when we see people throw trash on the ground. Just a "are you going to pick that up?" or "hey-you dropped something." They are usually SO shocked someone noticed and pick it up That is really a pet peeve of mine. I hate when kids throw trash right on the ground. I would NEVER do that even when I was young.

Once I saw this lady at Target in the parking lot take hangers from the shoping cart she was rolling and throw them right on the ground in front of her 2 children! I leaned out of the car and said "I can not believe you just did that in front of your children-there are trash cans right in front of the store." She was so annoyed I actually dared to speak to her

another Claire's story of mine(that was a pretty bad working environment) there would be mothers in there with their kids and they'd just throw things all over the floor or empty bins of jewlery out onto the floor and leave them. i couldn't believe that the parents were in on their kids with these things! i'd always hear them say "oh just leave it, that's what they're paid for".......no.....i'm not paid to pick up your mess i'm paid to watch the store so no one steals, to do piercings, cash, count the drawer, and pick up things that have fallen off the shelves!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

I have read this post with great amusement, but I am guilty of promoting public urination. Please read on without judging until you get to the end!

DH, MIL, DDthen 3 and I were leaving AK. We were staying off-site, so we had to get to our car, then drive back to the condo which is a 20 to 30 min ordeal depending on traffic and condo location. After several "Do you need to go potty?"s as we approached the gate, DD assured us she was fine. Halfway to our car, she declares she needs to go. She had only been fully trained (still wearing pull-ups at night) for about 4 months. For those of you who have been there, an announcement like that means you have all of 30 seconds to find a bathroom. Well, there were no bathrooms around where we were since we walking in the parking lot of AK.

I was as discreet as I could be. I took her off to the side, and stripped her bottoms off and let her pee in the bushes. I then cleaned her up with napkins (which I threw in the trash), and we all "washed" with anti-bacterial cleanser. We walked to our car, got in and drove to our condo, and my DD fell asleep on the way back fortunately without peeing on herself.

If anyone witnessed that escapade, I apologize; however, I would do the same thing in the same situation again. Unfortnately (or maybe that is fortunately) I have not witnessed any major shockling moments. Maybe that is because I am trying to keep my kids out of trouble most of the time

was AKL still open when you left? because you can go right back into the park with your all day ticket and there's bathrooms right when you walk in next to some souviner store on the left hand side i believe. just saying in case she really needs to, then you can run right back in. and if she's still young, bring a training diaper just incase because a lot of times it is really hard for kids, who were just potty trained, to hold it for long.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

During Easter Week, we were at our last day-Epcot. Around 4:00 p.m. a bunch of us chaperones stopped to listen to the British Invasion(The Beetles).

I'm not prejudice, just don't throw it in my face. 2 girls were dancing very close and making their intentions known. After a couple of songs, the band made the announcement, we all know you 2 can dance, let see if the crowd can enjoy this and sing along. Their friends were video taping and taking pictures of the whole lewd thing. I think they were embarassed and couldn't believe they were doing this.

They didn't stop and later a bunch of our kids that were in our highschool band walked in, cause you could hear the music, walked and and go "WOW" including my son.
LOL

didn't they know about DTD? lol. they "dirty danced" to the beetles music?? oooookay!?

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Another time on our January trip, on one of our many rides on ToT , a pre teen (or young teen) gal was with her parents.
She was wailing and crying and pleading NOT To go on.
What had happened, they had just come off RnRC. She was reluctant to go on that -- BUT her parents told her it was nothing. Just as they were telling her ToT was nothing.
The rotton dad was calling her a cry baby. The mother wasn't much better. She said Oh you will like it -- Get use to it.
(Parents of the year here. )
DH and I tried to calm the young gal, since her parents weren't going to let her off, explaining what happened on ToT, etc.
That's when she told us how RnRC scared her so and partly because her parents said it was *nothing*.
Thank goodness, the CM saw the tears streaming, and her face and eyes red and swollen from crying. She was doing what little kids do when they have cried a lot and are trying to hold back more tears.
It really was hearbreaking. I can't imagine being such a horrible parent.
The CM asked the girl (ignoring the parent's protest) if she wanted to ride ToT. She rapidly shook her head NO. The CM made all three leave.
I felt so sorry for that girl. I was hoping she wasn't going to be punished for that. Although her parents were showing full signs of being mental abusers.
That girl will probably grow up never wanting to go to theme parks her whole life.

thumbs up for the CM!!!!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

I guess I have 2 incidents. When AK first opened I went, and stood in line for the Lion King show for about 1 hour. (It was pretty hot that day, and not too much shade). There was a family from Spain or Portugal in front of me. I go solo to the parks, so I've usually ended up chatting with the kids about the fun they are having, and we didn't speak the same language so the sign language started conversation started. We went into the show, and got places to sit. It was the Mom, Dad, Son and Daughter, and they sat in front of me. Before the Show started, the son sat on the mom's lap, and another dad with his 2 daughters came in and was pretty upset about not getting a place in front, and kept mumbling about all the foreigners there. Anyway, he tried to make the family, move together so him and his daughters could squeeze into a small seat and sit up close. He was becoming quite rude, and I was able to make eye contact with a CM. I told him that we had stood in line for 1 hour for seats and if he was so concerned about seats they should have stood in line too. Anyway the CM explained that it was okay for the family to keep the seat open for their child on the lap. He sat behind me grumbling loudly, and I noticed that him and his daughters were wearing W.W.J.D. bracelots. At that point, I pointed to my own, and told him that he should truly try to be more Christian and to keep his mouth quiet for the rest of us to enjoy the show. He did shut up at that point, but I felt the daggers in my back for the whole show.
My 2nd occurred on the Disney Magic in March. I left dinner a little early so that I could get a good spot for the Til We Meet Again Goodbye in the atrium on the last night. I thought I had a good spot and this lady, leans thru and pulls her 6 foot husband in front of me with no apologies to me. She said, you don't have kids so this isn't a big deal for you. Needless to say, I have their heads in all my pictures.
Oh well,

i went to a concert once that was general admission, no seats, and there was this guy, had to be about 6'5 who moved, with his girlfriend, right infront of me. i asked him politely if he could scoot over just a tad(only maybe 5 inches) considering there was a lot of room to his right, because i couldn't see. his girlfriend gave me a nasty look and told me "We're not moving, so deal with it".......well i "accidently" stepped on her foot......which was dawning a pair of sandals at the time, while "moving" to another spot. good times!