Have you ever had a shock?

[reeeoga]

I have to say what shocked me was the sign by MK entrance stating “Hand Guns” are not permitted in the parks!!!! I have to hold up my hands and say until that point I would NEVER have considered that anyone would bring one.
[ have we got everything we need for the parks – money, passes, keys, id, gun, kids – yep lets go!!! – do people really do this???]


I, and wife, went through the hurdles to get a CCW (conceiled carry weapon permit). I carry everywhere I can LEGALLY carry. I sent a letter to WDW to find out their policy. They say no guns so I will not bring a gun. I know too many people that have been victims of crime. I will not let that happen to my family or any inoccent person near me if I can prevent it. A gun (After proper training and practice) is the single best form of protection available to the average U.S.A. citizen. That is why I want to carry one.

I will repeat: WDW says no Gun, I will not have a Gun in the park. Traveling to and from WDW in my own vehicle, yes. But not in the park.

I have had the pleasure of spending a week (to short) in Britain . The culturual differences are very apparent, espacially considering the number of Brit Comedies I have seen on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). Considering the USA got its gun culture from the British Fight are Die mentallity I find the British Governments treatment of Guns to be very disturbing.

Stepping off soapbox now.

PS: I want to go back to Britain and Scotland and maybe Ireland.

 

[scrappystamper1]

My story is not gross but one of how to take advantage..
We "followed" a family with a wheel chair (not really followed but we were going the same way.) Everything seemed normal until the kid in the wheel chair hopped up and the next kid sat down..... They continued to do this all the way to the next ride . Conveniently going to the handicapped entrace and were led to the front of the line and treated as you would any other handicapped person.
We saw them again later with another person playing handicapped.
Pretty sad way to scam your way to the front of the line huh?
What goes around comes around.

Janet Paddock

 

[WDWAurora]

Ours this time was a fight. We staked out our spot on top of the main st train station for spectro nearly 2 hrs early. When we arrived, there was one large Brazilian family seated in the middle section (we were to the right side) and that was it. The left half of the station is closed off for refurb, so they were only sitting in half of the middle section. Well, I left, did the bathroom/drink run and DH stayed there. When I got back, the majority of the Brazilian group had went on similar bathroom/etc trips leaving only a few people holding seats for their large group.

We could see a young American couple talking and pointing below us to a CM and from what we got out of their conversation, they were angry that the Brazilians had gotten up there so early and they did not have the opportunity to sit there. They were told that the area was first come first served, but that if space was left unattended that it could be filled. So they came up to the top and pushed in and stood in front of the empty chairs. This, of course, provoked the Brazilians, understandably. Lots of yelling, and a CM came up and told them chairs were not allowed in the center section due to lack of space. Keep in mind that the Brazilians had been there before us, so probably around 2 hrs. There were still seats on the curb below us, so I'm not sure why those front row seats weren't good enough for the couple.

After much yelling and nearly coming to blows, the Brazilians all left, as did the Americans who had been seated behind them since they could no longer have chairs in that area. The couple was eventually joined by around 3 other people. Chairs were pulled back into the area quickly. It was crazy though. I felt bad for the Brazilians.

 

[MI mom of 3]

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[akayf]

I just saw something pretty nasty while at Typhoon lagoon on 8/3. DH and I had decided that we were going to leave around 3 and then go to Epcot since we had ADRs at the San Angel Inn for dinner. As we make our way to the lockers, the afternoon rainstorm began. I grab the backpack and run into the ladies room right away, not because I was afraid of the rain and getting wet(I already was wet...it's a water park) bur because I saw the crowds of people starting to run away from the rain, holding their umbrellas and throwing ponchos over their already soaking wet bathing suits. I wanted to get changed before the crowds hit. But I forgot that DH's stuff was in the backpack too. So I change as fast as I can. By the time, I get out, it is DOWNPOURING. My nice clean dry clothes get soaked while I walk the 20 feet to where my DH is standing. He runs in to change and I stand out in the rain. I don't even bother to find a little roof to stand under. I already soaking wet, can't get any wetter than I already am. As I stand there, laughing to myself at all the people who are putting ponchos over bathing suits and trying to comprehend that, when it happened. A guy walks over to the towel box, the return box where you put your nasty used towels. He reaches in and grabs a towel out. And then proceeds to wipe his face with the used towel!!!!! I nearly puked. Just think where that towel could have been! Nasty!!!!

 

[Pixiedust34]

We just arrived home.........What a great vacation!

The funniest thing we saw was in Frontierland. It was pretty crowded and loud. I walked past an old man who fell asleep in a rocking chair. The person next to him was asleep, too. And then, the woman next in line was also asleep! Her mouth was hanging open and everything. It was funny seeing 3 people, all in a row, asleep in the middle of Frontierland on a loud and busy afternoon.

We also saw a guy get on the Disney bus in the morning with an open can of Keystone Light. The bus driver didn't say anything, so either he didn't notice or didn't care.

And a woman changed her baby's diaper as soon as they got into the Tiki Room. Ewww....Right on the bench where everyone sits! Then, she kept that dirty diaper throughout the show because there was no place for her to throw it away. PU!

 

[jgates]

We also saw a guy get on the Disney bus in the morning with an open can of Keystone Light. The bus driver didn't say anything, so either he didn't notice or didn't care.

Oh well......It's five o'clock somewhere, LOL!!!

 

[Amyality]

Oh well......It's five o'clock somewhere, LOL!!!

hee, hee, hee...

 

[Pluto 2]

i once seen a lady eating her lunch at typhoon lagoon with nothing on up top.her daughter around 10-12 was totally naked. another time this girl told her mom she was tired of wearing her bathing suit, she was getting chaffed up or something so off they came, she also was too old too be naked in public

 

[Melwood23]

During my 2000 trip, I was at MK, and there was a vendor cart, I believe in front of the lake (does it have a name?) that Tom Sawyers Island is on, and there were two teenagers smoking pot, and the vendor either didn't care or can't smell.

 

[DISLOVE]

Is it just me or should your hubby have sat with you and not on the planter if he wanted a seat? I would have thought so for sure.

 

[phamton]

Is it just me or should your hubby have sat with you and not on the planter if he wanted a seat? I would have thought so for sure.

Huh? Not sure I want to read through this entire thread of 120 pages again just to find out which post you are referring to.

 

[DisneyFreq]

Okay...so it took me three days to read thru all 120 pages and now its MY turn...so grab some popcorn..this is going to take a while!

First I feel a pressing obligation to *confess* that my family is guilty of several of these shocks.

Public urination: when potty training my son we learned that the *thrill* of urinating outdoors can be a good motivator. I'll admit we're a little backwoods. My husband insists on urinating off the back porch to "save water" and i allow my son to do the same to "save" me from having to clean up the drips...at what age exactly does their aim become precise? So anyways, it never occured to us to explain where it was okay (first and only son...we were new at this) and on a trip to the San Diego zoo we were on a raised walkway. There is a monkey cage built below/into the sidewalk so that you could walk past and look DOWN into the cage. Anyhow, the family is over to the side looking at the gorillas when I realize, where's charlie? (he was 3 and certainly not the quite type...and I didn't hear him...the park was still deserted..it was early!) So I look over and I see him looking down into the monkey cage (there's so much foilage I didn't see much but sort of assumed that a monkey had come to the top..b/c what else would hold Ds's attention so well) I walk over to check out what he's looking at and my jaw drops! He has his little wee wee pointed in the cage and there's a stream! I yelled so loud I scared him into stopping mid-stream and he looked like he was going to cry....thats when we took the opportunity to explain to him about inappropriate places....the poor monkeys! Bet they're used to being the pee-ers not the pee-ees.

Someone saw a family spitting in the water to try and get the fish to bite. I'm so sorry to say but my husband/son find this very entertaining. I had no idea how odd it must look to others. Going to put a stop to this one.

Changing diapers in public. Yes, horrible...can't recall ever doing this at disney BUT one time at Applebees I went to the restroom to change DDs diaper (stinky) before food came...no station? Mabey its in the handicap stall...nope! Okay..I've been in this situatation before at gas stations and layed her down on her mat in the gap between the sink. Oh wait...the gap isn't big enough to safely do this. I go back out and ask for the manager. The manager informs me that their chain does not require them to have one. What? WDW even puts them in the mens room, every McD's I've EVER been to has one.....he says most of the A's resturants doesn't have them and sorry we just dont! very rude. So I changed DD right there as a silent but stinky protest....I DIDN'T DO IT ON THE TABLE THO! I laid her on the booth bench. I know it was wrong...should have gone to the car..it ruined my meal. Needless to say...never went back there while kids were in diapers. I have to ask tho, is no diaper changing station a statment that applebees doesn't welcome families with small children?

As to not leaving a gap on curb when waiting for parades? Listen to this. On a recent trip to DL we were waiting on the curb in front of the castle (Probably about an hour and a half ahead of time). We had our feet in the street and our hineys on the curb. A few minutes before parade time two older hispanic women come and stand right in front of us with their butts in our faces. We try to tell them they can't stand there and to please move but they give me the no english line and then start to ignore me and DH. CMs keep walking by and I think, finally they'll make them move. The CMs keep saying you have to be on the curb..no one in the street and when they say this to the two ladies in front of us they actually try to back up into us...are you kidding? Finally I'm about fed up the parade starts and a CM comes and tells them to move. Their response? I can't recall what it was but it was in ENGLISH! Oh was I po'd...good thing they left.

My MOST shocking moment? We were in WDW for our honeymoon during the 25th anniversary party. We were riding a very early boat over from TTC to MK our FIRST day. The boat leaves port and this older couple come up and start screaming at me in another language! I think they were German but I can't be sure. Anyhow, from their violent handgestures I surmise that b/c there is one open seat on the bench next to me, they would like me to move over so there is room for two of them. These ppl scared the heck out of me, so without thinking I scoot over....only to have them scream at me some more. What? What now? Well apparently, the ground was wet and I had my foot on the seat and when I scooted over (as per request) I had left a footprint. They wanted me to wipe it off! I told them no (which is pretty much universal right?) And they just scream louder and louder. Finally they wipe it off, sit down, and proceed with the deathray stares. Well, I couldn't take it very long and my husband and I got up and walked over to the railing. Just then..I saw something amazing! I whipped out my camera and got a shot of goofy flying by on an intertube being pulled behind a boat! Woah...can't believe he was in the water that early! I felt like I'd gotten my just desserts (sort of) b/c had that couple stood up instead of intimidating me out of my seat they would have seen it. I guess you would have had to have been there but that couple almost had me in tears.

Here is a shocking moment...when I was with my parents at Busch Gardens (I think I was in 5th or 6th grade) this group of South Americans (sorry can't be more specific) run past us and push us out of the way. I thought it was kind of rude considering the place had just opened and it wasn't very crowded...plenty of room to get thru. I yelled "hey, quit running and watch where you are going." This kid, younger than me turned around and said "f*** you bi*** ". I looked at my dad who was right next to me. Yep, he heard it all right and he was just as shocked as I was. No language barrier there...and no chaperones in sight!

 

[DisneyFreq]

I have to confess one more thing...on one occasion I was a line cutter.

DH, DD3 and I were in the Wonders of Life pavillion. Now it had been a while since we had been and I knew there were several "attractions" but I wasn't sure which ones were where (except body wars...it was pretty obvious). So I see this line...and its fairly long. I think to myself....wonder what this line is for...I think its for cranium command. So I jump in the end of line and my Dh starts yelling, bring the camera. I turn around and there's Goofy dressed in his tennis finery. My DH pushed DD over to say Hi and pose...I take the picture and turn around to jump back in line....then it dawns on me! That line was waiting to see Goofy....and BOY was I getting some dirty looks! I felt so BAD/ um *guilty*. Why in the world didn't ANYONE say something? See...sometimes you should speak up b/c ppl (like me) can occasionally be clueless. I know they were all thinking to themselves how terrible we were... the truth is I, like a last poster, am a stringent rule follower and will even follow guidelines when I THINK they SHOULD be rules. Looking back its one of my FAVORITE pics, but I still blush everytime I see it.

 

[Aidensmom]

I have to confess one more thing...on one occasion I was a line cutter.

DH, DD3 and I were in the Wonders of Life pavillion. Now it had been a while since we had been and I knew there were several "attractions" but I wasn't sure which ones were where (except body wars...it was pretty obvious). So I see this line...and its fairly long. I think to myself....wonder what this line is for...I think its for cranium command. So I jump in the end of line and my Dh starts yelling, bring the camera. I turn around and there's Goofy dressed in his tennis finery. My DH pushed DD over to say Hi and pose...I take the picture and turn around to jump back in line....then it dawns on me! That line was waiting to see Goofy....and BOY was I getting some dirty looks! I felt so BAD/ um *guilty*. Why in the world didn't ANYONE say something? See...sometimes you should speak up b/c ppl (like me) can occasionally be clueless. I know they were all thinking to themselves how terrible we were... the truth is I, like a last poster, am a stringent rule follower and will even follow guidelines when I THINK they SHOULD be rules. Looking back its one of my FAVORITE pics, but I still blush everytime I see it.

I did that several years ago at Universal. Though I have gone to amusement parks all my life, I really didn't care that much about the characters once I was no longer a kid, that is until I had a child. Back in my day, you didn't wait in line for the characters. It was a simple mistake, but I thought the crowd was going to mob us and through us into the lake.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

I have to confess one more thing...

You're a regular heathen!

 

[PiRSquared]

Just back from Orlando. This happened at Universal. We were waiting for the Animal Planet show. I'm trying not to listen to the people behind me, but eventually when you start hearing forms of birth control and when to use them, you can't help but hear. I turned around and asked them to discuss this somewhere else. I was greeted with a "I didn't know you were listening". I wasn't trying to, but couldn't believe what I was hearing!! My DD14 was nearby, but apparantly didn't hear it. Some people!!

 

[jezebella]

About the parents dragging reluctant kids on rides....
My daughter is often apprehensive about going on some of the bigger roller coasters (I am not! going on that ride! You can't make me!) but when she does, she has her hands up in the air screaming "awesome!" and asks if we can go again. So
some of us parents may not be as cruel as you think.

I totally agree with this. My daughter is the same way. She pitches a fit on every ride until she goes on it once....then she's begging to do it again. I just happen to know her personality...now if she always screamed the entire way through the ride and cried, that would be a different story.

As for my stories, the first was at wet 'n wild. We stood in line forever to get a stupid locker...finally found it and had the bag sitting next to it with the locker open and empty while I was dousing my DD in 50spf. Along comes this woman with her kids and a ginormous bag and plops it down right in front of my locker. I, knowing how ppl are, quickly proceed to shove my bag in the locker. She gets this horrid look on her face and starts screaming at me that that is "her locker". I explain to her, like he** it is, she can go up and pay the fee and get her own just like everyone else. In which case she yelled at me some more and marched off.

Secondly, when I was 19, I was visiting wdw with my whole family, my fiance, my brother and his friend. Well, everyone but the parents decided to do the e-pass night thing at mk. We were walking past SM and here come pluto stomping towards us and rams me straight in the shoulder. I was like, what is wrong with that character?" and keep on walking, but with my mouth open. Immediately, I'm surrounded by disney fbi and the character is there too....they are telling us that we were identified by the "dog" as physically harming him and that do we "know that there is a real person inside there"----you 've got to be kidding me...I had to explain that he hit me, we hadn't seen the "dog" prior to that incident and further that we had been dvc member since the year it came out!!! They finally left us alone.

Finally, the last one was when we were at Busch Gardens. It had started to pour and we drug out our ponchos. I looked over at this african american family and the mom was refusing to wear one because they look "stupid". Well, she makes a run for it, and splashes into a huge puddle. Lets just think about the fact that she was wearing a white t-shirt, white capris, and apparantly a white thong, because you could see right through all of her clothes. I think I would have gone for the poncho.

 

[philaround]

I have to say I also was an accidental line cutter. In May of 2003 DW & I had our first on site visit ever and loved every minute of it, especially all the Disney transportation. But I must say some of the bus loading ques wher confusing. The worst that we saw was at DAK. The chain was off at both ends of the que at curb side and we wound up cutting in front of about 20 people when the bus for the Poly pulled up. Even tho we were standing at the back of the bus we walked right up to the front door and walked on first. I didn't realize what we had done until the next morning.

 

[k5thbeatle]

The pink colored monorail will forever be known as the "pee train" to my wife and I. I don't have time to post the whole story now but I think you can imagine how it got this nickname.