Have you ever had a shock?

[Idroveallnight]

Holy cow - I finally finished!! Now I may have time to start preparing for our next trip!! I haven't been reading anything else for at least a week!

Our shock was at Animal Kingdom. DH, myself, DM, DD14, DD7 and DS5 were on the safari. As we rounded a corner our entire vehicle was witness to the rhinos feelin' the love! That in and of itself was not too shocking. Just funny watching people try to direct their children's eyes elsewhere. The shock came later as DD7 & DS5 attempted to act out the rhinos game for their great aunt!!

 

[doombuggy3]

The shock came later as DD7 & DS5 attempted to act out the rhinos game for their great aunt!!

I just had a good laugh myself, I can't imagine how hysterical you were!

 

[scrapbookworm]

Last Thanksgiving I took my girls to the tea party in the Grand Floridian and when my three year old needed a restroom break I walked in to find a mother washing her babies bottom in the sink. Needless to say, after my daughter finished her business I skipped the sinks and gave her antibacterial. Out of all places!! Ugh... I mean, I wouldn't accept it anywhere but, I was completely shocked to see it here.

When my nephew was a baby, my MIL wanted to change his diaper for my SIL. And that's what she did. Instead of baby wipes, she washed his bottom in the sink. In the mall. MIL told SIL that's what she did when SIL and my DH were babies.

 

[ktulu]

My DH, DS6 DD2 & I ate dinner at Chef Mickey's one evening. The couple sitting next to us were obviously fighting...their voices were getting louder and louder. The man stomped off from the table. The lady sits there with her head in her hands while her 2 daughters (about 10-12 years old) keep on eating. A CM comes over and asks her if she is OK. She kind of brushes the CM off, and her husband returns. She then proceeds to FILL UP about 6 tupperware dishes that she had in a huge purse on the floor with food from the buffet. She sent her daughters back about 3 times to get more food. Do you think this is possibly what they were fighting about??!! I couldn't get over
it- who would think to even do that?

I can see it now:

Husband: No more mac n cheese!
Wife: But the kids love it!
Husband: But you know what it does to my stom...oh here we go *stomps off*

I would have pointed it out to a CM.

darrrren

 

[bigmerle1966]

The shock came later as DD7 & DS5 attempted to act out the rhinos game for their great aunt!!

Oh my goodness.

 

[jann1033]

i will never forget it. in a non pleasant way.

ot but we had a similar disgusting type experience 2 times( not at wdw) once right on the side of the road on the blue ridge parkway ( with probably 20 other cars of people nearby... 2 middle aged adults for that one) are people so stupid they think you can"t tell what is going on or don't they care???..any way it is something you can not dig out of your brain no matter how hard you try.

 

[littlegreydonkey]

Ooh this one could run and run - although I'ma bit worried that I don't find changing under a towel unusual. Where I live on a Saturday morning, it's like flashers row on one road near the beach when the triathletes change out of their wetsuits. It's not somewhere you want to be driving if you're easily distracted.

However the thing that shocked me most at Disney this year was during half marathon day. We were at Epcot cheering on some friends and the abuse people were giving the cast members because they were held up for 30 seconds crossing the road was awful. One woman started shouting 'I paid good money to come here.' It took all my self control (okay, my partner telling me not to) to tell her that the runners had paid twice as much and they didn't even get to go on any rides. One woman practically pushed her stroller into one runner to get across.

I know the marathon weekend is a disruption, but the people coming through epcot at that point in the half (and as someone regularly at the back of the field I feel no-one will mind me saying this) are not natural athletes. They've worked really hard to get to that point (it's about mile 12.5 and they've been going 3 hours by then) please, please give them some respect and 30 seconds to pass you. Sorry rant over now

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Don't get me wrong...I'm not putting down anyone who is foreign, but this is another one of those "these were foreign people" stories.

My DH and I were headed home after a long day at MK and of course the bus was packed. DH and I were standing up and holding on for dear life. A family of four (mom, dad, and two sons) were also standing up. Actually...mom and dad were standing, youngest boy was in a stroller and older boy (about 4) was crawling on everyone in the bus. The mom had no control over her 4 year old. He was seriously crawling on peoples laps, stepping on people, etc. To top it off she didn't even have a hold of the stroller and it was rolling about a 3 foot area running into everyone's legs. Then the 4 year old got off at the first stop and the parents didn't even notice. My husband got off and grabbed the kid and put him back on the bus!!! Some people!!!

i have a couple of "those foreign people" stories. the one year my fiance and i went we were waiting for the light parade. this was the first year i would have been able to see it so i wanted a good seat. we waited for 2 hours for the parade, luckily it was in the winter and it wasn't very hot out. so this mother comes along with i believe either her mother or MIL and her young son in a stroller and they decide to stand right behind me. it wouldn't have been a problem if the woman wouldn't have kept pushing the stroller into me. and it was so obvious that she was doing it so it's not like she didn't notice. finally i grabbed the leg of the stroller right when i knew she would push it into me again. she gave me this shocked look and stopped.

then the last time i went i went to the lights, motor, action show in MGM and it was probably the hottest day of the summer. from the moment we sat down until about 10 minutes before the show, a family with 3 kids were sitting behind us and the kid kept screaming.....and not whining screaming.....i mean SCREAMING. i couldn't even hear what was going on. we have it on tape too! the mother kept trying to get out of the stands with him but the father kept arguing with her to let him be. finally she managed to get out of there, but not until 10 minutes before the show ended.

another one, didn't have anything to do with foreign families. my wrist had begun to hurt me pretty badly the one night at MK just before the light parade was going to start. i went to the First Aide place and they gave me an ice pack and i left and we were trying to walk to the entrance to leave(we had already seen the parade the previous day) and there was a man standing halfway in a doorway at one of the stores. i asked him three times "excuse me!" and even poked him to get hi attention but he acted as if i was invisible. finally i got so aggrivated i just walked pratically right into him and stepped on his foot. he screamed "OWWWW" loudly, which was uncalled for because i know it didn't hurt that bad and looked at me like i was insane. i told him "well i said 'excuse me' three times to you and you didn't even aknowledge me and i needed to get out!" and walked away.

some people......

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

umm...and the problem with that is??????

I have EVERY intention of taking a "harness and leash" for my 18 month old for when he is tired of sitting in the stroller. Sorry if my caring about my child offends your senses. It can hardly be compared to a child urinating on a building (the bigger offense here being the parent telling them to do it, of course!), parents expecting CM to watch their children or people cussing in front of children.


I really don't remember anything specatcularly shocking while at the parks, but maybe it's selective memory.

We'll see if there is anything in May that stands out...
There sure have been some doozies posted here though!

when i was younger i went on a vacation with my parents and they put me on a leash. it was embaressing and uncalled for. my theory is, if the child doesn't hold your hand or sit in the stroller.....then it's back to the hotel for the day.

 

[MidNite]

ot but we had a similar disgusting type experience 2 times( not at wdw) once right on the side of the road on the blue ridge parkway ( with probably 20 other cars of people nearby... 2 middle aged adults for that one) are people so stupid they think you can"t tell what is going on or don't they care???..any way it is something you can not dig out of your brain no matter how hard you try.

Yeah, I was privy to a display like that when I was about 13 and on vacation at Panama City Beach. I was very innocent then and didn't quite know what was going on, but I knew it was inappropriate. The "happy couple" was standing out a little into the surf at night and there was a crowd gathered on the beach watching.....how entertaining....

OK, back to WDW. Carry on.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

I was shocked twice last week by Cast Members.

We were in line for Body Wars (yes, it was open over Christmas) The people in front of us in line didn't speak English. The CM asked how many. They just walked into the next part of the queue. He stopped them and said Number. They ignored him. He asked if they speak English, they said NO. He said you can't ride this ride if you can't tell me how many people. He was rather rude to them.

Another time, we were crossing the street right before a parade was to begin. Another lady wanted to cross after us. The CM said no. The lady said she was just trying to leave the park. The CM said no. The lady said there's no way for me to leave now. The CM said nothing. She couldv'e at least pointed her in the right direction. I didn't know which way to point her, or I would've tried to help. The lady was obviously upset.

the last time i went i was going on that water rapids ride at AK(i can't remember the name) and all of the seats were filled. you know how you have to put your things in the middle so they don't get wet? well we were trying to situate everything so it would all fit and nothing would get wet or lost. so my future MIL is standing up trying to get her purse and her medicine in the middle of the thing and the whole time she's standing up the CM is screaming at her "YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN! SIT DOWN! IF YOU DO NOT SIT DOWN I WILL STOP THIS RIDE! YOU MUST BE SITTING BY THE TIME THE RIDE STARTS OR I WILL STOP THE RIDE AND YOU WILL BE ESCORTED OFF!" i was getting so angry with him(i'm not good when i get angry! lol). if anything, if i'm trying to do something and someone is yelling at me, i move even slower because i try to get something done AND listen to this person at the same time. luckily we weren't escorted off the ride and we had a pleasant ride.

 

[pampam]

we were trying to walk to the entrance to leave(we had already seen the parade the previous day) and there was a man standing halfway in a doorway at one of the stores. i asked him three times "excuse me!" and even poked him to get hi attention but he acted as if i was invisible. finally i got so aggrivated i just walked pratically right into him and stepped on his foot. he screamed "OWWWW" loudly, which was uncalled for because i know it didn't hurt that bad and looked at me like i was insane. i told him "well i said 'excuse me' three times to you and you didn't even aknowledge me and i needed to get out!" and walked away.

some people......[/QUOTE]


I wonder if perhaps he had a hearing impairment.

 

[NC State]

i have a couple of "those foreign people" stories. the one year my fiance and i went we were waiting for the light parade. this was the first year i would have been able to see it so i wanted a good seat. we waited for 2 hours for the parade, luckily it was in the winter and it wasn't very hot out. so this mother comes along with i believe either her mother or MIL and her young son in a stroller and they decide to stand right behind me. it wouldn't have been a problem if the woman wouldn't have kept pushing the stroller into me. and it was so obvious that she was doing it so it's not like she didn't notice. finally i grabbed the leg of the stroller right when i knew she would push it into me again. she gave me this shocked look and stopped.

then the last time i went i went to the lights, motor, action show in MGM and it was probably the hottest day of the summer. from the moment we sat down until about 10 minutes before the show, a family with 3 kids were sitting behind us and the kid kept screaming.....and not whining screaming.....i mean SCREAMING. i couldn't even hear what was going on. we have it on tape too! the mother kept trying to get out of the stands with him but the father kept arguing with her to let him be. finally she managed to get out of there, but not until 10 minutes before the show ended.

another one, didn't have anything to do with foreign families. my wrist had begun to hurt me pretty badly the one night at MK just before the light parade was going to start. i went to the First Aide place and they gave me an ice pack and i left and we were trying to walk to the entrance to leave(we had already seen the parade the previous day) and there was a man standing halfway in a doorway at one of the stores. i asked him three times "excuse me!" and even poked him to get hi attention but he acted as if i was invisible. finally i got so aggrivated i just walked pratically right into him and stepped on his foot. he screamed "OWWWW" loudly, which was uncalled for because i know it didn't hurt that bad and looked at me like i was insane. i told him "well i said 'excuse me' three times to you and you didn't even aknowledge me and i needed to get out!" and walked away.

some people......

My daughter is hearing impaired and things like this has happen to her. She is so heart broken when it happens to her. Just lightly tap the person with a smile next time to be sure they know that you're there.

 

[crzy4mickey]

i asked him three times "excuse me!" and even poked him to get hi attention but he acted as if i was invisible.

He did poke him, still nothing. I have a nephew who's deaf and he is much more aware of his surroundings than hearing people! He would have responded to a poke immediately.

 

[AnaheimGirl]

when i was younger i went on a vacation with my parents and they put me on a leash. it was embaressing and uncalled for. my theory is, if the child doesn't hold your hand or sit in the stroller.....then it's back to the hotel for the day.

I'm sorry that your parents made you wear it when it bothered you. If you were old enough to remember it, and be embarassed by it, you probably were old enough to learn to hold a hand, or not bolt away from your parents.

But most often, leashes are used for younger children, who IME seem to like them, because they do give them more freedom than a stroller or holding a hand. These kids are not usually old enough to realize they are missing out on anything if made to leave the park for the hotel room. And (in my dd's case) not tall enough to hold a parent's hand without the parent having to bend over a little bit to reach them. Sorry, but I'm not going to give myself three days of back pain just so that strangers will be more approving of my method of holding on to my toddler.

 

[TravelinGal]

when i was younger i went on a vacation with my parents and they put me on a leash. it was embaressing and uncalled for. my theory is, if the child doesn't hold your hand or sit in the stroller.....then it's back to the hotel for the day.

I'm sorry that your parents made you wear it when it bothered you. If you were old enough to remember it, and be embarassed by it, you probably were old enough to learn to hold a hand, or not bolt away from your parents.

But most often, leashes are used for younger children, who IME seem to like them, because they do give them more freedom than a stroller or holding a hand. These kids are not usually old enough to realize they are missing out on anything if made to leave the park for the hotel room. And (in my dd's case) not tall enough to hold a parent's hand without the parent having to bend over a little bit to reach them. Sorry, but I'm not going to give myself three days of back pain just so that strangers will be more approving of my method of holding on to my toddler.

Well put AnaheimGirl!!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

My daughter is hearing impaired and things like this has happen to her. She is so heart broken when it happens to her. Just lightly tap the person with a smile next time to be sure they know that you're there.

he was talking to the people who were standing around him, that's why he was ignoring me. and i poked him to try and get his attention to say "excuse me" again......so if he couldn't hear me he could have felt me tapping him

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

I'm sorry that your parents made you wear it when it bothered you. If you were old enough to remember it, and be embarassed by it, you probably were old enough to learn to hold a hand, or not bolt away from your parents.

But most often, leashes are used for younger children, who IME seem to like them, because they do give them more freedom than a stroller or holding a hand. These kids are not usually old enough to realize they are missing out on anything if made to leave the park for the hotel room. And (in my dd's case) not tall enough to hold a parent's hand without the parent having to bend over a little bit to reach them. Sorry, but I'm not going to give myself three days of back pain just so that strangers will be more approving of my method of holding on to my toddler.

i didn't say you shouldn't do it i said i wouldn't do it. who cares what other people think anyway, right? it's your decision.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Ooh this one could run and run - although I'ma bit worried that I don't find changing under a towel unusual. Where I live on a Saturday morning, it's like flashers row on one road near the beach when the triathletes change out of their wetsuits. It's not somewhere you want to be driving if you're easily distracted.

However the thing that shocked me most at Disney this year was during half marathon day. We were at Epcot cheering on some friends and the abuse people were giving the cast members because they were held up for 30 seconds crossing the road was awful. One woman started shouting 'I paid good money to come here.' It took all my self control (okay, my partner telling me not to) to tell her that the runners had paid twice as much and they didn't even get to go on any rides. One woman practically pushed her stroller into one runner to get across.

I know the marathon weekend is a disruption, but the people coming through epcot at that point in the half (and as someone regularly at the back of the field I feel no-one will mind me saying this) are not natural athletes. They've worked really hard to get to that point (it's about mile 12.5 and they've been going 3 hours by then) please, please give them some respect and 30 seconds to pass you. Sorry rant over now

I can only imagine how bad it was in the parks for the marathon and half. My husband did the Goofy Challenge and said it wasn't that good. I did the 5K Family Fun Run after the 1/2 marathon in Epcot and this was the first time there were people in the park during the 5K race. Other years we got done before the park opened. Our race didn't start until 11:20 (started 20 minutes late) and World Showcase was open by the time we actually got into the park. It was crazy with all the people trying to cross in front of the runners, even with the CMs trying to hold them back. We even had families with strollers get into the race way because they thought it was easier for them to get from one place to another.

 

[Pluto 2]

Well, this didn't happen at WDW, it happened at a large park here in Canada (in toronto actually) ...Paramount Canada's Wonderland...

my hubby and i, along with 8 or 9 other friends of ours, all spent a weekend in toronto, to 'get away', and this included a day at Wonderland. If anyone happens to be familiar with this place, the event i am about to describe to you happened by the pirate ship area...near the water out in the complete open.

a girl was giving her boyfriend a b.j. right there. they had their back to the pathway where people walk but it was quite obvious what they were doing. they were about 15.

meanwhile, here are ten 26-32 year old adults standing, in a row, mouths open wide in shock! imagine the site, 20 feet away a girl wiping her mouth off and a boy smiling while we are still standing, in a row, shocked. a park rep was walking by and we stopped him and said 'omg look what they are doing' (this was ahem during the incident) and he looked over, his mouth hung open and then he started to laugh....he couldn't believe it! he was going to get supervisor ...hopefully they got kicked out, because really...i mean what if a kid saw it? YIKES!

and yes i swear to God, this is a true story!

you canadians have all the fun, if this would of happened in the us they would of been arrested.