Have you ever had a shock?

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Saw quite of few last week, see if I can remember them all. Overall, the generous rudeness of people was quite shocking and the behavior of some children who were not being watched by thier parents and just running amouck (did I spell that right?).

First incident was at MK waiting for afternoon parade. There is a small boy of 2 playing with one of the hoola hoops CM's give out. A woman sitting one family down to our left is his relative and keeps saying be careful you are going to hit someone. He's not hoola hooping, he's just throwing it around. Sure enough he hit's the mom to the right onf me right in the face. She says ouch but that's it. I bite my tongue and not say anything. The woman sees this but doesn't take the thing away. Next thing you know he wacks my husband with the hoola hoop. Now another woman appears, who is his mom and my DH says "would you take that away from him already? How many people does he need to hit with that thing?" She becomes enraged and starts screaming at my husband, "he's only two and I didn't see him hit anyone." My husband says "I don't care how old he is, watch your kid and take the thing away from him, he just hit me." Now I chime in and say and "he hit the woman next to me in the face." That woman also chimes in now and says "yes, he hit me in the face, that should have been taken away from him a long time ago." The mom claims she didn't see it and tells my husband to control his attitude. The other relative finally chimes in and says, "yes, he did hit that woman." Anyhoo, they take it away and moved a few feet away from us.

Second incident was walking in AK to EE. Very crowded, strolling along. I notice next to me a woman pushing another woman in a wheelchair, pretty fast. I keep my distance to give them their space. Suddenly, a young dad and his young daughter were walking and just casually manuevering through the crowd when the dad got clipped on the heel by the wheelchair. He just said ouch and turned around to see what happened. The wheelchair pusher starts laughing and says very meanly next time don't walk in front of us! She then starts running with the wheelchair. The dad clearly did not do it on purpose, it was very crowded. I know wheelchairs are hard to manuever my grandfather is in one, but the woman could have apologized or said excuse me. It was clearly an accident.

Third incident that sticks out was in the Norway shops. Pretty crowded, minding my own business. Notice two young boys around 10 playing with swords pretty roughly. I am trying to keep my distance as the dad says over and over again, cut it out you are going to hit someone but not really stopping them. Next thing you know I get whacked in the back of my upper thigh, a little sting, not too bad, I'm more annoyed about the lack of control on the dad's part. I say ouch, and the dad says there now you hit someone (as if that was the kids' goal). And they walk away. I say, wow, I don't even get an apology. Out of nowhere, another man, not even with this group says under his voice in the most passive aggressive way, "yeah, I'm sure it reeeaaally hurt." Well, I heard him so I said yes, it did hurt, you didn't feel it. He just walks away shaking his head so I say that's right keep walking. Now I see my DH staring down this guy and I say let's get outta here. I was more annoyed at that guy's snarky comment than the other guy for not controling his kids!

Also shocked to see how uninformed people were with planning and most surprised to get snarky comments while using fast pass by people waiting in regular lines.
 
Last May,Typhoon Lagoon. Picture the scenery....hot day, dozing off on my sunlounger :sunny: heard the woman next to me say to her son (about 7 or 8 years old) "Oh you haven't" :listen:

Opened my eyes, with my shades on :smooth: , and the boy had done a number 2(poo) in the sand!!!!!!!!!! His mother then proceeded to cover it up with sand, they packed their stuff away and left.

I informed a CM and promptly moved deckchairs (about 4 away!). We were there till closing and nobody came and cleared it away..........disgusting
 
Girlsontour said:
Last May,Typhoon Lagoon. Picture the scenery....hot day, dozing off on my sunlounger :sunny: heard the woman next to me say to her son (about 7 or 8 years old) "Oh you haven't" :listen:

Opened my eyes, with my shades on :smooth: , and the boy had done a number 2(poo) in the sand!!!!!!!!!! His mother then proceeded to cover it up with sand, they packed their stuff away and left.

I informed a CM and promptly moved deckchairs (about 4 away!). We were there till closing and nobody came and cleared it away..........disgusting
Alright....I have read enough of this thread and been to Disney enough times to feel I have the right to say that THAT is the most disgusting thing I have heard yet.....AND NO ONE CAME TO CLEAR IT AWAY!!!! I can see it now....nice family, cleaning up after their wonderful day in the water, all walking to the exit...."why what is that our little suzy tripped into..." Egads what is the matter with people!!!!
 
Nothing too shocking here, but after reading many of these posts I have to agree that the most shocking thing from our vacation is the general rudeness of many people.
It is sad, really, because these are the lessons are children are learning. Case in point: my 14 year old daughter who is VERY SWEET, NICE, POLITE, ETC. ETC.. After a week in Disney of getting shoved and people getting in front of others in line, she started to do the same! Learned behaviors! She said being in Disney taught her how to be more aggressive! Sad.
 

For some "pervert" reason, I like this thread, I mean, with every story, I thought I have read everything that could happen, and yet, every time you read about something that is even worse!

I also have a story, though not from WDW, since I've never been there yet, but one from DLP. When you stay at a Disney-hotel at DLP, breakfast is always included, and you can (if you book on time) have your breakfast at fantasyland, 1 hour before park opening. We always do that, because I love the walk through the empty park early in the morning, and the restaurant is nicer than the one in the Santa Fe hotel.

Last January, we were at a table at La Maison de la Marionette (the Pinocchio restaurant), eating our breakfast (we = my mom, brother (23) and myself (26)). At some point, a family of Holland with some adults and a couple of children and a baby in a stroller enter the restaurant, take a table behind us, and sit down. The mother takes the baby out of the stroller, takes a diaper out of her bag, goes to another table (just next to us), puts the baby on the table, and changes his (stinky) diaper! After that, the dad takes the stinky diaper, and puts it in the trash bin that is only 1 foot away from our table. Now, in such cases, I can't keep my mouth shut, so I ask him, in Dutch, if in Holland, they have never heard of the concept of restrooms, and that there were restrooms just next to the restaurant. His answer? "I hope you enjoy your breakfast even more, now that you have the perfume of my son's sh*t to accompany you"

WHAT??????

I went to ask a CM if they could change the trash bin. The next day, we made sure we had a table far away from any trash bins.
And next time we go, I will take some disinfecting wipes with me, so I can clean the tables first!
 
Not too proud to admit it, but it was at least 15 years ago or so and I was young and stupid. I shocked myself and my friends, so it applies....
Pleasure Island, Beach Club or whatever it's called. Picked up the guitar player in the band and drove around with him in his big scarey van in the middle of the night. Gross.
 
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?

Once again at DLP, you get the "free" breakfast at all the hotels, and it's buffet/ all-you-can-eat. Well, the last two times we went, the parks and hotels were invaded by people of Holland. They didn't only bring ziplocks with them to put away the sandwiches they made out of the breakfast items, they also brought tupperware boxes to stock on ham and cheese! Next to that, the dozens of tea bags, sugars, creamers, whole fruits, yoghurts, ... they took was amazing. I think those people are able to eat during at least 10 more days off the food they took with them at the breakfast!
(I admit, every time I go, I take 1 extra (disposable) clean coffe cup with me, since they have character prints, and I collect them)

When I was at the San Diego Wil Animal Park, the giraffes got "romantically involved". Well, that's something you don't see every day... :rolleyes:

Other things that happen quite regularly at DLP: Young mothers breast-feeding their babies just in the middle of the park. OK, I am not "shocked" by it (this is Europe after all, and half of the people go topless on the beach, so...), but first I don't understand how you want to go with such small children to a theme park, and secondly, I think they could be a little more discreet about it... On the other side, last year on the patio of the golf club I'm a member at, someone did exactly the same, so maybe it's becoming a trend...
 
SandraVB79 said:
When I was at the San Diego Wil Animal Park, the giraffes got "romantically involved". Well, that's something you don't see every day... :rolleyes:

Other things that happen quite regularly at DLP: Young mothers breast-feeding their babies just in the middle of the park. OK, I am not "shocked" by it (this is Europe after all, and half of the people go topless on the beach, so...), but first I don't understand how you want to go with such small children to a theme park, and secondly, I think they could be a little more discreet about it... On the other side, last year on the patio of the golf club I'm a member at, someone did exactly the same, so maybe it's becoming a trend...
I don't think most people realize that before the Victorian era, breastfeeding in public was the norm, not this weird cultural ultra-modesty. If it's swinging back to the pre-Victorian mode, I say it's about time, and long overdue.

As for the giraffes, was it wine and candlelight? :lmao:
 
SandraVB79 said:
Other things that happen quite regularly at DLP: Young mothers breast-feeding their babies just in the middle of the park. . . . On the other side, last year on the patio of the golf club I'm a member at, someone did exactly the same, so maybe it's becoming a trend...


It's pretty common to see this at Disney World, too. And, very happily, it's becoming more and more common!! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

I see many nursing moms out and about these days - everywhere from Disney World to restaurants to the mall to school sporting events. How wonderful that moms are realizing there is no need to hide when they are doing something totally naturally and so very healthy for them and for their little one!! :lovestruc

I've been to Disney World 4 times since Paul was born, and we've done lots of nursing around the world - shows, rides, restaurants, curbside waiting for the parade, nice shaded benches, etc. It's great and I'm always happy when I notice other nursing moms at Disney or anywhere else. :sunny:
 
SandraVB79 said:
Once again at DLP, you get the "free" breakfast at all the hotels, and it's buffet/ all-you-can-eat. Well, the last two times we went, the parks and hotels were invaded by people of Holland. They didn't only bring ziplocks with them to put away the sandwiches they made out of the breakfast items, they also brought tupperware boxes to stock on ham and cheese! Next to that, the dozens of tea bags, sugars, creamers, whole fruits, yoghurts, ... they took was amazing. I think those people are able to eat during at least 10 more days off the food they took with them at the breakfast!
(I admit, every time I go, I take 1 extra (disposable) clean coffe cup with me, since they have character prints, and I collect them)

When I was at the San Diego Wil Animal Park, the giraffes got "romantically involved". Well, that's something you don't see every day... :rolleyes:

Other things that happen quite regularly at DLP: Young mothers breast-feeding their babies just in the middle of the park. OK, I am not "shocked" by it (this is Europe after all, and half of the people go topless on the beach, so...), but first I don't understand how you want to go with such small children to a theme park, and secondly, I think they could be a little more discreet about it... On the other side, last year on the patio of the golf club I'm a member at, someone did exactly the same, so maybe it's becoming a trend...


There's a place and time for everything. However, last year while waiting to see Indy Jones a mother was breast feeding. She wasn't discreet at all, the 12 year boy that sat beside me injoyed it :bitelip: ; I for one didn't!
 
NC State said:
There's a place and time for everything.

That's true. :thumbsup2


And, any time and any place a mother is with her baby is the correct time and place for her to breastfeed that baby. :sunny:

I never nursed while waiting for the LMA show, because we haven't seen it yet. But, I've nursed before and during Beauty and the Beast, the Festival of the Lion King, and pretty much every other Disney show. I'm sure those sitting next to me or close by knew what I was doing. So what? I never covered up with a blanket or put anything over my shoulder or my baby's head. There's no need. When a baby is latched on, there is nothing you can see except the back of the baby's head. As for being discrete, what that means varies from person to person. For me, being discrete means that I try to make sure I don't accidentally flash any nipple. It does not mean using a blanket, covering up, nursing in a restroom, wearing special nursing shirts, trying to hide what I'm doing, etc. I just pull up my t-shirt, latch on the baby, and get on with it. The most you might see is a bit of exposed tummy. The baby covers up the rest.

Children peeing on the sidewalk, adults using really foul language in front of little ones, moms and dads beating the crap out of their kids, people pushing and shoving each other to be the first one on Dumbo . . .those things are shocking. Seeing a baby having some Mommy Milk is no big deal! (And believe me, I've nursed in front of plenty of 12 year old boys. There was nothing for them to enjoy.)

For all you nursing moms at Disney and everywhere else - good for you!! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

I'm not going to get drawn into another breastfeeding debate here, so that's all I'm saying. I don't want to stick around and see this turn ugly, as it usually does when this comes up. I couldn't let it go, though, without at least one post sticking up for nursing moms everywhere. So, I promise I won't take it any further.
 
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Please dont turn this into a breast feeding debate. It's also not fair to say I think it's ok to do and I think people should do it, and then tell others not to post their opinions. Just leave it as it is. To someone it was shocking, that is why it's here. It is not here for anyone to say it's not shocking to them. We've kept a very touchy subject thread open for a long time, let's keep the debates off and the thread going!!! :cheer2:
 
Ok, I was there last month and the amount of women breastfeeding was shocking!












JUUUUUUST KIDDING!! :wave2:

There was one thing though. Me and my fiance went there with his parents on January 14th. We went last year in January, too. That's the first time we seen Mulch Sweat & Shears (love them!) and his dad filmed it and there was this guy and girl there, the guy had on pirate mickey ears. The band picked him to come up and play the chainsaw and we caught that all on video...
Anyway, fast forward a year. Me and my fiance left MK and decided to ride the monorail around. We stopped at a few resorts and he kept saying, ''you want to get off yet?'' and i was like, nah. When we finally did get off, it was at Grand Floridian. We went to the bus stop there to go to MGM....the bus pulls up and we walk to the back. I notice there's only one couple on the bus with us.
My fiance was like ''did you see who that was?!'' it was the pirate guy from the year before! It was really a big coincidence. How are they on a random bus that we just happened to get on? I couldn't believe it. He even had on the same 2005 WDW hoodie! I wanted to go up and tell him that he's on our video, but we thought that might look kinda weird and stalkerish. But I really thought that was so cool. They seem like nice people, and they must go to Disney every year at the same time as us!
Not really a big shocker, just a crazy surprise! :p
 
GEM said:
That's true. :thumbsup2


And, any time and any place a mother is with her baby is the correct time and place for her to breastfeed that baby. :sunny:

Yes, but in everyday scenarios, i don't pull up my top, pull out my ****, so why do it when i breast feed in public? Thats why I always had a receiving blanket with me. Discretion is respectful for those around. just my opinion of course. but being a mom of 2 kids, age 4 and 2, i still find it 'shocking' when i see people just 'open up'.

yes this is not a breast feeding freedom debate forum, but it is a shocking forum and i agree with the original poster. ugh. :crazy2:
 
I notice there's only one couple on the bus with us.
My fiance was like ''did you see who that was?!'' it was the pirate guy from the year before! It was really a big coincidence. How are they on a random bus that we just happened to get on? I couldn't believe it.
WHOA! small world! LOL! neat!
 
a*lil*bit*goofy said:
Yes, but in everyday scenarios, i don't pull up my top, pull out my ****, so why do it when i breast feed in public? Thats why I always had a receiving blanket with me. Discretion is respectful for those around. just my opinion of course. but being a mom of 2 kids, age 4 and 2, i still find it 'shocking' when i see people just 'open up'.

yes this is not a breast feeding freedom debate forum, but it is a shocking forum and i agree with the original poster. ugh. :crazy2:


You sound like an amazing person, and you posted an extremely intelligent reply! :thumbsup2 :)
 
I posted this months ago in the Funniest Comments post...

I commute everyday to work on a small train. Seating is very limited and it's virtually impossible to have an enjoyable commute.

There is one fellow traveler who most of us do our best to avoid sitting with. He constantly is talking on his cell phone (even at 5:30AM) and without trying to be overly critical, let's just say personal hygenie doesn't seem to be his forte.

The day before my last trip, I wound up sitting within 10 feet of him both going to work and coming home (1 hour each way). He was ultra-annoying that day and it was all I could do to keep from boiling over.

After I got home, I relaxed, breathed in a deep breath and thanked my wife for booking a trip to WDW so I could have a week away from the horror that is my commute.

The first night in Disney, you can imagine my surprise when my wife and I are seated at Teppayanki and the CM brings over the other people to our table - THAT guy, his identical TWIN BROTHER and their two wives!!! Sigh.
 
UrsulasShadow said:
I don't think most people realize that before the Victorian era, breastfeeding in public was the norm, not this weird cultural ultra-modesty. If it's swinging back to the pre-Victorian mode, I say it's about time, and long overdue.

There are a lot of things that were done during the Victorian era and I am not sure if any are worth bringing back.
 
LongIslandCouple said:
I posted this months ago in the Funniest Comments post...

I commute everyday to work on a small train. Seating is very limited and it's virtually impossible to have an enjoyable commute.

There is one fellow traveler who most of us do our best to avoid sitting with. He constantly is talking on his cell phone (even at 5:30AM) and without trying to be overly critical, let's just say personal hygenie doesn't seem to be his forte.

The day before my last trip, I wound up sitting within 10 feet of him both going to work and coming home (1 hour each way). He was ultra-annoying that day and it was all I could do to keep from boiling over.

After I got home, I relaxed, breathed in a deep breath and thanked my wife for booking a trip to WDW so I could have a week away from the horror that is my commute.

The first night in Disney, you can imagine my surprise when my wife and I are seated at Teppayanki and the CM brings over the other people to our table - THAT guy, his identical TWIN BROTHER and their two wives!!! Sigh.

HA HA HA!!! That is just great!
:lmao:
 
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