Have you ever had a shock?

[pedro2112]

Do people actually not know what a Margarita is?

Yes. Just the other day I saw a dad order a margarita for his preteen daughter. He honestly thought it was a type of smoothie!

 

[mitros]

Been reading these things since the thread started, and I find it amazing that there are such a large amount of ignorant, clodish, imbecilic, uncaring, unfeeling, moronic, child and spouse abusing, brainless, dimwitted, assine clowns that have the audacity to behave the way they do. Happiest place on earth? Not for for these s***heads, apparentley........
I recall a cartoon from my childhood, where there was a super highway of the future, and whenever there was a crash, instead of blocking traffic and making things difficult for everyone because some butthead caused the accident, they had these vehicles that hovered over the accident and disintegrated the offending vehicles.
Think of it, a futuristic flying disintegrating pod that would eliminate those bufoons and abusers that make things difficult for those of us fun lovers at WDW!

 

[jann1033]

Yes. Just the other day I saw a dad order a margarita for his preteen daughter. He honestly thought it was a type of smoothie!

do they make nonalcoholic margaritas? i know my kids used to order them yrs ago at chichis, they basically tasted like a fruit slushy but don't know if wdw makes them non alcoholic or not

 

[Simba22]

in the 3 times I have been to WDW, I can honestly say the most shocking thing I ever saw was some teenager arguing with a CM because Aladdin & Jasmine were taking a 30 minute break and she wanted her autograph NOW...not in 30 minutes. I either just never noticed people doing disgusting things or I blocked the incidents from my memory.

 

[5dizneynutz]

DH saw a 12-year-old boy walking around World Showcase drinking a Fiesta Margarita. And just a short while after that he was in line to get our Margaritas and the man ahead of him tried to order some for his kids and seem surprised when the CM explained they were alcoholic drinks. There is a huge sign on the front of the stand that says 'Margaritas'! Do people actually not know what a Margarita is?
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I had the same experience happen during our 2003 trip! While I was waiting in line for my Margarita (my favorite drink in all of WDW,btw!!! ) A man with a young child about 7-8 yrs old, ordered a Fiesta Margarita. The girl selling the drink asked if he wanted salt or sugar. (which I thought was odd, cause what's a margarita w/o salt!! Never heard of it with sugar actually!) Anyways back to the story. I didn't think anything was strange until the man walked away and handed the drink to the child, who drank some of it!! I was thinking OMG, and quickly told the girl behind the counter what I'd seen. She yelled for the man to come back and informed him that it was an alcoholic drink. You should have seen the look on his face!! What an idiot, why would you think a "Margarita" doesn't have alcohol in it!!!

 

[MASHELL]

We were on a VERY crowded Pop Century bus, and were headed back to the resort. Or so we thought. Our bus driver DID NOT know his way around the world and we headed toward I-85!! Everyone on board was shouting NO! NO! and a guest in the front had to direct him to turn the bus around and then give him directions to POP. When we finally arrived, the driver told everyone that if they had a complaint, to tell him and not tell his supervisor. I hope he's gone when we return.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Uh, WDW margaritas are pretty stout. Could the dad not TASTE the freaking alcohol in it before he gave it to his daughter??

 

[jann1033]

DH saw a 12-year-old boy walking around World Showcase drinking a Fiesta Margarita. And just a short while after that he was in line to get our Margaritas and the man ahead of him tried to order some for his kids and seem surprised when the CM explained they were alcoholic drinks. There is a huge sign on the front of the stand that says 'Margaritas'! Do people actually not know what a Margarita is?
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I had the same experience happen during our 2003 trip! While I was waiting in line for my Margarita (my favorite drink in all of WDW,btw!!! ) A man with a young child about 7-8 yrs old, ordered a Fiesta Margarita. The girl selling the drink asked if he wanted salt or sugar. (which I thought was odd, cause what's a margarita w/o salt!! Never heard of it with sugar actually!) Anyways back to the story. I didn't think anything was strange until the man walked away and handed the drink to the child, who drank some of it!! I was thinking OMG, and quickly told the girl behind the counter what I'd seen. She yelled for the man to come back and informed him that it was an alcoholic drink. You should have seen the look on his face!! What an idiot, why would you think a "Margarita" doesn't have alcohol in it!!!

maybe since mk doesn't serve alcohol they think none of the parks do hence virgin margaritas.. i rarely drink and most places you can get many drinks minus the alcohol...not sure if disney makes them that way or not

 

[MELSMICE]

We are here right now & while I haven't seen anything really shocking, I am amazed at the # of the people at the pools that lack manners.

I have seen people get up & leave the pool areas & also leave all their garbage & towels laying around. I have actually gotten up 3X this trip to clean up after other people that have left so that new people coming in will have a place to sit.

It also irks me when people move the loungers/chairs & block the walking paths in the pool area. And while I'm at it...............why do people take their chairs, put them at the entrance to the pools & sit in them so they block the stairs so other people have to "climb" over them!!!!!

Okay - rant over. I'm off to O'Hana's now for a great meal!

 

[poohgirl6]

We've been to WDW many times over the last 15 years or so and there's always at least one or two surprising (if not shocking) things to witness. I'll share a few that I can remember:

In 1994 my DH DD(9), DS(5) and I were attempting to board Spaceship Earth when the queing area was bombarded with a Brazilian tour group. They were very rambunctious, loud and agressive and the CMs just gaped at them and did nothing. Anyway, in the confusion my DS and I ended up riding alone in the midst of some of them. A boy and girl (young to mid teens...prob about 15 years old) were in the car in front of us. During the ride she proceeded to perform oral sex on him! Thankfully my DS didn't notice or ask any questions (it is really dark in there and the cars continue to turn different ways so it wasn't like we had a completely unobstructed view during the entire ride but believe me I saw enough).

In 1997 upon our check-in at the Poly, a CM drove us in one of those golf-cart like vehicles to our room....he was driving so fast and running people off sidewalks and eventually turned the entire thing over and we all (including me, holding our 15 mo old DS) flew out onto the beautifully landscaped grass. Our luggage went flying everywhere and it I'm sure it caused quite a scene...luckily, no one was hurt and we couldn't help but start laughing at the sight we must've been but the CM acted like it happened all the time and just started putting stuff back into the vehicle and never even apologized! He mumbled something about, "Took that curb a little too fast and didn't make it" or something like that. We were in shock I think and just kept looking at each other and laughing.

Same trip in 1997 and we had gone over to the WL to visit the lobby and see the animal show with some animals from Discovery Island that they used to have in the lobby nightly there ( I think it's been discontinued). Anyway, while waiting for the show, we shopped, got a snack and were just hanging out in the lobby visiting with CMs, other guests, etc. I remember there was an artist sketching guests there and he had all these easels set up over by the little bridge where the "hot spring" begins and flows out to the pool. Anyway, my DS (15mos) loved to look at the hot spring area and would walk back and forth and I would follow him.....after several times of doing this he got ahead of me and made it to the little fence there and leaned over as if to touch the water.....yep, you guessed it....he went over and fell into the "hot spring" area right on his head. From my memory it was prob about 4 feet down or so? Anyway, you can imagine my terror as I leapt over the fence and picked him up....in the end he was a little stunned and was just fine....however, what stands out as so strange to me in this situation is that when that happened all of the cast members around that had previously been so friendly immediately turned away and acted as if it never happened. NOT even one of them came up to ask if he was ok or anything. I mean there was a collective GASP when he went over the edge and several guests came running and were so kind to us but when the dust cleared and we looked around for a CM they were all "busy" and wouldn't meet our eye. Anyway, we found a seat over by the gift shop and sat down (needless to say I had weak legs and needed to sit for a while) and about 5 or 10 mins later a janitor (he was pushing a trash cart with mops, towels, etc) came over and offered us some towels...when he heard my DH say something about all of the CMS ignored us he mumbled something about it not being their fault they were just doing what they were trained to do in that type of situation? Anyway, guess the Disney way is to pretend that nothing happened!

That's all I remember for now...am sure to have some more to report when we go back in Sept!

 

[LuvN~Travel]

We were on a VERY crowded Pop Century bus, and were headed back to the resort. Or so we thought. Our bus driver DID NOT know his way around the world and we headed toward I-85!! Everyone on board was shouting NO! NO! and a guest in the front had to direct him to turn the bus around and then give him directions to POP. When we finally arrived, the driver told everyone that if they had a complaint, to tell him and not tell his supervisor. I hope he's gone when we return.

Boy don't I wish I-85 went near WDW! I assume you meant I-4?!
Kim

 

[Corrine&Matt]

I was at the Mexican Buritto place getting some tacos and trying to find a seat at around 8pm. Of course, this was right before Illuminations, so everyone was scrambling to find a seat. I was holding 3 tacos and searching for a seat, when I FINALLY came across an empty one. A middle-aged man RAN past me and sat down, he had no food and was just obviously looking for an Illuminations seat. I was so disgusted that my jaw dropped and I just stared at him. The OUTRAGEOUS PART IS, as soon as I opened my mouth, he gave me the finger!!!!!!!! With a million kids around. Can you believe some of the people that go there?!

Corrine

 

[lorrainesy]

Ok I have already posted about part of this experience on another thread but it was so shocking I wanna post it here.

February 2004 ~ We actually had three shocks

We were at Disney when there was a national high school cheerleader competition going on. There first one was more of an eye opener the an actual shock. We stayed at Caribbean Beach Resort and it was over run by the most god awful girl I have ever met. These girls were NASTY. They are very competitive and mean to the different squads. I’ve never seen anything like it and I went to a wealthy suburban high school so I know a thing or two about snobs.

The second shock just made me want to knock out their pretty capped teeth. I’ve never in my life seen people talk to adults the way they did . Two different groups completely disrespected adults.

FIRST SINARIO: we are on a bus going to MK. The bus was full to the point were people were standing. A group of three ladies in their 60’s are the last to get on the bus and are standing in the front were a whole group on cheerleaders is sitting. Well when I realized the girls were not going to give up their seats for the ladies I was a little distressed. My family was standing so we did not have a seat to give them. The whole bus ride the girls were talking about their competition in the morning…..I’m sure you all know the teenager tone….. I’m the center of the universe and everyone else has to hear the whole conversation. As we are getting off the bus one of the elderly ladies who was forced to stand the whole trip looked at the girls and said, “Good luck tomorrow” one of the girls gave her a dirty look and said “We don’t need luck, We’ve got skill!” and then they pushed their way off the bus first! I mean come on they could have at least let the women off the bus first!”

SECOND SINARIO: the next morning there was a bunch of girls running around in their PJS with their hair and make all done up (getting ready for the completion). We were walking across the Island with all the birds on it to get to the food court. There was a group of girls freaking out. They were running after birds trying to swat at them, because they were afraid they were going to mess up their hair. Well my mother being a bird lover said something like “Hey leave them alone. Chasing them you are going to mess up your hair more then anything they could do to it. “ One of the girls screamed at her “Mind your business B!@%*”

The third and the one I’ll never forget was when we were coming home from MGM one night we happened to be on a bus with two different squads….I’m still not sure what happened. One minute they were being “catty” and the next minute it was a big ball off hair pulling screaming girls. It was crazy they were hitting, swearing, ripping clothes …..seriously all they needed to do was throw in some mud and they could have made it into an adult video. The bus driver had to pull over and call another bus to take one of the squads. Until the other bus arrived we just sat there one squad on the bus the other outside. And honestly “shocked” described the mood on that bus perfectly. No one really said anything, we just all kind of sat there trying to process what we had just saw.

Then into the complete quite my brother-in-law says (in his slow Texas drawl)
“Cheerleaders wrestling. Dammmm there goes that fantasy” and he sounded so disappointed a bunch of us just started laughing.

 

[lorrainesy]

Well I've read many of these stories and though this did not happen at wdw it"s probably the most shocking thing I or my dw has ever seen.

About 17 years ago my wife and I were at the Illinois state fair, at a concert, and this large young mom came and sat in front of us with a toddler and another child about 4. The children were really tired and she kept trying to get the toddler to nurse(shirt wide open). I guess the pressure became too great so she pulled out a gal. milk jug, which was about half full and proceeded to milk herself, into the jug.

Wait! It gets worse. She sat there for awhile and tried to enjoy the show, but the children were getting pretty cranky. After she gathered he stuff to leave, she tried, with no success, to get the kids to drink from the milk jug.

Now here's the real shocking part.

She turn up the jug and had a drink for herself.

Left the jug on the floor and was gone.

My wife and I looked at each other in total shock.

Please don't flame me, I just had to write this. I do feel sorry for those kids at wdw whose parents are mad about being there and take it out on their children. You know what I mean.

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Oh my gosh I’m gagging over this one!

 

[lorrainesy]

Because people like that are freakin' animals, that's why! They are in the same category as people who urinate all over the seat and don't flush their BMs. Actually I am being a bit harsh. I shouldn't insult animals like that. The people who treat public restrooms like thier own private barnyard are lower down on the food chain than any animal I can think of.

LOL!!!! This reminded me of a funny…if someone embarrassing story. I was in the rest room and since it was just me and my nephew he had to come in to the ladies room with me (sorry if this offends anyone but he is too young to be left alone). Well anyways he was waiting outside the stall and I hear him say loudly in a scandalized voice “AUNT RAIN! PICK THAT UP!” I had no idea what he was talking about and told him so. And he said (still loudly) “You threw toilet paper on the floor! That’s so gross…It’s like a pig!!!” I was sooo embarrassed! I told him to stop talking like that, I hadn’t done anything. “Yes you did. See it is right there!” well then I here the lady in the stall next to me say, “ Get out of my stall!” So then I realized that to prove a point to “me” he put his foot under the stall door an used his toes to point at the discarded toilet paper. Only problem was it was not me but the women in the next stall. Well he must have embarrassed the slobb in the next stall more then me because by the time I had washed and dried my hands and left the restroom she had still not come out of her stall. In a way I felt badly for her but on the other hand a little kid should not have to teach an adult manners ….and I would have felt worse for the poor people who used that stall after her and maybe stepped in it or the person being paid minimum wage who would have to clean up her discarded toilet paper

 

[scrapmoose]

On our last trip in January 06 we saw a boy about 8 or 9 completely naked in the Little Mermaid Grotto. He had been playing in the water and his mom was changing his clothes.

While waiting to see Lilo and Stitch some older tourists came over and got in front of everyone. The CM made them leave. Then when Stitch and Lilo were walking back towards the MGM hat they were chasing them taking their pictures. It was like the character paparazzi it was hilarious.

I have been going to WDW since 1979 and have seen many line cutters and rude behavior but never any fights, child abuse, or public urination. I am going back in May I am sure I just jinxed myself .

 

[kaysmommie]

I was at the Mexican Buritto place getting some tacos and trying to find a seat at around 8pm. Of course, this was right before Illuminations, so everyone was scrambling to find a seat. I was holding 3 tacos and searching for a seat, when I FINALLY came across an empty one. A middle-aged man RAN past me and sat down, he had no food and was just obviously looking for an Illuminations seat. I was so disgusted that my jaw dropped and I just stared at him. The OUTRAGEOUS PART IS, as soon as I opened my mouth, he gave me the finger!!!!!!!! With a million kids around. Can you believe some of the people that go there?!

Corrine

I would have frigin tried to choke him! I'm reading these threads and they just make my blood boil. I can't believe how disgusting and rude people are. The only thing that ever happened at wDW was some little 2 yr. old picked his nose and tried to wipe it on my DD who was dressed like Cinderella when we were in the Lobby at WL. My DD was horrified. I said something to the parent though, so he didn't succeed fortunately.

 

[Joanna71985]

The second shock just made me want to knock out their pretty capped teeth. I’ve never in my life seen people talk to adults the way they did . Two different groups completely disrespected adults.

FIRST SINARIO: we are on a bus going to MK. The bus was full to the point were people were standing. A group of three ladies in their 60’s are the last to get on the bus and are standing in the front were a whole group on cheerleaders is sitting. Well when I realized the girls were not going to give up their seats for the ladies I was a little distressed. My family was standing so we did not have a seat to give them. The whole bus ride the girls were talking about their competition in the morning…..I’m sure you all know the teenager tone….. I’m the center of the universe and everyone else has to hear the whole conversation. As we are getting off the bus one of the elderly ladies who was forced to stand the whole trip looked at the girls and said, “Good luck tomorrow” one of the girls gave her a dirty look and said “We don’t need luck, We’ve got skill!” and then they pushed their way off the bus first! I mean come on they could have at least let the women off the bus first!”

SECOND SINARIO: the next morning there was a bunch of girls running around in their PJS with their hair and make all done up (getting ready for the completion). We were walking across the Island with all the birds on it to get to the food court. There was a group of girls freaking out. They were running after birds trying to swat at them, because they were afraid they were going to mess up their hair. Well my mother being a bird lover said something like “Hey leave them alone. Chasing them you are going to mess up your hair more then anything they could do to it. “ One of the girls screamed at her “Mind your business B!@%*”

That is just horrible! Why would anyone treat adults that way?

 

[kaysmommie]

I gotta say that I'm not a parent, but I have NO problems with parents disciplining their kids in public. My parents, however, had a much more simple method: you got three warnings. 1. "Please stop this NOW." 2. "Stop this now, or you will come and sit in the car with me." 3. "Right, you cannot behave, so we are going to sit in the car for an hour". They literally took us to the car (or, if we were in WDW and it was too hot to sit in the car, a boring bench somewhere in the shade outside of the park). They left the other siblings with the other parent and rejoined them an hour later. IMO this is the most effective way of dealing with a child who simply is misbehaving (if they are tired obviously this is different).

The number of people who continually warn their kids to behave but never actually DO anything about it in WDW is quite shocking. Yes, it's your vacation, but I wouldn't want to spend the whole day constantly telling off a misbehaving child. Take them away from the fun, make them appreciate what they had in the park and reflect on their behaviour and then go back in.

I do this with the kids I babysit for. If they cannot play the game nicely, they can come and sit on the stairs with me whilst everyone else plays. If they cannot join in with the bedtime story nicely, they get put to bed and then I go back and read to the other children etc. If they don't want to behave out in public, they can come and sit on the park bench with me while the other kids play. I used to do "community service" at college where I did homeroom with 30 6th graders for 20 minutes each morning. The most effective form of discipline (detention as a threat never worked) was making them come sit at the desk with me. If they couldn't behave when they were sat at the desk still (yes, they pushed it), they had to hold my hand throughout homeroom It worked so well - I don't think ANY kid ever held my hand twice!

That's just my two cents: I'm shocked by the people who continually say "NO lil Jimmy don't do that!" but then never follow up the warning with anything. They've FAR more patience than me!

I agree 100%. I might try this with DD if she doesn't behave at WDW or anywhere fun for that matter.

 

[hygienejean]

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