Have you ever had a shock?

[Boncho]

Last month when were at MK,(the Haunted Mansion) there was a man ahead of us (my son and me)that had gas. Bad, noisy gas. When we were riding through it, my son asked me what that awful smell was, it didn't smell like this when we had gone through earlier. I merely told him - remember that man in the lineup? well, he's in the doom buggy right ahead of us and we are in his airflow. My son instantly understood but had to add "Mom, Daisy's (our dog) farts don't even stink that much" It was gross.

 

[Darian]

Last month when were at MK,(the Haunted Mansion) there was a man ahead of us (my son and me)that had gas. Bad, noisy gas. When we were riding through it, my son asked me what that awful smell was, it didn't smell like this when we had gone through earlier. I merely told him - remember that man in the lineup? well, he's in the doom buggy right ahead of us and we are in his airflow. My son instantly understood but had to add "Mom, Daisy's (our dog) farts don't even stink that much" It was gross.

I feel your pain!

 

[Darian]

Uh hello, Don't forget me! If I recall, I have an invite to join ya too. We can just make it a threesome. LOL! Not sure what the s/o's would say to that. LOL! Now THAT would be shocking ;o)

Kerry you are too right! You simply must join us! I join rejobako in the pledge not to do any public excreeting. I can taste the Boddington's Pub Ale already! We'll also have to avoid any "shocking" behavior as we wouldn't want to be banished from WDW or the DIS.

Have you read Boncho'spost about yet another gas master on HM? The horror.

 

[Darian]

I know the "argument" is over but man Darian you got pwned by rejobako! (If you do not know what pwned is ask your video game playing kids)

Anyways, glad to see the two people can end a debate peacefully in today's world.

I have yet to have a true "shocking" moment, but hopefully I will have one to post this coming August.

Being civil, even in disagreement, is an important thing to do. A practice that is at risk for extinction in our culture sadly. Anyway at the end of the day we are all Disney fanatics here and have that in common. Plus, its one thing to discuss a topic but to argue is quite different. After all this isn't the debate forum.

Me pwned? Hah! Dude, it was the other way around No, actually I'd say it was simply a draw and its time for beer at WDW!!!!

 

[Ride Junkie]

No, actually I'd say it was simply a draw and its time for beer at WDW!!!!

...After all that intense reading, I think I need a beer too! Is it happy hour yet?!?? Scoot down people, make room for 1 more!

 

[Ava]

I've got my own to add though I'm not really sure which part was really the most shocking. We were in line for Kiliminjaro Safari (suppossed to be a 35min wait) and when we got in the last little covered area just before splitting off to load onto the trucks and the CM that was controlling who went forward decided that the standby line was not worth letting go on the attraction. We actually stood in the same spot, not moving an inch for over 20mins while the CM kept letting Fast Pass users through but no a single standy rider. There was one guy and his wife right at the front that were getting extremely irritated because the CM was just ignoring them and the husband started to tap on the CMs shoulder pretty insistantly. Well about 2mins later the CMs manager showed up and took the husband aside to ask him about the situation. He explained that the CM obviously needed some education but since the man had been physically touching the CM that he suggested the man walk away from the situation. The whole situation put a huge damper on the afternoon.

We had a similar experience while waiting for Space Mountain. We wanted to ride one more time before we left on our last day, and all the FP's were gone until past the time we had to leave the park, so we got in the standby line. The posted wait time was I think 40 minutes, but the line seemed to be moving much slower than that. When we got close enough to see where the standby & FP lines meet, we saw why. The CM was leaving the standby line waiting for long stretches while he let tons of FP people through, and then when he did let standby people through it was only a few groups at a time. Also, he was letting the FP people choose which side of the loading dock they went to, but he was sending all of the standby people to the right, which made us have a longer line once we got to the loading dock. I don't know if that's what the CM was told to do or not, but it was really annoying and we definitely waited longer than the posted 40 minutes because of the way he was "managing" the line.

 

[Darian]

...After all that intense reading, I think I need a beer too! Is it happy hour yet?!?? Scoot down people, make room for 1 more!

Come on down!

 

[Pluto 2]

We had a similar experience while waiting for Space Mountain. We wanted to ride one more time before we left on our last day, and all the FP's were gone until past the time we had to leave the park, so we got in the standby line. The posted wait time was I think 40 minutes, but the line seemed to be moving much slower than that. When we got close enough to see where the standby & FP lines meet, we saw why. The CM was leaving the standby line waiting for long stretches while he let tons of FP people through, and then when he did let standby people through it was only a few groups at a time. Also, he was letting the FP people choose which side of the loading dock they went to, but he was sending all of the standby people to the right, which made us have a longer line once we got to the loading dock. I don't know if that's what the CM was told to do or not, but it was really annoying and we definitely waited longer than the posted 40 minutes because of the way he was "managing" the line.

thats why they call it fastpass

 

[dwheatl]

Well, wasn't it once intended to be a couple's only island?

Couples only? Maybe. But coupling? I don't think so!

 

[Joanna71985]

I have one from tonight! I was over at AK, and I was on my way over to EE (which is awsome, btw). Anyway, there is a statue over in Asia. And there is a sign next to it that says "Please do not climb". Well, you would think that with a sign that people would not climb on it, right? WRONG!! As I was passing, there was a family going to take a picture. 2 kids were already on the statue, and another girl was looking at the sign. Well, the mother goes and you know what she said? "We're ignoring the sign"! I almost want to say to her, "lady, did you graduate from school? Because you obviously can't read".

 

[Daisimae]

Well, I got a shock on my recent trip. But, it was administered by a tiny someone in our party. DH could not get the time off so, I went with my cousin, her husband and their 4yo son and recently potty trained 2.5yo daughter, who will now be known as .

We did the Baby Swap without incident at the rides the kids couldn't get on. There is an area to the right of the Fast Pass line at Space Mountain that is a little sheltered and looked like a good place to watch the kids. I went on the ride, came back and then the parents left to go on. The kids were being good, just playing around the bushes and their large double stroller. All of the sudden comes around from the other side of the stoller, with her pants around her ankles, exclaiming "Potty! I go potty!" I nearly . The Fast Pass CM and everyone walking into Space Mountain got a glimpse of me trying to get a bare-bottomed child to pull up her clothes. When I tried to do it she yelled, "I do it! I do it!". Calling more attention to us. I finally convinced her that I couldn't take her anywhere like that. She pulled everything up. I put her in my lap told the 4yo to hold on to the basket and we headed out to the restroom on the other side of Space Mountain.

My cousin met us on the way over there and everything was ok after that. The whole thing lasted about 2 minutes, but it felt like 30. As large as my embarrasement was, I am grateful for a couple of things. 1. Her top was on the longer side so she wasn't as exposed as she could have been. 2. The top has buttons in the back so she could not get it over her head. At times, she is likely to take everything off on the way to the potty.

 

[Mariposa]

Heee.. the little girl above reminded me..

When my family went to WDW in 1990, my DFather and I were waiting outside a bathroom in FW at Epcot when a little girl (no more than 3) wandered out completely naked (I do remember she had her sandals on??) and asked if we could 'help [her] find [her] panties'. My DFather looked horrified, which just cracked me up (I was about 12). I took her in the bathroom where her mother had JUST found the pile of her daughter's clothes in the bottom of the stall and was starting to panic (the stall was still shut, so the girl had crawled out). She explained she'd told the girl to wait until she was done and she'd help her with her clothes and hadn't heard the girl slither out and head for the door. The daughter was apperently going through the 'I need to be naked to potty' phase (most parents are all too familiar with this phase) and mom was taking too long going potty- so she just decided to solicit help on her own.

The whole thing was just weird and hilarious, but the thing I'll never forget was the mortified look on my DFather's face when she wandered out!

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

Heee.. the little girl above reminded me..

When my family went to WDW in 1990, my DFather and I were waiting outside a bathroom in FW at Epcot when a little girl (no more than 3) wandered out completely naked (I do remember she had her sandals on??) and asked if we could 'help [her] find [her] panties'. My DFather looked horrified, which just cracked me up (I was about 12). I took her in the bathroom where her mother had JUST found the pile of her daughter's clothes in the bottom of the stall and was starting to panic (the stall was still shut, so the girl had crawled out). She explained she'd told the girl to wait until she was done and she'd help her with her clothes and hadn't heard the girl slither out and head for the door. The daughter was apperently going through the 'I need to be naked to potty' phase (most parents are all too familiar with this phase) and mom was taking too long going potty- so she just decided to solicit help on her own.

The whole thing was just weird and hilarious, but the thing I'll never forget was the mortified look on my DFather's face when she wandered out!

OMG LMAO! a double shocker, give this poster double points...a naked girl and a dad who was freaked out! LMAO!

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

Well, I got a shock on my recent trip. But, it was administered by a tiny someone in our party. DH could not get the time off so, I went with my cousin, her husband and their 4yo son and recently potty trained 2.5yo daughter, who will now be known as .

We did the Baby Swap without incident at the rides the kids couldn't get on. There is an area to the right of the Fast Pass line at Space Mountain that is a little sheltered and looked like a good place to watch the kids. I went on the ride, came back and then the parents left to go on. The kids were being good, just playing around the bushes and their large double stroller. All of the sudden comes around from the other side of the stoller, with her pants around her ankles, exclaiming "Potty! I go potty!" I nearly . The Fast Pass CM and everyone walking into Space Mountain got a glimpse of me trying to get a bare-bottomed child to pull up her clothes. When I tried to do it she yelled, "I do it! I do it!". Calling more attention to us. I finally convinced her that I couldn't take her anywhere like that. She pulled everything up. I put her in my lap told the 4yo to hold on to the basket and we headed out to the restroom on the other side of Space Mountain.

My cousin met us on the way over there and everything was ok after that. The whole thing lasted about 2 minutes, but it felt like 30. As large as my embarrasement was, I am grateful for a couple of things. 1. Her top was on the longer side so she wasn't as exposed as she could have been. 2. The top has buttons in the back so she could not get it over her head. At times, she is likely to take everything off on the way to the potty.

OMG! i would have freaked, and then tried my hardest not to laugh hysterically. LOLOL!

 

[Daisimae]

You all can tell I don't have kids right? LOL I these two like they were my own. My souvenir from this trip was a bacterial infection passed on to all of us, including my DH who didn't even go, by the 4yo and a few more grey hairs.

I also should have added since they are small kids and the youngest is recently trained we did stop every 90-120 minutes for a potty break. In fact, Space Mountain was our first stop after lunch. also attempted the shorts pull down as we were leaving Cosmic Ray's after lunch. But, she didn't get far. Her Mom scooped her up and ran for the ladies room so we knew she had just gone. We each only waited in line about 10 minutes at Space Mountain.

It's OK though. She gave me a shock. But, she will get one later. I have all the experiences from the trip, a few backed up with photos to present at her graduations, engagement party and wedding reception. I've have the same for her brother.

 

[AnaheimGirl]

Daisimae, you reminded me of a non-Disney shock! When dd was 2 and working on potty training (along with the rest of her day-care class), I remember seeing one little boy pull down his pants in the middle of the classroom, then waddle over to the bathroom bare-bottomed, with pants around his ankles. I was shocked and , when the teacher nonchalantly said, "yea, they all do that". Shortly after, my dd started doing it and then 5 years later, my younger dd did it too!

 

[mammoth_fan]

As Marlon Brando once said: "the horror... the horror."

It all began innocently enough in the line for the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. There was this short skinny woman with her short and skinny son about 8 people ahead of DW and me in line. Judging from their extreem accent they seemed to be from Kentucky or (not to offend) some hill-billy town nearby. I was tempted to say New Jersey, but those folks have suffered enough at the hands of this board. Heheheh.

Well I've got no beef with Kentucky, as my sister was born there. But suddenly this woman breaks wind loud and long. Then she looks around to see if anyone heard her. About 35 thousand people did, but we all pretended nothing had happened. Just trying to be polite. Well, her outgassing wasn't just loud, it stank horribly, like dead things and worse. Unknown to us at the time, this "blowing of the horn" was just the beginning of our suffering.

Soon we were in the Mansion itself. The door closed to the stretching room and BAM she lets loose again. Trapped like rats we had no escape from her gas. This time the stench was even worse. After an eternity of holding my breath the doors finally open to fresh air. As the woman and her kid walk past the paintings, she let loose again so our respit from the torment was short lived.

Finally we were seated in our Doom buggies and were thinking we were finally free of our outgassing companion. Though she was 3 buggies ahead of us she passed gas non-stop through the entire ride, defiling every room, every scene-even the graveyard wasn't large enough to dissipate the concentrated vile stench. All the time I'm wondering how such a small body could hold so much gas and what sort of person could produce such potent and terrible odors that could fill an entire attraction.

Poor DW was covering her face and having dry heaves, while I was just limp, nauseous and practically semicouncious from the airborne poisons.

Finally the ride was over and DW & I staggered from our doom buggy out onto the moving walkway. Our classy fellow rider left another "air mine" as she and her sone ran up the rubber escalator leading out of the attraction.

I have never been so shocked, so sickened and so nauseated by anything else at Disney. This even beat the stripper we saw trying to pose topless on the drawbridge into Sleeping Beauty's castle. The horror... the horror....

Oh, thank you thank you thank you, for that well-needed laugh!!

 

[Darian]

Oh, thank you thank you thank you, for that well-needed laugh!!

Your very welcome! It looks like Boncho experienced the same thing on the same ride! Gosh, I wonder if it WAS the same incident. Boncho's post is on page 221 right at the top. They couldn't escape the never ending stream of gas either. Ugh.

 

[Twinkletoesjohnson]

And okay, I think it was actually Universal in California. BUT it was pretty funny AND we have photographic evidence of this:

Let me start out by saying my mother has IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and is basically a ride wimp but somehow or other she ended up on the Jurassic Park ride. She screamed and cried through the entire ride, and then right when the big trex jumps out she had, well...what we now call a "Grammie" moment. (okay, she pooped her pants.)

The best part is that is the exact time that the ride photo is taken and the look on her face in the photo is hilarious! Sort of a cross between fear and puzzlement.

If she sees I've posted this, I'm probably grounded for life!

 

[Timon_n_Pumba]

And okay, I think it was actually Universal in California. BUT it was pretty funny AND we have photographic evidence of this

Oh come on now...you've GOT to post this picture!!!!

Waiting Patiently...Scott in MO