Have you ever had a shock?

[Viori]

Yeah but if your service dog DOESN'T wear a vest, how the heck are we supposed to know he's special and you're not just some spoiled yahoo that thinks the rules don't apply to them?!!

I'm all for service dogs, I think the way they help people is fantastic. But they NEED to be properly identified and certified.

Our kids know that seeing eye dogs are "working" because of their vests and that they can't "play" with them.

Heh, next time I'm bringing my big fluffy Standard Poodle (therapy dog Canine Good Citizen Certified, thank you) into Publix, and if they give me any lip about it I"m going to say she's my Boredom Prevention Service Dog.

If you have a TD CGC dog then you Bl*&dy well know better than to take her into Publix. If you see a service dog in a park, then it's the CM's responsibilty to check credentials, not yours. Service dogs are trained differently, to do specific jobs for people who need them.

It's especially discouraging to have people who know better treat service dogs and their owners with that kind of disrespect. Your TD trainers (Delta?) would be disgusted.

V

 

[madfordonald]

This past April when DH and I went to DL we went to the candy shoppe near Pooh's ride (love those Krispie treats). Two days later we went back into the shop to grab an early morning treat, well, the CM working there remembered us from the first visit. I don't know, that really shocked me. I just imagine all the people they see, let alone in a 2 day span and she remembered us? Too Cool!

That also happened on the same trip with a fellow vacationer. I first day in was during Stanley Cup playoffs and it was Anaheim against Calgary. I was wearing my Calgary jersey in California Adventure, well, the next day while standing in line at the maingate (in normal clothes) this lady one line over asked me if the Flames won the game. I said no and questioned her on how she knew me and she said she remembered me from the day before wearing the jersey. I don't think I stand out in a crowd but something happened on this trip

 

[maxiesmom]

Yes, since we're on the subject of courtesy, that reminds me of my little acronym. I figured I'd share it with you guys. Often when people say "You shouldn't cut in line" or "make multiple ADR's for the same time" or whatever, someone will say something along the lines of "Don't judge me!" and call the rule followers "DIS Police" or "Morality Police". Every time I remind myself of the little acronym I made- it keeps me from responding in a hostile way.

DIS POLICE

Paying pool user
Obedient controller of self, children and stroller
Lender of seats to those in need
Intentionally honest about ages or numbers
Canceller of unwanted ADR’s
Every year new mug buyer

We heart the rules!

I get so sick of being called names because I follow the rules of courtesy, you know?

Thank You!!! I hate when people are mocked for following the rules! I never understood why it is ok to post about breaking the rules, then turn around a make fun of people who tell you you are wrong.

 

[chigirl]

The starngest thing we saw was that little splashy pool/boat thingee in Toontown...this mom had her kids aged 4 and 6 splashing in there with their clothes on (fine) but then proceeds to strip her daughters 100% naked right there out in the open and changes them into dry clothes! She was 100% American, so you can't blame it on foreign ways. My DS, 7, was like, "That;s gross!" and my DD, 12, was like "Poor kids!" What the heck? I mean, take them to a restroom facility!

Also, about following the rules...I always do, but there are rule breakers who poke fun at everyone else. It all goes back to entitlement. These people feel entitled to get their way, no matter who they screw in the process...it's all Karma, baby! It WILL come back to them!

 

[phillybeth]

If you see a service dog in a park, then it's the CM's responsibilty to check credentials, not yours.

Exactly. I'm not the fun police. If there is a dog in the parks, I assume that it is a service dog, not that someone snuck in their precious widdle snookums.

 

[SnowWhite607]

Oh and one more - I heard a lady at the bus stop talking to her DD - "When the man asks you how old you are, what are you going to say?" and the litle girl said "I am really 3 but I'm going to say I'm 2 so I can get in free!" I was like

 

[Darian]

Oh and one more - I heard a lady at the bus stop talking to her DD - "When the man asks you how old you are, what are you going to say?" and the litle girl said "I am really 3 but I'm going to say I'm 2 so I can get in free!" I was like

Yep. They train them early in life to become criminals. God forbid a poor teacher would be allowed to tell kids that lying is wrong. Public schools are a values free environment after all. But having your own parents teach you to lie... thats unspeakable.

I respect your strong self control. I couldn't have stayed silent. I would have made some snappy comeback like "yeah isn't it great to ruin your child's character & integrity just to save a few bucks. Thirty pieces of silver anyone?"

 

[Daisimae]

Oh and one more - I heard a lady at the bus stop talking to her DD - "When the man asks you how old you are, what are you going to say?" and the litle girl said "I am really 3 but I'm going to say I'm 2 so I can get in free!" I was like

 

[Disneyrsh]

The harness and leash are separate. Leash is attached to a collar and the harness has a very large handle which the user hangs on to it to be guided. Her dog is a guide/hearing dog. There is a label on the harness stating she is a guide/hearing dog. My friend was one of the first deaf/blind people to be given a dog and is now on her 2nd dog and soon will get her 3rd.

Well, that seems pretty obvious that the dog's a working dog-people really still give her problems? That stinks.

Last shock we had in Disney were two tween age kids on leashes, being led by elderly parents/grandparents.

Kids behaved like any other kids their age, but wth with the leashes!?

Wait, no, that wasn't the most shocking thing we saw. The worst we saw was people constantly changing poopy diapers right in front of us. Twice on a bus in FW, once on the indoor playground in Mission: Space. The lady sitting on the couch next to me at M:S then left the diaper on the bench and walked out.

Unbelievably gross. We never did that when our kids were in diapers, we went into the bathrooms, changed the diapers, and for God's sakes WASHED OUR HANDS AFTERWARDS!

People have really gotten gross.

 

[Disneyrsh]

If you have a TD CGC dog then you Bl*&dy well know better than to take her into Publix. If you see a service dog in a park, then it's the CM's responsibilty to check credentials, not yours. Service dogs are trained differently, to do specific jobs for people who need them.

It's especially discouraging to have people who know better treat service dogs and their owners with that kind of disrespect. Your TD trainers (Delta?) would be disgusted.

V

Evidently you missed the sarcasm.

 

[NC State]

Unbelievably gross. We never did that when our kids were in diapers, we went into the bathrooms, changed the diapers, and for God's sakes WASHED OUR HANDS AFTERWARDS!

People have really gotten gross.

I agree with you!

 

[ellebeegee]

When we visited this past March, we stayed at Pop. Sort of not related but when we checked into our NON-SMOKING room it reeked of smoke. Knocked me over when I opened the door. Called the desk and they apologized, explained they can't control what guests do in the rooms -- that is understandable. Sheesh, after some of the stuff I've read here, sounds like smoking in the room is a minor thing! They found us another room and sent a CM with new keys and a cart to move our luggage, within 10 minutes. It was awesome.

Anyway, this trip went all wrong. We got to the hotel about 1 pm and we were dying to ride Everest. It wasn't officially opened yet so we decided we needed to hit AK first to try to ride, then we'd have time during the next 4 days to try to hit Everest if we didn't get it the first day. I swear the ghost of Walt was haunting us everywhere. We ALWAYS make MK our very first and very last park stops, and going to AK first, instead of MK, just threw us all out of kilter. We got tired too soon, cranky, feet and knees were hurting, by our second day. We got in late that second night; DH and DD took their showers and went to bed. I got in a steaming hot bath and tried to soak my aching self. This was at 12:30; we had stayed somewhere for EMH. I am about relaxed in the tub when I start hearing these weird noises from next door. It sounds as though someone is wheeling luggage all around on concrete but it honestly sounds as though it's RIGHT beside me, and I'm in the bathtub. I listen and listen, finally haul myself out of the tub and DH is up. We open the door and there are 3 about 10-year-old boys scooting up and down the sidewalk/balcony (we're on the 2nd floor of POP) on skateboards! Honest to goodness, I thought I'd lose it. DH told them they need to get off those things and go inside somewhere and be quiet. We close the door, get back in bed, and here they go again. He gets back up and finds out what room they're in (right next to us, of course) and tells one of the moms to rein those kids in (not quite so politely). The moms were sitting up talking. These kids also left the top door latch in the "closed" position so they door wouldn't shut behind them, and they were in and out, in and out, in and out for EVER with that door just slamming on the latch. I finally had to get onto the moms about that, too -- it was all hours of the day and night, for three whole days until they left. UGH. I don't know what the moms said about it; I just stated my piece and turned and left. I had nothing to discuss.

I called the front desk about the skateboards (how dangerous is THAT?!) but they still were out from time to time. If my DD had stepped out that door and one of those hellions ran into her (or me, with my 80-year-old knees on my 40-year-old body ) let me just tell you, I'd be seeing someone in court.

BTW, we have VOWED that we will NEVER do Walt Disney World any other way besides MK our very first and very last days!

 

[tlmdisney]

The shocking moment happened between my family and another family at epcot. We had just eaten in mexico and were walking aroung the park looking for a place to veiw Illuminations (first time veiwing) The trip was my whole family 13 in total. well we saw a place big enough for all of us that and thought that a little pixie dust was happening for us. Then out of nowhere an older man came up and start shoving me (i was holding dd age 2) saying that we had been saving the spot. He and his family were on a bench about 10 feet from the gate our family did not see them. We are not rude mabey not observant but not rude. If the man had said excuse me we have been waiting here we would have apoligized and moved on instead he attacked me. Not my dh my dbil or my df all who were not holding a child. It was a little crazy I thought.

Same trip again the shock was from my family at the princess storybook breakfast my dd2 threw up at the table. kinda embarassing luckily she was fine for the rest of the day.

 

[Corryn]

I was on another thread, Best WDW Secret, reading about a proposed area of AK called Beastlie Kindomme (I think that's the spelling) and this woman, Maggie Parr, was in charge of designing an attraction called Quest for the Unicorn.
Here's the link:
http://mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=mg060711mp
It looks beautiful!
Anyway, even Disney accounts for some "uncivilized" behaviour by their guests. Below is one of the reasons why maintaining a live plant labyrinth would be difficult:

We'd also have to account for a certain amount of guest abuse, intentional or not. In Alice's Curious Labyrinth in Disneyland Paris, some of the plant walls deteriorated because male guests relieved themselves in the more private areas of the maze. Because that's usually not an accepted cultural practice in America, we didn't think it would be a problem in our maze—but we tried to plan for every contingency.

 

[dwheatl]

Wait, no, that wasn't the most shocking thing we saw. The worst we saw was people constantly changing poopy diapers right in front of us. Twice on a bus in FW, once on the indoor playground in Mission: Space. The lady sitting on the couch next to me at M:S then left the diaper on the bench and walked out.

Unbelievably gross. We never did that when our kids were in diapers, we went into the bathrooms, changed the diapers, and for God's sakes WASHED OUR HANDS AFTERWARDS!

People have really gotten gross.

This reminded me of another DL incident. I was waiting for my DH outside of a restroom, and the father of a small child walked into the men's room and came back out pretty quickly, telling his wife, "Sorry, Honey, there's no changing area for the baby in there." She took the baby into the ladies room for the diaper change. When my DH came out, I asked him if there was a baby-changing area in the men's room, and he said yes, it was a nice one too, not just one of the fold-out things. I guess this man was raised to lie so as not to be inconvenienced (like the three year old saying she was 2). It makes me so mad, because it's not like we moms live to change poopy diapers. Nobody likes it, you just do it because you love your kid.

 

[cpthook623]

This one is not really gross, it just shocked me. There was a girl about 4 years old that was trying to ride the rockin rollercoaster. when they got in the line a cm measured the daughter and said she was not tall enough to ride.
The father just kept arguing and screaming and going crazy all because the cm was trying to protect his daughter. When the cm turned around to let another group go into the ride the father skipped everyone and proceeded in without the cm noticing. Now what kind of a father is that. If you truly love your kids wouldn't you be kind of understanding about the limits and height reqiurments.



Another one is I saw a kid peeing in the fountain near the potc. Then after he left a little girl stuck her hat in the water to cool herself off.

 

[FutureMrsC]

Another one is I saw a kid peeing in the fountain near the potc. Then after he left a little girl stuck her hat in the water to cool herself off.

At least she didn't DRINK the water!

 

[lyzziesmom]

When I went on the Family Magic Tour in May, we stopped for a minute at the Cinderella fountain behind the castle. There was one family in our group who, honestly, I don't know why they took the tour. I knew right away when I saw the profanity on the dad's shirt that it would be interesting, and all they did the whole time was complain. At one point, the tour guide even took them aside to tell them they didn't have to finish the tour if they weren't enjoying it (!) and the dad said "No f-ing way am I going to leave, I f-ing paid for this f-ing tour, we're going to f-ing finish it!" And that wasn't even the shocking part!!

So anyway, here we were at this fountain, we stopped for just a minute and this family's son, about 9 or 10 years old, reached down and started pulling coins out of the fountain and pocketing them!! His mom ignored him, and his dad just told him to quit getting wet. I leaned over and said very sweetly, "Honey, you do realize when you do that, that you're stealing, right?" The kid looked at me like I suddely grew a third eyeball on my forehead, and leaned over to pick out another quarter. His dad grabbed his arm and pulled him away, yelling "Yeah, cut it out you little f-ing thief!" and the mom swatted the kid on the head then went back to ignoring him & complaining to the other parents.

With parents like that, it's no wonder the kid isn't a model citizen.

 

[TinkerbellMama]

The shocking moment happened between my family and another family at epcot. We had just eaten in mexico and were walking aroung the park looking for a place to veiw Illuminations (first time veiwing) The trip was my whole family 13 in total. well we saw a place big enough for all of us that and thought that a little pixie dust was happening for us. Then out of nowhere an older man came up and start shoving me (i was holding dd age 2) saying that we had been saving the spot. He and his family were on a bench about 10 feet from the gate our family did not see them. We are not rude mabey not observant but not rude. If the man had said excuse me we have been waiting here we would have apoligized and moved on instead he attacked me. Not my dh my dbil or my df all who were not holding a child. It was a little crazy I thought.

Same trip again the shock was from my family at the princess storybook breakfast my dd2 threw up at the table. kinda embarassing luckily she was fine for the rest of the day.

WOW! I think I would have contacted security and asked to press charges, if he really SHOVED me while holding my baby! Some people really need to cool off in jail to get over themselves. All he had to do was politely explain the situation or even call a CM over if there was a problem.

 

[gnome1b]

...which led to the family of line-cutters. There were about three people ahead of them, they ask to join the others and what are you going to do? It ended up being about 6 or 7 people who waltzed by everybody else...I like to thnk it happened because we were all too nice to have a throwdown .

It made me appreciate all the competent line dispatchers at the other attractions. Sometimes it's the simplest things that can make or break an experience.

agnes!

You know this happens to me all the time.
I am usually riding an attraction by myself, and I always get someone saying to me that they need to go in front of me to get with the rest of their party.
And it always turns out to be 5 or 6 people walking in front of me.
Whats wrong with letting me go in front of them and they can all be together!!
You know I'm usually nice and let them go, but it really irks me to no end to let that many people in front of me when I can just move ahead myself and they'll all be together!

Brad in Ma.