Have you ever had a shock?

[Darian]

Ok, I am sorry but I have to disagree with you. I am highly allergic to most bugs and spiders. So if I get stung or bitten while at Disney World should I sue Disney because they knew there were bugs on their property and they allowed them to remain.
Flame suit on.

Nah, I wouldn't worry about it Leash. And you certainly are entitled to your opinion. And I agree that it is a veritable impossibility for get rid of all the insects. But an insect bite is a different issue than being mauled by aligators or bitten by snakes. Disney can take reasonable measures to reduce the threat by those predators, but for insects? Disney already does massive daily spraying, so that is evidence they are at least trying to solve the problem. Removing the occasional gator is possible to do, but killing millions of insects would be another matter... pretty much impossible as you pointed out.

No flames from me!

 

[Darian]

I would think that any animal that would fall/swim into that lazy river would die pretty quickly. All the pool water areas (incl the lazy river) are so chlorinated. It reminds me of the toads that would fall into DHs pool when we were still dating. They would die in there and then we would have to fish them out. YUCK!

Oooh Syrreal that really conjures up a gross image... all those dead frogs. Did they sink or did they float? The floaters would be easier to get out of the pool. And the frog urine... all I can say is.... eeeeeewwwwww! We can only hope the snakes meet a similar fate. It's still nasty to think about!

 

[Syrreal]

Oooh Syrreal that really conjures up a gross image... all those dead frogs. Did they sink or did they float? The floaters would be easier to get out of the pool. And the frog urine... all I can say is.... eeeeeewwwwww! We can only hope the snakes meet a similar fate. It's still nasty to think about!

They float (luckily) but it was so gross!! Once we didn't notice one in the pool and got in! I think that I actually walked on water when I saw it (getting out) It was like a Scooby-Doo cartoon!

I would think that the animals that fall in (snakes and whatnot) don't last very long. They probably have the same fates as those froggies.

 

[Darian]

You'd think they could strain the snakes out of the lazy river. And yes, there are rodents too. We saw a huge rat at TL. I told the kids it was one of Mickey's cousins, but man, it was big and ugly! They need to bring in some big old and maybe Rikki Tikki Tavi for the snakes (or St. Patrick if he's available

dwheatl: Did you ever hear the legend of the Disney cats? When the orange groves were torn down in Anaheim in order to make way for Disneyland, the place was crawling with mice. So the construction guys brought in some cats to solve the problem. The cats have now multiplied and are there to this day. They live in the vegetation all around the park. Some of those cats are darn big! I doubt those tiny water snakes could kill and eat a large rat....

 

[sammons70]

"what I hate also is when a CM just ruins someone's day. Admittedly, that's rare, but it does happen. You'd think they had a way to "pull" CMs who are in a bad mood to a backstage location for the day."
Just last week, on a shuttle from Port Orleans to Epcot, a shuttle driver named Art stood up, used his intercom and said "hey, I don't want to hear anyone complaining about how full the bus is. If you don't like it, you should come in November when everyone else stays home." I don't know what prompted the driver to say this, I don't know if someone said something to him or not. Perhaps he was set off by passengers yelling "whoa" when he almost shut the door on an exiting passenger just a few seconds before he began his tyrade. The man sitting next to me yelled " We'll come when we want to, now shut up and drive." It was quite a shocking experience. I do plan on writing Disney about the incident.

 

[Kyralyn]

They float (luckily) but it was so gross!! Once we didn't notice one in the pool and got in! I think that I actually walked on water when I saw it (getting out) It was like a Scooby-Doo cartoon!

I would think that the animals that fall in (snakes and whatnot) don't last very long. They probably have the same fates as those froggies.

Wow, how much chlorine did they put in the pool?
My aunt and uncle had frogs in their pool every day, and when it rained, they were all in there! But none of them died. My uncle would put the filter on and the jets would push the frogs into the skimmer thingie and we would fish them out and set them free.
We love frogs! One year when my kids were babies (I'm posting under my daughter's name, I'm Corryn ) we were inundated with frogs/toads! Whenever we would take a step, a whole bunch of babies would just jump! When it was time to mow the lawn, we tried to collect as many as we could and put them in the baby pool....but I can't imagine how many did not escape the mower. It was such a funny sight, though, seeing the mower push through "clouds" of baby toads!

Oh, sorry, that's right...shocking things at Disney....

 

[zoomsharedisney]

YUUUCCCKKK!!!!!!!!
The more I read, the more I am convinced that people should have to pass a test before being allowed to reproduce.

I couldn't agree more!

 

[Disneyrsh]

I'm sure the Ice Age is all the republicans' fault.

A layer of ice 1 mile thick covered the entire northeast for centuries.

Definitely caused by man. Oops, wait, they were all living in caves.

Krakatoa caused more atmospheric pollution than all the industrial pollutants produced in the last century.

Mother Nature's one tough B*tch, and driving around in a Prius isn't going to make one noodle of difference, in the big picture.

Just my luddite opinion...

Oops, really OT. What was I thinking...

We had Chewbacca yell at us once when he was walking by in MGM and we asked if we could have our picture taken. Sheesh, they really ARE bad tempered...Let The Wookie Win, I murmured.

 

[Darian]

You really shouldn't go around spouting out this sort of misinformation. It's not responsible. "Social agenda"? What social agenda is pretty much every (non wingnut) scientist pushing? Does global warming promote gay marriage? Flag burning? Stem cell research? Separation of church & state?

My dear Yookeroo, disagreeing with your "science" is not irresponsible. And that isn't a particularly nice thing to say. The expression of different points of view on a scientific topic is covered under the concept of "free speech."

Though the idea of allowing people to disagree with you may gall you, I personally find that sort of politically correct censorship far more repulsive and hypocritical. Perhaps we can just agree to disagree. I won't call you a left wing nutjob eco-twinki nazi and you can refrain from calling me a right wing gun toting psycho irresponsible earth rapist. We can discuss the fine points of climate change over a cold draft at the Rose and Crown. I would understand if you opted to drink your beer warm... but thats fine by me. I'll even buy the first round.

My intent here is not to be abrasive, but conciliatory - as we are all fans of things Disney. I would kindly like to point out that you have done what other supporters of the global warming point of view often do. They don't respond to the science of the argument, rather they vilify all scientists who disagree with them -- calling them "irresponsible" or "wing-nuts" and make sure they are discredited or lose their funding. They don't tolerate dissent well. I'm sure that was not your intention, but regretfully the result is the same.

I honestly do not believe there is any need to worry about WDW being submerged by rising oceans in the next few centuries, if ever. If it's not over-run by aligators and snakes before then. I'm sure you are sincere in your point of view about global warming. I do think a nuclear exchange with Russia, China, North Korea and Iran (all aimed at the US) is a far more likely potential cause of our demise.

Whats shocking at WDW? My BAR TAB at the Rose and Crown!!! Yipes after buying half of the people on the DIS beers I'm gonna have to take out a second mortgage on my house!

 

[UrsulasShadow]

I want to join you for that brewski at the R&C, and have a wonderful conversation about global warming, humans involvement (or non-involvement) in it, and the undeniable melting of the ice caps (which does happen periodically).

 

[NC State]

I'm sure the Ice Age is all the republicans' fault.

/QUOTE]


Sure, blame it ALL on us

 

[Ride Junkie]

That's bizarre, I've never seen any snakes at WDW. I can't believe that someone actually got bitten! Eek! Anyway, I'm one on those "weirdos" who doesn't mind snakes (as long as they aren't poisonous) and have had them as pets. I don't mind snakes, rats, or spiders...but I'm terrified of praying mantises.

I guess the shocking thing for me is that I've never seen anyone pee in the bushes (or fountains), make a full meal out of condiments, or push other people's kids to the ground to wake up Tink first. I'm keeping my eyes open next time we go!!

Have fun.

 

[WeluvDisney2]

Thanks for getting back on topic!

 

[Dis-Wiz]

When we were on our way to the lobby at the Grand Floridian, we passed by a mother duck and her cute little ducklings, and there were kids chasing all of the ducklings around the grass. Then, one of the poor little ducklings fell into a drain. Immediately after, a few CMs came out and started calling for the duckling, luring it towards them to get it out. While the CMs were doing this, the little children persisted at going after the ducks. The CMs soon at to tell all of the guests to clear the area so that they could bring the duckling to safety. We were at the lobby doors watching all of this and could not believe the carelessness of the parents of these children.

The duckling was eventually taken out of the drain and reunited with it's family, who was quaking almost the entire time of this event.

 

[Disneyrsh]

But it's sooo sweet that the CM's rescued the duckling! Aw!

 

[Mouse-n-Mini]

I don't mean to get started on the Brazilians...BUT ... The one and only time we stayed at the all-star (never again!), the place was crawling with Brazilian tour groups. 1st..we were kept up super late because the brazilian teens were in the hallways skipping, running, jumping, talking loudly, showing us some PDA's, and so forth. 2nd...after a short night, we made our way to the food court for breakfast where the teens were cutting lines right and left, and when people told them they couldn't they did the "no espeaka english" thing. Yeah right! No means NO in any language! Anyways...we FINALLY got our breakfast, got our refillable mugs full and sat down. We got up, walked a few feet from the table to grab napkins, spoons and whatnot, and 2 brazilian girls came over to our table and stole all of our mugs in plain sight! My mom approached them and told them she'd seen what they had done and demanded our mugs back. The adult tour group guide told the girls to give the mugs back to us, but weren't repremanded beyond that. Besides that, the parks were just full of these tour groups, stomping and cheering and hoisting their national flag. For pete's sake, I hope we don't have a repeat of that next summer!

 

[babynurse1]

I'll tell you what shocked me one year at Disney. I was 5 1/2 mos. pregnant with my very large unborn child. I also had two small children and two strollers. My DH and I boarded the bus, but we got seperated as everyone rushed on. He ended up being on the back of the bus with dd and stroller and I ended up on front of bus with ds, stroller, and dfetus. Well you think someone would let the pregnant lady with the kid and the stroller have a seat. But NOOOOO, healthy bodied men, women and teenagers just sat there and would not make eye contact. Finally, an elderly lady offered me a seat, but I said absolutely not. She didn't look too steady as it was.
Through the course of the ride, my ds wanted me to hold him, so I set the stroller down and tried to talk to him. Well the stroller ended up bumping some guy and he gave me the dirtiest look and made some noise like "GEEZ".
Ok, now the hormone crazed lady had had enough. I said loudly "I cant believe how rude people are nowadays. If we were back home, 10 people would have offered me a seat in my predicament and now I cant even get one!"
I guess I made some lady feel bad, so she picked up her kid that looked about 5 and set him on her lap and said I could sit down. I thanked her profusely and she gave me half a smile. Is this the way it is in our current times? If my kids are sitting and ANY adult needs a seat, I tell my kids to offer them a seat. Am I crazy or is everybody else?

 

[Disneyrsh]

I offered my seat to a pregnant lady on the FW bus the last trip and she started screaming at me that she wasn't pregant! Oops. I'm usually pretty good about spotting plump vs. preggers, (having had two myself) but not this time.

I'm now completely freaked out about offering my seat to pregnant women...

 

[Dis-Wiz]

I offered my seat to a pregnant lady on the FW bus the last trip and she started screaming at me that she wasn't pregant! Oops. I'm usually pretty good about spotting plump vs. preggers, (having had two myself) but not this time.

I'm now completely freaked out about offering my seat to pregnant women...

 

[njchris]

I offered my seat to a pregnant lady on the FW bus the last trip and she started screaming at me that she wasn't pregant! Oops. I'm usually pretty good about spotting plump vs. preggers, (having had two myself) but not this time.

I'm now completely freaked out about offering my seat to pregnant women...

If you think they are, don't say anything.. just "Would you like my seat?"

No need to mention the perceived pregnancy... you just never know if someone will be offended or mad or whatnot.

That being said... here's my story!

My and mine were waiting for a tram. I was first. THe tram operator didnt stop too accurately, but it was still easy to figure out where to go. Well, everyone went everywhere and we didnt get on.

Next tram comes up.. im first in line. A lady from 2 rows over cuts over and goes into my lane.. then everyone goes everywhere. I get on and some woman said that's her husband and kid next to me... I was a little miffed but felt bad for her.. and let her on and I waited again for the next.

I just can't believe how people are SO RUDE when they get on these things.. there are rows for a reason. Oh well.