Have you ever had a shock?

[castleri]

The episode that had my mouth wide open was at Blizzrd Beach Christmas Eve 2001. There weren't many people there that day and we were able to sit right near the wave pool . Directly across from us about 20 feet away was a family of two adults and a couple of children. The cildren went off somewhere and the adults were getting ready to leave. The man of the family was sitting on a lounge chair and proceeded to change out of his swim trunks and into his clothes right there - giving me a full frontal view as he dropped his towel. I was so astonished I just sat there speechless while looking around to see if anyone else in our group or maybe a cast member had noticed- nope just me. I assume they were from one of those countries where this is accepted behavior but it wasn't something I expected at Disney.

 

[jgates]

Pamela - from your signature line it looks as if you are doing quite well!!!! I was looking at it more from your point of view too. (And I was a size 3 once too.........before kids.......MANY MANY years ago....which goes back to wearing the white robe to the pool post!!!)

 

[KCMiller]

Originally posted by Mom of Sleepy, Bashful and BabyDoc

If the boy is so concerned about words (that is, if his feelings were hurt by the poster's comments), then HE should use them wisely also. And at 12 years old, he should know better by now. ( I have an 11 1/5 yr. old) And if he doesn't know better, he's just going to leave himself open to other situations like this one.

Now, maybe the poster shouldn't have expressed what he thought about the rest of the family "out loud". It makes him seem uncaring and mean. But I don't think he would have "thought" badly about the family were it not for the bad experience he had with the son. Just my opinion, don't want to put words in the poster's mouth.

ps. I'll make sure I only take one pork chop at a time when I'm at the buffets.... [/B]

Oh, I totally agree that the child was out of line. And I can almost understand telling the kid off - I have a 12 year old son, and if I caught him being lippy with an adult, he'd have me to answer to, as well as whatever heck he caught from the 'lippee'.

(I've deleted a paragraph, because I went back, and I was referring to a different thread - need more coffee this morning, I guess!)

Ah, well. When I get there in October, I'm planning on having so much fun I won't notice ANY shocking things !

KC

 

[disneyaggie]

By: tanyacj . . .

My children shared their snack with any children around. So many parents were shocked, thankful but shocked. My kids are taught to behave like this EVERYWHERE!!! Lucky for me, the pixie dust at DW actually made them remember what they were taught. If my kids aren't sharing with EVERYONE in view, they are told how rude they are being. I am shocked at the parents that don't point out rude behaviors (i.e. most of the behavior talked of in this thread)
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That is so cool! It sounds like you should be Parent of the Year! I think it is wonderful that your kiddos are taught to share and behave in public. The sad thing is, so many kids are obnoxious because their parents are, or their parents are too busy trying to be "buddies" instead of parents!

I wish more children (and adults!) would follow your kids behavior! Awesome!

 

[disneyaggie]

About the Shamu remark . . .

Good for you! I think if I were disrespected by the little troll I would have said the same thing (or close to it!). It is apparent his parents condone this behavior (and his eating habits). What a shame! It is obvious that the brat had no respect for others. You were probably the first person who woke him up!

Going to go put on my flame resistant jumper . . .

 

[RickinNYC]

Originally posted by disneyaggie
About the Shamu remark . . .

Good for you! I think if I were disrespected by the little troll I would have said the same thing (or close to it!). It is apparent his parents condone this behavior (and his eating habits). What a shame! It is obvious that the brat had no respect for others. You were probably the first person who woke him up!

Going to go put on my flame resistant jumper . . .

I DO agree that the kid was completely out of line. I do think the poster had every right to put the kid in his place. There is no doubt in my mind at all.

But I don't think calling an obese child (snotty attitude or not) Shamu was called for. That's sinking to the lowest common denominator.

The poster's attitude and comments do nothing but disgust me. To be honest with you, had I been within the vicinity of this entire episode, BOTH the child's snotty attitude AND the poster's vile, hate filled words would have been the most shocking thing I've seen at Disney World.

 

[Mom of Sleepy Bashful and BabyDoc]

Hi. I thought they were two different posts. One about the lady being splashed while the parents were drinking...........then she "turned them in" to security.

But I don't think that was the same one as Shamu. She didn't say anything about turning them in to security.

I could be wrong..........I have noticed the last couple of days my head has been somewhere else........ORLANDO!!

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread................

 

[Juls]

As a lovely pooh sized woman myself, I agree with Rickinnyc. I believe the "shamu" name calling was uncalled for. The child was definitely rude, so then telling him the lifeguard would be called was right on the mark. But it was still a child, so the poster should not have acted like one too and resorted to name calling. The child was probably being defensive after having strangers stare at him and his family and monitoring their buffet line habits.

 

[KCMiller]

Originally posted by Mom of Sleepy, Bashful and BabyDoc
Hi. I thought they were two different posts. One about the lady being splashed while the parents were drinking...........then she "turned them in" to security.

But I don't think that was the same one as Shamu. She didn't say anything about turning them in to security.

I could be wrong..........I have noticed the last couple of days my head has been somewhere else........ORLANDO!!

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread................

I'm so right there with you - head in Orlando . . . .

I went back and edited my post. I was referring to something that showed up on a different thread. Sorry - I got my threads crossed!

KC

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

You know I never notice what others are doing at dinner. I am too busy enjoying myself. To actually count how much someone is eating it strange to me. Maybe WDW isn't as exciting to you as it is me, who knows. But I definitely do not care about a person's size or what they are eating on my WDW trips. I also don't find it amusing to make fun of kids especially a poor little 5 year old.

As far as the 12 year old he is still a child and should not have adults demeaning him like that. The appropriate thing to do would have been inform a cast member and let them handle the situation. Or better yet why didn't you tell your son just let that kid go down the slide first, that way he wouldn't have to worry about who was behind him.

There are plenty of options to take rather than making fun of a child and his family.

 

[DWhittles]

Uhm...there is an ENTIRE thread dedicated to the topic of lippy 12 year olds and how you would handle them in an icky situation...
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=611010
Just incase that link doesn't work the thread is under the "Disney Tips" board and the link is called "Anyone else have this little problem?"
I've posted my opinions there and the thread has sort of gone cold.
How about moving this part of the discussion over there and returning this thread to it's original purpose?
Diana

 

[DizBelle]

Expressing disappointment with the kid's behavior is appropriate but any comments made should have been about his behavior not his appearance.

i.e. Telling the kid off was ok IMO but it should have been about his abhorrent behavior, not his weight.

 

[llij]

KCMiller is referring to two different posts. The 'shamu' comment post was different from the DD squirting with water and turning kids/family into security post. Just to clarify.........

 

[ericamanda01]

I have been reading this thread for so long that I have it marked under my favorites. However I think we need to move on from the shamu comment! Yes it was rude or no it wasn't. Either way I would love to see some more shock posts! Nice and funny!

 

[disneyaggie]

O.K. -- so let's get back to some more "Shock" posts, like the guy who ran naked down Main Street on a crowded Saturday with only a Mickey Ice Cream Bar covering him.

Just kidding! I thought that would maybe get us back on track!

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

I'll start but it wasn't at WDW but at least it is close to topic. I was in Puerto Rico (Dh had a job there for 3 months and I would go and visit) Anyway we were at a holiday inn. The place was pretty trashy. Anyway I was down at the pool and this father was "teaching" his son to swim. Teaching meaning he was throwing this 3 year old boy away from him to where the kid would sink and then at the brink of drowning the father would pull the kid out. After 2 or three tries and the child vomitting I went up and explained to security what was going on and went back to the room. It was horrendous what this father was doing to this child. Even the kids mother started pleading for the dad to stop and he kept doing it. Hopefully security did something about it or at least the mother did. Being alone (dh was at work) I didn't feel safe confronting this imbicile myself!

 

[B'rer Karen]

Well this isn't as shocking as the story I posted earlier in this thread, but it was shocking nonetheless.

In late February of 2000 I was at WDW with three friends. One had never been to WDW before. I hadn't been in years. The other two were quite the veterans and had even visited less than a month earlier. So they were showing us the ins and outs and all the "neat" things. So we're on our way from the TTC to Epcot and they tell us we can see about riding in the front of the monorail. We get to the platform and they ask the CM and he says sure, no one else has asked yet, wait here and I'll let you know when it's time to board. So we sat on the bench he indicated. The monorail arrives and they start boarding everyone. We see this man walking towards the front of the monorail and having a discussion with the CM. Moments later the CM motions for us to come to him. As we get up there he says "This gentleman says he's with you." The guy then says, "NO, I said I was here FIRST!" Turns out he wanted to ride in the front car. Now, I have no idea when the guy arrived on the platform, but he most definitely did not ask to ride in the front car. So the CM is trying to explain to him that you have to ask, and we were the first ones to ask. The man keeps arguing with the CM. Meanwhile we are told to go into the cockpit, so we do. As we're sitting there this man just gets angrier and angrier and says he wants to speak to a supervisor. All I kept thinking was that I wish my biggest problem in life was that I wanted to ride the front car of the monorail and couldn't! I don't know what the final resolution was with the man and the CM, but finally the man looks in the car at us and says "I hope you have a crappy ride!" I smiled and waved and said "Okay, thanks!" and then the door was shut on him.

For the record this man was easily in his 30's, completely alone, and had no outward signs of any sort of mental illness. He was just a mean man. If he had been with a child who was crying because he/she had been promised to ride in the front car, we would have stepped aside. But he wasn't. He was the epitome of what we call the "Because I'M more important than YOU" syndrome we see at WDW.

 

[carone0318]

Originally posted by B'rer Karen
For the record this man was easily in his 30's, completely alone, and had no outward signs of any sort of mental illness. He was just a mean man. If he had been with a child who was crying because he/she had been promised to ride in the front car, we would have stepped aside. But he wasn't. He was the epitome of what we call the "Because I'M more important than YOU" syndrome we see at WDW.

I refer to that as "entitlement." So many think that they are entitled to just about everything !!!

 

[disneyaggie]

RE: For the record this man was easily in his 30's, completely alone, and had no outward signs of any sort of mental illness. He was just a mean man.
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Wow! How sad! I can not believe a grown man would behave so rotten. Don't you know he's a joy at parties!

I am glad the CM's did not give in to his childish whims. Maybe they put him in time out.

 

[Mom of Sleepy Bashful and BabyDoc]

Those Cm's don't get paid enough to put up with that. That's ridiculous!