Have you ever had a shock?

[gctong]

We just got back from our magical trip and I'd have the say the most shocking experience we saw was from a distance at Tomorrowland.

We were just walking out of Space Mountain and towards the Buzz Lightyear ride. From a distance we saw two 10 year kids walking diagonally towards an ice cream cart. As they were walking some money dropped out of one of the kid's pockets. A guy walking across, nearby to the kids, casually bends down to pick up the money. To our disbelief, he pockets it and keeps walking! (Unfortunately he walked into a crowd and blended in with everyone else.)

By the time we turned to look for the kids, they were no where to been seen either. I hope the kid wasn't too upset.

 

[ChairborneRangr]

One of the more shoking events for me was in Disneyland in 1998. A young "lady", mid-20's I'd guess, was touring the parks in what looked like flesh tone Victoria Secret underwear and bra.

How strange...

I have 3 princesses. I use her as an example of what NOT to do. The undergarmets were fine, if she had only remembered to finish getting dressed

 

[Ambifins]

After 62 pages, I'm not sure if anyone is still reading these (as entertaining as they are!), but here goes:
This was no one's fault, but still, a young man had just put his elderly mother into an electric wheelchair and turned around to deal with his kids. The mother, who had no idea how to operate the wheelchair, suddenly shot forward and crashed into someone with a broken leg in a regular wheelchair. Huge pile-up. CM's rushed out. No one was hurt (thankfully), the mom got back in her electric wheelchair, and took off again! This time she ran into a lamppost.
Fortunately, everyone ended up in pretty good spirits, but it was definitely a precursor of the new stunt show at MGM.

 

[musicalSaranader]

Originally posted by gctong
We were just walking out of Space Mountain and towards the Buzz Lightyear ride. From a distance we saw two 10 year kids walking diagonally towards an ice cream cart. As they were walking some money dropped out of one of the kid's pockets. A guy walking across, nearby to the kids, casually bends down to pick up the money. To our disbelief, he pockets it and keeps walking! (Unfortunately he walked into a crowd and blended in with everyone else.)

That's just sad. I hope the poor kid didn't drop a lot of money, so that he didn't loose too much and the thief didn't make too much profit. Some people...

 

[Rhongepooh]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
-- me



ok maybe not me but I've seen several different names by this quote in these post and I thought no one would be reading them by now and just wanted to check out my countdown really! lol

 

[PamNC]

This might be hard for me to describe as I didn't really "see" anything shocking but I certainly heard something shocking. It was a few years ago in the bathroom at Tony's Town Square. It's a small bathroom. It was moderately crowded, all the stalls were taken and maybe 1 or 2 people waiting. I was in a stall and all of a sudden the woman in the stall next to me started...how do I say this delicately....straining and groaning and moaning and hollering. She had a lot of gas (putting it delicately again). Not only gas - but the groaning and moaning was horrible. It sounded like she was dying versus having a regular bowel movement. So, I hurried up and got out of there and this woman who was washing her hands said to me, "Check on her and see if she's okay." I said, "Are you nuts - no way I'm going to interrupt her." I laugh about it now but I must say it kind of put a "damper" on my meal.

PamNC

 

[ericamanda01]

Originally posted by PamNC
This might be hard for me to describe as I didn't really "see" anything shocking but I certainly heard something shocking. It was a few years ago in the bathroom at Tony's Town Square. It's a small bathroom. It was moderately crowded, all the stalls were taken and maybe 1 or 2 people waiting. I was in a stall and all of a sudden the woman in the stall next to me started...how do I say this delicately....straining and groaning and moaning and hollering. She had a lot of gas (putting it delicately again). Not only gas - but the groaning and moaning was horrible. It sounded like she was dying versus having a regular bowel movement. So, I hurried up and got out of there and this woman who was washing her hands said to me, "Check on her and see if she's okay." I said, "Are you nuts - no way I'm going to interrupt her." I laugh about it now but I must say it kind of put a "damper" on my meal.

PamNC

EEEEWWWWWW!!!!! Gross!

 

[PneumaticTransit]

And now to add a few shockers of my own. As a Cast Member, I could write another 63 pages with all of the things I have seen and stories other CM have told me... but I will limit myself to these few.

A housekeeper called to complain that one of her rooms smelled bad and requested to carpet to be cleaned. When the manager went to confirm that the carpet needed to be cleaned, he saw that there were urine stains all over the walls and in the carpet - in every corner of the room. EW! Keep in mind that this was mid-summer, so you can imagine the smell. They wiped down all of the walls and had the carpets cleaned, but the smell was still there. I realize that with four people and one bathroom, it can be trying at times - but for pete's sake... !!! They had to end up repainting and replacing the carpet & padding. (Yes, there was so much urine it soaked thru the carpet into the padding) It turns out the room was previously occupied by a tour group from South America (discounts the "pet" theory), and they were charged the full price for the "unscheduled rehab". And NO, I don't remember the room number I couldn't believe someone would do that in a room they had to sleep in, but now after watching that new show How Clean Is Your House? it's obviously more common than I thought.

Another thing that I found more than disturbing.... I was working at Epcot, and at closing time there was a call on the radio for a missing child alert. It said that the kid was 8 years old and was last seen at 9:00 AM near the turnstiles. I thought there was a mistake, so I called security to see if they meant 9:00 PM at NIGHT? (At this point it was about 9:30 PM). Nope, I had heard them correctly. The parents said they entered the park that morning and let there 8 y/o child go off into the park alone. And now they were worried because they were supposed to meet him at the park exit at closing time and he wasn't there. What the..? Who are these people?!?! You need a license to catch a fish, but not to have a child... Unbelievable.

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

EWW about the urine That is just wierd!

AND omg how disturbing about the little boy OMG OMG OMG!!! Did they find the child?

 

[PneumaticTransit]

Originally posted by 3DisneyNUTS
EWW about the urine That is just wierd!

AND omg how disturbing about the little boy OMG OMG OMG!!! Did they find the child?

Yes, they found him about an hour later. I hope that "hour" of uncertainty made the parents realize how stupid they were. Hopefully they will think twice next time (although I sounds like they didn't even think once)

 

[Goofydiane]

Originally posted by PneumaticTransit
Yes, they found him about an hour later. I hope that "hour" of uncertainty made the parents realize how stupid they were. Hopefully they will think twice next time (although I sounds like they didn't even think once)

Who would leave an 8 year old alone to wander in any park for that long??!! I'd like to think that the parents were so relieved to find their child, they apologized profusely and gave the kid hug after hug and said, they would never do anything like that again. Reality probably is that the parents didn't thank any CM, and probably yelled at the child for not being there when he was told to be there. Sad to think that you plan a family vacation and then 'ditch' the family once you get to the park.

 

[cobbler]

An 8 year old child - you have got to be kidding me!!!

What in the world. Too bad social services couldn't be waiting at the exit for them!

 

[Kate-n-sam]

Probably not all that shocking, but you know how you build your self up for all that Disney magic pre-trip...
This past April, we were in line for Pooh, first day, first ride. It was my family of five plus my parents, for a total of 7....(one of my kids is a baby). Well anyway the CM asks DH how many in our party. DH sort of stumbles and says 5 (meaning our immediate family)....the CM knows my parents are with our group and says in the snottiest condescending tone...Well sir, is it 5 or 7!?!? I can put you all together in the same car if you'd just say how many in your ENTIRE party....wrong answer sir, there are 7 of you. Why can't people just tell me how many in their party. Is it that difficult? Our car pulled up and we all jumped in, while he continued to mutter on. A great start to the trip, at least we didn't have to wait in line.

I have to say that the bikini with high heels is a great look (maybe?) if you are in the Miss America pageant. Not that great at EPCOT. My kids are like mommy why is that lady dressed that way? And the parents of a daughter that couldn't have been 14, allowing her to wear a tight T shirt with huge letters that said, and I kid you not, PORN STAR. OMG.

Now for some stupid things I've done, that I need to get off my chest, and I admit they're stupid, no lectures please ...

Walking past AK's Flights of Wonder the show was about to begin and the CMs enticed us to go into the show. An ever so kind CM offered to park the stroller for me, as the show was about to begin. I handed over the stroller and headed for the theater with my family. I'm 15 feet away and she's running after me yelling, "M'am, your baby M'am, you'll have to bring her in with you" Talk about feeling like an idiot, at least I realized my error at just the same time...

At Small World, I was so excited by the fact that the right queue was backed all the way up to the top, while the left side was a walk on, that my family went skipping down the ramp, lalala. We get to the bottom, once again, "how many in your party?" "Um, 7" (still gun-shy from the pooh incident). We're loading on the boat and I realize my 3 year old is gone. (I thought my mother had him and vice versa). I turn around and go running up the ramp, I must of had a look of complete distress on my face as I passed a family they say "he's up there, but you know, these days, you don't want to interfere..." OK so I get to the top and I can hear him screaming in comlete panic before I can even see him. And there he is frantically running in a big circle between Peter Pan and Small World. Bad Mommy. Still makes me choke up thinking about it. The thing that gets me is there was a CM at the top of Small World acting as if nothing was happening. I am in no way blaming the CM for my utter stupidity, I just kinda thought he'd rope him in. DH has a theory that they will watch for a few seconds to see if the child is found before intercepting.

So, I have to admit I haven't read all of the posts on this thread, but I sure hope no one has written me up...OK this is too long...

 

[daisylove]

I posted somewhere in this thread about my experience but I had to say

Shalida I love the picture i your signature. I laughed out loud when I saw it.

 

[Superjoint_Ritual]

Originally posted by Kate-n-sam
Probably not all that shocking, but you know how you build your self up for all that Disney magic pre-trip...
This past April, we were in line for Pooh, first day, first ride. It was my family of five plus my parents, for a total of 7....(one of my kids is a baby). Well anyway the CM asks DH how many in our party. DH sort of stumbles and says 5 (meaning our immediate family)....the CM knows my parents are with our group and says in the snottiest condescending tone...Well sir, is it 5 or 7!?!? I can put you all together in the same car if you'd just say how many in your ENTIRE party....wrong answer sir, there are 7 of you. Why can't people just tell me how many in their party. Is it that difficult? Our car pulled up and we all jumped in, while he continued to mutter on. A great start to the trip, at least we didn't have to wait in line.

I have to say that the bikini with high heels is a great look (maybe?) if you are in the Miss America pageant. Not that great at EPCOT. My kids are like mommy why is that lady dressed that way? And the parents of a daughter that couldn't have been 14, allowing her to wear a tight T shirt with huge letters that said, and I kid you not, PORN STAR. OMG.

Now for some stupid things I've done, that I need to get off my chest, and I admit they're stupid, no lectures please ...

Walking past AK's Flights of Wonder the show was about to begin and the CMs enticed us to go into the show. An ever so kind CM offered to park the stroller for me, as the show was about to begin. I handed over the stroller and headed for the theater with my family. I'm 15 feet away and she's running after me yelling, "M'am, your baby M'am, you'll have to bring her in with you" Talk about feeling like an idiot, at least I realized my error at just the same time...

At Small World, I was so excited by the fact that the right queue was backed all the way up to the top, while the left side was a walk on, that my family went skipping down the ramp, lalala. We get to the bottom, once again, "how many in your party?" "Um, 7" (still gun-shy from the pooh incident). We're loading on the boat and I realize my 3 year old is gone. (I thought my mother had him and vice versa). I turn around and go running up the ramp, I must of had a look of complete distress on my face as I passed a family they say "he's up there, but you know, these days, you don't want to interfere..." OK so I get to the top and I can hear him screaming in comlete panic before I can even see him. And there he is frantically running in a big circle between Peter Pan and Small World. Bad Mommy. Still makes me choke up thinking about it. The thing that gets me is there was a CM at the top of Small World acting as if nothing was happening. I am in no way blaming the CM for my utter stupidity, I just kinda thought he'd rope him in. DH has a theory that they will watch for a few seconds to see if the child is found before intercepting.

So, I have to admit I haven't read all of the posts on this thread, but I sure hope no one has written me up...OK this is too long...

You really need to get some help woman!!!

 

[Shalida]

Originally posted by daisylove
I posted somewhere in this thread about my experience but I had to say

Shalida I love the picture i your signature. I laughed out loud when I saw it.

Well I am glad you enjoyed it! DH was jokingly saying we should take a family photo with the four of us holding up rice krispy Mickey's when we are WDW in November. But sadly I don't think they are as big as MY head.

Ah, but one can dream!

 

[goofydad621]

OFF topic Kind of and not to offend everybody here but when is the big travel period for the South American tour groups? I have heard about certain nationalities of teen groups being rude for years but haven't bumped into them yet(and don't want to)

Thanks Dave

 

[ibleedblue]

OFF topic Kind of and not to offend everybody here but when is the big travel period for the South American tour groups? I have heard about certain nationalities of teen groups being rude for years but haven't bumped into them yet(and don't want to)

I've mostly seen them in July and August. I went this past June and only saw one. I've been in December and March and didn't see any! The majority of my WDW trips have been in July and August. I think that's the height of their touring season. And boy can they ever be rude and obnoxious. Forget about getting a prime seat in front of the lagoon for Illuminations when they are there.

I guess I should add something to keep the thread going. I don't consider this really shocking, but here goes. One year we were visting WDW in July (the daily 30 minute monsoon season) and a huge thuderstorm was brewing. We were in Epcot and decided to duck into the Living Seas before the storm came. We were watching the movie and you could hear the thunder clapping outside. All of a sudden, the place goes completely dark! The power went out and there were no emergency lights at all in the theater. I mean it was pitch black, can't see your hand in front of your face dark! Some folks took lighthers out of their pockets and held them up so we could see a little bit. Finally after what seemed like 15 minutes a cast member came and opened the doors. So I was stuck with 200 strangers in a pitch black room in the middle of the storm at WDW. There's my not so shocking, shocking moment.

Oh, here's another. We were camping in Ft. Wilderness when hurricane Erin came through several years ago. They evacuated the campground and put us in the ballroom of the GF. The shocking thing was they gave us all the free food we wanted while there, and refunded us a day of our stay!!! Not only did we get something free, be we got a one day refund too!?!? That's the most shocking thing ever at WDW!!

 

[MELSMICE]

Originally posted by ibleedblue
We were camping in Ft. Wilderness when hurricane Erin came through several years ago. They evacuated the campground and put us in the ballroom of the GF. The shocking thing was they gave us all the free food we wanted while there, and refunded us a day of our stay!!! Not only did we get something free, be we got a one day refund too!?!? That's the most shocking thing ever at WDW!!

That's a nice shock to have to deal with!

 

[Rhongepooh]

I overheard a woman tell her son (who looked to be about 10-12 years old) that she was sure the Indy Speedway was much better than Test Track because you can drive your own car. Test Track looked boring because, in her words, "they do it for you".

Now, you're welcome to like one over the other, but for that reason? Almost shocking.


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Ok maybe the reason she was telling him this was that she herself didn't want to go on test track and didn't want him riding alone. I know I've been guilty of having my older daughter (2 years ago) lie to my younger daughter about RRC so she wouldn't want to go. She was 7 at the time.