Have you ever had a shock?

[Muziqal]

Calling in bomb threats are no longer the "chidish pranks" that they once were before 9/11. In this day in age, law enforcement takes these things very seriously. A lot of people seem to have forgotten what happened back then.

I think they were always serious...as you can see...the guy got deported before 9/11 happened.

 

[disneyaggie]

We were on the Jungle Cruise one time and saw an older couple exchange chewing gum...the lady was done so she handed it to the man and he popped it in his mouth!!
LOL

Eewww! Gross!

 

[CAD3655]

I finally finished reading the entire 84 pages of the thread today....I never realized all this stuff was going on around me...Next trip I will be much more observant!

I have a couple to add to the thread....back in 93, we went down for a girl's weekend and stayed at the then Dixie Landings. We were on our way to our room and my girlfriend stops DEAD in her tracks and is looking in one of the rooms and calls me back laughing "You have to see this, cause you'd never believe me if I told you"...There in all his "full glory" was a gentleman laying on the bed window blinds open reading a book without a care in the world...(Yes Sir, people do need to walk on those verandahs to get to their rooms...they are not private balconies...please close your blinds)...

The next year, back at Dixie again for Girl's Weekend, we were headed down to the quiet pool for a quick swim before bed and come across a couple that really needed to go back to their room. It was a rather awkward moment for us and hightailed it out of there, although they didn't seem to concerned and didn't even leave the pool (we could see the pool from our room)...Nonetheless we didn't get our swim, but to this day laugh about our encounters at Dixie Landings. We've always wondered if it was our friend from the year before.

On our most recent trip in November we traveled with my parents. They love going to the parks almost as much as we do. Park closings always seem to be the craziest time to try to do anything, but this one takes the cake. We were in line to get on the trams at the TTC. My parents were in the queue when we finally caught up with them. I told them to go ahead and we would try to find seats on the same tram. Luckily a nice family rearranged some of their belongings so that my husband and I could squeeze in. As we are pulling out of the TTC, I see my parents standing on the other side of the tram in the traffic lane?....I could almost see the steam coming out of their ears. When they finally caught up with us in the parking lot, I asked what happened. It would seem the "5 and 5 only to a row" rule didn't apply to a Brazilian group getting into the tram row with my parents. They tried to squeeze 10 people into the row and proceeded to "POP" my Dad out the other side of the tram. When my Mom told them what they did she got the "no speak English" and then got off the tram to wait for the next one. At least after reading the other posts I am not alone in thinking their behavior seems to be a problem.

After 30 plus trips, 3 "shocks" isn't too bad.

 

[PhotobearSam]

CAD3655...Welcome to the DIS

 

[mitros]

Wow, there's those Brazilian tour groups yet again... no speak english my aunt fanny's bunions! They speak it when it suits them.


PS: Welcome to disboards!

 

[brunoflipper]

March 21, 05... Vero Beach pool... Kids all swimming at 9:45 AM waiting for the slide to open... Slide gate is unlocked at 10 Am by the lifeguards and 20 kids rush up the stairs... Moments later screaming, shrieking and all the children come rushing back down out of the slide nearly tripping over each other... Screaming "Raccoon! There's a Raccoon!"... Then as god as my witness... What comes down the slide and plops into the pool? A large very real, very alive stunned raccoon... Who promptly swims over to the side of the pool and runs off into the bushes... The kids went nuts... My ever observant five-year-old then turns and points out that "He didn't follow the rules."... "What?" My wife asked... He responded, "He went down head first."... It was completely surreal...

 

[CAD3655]

Then as god as my witness... What comes down the slide and plops into the pool? A large very real, very alive stunned raccoon... Who promptly swims over to the side of the pool and runs off into the bushes... The kids went nuts... My ever observant five-year-old then turns and points out that "He didn't follow the rules."... "What?" My wife asked... He responded, "He went down head first."...

OK...That is a riot!

 

[bigmerle1966]

I would have wet myself. Of course that would have been after I ran for my room and climbed up on the highest piece of furniture.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

March 21, 05... Vero Beach pool... Kids all swimming at 9:45 AM waiting for the slide to open... Slide gate is unlocked at 10 Am by the lifeguards and 20 kids rush up the stairs... Moments later screaming, shrieking and all the children come rushing back down out of the slide nearly tripping over each other... Screaming "Raccoon! There's a Raccoon!"... Then as god as my witness... What comes down the slide and plops into the pool? A large very real, very alive stunned raccoon... Who promptly swims over to the side of the pool and runs off into the bushes... The kids went nuts... My ever observant five-year-old then turns and points out that "He didn't follow the rules."... "What?" My wife asked... He responded, "He went down head first."... It was completely surreal...

That is the most hilarious thing ever. I hope he was a guest of that resort. Otherwise, he was pool hopping!

 

[DannyDisneyFreak]

While staying at the ASMo resort, I noticed many people using....*GASP* OLD refillable mugs!!!! Many of them weren't even for that resort. For shame!!! Thankfully this truly was really the only shocking thing that we witnessed. I couldn't help but chuckle to myself everytime I saw one of those old mugs. I just knew there would be someone here on the board having a fit.

http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=7951906&postcount=6

 

[MinnieM21]

March 21, 05... Vero Beach pool... Kids all swimming at 9:45 AM waiting for the slide to open... Slide gate is unlocked at 10 Am by the lifeguards and 20 kids rush up the stairs... Moments later screaming, shrieking and all the children come rushing back down out of the slide nearly tripping over each other... Screaming "Raccoon! There's a Raccoon!"... Then as god as my witness... What comes down the slide and plops into the pool? A large very real, very alive stunned raccoon... Who promptly swims over to the side of the pool and runs off into the bushes... The kids went nuts... My ever observant five-year-old then turns and points out that "He didn't follow the rules."... "What?" My wife asked... He responded, "He went down head first."... It was completely surreal...

That's the most hilarious thing I have ever heard. That one definately takes the cake.

 

[MickeyMouseGal]

Wow! It took me almost two weeks, but I've finally finished this thread!

I've been to WDW probably close to a dozen times or so over the years, but only two examples kept jumping into my head as I was reading these, here goes:

The first shocking moment I had was during a parade. It was a night parade at the MK (Spectro Magic?). My Mom and I were in the second 'row' of people standing near the end of Main Street. We could see pretty well, as the nice family in front of us were standing slightly staggered so that we could see between them. Right around the time the parade was nearing, I was slammed from behind by a stroller. I started to turn around, half expecting some kind of apology when, lo and behold, it happened again! Behind me was a couple and their toddler trying to RAM their way to the front of the line! They were speaking French (?) and dressed somewhat European (although they could have been French Canadian), and figured that they were entitled to be up front. Well, I'm just about average sized (5'6" and about 130#), but I'm also stubborn as h*ll and wasn't going to let these people through. They rammed me a few more times and I didn't budge. They huffed and puffed a few times and finally stopped... or so I thought. Once the parade started going through in full force, they would occasionally give me a shove, my punishment I suppose. (Actually, I did have a few bruises on the backs of my knees afterwards.) After a few 'punishment shoves' I finally managed to make contact with the wheel of the stroller with the heel my tennis shoe and acted as a brake for the stroller. Now, they couldn't continue to slam me. Well, this REALLY ticked them off and the woman decided she was going up front solo. Leaving her husband and child (who was now on his father's shoulders-- probably blocking everyone behind THEM) she weaseled her way around me and ended up between the people in front of us (separating their family). She (French lady) whipped out her camcorder (one of the ones with a light in front, which she would occasionally swing around and blind everyone) and taped the parade, occasionally yelling back over a few people to her husband.
Amazing rudeness!

The other story is more funny than shocking:
My Mom and I often go to character breakfasts for the buffet, not the characters. Every once in a while, we'll take a picture, but mainly we're there for the food rather than the photo op (plus, we don't have small kids, I'd rather watch the small kids around us with the characters than to keep them all to ourselves). We were at Chef Mickey's and had just sat down with our plates. We were starved and started to chow down. At that same time, Minnie came to our table. My Mom, in a joking way said, "Buzz off, Minnie. We're hungry!" Minnie started to give us the 'shocked' look and put her hand to her mouth. Then she kind of turned more towards us and flipped my Mom the bird! (Well, as much as you can flip it with only four fingers, let's just say it wasn't her pinkie, thumb, or pointer finger!) We were howling with laughter, Minnie giggled and ran off! Least we forget the chacters are mostly played by college students!

 

[Angelrose]

MickeyMouseGal if anyone had rammed me from behind more than once, I'm afraid I would have rammed right back twice as hard. But then I am a mean old lady.

 

[cheyita]

The other story is more funny than shocking:
My Mom and I often go to character breakfasts for the buffet, not the characters. Every once in a while, we'll take a picture, but mainly we're there for the food rather than the photo op (plus, we don't have small kids, I'd rather watch the small kids around us with the characters than to keep them all to ourselves). We were at Chef Mickey's and had just sat down with our plates. We were starved and started to chow down. At that same time, Minnie came to our table. My Mom, in a joking way said, "Buzz off, Minnie. We're hungry!" Minnie started to give us the 'shocked' look and put her hand to her mouth. Then she kind of turned more towards us and flipped my Mom the bird! (Well, as much as you can flip it with only four fingers, let's just say it wasn't her pinkie, thumb, or pointer finger!) We were howling with laughter, Minnie giggled and ran off! Least we forget the chacters are mostly played by college students!

This story is a riot!! I would've been rolling!

 

[MickeyMouseGal]

MickeyMouseGal if anyone had rammed me from behind more than once, I'm afraid I would have rammed right back twice as hard. But then I am a mean old lady.

Weeellllll, I will admit that I was kinda shoving/scooting the stroller back a bit with my heel. (The kid wasn't in it or I wouldn't have done that.)

 

[MickeyMouseGal]

This story is a riot!! I would've been rolling!

Oh, we were rolling!!!
It's been about three or four years since the 'incident' but DM and I still laugh about when "Minnie flipped us off!"

 

[ReninDetroit]

When I stay at the AKL I always see people boarding the bus thinking they're going to the AK park but they end up at the hotel lol

I saw one group of grandma, mother, and 2 kids who didn't realize this was a hotel at all, they walked right through the lobby (past suitcases, bellboys, concierges and front desks) and managed to find their way to the pool and thought they were in the park. (You can see the savanna from the pool). They just sat right down, stripped their kids down to their underwear and let them go swimming!

It wasn't until a cast member who had been watching them approached them about the underwear thing, they said they were staying at the Days Inn on I-4 and they thought this was the Animal Kingdom lol.....

 

[lauran cameron]

hahahahahahaha!!!!

They thought it was AK?

Bet they were quite surprised when they found out!
At least someone told them...I'd hate to have them go home and tell someone that AK is just a lovely pool with a Savanah View!

 

[disneyaggie]

Bump!

 

[JessRocks83]

I'm new to these bords, but I had to tell my story. I was sixteen and it was then first time I had gone down to WDW. It was the weekend after thanksgiving 1999 and I must have been getting the flu. I felt sick getting off the plane. I felt sick driving to the hotel. Then I found out that our room wasn't ready. My Mom, her boyfriend, my friend and myself end up going to Epcot. Once inside the park they told me that it was probably because of the change in weather (CT in November to FL in November) and that if I eat something I'd feel better. Oh how wrong they were. I got to a bathroom the first time I got sick, but the second time was all over a trash can inbetween Italy and Germay and the second time was in the bushes as my Mother rushed me out of epcot and into the car. I felt so bad about getting sick!!! The poor CM didn't seem to know what to do, he asked my mother if she wanted him to call 911. It was some first trip is WDW.