Have you ever had a shock?

[allieoop]

We just got back yesterday from WDW.

My biggest shock was at Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride. A boy who was about 4 years old in front of us in line keeping picking at the "jewels" embedded in the concrete. Finally, he tells his dad that he really likes a blue one and asks his father to help him get it. His father pulls a pocketknife out of his pocket and proceeds to scrap at the concrete around it, trying to get the blue stone out!! They finally gave up and caught up with the rest of the line.

I was also amazed at the number of big kids being pushed around in strollers. Some of them were bigger than DD10.

 

[dbenlee]

We got back a week ago nd we were also shocked at the number of bigger kids in strollers. Our DS 6 wouldn't dream of riding a stroller.

We also saw a number of women breast feeding which in itself isn't a bad thing. But we saw 2 women who showed no descretion at all and just "whipped it out" right there in front of every one. One was really surprising because the child was probably close to 3 years old and came running up to mom and said he was hungry. Like I said though, most were descrete about it and it was no big deal.

 

[bcit]

Does anyone know if the New 50th aniverssary parade of dreams is going to be playing during the holiday season with the christmas parade at the same time.????

 

[disneyholic family]

the children urinating in public is accepted practice where we live.

We're americans, who are located overseas. In the country we're based in, this is considered the norm. At anywhere and at anytime, you will see parents yanking down the pants of their little boys and girls to pee.
And i mean ANYWHERE. Even after all the years we've been here, it still shocks me. And by the way, it's completely irrelevant if there's a bathroom nearby. It can be two steps away, no matter.

 

[pampam]

disneyholic family, not to be too personal, but what country do you live in?

 

[ekmdisney]

Does anyone know if the New 50th aniverssary parade of dreams is going to be playing during the holiday season with the christmas parade at the same time.????

First, welcome to the boards.

Second, you might want to have posted this under the Disneyland section of the forum, but I can answer your question.

The Christmas parade at Disneyland will be moved to Disney's California Adventure, so that the 50th Anniversary Parade can continue in Disneyland.

They will be putting the Electrical parade on vacation, so they can do a referb on the floats at that time.

 

[AnaheimGirl]

disneyholic family, not to be too personal, but what country do you live in?

I'm not disneyholic family, but I'm guessing maybe Japan. My dh worked there for a few months (15 years ago, though), and he found that not just children but MEN would routinely urinate in the streets.

On the other hand, people there would wear a surgical mask when out in public with a cold or other contagious illness. (insert confused icon here)

 

[pooh4evr]

When we were at Mk in May waiting for Spectromagic on main street (big mistake) it was super crowded everybody was ok until we heard some lady start screaming! She was screaming that another woman had assaulted her daughter, and she wanted her arrested, they were never coming back again, this place is horrible...! The security guards came over and she kept screaming- we couldn't really understand her but the other woman said she had just asked the daughter where she had gotten some souvenier, she looked terified! Well they ended up taking both families away because the parade was coming and they were blocking the way! What a way to end the day!

 

[lillygator]

the children urinating in public is accepted practice where we live.

We're americans, who are located overseas. In the country we're based in, this is considered the norm. At anywhere and at anytime, you will see parents yanking down the pants of their little boys and girls to pee.
And i mean ANYWHERE. Even after all the years we've been here, it still shocks me. And by the way, it's completely irrelevant if there's a bathroom nearby. It can be two steps away, no matter.

how unsanitary!

 

[DD2Disney]

Sorry

Tricia

 

[pixiedust23]

 

[Debbie Jean]

Back on topic...

We were at Seaworld last week and were sitting on the benches in Shamu stadium waiting for the show to begin. As usual, it was quite crowded... we had a young American couple with DS about 2 years old next to us and a large group of Brits behind. The American mom says to her little one, "oooo, who has a stinky in his pants?" and proceeds to lay him down on the bench next to me and change his diaper

I kept thinking that when the folks behind us went back to England they would probably be telling all their friends how disgusting Americans are and that they change their babies anywhere they feel like it

 

[mommystieg]

While in Epcot last week I swear I heard this woman say
"Now this is nice, Italy without all the dirty Italians."

 

[rayelias]

While in Epcot last week I swear I heard this woman say
"Now this is nice, Italy without all the dirty Italians."

I wish I could say the same thing about France!

 

[mimif1]

We were on Splash Mountain in May. The boat in front of us and the boat behind us were full of kids from a school band. The ride took a full 15 minutes longer than usual, because of the kids behavior. Every minute or so the CMs had to stop the ride because one of the kids was misbehaving. Standing up, trying to touch the scenery, putting their hands in the water so they could splash each other, etc... We finally made it up to the big drop and the kids in front all were standing up again. A CM came out and asked them to sit and one of the kids panics and jumps out with the CMs permission. When we got to the bottom, I turned around and saw a kid jump out of the log at the bottom of the hill and run away! I mean, the log was moving pretty fast and out she jumps. Once again, they stop the ride while they have to look for her. While we're stopped the kids get in a water fight and start splashing us. My sweet, mild mannered DH turns around and yells for them to "Cut it out, NOW!" They tried to say it wasn't them, but we had seen them. At least they stopped splashing us even though they were still getting up. The girls in front had their hands in the water wetting their hair when the ride starts again. I don't even think she had any idea how close she came to having her hand smashed. Everyone in our log was a nervous wreck by the time we finally made it off that ride. We looked for a chaperone when we got off, but never saw on. Of course!

 

[Deb & Bill]

I hope I didn't give the families staying in the rooms next to ours at SSR last week a shock. Sometimes when I am very tired, I snore. Well, I was tired. My husband tried to wake me up, but I was dead tired. So he grabbed my foot and shook it. I woke up in the middle of a dream and yelled "Help, I'm being attacked!!"

I can only imagine what our neighbors thought.

 

[aesalsa]

I hope I didn't give the families staying in the rooms next to ours at SSR last week a shock. Sometimes when I am very tired, I snore. Well, I was tired. My husband tried to wake me up, but I was dead tired. So he grabbed my foot and shook it. I woke up in the middle of a dream and yelled "Help, I'm being attacked!!"

I can only imagine what our neighbors thought.

LOL

 

[Aidensmom]

I hope I didn't give the families staying in the rooms next to ours at SSR last week a shock. Sometimes when I am very tired, I snore. Well, I was tired. My husband tried to wake me up, but I was dead tired. So he grabbed my foot and shook it. I woke up in the middle of a dream and yelled "Help, I'm being attacked!!"

I can only imagine what our neighbors thought.

That sounds like something I would do!

 

[disneyaggie]

We were on Splash Mountain in May. The boat in front of us and the boat behind us were full of kids from a school band. The ride took a full 15 minutes longer than usual, because of the kids behavior. Every minute or so the CMs had to stop the ride because one of the kids was misbehaving. Standing up, trying to touch the scenery, putting their hands in the water so they could splash each other, etc... We finally made it up to the big drop and the kids in front all were standing up again. A CM came out and asked them to sit and one of the kids panics and jumps out with the CMs permission. When we got to the bottom, I turned around and saw a kid jump out of the log at the bottom of the hill and run away! I mean, the log was moving pretty fast and out she jumps. Once again, they stop the ride while they have to look for her. While we're stopped the kids get in a water fight and start splashing us. My sweet, mild mannered DH turns around and yells for them to "Cut it out, NOW!" They tried to say it wasn't them, but we had seen them. At least they stopped splashing us even though they were still getting up. The girls in front had their hands in the water wetting their hair when the ride starts again. I don't even think she had any idea how close she came to having her hand smashed. Everyone in our log was a nervous wreck by the time we finally made it off that ride. We looked for a chaperone when we got off, but never saw on. Of course!

IMHO -- the CM's should have rounded up the little brats and booted their rosey hineys out of the park, with no chance of getting into the other parks as well. That would have taught them!

 

[mommystieg]

Parents, please tell your kids that if they are at a buffet and aren't sure about the food, to put a little on their plate and taste it when they get back to the table--while at the Cape May breakfast buffet the girl in front of me kept picking up the serving spoons to sniff them Did she not realize that other people needed to use those spoons too?? It did give me one of those "teaching" moments with our own kids....put it on your plate, if you don't like it you don't have to eat it and if you do like it you can always go back and get more.