Have you ever had a shock?

[Missy1961]

About the parents dragging reluctant kids on rides....
My daughter is often apprehensive about going on some of the bigger roller coasters (I am not! going on that ride! You can't make me!) but when she does, she has her hands up in the air screaming "awesome!" and asks if we can go again. So
some of us parents may not be as cruel as you think.

My niece is the same way. So I wouldn't have been shocked by you!

 

[nukeantz]

Many many years ago on a hot July day at MK standing in a very long ride for Dumbo I mean very long, I was fuming because once again my hubs had conned me into the long line in the sun with our son faining motion sickness (bulls....)while he sat in the shade on a bench. I looked over and litterally next to him a mom had pulled out a bowl and plopped a toddler on it to do business and then dumped it in bushes behind hubs. I am shocked an motioning for hubs too look but he is just grinning because I am in the sun and waving and wont look beside him. Ahhhh...classic reward in my eye because he would have thrown up had he noticed

Couple of years ago I was in a fowl mood as they were watching Jerry Springer, so I went out to the pool at AKL to an isolated area (best when I am grouchy) it was early morning and no one was around I had a book stuck in my nose for a good hour reading. Never looked up. I had been hearing people milling around and moving in my space but I felt someone plop on my lounge chair by my feet. I looked and it was Jan Carl from Entertainment tonight. and 2 seconds later in front of me I hear and see "Live from Disney World" They were filming some morning show via California and she just happened to be staying there and she did wine tasting, and some dancers were dancing. They had roped an area off including me and about 6 other chairs and here I am BACKDROP!!! When I got back to the room my husband said oh yeah there was a message on the phone something about a filming.

 

[wishspirit]

It always shocks me when I see girls around the age of 7 or 8 and they have their belly buttons pierced. A few years back we were told my a mom, I think they were from England, that it is normal over there for young girls to have them pierced. And here I didn't even get my ears pierced until I was like 15.

I promise you it is not all english people, i am English and 16, and don't even have my ears pierced. I have never seen young children with belly rings. i agree its disgusting, i hate it when my 16 year old friends get it done. I promise you it is a kinority, not the English population at large just to clear that up!

 

[kupperman]

My friend and I went to see Shaft at DTD in 2000. The theater was pretty empty because it was an early mid-week show. Now when I say the theater was empty I mean there were like 20 people in the place, there were a bunch of empty rows and this couple decides to sit just one seat away from my friend and me. About half way through the movie, out of the corner of my eye, I see the guy squirm in his seat then lift his girlfriend on to his lap. I couldn’t believe it when he starts bouncing her on his lap, it’s obvious what’s going on. I choked on my popcorn and nudged my friend to see if she was seeing the same thing. Her jaw was on the floor, looking over in disbelief. We weren’t in the last row of the theater, I wonder what the people behind us thought. The best part was while the guy is doing his thing the girl is totally caught up in the movie, laughing at the jokes. My friend and I still laugh about that part.

 

[kupperman]

We were waiting for the bus at CBR to go to MK one night and a father, mother and little boy about 4 came and sat on the bench with us, after a few minutes several more families come too.

The little 4 year old quickly goes to the middle of the bus stop and asked his dad OK? and dad says yes.

So this kid starts to sing his heart out and was pretty good to and after about 3 songs the mother gets up and starts to go around with a hat!!

I just sat with my mouth open and when she got to us I just looked at her and said you have got to be kidding!!!

She just looked at me and said oh for gods sake, you cant even pay a buck!!

Some paid and some were like me, no way!

I would have thought I was on a hidden camera show!

 

[wishspirit]

Last time i went to disney, we ofcourse went to AK. Now i really dont like dinosaw rides, call me a whimp, but dinosaws never really appealed. Anyway, i decided i would re-try Dinosaw, because last time was spent with my eyes shut (i have def improved on the whimp factor) anyway, the girl behind me who couldnt of been older than 6, was crying quitely and telling her mom she didnt want to go on the ride. Both of her parents ingnored her, and tugged her along, the further and further we got into the ride queue, the louder she became. This really tugged on my heart strings because i know what it feels like to be scared of a ride like that. By the time we got to loading, she had gone pale and was still whimpering an saying she didnt want to do it. Her parents were just telling her she'd enjoy it, and to stop fussing. Anyway the CM didnt know what to do, whether to intervene or not, but finally she got on the ride, and was screaming the whole way through. It is an intense ride, very loud for a young child. I just felt so sorry for the poor girl, it really tugged on by heartstrings!

 

[mitros]

A little apprehensive is one thing, but dragging a child kicking, crying, and screaming in terror to a ride he does not want to go on is quite another. If a kid does not want to ride, don't force him/her to do so. Some parents just drag their kids on these rides simple because they want to go on, and figure no kids going to stop them from riding the double loop, over , under, sideways down, puke as you exit ride.

 

[eclectics]

Not a WDW story, but today as I pulled into my Post Office parking lot, I parked next to a very nice motorcycle. I'm not a biker but I appreciaite a nice machine. This was a huge Kawasaki. I happened to notice that there were two helmets on the seat and one was quite small. As I was getting my stuff together, a man with a small boy approach the bike. I stopped what I was doing and said "nah" to myself, but you guessed it! The man throws the boy the small helmet and plops him on the back. Dad (I'm assuming) gets on and they roar off with tires screeching. I just stare at them openmouthed! Now, this kid can't have been more than 8 or 9 years old, if that. Maybe this sort of thing happens all the time and I have never noticed it, but come on! These bikes are dangerous! Who would put a little kid at risk like that? I live in a very congested suburb of New York City and there are reports of fatal car and bike accidents just about every day. Maybe this is ok in a rural setting but seeing this kind of thing shocked me. I guess the bikers will think I'm nuts, but I don't think this is right. Maybe I AM just an old fart (if the Tag Fairy reads this, I hope this remark goes under her radar!) but that's my opinion........

 

[jann1033]

this was a shock to a teenaged boy....I was the shocker.. years ago we were on tom sawyer island and foolishly since i am claustrophobic as can be, into the caves i went. it was fairly crowded so there were people in front and behind and it was pitch black and i totally freakout, screaming, panicing,pushing, trying to feel along the walls to get out and not being able to cause of people in front and behind. so this one poor kid had stepped aside to let me pass i guess( maybe i broke his eardrums) and i push my whole hand into his open mouth( thought he was the wall.) he laughed (maybe surprised or hysterical???) but after i got out and calmed down i felt sorry for the kid who got my dirty hand crammed into his mouth. umum, needless to say that was my last trip to the caves on tom sawyer island.

 

[devmer]

just had to bump this up, I'm only on pg 53 and I am enjoying these stories so much.

 

[Vamp]

Gangs of Cheerleaders on the I-Ride who just won't turn the volume down.

I'm all for having fun, but sometimes it is hard to distinguish between high pitched pre-teen squeals and the squawking of birds.

 

[B'rer Karen]

Not a WDW story, but today as I pulled into my Post Office parking lot, I parked next to a very nice motorcycle. I'm not a biker but I appreciaite a nice machine. This was a huge Kawasaki. I happened to notice that there were two helmets on the seat and one was quite small. As I was getting my stuff together, a man with a small boy approach the bike. I stopped what I was doing and said "nah" to myself, but you guessed it! The man throws the boy the small helmet and plops him on the back. Dad (I'm assuming) gets on and they roar off with tires screeching. I just stare at them openmouthed! Now, this kid can't have been more than 8 or 9 years old, if that.

When I was a kid my dad would pick me up from school on his motorcycle. I can remember being in the 1st or 2nd grade and the boys in my class all thought it was so cool. It wasn't a long ride home and it was all residential, but it was in an urban setting. Every now and again he'd take me for a ride. He didn't have a bike for long and it's been years since I've been on one. In fact, now that I think about it, I've never been on a motorcycle as an adult, only as a child.

 

[Redbudlover]

just had to bump this up, I'm only on pg 53 and I am enjoying these stories so much.

Sorry for asking a dumb question, I am fairly new to the boards, but what is bumping and what does it do?
Redbudlover

 

[Missy1961]

Sorry for asking a dumb question, I am fairly new to the boards, but what is bumping and what does it do?
Redbudlover

Bumping makes the thread go back to page 1.

 

[Redbudlover]

Thanks. I am still trying to learn my way around here.... but I am enjoying these boards so much. Really nice people helping each other.
Redbudlover

 

[Missy1961]

Thanks. I am still trying to learn my way around here.... but I am enjoying these boards so much. Really nice people helping each other.
Redbudlover

I meant to add it isn't a stupid question! It took me a while to figure it out!

I love the helpful people here, too!

 

[mitros]

Cripes, if that's not child abuse, I don't know what is! The woman probably decided the poor child was annoying her while she was on "her" vacation. Some people have no business having children.

 

[MI mom of 3]

bumping

 

[pyrxtc]

Not a WDW story, but today as I pulled into my Post Office parking lot, I parked next to a very nice motorcycle. I'm not a biker but I appreciaite a nice machine. This was a huge Kawasaki. I happened to notice that there were two helmets on the seat and one was quite small. As I was getting my stuff together, a man with a small boy approach the bike. I stopped what I was doing and said "nah" to myself, but you guessed it! The man throws the boy the small helmet and plops him on the back. Dad (I'm assuming) gets on and they roar off with tires screeching. I just stare at them openmouthed! Now, this kid can't have been more than 8 or 9 years old, if that. Maybe this sort of thing happens all the time and I have never noticed it, but come on! These bikes are dangerous! Who would put a little kid at risk like that? I live in a very congested suburb of New York City and there are reports of fatal car and bike accidents just about every day. Maybe this is ok in a rural setting but seeing this kind of thing shocked me. I guess the bikers will think I'm nuts, but I don't think this is right. Maybe I AM just an old fart (if the Tag Fairy reads this, I hope this remark goes under her radar!) but that's my opinion........

It is a pretty normal thing around here. A loy of kids that age have their own dirtbikes, ATV's, Snowmobiles. i have even had my 1 yr old on my mini-bike with me or DH. All my kids love it. my 4 yr old is almost old enough to ride it himself.

 

[kellympmo]

I saw a CM berate an elderly woman who was (quietly) joking around with her grandkids that she didn't want to sit in the seat that got wet on POC. It was a private conversation and the kids were giving the grandma trouble like "You're going to get wet!!" The CM started yelling at her and told her that she (the grandma) had no ability to choose her seat and that she would sit where the CM told her and if she didn't, she would not be allowed to ride. It was so sad. The grandma was joking around with the kids and the CM completely scolded her in front of her grandkids for no reason. The grandma looked so hurt and embarrased. My DH & I thought about reporting the CM, but we did not. Maybe we should have.

Saw 2 shocking things at Universal. The first was a young girl (18 or so) in a pair of what I'll call work-out material shorts. They were Juicy shorts, but I think she had cut them because I've never seen them this short. They were pink and see-through (no underwear, of course). I've seen really short shorts, but you could see her entire behind. Not to be gross, but I've seen the curvature (if you know what I mean), but you could totally see the whole thing. Unreal. Everyone was staring. She of course topped the whole outfit off with high kitten heels which she couldn't walk in. Kitten heels at a theme park?

2nd shocking thing was at the cheerleading competition at Universal last Jan or March (can't remember which trip it was). We were walking by and a mom of one of the cheerleaders was berating her daughter for not doing a move correctly and the 7 year old brother interrupted the mom. The mom repeatedly (like 4 or 5 times) slapped the little boy across the face very hard. We were completely in shock. Very sad for the little boy.