Have you ever "snapped" while on a Disney vacation?

[Cayaco]

Snapped, like when your brain cracks and you can no longer maintain composure and your primal self comes out.

Here's my example:

It was two years ago. We went through the Winnie the Pooh ride (how much calmer and peaceful can you get? I should have been in a zen state) and got off the ride. It was raining outside. Everyone suddenly became afflicted with Aquaphobia and refused to move. It was dozens of people deep, no one was letting anyone out of the gift shop. No pathways, no aisles, nothing. Just wall to wall people standing like deer in headlights in front of an empty park.

"Excuse me.."

"Hi, excuse me can we get through?"

"Hey we want to get through here, could you please move?"

......

I tried a few more times, we tried to nudge our way through. We had ponchos, we didnt care about the rain, it was 95 degrees out and getting soaked would feel good.

(the snap happens)

"EVERYONE GET OUT OF MY WAY RIGHT NOW. MOVE. EVERYONE MOVE."

Suddenly everyone looked at me like I was an animal. It was my wife, my 4 year old, and myself. I kept screaming like an animal. All I wanted to do was get out of the gosh darned gift shop.

Folks moved out of the way. She told me later folks said some nasty things about us as we walked by. I was too filled with fury to hear anything.

Then suddenly... We went into a nice empty park, pouring all around us, having fun in the rain, getting wet under our ponchos, loving life. Wasn't quite the Disney spirit but hey, it was once we were in the rain. I have no idea why everyone freaked out. I don't know why suddenly everyone was in a panic about some rain. I am sure they have no idea why some guy went crazy behind them. Perspective...

So either everyone else there has some kind of snapped story, or I am just going to need to register myself for anger management classes.

Do tell.

 

[JenniferinFL]

So far I've managed to keep it together until I've gotten to a car or somewhere where I can scream it out without ruining anyone else's day. I've been pretty borderline though.

I used to work for a major retailer and it was way too easy to get fired at the drop of a hat for a bad customer interaction. That's where I had to either really improve my self-control or lose the ability to pay for my shiny new car.. lol Before that though, I was a bit notorious for being outspoken in ways that weren't necessarily positive..

There are times though where I have finally made it to my car and used the F word in every possible combination for several minutes just to get all the furious out of my system.. lol

Though, usually, I don't get too frustrated with other people at Disney. Usually it's spouse who has managed to push all the wrong buttons and get me to a hitherto unattainable level of rage. So, there's that difference too.. He is a fit fellow, quite fond of reminding me just how much fitter than me he is on a day to day basis. Yet, at Disney he's always too tired to pick up the kid, or push the stroller, or walk faster than an elderly tortoise. So, yeah... did I mention he went vegan 6 months ago?

In other words, all the other Disney people don't have to worry, the most annoying person in the whole park is already traveling with me.

 

[Harambe]

You know, I read your post and an incident immediately came to mind. And it wasn't a Disney moment that I really want to relive.

 

[TBGOES2DISNEY]

Snapped, like when your brain cracks and you can no longer maintain composure and your primal self comes out.

Here's my example:

It was two years ago. We went through the Winnie the Pooh ride (how much calmer and peaceful can you get? I should have been in a zen state) and got off the ride. It was raining outside. Everyone suddenly became afflicted with Aquaphobia and refused to move. It was dozens of people deep, no one was letting anyone out of the gift shop. No pathways, no aisles, nothing. Just wall to wall people standing like deer in headlights in front of an empty park.

"Excuse me.."

"Hi, excuse me can we get through?"

"Hey we want to get through here, could you please move?"

.

There must be something about that place. The exact same thing happened to me there. When we tried to exit, it was pouring out, and everyone was huddled under the gift shop awning. My daughter announced she had to go to the bathroom - NOW! I kept saying excuse me, and no one was moving. I didn't lose it, but I did yell it pretty loudly, "EXCUSE ME!" I don't remember if I kind of nudged in, but we did get out of there finally.

I admit I have snapped at a stranger before when I've been shocked by people's rudeness. I immediately feel ashamed of myself - so I hate those moments. But the worse time I lost it was when my DH's family all invited themselves on a trip, which put a lot of stress into the vacation. We were arguing, and I was pregnant, hormonal, and tired. I yelled at him, full out - while sobbing - in Tomorrowland. Fortunately, it was super, super loud there, so I think if anyone noticed anything at all, they noticed a crying pregnant lady. lol

 

[Auntie_Maim]

Everyone suddenly became afflicted with Aquaphobia .

I'll never understand this. It's rain. People act like it's carbolic acid falling from the sky. I'd rather get wet and cool off than wear one of those ponchos.

 

[FortForever]

I'll never understand this. It's rain. People act like it's carbolic acid falling from the sky. I'd rather get wet and cool off than wear one of those ponchos.

It's not the rain. It's the sky to ground lightning that comes out of nowhere, here in Florida. Very dangerous stuff.

 

[amberpi]

Edited: Let's consider the sage words of Will McAvoy:

I'm on a mission to civilize...Progress is slow, but I'm in it for the long haul.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Snapped, like when your brain cracks and you can no longer maintain composure and your primal self comes out.

First (and only) trip ever in late June (my goodness the heat) - we'd always gone in Jan/Feb but this was a big family (in-laws) trip so it had to be summer. We came in a day earlier than everybody else, 5am flight, we literally woke up in Pittsburgh and rope dropped Animal Kingdom... Some people wake up in Orlando and can't pull that off.

By 5pm the heat and exhaustion had taken all our sensibilities and we started limping into a Sizzler on I-Drive for dinner. The 4 year-old starts to cry about how she's hot, and doesn't want to eat there, and blah blah blah and I just flipped . Started threatening to head home, fake called Southwest to move up our flights, her tears flowed, then our infant gets upset, wife's ready to lose it...in retrospect not one of my finer moments as a father. And to top it all off...we ate at a Sizzler...just not a lot of good decisions that day. Glad we can laugh about it now...and stick to winter travel.

 

[bumbershoot]

I lose it with my family almost every trip. They are ungrateful goodfornothings UNTIL after I lose it. Then they fall over themselves thanking me for the trip. But I've already decided that they hate the trip, the plans, the food, and me, so even though I smile and move on, it's not the same as if they would thank me before I lose it (which is because they are sullen and argumentative while we do the exact things they said they wanted to do)

Which is why I take solo trips.

And why I stopped writing trip reports. Because it got depressing to see the exact same people doing the exact same things each trip.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

I was on the other end of that situation in July 2014.
It was a gift shop in MK but not the Winnie the Pooh one.
I was trying to get in but no one was moving.
I was then trapped between a wall and a stroller when someone came charing through with another stroller ticked off and yelling about no one moving out of their way and they mowed me down. And in that second something did snap in me. I wanted to beat them silly but remembered where I was and just yelled at them without swear words instead.

Other than that I've only had small snaps and it was due to being tired and hungry and everyone else in my party being the same so we'd snap at each other until we had a chance to sit and get some food.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

I'll never understand this. It's rain. People act like it's carbolic acid falling from the sky. I'd rather get wet and cool off than wear one of those ponchos.

I absolutely hate being wet unless I'm in a nice hot shower.
The difference between those deer and me is I toss on a poncho and get the f out of there lol.

 

[Micca]

I don't snap, too much work.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

Once, I think it was at Epcot.

I was going along on my scooter. It was slightly crowded, with enough room to move, but not enough to go much side to side.

I young man was walking toward me, with is family/friends. And he was on his phone. Head down, moving pretty fast.

I start saying, "look up" over and over again until I am yelling. He totally ignores me and plows right into the front of my scooter. I kind of lose it on him. He shakes it off and mumbles, "sorry." And off he goes. His family/friends laugh at him and actually take a minute to make sure I'm good. They couldn't believe it either.

 

[serenitynow]

Oh yeah. One sticks out from a few years ago. We were traveling with two generations which included surly teenagers, a preschooler, a wild and woolly toddler plus a six month old baby. Along with 4 adults who should have known better than to attempt this trip as a group.

Everyone woke up out of sorts and somewhat sick of all the heat, humidity and togetherness. A couple of hours into the Magic Kingdom and we weren't feeling so magical. The thrill seekers went off to Space Mountain for their fastpass. Mom and baby went to find a cool quiet place to breastfeed, leaving Grandma (me) with my three and four year old grandsons. The boys begin tussling with each other over something. I break it up, make them each grab some pavement to sit on and try to lecture them on loving each other. I let them get up and we move towards Dumbo with them arguing and whining. The four year old trips and falls into the three year old. Screaming ensues even though no one is hurt. The three year old is demanding that the four year old be punished (by death if possible) for the accident.

I knew I was about to let go and they knew too. I turned on 3 year old and before I could open my mouth, he screamed "Do you mind? Let me have my moment" at the top of his ltttle lungs. All of my pent up anger and frustration came out as hysterical laughter. The kind of laughter that you just can't stop. I laughed until tears were welling up. People gave us the strangest looks and walked waaay out of their way to walk past us. A Cast Member came over and gave the boys stickers, while checking to make sure I was okay (you know, not dangerous crazy).

The funny thing is that after our little meltdown, we had released our pent up frustration and had a great rest of the day.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

My DH and I got into a massive snit on Living with the Land.... so so sorry for anyone who happened to be trapped with us that time!!! And the crappy attitude continued all the way through until the Japan pavilion, where things got better. But I am soooooooo sorry that 8 other people had to hear our "I'm sorry - shut up - I'm sorry - I said stop it - but!!!! - shut your mouth or I will jump out of this boat- you wouldn't!" moment. Ehhhh it's funny upon reflection!

 

[TBGOES2DISNEY]

Not trying to preach here - just sharing a story - It's not always easy, but I try to remind myself that people are in their own little world sometimes. And just like me, people get tired and cranky. I used to go to Disney and get extremely annoyed at how many rude people I encountered, and it would really ruin my day. One time, I had had it with the rudeness. Some lady cut me off when I had two hands full of ice cream, and I loudly and snidely said, "Excusssseee me!" She stopped, turned and looked at me in surprise, and sincerely said, "Oh! I'm so sorry!" I felt like the lowest of the low after that. Sure some people are jerks, but not everybody means to be. I try to remember to say excuse me or apologize when I or one of my kids is rude (intentionally or otherwise). It seems to diffuse most people's anger quickly.

 

[FutureDisneyEventPlanner]

I went two years ago with my (ex) best friend and she was just a downer for over half the trip. Just complaining about being tired and nausea and everything in between. I ALMOST lost it on her. I did end up leaving at one point because I just couldn't take it and I was losing valuable park time! Safe to say I will probably not go on a trip with her again...

 

[jjjones325]

DW didn't really lose it, at least not badly, but we were in line for Tomorrowland Speedway. Family behind us had no clue about the personal space that Americans (at least us) need. They bumped into my wife's backpack about ten times. Finally DW senses they are right on her again, and she turns suddenly and catches mom square in the chest and about knocked her down. Many sincerely sounding, but fake, apologies from DW but they got the point.

 

[xlsm]

he screamed "Do you mind? Let me have my moment"

Sometimes, you just need to have a moment. That cracked me up!

I also love your user name! I say that pretty frequently...I guess while I'm "having a moment", ha!

 

[serenitynow]

Sometimes, you just need to have a moment. That cracked me up!

I also love your user name! I say that pretty frequently...I guess while I'm "having a moment", ha!

Thanks. Me too. I often feel like I spend my life herding cats or rather trying to herd cats! The nice thing about my saying serenity now is that everyone clears out when I saw it, so it's a win-win.