Have your children embarrassed you at Disney/Orlando?

[sajetto]

OMG This thread is hilarious and I don't even have kids!

BTW I wouldn't think it was proper CM behavior to be rude to the mother whose child had an accident in Small World. I would say that it probably happens all the time and they would be used to it by now

 

[DawnaJean]

Two embarassing moments courtesy of my 2 1/2 DS:

In the making of Animation attraction, when the CM asked which characters were everyone's favorites, and after a couple of "Winnie the Pooh", "Cinderella", etc. one little boy said "Donald Duck" and my sweet little DS grouchily yells "Donald Duck stinks!!!" ARG.

We were having a wonderful, beautiful dinner at CRT, when DS gets a bit choked on his food and vomits in the booth.....right into a crevice in between the booths. I tried my best to clean it up/out and informed the waiter what had happened without using any "offending" words that could be heard by other guests. I was embarrassed that the waiter had to deal with it at all. DS was okay (after he dislodged whatever it was) and I cleaned up as much as I could and we actually stayed through the remainder of the meal. DH though couldn't eat the rest of his meal.

Dawna

 

[PrincessLindy]

My perfect Princess embarass me? Never! She is a perfect angel all the time.


My hubby on the other hand.... When he is hungry he is crabbier than a 2 year old with out a nap. So DD would be crabby and then he would get crabby. He is the one that would embarass me. What sense does it make to have a temper tantrum about her throwing a temper tantrum?

 

[FayeW]

My children have embarrassed me everywhere. Particularily the oldest one.

 

[PrincessLindy]

Your joking right? My DD went 4 times before she was 5. We have great memories and talk about it all the time. I guess we shouldn't have birthday parties or anything fun because they won't remember it when they are older.

Sure kids have a few bad moments but I bet most parents agree the 95% of the time is great and well worth the 5% that is not so great.

I guess we shouldn't go to the store or leave the house, just in case your child does soemthing.

 

[MandaPerry]

When my ds4 went for the first time, he and dh had a funny bathroom experience. The conversation went as follows:

ds4- "It's smelly in here!"

dh- "SHHHH!"

ds4-"Who farted?"

dh-"SHHHH!"

ds4-"Maybe it was mom!"

dh-"SHHHH!"

ds4-(trying to look under the stall)"Maybe it was that guy!"


Rachel

You had me laughing out loud with this story . We are an adult family DW&DH 53 DD(ME) 26 and DS16. We have to sometimes remind Mom that she has to share DisneyWorld with the little kids. She sometimes can be a litle loud with the "thank god I waited until you guys were older to bring you here"

 

[richard_andmel]

We have been once with my niece (and her parents) when she was 1 3/4, and once with both my nieces aged at the time 3 1/2 & 10 months. They may only remember so much, but DH & I have many cherished memories of the looks on their faces and their laughter. Were there a few meltdowns? Sure. But those aren't really the things I remember. My best memory is the 20 minutes of sheer delight she had at every aspect of the Stars & Motorcars Parade. I have loads of pictures to remember the happy stuff as well.


Mel

 

[wdwcoltsfan]

The idea that young children don't know the difference between WDW and the county fair--well, that just seems silly to me.

Our children both went for the first time when they were 4. They both have distinct memories from that trip. DD7 knows that was the first time she met Snow White. She also knows she didn't meet Snow White at the county fair. That's where she pets the bunnies!


Rachel

 

[wdwcoltsfan]

You had me laughing out loud with this story . We are an adult family DW&DH 53 DD(ME) 26 and DS16. We have to sometimes remind Mom that she has to share DisneyWorld with the little kids. She sometimes can be a litle loud with the "thank god I waited until you guys were older to bring you here"

I'm glad I could give you a chuckle. It is one of our favorite stories about ds.


Rachel

 

[scarboroughmom]

My kids have behaved terribly almost everywhere except WDW. We have taken them once a year since they were 3,3 and 5. We go from park open until about 7:00 or 8:00PM and they are usually terrific the whole time. We do know when to stop and let them just play somewhere for a while. And we are really firm about getting them to bed early enough to get a good night's sleep. My husband said the same thing before the first time we took them. They're too young. They won't remember it. I said that I would remember it and they would have the pictures.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

sometimes its not just always about the kids. sometimes its the parents wanting to experience the out of the ordinary magical experience of sharing something they so enjoy with their children. they may not understand it, they may not remember it, but the parents do. and i know i for one will cherish each second of mesmerizing stares that my kids will have when they see it all for the first time. DD will be 3years 2months old, and ds will be 5 and a half.

yes there will be melt downs. yes by the kids, yes by my dh (king of tempertantrums) and by me. thats life. but its the good stuff that we will cherish and enjoy.

i know its your opinion, and i respect that! We are all entitled to our own opinions. I just thought I would share a different perspective.

:O) Kerry

 

[Lizzybee]

A few yrs ago, I was shopping with my kids and they were misbehaving horribly. They were fighting with each other and whining and trying to run around when I was trying on clothes. I was furious with them Most of the time I tried to shop without them but it's just me and them so sometimes they have to come along. Anyway, the plan that day was to go to Target and look at toys when I was done shopping. They knew I was beyond angry with them and my DS said "we're not going to Target are we?" I answered "oh yes we are". I took them to a Target in a different city (this is key) and began to act like they did when I was trying to shop. I took them to the toy aisle and began to whine really loud..."I want nail polish, I want to go on a cruuuuiiiiiise, I want some time to myself...I wanna I wanna I gotta go potttttty". I made my son look at the barbies, my daughter saw the GI Joes and after I made my scene we left. They were quiet at first, but it left a lasting impression. For the longest time my DD who wasn't even 3 yrs old at the time would say to me every time we went to Target "are you going to pester me" and I would stare at her and ask "are YOU going to pester ME?" She'd shake her head and act like an angel. Oh yeah and sometimes in the grocery store if they misbehave I start singing R E S P E C T, just quietly but if they don't chill it gets louder, I really don't have to get louder.

 

[PrincessLindy]

I've been known to do similar things. Part of it is a good lesson because they don't realize how they sound.

Also when I notice her looking at a child misbehaving I tell her to stop looking because thats how she looks when she acts like that. It did seem to click that she looks really silly.

I will never forget some of the precious moments when she was a baby. Like Minney playing peek-a-boo with her in the stroller. Or when she fell asleep in line to see Genie and he tried everything to wake her up. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything.

 

[lclark0621]

I am just curious...Do you think kids remember their first, say 5 Christmas's, or their first 5 birthday parties, or the full signifigance of a trip to Grandma & Grandpa's at 3?

Are those also a waste of time & money & just stress parents out to?

I have NEVER heard of anyone saying Birthday gifts are a waste of time & money until a child can "appreciate & remember them". But we still get them for our kids.

Kids enjoy things RIGHT NOW also. And as parents, WE never forget the joy of our kids hugging Mickey Mouse, or riding Dumbo at a young age. Why should we deprive ourselves of that joy because the kid wont remember their first trip.

 

[Principessa1284]

You have CLEARLY never worked at Disney World or even just seen the look on a little girl's face when she meets Cinderella face to face. I don't have kids and who knows if I ever will, but they're what makes going to work everyday worth it. This being said, I see parents with 3 little ones under the age of 6 struggling with strollers and meltdowns, and I have vowed several times not to take my future children to wdw before they can walk and talk, but I know I'll never be able to keep that promise.

 

[PrincessLindy]

I can't believe I misspelled Minnie! You guys won't boot me off will you?

 

[Tigger22]

Had to laugh at the SuperNanny line - my 4 yr old niece once told her babysitter that she "looked like something the cat dragged in"...which totally embarassed my sister!

DH & I have no kids, but have witnessed park meltdowns. We said it was great birth control - esp on our Honeymoon trip to WDW!

Keep the stories coming!

 

[Pumbaa7287]

Not my own kid, but still pretty good.

I went to the World once as a babysitter/tour guide for a family with three kids all under 5. This was in October, and so the parents wanted to get halloween costumes for the kids, as that night we were planning on going to Mickey's not so very... Anyhow, long story short, I am given the middle child (4) to look after while the parents go to buy costumes witht he other two, since this child already had hers. They left us waiting for a parade on Main St. At 2:00. And it was 80 degrees. And, oh yes, there was a meltdown. Now, normally I wouldn't merit this as worthy of being posted, but it just so happened that sitting next to us was a large, non-english speaking tour group of teenage girls desperately trying to help me calm her down, with no success. They tried everything from playing with her to singing. Luckily I was able to reach her dad on walkie talkie and he came to the rescue, then made fun of me for the rest of the week for trying to pick up girls with a crying kid.

 

[MareSINY]

AlmostApril needs to meet my nieces. The oldest (4) can lead you around the park and take you to all her favorite ride and the youngest (just turned 3) can tell you about which rides she can't wait to go on again.

In January as we were driving up the road to the Contemporary my 4 yr old niece hollered to me, "Look! It's our hotel!"

Kids do remember, and what they don't remember we remind them about. Just being able to see their faces and share those moments with them is priceless and worth the few and far between meltdowns. I honestly cannot imagine having to wait to take them to DW until they were 6.

 

[SusanWasHere]

LOL, these posts crack me up! i love when someone writes something that can be interpreted as "anti-kid". people go crazy (see the thread "there should be a no-kids weekend" later on in this forum, it's a riot) yes, dinsey is wonderful and the looks on children's faces are priceless, blah blah blah. but the one poster saying that kids under a certain age don't need to go to wdw has some good points i think it is useful for everyone to remember that all ages alike love disney. we wouldn't be on these boards if that wasn't so. but, everyone needs to remember that everyone is there to enjoy the magic, not just for the kids. they want to remember good times they had there, see new things, etc. and all of us paid a lot of money to be there. so if you are a parent and have a child in the midst of a meltdown - yeah maybe it's time to remove them from the park. a lot of times it is the parent trying to "make the child feel the magic" and truly the moment is gone. that said, that parent should look around and see the other people trying to enjoy themselves (regardless of age) and be respectful of them. i have been to disney many times and had my time ruined bc of an extremely crabby child (screaming, kicking feet), bored child (spinning the chains in line and hitting me numerous times while parent blocked it out), mad child (running from parent, knocking into mom in wheelchair, getting hit by thrown toys that are not amusing anymore, etc) and i have been to disney with kids. guess what? they have a "i'm sick of disney and all related" timer that goes off much sooner, lol. so no one is saying a kid can't go to disney - they are just saying that some adults should not push the issue. and i've also seen adults act just as bad as kids, believe me. my brother huffed and puffed over a 20 min wait over xmas. what did i say? "grow up or go back to the house, this is disney. enjoy yourself"

can't we all just get along? lololol!!