Just back from Beach Club--Some interesting things seen

[boxer]

Just back from a trip 11/3 to 11/13 in the WONDERFUL Beach Club.....and although we didn't do the parks that much, there were some very interesting things seen:


#1: While in the Contemporary bathroom washing my hands for dinner (of course this happens BEFORE dinner), I overhear a little voice in the bathroom stall saying 'Dad, its running down my legs to my ankles'. If there is ever a phrase that you don't want to hear in a men's bathroom (well maybe there are a couple others LOL), this one is it. The dad's response might have even been funnier---'GREAT, now I have to buy you even MORE d#mn Disney clothes now'. Needless to say I didn't stick around to see the outcome of this one.

#2: Not sure why, but everytime I ride the safari I see something interesting. Without further explanation, I'm going to assume Mr. Elephant is VERY popular amongst the lady elephants. My 3-year old wanted to know why they had a 'firehose connectecd to his stomach'...... Try explaining THAT one......

#3: Is there REALLY a need to dress 14-people in the same bright orange shirts because it is the 'Smiths Disney Vacation'?? You all looked like a pack of highlighter pens. Let's just say Mr. Smith was none-to-happy about his attire, and looked to have toured the Epcot country beverage stations a few times.

#4: While the on the subject of Epcot, can we just do away with the viking hats with one horn turned down now? Seriously, we know you're drunk...and you're really not the clever person you think you are by turning that horn down.

Which leads me to my favorite Epcot sighting EVER........

It is bad enough they have ECV's that look like Big Wheels now----but HOW DRUNK are you when you run directly into a trashcan and tip it over?? Does Disney need to set up field sobriety checkpoints during the Food and Wine Festival? Is this the next DIS thread--watching ECV drivers try to touch their fingers to their nose outside of the Moroccan booth?

All-in-all it was a great trip, and an excellent time of year to go......let me know if you have any questions (except about the elephant), LOL.

 

[jmm476]

Well at least you have some funny stories to tell! And you can always bring up Mr. Elephant when your son is old enough to understand and find it humorous... so I guess you'll have funny stories for many years.

 

[LilGMom]

Love your observations and I can only imagine what my five year old would have said about Mr. Elephant.

And your last one about the possibly intoxicated ECV driver has me giggling and I now know what I'll be looking our for on our upcoming vacation.

 

[Tinksbuddy]

hahaha thats funny! well atleast youll be ready next time so these things dont seem quite as strange... i totally agree with your highlighter story - its one thing if its only on the little ones so you can find them if they run off but you should know what your own family looks like without a neon shirt. thanks for the laugh!

 

[pulley182]

I love the ECV comment. I saw the same thing happen at Epcot on Saturday, the girl was in her late 20's/ early 30's and she just ran right into a trash can, it didn't tip over. I do not think she was drunk but I did hear her tell her friends "that maybe they should have a class on how to use these things before they let people rent them."

 

[GoldieSaysMeep]

at the pack of highlighters.

If my parents ever made me do that when I was a kid, I would have been horrified...

 

[disnut8]

It is bad enough they have ECV's that look like Big Wheels now----but HOW DRUNK are you when you run directly into a trashcan and tip it over??

Well, I saw a father pushing a Disney stroller and not paying attention to where he was going and shoved the stroller right into a trash can, not quite tipping it over but coming close. I can imagine those kids in the stroller. "Dad, dad, DAD, DAD!!, DAD!!!!!, DAD!!!!!!!" as the trashcan is coming closer and closer and closer.

So you don't have to be in an ECV and you don't have to be drunk. You just have to be not paying attention.

 

[n2mm]

I have to say that I loved your post. It was refreshing and funny!! And Yes, I've seen the elephant in all its glory too. He was to the left of the vechicle and the driver kept pointing out shrubs and trees to the right for us to look at, but it didn't help and of course there was that little tike who asked mommy what that was. On that note, we also got to watch a giraffe in action too....and the driver said, you see our animals adjusted well to their surroundings....

As for F&W, we too just returned last weekend and I was very scared at EPCOT--I took my granddaughters on the Mexico ride while mom and dad ate at LeCellier. The girls were the only kids on the ride and the adults were utterly obnoxious. We got off the ride and got back on it again hoping for a better experience for the girls (5yo and 3yo). I didn't want to make a scene, but had I heard the F bomb in front of my girls, Nana would've openned a can of woop-*** on them and they would've been swimming to the exit.

 

[LILOLO]

I didn't want to make a scene, but had I heard the F bomb in front of my girls, Nana would've openned a can of woop-*** on them and they would've been swimming to the exit.

 

[Rhonna]

Okay, your post made me laugh more than any intentional jokers around the DIS. How do you manage to be around when all these interesting things occur?

 

[boxer]

Okay, your post made me laugh more than any intentional jokers around the DIS. How do you manage to be around when all these interesting things occur?

After like 30 trips in the past 6-7 years the parks can sometimes get old, and you learn the fine art of people-watching. There is SO much stuff that you can see if you pay attention to what people are doing, especially at Disney.

 

[Mama-san]

Thanks for your observations!

Don't make me post my pic of Mr. Rhino from safari.....

 

[jerlove]

Thanks for your observations!

Don't make me post my pic of Mr. Rhino from safari.....

How did you get a pic of me on Safari!!! And how did you know that was what my wife called me?

 

[TLinden16]

I'm going to move this to our trip report board.

 

[eksb327]

Thanks for providing an early morning laugh! Now if I could just get that elephant image out of my head....

 

[Space Command]

I had a similar incident on the Safari. The only difference was that a giraffe was stopping "traffic" so about 6 completely filled safari cars had full viewing of the "firehose." He must have been an exhibitionist.

 

[purpliequeen]

Boxer, love your post. Some great observations. Humans are by far some of the most weird creatures of the planet.

 

[boxer]

I had a similar incident on the Safari. The only difference was that a giraffe was stopping "traffic" so about 6 completely filled safari cars had full viewing of the "firehose." He must have been an exhibitionist.

LOL!!! Our elephant wasn't blocking the road, but you heard chatter from the 'younger' safari riders saying 'mom, what is THAT!".......followed by the safari driver pulling off rather quickly.

 

[KathNY]

Very funny. Thanks for the report.

 

[dvc4life]

Great Report. Started my day off with a laugh.

Guess we need to ride the safari again to see what we can see.

Thanks.