Most Embarressing Moments at Disney

[disneykidz4]

Several years ago, I went to Blizzard Beach with my DH and his two sons. We were out on the lazy river - my DH and I were laying on our backs each in our own intertube. It is very easy to get separated on that ride with all the commotion, but I wanted to be able to relax and chill . . . so I grabbed my DH's foot, closed my eyes and just enjoyed the sun, the water, everything. After a few minutes, I looked up to say something to my DH. To my horror, I was looking at a sweet, older couple (laying on their backs on their own intertubes) who were grinning at me . . . I had a hold of the man's foot . . . NOT MY HUSBAND'S . . . that whole time. They were such good sports about it and everyone laughed so hard. Funny, all of a sudden my hand felt a burning sensation in it when I realized it was holding a stranger's foot.

HYSTERICAL!

 

[disneykidz4]

I can't believe I'm going to tell this again...lol

Trip before last, I had prepared for months by reading everything I could here on the dis. One thread I read mentioned that you should say things to the characters to get them to interact. Well, I thought that was interesting, and thought I'd give it a shot.

Fast forward to Animal Kingdom, before the park opens. Chip and Dale come out and my daughter is the first one to get to see them, and miraculously, we have them all to ourselves. So, remembering the wonderful tip I got here on the dis, I tried to think of something to say. A crowd was forming and I was running out of time...WHAT TO SAY???!!! So then I blurted out, Hey, Chip, where do you keep your nuts? Chip fell on the ground clutching his stomach and literally rolling on the ground and I could hear him laughing out loud. (got his suit dirty too) Dale crossed his legs like he had to pee, but he at least had the presence of mind to puff out his cheeks and pat them, indicating that's where he kept his. Meanwhile, I was trying desperately to slink down through the concrete as parents with shocked faces and children with confused looks began to gather.

Last trip, I refused to have my picture taken with either of them. I still love them, but I don't want to remember that day... And of course, my family makes sure to point them out to me everywhere we go. DS even bought me a chip and dale pin, with...you guessed it...nuts on it.
Little twerp...lol

Love this one!

 

[disneykidz4]

This is Disney related, just not park related. When my DS12 was two years old, the norm was to read stories at bedtime. At this particular time, his favorites were Disney stories (we started him out on Disney's The Lion King, at birth ). One day, we were grocery shopping and out of habit, I was discussing recent stories we had read. I asked DS which story was his favorite and because I was concentrating on counting mushrooms (we were in the produce section -- DS yells at the top of his little boy voice (which, we all know can be a very big voice) "I said, my favowite Disney stowy is Snow White and the Seven *****s!" Funny now, but so embarrassing then!

 

[Timon_n_Pumba]

This is Disney related, just not park related. When my DS12 was two years old, the norm was to read stories at bedtime. At this particular time, his favorites were Disney stories (we started him out on Disney's The Lion King, at birth ). One day, we were grocery shopping and out of habit, I was discussing recent stories we had read. I asked DS which story was his favorite and because I was concentrating on counting mushrooms (we were in the produce section -- DS yells at the top of his little boy voice (which, we all know can be a very big voice) "I said, my favowite Disney stowy is Snow White and the Seven *****s!" Funny now, but so embarrassing then!

Otto sez it's too controversial for us to see what seven things accompanied Snow White in your DS's favorite story...

I can't WAIT to see what the edited word is (I'm betting something totally innocuous and innocent that for whatever reason got flagged by the auto-editor).

In the meantime, I'll guess:

Was it "Snow White and the Seven Cuddly Puppies"? No?! Hmmmph, I'm terrible at guessing!

Best Regards,

Scott in MO

 

[disneykidz4]

Otto sez it's too controversial for us to see what seven things accompanied Snow White in your DS's favorite story...

I can't WAIT to see what the edited word is (I'm betting something totally innocuous and innocent that for whatever reason got flagged by the auto-editor).

In the meantime, I'll guess:

Was it "Snow White and the Seven Cuddly Puppies"? No?! Hmmmph, I'm terrible at guessing!

Best Regards,

Scott in MO

Hi Scott,
I'm sorry -- I didn't know about the auto editor. I wasn't even going to post the "moment" and seriously debated over whether or not I should -- until I saw the one regarding the University of South Carolina . I thought that if that "moment" didn't offend anyone, my most embarassing moment would be fine to print . Controversial? Not in my opinion. My two year old knew that he wanted to say "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" - he just had a simple mispronunciation problem (as most two year olds do) and it came out wrong -- he didn't even know that the 6-letter "word" existed. Plus, how "it" sounded is what I interpreted, as did the produce guys and the senior citizens who were all standing around. No offended gasps were heard (except mine!), just chuckles and some laughter. Hmmmmm . . . I don't want to get in more trouble, here -- can I say that "it" is similar to "ladies of the night". . . . Oh, and although I am pretty open-minded and not too easily offended, I would like to point out that I have seen a lot more words/comments/stories on this forum (and others) that would have offended me more than the word that is missing. Somehow my most embarassing moment doesn't sound quite as embarassing (or, even funny) without the real word there . . . oh, well. Sorry again, if I offended anyone.




Maybe the auto-editor (is there really such a thing or is it a person?) needs a better sense of humor for this thread . . .

 

[Timon_n_Pumba]

Hi Robin,

I hope you didn't think I was coming down on you for your post---quite the opposite!

As I'm sure you've read, your moment is far from the worstest in this thread. I will say that your PM left me scratching my head (I should have come here first, I guess) as to WHAT your DS actually had said...but I get it now, and I, for one, think it's !!!

With small kids (as with posting) sometimes you have to not sweat it, and grin and bear it. You should have seen my wife's explanation to DS6 tonight at PetCo when we went through the reptile section and saw a pair of little lizards "in the position" and stuck to the front of their aquarium glass...

Who knew that the Geico gecko sometimes hitchiked?

Best Regards,

Scott in MO


BTW---When in December will you be in WDW? We're at GF from the 16th thru the 19th, with MVMCP on the 18th. Maybe we'll see you there!

 

[DonaldTDuck]

Maybe the auto-editor (is there really such a thing or is it a person?) needs a better sense of humor for this thread . . .

It's auto-editor. The worst example, especially for a Disney board happened to one of my posts about old tv shows. And not the name in it I would have thought. Who was the male lead in Mary Poppins? Dick Van ****.

 

[SplshMtnLvr28]

My family hasn't had too many embarrassing moments, but this one from a few years ago sticks out.

I talked my mom into finally going on ToT. I had been on it a few times before, so I loved it. She was starting to freak out once we got on the elevator and went through the area with the ghosts and such. Once the wall opened and we started going up, she started screaming, and once we dropped, I had my arms up, and she's screaming "JESSICA HOLD ON TO THE DAMN BAR!!!!!!!" and she grabs my arm and the man's arm sitting next to her (whom we don't know) and holds on for dear life screaming for the rest of the drops. When we got off the man was very understanding, but it was hilarious and I still talk about whenever we're on ToT.

 

[mx3man123]

Ok this is an easy one, last March we were staying at Boardwalk villas and we decided to do a day at Islands of Adventure and my shoe got stuck in the escalator in the parking garage as we were leaving.

if you want pictures for proof then go to:

disneytrip2006.blogspot.com

look under the Thursday, March 09, 2006 post.

we still laugh about it now.

 

[Piecey]

My sophomore year of high school our marching band went to Disney World for a week.

It started pouring down rain in the middle of MGM, soaking everyone.
Then my best friend looks at me and goes "Er, Patsy.. you've got a problem."
My bra strap had snapped and I was INCREDIBLY lopsided, if you get what I mean. (I was realllly big chested, even then, so it was incredibly obvious).. I walked around the rest of the day/night with one arm over my chest trying to act like it was perfectly normal whenever people asked me what I was doing.

 

[JoelNYC]

My most embarrassing WDW moment was falling off a Segway on the "Around the World on a Segway" tour at EPCOT a few years back. Luckily, there were no guests where this happened other than the other guests on the tour. Also, luckily, I was more embarrassed than hurt. Not so lucky was my brand new camera which fell and was a total loss. Details (much more than you probably want to know) are posted on allearsnet (http://allearsnet.com/btp/tour_seg6.htm)

 

[crzy4mickey]

These are some of the funniest stories I've ever read! Mine was certainly embarrassing but not quite as funny as some of these stories.

We were in the World of Disney store in DTD. I was with my DD, DS Dsis, DFriend and her 2 DD's. I was trying on a hoodie, asking everyone's opinion. Then when I tried to take it off, I lifted up my shirt along with it! If my Dsis didn't catch it and pull my shirt down I probably would have taken off my shirt with the hoodie! Of course when something like that happens you can count on your family to show support....NOT! They all ran in different directions laughing so hard they were crying! I just wanted to crawl under a rock!

 

[smylie1]

We were leaving MK, had written down where our van was, and walked straight to it from the tram. We opened the doors, DS threw a T-shirt that was on the back seat onto the third row seats, I tossed DH's sunglasses onto the dashboard, aggrovated that he'd put them in my seat when I was getting ready to get in, and poured out DS's hot Pepsi that was in the cup holder. Just then, DH says, "This is not our van." I then noticed the hair scrunchies and flip-flops on the floorboard that were definitly not mine. We all hurridly closed the doors and looked around. Thank goodness no one was around. Our van was 3 vehicles down from it's twin. I wonder what they thought when they got there and all their stuff was moved and the Pepsi was gone. I also wonder who goes to WDW and doesn't lock their doors. That should've been our first clue that it wasn't ours. DH is OCD about locking doors.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

We were leaving MK, had written down where our van was, and walked straight to it from the tram. We opened the doors, DS threw a T-shirt that was on the back seat onto the third row seats, I tossed DH's sunglasses onto the dashboard, aggrovated that he'd put them in my seat when I was getting ready to get in, and poured out DS's hot Pepsi that was in the cup holder. Just then, DH says, "This is not our van." I then noticed the hair scrunchies and flip-flops on the floorboard that were definitly not mine. We all hurridly closed the doors and looked around. Thank goodness no one was around. Our van was 3 vehicles down from it's twin. I wonder what they thought when they got there and all their stuff was moved and the Pepsi was gone. I also wonder who goes to WDW and doesn't lock their doors. That should've been our first clue that it wasn't ours. DH is OCD about locking doors.

The exact same thing happened to us. Not Disney related but still very embarassing for my mom.
We were coming out of Target a few years ago. We got in the car, shut the door, put the keys in the ignition. The problem? The car wouldn't turn on. I looked around and then went "Mom, not our car" She stood, screamed, and then ran like **** to our car. We sat in the car for a minute to catch our breath when we look back at the car. We saw the people walk over to the car. We didn't even stay long enough to see their reaction we just drove the heck away as fast as we could!

 

[SPJammer]

We were leaving MK, had written down where our van was, and walked straight to it from the tram. We opened the doors, DS threw a T-shirt that was on the back seat onto the third row seats, I tossed DH's sunglasses onto the dashboard, aggrovated that he'd put them in my seat when I was getting ready to get in, and poured out DS's hot Pepsi that was in the cup holder. Just then, DH says, "This is not our van." I then noticed the hair scrunchies and flip-flops on the floorboard that were definitly not mine. We all hurridly closed the doors and looked around. Thank goodness no one was around. Our van was 3 vehicles down from it's twin. I wonder what they thought when they got there and all their stuff was moved and the Pepsi was gone. I also wonder who goes to WDW and doesn't lock their doors. That should've been our first clue that it wasn't ours. DH is OCD about locking doors.

Hrmmm so that explains why my Pepsi was empty and my T-shirt was missing. I thought one of the ghosts escaped from Haunted Mansion and was trying to use our van as an escape vehicle.

J/K

 

[DisGirlAllie]

Hrmmm so that explains why my Pepsi was empty and my T-shirt was missing. I thought one of the ghosts escaped from Haunted Mansion and was trying to use our van as an escape vehicle.

J/K

 

[chrismb22]

This is more funny than embarrassing but what the heXX. My best friend and I were at Universal and it started POURING -- so like everyone else, we did the poncho run. Well, we went to put them on and since we we both had bags and stuff to hold, we thought it would be easier to help each other out. We walk away, everything's fine as we are going in the same direction. Next thing you know, she goes in one direction and I go in the other and we started pulling each other. Turns out we snapped our ponchos together. You should have seen the strange looks we got from people -- especially cause we couldn't stop laughing about it. We were in tears from laughing so hard. Now, whenever its' time to put a poncho on we go to opposite ends of the room.

 

[Maine-iac]

This is more funny than embarrassing but what the heXX. My best friend and I were at Universal and it started POURING -- so like everyone else, we did the poncho run. Well, we went to put them on and since we we both had bags and stuff to hold, we thought it would be easier to help each other out. We walk away, everything's fine as we are going in the same direction. Next thing you know, she goes in one direction and I go in the other and we started pulling each other. Turns out we snapped our ponchos together. You should have seen the strange looks we got from people -- especially cause we couldn't stop laughing about it. We were in tears from laughing so hard. Now, whenever its' time to put a poncho on we go to opposite ends of the room.

Now that sounds like something I would do. Too funny!

 

[chris&adrimom]

THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN DISNEYLAND, WHILE WALKING DOWN THE EXIT RAMP FROM AUTOTOPIA, I WAS WALKING WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY HAVING A BLAST TALKING ABOUT HOW FUN THE RIDE WAS . I THEN DISENGAGED MYSELF FROM THIER CONVERSATION AND STARTED LOOKING AROUND (WHILE STILL TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THEM) TO SEE WHAT RIDE WOULD BE FUN TO GO ON NEXT. THE NEXT THING I KNOW I FELT SOMETHING UNDERNEATH ME. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON SOMEONE HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA TO PUT A TRASHCAN ON THE EXIT RAMP, ME NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE I WAS GOING RAN RIGHT INTO IT. NOT ONLY DID I RUN INTO IT, I WAS RIDING IT. SWAYING BACK AND FOURTH TRYING TO REGAIN NOT ONLY MY BALANCE BUT MY SELF ESTEEM AS WELL. TALK ABOUT EMBARASING, NOT ONLY DID MY WHOLE FAMILY STAND THERE IN SHOCK AS THE WHOLE THING HAPPENED, BUT ANOTHER FAMILY WITNESSED THE WHOLE THING AS WELL. WHO WOULD'VE EVER THOUGHT I'D CREATE MY OWN RIDE AT DISNEY.

 

[MissMet]

My family went to WDW for a vacation a few years ago. My brother was about 19 at the time. We were staying at Poly & wanted to go to Epcot for the day. We took the monorail over to TnT to catch the monorail to Epcot. It was a very busy day & there were a lot of people waiting for the monorail. The monorail came & my family entered an empty car & took our seats. Then the other side's doors opened & everyone from the TnT parking lot got their chance to enter the monorail. People came piling in. My parents raised us right- we can't imagine not offering our seat to anyone who made need it. Anyway, my brother was sitting & a family walked into our car. The mother was standing in front of my brother with a toddler, while the dad was on the other side of the car with the stroller. Once the monorail got moving on our way & all the chaos of getting on a full monorail ended, my brother wanted to do the right thing & let the mom & her child, whom she was struggling to hold, sit. So in front of our whole monorail car my brother spits out, very loud, to the standing mother, "Excuse me mam, would you like to stand?" We just looked at him in kinda disbelief then laughed. He of course stammered for the right words until he finally got the point across. The mom was very nice about it & kinda giggled at him, while thanking him. Then we spent the rest of the ten minutes in awkward silence on the way to Epcot, trying to not make fun of the whole situation. That ride never felt so long.

Now whenever anyone in my family gets on the monorail we all think, "Excuse me mam, would you like to stand?"