Most Embarressing Moments at Disney

[Chuck65]

Not in WDW - but on the way there - we rented a minivan -(all look alike) we parked in front of the hotel and I (very pregnant at the time) ran in to get something at the front desk - it was rainning when I came out and I had put my head down and ran to the car - well I opened up the side door jumped in and looked up to see that it was NOT my family in the car. Meanwhile my family was watching me from the next car over and laughing the whole time.

 

[Mom2JoeyandBen]

We went to Epcot during our trip for our 3 year olds birthday. Our youngest son was only 2 and half months old at the time. We really wanted to go on Nemo and see turtle talk so we headed there first. They won't let you take a stroller into the ride so I put the baby into a carrier that you wear on your chest. His diaper was changed right before we went in so I figure we could make the ride and the show with no problem. Well the ride was closed down for some reason so we walked around for awhile until it was time to stand in line for the turtle talk. While standing there I started to smell something really bad, but I thought to myself it can't be my baby. He was just changed. Well the smell got worse and I started to believe that maybe it was my baby but I was at the front of the line so I said well I'll change him when we are done here. That would have worked but, a nice lady standing next to me tapped me and said " I think you baby's diaper is leaking!" I looked down and sure enough there was poop on me, my leg, my shoe, and all over the floor. I was mortified! I got my husband and son and told them we have to change the baby. THey didn't seem to grasp the problem becuase they didn't come with me with out a huge fight. Once they saw the amount of poop on me and started smelling me they realize that there would be no turtle talk for them that day! In the end I cleaned up, the baby was changed and I was too embrassed to go back to Turtle talk so we didn't get to see it. Hopefully our trip in Dec we will be able to see it.

 

[mattsdragon]

This reminds me of a cross-country drive my family took when I was eight years old. I remember it well because it was during the energy crisis and my brother and I were wedged in the back of a 1977 Toyota Corolla, which had less leg room than your average airline seat. It was also the summer that my brother learned to (there's no other way to put it) fart at will. State after state passed by as my brother broke wind, cheerfully fouling the air in the car. My dad was yelling furiously at him to stop,and my mom (dear, gullible Mom) kept insisting that he couldn't help it.

About two-thirds of the way through the trip, we stopped off at an attraction called (amusingly enough, in light of what happened next) Wind Cave. We joined a tour group and descended into the bowels of the earth. At one point, to emphasize the sound that gives the cave its name, the tour guide turned off his flashlight, plunging us in total darkness. A beat -- and then the loudest, longest, fruitiest fart you ever heard. Everyone in the group broke into hysterics. The light came back on, revealing my grinning brother, livid father, and completely mortified mother. It was pretty clear to everyone that our family was responsible.

The good thing from my perspective was that after this, Mom was finally convinced that my DB could in fact help it, and he got fined every time he farted for the rest of the trip.

Ah, the '77 Corolla, I remember it well. I spent many long trips wedged in the back seat of one with my sister.

The drive to Martha's Vineyard from Va was lots of fun, especially with beach chairs in the seat with us.

 

[ms.yt]

My moment was at Typhoon Lagoon on my son's first trip in 2003, when he was 5. We decided to ride that family raft ride thing (I don't remember the name) not knowing that they give you the giant raft halfway up the stairs. It was just the two of us, and my son was too young to help. For any of you who've been on this before, you know that thing is bulky and difficult to carry. I must have tripped over it half a dozen times while going up the stairs, so by the time we got to the top, I was ready to get rid of it! Without thinking, I threw it down into the water as soon as we got to the top. I didn't realize that my son was in its path, and the force of the raft knocked him over into the rocks lining the edge of the water.
He immediately started wailing, but there were tons of people waiting to get on the ride behind me that seemed very impatient, as did the CMs operating the ride. So, I scooped him up into the raft and we proceeded down the ride with him wailing like a banshee the whole way down. He's usually pretty tough about getting hurt, so I knew it was bad when it took him about 20 minutes to quit crying. He was fine, but he had a huge red scrape on his leg for the rest of the trip. Every time we look at the pictures from the last half of the trip, I'm reminded how I nearly maimed my son at the happiest place on earth!

 

[pkondz]

Not embarrassed at WDW but it started there. When we were there last (2005 it's been so long... and not going again 'til 2009! ) My DW and I decided we'd let the kids (DD4 & DD8 at the time) pick out a car antenna ball. "Go ahead", we said. "Pick out any one you want." Now, wherever I go, work, out with the boys, whatever, I'm accompanied by my nice pink princess antenna ball. Oh well, my kids' happiness is more important than my dignity right?... Right?... Someone please tell me it is... please?

 

[dauser]

A few years ago I went to WDW with my parents, staying at POFQ. At the time I was 30 and my mother 62. On the way to the hotel I mentioned to my parents that I had forgotten my toothbrush. We checked in, my parents to their room and me to mine, and agreed to unpack and meet up with each other in a little bit.

My mother, being the thoughtful person she is, decided to go down to the general store on her own and buy me a toothbrush. As she was making the purchase, the clerk asked my mother if she had forgotten her toothbrush and she responded that she hadn't. She then asked my mom if her husband had forgotten his toothbrush. My mom, not wanting to get into a full discussion of the circumstances responded by saying 'Yes, my husband forgot his toothbrush.'

Well, it turns out that only a couple of minutes or so after my mom decided to go to the store, I made the same decision on my own. I walked in and saw my mother completing her transaction. 'Oh, are you buying my toothrush for me?' I asked. Needless to say, my mom and I got a very strange look from the clerk! My mom answered 'Yes' and hurried me out of the store. It wasn't until later that I understood both the strange look and my mother's haste in getting us out of there!

I never thought I would be mistaken for my mother's husband, and hope it never happens again!

 

[sparklemom]

Ah, the '77 Corolla, I remember it well. I spent many long trips wedged in the back seat of one with my sister.

The drive to Martha's Vineyard from Va was lots of fun, especially with beach chairs in the seat with us.

Dear lord, I can't think how you'd fit beach chairs in there!

We used to do the Cape, too, but it was only a three hour drive (at least 45 min of which was the approach to the Sagamore Bridge).

 

[sparklemom]

I never thought I would be mistaken for my mother's husband, and hope it never happens again!

Go Mom!

 

[chrismb22]

I never thought I would be mistaken for my mother's husband, and hope it never happens again!

Similar (but not at Disney) I have family in Vegas and when I was about 18/19 my dad and I were rushing to catch a plane to get there (it was a connecting flight so we were really booking from one terminal to another) Anyway, we get there and we wre like the last ones on the plane and the flight attendant checking our tickets looked at us and said "you two look like a Vegas couple" I almost passed out and then had the joy of explaining what she meant to my dad. I'll never forget it.

 

[ddaz]

Great Thread!

 

[Figment's Girl]

I've been reading this thread all night and only up to page 14 but I have to leave two stories before I go to bed.

#1
All of my uncles are police officers in our home city and one of them played host to an officer coming from South Africa, his name is Gavin. He was here for 4 months and became very close to our family. He was fascinated with everything here. We all love Disney so we hopped in the car and took him down to Florida.
Now Gavin at the time was in his early 30s, 6' 4" and solid muscle. He is a cop from an area in Johannsburg that is very rough so when you look at him, you think he's a tough guy. I did too until we got done riding Splash Mountain and the two 8 year old boys that were sitting behind him were trying to help us pry his white knuckled fingers off the bar. The drop scared the crap out of him

#2 (This one I post only because my family thinks it's hilarious and still tease me)
For the first decade or so of my life, every year that we went to Disney, we stayed at Fort Wilderness. I always loved going to the Chip N' Dale fire and roast marshmellows. Well one time I was roasting a marshmellow and when I went to pull it off, I got it all over my hands and it was really hot so I tried to toss it into the fire. But of course it was stuck to my hand so it shot out like a yoyo before it came back and hit me square in the chest. My family was cracking up and I just wanted to get all of the mess off of me. Being 6, I figured I could just wipe it off on anything and it would go away. So I wiped my hand on the ground, only to end up with rocks and grass glued to my hand with marshmellow. To this day whenever we have marshmellows, I'm asked to entertain everyone.

 

[Praise2Him]

#2 (This one I post only because my family thinks it's hilarious and still tease me)
For the first decade or so of my life, every year that we went to Disney, we stayed at Fort Wilderness. I always loved going to the Chip N' Dale fire and roast marshmellows. Well one time I was roasting a marshmellow and when I went to pull it off, I got it all over my hands and it was really hot so I tried to toss it into the fire. But of course it was stuck to my hand so it shot out like a yoyo before it came back and hit me square in the chest. My family was cracking up and I just wanted to get all of the mess off of me. Being 6, I figured I could just wipe it off on anything and it would go away. So I wiped my hand on the ground, only to end up with rocks and grass glued to my hand with marshmellow. To this day whenever we have marshmellows, I'm asked to entertain everyone.

I can just picture this...it is hilarious!

 

[Racemom17]

Our embarrassing moment could have been prevented if they sold muzzles for children. Last year I was standing in line with my 3 boys, Alex-10,Adam-6 and Nathan-3 at The Jungle Cruise...a CM monitoring the end of the line came over and was chatting to us. My youngest had on his Cars Lightning McQueen shirt. Now if there was ever a Disney character modeled after a human it had to be this guy. He had the same facial expression and teeth as Mater...and he had a very twangy accent...

CM to little one: Who is your favorite CARS character:
Nathan: Lightning
CM: My favorite is Mater (imagine that)
Adam: Well you look like him.
CM is not sure how to respond...I am just hoping the conversation ends at this point.
Adam: And you talk like him also.

Poor guy just kind of smiled and walked away...now I was thinking it but leave it to my little mouth with no filter...

 

[Disneywoz]

#2 (This one I post only because my family thinks it's hilarious and still tease me)
For the first decade or so of my life, every year that we went to Disney, we stayed at Fort Wilderness. I always loved going to the Chip N' Dale fire and roast marshmellows. Well one time I was roasting a marshmellow and when I went to pull it off, I got it all over my hands and it was really hot so I tried to toss it into the fire. But of course it was stuck to my hand so it shot out like a yoyo before it came back and hit me square in the chest. My family was cracking up and I just wanted to get all of the mess off of me. Being 6, I figured I could just wipe it off on anything and it would go away. So I wiped my hand on the ground, only to end up with rocks and grass glued to my hand with marshmellow. To this day whenever we have marshmellows, I'm asked to entertain everyone.

OMG....I love this one!!!

 

[RoyalRoseBlue]

Not sure if I posted this yet, but I was working at CBR on my birthday and was guarding at the main pool. Everything was going well, when all of a sudden my knee just gave out on me. Well, sicne I was standing at the edge of the pool, as you can guess, I feel in. Water up my nose and everything. How embarrassing! I would have been more embarrassed if the other guard I was working with had to jump in and save me. Hmm, a lifeguard saving a lifeguard. Not good. So, the following week, I had to work in housekeeping making cute little animals out of washclothes. That was kind of fun!

 

[Fintastic]

Not Disney related, but only because DD hasn't been there yet. I'm sure I'll come back with some stories. Here are a couple that make me scared to take DD out in public:

The other night DD and I were outside when I pointed out the first star to pop out. (I think it was Venus, but whatever.) I said, “Look, let’s make a wish on that star! I wish for a big hug from DD.” So she jumped up into my arms and gave me a huge squeeze. I was thinking about how sweet she was. Then she farted against my arm and said, “You wished for that too.”

So much for my sweet little girl.

A couple of weeks ago we went to a concert put on by DH's church. At intermission I took DD to the bathroom. She picked a stall (“This one is perfect!”) and I stood outside waiting for her (since she refuses to let me in with her). The bathroom was crowded with women trying to finish before the end of intermission, so there were lots of witnesses when DD said suddenly and very loudly, “Hey Mommy – wanna see my butt?” The whole bathroom heard that and everybody started laughing. And the stall door swung open and there was my precious angel with her pants around her ankles. Why are preschoolers so fascinated with that stuff??

 

[Tammysue5]

I have to say that this thread has made my day! We just got back from WDW and although this may not seem as funny... it truly was one of those moments when you wish you had a camera to record the look on someones face. (Namely my 16 yr son)

We were riding the bus and a nice middle age couple was sitting across from us... she had on a one pc. swim suit w/shorts. There was a black bug in her hair and being polite we told her and she brushed it off,,,, well unbeknownst to her it landed on her swimsuit. I politely pointed that it was on her and she freaked out.... now she didn't just brush it off,,,, she literally yanked her top open and boomeranged the bug off. Giving our whole family full view of her ample chest. Not just a 'quicky-did-I-really-see-that" look... I was so proud of my family,, no one said a thing!!!!! My husband looked away and the 5 & 8 yr old girls put their heads down.... but it was my 16 yr old sons look that almost made me lose it! No one says a word until we get off the bus and my son says 'Man, I get flashed for the first time and that is what I see"....

Thinking this was a one time thing.... the next day my husband and I were on the bus and a lady and her two girls had come from one of the water parks and in an attempt to put her shirt on,,, she flashes us and then laughs. My husband later ask if he was wearing a sign saying... Flash me.

 

[Lisa Hale]

I have to say that this thread has made my day! We just got back from WDW and although this may not seem as funny... it truly was one of those moments when you wish you had a camera to record the look on someones face. (Namely my 16 yr son)

We were riding the bus and a nice middle age couple was sitting across from us... she had on a one pc. swim suit w/shorts. There was a black bug in her hair and being polite we told her and she brushed it off,,,, well unbeknownst to her it landed on her swimsuit. I politely pointed that it was on her and she freaked out.... now she didn't just brush it off,,,, she literally yanked her top open and boomeranged the bug off. Giving our whole family full view of her ample chest. Not just a 'quicky-did-I-really-see-that" look... I was so proud of my family,, no one said a thing!!!!! My husband looked away and the 5 & 8 yr old girls put their heads down.... but it was my 16 yr old sons look that almost made me lose it! No one says a word until we get off the bus and my son says 'Man, I get flashed for the first time and that is what I see"....

Thinking this was a one time thing.... the next day my husband and I were on the bus and a lady and her two girls had come from one of the water parks and in an attempt to put her shirt on,,, she flashes us and then laughs. My husband later ask if he was wearing a sign saying... Flash me.

Those really are some interesting moments. We had a similar one this year on a bus coming back from Animal Kingdom which stopped at BB before going back to CBR. Only she didn't exactly flash us, but was a VERY well endowed, VERY large woman who chose to display her "girls" in a leopard (hm....cheetah, not sure, I really tried not to look), 2 piece swim suit with a swim skirt around her waist. And, unfortunately, we were on one of the buses that has everyone sitting across from each other, and she sat immediately across from my son (13). Well, fortunately, an older man who had entered the bus just after her saw my sons flaming red face and stopped and stood between them rather than sitting down himself. My son later said he hoped to never see the woman we affectionately refer to as B**bzilla, again. My DH was holding a sleeping 4 year old and hid behind her. The funniest part was my son being beyond red and turning purple trying as hard as he could to find something interesting on the floor, ceiling, at ME, anywhere he could. Bless the gentleman's heart, his wife didn't immediately understand why he didn't go back and sit with her, but he discreetly nodded his head toward 'Zilla and then toward my son and she just giggled her heart out the rest of the way back to the resort. They were such a sweet couple to have pity on a young, impressionable and quite possibly traumatized teenage boy.

 

[princesskelz]

ha these are great keep em commin

 

[DisGirlAllie]

Our embarrassing moment could have been prevented if they sold muzzles for children. Last year I was standing in line with my 3 boys, Alex-10,Adam-6 and Nathan-3 at The Jungle Cruise...a CM monitoring the end of the line came over and was chatting to us. My youngest had on his Cars Lightning McQueen shirt. Now if there was ever a Disney character modeled after a human it had to be this guy. He had the same facial expression and teeth as Mater...and he had a very twangy accent...

CM to little one: Who is your favorite CARS character:
Nathan: Lightning
CM: My favorite is Mater (imagine that)
Adam: Well you look like him.
CM is not sure how to respond...I am just hoping the conversation ends at this point.
Adam: And you talk like him also.

Poor guy just kind of smiled and walked away...now I was thinking it but leave it to my little mouth with no filter...

I have to say that this thread has made my day! We just got back from WDW and although this may not seem as funny... it truly was one of those moments when you wish you had a camera to record the look on someones face. (Namely my 16 yr son)

We were riding the bus and a nice middle age couple was sitting across from us... she had on a one pc. swim suit w/shorts. There was a black bug in her hair and being polite we told her and she brushed it off,,,, well unbeknownst to her it landed on her swimsuit. I politely pointed that it was on her and she freaked out.... now she didn't just brush it off,,,, she literally yanked her top open and boomeranged the bug off. Giving our whole family full view of her ample chest. Not just a 'quicky-did-I-really-see-that" look... I was so proud of my family,, no one said a thing!!!!! My husband looked away and the 5 & 8 yr old girls put their heads down.... but it was my 16 yr old sons look that almost made me lose it! No one says a word until we get off the bus and my son says 'Man, I get flashed for the first time and that is what I see"....

Thinking this was a one time thing.... the next day my husband and I were on the bus and a lady and her two girls had come from one of the water parks and in an attempt to put her shirt on,,, she flashes us and then laughs. My husband later ask if he was wearing a sign saying... Flash me.