Most Embarressing Moments at Disney

[Trentmom]

Not embarrasing, but this totally reminded me of one of my favorite stories from DLP. My sister, Dad, and I were riding Big Thunder there, and we had a great time - the ride is really fun, with a neat little trip outside right on the water (it goes underground out to an island, around the island, and then back to the start) We got back to the load, and our safety bars didn't pop up - we were locked in our seats! We tried to get the attention of the French CMs - they are a little more, shall we say relaxed on the job and were not at all paying attention or noticing that a whole car couldn't load or unload. My family doesn't speak a word of French (we tried English) nor did the family stuck in front of us (they didn't speak English or French) so our attempts to get the CMs to notice us didn't do anything. We ended up riding three times before someone noticed and unlocked our bars manually. It was hilarious because we kept giving the other family the look - oh well, I guess we're going again! It was so strange, but really funny at the same time, and I'm so glad we got to ride those extra times!

OMG...that is too funny!!

But, I am thinking the next peple waiting to ride might not have agreed with that...

 

[klmall]

Off topic for a minute - Glad you enjoyed my Mom's 3 ride story! She is notorious in our family for "funny screwups". When I was little we used to grocery shop at a local strip mall. There was only one lamp pole in the entire parking lot and it was way out from where we usually parked. She backed into it with our big old station wagon not once, but twice. And this same parking lot had a drainage ditch running along one side. You guessed it! She backed down into it also!

On topic - They started going to Disney World after I got married so I never got to witness their WDW escapades but Dad used to tell the story of how she backed the motorhome over someone's pink plastic flamingo at Fort Wilderness. Then they had to go all over Orlando hunting for another pink flamingo even though the 'flattened flamingo' family insisted it wasn't important. Mom said it was "camping ethics" or something. Dad is gone now so Mom won't admit to much of this today of course but my sister and two brothers who lived through it with her are still around to tell the dead flamingo tale and others!

 

[Piglets Mommy]

I needed a good laugh today! Thanks! Keep the great stories coming. I'm sure I'll have some to add when we get back!

 

[DebIreland]

Off topic for a minute - Glad you enjoyed my Mom's 3 ride story! She is notorious in our family for "funny screwups". When I was little we used to grocery shop at a local strip mall. There was only one lamp pole in the entire parking lot and it was way out from where we usually parked. She backed into it with our big old station wagon not once, but twice. And this same parking lot had a drainage ditch running along one side. You guessed it! She backed down into it also!

Years ago I read something about a desert with just one single Joshua Tree being the only piece of vegetation for hundreds of miles and yet, cars have backed into that tree and hit off it numerous times.

she backed the motorhome over someone's pink plastic flamingo at Fort Wilderness. Then they had to go all over Orlando hunting for another pink flamingo even though the 'flattened flamingo' family insisted it wasn't important. Mom said it was "camping ethics" or something.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[gcoxua]

My most embarassing moment happened during MVMCP. My wife and I were sitting on the curb on Main Street watching the last parade of the night. We had been sitting there a while and had not moved from that spot. When we get up to leave my wife looks down and starts laughing. I said what are you laughing at. She said, "looks like you had an accident!" I had been sitting in hot chocolate and the khaki shorts made it worse. So here I am on Main Street with a big brown stain on my butt. SO, needless to say my evening was over. It was time to make a mad dash to the hotel room.

What I could never figure out is where the hot chocolate came from. I had checked my spot before I sad down because I didn't want something like this to happen. This just goes to show when it is your time for an embarassing moment it will just happen.

 

[chrismb22]

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

Ok, I'm halfway thru this thread but just had to tell you I am holding my mouth trying not to laugh at work. I have tears running down my face. That story was fabulous!!!!

I have 2 stories. The first, we were at Wolfgang Puck's, sitting outside and I am going towards the bushes to my seat. Well, the waiter neglected to tell me there was a ledge there and I went to pull my chair back and me and the chair go RIGHT into the bushes. I quickly got up and did a "ta da" dance (everyone was watching anyway, might as well make a joke out of it!)

The second embarassing moment could have been a lot worse -- but luckily sunglasses kept it at bay. It was the end of our first day of a week long trip. I had planned this trip for months for my boyfriend and I. I was VERY nervous about going because he had never been to Disney before and I was afraid he wasn't going to like it. (My ex HATED it and swore he would never go back.) We were leaving Epcot and there was somehing that was closed or whatever and he made a comment about "when we come back next year" and then thanked me for taking him to such an amazing place. Well, I started crying my eyes out, I was so relieved and every time I tried to stop, I started again. It lasted a good 10 minutes (I am tearing up now, as I type) and I'll never forget it. That sealed the deal for me. In fact, we just started planning our January trip and he's just as involved as me now. I asked where he wanted to go first and he said EVERYWHERE

 

[Trentmom]

Ok, I'm halfway thru this thread but just had to tell you I am holding my mouth trying not to laugh at work. I have tears running down my face. That story was fabulous!!!!

I have 2 stories. The first, we were at Wolfgang Puck's, sitting outside and I am going towards the bushes to my seat. Well, the waiter neglected to tell me there was a ledge there and I went to pull my chair back and me and the chair go RIGHT into the bushes. I quickly got up and did a "ta da" dance (everyone was watching anyway, might as well make a joke out of it!)

The second embarassing moment could have been a lot worse -- but luckily sunglasses kept it at bay. It was the end of our first day of a week long trip. I had planned this trip for months for my boyfriend and I. I was VERY nervous about going because he had never been to Disney before and I was afraid he wasn't going to like it. (My ex HATED it and swore he would never go back.) We were leaving Epcot and there was somehing that was closed or whatever and he made a comment about "when we come back next year" and then thanked me for taking him to such an amazing place. Well, I started crying my eyes out, I was so relieved and every time I tried to stop, I started again. It lasted a good 10 minutes (I am tearing up now, as I type) and I'll never forget it. That sealed the deal for me. In fact, we just started planning our January trip and he's just as involved as me now. I asked where he wanted to go first and he said EVERYWHERE

That is too funny falling in the bushes...

Your second story....that is so touching.....

So, since he is a disney lover and you to seem very happy together, when is the wedding?

You know someone had to ask, mine as well be me....

 

[chrismb22]

And one more thing ... I'm sure I'll have tons of stories of MAJOR embarrassing moments with characters when I get back in January. See, I have this irrational fear of characters who look like "real people" like Mary Poppins, Prince Charming etc. I'm fine with characters like Mickey, Donald, Pooh, Pluto etc. (I LOVE them) but "real" looking characters freak me out for some reason. My boyfriend and best friend know this -- and have each tried to get me in embarrassing situations. Now, the've never been there together but when the two of them and her husband tag team me, I think I'll be in trouble.

Any advice?

 

[MonoManBlue]

Mine goes back quite a few years, when I was like 12-ish we went on MuppetVision, and after the show, my mom asked what I thought, and I replied with

"it was great, and that little guy was talking to me"

and she said what do you mean?? to which I said

"he said 'everyone thinks im talking to them, but im really just talking to you' and pointed right at me"


my mom had to go through a big spell of explaining that in reality he would point at everyone, and since then (im 21 now) I hear about it everytime I get close to that ride.

 

[familyS]

Thank you all so much for sharing! When I got to the pantyliner story I laughed out loud here at work
Keep them coming

 

[tamimouse]

We have a couple of memorable moments:
2. A couple of years ago, I had convinced my husband to go to one of the buffets with me at the resort. My husband never likes to be the center of attention. As we went back and forth to the buffet, I noticed that several people seem to watch him closely. But brushed it off, thinking that some were foreigners and were just watching us as Americans.
As we get ready to leave and get up, I step behind him, only to notice that the panty shield (that mysteriously went missing as I dressed that morning) was stuck to his behind! I just about went to the floor on that one.
He didn't think it was that funny...

I think this is hilarious because I secretly hope something like this would happen to my husband as pay back for not picking up those items for me at the store when if ask him.

 

[chrismb22]

You know someone had to ask, mine as well be me....

Actually, he doesn't know this so shhhhhhhhh but I"m hoping to make our Jan. 08 trip a belated honeymoon. Since, if we do get married, we just plan on doing something low key (I've been married before) I figure, this way, we can just tell everyone we want disney dollars and decided to go in Jan. 08 since it's less crowded. (I"m always working an angle LOL)

 

[pkondz]

Not embarrasing, but this totally reminded me of one of my favorite stories from DLP. My sister, Dad, and I were riding Big Thunder there, and we had a great time - the ride is really fun, with a neat little trip outside right on the water (it goes underground out to an island, around the island, and then back to the start) We got back to the load, and our safety bars didn't pop up - we were locked in our seats! We tried to get the attention of the French CMs - they are a little more, shall we say relaxed on the job and were not at all paying attention or noticing that a whole car couldn't load or unload. My family doesn't speak a word of French (we tried English) nor did the family stuck in front of us (they didn't speak English or French) so our attempts to get the CMs to notice us didn't do anything. We ended up riding three times before someone noticed and unlocked our bars manually.

Ya know, I do speak french but if it had been me, this is the way it would've happened...
Someone else: "Oh, no! If someone doesn't tell the CMs we're stuck, we'll have to go again and again! Does anyone here speak french?"
Me: "Oui, je parle fran... I mean, nope! Don't speak a word of french! Guess we'll just have to go around again! Darn! What bad luck!"

 

[pkondz]

And one more thing ... I'm sure I'll have tons of stories of MAJOR embarrassing moments with characters when I get back in January. See, I have this irrational fear of characters who look like "real people" like Mary Poppins, Prince Charming etc. I'm fine with characters like Mickey, Donald, Pooh, Pluto etc. (I LOVE them) but "real" looking characters freak me out for some reason. My boyfriend and best friend know this -- and have each tried to get me in embarrassing situations. Now, the've never been there together but when the two of them and her husband tag team me, I think I'll be in trouble.

Any advice?

Yes, relax, I do have very good and sound advice for you... after you come back from WDW make sure you come back to this thread and post all your embarrasing moments for us to read!

 

[Trentmom]

Actually, he doesn't know this so shhhhhhhhh but I"m hoping to make our Jan. 08 trip a belated honeymoon. Since, if we do get married, we just plan on doing something low key (I've been married before) I figure, this way, we can just tell everyone we want disney dollars and decided to go in Jan. 08 since it's less crowded. (I"m always working an angle LOL)

You too much...

Sounds like a plan!!!

 

[Trentmom]

BUMP....

Anyone return recently and have some stories to share??

we would love to hear them or even old ones....

 

[trappednabox]

OMG!! Thanks Trentmom for giving up the link

Ok I'll tell mine, i've never told ANYONE this and my family who were there are banned from even thinking about it

We stayed at the Poly in July in '05, it was our 1st trip ever to WDW so we were taking a ton of pictures and making videos of the kids around the hotel. So we stop at one of the little tiki statue things to take their picture at and I had to pass gas, since no one was around but us I let it go. To make it worse it was very musical it kinda went eeeeeeeeeeeeeee BOOM!! Thank God the video camera wasn't on

 

[Piglets Mommy]

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[Trentmom]

OMG!! Thanks Trentmom for giving up the link

Ok I'll tell mine, i've never told ANYONE this and my family who were there are banned from even thinking about it

We stayed at the Poly in July in '05, it was our 1st trip ever to WDW so we were taking a ton of pictures and making videos of the kids around the hotel. So we stop at one of the little tiki statue things to take their picture at and I had to pass gas, since no one was around but us I let it go. To make it worse it was very musical it kinda went eeeeeeeeeeeeeee BOOM!! Thank God the video camera wasn't on

OMG>>>> I seriously just laughed out loud at that...I could so hear the sound......

You are welcome...

Thank to you for contributing.....

 

[Trentmom]

Okay, this is not Disney related in anyway, but just thought it was too funny

When I was younger like 7 or 8 my mom used to be a court reporter in our small town.

Every Thursdaa or wednesday night, my dad would take me and DB to court to sit in the courtroom to listen to all the crazy stories..there were some good ones, not that I can remember.

Well, there was this old man called Old Hopper that was always in trouble for something or another..

Well, all of sudden......You hear...'Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeppp....and it Stank!!!" (it was my dad)

So, my dad goes and looks at OLD Man Hopper and make a face and points at him, to put the blame on him...

Well, you know how kids are, especically little ones...., I go"' Ew Daddy, you are disgusting!!!"

It was loud enough that even the judge could hear...

My dad was so embarassed and I saw my mom cracking up while trying to type the transcript of what was going on..

Kids say the Darndest things!!!