Odd things you've overheard in the parks

[Funfire240]

Last month at MK, I was exiting Fantasyland through the castle. There was a woman walking the opposite way and when she got to the point right past BBB where it opens up, she said "I didn't know ALL of THIS was back here!"

Oh, and my DD is one of those who hates being called a princess. I don't remember how many times she asked to wear her princess dresses and then made sure to set anyone who called her a princess straight, "I am not a princess, I'm just a girl and my name is ...."

That's close to what my DD6 says...I'm not a real princess,I'm just dressed like one.

 

[myjourney]

This was not at Disney, but Disney related. My 30 year old daughter is named Elsa. So when she called the insurance agent after purchasing a new car he said to her "Do you know you have a Disney princess name?" she said "yes" he said "Did your parents name you after her?" He was not kidding, and no she did not buy insurance from him

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Not necessarily odd but thought it was funny

Rode EE single rider and was seated next to a girl about 9 or 10 and the entire ride after cresting the big hill she was yelling "curse you Yeti!!!"

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

Oh well, this was a fun thread.

 

[Laineysmom]

For example one time after getting off the jungle cruise a women came over with a child sleeping in the stolier and asked if she could bor with the stroller. The CM their informed her that they can only take a wheelchair or ECV on the boats for safety reasons and would not load the stroller in the lift. The woman then asked if she could do rider sawp the cm informeed her that since everyone could ride they didn't offer it. The women then asked if she could leave her sleeping child in the stolier on the dock well she rode. At that point I walked away as I thought this woman is nuts and want to leave their kid alone in a stroller well they ride the jungle cruise?

I was at Disneyland a fees years back when a CM was moving strollers and discovered a baby asleep. Parents had been doing this all day apparently. The park went into lock down when the parent got off a ride and couldn't find the stroller. My friend had to go the first aid station which is where the cm had brought the baby so she got an earful from the nurse about the situation.

 

[Toadlover]

I love this thread.

 

[ammag]

This isn't really overheard but my sister in law got back form their first trip and said she left her entire purse on top of the stroller all day. Phone, wallet, everything. I said wow you're so lucky nobody stole it! She replied, oh it's safe at disney nobody steals anything,

Um.

Of course this is a family who didn't even know small world and Peter Pan existed and spent most of the day lost. With paper maps and iPhones.

 

[Bertnie20]

I'm loving this thread lol

 

[mhochman]

We were at Epcot the year it opened (I was 10). We were deciding which country we wanted to eat dinner in (in those days, you were perfectly safe making a reservation that day. In fact, it was a lot of fun making dining reservations in Future World via video chat with a cast member). The family at the video terminal next to us was also deciding and the mom suggested the Chinese restaurant. Teenage boy says: "I don't know. Is it Chinese Chinese food, or american Chinese food?"

Now, I've been to China, so I know that authentic Chinese cuisine is a bit different than what we get in the USA. But I'm sure the boy hadn't been there and was just making an assumption. After my experience in China, I think his question was a smart one, even if he didn't realize it. That said, at the time it was hilarious and we always laughed about it on subsequent trips.

 

[DisneyDahling]

About 4 years ago, DH and I were exiting Soarin' during late night EMH's. The park was pretty bare, but there was a family of 4 infront of us, whose younger child (possibly 3 or 4) was unmistakably UNHAPPY.

Thinking that the few yards between us would have been enough to cover my snide comment (Hey, I was child-less at the time), I said to my husband, "Child Meltdown, straight ahead".

Imagine my surprise when the older sibling startled to cackle "Child Melt down! Child Melt Down! Child Melt Down!".

We quickly ducked the other way but now use the term often, and in reference to our own little meltdown.

 

[readytogotodisney]

We were riding the monorail years ago, it was pretty empty, but we were sharing a car with another family.
What I assumed to be the Mom was talking to the Dad and said "this place is incredible. They have everything, restaurants, hotels, their own transportation... It's like it's they're in their own world."

I just looked over at my DH and whispered pretty fitting given they've named it Disney WORLD.

I've also have numerous trips in various bus rides where one person is giving very bad advice to another stranger.

Last time I over heard one lady tell another about new Harry Potter area they were currently building and how they couldn't wait to come back to Disney to see it.

 

[DisneyFan2013]

Two non-park stories. While waiting in the DME line at MCO, I notice a family with a huge amount of checked luggage in the line next to mine. They were trying to figure out how they were going to get a yellow DME tag on each bag.......seems they had 6 people but 8 bags. They started a heated 'discussion' about why certain people had brought too much stuff. So, I leaned over and said, nicely, 'You don't need to put those tags on the bags. They're really supposed to be put on before you leave home, so you don't have to go to baggage claim, and then Disney will move them for you. No reason for them now.' Well.....I got this response..'Do you work for Disney?' 'No.' 'Didn't think so. I think well just follow the instructions DISNEY gave us.' And turned away, and continued the argument. Oh well.
Or, the friend (15 yrs older then me) who informed me that only those people staying at the GF were allowed to sit up front in the monorail (back when that was still possible) , and also that people staying at the GF had a direct line to Epcot. I told her that she must have transferred at the TTC. 'Nope, GF people have a special direct monorail line. I know...we took it several times.' Okay.

LOL...people are funny.

 

[alkc71]

Came off Kali last summer drenched! Water dripping off my nose drenched! A family waiting in line stopped and stared ... Quite surprised the young lady said to her mom..."do you really get wet?"

 

[bdoyledimou]

Teenage boy says: "I don't know. Is it Chinese Chinese food, or american Chinese food?"
.

Our city has an 80% Asian population -- and we have to clarify this distinction whenever someone suggests Chinese food -- do we want Chinese Chinese or Canadian Chinese

 

[HM2012Butler]

Tell them you're a part owner and offer to sign an autograph! They'll tell friends back home they know the owner of Disney!

One time while working at the HM, I had a woman who was delaying the show by blocking the door. I kept asking her to step away from the walls. She refused. At some point my tone turned from "Disney friendly" to rude. She said "you should be nicer to me. I own this place"

 

[BeerMe]

On a t-shirt "9th annual Snow White and the 11 beers drink around the world"
.

I've got to get one of those. Over the years I've had several different Mickey beer drinking t-shirts.

 

[swebb0310]

I was telling one of my friends about the story someone posted about the people calling space mountain "soarin". My niece thought it was so funny, and every time we saw space mountain she said, oh look! It's soarin!

 

[AustinB]

"I heard the Soarin' in California is themed after Aladdin's carpet!"

Sadly, I'm not even kidding...

 

[BeerMe]

"I heard the Soarin' in California is themed after Aladdin's carpet!"
.

It isn't?

 

[TinkSassy]

My favorite I actually heard at DL. We were walking up Main Street and I hear this guy talking about the castle - "Boy Sleeping Beauty really got jipped - Cinderella got the castle and she got the condo!"

Loved that!