One of the funniest things I've ever heard at WDW:

[cherbear]

I posted this on another thread, but I think it's appropriate to post here now.

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My late Grandmother (rest her soul), she never liked to waste ANYTHING. My parents, sister, myself, and my best friend took a trip with HER....and my Grandpa---Grandma and Grandpa weren't even married anymore! Been divorced since before I was born.

So as if that's not crazy enough. One morning, we ate breakfast at our resort (coronado). That afternoon we were back at the resort and waiting on a "Limo" to come pick us up to bring us to a DVC presentation. According to my grandfather, it would be a limo. We waited, and waited, and WAITED. Apparently Grandpa got the time wrong?

Then up pulls a DVC van, and grandpa says "This is us!" Keep in mind that none of us could afford DVC, except for my grandpa maybe--but he dragged everyone along b/c we'd get meal certificates afterwards.

So here we are in our "Limo bus" as I jokingly like to refer to it. We teens are trying to act "well-to-do" as are my parents. My grandma is seated in the middle row of the van, in earshot of everyone including the driver. And at some point during the ride, she reaches into her purse....and pulls out a napkin. She opens it up and yells, "Oh GIIIIIIRLS, does anyone want this piece of bacon I saved from breakfast??!"

We are mortified. We are trying to look RICH here! My dad gives her the evil eye and they are doing that hand swatting thing like "PUT THAT THING AWAY!"

The driver didn't say anything but I sure know he heard, and what he must have been thinking! "Crazy old lady! And these people think they can afford DVC?"

We did sit through the presentation and we did get our free meal----at the Quick service restaurant at the AKL. Was it worth the whole experience? Errr...I beg to differ. I would have MUCH rather been at a park!

Fast forward to that night. Grandma slept in the same room as myself and my BFF. Because we had to make sure she and Grandpa were separated because, as I mentioned before, they were long divorced. The way that she ended up coming on this trip with us is a WHOLE other story in itself!

Well I am closing my eyes and I hear a little munching sound. I look up and Grandma is by the tv. I say "What in the world are you doing?"

"Eating this piece of bacon, I didn't want it to go to waste!"



Bless her heart. I miss her so much. We have such great stories and I know that she knows we tell them to remember her. I'm sure that she giggles up in Heaven.

Now it's become a tradition on every single Disney trip. SOMEONE always ends up doing the bacon prank! Back in '09 I got my DH on a VERY full Disney bus, after a long day at DHS. "Oh honey, do you want this piece of bacon I saved from breakfast this morning?"....quite loudly actually. Oh the LOOKS we receive!! So if anyone ever sees someone offer up a piece of bacon to someone else in their party, my family is involved. Say hello!!

It's also a tradition not reserved for just Disney....my dad did this to me at the mall one day after having breakfast at Waffle House. LOL

 

[kaffinito]

Kind of sad to say but I resemble parts of this thread. My first trip I knew nothing about WDW. We paid rack rate plus and went during Spring Break 'cause I thought there wouldn't be many people there.

I was also going by memories of my first trip from 1973, and thought I knew Disney World. I had a total fit when I found out that I had to park just to take another bus to go to Disney World.

I was surprised to find other parks there, and very surprised at the changes in Disney World itself (MK) and hugely surprised to find out that the other parks were also part of Disney World. Oh, and a ride in the giant golf ball - I didn't find out about that until my next trip.... Who knew?

It all worked out though - we ended up going to the other parks, I signed up for the DIS, and the rest is history....

 

[dominicve]

Great stories.

I was recently in the world showcase waiting for a lunch reservation in France. There are ~40-50 people, all with reservations, around waiting to be seated. A guy then stepped up to the hostess and starts speaking French to try and get a table. He left very upset when his shmoozing didn't work.

 

[Robo]

I was recently in the world showcase waiting for a lunch reservation in France. There are ~40-50 people, all with reservations, around waiting to be seated. A guy then stepped up to the hostess and starts speaking French to try and get a tale. He left very upset when his smoozing didn't work.

Sacré bleu!
Je suis plus important que ces Américains stupides et leurs annexes égoïste!

 

[winthropf]

Last fall during Food & Wine,

In Reflections de France, CM has just welcomed everyone in Frech,

"That was really rude! I can't believe he wouldn't speak English."

 

[pampam]

Leave it to Robo for the perfect rebuff.

 

[goofyernmost]

Sacré bleu!
Je suis plus important que ces Américains stupides et leurs annexes égoïste!

You do that and you'll clean it up! At least I think so. I'm afraid that the only French I know is...Eiffel Tower, Charles DeGaulle, Cut de grass, mow de lawn and Chevrolet Coupe.

 

[tlenzendorf]

You do that and you'll clean it up! At least I think so. I'm afraid that the only French I know is...Eiffel Tower, Charles DeGaulle, Cut de grass, mow de lawn and Chevrolet Coupe.

Don't forget French fries!

 

[Ms. Heimlich]

Whilst (not) enjoying a dinner at one of the resorts on property, my daughter (15 at the time) was having a particularly rough time with our waitperson.

Her drink never arrived. Her food was wrong. No bread. Just a bad night.

As dead pan as you can imagine, she looked right at me and said...

"This place.... Has NO magic."

And looked away.

I laughed so hard I thought I was going to have to leave the restaurant.

Coming from her, a normally VERY upbeat, bubbly teen (minus most of the angst that usually accompanies it) it was hysterical.

 

[dizneyjill]

These are GREAT!

This March when we were there for DW first trip we walked from Boardwalk to Epcot after showing her around, when we entered the back entrance another couple asked where the castle was and my wife like an expert said, "you are at the wrong park, there are 4 parks that make up the World, you need to head to Magic Kingdom, and you can't miss cinderella's Castle, but here you will find a bunch of countires and a giant Golf Ball...."

She started off so good, lol, but the couple walked away thinking they had met an expert....

My kids always called it the golf ball.......soooooooooo I do too...I think I only learned it's proper name a few years ago...and I still get excited when I see the "big golf ball" from the parking lot!

 

[Thumper_ehhhhh]

Don't forget French fries!

I though they were renamed freedom fries lol

 

[Disney Fool]

Sacré bleu!
Je suis plus important que ces Américains stupides et leurs annexes égoïste!

Love it!!! too funny, Robo!

 

[Coach81]

I posted this on another thread, but I think it's appropriate to post here now.

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So here we are in our "Limo bus" as I jokingly like to refer to it. We teens are trying to act "well-to-do" as are my parents. My grandma is seated in the middle row of the van, in earshot of everyone including the driver. And at some point during the ride, she reaches into her purse....and pulls out a napkin. She opens it up and yells, "Oh GIIIIIIRLS, does anyone want this piece of bacon I saved from breakfast??!"

We are mortified. We are trying to look RICH here! My dad gives her the evil eye and they are doing that hand swatting thing like "PUT THAT THING AWAY!"

The driver didn't say anything but I sure know he heard, and what he must have been thinking! "Crazy old lady! And these people think they can afford DVC?"

Well I am closing my eyes and I hear a little munching sound. I look up and Grandma is by the tv. I say "What in the world are you doing?"

I have great news.. we are FAR FROM RICH.. and we can easily afford DVC!!! You may want to give it a second look

 

[kakiegirl]

This is funny and also sad. As we were entering Epcot at Rope Drope last June there was a family in front of us. As we were entering the park the dad turned around and excitedly told his kids "this is the park with the Men in Black Ride". I hope they weren't to disapointed when they never found it.

 

[Rhongepooh]

We heard some of the BEST ones this past Thanksgiving. .. .

On POC the English family behind us. . .

Mother to daughter: Oh look, it's Johnny Depp! I wonder how they got him to do that?"

Daughter: You know mom that's not REALLY Johnny Depp.

Mother: Oh. . . .

I whispered to my daughter , "I SO want to go on the HM with this family!"


Getting off Splash Mountian one night there were two brothers (about 7 and 9) fighting each other with their mother. The older hit the younger and the younger laid into the older brother and said. . .

"I'm going to hit you till you're dead like forever!"

Me and my 16 year old still are saying that to each other when the other is mad at us!"

and the one that only a parent could get. . .

toward the end of the day a dad with his daughter. . .

"If you touch me again, I'm going to spank you!"

 

[BridgetR3]

Subscribing because these are hilarious! AND so I don't sound like a "first-timer" when I go to Disney for the first time ever in May!!!

 

[cherbear]

I have great news.. we are FAR FROM RICH.. and we can easily afford DVC!!! You may want to give it a second look

Oh I know...I plan on buying into DVC within the next 5-10 years. But you know how you are when you're a teenager (as I was at the time of the 'bacon incident'). We were trying to act well behaved and hoity-toity because it was DVC... I did think you had to have a ton of money to buy into it! But still, it's pretty embarrassing (especially to a teen, but also to my parents and grandfather) to have your grandmother saving ONE piece of bacon from breakfast and bust it out in the middle of a van with a stranger--a stranger who happens to be hoping you will be spending a lot of money that day and NOT just getting a "Free lunch" out of the deal. Which incidentally, was a quick service meal so about $7 value per person (at the time)

I was surprised my grandpa never bought into DVC. I wish he did back then because now he can't since he got mixed up with some young wh*re who took all his money.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

bump

 

[chiefmickeymouse]

Last year we were at one of the parades and Peter Pan stopped in from of my 13 year old son (hates parades, Disney characters, anything girly - to include grown men wearing tights).

Peter Pan says "You have glasses, just like Michael!".

My darling son says "Go away, you're embarassing me!".

Poor Peter picked the wrong kid. There were tons of kids there who would have loved the attention!

 

[WeRDisBound]

I have laughed until I've cried reading these. I MUST pay better attention to what is being said around me next trip! Of course, I'm usually laughing hysterically at my own family so much that I don't notice. Wait a minute.....maybe these posts are about us???!!