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

[leadfootlevi]

Can someone parse this quote for me? Do we have any idea at all what the guest was trying to say? Where they were staying? Where they were walking to?

Put up your best theory!

My theory: They were staying at the Boardwalk, and thought that Future World was the Magic Kingdom, and World Showcase was Downtown Disney.

I'm thinking they thought Downtown Disney was Main Street.

 

[ocean134]

I was sitting in one of the rocking chairs on the "back porch" of the main building at POR on my last day - just relaxing. It was the first day of check-in for Pop Warner.

A young woman and her son stepped outside and saw the water taxi and commented to her son how much fun it will be to take the "boat to Walt Disney World."

Just then, her husband pops out of the door with their young daughter and their "check-in" package. He tells the wife that they need to go back out front to catch the bus to go to "a bunch of parks." She tells her husband, "But, we want to take the boat to get to Walt Disney World."

He says, "You wouldn't believe it, we are already in Walt Disney World. This hotel is in Walt Disney World." She looks befuddled. He pulls her along, but she continues to insist taking the boat. He finally says, "We have to take a bus to get to a park. And there are FOUR of them."

She looks really befuddled now. He pulls her aside, out of hearing range of the kids, but right beside me now and says..... "You won't believe how f$#@$&^ big this place is. You just have no idea what we have gotten ourselves into here."

This is such a priceless gem, I don't even know WHERE to begin to comment! LOL

 

[ocean134]

Talking of newcomers that don't do their research...

I heard about a couple that bought Disney tickets. First place they went to was DTD, couldn't find where to show their tickets and went 'in' anyway, thought it was a huge rip-off as no-one asked to see the tickets and didn't bother going anywhere else.

We were sitting on the balcony at the Boardwalk one day, just chilling, and there was a couple sitting by us. The girl let out a huge sigh and said to the guy 'is there anywhere else we can go? We've done this one, and the one opposite, and I don't like the swan place. Thought Disney would be bigger than this.'

Are you kidding me? My mouth is on the floor!

 

[ocean134]

How much exactly is the prepay for an ADR at CRT??

Honestly, I haven't been in there since '06 so I am a little rusty. I think it is $50 per head? Please someone correct me if I am off.

 

[lborne]

Recently a family just ahead of us was in line for the turnstiles without any tickets and were confused as they thought you bought your tickets for each ride inside - like it was back in the 70s.

Kind of sad, but a mother was telling her crying kid, "We flew all the way out here to see Mickey Mouse and you are going to like him whether you like it or not."

Not at WDW, but at Sea World once after a full day with the kids we were tired and ready to leave. My youngest begs "Just one more ride, please." So I say "Sure, lets ride the Odd-A-Sea". As we started toward the exit, I kept assuring them we were going on the ride. Only when we were in the parking lot headed to our Honda minivan (the Odyssey), did they realize I had tricked them. Its a recurring joke now whenever we go to SeaWorld. Instead of someone saying they are ready to leave, they say let's go on the Odyssey.

 

[Disney Fool]

Are you kidding me? My mouth is on the floor!

i believe it....have you heard the story about the man who walked down Main Street USA at MK and turned left and spent the entire day in Adventureland ?He thought that was all there was to MK. This one was a classic.

 

[ocean134]

i believe it....have you heard the story about the man who walked down Main Street USA at MK and turned left and spent the entire day in Adventureland ?He thought that was all there was to MK. This one was a classic.

Is that true? Really???? How are people this thick?

 

[Disney Fool]

Don't get me started....I work at a university--can't tell you how many times faculty have ruined my Mr. Coffee machine because they poured chicken noodle soup in the back of it and the darned thing exploded!!! Yeah, common sense does not rule anymore...

 

[bumbershoot]

He's like wow - I didn't know there were actually things to do and places to eat inside the countries in Epcot. (Keep in mind, he was miserable the whole time and didn't get to really see much of anything anyway), but at least we had a good dinner at Teppan Edo.

Our recent first trip to WDW included family that has been going to WDW for decades now.

And they had NO idea that Morocco extended back behind Tangierine Cafe. I only found it by happenstance, when the Cafe people directed me to Marrakesh (I'd been wondering where it was anyway) to get some plain couscous for DS, who loves plain couscous ($25 couscous with vegetable meal to-go later...).

And even thought I know better from research, I was mystified when another set of cousins took me into the Mexican temple and I saw just how much was inside!

They really do hide the stuff back there...

 

[buckbart]

Honestly, I haven't been in there since '06 so I am a little rusty. I think it is $50 per head? Please someone correct me if I am off.

Have a breakfast ADR for CRT and it is costing us $176 Canadian for 2 adults and 2 children

 

[Sandy Mouse]

Honestly, I haven't been in there since '06 so I am a little rusty. I think it is $50 per head? Please someone correct me if I am off.

Dinner is about 59.99 per adult, but you don't have to prepay if you have the dining plan. You have to have your reservation number so they can confirm that you have dining plan, but they will look it up for you if you don't have it.

 

[psac]

A little different vein. I was on the line for Tower of Terror, and there was a girl, about 7-9 with her parents behind me. After the pre-show she got really freaked out and was almost crying. The parents even pointed out another girl her age on line ahead of us who was brave enough to do it. We ended up in the same elevator, and after the drops, while going to the exit, the girl was laughing hysterically. She said really loud "I want to do it again. I was flying like a birdie!!!"

 

[TandLMommy28]

I was sitting in one of the rocking chairs on the "back porch" of the main building at POR on my last day - just relaxing. It was the first day of check-in for Pop Warner.

A young woman and her son stepped outside and saw the water taxi and commented to her son how much fun it will be to take the "boat to Walt Disney World."

Just then, her husband pops out of the door with their young daughter and their "check-in" package. He tells the wife that they need to go back out front to catch the bus to go to "a bunch of parks." She tells her husband, "But, we want to take the boat to get to Walt Disney World."

He says, "You wouldn't believe it, we are already in Walt Disney World. This hotel is in Walt Disney World." She looks befuddled. He pulls her along, but she continues to insist taking the boat. He finally says, "We have to take a bus to get to a park. And there are FOUR of them."

She looks really befuddled now. He pulls her aside, out of hearing range of the kids, but right beside me now and says..... "You won't believe how f$#@$&^ big this place is. You just have no idea what we have gotten ourselves into here."

This just made me almost cry it's so funny.

 

[KellyNY]

i believe it....have you heard the story about the man who walked down Main Street USA at MK and turned left and spent the entire day in Adventureland ?He thought that was all there was to MK. This one was a classic.

That was pretty much me. After Philharmagic we turned back. We did not know better.

 

[kay1864]

After the pre-show she got really freaked out and was almost crying.

I can totally understand this reaction. Our 5yo was scared by the thunder noises and the ominous music in the boiler room, and was clinging to me. But she loved the elevator ride, and right after she went "I wanna do that again!"

 

[briar_rose_59]

A little different vein. I was on the line for Tower of Terror, and there was a girl, about 7-9 with her parents behind me. After the pre-show she got really freaked out and was almost crying. The parents even pointed out another girl her age on line ahead of us who was brave enough to do it. We ended up in the same elevator, and after the drops, while going to the exit, the girl was laughing hysterically. She said really loud "I want to do it again. I was flying like a birdie!!!"

My 20 y/o friend had a reaction similar to this for RnRC. She was super freaked out through the whole line, but I was sure once she rode it she would be fine. So we finally got on, did the ride and when it was over, stopped in the "alley" just before the unload zone. Poor friend didn't realize this meant the ride was done and starts freaking out and screaming at me "DID WE DO THE LOOP YET??? WHEN IS THE LOOP??? DID WE GO THROUGH IT YET???". All I could do was laugh and tell her it was over.

She was the queen of one-liners on this trip though, we went and saw the O Canada movie at Epcot thinking we'd get a laugh out of it, being from Canada. At the beginning it's just snow blowing around and talking about how cold and snowy Canada is, etc. She didn't realize that the beginning was a joke and started getting huffy and yelled "IT'S. NOT. LIKE. THAT!!!" I had to calm her down and tell her it was just a joke to open the show. In her defence, we live close to the States and hear all kinds of jokes and misinformation about Canada on a regular basis.

 

[Satchmo128]

While waiting in line for Peter Pan on our recent trip, the couple in front of us were getting annoyed that we had been standing in the same place for about 5 minutes. It was mid-afternoon and I had overheard that it was their first trip to WDW. When I heard the man tell his wife that he couldn't wait to get through this ride "so that he could get to Liberty Tree Tavern and have a beer", I started to chuckle.

A few minutes later we got to talking...and he mentioned LTT again...I felt really bad having to tell him that there is no alcohol served in MK (especially since they didn't have park hopper tickets).

 

[livndisney]

On the boat to the Studios the other night, there was a guy sitting behind us and yelling into his phone "no reaally we are taking a free boat cruise at Disney. We are on the boat right now. We are just riding it around until it gets to Disney"

 

[fallen_angel727]

So this wasn't at WDW but when I heard this at work today I thought it was too funny not to share with you all

I was at my register at Walmart when a little boy, his mom, brother and sister come through my line.

they put of the groceries and the little boy looks at his mom and says "hey mom this is going to cost a fortune!"

the mom replies "you're right you guys cost me a fortune"

sister looks up and says "whose fault is that you brought us into this world and we'll cost you a fortune until you take us out"

I couldn't even continue with their order I was laughing so hard

**side note: I guess it does kind of belong here, because I later found out they are being surprised for Christmas with a trip to WDW

 

[danielle821]

My husband and I heard the funniest thing the last time we were in AK. We had just sat down to have a snack over near EE, within site of EE, and this guy with his little son had walked past to catch up with a CM. Nothing out of the ordinary, right? Until we heard "How do we get to Expedition Everest?" Literally, by the look on the CM's face, she probably just wanted to grab him by the shoulders, turn him around, and point toward "the big mountain," but of course she was more polite than that. My husband dared me that if anyone asked me that I'd have to say "Turn around, head out to the parking lot, and then look for the castle."