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

[Stewy]

Just heard this one yesterday at the security checkpoint at MK. A woman is telling the security guard it is ok to let her in because the "PoPo" is not looking for her because she is not in any trouble right now. My DH and I just stood there in shock for a minute before we started cracking up - we both wanted to find the sheriff and say maybe he should check her out since she was proclaiming innocence a bit too much.

 

[coconutprincess]

hahaha!!! This is so embarrasing. I just remembered this.... Back in oh 97, I went to disney for a band trip. First time on TOT. Somehow... us HS girls started freaking out in the elevator ride up (not even in the ride vehicles), thinking they would drop us randomly. Without seats or harnesses We actually sat on the floor and the CM said oh yes, this is where it happens.

I can't believe I admitted to that but Hi-Larious!

 

[Ro Z]

wow!!! the woman embarrased herself

The less you say, the less chance of sounding stupid!

 

[centurythree]

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.

 

[Renwoman]

There was a five or six year old boy that was completely and loudly annoyed during a full showing of Mickey's Philharmagic. Right after the slight water splash he proclaimed, "Mom, I hate this ride. It is spitting on me!"

 

[Robo]

hahaha!!! This is so embarrasing. I just remembered this.... Back in oh 97, I went to disney for a band trip.

First time on TOT.

Somehow... us HS girls started freaking out in the elevator ride up
(not even in the ride vehicles), thinking they would drop us randomly.
Without seats or harnesses

We actually sat on the floor and the CM said oh yes, this is where it happens.

I can't believe I admitted to that but Hi-Larious!

But, there is no...

 

[lisateaches]

My Mother at epcot:

'Mission: Space? Is that where the rockets launch from? I don't want to go one one of those, I don't like heights...'

Bless her, she is 70.

Oh, and another gem from the walking entertainment unit that is my Mother:

'Pirates of the Caribbean? I didn't realise we were so close to the Caribbean. How long does it take to get there?'

So cute!!! My grandmother once went in search of a present for my brother and kept asking the salesman for Dark Invader.

 

[beatlesblonde]

But, there is no...

Yeah I was thinking the same thing Robo.......

 

[kay1864]

But, there is no...

I think maybe they meant the "Rod Serling preview film" room.

 

[coconutprincess]

I think maybe they meant the "Rod Serling preview film" room.

Yep - it was in the room with the preview film.

 

[crazycatlady]

As we were walking through the Epcot parking lot to get to the park, we passed a family going in the opposite direction and we caught the tail end of a father scolding his son that went something like, "If you say that one more time, I am going to cut your fingers off..." My DH and I both whipped our heads around so fast it was comical and I was glad to see that the kid was not small and hopefully recognized it as an empty threat. We pull that line out at home and laugh.

Back when the Epcot Character Bus was still around, we heard a very excited father say to his family, "There is Giuseppe!" It was Geppetto.

Back when my kids were small, we were in line to meet Mulan and the lady behind us, who knew very well that my kids had autograph books in hand,
said, "Them autograph books is so stupid!" with a nasty look at my kids. It was all I could do not to correct her poor English and her rudeness. DH still says that at random times.

 

[mrsr2ro]

Different kind of funny, but still made me laugh.

Just remembered something from our trip last week. Monday night - the night that was most bitter cold . We had decided that standing out there for the MSEP and Wishes was just not in the cards for us so we ducked into have dinner at Pinocchios. The place was fairly empty... but there was a guy at the next table who I didn't really pay attention to at the time. We could hear the fireworks and once they ended a mass of people came in to warm up. This big group of extended family (could tell it was grandma/grandpa/mom/possibly aunts, uncles, etc - and several kids) approaches the guy next to us -- it's now that I notice him holding an infant. The youngest boy - looked to be around 4, starts going on and on about how great the fireworks are....really excited and happy. Then he tells his Dad in an irritated voice, "Yeah Dad, and you MISSED the WHOLE thing!"

I started cracking up loud so loud they all heard and looked at me. I just smiled at them and pointed to my 4 and 6 yo and said they'd probably say the exact same thing.

 

[Wis2InTink]

We overheard this at a store in Germany at EPCOT, during POP Warner week. A frustrated mother said to her young teen daughter, "Why did you tell me that you were in Norway!? I've been looking for you!! Daughter quietly replies, " . . . Because I thought I was. . ." Then mother says, "That's it! No more out with your friends, alone. You're too young. Tomorrow night you have to stay in your room and watch TV!" We hope that she did get out, eventually.

 

[delaneyc52]

There was a similar thread where I posted this but it's worth repeating here:

Couple in line in front of us in MK. He says "Strollers are the great whites of the theme parks and we're the seals. How does it feel to be THAT low on the food chain?"

 

[sandynd]

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...

*blushing and putting on the dunce cap*

We went in May of 2009, and we couldn't find anywhere to eat in Epcot, let alone see any of the countries. We thought they were just gift shops and we eventually just spent the day riding Mission Space, Spaceship Earth and wandering around Innoventions. We were hungry and grumpy

When we go in January, my daughter says the first thing she wants to do, straight off Magical Express, is go to Japan and pick an oyster.

 

[CdnDisneyFan]

I posted this over on the Funniest Overheard Comments thread on the community board, but had to share it here as well.

OOOOOOH, I have a couple from my last trip!! First one was actually on the flight to Orlando, I was sitting behind this family with two of the most well behaved little boys, and the mom said "We're not landing in Disney World, we're landing in Orlando", I thought that was so cute!!

Second happened the other night on the bus from MK to Pop Century, it was EMH evening, we were all tired and wanting to get back to the resort, when someone on the bus passed gas, and it was TOXIC, so these two southern guys started making comments about the smell, and how bad it was, but the funniest to me was when the announcement came over the loudspeaker about taking small children by the hand, one of them said "the children are all dead, they suffocated from the smell", and believe me, it was even funnier hearing it with that southern accent, my friend and I were busting a gut we were laughing so hard after that, now whenever we smell something nasty we say to each other in a southern accent "the children are all dead,they suffocated from the smell!" and it gets us going now.

A couple more, it came from my best friend, we were at Epcot World Showcase, and she was looking for a bathroom, and we couldn't find one in the France pavillion, but found one in Morocco so she said that they must not pee in France, lol.

Last but certainly not least, we were at EMH at MK on Sunday evening (what a way to end our trip and celebrate my birthday btw), and again she had to use the bathroom, and since we were in Fantasyland, she asked at the CRT podium where the royal potty was, I thought it was cute myself.

If I can think of others, I will come back, but there is my contribution!

Jules

 

[Googelibear]

People often don't get why we go to the WDW parks just to hang out. The guests are a great source of entertainment and all you really need is a bench.

true dat

 

[Googelibear]

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.'

We got on a bus to the MK one morning at POP and this family gets on behind us and ask the driver if this bus was going to Disney World? He told them it was going to the MK. They got back off!! I often wondered where they ended up that day!!!

Some of these sound like they were made up.
Our first time to WDW, we had no clue, did not make any plans or did any kind of research. Still, we found all there is to WDW.
There is no way that people shell out this kind of money and are this clueless.

Ergo, I think you guys made these up to post in here.​

How do people spend so much money on a vacation and not do any research? It baffles me. I am spending thousands of dollars on absolutely nothing that I don't have a pretty good understanding of...expect of course orthodontics.

So many people "live" on credit cards, I firmly believe they have no idea what things cost:
"Pull out the card, once we've reached the limit, we'll open another account and if the money runs out, we'll declare bankruptcy."

 

[Googelibear]

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

awww, c'mon. How can that be? you look and see all those things straight ahead. How can you think that that was it?

 

[Karlzmom]

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

All I can say is that each of these people get jury summons! Trust me, its not merely vacation overload that renders people completely clueless.....there is a fair amount of the population that wanders around on a daily basis that are simply grateful to have figured out how to open the front door to leave the house that morning!