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

[Disneyfreak616]

Once in line for MK, I overhead a guy say to his family, "You go ride the rides. I'm getting a few beers and I'll meet up with you later." I bet he wound up disappointed.

Hahahaha I bet!

 

[asdfghjkl13]

I overheard some 10 year old girl say she once pretended she was a potato lol

 

[JLTraveling]

I overheard some 10 year old girl say she once pretended she was a potato lol

This reminds me of a night in the Adventurer's Club. My then-boyfriend and I were extremely goth/punk. He was wearing a shimmering silver shirt, I had on seriously ripped jeans with black tights underneath, and we both had facial piercings. We wandered in just as Fletcher Hodges was warming up the crowd before the library show.

As we stepped inside, he took one look at my bf's shirt and told him he was just in time...to enter the baked potato contest! Then he thanked me for my fierce dedication to the Club...as evidenced by crawling there on my hands and knees, thus creating the holes in my jeans. Finally, he said we'd have to share the story of our big adventure...the time we got fish hooks stuck in our faces! Sigh, I still miss that place a lot.

 

[opaleyes]

"We've been lucky, we haven't had to ride the monorail at all because our hotel is right within walking distance to the Magic Kingdom and Downtown Disney." - Overheard at Epcot

I wonder if she accidentally somehow planned for Disneyland? On our honeymoon our hotel was a very short walking distance from Disneyland, California Adventure, and Downtown Disney, but er, wrong side of the country!

 

[pwdebbie]

That was priceless! Guess he figured out what the line was really used for when Tinkerbell flew to kick off Wishes.

Thanks for that laugh!

I'm thinking he didn't want to tell his daughter that the line was for Tinkerbelle. Trying to keep the magic going, you know.

 

[pwdebbie]

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[Ress76]

This past trip, as we walked into DS, we heard a Dad telling his little (4 yr old, maybe?) daughter that, No, he was going to continue to hold onto to his wallet and not give it to her.

We were on a girls trip and thought, Man...where do you think she got *that* from?!

 

[TangaroaTiki]

This reminds me of a night in the Adventurer's Club. My then-boyfriend and I were extremely goth/punk. He was wearing a shimmering silver shirt, I had on seriously ripped jeans with black tights underneath, and we both had facial piercings. We wandered in just as Fletcher Hodges was warming up the crowd before the library show.

As we stepped inside, he took one look at my bf's shirt and told him he was just in time...to enter the baked potato contest! Then he thanked me for my fierce dedication to the Club...as evidenced by crawling there on my hands and knees, thus creating the holes in my jeans. Finally, he said we'd have to share the story of our big adventure...the time we got fish hooks stuck in our faces! Sigh, I still miss that place a lot.

Wow, that guy had quick wit. Never went to the Adventurer's club - too bad.

 

[Becky2005]

LOL! I love reading these things. I'm sure I my family provided entertainment the first time we went and you would never know I had spent 3 YEARS researching our first trip!

Then it boils down to DH calling the Grand Floridian "That red roofed hotel looks nice" -- so the Grand Floridian = Red Roof Inn basically if anyone was listening to the conversation. It's a total running joke now.

 

[ocean134]

I'm thinking he didn't want to tell his daughter that the line was for Tinkerbelle. Trying to keep the magic going, you know.

Most likely....but funny all the same.

 

[SamMac]

A friend of mine told me that she was going to Disney World for three days and couldn't wait. I asked her which parks she was going to and she responded "Disney" It took me about 10 minutes to ask enough questions to get that she was going only to the Magic Kingdom.

 

[Becky2005]

Even with RM, I always grab a map, but I don't notice many other people doing so.

That's because they are running late and don't realize until they have settled down "OOPS we don't have a map" I was reading my trip report from previous and yep, our first park -- Studios, don't get a map so we don't have a times guide or anything. I did do several years planning but it all fell out of my brain when I got there. I couldn't remember 1/2 the stuff I read, etc...

Of course, after that first day we never made the no map mistake again!

 

[marinapj]

Most of the stories I can think of are from myself or my friends, not other people overheard... hmm...

But anyway, here's my favorite: In high school, my friend's very generous family brought a group of us to Disney World for her Sweet 16. While in Epcot we went on the Mexican boat ride, which was completely deserted. The guy operating the ride was very friendly, and we started talking to him. (Being 16 year old girls, we found him quite good looking and so spent almost an hour hanging out there with him). Anyhow, at one point he introduces one of the other cast members to us. My best friend decides to try out her best high school Spanish, and tells our friend that the other cast member is "mono." She was trying to say that he was cute, but I guess it's either a regional thing or she used it in the wrong context, because he started cracking out and yelled over to his friend that this girl had just called him a monkey!

How funny! But your friend wasn't that wrong, "mono" does indeed mean cute, but as you said, it's a regional thing and it's an old fashioned term.

 

[3SmilingFaces]

As we are going through bag check at the enterance to the MK, my 7 y/o DD asked the security guard what they were looking for in our bags. The security guard said, "mouse traps and glass slippers of course!"

 

[Thumper_ehhhhh]

As we are going through bag check at the enterance to the MK, my 7 y/o DD asked the security guard what they were looking for in our bags. The security guard said, "mouse traps and glass slippers of course!"

I love it.

 

[CyberFey]

How funny! But your friend wasn't that wrong, "mono" does indeed mean cute, but as you said, it's a regional thing and it's an old fashioned term.

I had no idea it meant cute. I was always taught it meant monkey. LOL. Monkeys are cute though, right? I'm glad he wasn't offended!

 

[marinapj]

I had no idea it meant cute. I was always taught it meant monkey. LOL. Monkeys are cute though, right? I'm glad he wasn't offended!

Oh yes, it means monkey when used as a noun. As an adjective it means cute, but it's a regional term (it's used here in Argentina but it's kind of old fashioned).

 

[Missytara]

As we are going through bag check at the enterance to the MK, my 7 y/o DD asked the security guard what they were looking for in our bags. The security guard said, "mouse traps and glass slippers of course!"

That reminds me this past year at the security gate, I opened my backpack and my camera was on top. It is a large Sony camera, not the usual tiny digital cameras you see today.

The guard asked me to take out my camera so he could see underneath and oops - there was a supply of "you-know-whats" for my ladies day, as we refer to it.

He kinda smirked and said, "You seem to still be pretty chipper today." No one is in line behind me, so I said, "Nah, it pretty much doesn't effect me at all, never has."

To which he replied, "Boy, you are nothing like my wife. It is like a living hell around my house for a few days."

 

[Cee]

It's funny NOW....but a few years ago, when ME was still pretty new, we sat on the ME bus at the airport for about 30 minutes before finally leaving. At one point, my DH walked to the head of the bus and yelled out to where the bus driver was standing with a few others and said, "EXCUSE ME....when does the CONVENIENCE start???"

 

[Missytara]

A friend of mine told me that she was going to Disney World for three days and couldn't wait. I asked her which parks she was going to and she responded "Disney" It took me about 10 minutes to ask enough questions to get that she was going only to the Magic Kingdom.

I was privy to a similar type of conversation, but it was pretty contentious.

I did the land/sea package the first three years and you go to the cruise line desk whether you are going on the cruise first or to the resort.

A couple next to me with two young children (you had to go to the counter no matter what to show you had all of your requirements to travel outside the country) were arriving and the husband was getting quite frustrated. Here's how it went down.

CM: Good morning, sir. What resort are you staying at?

Husband: Walt Disney World resort.

CM: Yes, sir. But what resort.

Husband(a bit frustrated): The Walt Disney World Resort.

CM: Yes, I am sorry sir, but which resort are you staying at?

Husband: ARE YOU STUPID OR SOMETHING? I SAID WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT.

CM: Let's try this another way, do you have your package information.

Husband: What package?

CM: From your travel agent.

Husband: What package?

CM: A package with information from your travel agent, that came from Disney that included all of your tickets, transportation coupons, luggage transfers, etc.

Husband: We left it home.

CM: Why did you do that sir?

Husband: Because our travel agent told us Disney takes care of everything.

CM: Okay, let's try this another way. Do you have identification with your full name on it, let's see if we can find your reservation in the system.

CM: Sir I found your reservation. Now, did you put the yellow tags on your baggage so that it would be delivered to your resort.

Husband: NO, I DID NOT BECAUSE....

CM: Let me guess, because the travel agent told you that Disney will take care of everything while you are on vacation. Let me see if I can find what airline you were on and see if I can't call the airline and get your baggage claim tickets, so we can retrieve your bags.

After several minutes of calling here, there and everywhere, and getting their bags and tagging them to get over to the resort, which was Wilderness Lodge by the way..... they are ready to get on the bus.

CM: Sir, if I might suggest, next time it might make your stay more enjoyable if you read through the package information before you leave home and bring it with you as shown in the instructions.

Husband: Do you think I would even dream of coming back to a place that is so totally f.....ed up. Forget it.

And after all that time the CM spent to get them there, etc. and not a thank you.