People waiting in line say the darndest things!

[linuchi]

mi brother in law put his seatbelt in Soaring with the yellow strap between the leggs that is supposed to be only for little ones. He saw the guy showing how to put it but did not understand it was not for adults.


When we told him it was too late to take it out. We laughed at him, he was so tight up all the ride long (and so ridiculous).

 

[SuzyQue]

My DD16 and I were in France at EPCOT waiting to visit with Aurora. The mom & daughter (8 or 9ish) behind us were discussing what country they would visit next.

Daughter: where are we going next mom?
Mom: how about Canada?
Daughter: OK.... (pause) Hey mom, what language do they speak there?

Are you kidding me?
My DD started to laugh while I turned around and politely told her "most of us just speak English".

Our last name is Leduc which is French Canadian, so I know there is more than one language spoken there. But with the Olympics being in Vancouver I looked into it a little more...

A multitude of languages are spoken in Canada. According to the 2006 census, English and French are the preferred language of 67.1% and 21.5%, respectively. The five most widely-spoken non-official languages are Chinese (the home language of 2.6% of Canadians), Punjabi (0.9%), Spanish (0.7%), Italian (0.6%), and Dutch (0.6%). Aboriginal languages, many of which are unique to Canada, are spoken by less than one percent of the population, and are mostly in decline.

She was a smart little cookie to ask that question to her mom.

 

[larryz]

While in a bathroom at AK I heard a woman say to her friend "I can handle Tower of Terror and Space Mountain, but those self-flushing toilets scare the crap out of me."

Good thing they're in the bathrooms, then...!

 

[Beauty & the Best]

A few years ago my mother (who was only 91 at the time) was visiting me from New York. One of the attractions I took her to was The American Adventure. During the Valley Forge scene she turns to me and whispers: "Michael, is that a real horse General Washington is on?" I immediately told he no.

On the way out, after the show had ended, I tried to explain to her that everyone she saw was an audio animatronic and not a real person; she really did not believe me. Later in the year, for Christmas, I bought her a copy of the Imagineering Guide to Epcot and had her read about animatronics and that show.

In the middle of watching the American Adventure last year, my friend turns to me and says "these actors are really good!"

Also, I was watching Spectromagic beside a family with 2 young girls. One of the girls started talking to me during the parade & asking me questions. She asked me if I knew the names of the fairies from Sleeping Beauty (as they passed by in the parade) so I told her.

For the rest of the parade she kept asking me if I knew the names of other characters - like the alligator & hippo or the ostriches from Fantasia, which I didn't know, so she said she knew their names and creatively made up names for every character in the parade. I still remember two of the ostriches were named Lily and Tinkerbell.

 

[Amy162]

One of the funniest things I've ever heard at Disney was while waiting in line outside of POTC to meet Captain Hook. A family walks out of the taco place there and Mom says to Grandma "All that money you just spent for those teeth and you can't eat a TACO?!?!"

 

[newrygirl]

haha, I put that yellow strap through my legs on soarin on purpose because I love going on that ride but it scares the crap out of me, that way I KNOW I won't fall out lol!!!

 

[WizardLarz]

One of the funniest things I've ever heard at Disney was while waiting in line outside of POTC to meet Captain Hook. A family walks out of the taco place there and Mom says to Grandma "All that money you just spent for those teeth and you can't eat a TACO?!?!"

Most likely thinks they are to messy, or they will give her stomach trouble.

 

[DCLbrideSept2009]

These are hysterical! I agree that it's quite entertaining to people watch and eavesdrop...

On the bus from hotel to park.... "Oh, and your room key is also a fastpass!"

Walking out of AK, we see the parking lot tram and a woman tells her husband, "We need to get on there... it will take us to our hotel (AKL)"

 

[Goldenbear6]

While waiting in line at BTM, someone had a gas problem, a young boy yell's out, for God Sake who ever is farting, please go use the bathroom, your killing us.

 

[mpvmav]

Love these kind of threads-they make me laugh out loud!

A couple of years ago we were in line for Dumbo and a dad and his kids were behind us. As we got to a point where one can see other rides, the dad says "Is that the Snow White and 12 dwarfs ride?" My girls and I just laughed.

I fear you may quote something you hear me and my family say, as we get ticked by the silly things we hear and will repeat them to see if we get a reaction from those around us.

I am an elementary special ed teacher (grades k-4) and on one of the tests we administer asks how many dwarfs did Snow White see/meet at the cottage? I would say maybe 1 out of every 10 kids gets it correct! Sad! That kids today, girls and boys, do not know Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs!!

 

[softballmom3]

I am an elementary special ed teacher (grades k-4) and on one of the tests we administer asks how many dwarfs did Snow White see/meet at the cottage? I would say maybe 1 out of every 10 kids gets it correct! Sad! That kids today, girls and boys, do not know Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs!!

Off topic---sorry....I also teach and most of my kids think they've been to Disney World when it's really just a small theme park called Holiday World...

 

[misha-ginger]

December 2008

After breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table, DH and I wanted to use the restroom inside before heading out to enjoy the rest of the park. He went first and I waited outside the restrooms with all of our stuff. Two older women (late 50s-early 60s) went into the ladies room.

DH came out and it was my turn. Both ladies were in their own stalls.

Lady #1: don't ever let me eat sausages again
Lady #2: I can't believe I'm taking a dump in Cinderella's Castle!

I did my business and ran out of there laughing so hard it took me about 20 minutes before I could explain to DH what I had heard!

 

[savvy?71]

Typhoon Lagoon, getting into the Lazy River~~a family ahead of us was waiting to get rafts. The dad yells out "That bloke just pinched my float!" (presumably someone grabbed the raft the dad was about to get?)

Funniest. Delivery. Ever.

 

[OurOhana]

We were on a Disney Line Cruise last year. My husband, 3-year-old daughter and I were in an elevator. The only other person was a tiny woman (maybe in her 50s or 60s.) As we were riding, my daughter says to the woman:

"You look like Piglet."

In case the woman didn't hear her statement, my daughter was kind enough to repeat it.

My husband and I wanted to die. We just sort of pretended that we didn't know what horrible parents would leave a 3-year-old in the elevator all by herself

By the way, when the woman did look at us (not amused at all) she did have the most adorable face - kinda like piglet. But I clearly didn't mention that to her.

 

[KelleyGirl]

OMG OurOhana - that is hilarious!!

My son (5yo at the time) and I were waiting in the basement for the ToT elevator. I was pretending to be afraid while my 5yo explained what would happen and how much fun it would be (he had just gone on with DH while I baby-swapped and waited with DD). The family in front of us told us they loved our accents and wanted to know if we were from New York. I said no, Boston, to which she answered - "Oh! That's on the west coast, right?"

Seriously, are there Americans that don't know this????

 

[misha-ginger]

While waiting in line at BTM, someone had a gas problem, a young boy yell's out, for God Sake who ever is farting, please go use the bathroom, your killing us.

 

[queenmum2]

My grandkids are scared to death of those toilets too! but will ride anything!!!

I was afraid that would be an issue for DD on our first trip - she was 3 and had tons of toilet issues -- she was afraid of toilets that weren't white (the IMAX has black ones), Port-a-Potties (ok - I'm a little afraid of those) and yes, the self-flushing kind.

So on our first experience with the self-flush toilet at 'ohaha, I told her to pay attention, "Mickey Mouse would magically flush the toilet for us." And whatdaya know? He did! From then on out, whenever the toiled flushed automatically, she would chime "Mickey did it!

 

[maggieb9975]

This wasnt at Disney but on a family vacation to California we went to an attraction that was set up as an Old West Town. There was a guy who worked there sitting on a bench dressed in full cowboy gear. My mom says to my dad "Drew take a picture of me next to this statue" Then the guy moves and my mom is like "oh i'm so sorry". The guy then says "thats ok maam atleast you didnt call me a dummy" Then he took a picture with my mom

OT but...OMG! You just brought a tear to my eye while I laughed because it reminded me of my Dear Dad..Years ago when I was about 12 my family went to niagara falls and visited the Wax Museum....

Well Dad walks up to the woman behind the booth and repeatedly asks her for 5 tickets..she keeps ignoring him, he is getting frustrated, starts tapping on the glass and finally ..you guessed it..someone comes up and offers to help him on the OTHER side of the entrance where the REAL cashier was,he had been talking to a wax figure

Us kids thought it was the funniest thing we had ever seen and Dad was 50 shades of red but took it well....bless his soul...

he has been gone for 19 years and your story brought me right back to that day and him...Thankyou so much....

 

[larryz]

I am an elementary special ed teacher (grades k-4) and on one of the tests we administer asks how many dwarfs did Snow White see/meet at the cottage? I would say maybe 1 out of every 10 kids gets it correct! Sad! That kids today, girls and boys, do not know Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs!!

That's right. Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, and Gimli.

 

[rosiep]

, "What were you thinking, letting me go on that ride."

She must be related to my mother!

Last year I treated my Mom to a Disney trip. Let's just say she's "feisty". While looking over the guidebook she declares she wants to ride Everest. I tried to dissuade her- "You know Mom, that was the one ride Tara and I both got a little sick on." "No, no she says...I want to ride it." "It goes backwards...in the dark." I say...."No, no " she says again "I want to ride it".

I try one last time before we enter the line- "Look how steep it is Mom" -But, no, you guessed it......." I want to RIDE it"!!!!

We ride...I see her face turn bright red and her eyes flash. Upon exiting..as loud as you please she says " YOU FINK!! (she did not say "fink") YOU MADE ME RIDE THAT RIDE!!!!!"

sigh....Maybe next time she'll listen to me.