Strange things guests say

[Zuzu03]

There is no way that anyone can assume what another person meant from that comment. "Gay" originally defined was indeed a happy feeling not the slang of someone's sexual slant. I grew up using the word and reading the word as a happy moment. Anyone who choses the define the word as meaning the other has a narrow interpretation on the possibilites of overheard comments. Voyerism is a poor mentor.

My students use "gay" in a derogatory sense every day. I know exactly what they mean by it and I nail them on it every time.

 

[bumbershoot]

Her: we've been thinking about going to Disney and getting on that Harry Potter ride! You ever been on it?
Me: no, HP is at Universal.
Her: (confused look) I thought Universal was a Disney park.
Me: no, its separate. If you really plan on going, come talk to me and I will give you some tips.

I guess it's not nice to laugh but I couldnt help it. I wonder how many people don't research their trips and go expecting things like that?

Each time I've taken a survey from Universal it has included a section on "before today did you know that Universal is a separate resort from WDW?" And it goes on from there.

There are a whole lot of people who think they are one and the same...

Sitting on the Poly beach, watching the MK fireworks:

Father and young son (maybe 8 or 9 years old) behind us on the walkway. The father says, “Look….there are the Epcot fireworks”. The son says, “But Dad, that’s the castle…”. And the father replies, “Yes, I know that’s the castle, but the fireworks are coming from Epcot”.

That was about 8 years ago, but we still laugh about it!

Sadly, while researching last year for our December trip, for a couple months I kept thinking "we'll watch Illuminations from the Poly beach"...and that was with looking at maps, reading (or, it seems, skimming) Passporter, etc etc. I can't remember what got it through my skull that I was getting it wrong...

Unless we make a big production out of it, this what the dictionary has to say about the word you found offensive -

"having or showing a merry, lively mood", "bright or showy", "given to or abounding in social or other pleasures".

Seems to relate to most weddings I've been to.

But you know it was almost certainly not being used like that. Give the OP some credit for recognizing the "oh that's SO" etc droll comment vs an excited squeal of delight that the coach was so "bright and showy".

I was in high school in the 80s when *everyone* said it (and, I might add, none of my friends, including me who overthinks everything, ever FELT like we were thinking of a gay person when they said it, it was just a phrase like "gag me with a spoon" that you just heard and said and couldn't, for some reason, stop saying), and one of my friends still says it (she still doesn't have a mean intention behind it, BUT she revels in NOT being PC and will probably say it to the bitter end), and I'm not going to assume the lady was being perky...she was just saying something she's hopefully not thinking about to express disdain for it.

Throughout the whole day, my cousin (18 at the time) seemed to be overly excited about all the attractions- (my mom and I were under the impression she had been to Epcot before). So my mom said to her, "Have you been to Epcot before?" to which my cousin replied, "No, only to Disney". AND throughout the whole day she kept talking about "when I went to Disney..." and "when we took the baby to Disney..." (referring to Magic Kingdom). We tried to correct her but no such luck...

A lot of people do that, no biggie. Heck, my brother, who grew up mainly in California but then spent high school in Florida, calls Disneyland Park "Magic Kingdom", and doesn't understand why that's wrong. You'd *think* he would call MK "Disneyland", wouldn't you?

There is no way that anyone can assume what another person meant from that comment. "Gay" originally defined was indeed a happy feeling not the slang of someone's sexual slant. I grew up using the word and reading the word as a happy moment. Anyone who choses the define the word as meaning the other has a narrow interpretation on the possibilites of overheard comments. Voyerism is a poor mentor.

Alternatively, they have ONLY ever heard it as the phrase meaning something negative, and have never once heard it, especially not from someone of an age to have a young child, to mean anything like the dictionary definition.

 

[honugirl]

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A lot of people do that, no biggie. Heck, my brother, who grew up mainly in California but then spent high school in Florida, calls Disneyland Park "Magic Kingdom", and doesn't understand why that's wrong. You'd *think* he would call MK "Disneyland", wouldn't you?

I do this now too. I spent several years going to WDW but not D'land because most of my Disney friends live on the East Coast (like 99% of them) I go there because it's more convenient. My endocrinologist is in LA and my last surgery was in Salt Lake City, so I switched and started doing D-land for a couple of trips because it was on the way. Because I'd had so many trips to WDW, D-land now encompasses both parks in my brain. "D-land" is equal to MK and then there's DCA, and both of those are "D-land." In fact, I even asked some CM's how to get to "the magic kingdom" the first time I went through the back door at DCA and got strange looks from them and I couldn't figure out why. This is after growing up going to Disneyland, I didn't go to WDW until I was 25 or 26.

 

[umichigan10]

I have two

The first is at DHS at the beginning of Sunset Boulevard (closest to Mikcey Hat) A man pulls over to the side of the walkway with a map and says "hmm...now where's the ToT?"

Number two, at the train station at MK, Frontierland stop. A guy says to his family, "we're gonna take the train and get off at Future World."

 

[ElizabethG]

We had an ADR for Tusker House before AK opened. We were waiting for the bus with two other families. It pulled up and said AK, so we got on. We started chatting with one of the other families about getting up so early for breakfast, etc. The bus dropped us off at AK. As we were walking towards the gate, they asked me if I knew how to get to Boma. It would have been funny, but I felt so bad for them! I bet people make that mistake all of the time.

 

[Leajess99]

I can just hear Clark Griswald saying that: "Ahh, This is Disney, Russ...."





I wouldn't have been able to keep a straight face! How old was the daughter? I can see a 3 or 4 year old thinking shorts were enough!

While I can't say age for sure she was the same size as the 6 and 7 year olds we saw today. With that said, my 8 year old daughter was also bigger than all but 3 kids in her Jedi Training group and the bigger than included an 11 year old and a couple of 8 year olds.

 

[sam_gordon]

I just have to say that...DHS will ALWAYS be MGM in my mind.

DHS is where I graduated High School.

MGM is where I rode Tower of Terror and Rock'n'Rollercoaster.

Sorry; but it will always be MGM in my mind.

I didn't have a problem with the guest referring to DHS as 'MGM'. I simply liked the line "Before Disney took over the property."

 

[aubriee]

I go to WDW several times a year, so have quite a few of them:

1. On bus going past Swan/Dolphin the lady talking to her friend, who was already getting on everyone's nerves, with her really loud voice and know it all attitude (when she obviously didn't have a clue about anything)--points to the Swan and says "Oh that's the Contemporary resort. I've stayed there many times. Walt designed it himself you know, just before he died. Those swans were replicas of the live ones he had in a lake in his backyard out in Hollywood".

2. The guest at MK asking the CM "What time is the 3:00 parade?"

3. The lady at AK on the safari who kept reassuring her toddler grandson, not to be scared that all the animals were really fake, just like the ones they saw on the 'Jungle Book Cruise the day before at MK. I don't know which was funnier hearing that the animals on the safari were really fake or hearing the Jungle Boat Cruise called Jungle Book Cruise.

4. The lady at AK who was saying, "Disney really must do something about this hot weather down here if they expect people to vacation in their parks".

5. While on a solo trip, I got stuck riding Space Mountain with a twenty something y/o couple. For some reason the woman was terrified and did not want to go on. Once the ride started she yelled in my ear throughout the entire ride, "Walt Disney won't hurt me, Walt Disney won't hurt me, Walt Disney won't hurt me". As we were getting off, she just started hitting her boyfriend/husband and yelled "I'm going to sue Walt Disney and you too. I could have had a heart attack and no it was not fun".

6. Walking in front of LTT going toward the Haunted Mansion in a crowd. There was a family walking beside of us and in front of us was a group of two couples and maybe three kids. One of that group was being rather loud, rude, and obnoxious. A little boy about 7 or 8 y/o who was with the family walking right beside of us loudly said, "What do you think dad is he from New York or New Jersey?" The loud man heard him and turned around with a puzzled look on his face and said "New Jersey. How did you know?" The little boy said, "Oh every time we've come across a rude person this week my dad's asked me where I thought they were from. He said all the rude people we've been meeting are either from New York or New Jersey. As everyone turned to look at the dad, I thought we were going to see a fight, but suddenly everyone in that group started laughing and the man said, "Yeah, kid, your dad's probably right. There are alot of rude people in New York and New Jersey." That poor dad looked like he wanted the pavement to open up and swallow him.

7. The first time I took my son and D-I-L to WDW my poor scattered brained D-I-L kept calling Epcot 'Apricot'. Every time she did, we'd get onto her. She'd laugh and say "I know the name but every time I say it, Apricot just pops out". On the bus one morning we were on our way to Epcot and this little 4 or 5 y/o girl who was sitting across from us saw Spaceship Earth and loudly yelled, "There's Apricot, there's Apricot". My D-I-L looked as us, smirked, spread her hands and said, "Hey it wasn't me this time".

8. We were on our way into the Grand Floridian for dinner one evening. We walked into the lobby behind this family with a little girl about 5 or 6 y/o. She gazed around the lobby, spread her arms wide, twirled around, and loudly yelled, "Wow, this is bee-uuu-ti-ful. I'm going to stay here one day". Then she looked at her dad, frowned and in a very prim little voice said, "That'll be after I marry a prince of course. I know you could never afford it daddy. Mom says you spend all your money on beer". What made it so cute, was this family was on their way into 1900 Park Fare too and the little girl was wearing a Cinderella dress at the time.

9. The little boy who was told he had to be measured to see if he was tall enough to go on Expedition Everest. He looked the CM straight in the eye and said, "It's OK, I have Mickey's permission". When told he'd still have to be measured and then told he wasn't quite tall enough, he shook his finger at the CM and said "Mickey will hear about this, sir".

10. At Crystal Palace early one morning: after taking our drink order the waiter stopped at the table right next to us to take their drink order. Just casually he asked a kid how old he was. The boy was busy messing with his little brother and I guess answered without thinking. He said "eleven" then suddenly looked at his dad, got a panicked look on his face, and said, "no ten, no nine. Oh dad I forgot. How old am I this trip". The dad glared at him, looked the waiter straight in the eye and said "He's nine. He always forgets his age". lol

11. On a bus from DS to CSR one afternoon: The bus was almost empty at that time of day. There was an elderly couple (probably in their late 70's) sitting directly behind the bus driver and I was sitting right across from them in the first seat by the door as you get on the bus. I was in building 9B, so the last bus stop. As we were going around to the different stops, the lady looked at her husband and said, "none of these look right". She said it at each stop. After the second stop I asked her which section of the resort they were in. She gave me a blank look and said she didn't know. They had just arrived that morning and the limo dropped them off at the front door of the resort, but none of this area looked familiar. After talking to her and with the bus driver joining in, we finally figured out they had gotten on the wrong bus. The man got upset and said they had gotten tired, and their daughter (who's family wasn't ready to leave yet), had told them to just go to the bus stop and hop on the first bus and it would take them back to the resort. (The first bus stop coming out of DS is CSR, so that was the bus they got on.). When asked the name of their resort, they said they didn't know, but it was a big grey building. They didn't even know the name of their resort, since the daughter had planned everything and hadn't told them a thing. It was their first ever trip to WDW and they hadn't bothered to learn anything and was just going to follow the daughter and s-i-l's lead. After alot of talking, we finally figured out they were probably staying at the Yacht Club. They didn't own cell phones, so I loaned them mine and they called their daughter who you could tell was panicking when she realized her elderly parents were lost. The bus driver said he'd take them back to DS to meet up with their family, who could then get them on the right bus. He told her to tell her daughter that they'd be dropped off at the CSR stop at DS. You could hear the daughter yell, "What are you doing on that bus!". The old woman got huffy with her daughter and said "Well you said to get on the first bus and we did. We thought a bus driver would know where he's going." Considering they didn't even know the name of their resort, I don't know how that daughter thought they were going to find the right room, even if they had gotten on the right bus. As I was getting off at my stop the old man looked at his wife and griped, "I at least thought you knew the name of the resort", to which she replied, "Why old man, you didn't know it either". He replied, "Yeah, but you know I never remember anything. That's your job, to keep me straight".lol

 

[Missytara]

At POR, the beginning of Pop Warner checking in.

I am outside, sitting in a rocker at the back of the main building near check-in.

Wife and son come out and see the "boat" (water taxi to DTD) and decide they want to take the "boat" to Walt Disney World.

Husband and daughter emerge outside from check-in, husband looking extremely befuddled.

Wife: We want to take the boat to Walt Disney World.
Husband: We have to go back out front to catch a bus.
Wife: We really want to take the boat to Walt Disney World.

Husband: (out of earshot of kids) Seriously, you are not going to believe this, we are already IN Walt Disney World. This hotel; part of Walt Disney World. There is a whole bunch of hotels here. The ride over here, we were IN Walt Disney World. And get this, there are FOUR parks, four of them. And two water parks! And some downtown area. You wouldn't believe how f***ing big this place is. C'mon, we have to go out front to catch the bus.

Wife: But what about the boat?????

 

[MightyDuck001]

walking down main street in the Magic Kingdom a particularly loud woman began yelling "cover your ears, they're brainwashing you."....

that was my mom.

 

[chiefmickeymouse]

walking down main street in the Magic Kingdom a particularly loud woman began yelling "cover your ears, they're brainwashing you."....

that was my mom.

Love it! That would explain my ever growing Disney obsession!

 

[DisneyCher]

It doesn't bother me if the person is over 40, as it's entirely possible that the first few times they went to WDW, Magic Kingdom was all there was. In that case, to them the Magic Kingdom will always be Walt Disney World.

I am 37, and the first few times I went it was only MK. It was by about our 3rd or 4th vacation that EPCOT had opened, so in my family we often call MK, Disney World. But we know that when we are looking for signs or directions, we should say MK so the snarkier CM's are helpful. If the most hilarious or annoying thing someone hears is my dad or myself calling MK Disney World, then so be it.

 

[minandmick]

This funniest thing I've heard was from my husband. We had been to MK together, but he had never been to EPCOT, so I planned for us to go there one day of our honeymoon. I couldn't figure out why he was so hesitant to go to EPCOT, because he loved MK. Once we got there I figured it out....He said, "I thought the whole thing was inside the ball." I said, "What about the countries?" and he said, "I thought they were tables decorated for each country that you went up to." I said, "Who would pay to go to that?" and he said, "That's what I was wondering." I'm laughing just typing this.

 

[OldsDr]

Last August My wife and I were waiting for the photopass guy in front of spaceship earth. There was us a honeymoon couple and a couple who had been married for something like 40 years. Me and the older Gentlemen we ribbing the Honeymoon guy about how he should never had walked down the isle. Then the Older man said "But seriously all you have to do is talk out your differences and you will have a long happy life together"


Then as the photopass guy was taking care of the Honeymoon couple the older gentlemen says loud enough for just me and the photopass guy to hear(Our wives must have wander off a little) "It also helps to have some on the side every now and then" The photopass guy and I discussed for a couple minutes after the others left if he was seriouse or not. I still don't know.

 

[andrewilley]

walking down main street in the Magic Kingdom a particularly loud woman began yelling "cover your ears, they're brainwashing you."....

Far too late to warn people at that point anyway.

Andre

 

[janischa]

this is not a strange thing i heard a guest say, but a cm ! she was our server in crystal palace, an elderly woman who seemed pretty nice to me. Near the end of our meal, i ask her for the check and it being our first day in MK, I ask her what is the shortest way to get to the Rapunzel M&G. She looks at me and tells me she needs to go check then she comes back and tells me 'well, they've stopped doing that' and i say 'no, no, rapunzel, it should be somewhere behind the castle' and she replies 'yes, but they're doing all sorts of construction now and it's not there anymore. but in the beginning of main street there is a new meet & greet, you should go ask there'.... luckily i was quite headstrong and asked someone else after i exited

 

[HsvTeacher]

Funniest thing I overheard a lady telling her family last week:

"We can't ride the Carousel of Progress, because it spins too fast and will make me sick."

I had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing out loud!

 

[Missytara]

walking down main street in the Magic Kingdom a particularly loud woman began yelling "cover your ears, they're brainwashing you."....

that was my mom.

OMG, seriously that reminds me of one year; one of my first solo trips. Epcot, in front of Germany, two young girls emerge. One is "pretending" to hold a video camera taping and the other has on a silver "alien" hat, yelling about how Disney World steals your creativity by brainwashing you.

Seconds later I turned around and they were gone.

The man beside me says, "I guess the mother ship picked them up." I was laughing so hard, I was crying.

Seriously, they were whisked away by security so quickly, I don't even know where they went....

 

[katydyd]

Not strange but cute....DS (17) and I were finishing up a day at Epcot and on our way out of Illuminations, I stopped to visit the restroom. While I was in there waiting this adorable little girl (about 3) in full princess regalia was dancing around shouting out, "Hey mommy! This was the BEST.DAY.EVER!! BEST.DAY.EVER!!"

Her poor mom was clearly exhausted and was just responding with a lackluster, "Sure, baby. Yep. Sure baby."

So, the little girl kinda tugged on her mom's hand and said, "NO! Listen to me...this.was.the.BEST.DAY.EVER!!!"

I couldn't help giggling and agreeing with her.

When I came out of the restroom I shared the story with DS, and he grabbed me in a great big bear hug and said, "You know what mommy??? It really was the BEST.DAY.EVER!!"

I love Disney magic...and we have a new mantra in life.

 

[Khokhonutt]

Not something that was said, but amusing to me, none the less.

During our last trip, we were at DHS for evening EMH. My wife and kids were off riding and I was wandering around with my camera and tripod taking night shots. I was in the process of lining up a shot down the street towards the Tower of Terror when I noticed someone standing beside me. At first I continued to do what I was doing, then I turned to look. A lady was standing there with her kid and as I looked, she handed me her photopass card.

I smiled and told her was not a photopass photographer, I'm just a guy taking pictures, but I had to chuckle later. They both looked very tired, so I'm sure she was just going through the motions at that point.