Strangest Interactions With Other Guests?

[LaLalovesWDW]

Well.... once you have more than one child you realize they are pretty resilient. A mom with ONE kid would never do this!!

My story comes from many years ago. We were at Epcot and my parents had a new camera. My dad was sitting on the bench putting film in it and some lady came running up to him and said... "Oh good! You have the same camera as me and I CAN'T figure out how to load the film! Will you do mine too?" So dad says sure and loads her film same as his.

We get home and send our film out and when we go to pick it up EVERY picture was black. Poor lady is probably still cursing him!

I totally chuckled out loud on this one...

 

[tink576]

My story comes from many years ago. We were at Epcot and my parents had a new camera. My dad was sitting on the bench putting film in it and some lady came running up to him and said... "Oh good! You have the same camera as me and I CAN'T figure out how to load the film! Will you do mine too?" So dad says sure and loads her film same as his.

We get home and send our film out and when we go to pick it up EVERY picture was black. Poor lady is probably still cursing him!

That is so sad! I'm horrified for you and for that poor stranger!

 

[THEJOEL]

For me it was a more of a "Don't judge a book by it's cover" lesson than a strange experience.
We were leaving the Back Lot Tour at DHS and there were Mike and Scully from Monsters, Inc. My DD4 said she wanted to meet them so we got in line, she was good to go the whole time we were in line and seemed excited. When it was her turn she FROZE SOLID. There was a LONG line behind us and I am trying to be considerate of everyone else so I start a 15 second count down in my head. The CM start throwing down some magic and Scully finally gets my DD over there when I am at about 5 seconds left before I just make her move on. EVERYONE IN LINE STARTS CHEERING when she hugs Scully, they almost made a 34 year old grown man cry when they did it too.
Well we move on to the next attraction which was the meet with Buzz and Woody, and these ladies who looked like they were straight off of House Wives of New Jersey are behind us. Well I start judging in my head about these gals but I made a vow to talk to everyone before we left so I struck up a conversation. All they could talk about was my DD4, turns out they were in line a few people behind us and said that was at that point the best thing they were a part of since they got to Disney. Turns out while they were spreading magic to us we gave it back in return.

 

[brookmey]

When I was 16 we stayed at CBR during spring break. We always drove, so on the day we were leaving my sister and I carried some bags out to my parents' van for my dad to pack. But the van was locked up and we couldn't find my dad anywhere. We later learned that he was taking some last minute home videos of CBR, since it had recently opened, and he wanted friends back home to see it.

A few weeks after we returned home, my dad popped popcorn and got all of us (4 kids and my mom) together to watch the video of our trip. When we finally go to the end, the part my dad filmed instead of loading the van, we laughed so hard my sister actually peed her pants. While walking around, the audio picked up another dad singing the Journey Into Imagination song, the one Figment sang. "Imaaaaginnnnnnnnnation, imaaaaginnnnnnation..." the dad kept singing it in a very high, nasally voice, one that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. We thought that the man was singing like that to entertain his kids, but when the singing stopped we realized that that was his real voice! I know it's not OK to make fun of someone's voice, but it was the shock of it that had us laughing so hard!

We took another trip the summer after I graduated from college. We were all in line for the Jungle Cruise and there was a group of teen girls in front of us who were speaking Spanish. I double majored in Spanish and History in college, so I undersood every word I said. They were making fun of several people in line for the way they dressed or the way they looked. After about 15 minutes of listening to "What is that in her hair? What is he wearing? Why does she think that matches?" in Spanish, I started answering their questions sarcastically in English. They looked at me in surprise and I said in Spanish "Yes, I understand everything." They left the line a few minutes later.

 

[Rhonna]

Submitted for your approval, the most

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"Nudists = Porn?"

Eh... no, just people who hang around the house naked. Trust someone who suffered through four years of figure drawing: nothing is less sexy than naked people just (I apologize in advance for not being able to think of a better phrase here) hanging around.

"We got free dessert. Don't know if it was because of me or the Italian speaking lady. LOL!"

If nothing else, we're learning from this thread that a little somewhat esoteric knowledge is a very dangerous thing.

Hi, I wrote the experience of the Italian waiters flirting and the comment about getting free dessert. It's really out of left field for you to lump it in with a comment on nudity, put it up for a vote with a rain cloud emoticon, etc.

I honestly don't get your point? Was there some part of my story I didn't explain clearly or are you reading something into it? Or do you have a problem with this whole "thread full of them"? I don't get where you're coming from.

 

[GrandMum]

I was riding the Safari a few years ago and there was a family sitting behind me with a very southern accent. That time you went over a bridge that tilted and the driver told everyone to lean to the right so we wouldn't tip over. After we crossed the bridge, a woman loudly announces that Disney should never have opened the ride if the bridge was about to fall down.

 

[Nissi]

My strange interaction involves waiting on the lobby at the TOT. As you know, it can get pretty packed in there. Well, I was there with my DH and there was a group of young adults standing near me and one girl kept moving back and forth and bumping into me without saying anything. No big deal at first, it's tight in there! But after about 5 or 6 times, I finally turned around and said "Excuse me."

Well...that was all it took. For the remainder of the ride, that whole group continued to say outloud in front of everyone "Oh, excuse me" and "Isn't this supposed to be the happiest place on earth"? "Geez, somebody's miserable" etc.

I felt so stupid because everyone was looking at them and had no idea why they were saying this to me...nobody else knew that I said excuse me because she was bumping into me. So humiliating. Not to mention, my DH was bout to flip.

 

[cjdj4]

Sorry if you took this wrong but if someone walked up to my wife and I in a Disney park and started talking about nudist hotel or park they sound like they have a motive that I don't want part of.

That is exactly how we felt, lol. We did feel like they were hitting on us, a bit. However, I live in less than 5 miles from a nudist colony, and I am here to tell you I have yet to meet someone who was nudist who I would want to see naked

Hi, I wrote the experience of the Italian waiters flirting and the comment about getting free dessert. It's really out of left field for you to lump it in with a comment on nudity, put it up for a vote with a rain cloud emoticon, etc.

I honestly don't get your point? Was there some part of my story I didn't explain clearly or are you reading something into it? Or do you have a problem with this whole "thread full of them"? I don't get where you're coming from.

I think the poster was referring in part to a post I made about a couple telling my DH and I about a nudist resort they were staying at and a post someone else after me wrote in reference to my post as well. Then in the part was directed at your story about the Italian waiters. Does this make sense? I am not sure I am making sense to myself, lol

At any rate, the nudist porn thing was not about your post. But the sentence below was. I will come back in a sec and tell you which post # I wrote about our strange encounter with the nudists.

SEE BELOW for my original post and the 1st reply to my post.

 

[cjdj4]

Here's mine:

Two years ago, DH and I were in line for something in Innovations (you go an sit down and vote for how to make your house safe? Can't really remember) anyway it was maybe a 10 minute wait. DH and I will talk to anyone who will listen, lol. So DH starts up a conversation with the couple in front of us. The guy had b-day pin on. Next thing you know they are telling us all about the NUDIST resort where they are staying. DH and I were like uhh ok,, that sounds interesting. They started going on and on about how great it was there and how fun it is to run around nude in front of everyone. DH and I were getting uncomfortable. As soon as the attraction was over, they were like hey where are you guys off to next? Luckily, we had reservations so we could honestly tell them to enjoy their trip and move on.

We are not prudes, but the last place I expect someone to explain the benefits of staying at a Nudist resort is WDW, lol.

Here is the 1st reply:

It's a porn world? That is really bizarre.

It was bizarre!

 

[deesthings]

OK, I didn't think I had one, but I do...Dh, FIL & I were standing in line for Fantasmic. MIL & DD were sitting down elsewhere. This woman was all by herself and obviously looking back through the crowd for someone. We ended up making eye contact and she was off.... hehhehehe...I learned how much money she made, where she worked, what she spent it on, heard all about her soon to be tummy tuck, learned what size her underwear was, how big her "kahunas?" were... I didn't think she had any, but I didn't ask. I got her life story in about an hour. Oh, we got to meet her neice too. She was hilarious and we didn't get a word in edgewise. The time flew by though.

 

[Babbletrish]

Sorry if you took this wrong but if someone walked up to my wife and I in a Disney park and started talking about nudist hotel or park they sound like they have a motive that I don't want part of.

Hi, I wrote the experience of the Italian waiters flirting and the comment about getting free dessert. It's really out of left field for you to lump it in with a comment on nudity, put it up for a vote with a rain cloud emoticon, etc.

I think the poster was referring in part to a post I made about a couple telling my DH and I about a nudist resort they were staying at and a post someone else after me wrote in reference to my post as well. Then in the part was directed at your story about the Italian waiters. Does this make sense? I am not sure I am making sense to myself, lol

My gosh, what have I done?

I meant absolutely no offense at all. Let me see if I can clear the air a bit. I think the formatting of my post was a little confusing. I meant the quote above your quotes were the saddest things in the thread (thus far). I've edited the post to make this a little clearer:

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Submitted for your approval, the most

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"I went to Disney in 1972 and there was nothing real. All the animals were fake, there was nothing real, I'd never go back!" -and- "I didn't know the animals at AK were real."

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I'm very, very sorry. Heck, I thought your stories were hilarious!

 

[Babbletrish]

Moving right along...

We were having dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in Animal Kingdom when a man at the table next to ours struck up a conversation asking about our son who was 5-7 at the time (not exactly sure of his age/which Disney trip this was as we went a lot when he was small).

Anyway, the gentleman was very kind and then started crying as he told of his own son who had died in a motorcycle accident after coming home on leave while serving in the military during the war in Iraq/Afghanistan.
He said our son looked just like his son as a child.

It was awful....very sad and kind of a strange conversation.

Good lord. There are no words.

I was waiting for the castle show and this man walks up to me and starts berating me for wasting his tax money to come to the parks. I use a PWC in the parks because of arthritis and fibromyalgia. He keeps going on about how he pays my disability from his taxes and how dare I use the money to enjoy Disney. I looked him straight in the eye and informed him I am not on disibility and have never been. That I pay taxes just like him and I have the right to enjoy Disney if I want. He sputtered and walked away.

Why in the world did he assume I was on disability. My legs and hips aren't so great but it has not affected my ability to work at all. Not all wheelchair users are on SSI or SSDI.

Our DD8 was wearing her beautiful Snow White Costume and to be honest (Dont want to brag about it), she was just beautiful...princess/ We were standing there,no seats available,(its ok) and suddenly this mature old lady give this just snooty look to my daughter (she looked at form head to toe) and said and I quote : "Since when Snow White is Hispanic?" ...I guess she thought that we were not able to understand what she was saying.

Hands, Princess, I can't tell you two how deeply upset I felt for you after reading these stories. What is with some people that they feel being in Disney World is somehow an excuse to do and say things they'd never even consider doing in real life?

Speaking of...

She said hi to me and then 2 minutes later says "Here, hold my baby," and proceeds to start handing me her baby! I tried to tell her no and I was not comfortable with that, and she tells me "oh don't worry" and hands me the baby anyway.

I've said something similar to this earlier in the thread, but I'm dying to know if this woman would so readily hand her child over to a neighboring passenger on the subway. Seriously, what in the world are these parents thinking?

 

[jkc0325]

Try as I might, instead of apologizing... I laughed in her face. My poor sister then had to apologize for me and my nephew.

It's been twenty minutes since I read this and every time I think about it, I start laughing again!!!!!


My interaction story is not weird but fun! My husband and I honeymooned at Disney and we were lucky enough to get the front row seat for the Great Movie Ride. We heard the crowd getting all excited about something but couldn't figure it out. I turned around and found Robin Williams sitting right behind me!!! His family was with him and his son talked my ear off for the entire time we were waiting for the ride to start. I listened to his son and asked him questions about his trip so far and Robin just smiled that appreciative smile you give someone when they are nice to your child. My reward was that as we went through the ride, I got to hear Robin do his impressions of each movie for his kids! It was incredible, especially his Munchkinland impressions. At the end of the ride, during the movie, the crowd went insane when it showed him yelling "Good Morning Vietnam!!" and he laughed and got all embarrassed and said "aww...thanks!" As we left the ride, he gave me another "thanks for paying attention to my kids" smile

 

[Babbletrish]

My interaction story is not weird but fun! My husband and I honeymooned at Disney and we were lucky enough to get the front row seat for the Great Movie Ride. We heard the crowd getting all excited about something but couldn't figure it out. I turned around and found Robin Williams sitting right behind me!!! His family was with him and his son talked my ear off for the entire time we were waiting for the ride to start. I listened to his son and asked him questions about his trip so far and Robin just smiled that appreciative smile you give someone when they are nice to your child. My reward was that as we went through the ride, I got to hear Robin do his impressions of each movie for his kids! It was incredible, especially his Munchkinland impressions. At the end of the ride, during the movie, the crowd went insane when it showed him yelling "Good Morning Vietnam!!" and he laughed and got all embarrassed and said "aww...thanks!" As we left the ride, he gave me another "thanks for paying attention to my kids" smile

This. Is. AWESOME! I can't help but wonder, what did the host of the ride think? How did the character-who-takes-over-the-ride (cowgirl/gangster) react?

 

[jkc0325]

I don't remember the ride/acting being any different than usual. When Robin was doing his impressions, it was really low and for his family only. I was just lucky that I was sitting directly in front of him so I could hear it too.

 

[YodaGirl]

This. Is. AWESOME! I can't help but wonder, what did the host of the ride think? How did the character-who-takes-over-the-ride (cowgirl/gangster) react?

Good question! I think that having Robin Williams in the crowd might throw me off!

 

[luvthemouse71]

Weirdest experience I had in WDW was in the MK. I was waiting for the castle show and this man walks up to me and starts berating me for wasting his tax money to come to the parks. I use a PWC in the parks because of arthritis and fibromyalgia. He keeps going on about how he pays my disability from his taxes and how dare I use the money to enjoy Disney. I looked him straight in the eye and informed him I am not on disibility and have never been. That I pay taxes just like him and I have the right to enjoy Disney if I want. He sputtered and walked away.
Why in the world did he assume I was on disability. My legs and hips aren't so great but it has not affected my ability to work at all. Not all wheelchair users are on SSI or SSDI.

That's horrible. There is a very angry group of people in this country lately that have taken paranoia and meaness to a whole new level. Trust me, if I had been there and overheard that, I would have given Mr Crankypants an earful.

 

[Disneyfreak616]

I have three funny guest stories:

1) This one was last July in DTD, and the joke is sort of on me here. My little sister who was 9 at the time saw Minnie Mouse hat on another little girl that she really liked. The girl was with an older woman, who I assumed was her mother. I told my sister that I would ask the girl's mother where they got the hat so we could find the same one for her. Well, I went up to the girl's mother and asked where she got her daughter's hat. She answered me back in Spanish. Now I hadn't taken Spanish since middle school, so I didn't remember very much. I started trying hand gestures and words like "cabeza" but she just stared at me like I was insane. I probably looked pretty insane too, flailing around, trying to make her understand me. After about a minute of this she got this terrified look on her face, grabbed her purse on hid it behind her back (I think she thought that I, in my sundress and Mickey ears) was going to try and steal it! and grabbed her daughter and ran off. WAY too much work for a hat.

2) This one was in January of this year, when I was down at the World with my 2 best friends. We were at Camp Minnie-Mickey in AK, in line to meet Brer Bear. There were these 3 Brazilian girls in front of us who were taking FOREVER to have their little "interaction" with him. We were in kind of a hurry because we still wanted to meet Brer Bear and make it to the next FOTLK show, which was in about 10 minutes. They each had to have not only their own picture, but their own interaction time as well. It was taking FOREVER. My one friend sort of rolled her eyes and said something along the lines of "This is taking soo long!" And those Brazilian girls went IMMEDIATELY from talking in perfect English to Portuguese. It was too funny. They kept shooting my friend dirty looks and laughing. It was so obvious and immature. We told the CM we were in a hurry so he sped those girls along, because she was getting frustrated with them as well. We had our pic with Brer Bear and raced to FOTLK. Those darn tour groups.

3) This last one is also from the trip in January, but a few days later, in DHS. We were all eating lunch at 50's PTC. There was a family at a table near us with a little girl named Sophia, who was 6 years old. She kept coming over throughout the ENTIRE meal and telling us knock knock jokes and asking all about us. She was so cute! She even took pictures with us! She absolutely made our day, and her family didn't even mind. It was adorable.

***If you want to see some interaction with other guests that my friends and I DID on that trip, check out the "bathrobe princess" post on the TR in my sig.*** We decided to make some magic for others that day.

 

[Rhonna]

My gosh, what have I done?

I meant absolutely no offense at all. Let me see if I can clear the air a bit. I think the formatting of my post was a little confusing. I meant the quote above your quotes were the saddest things in the thread (thus far). I've edited the post to make this a little clearer:

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Submitted for your approval, the most

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I'm very, very sorry. Heck, I thought your stories were hilarious!

Thanks for clearing things up! I read your now edited post (#105) and now it makes sense. I was pretty confused what was going on, especially when I realized you started this thread. Then it really didn't make sense. Okay, moving on....

 

[Dustykins]

I'm just planning my first Disney trip so I don't have any Disney stories, but I hope you don't mind if I chime in anyway.

We (DH, DS who was 5 at the time and DD who was 2) went to Holiday World, in Southern IN, with my parents and sister last summer. We live in different towns so we drove separately and met up at the campgrounds. After checking in, we drove to a near-by town to find something to eat (because, honestly, Santa Claus, IN has a Subway and a little restaurant in the lodge and that's it besides the park). We stopped at a little Chinese buffet, got a table and went to fill our plates. As we came back to the table a lady at the table next to ours asked "where are y'all from." When we told her IL, she looked shocked and said "I thought you were foreigners." Her husband got all red in the face and apologized and she didn't say another word the entire time they were there.

We were baffled! We're, in general, not very exotic looking, just regular old "white folks" - we were mostly in jeans or shorts and t-shirts (except I was in a knit dress) and we hadn't said a *word* yet. The only thing I could think of was the fact that my sister, at the time, had her hair dyed an un-natural red and styled it in a faux-mowawk, but I'm still not sure where they thought we were from! It still cracks us up.