Strangest Interactions With Other Guests?

[Babbletrish]

Wandering around the American pavillion just before the fireworks show in Epoct when I spotted him.

He sat there, in a popup canvas chair, looking smug as could be. They all look that way to me; it doesn't matter where I see them.
He sat there, with his smirk and his better than everyone else stare as he surveyed all before him. They all do this, they can't help it.

As we approched he rose and straighted his feathers so that all could see. And feathers in spades. Hat, t shirt, jersey, even the chair.
Proud ones this lot. They certainly seem to think they have reason to be.
Our colors were not as bold, the rarely are, but were no less heart felt.
Our colors are more understated, chosing to point to box scores and stats than rhetoric.
And they don't run.

Distance closing slowly. Stares never unlocking.
"Nice 'B' ya got dare" in an accent that comes only from living blocks from the heart of the Empire, sacrasm weighing as heavy as the golden Yankees emblem that tugged down his impossibly thick neck.
"Nice Pinstripes" was was our Yawkey Way retort.

Toe to toe now. Ennio Morricone plays his tune. A grim faced stern duel. Nearby strangers watching because they have to, sheilding the eyes of those who must not.

Collective breath held.

Together we both crack a smile, throw our amrs open, and yell "It's Disney!" and hug it out.

We depart simply and move on our way. The Yankees fan returns to his seat. Everyone is all the more pleased with life. Paces away stands a pin station, at which I found a Red Sox B with Mickey Mouse. I brought my purchase back to the peacock and tossed it spinning onto his lap.
"What's this?"
"See you in September."

This made a rainbow in my heart.

 

[KandD]

This isn't an interaction but strange nonetheless...I was in Epcot waiting for the Mexico pavillion to open. A crowd had formed waiting for the opening. All of a sudden I saw a guy (not a kid but a man..with children) climb up on the outside of the pyramid. He got up on a ledge and was climbing around like a monkey. I was watching in disbelief like, doesn't anyone else see this?? Just as a cast member was letting everyone in he climbed down behind her. She never even noticed.

 

[CurlyJo224]

This isn't a funny story, but it is my favorite experience in WDW.

In November 2006 my DH and I spent a few days at WDW without the kids for our anniversary. We were in Epcot and decided to have lunch at the fish & chips place. Well, apparently so did everyone else. The place was packed! So while DH waited in line to order, I went to find us a seat. While sitting there I noticed an older gentleman (80s) wandering around by himself looking for a place to sit to eat. The whole place was gridlocked and those who had a table weren't moving. As he turned my way, I decided to offer him a seat with us. He immediately accepted and we had a lovely lunch together. He was from New Jersey and he and his wife had been visiting WDW two or three times a year since the park had opened. He said his wife had passed away the previous year and he was visiting alone now. We talked about his children and grandchildren, my kids, our lives at home, etc. We sat there for more than an hour talking with this stranger and enjoying lunch. He eventually said it was time for him to be going, so he said goodbye and went on his way. As we were getting up from our seats a CM came over to us and asked if we knew who he was? We said no.....he just needed a seat for lunch and we offered. She told us he and his wife had been coming to WDW since its opening and were there several times a year. He was a bit of a local celebrity among the CMs and now they kept watch on him while he visited alone. She thanked us for taking the time and having lunch with him and then offered to give us vouchers for dinner later that evening. I said no, the conversation with him was the actual reward. I think of him each time I think of EPCOT.

Aww, now I'm crying! That was so sweet!

 

[Tink2312]

I had one last time - a little unnerving if I'm honest.
I travelled solo for the first time in March (I'm 25). I was having lunch in the China quick service in EPCOT. It was pretty full but I'd managed to get a table for two near the back. I was half way through my meal and I saw an older guy (in his 70s)staring at me. He was in a party of 6 and just kept trying to make eye contact. By now I was just finishing up and he said so loudly so the whole room could hear, that people are selfish sitting at tables when they'd finished eating (it appeared they'd managed to seat only 4 of their party). He just kept staring which was extremely intimidating. I then saw a couple with a buggy who wanted a seat and I motioned for them to take my table. As I passed the gentleman I told him he was extremely rude and explained that as I'd payed and was still eating my food, I would sit where I liked until I'd finished my meal. His travelling companions were mortified as it seemed they'd been oblivious to the whole thing. What a nasty man lacking in Disney spirit!

 

[Pinocchio #1 Fan]

The year was 2000 it was our first family trip to WDW DD was 8 DS was 5. We were at a character breakfast at the Restaurantosaurus. Donalds Safari Breakfast, different venue. Anyways a Portly man came in wearing jeans, white t-shirt, black boots, suspenders sits down and starts eating by himself at the buffet. He had a white beard, spectacles, etc. Long story short, he looked just like santa. I npointed this man out to the kids and they were going crazy. They had with them autograpgh books for the characters, so on our way out we stopped by and the kids asked him for his autograph. He tells us he is taking a short vacation and has to get back to the north pole soon. He then signs their books "Santa" and we went on our way. Never found out but I knew he did not work for Disney. It was strange but cute and the kids loved it at an age where they were still believers. Great experience, I kinow i have pictures somewhere, and we still have the autograph books too.

My wife and I rode the monorail with that guy last year. Unfortunately, the picture didn't come out that well.

 

[New Orleans lady]

We were at WL eating at whispering canyon. A little boy about age 5 , was staring at my bro in law. We realized that he was telling his mother that he saw Santa. My brother in law approached them. He asked the little boy what he wanted for Christmas and if he had been agood boy. The child replied, yes. He then gave the child a dollar and said, merry Christmas. The child was elated. After all, it was about 9 days till Christmas.

 

[crosten]

Removed

 

[tina.tina]

For those who've heard goofy things on the Safari, after they passed the leaning bridge, I looked over at my husband and very seriously said "You'd think they'd fix that." He very seriously replied, "Yeah, Disney has to have plenty of money. That's dangerous." DD10 proceeded to say "It's supposed to be that way!" I said "Now, why would they have a broken bridge on purpose?" She said "To make it seem more real." I told her she was silly, but by then, she knew I was having fun with her & laughed.

Lots of years ago when I was 17, I went to the Magic Kingdom with my parents & sisters for 1 day only. I was sitting on a bench near a fence around a pond eating an ice cream. I heard someone yelling "Hey!" I never imagined that anyone was yelling at me. Finally I turn around & am shocked to see a whole canoe load full of people pulled right up to the shore. There was a CM in the boat who said he wanted a bite of my ice cream. I said no. He begged. I told him to go get his own. He said it was hot out on that boat all day. I finally said yes & pretended to stretch over the railing to hand it to him. He pretended to stretch to try to reach it. Finally, he said just forget it. He asked where I was from. I said Virginia. The entire boatload of guests hit their oars on the side of the boat twice in unison & yelled "Virginia sucks!" With that, they rowed away. My parents & sisters were around there somewhere but no one else witnessed this. I finally went back to WDW with my husband & kids a few weeks ago & couldn't figure out exactly where it was but it seems like it was in Frontierland. I still think it's hilarious.

 

[2Xited4Disney]

So this isn't at Disney but at Universal. On our last trip to Dis we decided to head to Universal JUST for Harry Potter. We got there early (by mistake) and just so happened to be the first in the gates and we slowly walk and all of a sudden we are in the direct middle of the rope drop. We started talking with the Team Member there and all of a sudden I turned around and there were hundreds if not thousands of people behind me. So I say to the guy, this is organized right and you walk us to Harry Potter, and he said that if I don't immediately run when the rope is dropped I am going to be trampled. I thought he was kidding, The rope comes down and my wife hold hands and start to walk slowly all of a sudden EVERYONE starts going crazy and pushing and shoving us down and they are fully sprinting like this is the start of a race and we honestly had to run just to stay ahead of the crowd. We still had to go ALL the way around IOA the long way. We went from 1st in line to a two hour wait at Harry, that is how many people pushed us and ran ahead. STRAANNGEE

 

[Poohrulz]

As we left, the line was still over 100 people long for this woman's autograph. We asked a teenager on the way out who the woman was and he said she was one of the stars of a soap opera in England. I think it had '-enders' or something in the name. To this day we never knew who this obviously super-popular woman was but remember fondly playing with her daughter and laughing how we apparently had a brush with fame but never realized it!

Oooh, I bet she was from Eastenders!

 

[DanMedix]

well, the funniest experience I had was with my son....a few years back, we were at AK during their nighttime EMH. We were in the line for Dinosaur next to a guy with a colostomy who was having some sort of issue with his bag (having to "burp" it, if you get what I'm talking about). My son, 5 at the time...acted like the typical 5 yr old boy....I think in retrospect he was worried that someone would blame the smell on him. After a little while of turning around and around...he says "ALRIGHT, WHO KEEPS POOTIN???!!!"....I then found out, like i've told others before (and in my trip report) that Coca-Cola does indeed burn when it comes out of your nose....I was so embarassed....and was going to turn around to the guy with the colostomy to apologize. I dont think he heard him, though, because he was turned around, talking to the folks that were with him.

 

[ivey_family]

This thread is amazing! The whole gamut of humanity.

My story is pretty minor, but I'll share anyway.

We took our boys to Disneyland in 2010 for their first trip. They were 2.5 and 11 months at the time. After a magical rope drop experience, we decided to purchase their first ears. We put them on the boys and started walking down Main Street. After walking for no more than 3 minutes, I noticed my younger son no longer had his ears. We retraced our steps and stopped in at several stores to ask if anyone had brought them in. My son's name is pretty unusual - who would take them? With no luck, I broke down in tears. I'm pretty sentimental and these were his FIRST Mickey ears (even though ds was too young to even care)! Finally, I decided to go to Lost and Found which was outside the gate near the entrance to DCA. Dh and the boys stayed inside DL. I poured out my sob story to the CM who took down all the info, told me that if they were found they would be mailed, etc. Finally, he pulled out a pad and wrote me a voucher for replacement ears saying, "Well, we know how sad a little guy would be without ears!" I didn't have the nerve to tell him it was Mama who was sad, not ds!

PS - We used mitten clips the rest of the trip to secure those ears to their shirts!

 

[crostorfer]

I have one, that in retrospect I ought to be ashamed of, but in my defense, it was reeeeeeeeeeeeally hot that day.

We were in Epcot, and had been there all day. It was around 3:30ish in the afternoon, heat of the day, and it was hot. Hotter than Hades hot. DD hadn't gotten Snow White's autograph yet, so when we spotted her in Germany we jumped in line to meet her. Snow White's "handler" let us know that we were the last ones in line, as Snow White "needed to go prepare dinner for the dwarves", and that if the people before us didn't move quickly that we would just have to be first in line for when she returned. Everyone who tried to queue up behind us was turned away. We stood in line for what seemed like forever, secretly willing the kids in front of us to move quickly. (Did I mention it was HOT?) Finally, with one minute left before she was scheduled to go on break, my daughter makes it up to Snow White with just enough time for an autograph and a picture. As the photographer is getting the picture lined up, I notice a group of Brazilians pointing at Snow White and walking toward her. In my head, I can see it like slow motion, and I'm screaming, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO". Right before the photographer snaps the shot two Brazilian women JUMP IN THE PICTURE WITH MY DAUGHTER. Maybe it was the heat, maybe it was the Grey Goose slush flowing through my veins, but I lost it, and screamed at them to get the H-E-double hockeysticks out of my picture. The one woman has the nerve to look at me and smile and say "you could have said, please", before the Handler escorted them away. If I had had another Grey Goose in me, I might have followed her. But that would have been very Un-Disney like of me.....

Now that I think about it, we took the picture that is my avatar immediately after the Snow White debaucle. We were obviously still smiling, LOL. If you look closely, you can see that we are covered in sweat with matted hair.

 

[fairymommy]

Our first time at disney my youngest ds was 4. He was pretty active and we were standing in line to see characters at Epcot in that building where you get to see a bunch of them at once. My ds kept going behind me and I wanted him in front of me so I could keep an eye on him, so I kept reaching behind and pulling him in front by his wrist. Well the last time I reached back to grab his wrist, I pulled about 3 times and he wouldn't budge. I turned around and looked and I was holding the wrist of a child who wasn't mine! I looked up slowly at his parents, worried they might think I was capturing him and they said with a giggle in bad english "We are from Germany!" I was mortified and just kept saying "sorry!" To this day we crack up when we talk about the time I tried to capture a german child at disney world!

 

[smidgy]

I have one, that in retrospect I ought to be ashamed of, but in my defense, it was reeeeeeeeeeeeally hot that day.

We were in Epcot, and had been there all day. It was around 3:30ish in the afternoon, heat of the day, and it was hot. Hotter than Hades hot. DD hadn't gotten Snow White's autograph yet, so when we spotted her in Germany we jumped in line to meet her. Snow White's "handler" let us know that we were the last ones in line, as Snow White "needed to go prepare dinner for the dwarves", and that if the people before us didn't move quickly that we would just have to be first in line for when she returned. Everyone who tried to queue up behind us was turned away. We stood in line for what seemed like forever, secretly willing the kids in front of us to move quickly. (Did I mention it was HOT?) Finally, with one minute left before she was scheduled to go on break, my daughter makes it up to Snow White with just enough time for an autograph and a picture. As the photographer is getting the picture lined up, I notice a group of Brazilians pointing at Snow White and walking toward her. In my head, I can see it like slow motion, and I'm screaming, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO". Right before the photographer snaps the shot two Brazilian women JUMP IN THE PICTURE WITH MY DAUGHTER. Maybe it was the heat, maybe it was the Grey Goose slush flowing through my veins, but I lost it, and screamed at them to get the H-E-double hockeysticks out of my picture. The one woman has the nerve to look at me and smile and say "you could have said, please", before the Handler escorted them away. If I had had another Grey Goose in me, I might have followed her. But that would have been very Un-Disney like of me.....

Now that I think about it, we took the picture that is my avatar immediately after the Snow White debaucle. We were obviously still smiling, LOL. If you look closely, you can see that we are covered in sweat with matted hair.

you have absolutely NO reason to apologize!!! and people wonder why others complain about these groups..

 

[cinderella73]

A lady at my friend's school has a dog who sniffs for peanuts. He alerts her if it smells like peanuts so that she won't get sick because apparently sniffing peanuts makes her go into anaphylactic (SP????) shock.

No way . Thats so cool. I have a peanut sniffing service dog and I know there are not many of us . I might know this person. You mind if I ask where from ?

 

[MyFriendEeyoreUK]

This happened to me too when we lived in England. I was asked all the time if I was from New York (never even been there). I always wondered what I sounded like from their perspective.

That said, I also think that the British folks sound very intellegent when they talk. They can say just about anything with that accent and sound like they are narrating a documentory on the science channel.

Thats reminds me of a funny encounter we had. We are English and have been told a couple of times whilst on holiday that the accent makes us sound intelligent. If only they knew!

Before kids, DH and I were at AK looking round some of the trails. We were messing around making each other laugh (as you do when you're young and in love!). I decided it would be funny to pretend to be a tour guide and rename all the animals. As we got to some monkeys, I did my best 'posh' voice and declaimed that these were very rare Lesser Spotted Munchies. After about 30 seconds I heard an American lady behind us repeat the exact same thing to her young daughter.

This carried on all the way round - I'd make something up and she'd repeat it as fact to her daughter. In the end we arrived at some deer and I explained to my husband that these were very special. Sometimes they were born without eyes and were called No Eye-Deer (no idea). Of course she repeated it word for word. I did feel a bit guilty then so stopped - I'm very nice really and did wonder if she might be making fun of me it did make me chuckle though. I guess somewhere there is a girl with a very strange idea of zoology.

It must be the accent that makes me sound like I know what I'm talking about!!

Another favourite strange moment was waiting in a queue for the Candlelight Processional. Again, before kids! We were passing the time by people watching (as you do!) and saw the cutest thing ever. There was a little boy of about 3 dressed in a full Mickey Mouse costume - he even had 'proper' ears. He was really excited pushing his sister in the buggy when his parents asked him not to. He got really upset and stroppy in that way that young children do. He was still well behaved but spent the next couple of minutes with his arms folded, lip stuck out, kicking his feet along the floor. It was sooo sweet to see 'Mickey' sulking!

The final moment happened this last September. We were waiting in the reception area at Saratoga Springs when a CM was handing out stickers and cards. A little boy of about 4 came over as asked:

" Can I have one of those for my dad? He's constipated."

What can you say to that?? He was very thoughtful if nothing else

 

[Babbletrish]

Lots of years ago when I was 17, I went to the Magic Kingdom with my parents & sisters for 1 day only. I was sitting on a bench near a fence around a pond eating an ice cream. I heard someone yelling "Hey!" I never imagined that anyone was yelling at me. Finally I turn around & am shocked to see a whole canoe load full of people pulled right up to the shore. There was a CM in the boat who said he wanted a bite of my ice cream. I said no. He begged. I told him to go get his own. He said it was hot out on that boat all day. I finally said yes & pretended to stretch over the railing to hand it to him. He pretended to stretch to try to reach it. Finally, he said just forget it. He asked where I was from. I said Virginia. The entire boatload of guests hit their oars on the side of the boat twice in unison & yelled "Virginia sucks!" With that, they rowed away. My parents & sisters were around there somewhere but no one else witnessed this. I finally went back to WDW with my husband & kids a few weeks ago & couldn't figure out exactly where it was but it seems like it was in Frontierland. I still think it's hilarious.

That is beyond bizarre.

Before kids, DH and I were at AK looking round some of the trails. We were messing around making each other laugh (as you do when you're young and in love!). I decided it would be funny to pretend to be a tour guide and rename all the animals. As we got to some monkeys, I did my best 'posh' voice and declaimed that these were very rare Lesser Spotted Munchies. After about 30 seconds I heard an American lady behind us repeat the exact same thing to her young daughter.

This carried on all the way round - I'd make something up and she'd repeat it as fact to her daughter. In the end we arrived at some deer and I explained to my husband that these were very special. Sometimes they were born without eyes and were called No Eye-Deer (no idea). Of course she repeated it word for word. I did feel a bit guilty then so stopped - I'm very nice really and did wonder if she might be making fun of me it did make me chuckle though. I guess somewhere there is a girl with a very strange idea of zoology.

On the one hand, this is hilarious and awesome. On the other, somewhere there is a high school girl who is going to fail biology forever...

 

[lcarterbridges]

a very strange and embarrassing observation...

after sheltering at the bar from the usual August thunderstorm at typhoon lagoon one day, we headed back to our seats when I noticed a boy of about 9/10 lay on his sunlounger, (his sister was one lounger away on her front reading and his parents on chirs in front with their backs to him) and he had his hand down his swim trunks(tight ones!!) and was...erm...enjoying himself...a lot! This went on for about 10 minutes untill one of his parents turned round and made him stop!

 

[Jacquaman]

The poor defeated man. The look in his eye told me that on this day getting old was particularly hard. The afternoon sun having taken its toll, he rested on a bench without shade near the Tea Cups by the entrance to Toon Town. He’d been through worse in his time, but right now this was all he could bear. And the heat was not the end of it. The children swarming about, upon, and seemingly over him appeared as though a colony of ants descending upon an errant strawberry wedge. He leaned his shoulders over his knees hoping that his children would return soon with the water that he was promised. His head bouncing up and down as his grand children spring boarded on his back. From all the swarming of crawling limbs and shouting voices, Isaw a flash, a glimmer that I knew I could use.

“George!” I shouted from some distance off, waving my hands like a mad man. I’m not sure my voice penetrated the ruckus. So I shout again, “George, I say, George.”
There! Got his attention. But he wondered why this mad man was yelling his name. Surely, I must mean someone else.
After walking to him I say again, “George?”
“Yes?”
Now the children are calm, having seen a stranger approach their grand father. And from of the looks of the water bottle laden people heading our way, I haven’t much time.
“I just wanted to say Happy Birthday, George. 89th right?”
“Why yes it is? How did know? Who put you up to this?”
I pointed to the five inch round “Happy Birthday” badge on his chest emblazed with both George and 89th, which he had clearly forgotten about in the fray. George smiled greatly, straighten his back a bit, and simply said, “Thanks.”
“The thanks are mine, dear fellow. Have a magical day.”

As I turned, I mentioned to the next few groups of people that it was George’s birthday today, pointing him out on the bench. Several shouted “Happy Birthday!” and waved to him. Others noticed and did the same. In that corner of the World I image he received many more good wishes.