Stupidest Thing u have done at Disney

[grimley1968]

Taking my then 2 YO DD to PI after 8 PM. We didn't stay long. We went to Adventurers Club, which we have always enjoyed. I think we may have been the only ones in there dumb enough to bring such a small child.

I wish I had the excuse that I had never been and didn't know what it would be like, but DW and I had been there several times and knew exactly what PI and AC were like. I guess we just weren't ready to realize that some of the "adult" things we liked to do would just have to take a back seat to being parents for the next few years. We won't be doing anything like that again soon.

 

[dmk1021]

I thought they looked very "Laura Petrie". DH wanted me to get some nice walking athletic shoes.

I'm sure Mary Tyler Moore never had to go trekking across WDW in those shoes before!

That is so funny. But, as they say, those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...

I bought a cool pair of sandals before a trip to WDW and thought I was just "so Florida" for wearing them. I never wore them significantly before leaving.

They wrapped around my toes which I thought was comfy when trying them on, in fact, my pinky toes nearly fell off from the stupid strap rubbing against them. They hurt so badly.... Just thinking about it, ouch!

I wouldn't have remembered that if it weren't for your Laura Petrie remark..how funny

 

[bozley0621]

The dumbest thing I ever did at WD was stubbing my toe on my son's shoe and ripping my toenail 90% off. At least I had the good sense to do it on the second to last ride. Then after the first aid worker said "make sure you follow up with your dr at home", I'm thinking "yeah yeah yeah, pay $ so the dr can tell me, 'yup it's gonna fall off'" It ended up infected and I had to be on antibiotics twice and have the nail surgically removed.
This is slightly OT (not at WDW) but really funny. I went to Target on my lunch hour from work and I was looking for a slip. I looked all thru the lingerie and found nothing, finally a clerk told me they don't sell them there. So I start shopping with my coworker, walked all over the Target. When I was in the toothpaste aisle looking for floss, these teens started just laughing their butts off. I thought, "silly kids" shrugged and walked on. In the next aisle one of the teenage boys came up to me and said "um ma'am you have panties on your back" I guess while I was looking thru the lingerie I bumped a dispaly and had managed to hook on the back of my black coat, the tiniest most neon orange and pink thong panties. I walked all the way thru Target like that, not one grown up told me. Thank goodness the teenage boy did because I can't imagine explaining that one to store security.

Sprite just came through my nose when I read this one.

 

[Deb in IA]

I tell him to go right then and open the door and stand there until I get there, and then I go charging off to the room. I get almost all the way there when I notice DH standing in front of our room. Our real room that is!!

The whole time I was knocking on the WRONG door!

Brier Rose, it could have been worse. The people in the other room could have been IN when you were knocking!!

So, standing there with several kids and parents, I (foolishly) asked Chip and Dale..."Hey guys, where do you keep your nuts?"....

Ladybugsy, I do believe that is going to be a DIS Classic . . .

Now I reward myself for each WDW trip planned with new Saucony sneakers, so they are nicely broken in prior to our visit. No more blisters, ever!!

Dee, I also love my Sauconys and would never dream of going to Disney without them!!


OK, here's ours. They both involve our DS.

The first occured a couple of years ago. DS LOVES rollercoasters, has no fear, but is short. He's been DYING to be tall enough to ride Rock'n'Rollercoaster. Well, when he's 8 he's finally tall enough. We get in line, he passes the height bar, and he gets more and more excited as we make our way through the queue. Finally, we get to the loading area, and DH, who is riding next to DS, turns around to him and gives him a "high 5" . . . except that he hits DS in the face, knocking off his glasses, and although we retrieve the glasses, the little pads on the nose piece is lost, and the glasses will not stay on DS's face!! Well, no turning back, we get on the ride and put what is left of the glasses in our pocket, and DS, after all that time, gets to ride, but can't actually SEE any of it .

The next thing occured just this month. We love having the washer/dryer combo with the DVC, and I throw some clothes into the wash 3 days into our vacation. After the load is done, I ask DH to put in in the dryer for me, as I was in the shower. Well, DH takes the entire pile and throws it into the dryer (I usually shake out the clothes and toss them into the dryer one by one). Well, DS's CRAYONS, that he, without my knowledge, had tucked into his pocket after our dinner at Kona Cafe, were in there.

Our laundry came out with RED, BROWN, BLUE, and BLACK speckles and streaks all over EVERYTHING!!!!!

 

[nursemelis374]

When we were there in December, on our first day after being on a plane all night we were walking through Sunshine Seasons Food Court in The Land Pavillion and I went over to touch the cups to show my friend that they had large sized ones (which they do not have at our home park of DL) and I barely touched them and they all started shooting out of the dispenser! It was so embarassing and there were cups everywhere!

 

[grimley1968]

Dee, I also love my Sauconys and would never dream of going to Disney without them!!

Sorry to hijack, but ...

Where can I find these? I never seem to see them in shoe stores.

I like the looks of these, and want to try them, but they never seem to be where I buy my shoes. Are they for women only?

If I wore these, as a guy, would that fall under the title of this thread?

 

[Deb in IA]

Sorry to hijack, but ...

Where can I find these? I never seem to see them in shoe stores.

I like the looks of these, and want to try them, but they never seem to be where I buy my shoes. Are they for women only?


If I wore these, as a guy, would that fall under the title of this thread?

ABSOLUTELY NOT, grimley!! They DO make quite a line of men's shoes.

Where do you live in KY? I am orginally from Louisville, and I know that I have gotten these shoes in stores that specialize in running gear there. Specialized running stores can also assess your foot structure and your stride, and fit you with the best model.
If you can't do that, you can check on the Saucony website, but you won't have the advantage of being "fitted".
http://www.saucony.com/
and here are the men's shoes
http://www.saucony.com/product_matrix.aspx?category=training&type=m

I love my Saucony Shadow 6000 http://www.saucony.com/product_detail.aspx?modelID=28&type=W

 

[grimley1968]

Thanks, Deb. I'll have to look around a little harder. I live in a much smaller town than Louisville, so I may have to get on the website.

 

[disneynewbee]

Mine aren't really funny but pretty stupid
1) I bought ponchos at walmart in order to save $ thanks to the disboards. I took them to the park daily and no rain. So I decide to save space in my backpack and leave them in the hotel room. Well it rains and we have to buy 4 Disney ponchos. Duuuuuuh!
2) Also a tip from the disboards we decided to take dramamine when we went to MGM to avoid motion sickness. Not only did I take it but I gave it to dh, dd11, and bil13- everyone but the 2yo. Well we could not keep our eyes open and dragged all day. The whole day is a blur to all of us. We went to lunch at beaches and cream and all fell asleep on the boat to get there. My eyes were doing that horrible burn they do when you need to go to sleep real bad and we were all horribly grumpy. I'm not sure why we didn't just go lay down.

 

[mammoth_fan]

We were at MK in 1991, DD was five. We were waiting in line for Alien ExTERRORestrial (or whatever it was called, it's not there now, thank god) and DD kept saying, "I don't want to do this. It's going to be too scary." We kept telling her, "It'll be fine! You haven't been scared of one ride yet!" (She really has been very brave her whole life.)

If you never did this attraction, it was in the old Mission to Mars ride. You would sit in the seats, facing the center. Then bars came down and held you in your seat. I am horribly claustrophobic, and immediately started panicking (inside). A really scary-looking alien appeared in the middle, then "broke out". The lights went out, pitch black, noises, screams.

My daughter was terrified and sobbing and there was no way I could get out of my seat to comfort her. I just kept saying, "It's OK, it'll be done soon, it's OK." Finally the lights came up and they let us out of the seats. I got my official Mother of the Year award when my DD turned to me and sobbed, "I told you it was going to be too scary!!!"

 

[Lancer]

One year I left Epcot an hour after official closing. I picked up about five bags from package pickup and proceeded to the resort buses. At the resort, I got off forgetting to take my packages, not realizing it until I got to my room. I ran back to the bus stop and waited 30 min for what was probably the last bus from Epcot. I ask the driver if he could radio around to try and find them. Sure enough, another 20 min later, a bus pulls up with my express package delivery. Another one of those little things that Disney will do for their guests!

 

[disneyaggie]

One year I left Epcot an hour after official closing. I picked up about five bags from package pickup and proceeded to the resort buses.

Along the same "shopping" topic . . . 'ya know how you really don't realize just how much you bought until package pick up time? Wellllll, imagine my surprise when I had a day at the park, shopping like crazy, and at the end of the night finding that my package pickup looked like I bought two huge overstuffed comforters. The bags were that full! I actually turned heads as I was trying to maneuver them through the crowds and onto the bus.

I learned to say, "Will you ship that home for me, please?" real fast after that!

 

[DebIreland]

I was 'helping' my DS to get ice-cream in Hollywood & Vine after our dinner and so the ice cream was pouring into his dessert bowl and then it wouldn't stop and I started panicking. The ice cream kept coming, I thought it would stop after 'x' amount of time (like it was programmed or something ). I started totally panicking and was bright red in the face and I kept reaching for new bowls and cups (whatever I could get my hands on) to hold all the ice cream. The woman next to me started laughing hysterically and I swear she nearly wet her pants. She put the lever in the correct 'off' position and said 'there now hon are you ok?". God I felt like a total moron (that's because I was! ) and she was soooo nice, she said "hey, don't worry, those ice cream machines probably work differently where you're from" and I had to be honest and say "no, actually they're identical, I have no idea why I thought it would stop by itself".

My DS was MORTIFIED because, of course, lots of little 4 and 5 year olds in the queue were more than capable of operating the ice cream machine successfully all by themselves and his 36 year old mother made a total mess of it. I do not know what I was thinking.

 

[PoohGal05]

I was 'helping' my DS to get ice-cream in Hollywood & Vine after our dinner and so the ice cream was pouring into his dessert bowl and then it wouldn't stop and I started panicking. The ice cream kept coming, I thought it would stop after 'x' amount of time (like it was programmed or something ). I started totally panicking and was bright red in the face and I kept reaching for new bowls and cups (whatever I could get my hands on) to hold all the ice cream. The woman next to me started laughing hysterically and I swear she nearly wet her pants. She put the lever in the correct 'off' position and said 'there now hon are you ok?". God I felt like a total moron (that's because I was! ) and she was soooo nice, she said "hey, don't worry, those ice cream machines probably work differently where you're from" and I had to be honest and say "no, actually they're identical, I have no idea why I thought it would stop by itself".

My DS was MORTIFIED because, of course, lots of little 4 and 5 year olds in the queue were more than capable of operating the ice cream machine successfully all by themselves and his 36 year old mother made a total mess of it. I do not know what I was thinking.

OH MY GOODNESS!!

 

[TiggerTails57]

These are too funny!............
DH lost his wedding ring in the hotel pool on our Honeymoon in 1983 Lucky for him, a nice couple found it and handed it in .
A few weeks later we got a package from Disney (we were living in the UK at the time) with a gold ring in it..........I called Disney and told them it was not our ring, as we had got ours back, they just told us to keep it.
We were quite poor at the time so we sold it

 

[Carrieberry]

These are too funny!
We have done some stupid things which I will now recall for you!

1. Our first trip was spur of the moment gift to us. Poly Concierge in 1998, we did NO and I mean NONE research before the trip. Not a single guide book, DUH STUPID!

2. On the same trip I was 5 months preganant and we had out 2 year old. We had to walk back and forth to the TTC since the busses then did not go directly to the Poly. We did not bring our own stroller. DUMB

3. It was El Nino year and so hot during the day I thought I would pass out every hour on the hour. On our way back from TL one afternoon we sat on the very back seat of the totally packed bus where it proceeded to get to about 150 degrees with a lovely carbon monoxide and exhaust cloud hovering over us. I am guessing the engine is under that seat? I have never been so hot and nauseous in my life!

4. On our adults only trip 2 years ago, I forgot to pack all of my DH's underwear! All he had was the one pair he had on when we left. Of course none of the shops had ANY, only silk boxers for men, even though womens underwear was everywhere. So he had to wash his out in the sink every night and hang dry them. You should have seen his face every monring when he had to put on the air dried stiff ones!! ROFL! Needless to say I have not made this mistake again but.....

5. On our last trip we got everyone in the car and headed for the airport. It was not until we got to curbside check in that we noticed we forgot the suitcase with all the kids clothes in it!! Well too late we had to buy them all new stuff when we got there. All they had were the socks and underwear we put in our suitcases!! OOPS!

 

[princess aurora]

It was the end of our trip last Oct. We got to the airport and check-in for our flight home. I realized just before going through security I left my wallet at the PORS bathroom.
Normally not a huge deal you can go through security by getting a pass saying you have no ID (get this at check-in BTW) and you will just be thoroughly searched. My problem was we were flying to Buffalo and then travelling home across the border to Canada! I had my id plus both my girls. Doh!

The Magical Express people were great and called the manager at PORS. He had the wallet in his hands (thank goodness someone turned it in). He literally threw to a CM and she drove the 30mins in afterwork rush hour to bring it to me. We stopped her in the middle of the road, I told her I loved her and we ran...my DH, 2 DDs 4 and 7 and 2 Grandparents to the mini monorail then to our gate! They were literally ready to close the gate as we stepped up.

When we ask the girls about that trip sometimes all they say is "Remember when you lost your wallet Mommy?"

 

[princess aurora]

Completely underestimating the wave pool at TL. DH and I were on our honeymoon and, although he is not a swimmer, I convinced him it would be fine, "the waves aren't that high."

I got completely knocked off my feet, didn't know which way was up, and I came up spitting out water. DH was fine as he is much taller than I am. I skinned my knee on the bottom while trying to find my way back to the surface!

Oh my reminded me of my TL story. DH and I went on our first trip as adults. I was 5 months pregnant with out first DD. We are both very comfortable swimmers. DH was a competitive swimmer and we were both lifeguards and instructors back "in the day". Well yes the wave pool took me for "ride", my balance off as I was pregnant. The worst was finding out at the wrong time just how little your abs work when you are pregnant. I was literally like a turtle on it's back. I'm laughing and horrified and the same time as I can not get up and I'm being pushed around by the freakin' waves at the same time. My DH is killing himself laughing of course and finally helps me up.

PS - just wanted to say all these stories have made for a very fun, literally laugh out loud, tear filled morning!

 

[nemofanatic]

My stupid thing is running to the shuttle bus at disneyland and tripping on the curb which resulting in a tumble in the street. How embarrasing. My ankle swelled up to a size of a baseball. ouch

 

[KAMommy]

The stupidst thing I have done is to listen to my DH. Really.

At the Studio he and my son leave my daughter and I to go ride rock n roller coaster. "Just once". Well, about an hour and a half later they come strolling back up the road, having ridden the thing THREE times. (They were both hoarse, having screamed like little girls apparently.)

Oh well, my daughter and I did LOTS of shopping. BTW, did you know that you can't HEAR cell phones inside that thing?