The Disney Confessional

[bankgirl05]

My Disney sin is too bad to confess on the DIS today. God forgives. Dissers do not.

Man alive, I thought I was the only one who felt this way sometimes

 

[MenchieMan87]

Just read this whole thread - good stuff! Though I don't think using fastpasses after the window is a Disney sin or a DIS sin (at least on the Disneyland boards, that is always listed as a "Helpful Tip.")

I suppose I'll confess mine as well, just don't tell the Anaheim fire marshall:

One of the advantages of being 6'4 at Disneyland is that I can get a great view of Fantasmic and only show up a few minutes before the show starts. I just walk along where I want to stand, find a tiny empty space between the rope and the people, and jump in. The down side of this is that I have to hear guest after guest get told by the CMs that the viewing area is full and they'll have to walk down to Haunted Mansion. I always feel bad about this since the times guide says the showtime and location, not that you have to get there early. One time I was there for the 10:30 show and I saw a couple with two very tired and cranky kids on their shoulders get turned away. It was particularly divesting because you could tell they were up far past bedtime, probably because they were told the 2nd show is the less crowded one, and here they were unable to find a spot. I took matters into my own hands and, with my back against the rope, took a big step backwards. They immediately noticed and filled in the new area I created, and the kids loved the show.

(I'll post more as I think of them)

 

[goodriddanceyalooney]

Ok I am new here...so you mean to tell me that if one person in your party waits in line and then the rest of the crew (dad and 2 kids) hops in line a bit later, that is wrong??? I see people do it all the time and never even thought it was wrong...Please advise!

That is my only sin...

 

[my3sonsagn]

Oops . . . sorry about your feet. I tend to step on the feet of the people who don't move down as I'm climbing over them.

I'm not always "prepared", but I have been known to, uh, pass gas when forced to climb over someone who didn't move all the way down, and mine are always SBD.

 

[castmember19]

We don't exactly "cut" but by DIS standards we do. There have been far too many occasions where one family member just walks ahead and some of us fall behind (it's usually Dad who walks ahead.) When the line finally stops Dad is always a few people ahead of us and so Mom and I have to catch up (she's a slow walker due to knee troubles.) We got a comment about it once. Didn't realize it was "wrong" until I came to the DIS.

So while I'm slightly more conscious of it now, it is a "sin" that I can't exactly say I'll stop doing. Dad is stubborn and has a terrible temper and if we try to call him back he won't listen. Easier to say "excuse me" to a few people in order to catch up to him then it is to deal with the hissy he'll throw if he has to step back because we are slow walkers.

At least it's just Mom and I catching up and not a huge group.

Hmm what else... one time a cast member let Mother sit in the handicapped section of Fantasmic (knee troubles plus her ankles were super swollen.) Again, Dad is the stubborn one with the temper so he squeezed his way on the little seat next to her. My parents basically ditched me so I told them "I'll go stand in the very back." A cast member overheard and took pity on me and after doing a quite look-around, let me sit in front of them- in the roped off section for what I assume was the reserved seats for the package? Dunno.

Dunno if the last one counts as a sin since the cast member let me.

 

[collegejunkie]

this thread makes me lol. i "dis sin" all the time.

line "cutting" - aka finding whoever is in line from my party and joining them, or one of us goes to get a snack or to the bathroom and comes back and rejoins

multiple reservations at restaurants - though i typically cancel with at least a month to spare.

the worst is probably getting CMs to give us "no strings attached" passes to get on whatever rides we want whenever we want, but that doesn't involve getting anyone in trouble or the like, so we definitely don't feel bad about it

 

[Lassie Lynne]

I have two small ones.......using FP's well after the time frame (but still the same day) and I also admit to buying a kids meal to go along with my adult meal at counter services because I wanted some chicken nuggets too. This has actually become a little bit of a habit, DH has been known to say to me "Bobby wants chicken nuggets"....of course, we have no children...and Bobby is the name of my DH's childhood imginary playmate... he always follows us to WDW somehow

 

[wilma-bride]

I was reading this thread feeling all holier than thou

Until I realised that I too have committed a Disney Sin

I confess that I have been to Philharmagic and not moved all the way down to the end of the row

Other than that I am sin-free (I think)

ETA: I am NOT sin-free, I cannot believe that I forgot that I once lied about having a reservation at Crystal Palace for breakfast so we could get into Magic Kingdom before the park opened. While everyone else was eating their breakfasts, DH and I took loads of photos in front of the castle without another soul in them - I don't even feel bad about that one, we weren't hurting anyone and we got some great photos

 

[CathrynRose]

Glad this thread got bumped. Very nice.

Now, are we supposed to confess all sins, or sins from last trip? I'll do this past trip (That I *just* got home from a week ago, today. )

I went with my g/f and her 5 & 9 y/o boys. My kids are older, I'm no longer used to the whining and bickering of days past. We were at MNSSHP, and I needed a drink. She needed one too.....

I got on the Monorail to one of the resorts (I ain't naming names) purchased a bottle of Barcardi, and a water. Into the bathroom I went, down the toilet (literally) went the water and into the bottle went the Bacardi. Wrapped the Bacardi bottle with T.P. (the bathroom was busy! I didn't wanna be told on!) and *plunk* into the garbage it went.

And off I went with my "water". Back onto the Monorail, and back into the MK.... with goods. Goods I probably should have stocked up on, because I could tell by other parents faces, they would have bought my goods.

That was the best Diet Coke we ever had.

 

[jennys75]

No Disney sins here. We have celebrated the kids birthdays down there during the week of their birthday but no lies about how old they were or anything like that. In fact when my youngest daughter was turning 4 we were leaving the day after her birthday and I told them that she would be 4 when we got down there.
I didn't feel right saying she was still 3 of course that meant we had to pay full price for her but I didn't care.

 

[bengeneric]

I just wanted to say I love this thread. I often feel like threads on the Dis make you seem like you are such a terrible person if you even consider breaking a rule. Thanks for making me feel better about being a normal flawed human being who has occasionally for one reason or another broken or bent the rules.


Also a few more from me....
-on my honeymoon with DH we stayed at GF. I took enough extra bottles of the foot lotion home that I still have some 3 years later.
-I use bubbles all the time
-I often order from the kids menu at quick service locations

I've never understood why this would be an issue - if you want to eat from the kids menu, that isn't anyone's business.

 

[mickeysgal]

I've never understood why this would be an issue - if you want to eat from the kids menu, that isn't anyone's business.

Not understanding this either. The other day, I was out on the road for work and wanted a quick, small bite to eat. A McDonalds Happy Meal was just what I wanted...something not too big, just enough. Now this is considered wrong? Please...who cares??? I won't buy something larger - that means I'd have to overeat or throw it (and the money) away. How stupid is that?

 

[mickeysgal]

I have parked at the Contemporary and walked to the MK.

I have gone searching for a table with the kids while DH stood in line to order at counter service. I know this is a DIS sin - securing and holding a table while others are ordering. According to DIS rules, you should order the food and then all migrate together and search for a table once the food is in hand. Try this in the summer. Believe me, your food will go cold searching for seating not to mention risk being dumped as you get bumped winding your way around and around the dining area.
Makes no sense...

I've taken a few packets of sugar from condiment stands because DVC doesn't stock enough sugar packets in the room. Shoot me now.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

1. When I was 17 I got a margarita in the sit-down restaurant in Mexico. Now that I'm 40-something, I just get diet coke or water!
2. Many many years ago, we drove over from All Stars to Polynesian, parked, and took the monorail to MK. I don't think parking was as big a problem there then, and I wouldn't do that now (not just because it is a rule, but because I know it is actually a problem for people who really are staying or at the hotel).
3. This past January, when the park was not crowded at all, I did NOT move all the way down the aisle. I plopped myself and my whole family down right in the middle of the row (no one else even sat on our row, so who cares?).
4. I also refilled my cup (not a refillable mug, just a regular paper cup) at the counter service place at my resort. I had forgotten my refillable mug in the room, so I ordered a drink with my meal and when I wanted a refill, I just got one.

 

[annapugs]

What a funny thread! I've felt awful about this for years!!
Confessions...... On our last trip to Disneyland, after dark one night, my husband and two older children (who were not really "older" at all, only 7 and 10!) were planning to go on Indiana Jones, I was going to wait outside holding the baby. Just about to get in line my husband decided he had to pee first and ran off to find a bathroom. I wasn't paying attention, the kids are exploring around the tiki poles, and a few minutes later I realized they had disappeared!! There was no one in line a minute before but now it was full out the door and I can't see them anywhere. It was dark out and I was completely panicking. My husband showed up a moment later and I threw the baby in his arms and ran into the line entrance, charging through the Indiana Jones que, yelling my kids names, saying "excuse me please I've lost my children!!!" while people around me were saying things like "yah right lady" "get in the back of the line".. etc.. I was in a total mom panic. I finally found them, they were also scared to death because they realized they were alone, and all was well... after a very, very firm scolding about going off alone I grabbed their hands to turn around and go back to get their dad... then realized we were nearly to the front of the line...and THEN I thought about all of the people who had said nasty things to me while I was scared out of my mind trying desperately to find my missing kids... and then I said to my kids "what would you think if mommy rode this with you instead of dad?" after the ride we found my husband still holding the baby where I left him with a very confused look on his face.
..... looking back I swear never take my eyes off of my kids again! (or accidentally line cut either) It wasn't fair to the nice people who were there.

 

[dngnb8]

Lied about your child's age to get them in free?

We fibber our daughter to keep her a child ticket. Cant anymore. The stinking brat has grown. I should deduct her allowance for growing up. The nerve of her.

 

[dansamy]

1.My youngest son is a 1/4" taller than his 15 months older sister. She's been 9 for 3 trips now! Except this last one. She finally turned 10. A week before her 11th birthday. She eats like a bird and won't ride any of the thrill rides. So, yup. She ordered off the children's menu while her 9 year old (10 in Jan) brother ate from the adult menu. Tickets didn't matter this year since they were YES tickets and a flat price.

2. I send one or two kids to find a table while two other people order and bring the food.

3. I'll stand in one FP line while a kid waits in the one next to me. Whoever gets there first gets to pull FPs.

 

[Promomx2]

Way back in 1996 we used my mil and fil's tickets from a prior visit that still had a day on it. And when we stayed at AKL, I made a salad out of the fixings bar at the counter serve restaurant.

 

[Buckalew11]

I no longer feel any more guilt over all the *bad* stuff I have done. After I read that people book multiple ADRs for meals on the same day because they just don't know what they'll want to eat or where they'll want to be (etc.), well, all my guilt flew out the window.

I'm leaving Friday for WDW and will be committing my biggest Disney sin if I get the chance. No photos, please.

 

[Jennasis]

Confess it all my lambs! Feel the cleansing and healing power of the DIS!