The Disney Confessional

[Buckalew11]

I can't.
Someday I after retirement I plan on working for the Mouse and I don't want some DISer to take revenge on me tattle on me causig Mickey Mouse to banish me from the Happiest Place on Earth.

Honestly, what I have to confess is not as bad as a few of the confessions here on this thread--including my stealing and sneaking! But, I really think I'd be scolded badly by some(one) and I do not wish to endure that. Plus, IF I was ever seen at the World committing my sin, everyone would know who I was.

 

[Scurvy]

The bubble thing is a DIS sin? I never knew that. Why would it be a sin?

I know this one. It's because once you blow the bubbles you can't control where they go, and they tend to get on the people around you in line. They pop on glasses and camera lenses and the cheaper kinds can leave oily stains on some fabrics. Apparently, some people are also allergic to some of the bubble solutions. Unlike the other more open spots in the park, when you use them in line the people around you are a captive audience and they can't get away from the bubbles without abandoning their spot in line.


I'm a stickler for rules so I don't have any Disney sins to confess. I do have some Dis sins, depending on which posters you listen to. I'm one of the mean people who asks those around me not to blow bubbles in my face, I don't let kids in front of me for parades any longer, and I don't automatically give up my seat on the bus when there are others who have to stand. I can't really say I'm sorry, though, and I know I'll keep doing the same things in the future so maybe I shouldn't bother confessing!

 

[tlbwriter]

I hate to open a can of worms here, but... taking towel animals is wrong? The last time I read a thread about it (and I'll admit, it was a looong time ago), there wasn't a consensus on this, and some people had even been told by CMs or Mousekeeping that it was okay to take them home.

 

[BirdLegsRed]

I have one. I have re-used Disney mugs. And will again.

 

[Promomx2]

Okay, I'll play. Back in 1996 we used leftover passes from dh's parents. This was before you had cards with your name on it. It was from a trip we all took in 1992 and we all had 1day leftover on all our passes. And I order kid's meals for myself.

 

[livie1205]

have plenty...but I LOVE how people are comming clean when from what I see on here people are perfect and ALWAYS follow the DIS police rules,lol I say that because wdw has the power to make the rules we dont... it is good to see real normal people...I do not know anyone in real life who NEVER breaks a rule...

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I can't.
Someday I after retirement I plan on working for the Mouse and I don't want some DISer to take revenge on me tattle on me causig Mickey Mouse to banish me from the Happiest Place on Earth.

Honestly, what I have to confess is not as bad as a few of the confessions here on this thread--including my stealing and sneaking! But, I really think I'd be scolded badly by some(one) and I do not wish to endure that. Plus, IF I was ever seen at the World committing my sin, everyone would know who I was.

Aaaaahhhh...let me tempt you with a couple more sins I have thought of....


I think I cussed out a CM. It was mild and it was a name not on his tag. But I was oregnant and he as blocking the one and only ramp out of starring rolls. I had he stroller full of crap and hubby was on his way with the ober kids to TOT. The CM wouldn't let me OSS by because they were filming a commercial. Mind you---a rocket scientist wasn't needed to point out that the ramp path went nowhere near his magical moment.

So, the icing on the cake was two men leaned over the railing watching this fantastic filming and me getting peeved. As I struggled to get the stroller up the stairs--they told me I should relax since a commercial was
being filmed. I gave them the pregnancy evil eye.

No I didn't expect special treatment---but heck. That was idiotic of the CM to not offer any assistance. I felt trapped.


Blanked on the other one I was going to share. I'm a bigger Disney sinner than I thought.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I remember...for parades that we stalk...we get ther early and spread out and Always have more room than we need.
Then when we notice someone being respectful
of our saved spots...we then provide a magical moment to others. That is at least 30 minutes if not more before the parade
starts. So we aren't saving extra space until the last minute.

In Juky for the Main Street Electrical parade and this cute family sat next to us. And on the other side was a couple.
I forgot how the conversation played out, but the daughter was wanting to know how they got their spot. I told her that we saved it just for her. I winked at the couple (wasn't her parents) and then told her if she didn't believ me to ask them. They played along. It was her fist time at Disney and I think she thought it was so cool.

I was happy to son to provide her that moment. At the time they sat down,
pickings had been getting scarce for curb seating.

 

[Mickey527]

I don't think of any of my "against the DIS rules" as sins, but I will post those that I remember.
1) I have brought refillable mugs with me for the next trip. Hey, if you knew what Disney pays for coke products, it is almost free to them for the promotion they give to coke.
2) I have pool hopped. And so what! I would never do when the pools are full, but one year my boys wanted to try another pool so we went. I now have the ability to hop because I have since bought into DVC.
3) I have a Guest Relations Pass and when my family doesn't want to go on a ride with me I invite perfect strangers to go with me and avoid the lines. I get to talk to people so I am not alone in line and they get in earlier. I have made some great friends this way and have kept in touch with some of them over 3 years now.
4) I get extra towels from the pool when I need them for my hair. DVC doesn't give enough for everyone to use on their bodies and hair and I need another for my hair. And I leave it in the room at the end of the trip for the housekeeping to put in their cart. Hey she can make a towel animal with it for all I care.
5) I have taken a towel animal home with me. I liked it. And I still have it. I have passed on others though, this one was very unique.
6) I didn't do this but my friend did. I did a last minute trip the year I found out I had cancer. I wanted to eat at LeCellier but didn't have reservations. My friend gave them the sob story about my cancer. I even got a free glass of wine and a free dessert. The meal didn't taste any less delicious.
7) I don't give up my seat on the bus for anyone. I have been pregnant, had cancer, and been really tired, plus I am old.... and no one ever gives me a seat.
8) I was told by a CM once that I couldn't stand in a place I was in for the parade after waiting there for almost an hour. I didn't move, let her get her manager, I am staying.
9) I sometimes bring an extra adult in the room and put the age as a junior. Hey, I paid for a room that sleeps 4, and slept 4. And the adult took a shorter shower than a teen would so Disney saved on the water and gas to heat that water.
10) I once brought my grandson and he got very ill in the room we were in. The smell of the vomit covered clothes was unbearable. I went to the laundry at ASSports but all washers were full so I went over to OKW and used one of their washers for FREE! (now that one might be a sin!)
Oh I could go on, but I don't think any of these little anti-rules hurts Disney in the bottom line.
ONE MORE THING.. I sometimes read that other board where all the non-Dis people go. And they sometimes make fun of me there, but I still enjoy reading it, it makes me laugh. I don't post only because I don't have enough money to buy everyone drinks.

 

[mickeygirl14]

This is fascinating!

I haven't been to Disney enough to have committed any sins...but we'll be there in 2 weeks!

 

[Buckalew11]

I gotta quit reading this thread. I thought of another big one. Geez...I'm a rule breaker.

 

[Disneycrazy!!]

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

SO TRUE!!!

but I am going to confess my sins to these unforgiving thou is perfect group of people anyway!
I park at hotels and ride the monarails to the parks to avoid paying parking fees.
I have also lied once about my son's age to get in free.

 

[mickaholic4077]

When we go to MK,we valet park at The Poly(handicapped tag,so free). When we go to MK by boat, I take 2 towels from the pool with me to use as sweat rags. Most of the time, I "forget" to put them back.

I re-use my mugs constantly.

When we plan to only go to WS, we valet at Boardwalk. I usually pick up some wash cloths from the Boardwalk restroom to use as sweat rags.

I also invite complete strangers to go with me through the FP lane with me & my G.A.C.(and I don't mean Great American Country!!).

 

[Mr.MouseFan]

This speaks for itself:

"I'm three, but at Disneyland, I'm two!" <- My Goddaughter when asked how old she is by someone we were riding the tram with.

And yes, I may have accidentally on purpose brought a refillable mug from a previous trip and may or may not have mistakenly stowed a stray towel in a random suitcase of mine.

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

I lied to security about a non-existent reservation at Chef Mickey's in order to park at CR to take the monorail to MK for my ADR at CRT. I swear we were only there two hours and I felt sufficiently guilty. Please forgive me!

 

[Cinderella94]

So many sins...

...I've pool-hopped (beach club). This was years before the lock-down security of having wrist bands.
...I've used pool towels as extras for our room (DVC).
...I've taken home the coffee packs that come with the room (when I bring my own coffee).
...Disney doesn't supply enough sugar for my coffee tastes, so I take packs at the fast food locations and squirrel them away for my morning coffee.
...I've parked at the Contemporary and walked and/or monorailed to the MK (horrors!)
...I have a a few pool towels here with me at home. Had wrapped up wet bathing suits in them and next thing I knew, they were here at home.
...I've used fast passes way after the allotted time frame.
...I haven't always tipped our cleaning ladies for our room.
...I've made dining reservations, changed plans during the course of the day, and didn't call to release them.

Now, there. I feel better. Got most of them off my chest.

Am I forgiven? Can I return to WDW? Or have I been banished to the outer edges of the MK parking lot with no tram service back to the Kingdom?

We've done ALL of these.

 

[MouseJunkie]

this is a bad one. at least i think so. I used to work at Disneyland in like the 1995-96 time frame. I loved working there and loved all the backstage areas and secret hideouts and stuff. so it had been a few years since i had been to DL, and by this time DCA was open. I was with 2 friends and we were drinking and having a little ( a LOT) too much fun. We ended up getting separated, i was by myself for about 2 hours. I "accidentally" went backstage at DCA and looked around for about an hour. I have NO idea how i didnt get caught or in trouble. I would NEVER do it now, i was young and drunk, but it was fun ! I dont know how i got away with it though, i have tattoos that were visible, it was quite obvious i wasn't a cast member back there. The BEST part about it, well the most "sinful" i suppose is that i found the area where the Electrical parade was stored and i went and looked at it all up close and i took one of the little lights. I know im horrible. The scariest part was trying to get back in the park. I had wandered far from where i started, and i couldnt find an entrance back in , i was panicking thinking im for sure going to get caught, luckily i found an entrance eventually. I was about 23 i think when this happened, and had WAY to much to drink, i no longer drink and would never even think about doing this anymore. but that is my Disney Sin. Sorry !! You said no Sin is too big !

I hope that float you stole the light from worked later. You know how when one Christmas light doesn't work -- neither does the whole strand. I bet Disney's a little more technologically advanced though, lucky for you.

Let's see now for my sins: I might have pool hopped once. I told Disney Cruise Line it was my Mom's Birthday a month before it really was, just to embarrass her. My biggest sin is only having been to MK as a kid. We went more than a few times, but I only ever got to go one day and so I never got to see all the other parks or stay onsite until I was an adult and could pay my own way.

 

[MichelleVW]

Hmm...

I've reused mugs at Pop, but at least the trip was in the same year. (does that make it better?)

I never used Fast Passes in the window...always late

I've sent my kids to the pool alone at Pop when they were 8 and 10, (but I was a single mom with a mind numbing migraine and I really needed to be alone).

Oh yeah...and I took a towel animal!

 

[Toad_Passenger]

I hate to open a can of worms here, but... taking towel animals is wrong? The last time I read a thread about it (and I'll admit, it was a looong time ago), there wasn't a consensus on this, and some people had even been told by CMs or Mousekeeping that it was okay to take them home.

It's hit or miss. My parents went to WDW in Spring of this year. They hung around one morning to speak with Mousekeeping about some issue, and ended up talking about my DD. They went to the parks, and when they got back there was a towel animal, with a handwritten note, telling them to take it home for their granddaughter.

So there is precedent out there that some Mousekeepers are setting for sending towel animals home with people.

 

[MichelleVW]

Oh...and I didn't cancel my back up ADR at The Plaza in June this year....