The Disney Confessional

[daisyduck123]

I confess that I take extra napkins and bring them home with me.

Sometimes you need that Disney fix. You can understand that, right?

Yep....I've done that too.

But hey - we always celebrate my DD's b-day on the ACTUAL day...and she only wears her b-day button on that day as well.

 

[pepperw23]

I put my ds5's shorts in the dryer at POFQ with crayons in the pocket

As I followed the big scary European lady back from the front desk who was grumbling and scolding me the whole way, ds runs up to me all excited and bragging that he AND daddy just got thrown out of the pool for horsing around. I wanted to die!!!

It was the day after hurricane Francis so they were the ONLY ones in the pool, and I was the ONLY one using the laundry room, and then we were the ONLY ones sitting in time out at the pool bar...me waiting to see if "Helga" was going to make me pay for a dryer and dh waiting for the lifeguard to decide if they could go back in the pool....so embarrassing!

The bartender thought it was so hillarious, he gave me a free margarita though. It did help.

I don't know what it was about that story that had me laughing uncontrollably, but THANK YOU for the laugh.

Haha. I always buy the refillable mug on the first day we get there .. but never remember to use it!!

Me too!

It can annoy others in line.

Then someone better tell Disney because they now sell light up bubble blowers. I did see one exchange that bothered me. A young girl was using her bubble blower, she was not in line and she was being respectful of others by holding it pretty low, when a man behind her started hollering at her "HEY HEY, NO NO" The mom made her stop but I thought that was kinda "Grumpy" of the guy (get it nudge nudge...Grumpy?). She really was not hurting anyone at all and a lot of kids around were playing in her bubble wake. Glad I was not at Disney with that grouch.

 

[autumnpalm]

Oh man. This is a bad one.

A few years ago we were on the bus back to POR in the middle of the day and it was hot. Very, very, very HOT. There were no seats left so I was standing and hanging onto a pole with one hand and holding a cold water bottle to my head with the other. The water bottle had one of those sport openings where you pull it up and I didn't realize I had it popped open.

Well, as I was standing there and complaining and carrying on about the heat... I was pouring cold water onto the man sitting in the seat right next to where I was standing.

He hadn't said a word so I didn't notice what I was doing but by the time I realized my water bottle was getting lighter... he was completely soaked. I apologized over and over and he was really polite and gracious about it but oh my goodness, my family has still not let that one go.

 

[mickey&minniealways]

Okay, I am sorry but I refuse to see taking a towel from the pool area as a sin. What is a sin is that disney wants to charge us for extra towels. You can stay at any cheap hotel in the country and they will gladley bring you extra towels. We stayed at a holiday inn in Nwport RI earlier this year. Extra blanket, extra pillows, lots of extra towels. Guess what. Thats right didn't charge us and single penny for it. So for all you pool towel poachers out there I absolve you. Not that this carries any weight anywhere but I forgive you.

 

[auntie]

I wasn't aware that there was any charge for use of a pool towel?..or for extra towels. We were at the Poly in May and I didn't encounter anything like that.

That being said..after reading some of the confessions here, I realize I've done more than bring my old mug. I didn't even realize I was commiting a so called Disney Sin!

We've parked at the Beach Club and walked into Epcott from there. Sometimes we've eaten at the Cape May Cafe first..other times...not. We always do this.

I also admit..I did take home a small towel animal when on an anniversary trip.

Who knew, I was such a law breaker. I'll have to turn myself in. NOT!

 

[luvmy3]

Another thread on here reminded me of another sin. I took pictures on the POTC ride. I know I wasn't supposed to but I don't care, I have a great scrapbook page

 

[npierce25]

you guys crack me up! i got some ideas for our 1st trip this feb.....

we were going to celebrate a few different things during our trip

my nursing school graduation (made the down pmt for the trip as my present)

our 1st trip, but this is true (i was there for 1 day in 1996, but it was only a 1/2 day)

our anniversary (its nov, but we are doing a nice grown up night out)

and our daughters birthday..... it in june....

and a personal acheivemnt, my husbands 1st vacation ever (sheltered, i know...)

but i dont care... we are paying a lot for this dream trip, and we are going to celebrate lots of acomplisments

 

[Anna_Marie]

I've snapped a few pics in the Haunted Mansion...the table scene, and in the graveyard. But I did feel guilty about it, and even worried thru the ride that the CM's would somehow know it was me and get me when we got off the ride.

 

[stichy]

I have several sins to confess to.

I reuse my mug. Not that much. Only for soda in the morning. We use the dining plan so in the morning since you get 2 drinks I use everybody's drinks to get their cans of iced coffee. I love the stuff and it is super pricey.

When there was a loop hole in the dining plan regarding not seperating child and adult ts credits I exploited it by using them all for adult meals. Plus once when we had the deluxe dining plan we had 5 credits left over and I used them to pay for a random family's meal. The CM let me do it so I don't know if I need to confess to that.

I borrow towels from the pools to bring home. My dogs love towels in their crate. They eat them. So we go through a lot of towels. They really like the disney towels.

 

[daisyduck123]

Plus once when we had the deluxe dining plan we had 5 credits left over and I used them to pay for a random family's meal. The CM let me do it so I don't know if I need to confess to that.

I did that once for a family of four, and a cast member standing nearby overheard me, said he was impressed with my generosity & presented me with two new (still on their cards) trading pins!

 

[Teacher03]

I apparently sinned at Disney, but didn't know it at the time. We (4 of us, all adults) were staying at Pop with the Dining Plan. DH decided to come with us at the last minute, so we booked another room at Pop. He didn't get the dining plan, but used our dining plan credits. No one questioned it, we didn't cheat anyone out of anything, but I had my hand thoroughly slapped when I mentioned it on the dis!

 

[Buckalew11]

Another thread on here reminded me of another sin. I took pictures on the POTC ride. I know I wasn't supposed to but I don't care, I have a great scrapbook page

I've done it too. And in CoP, SE, and a few weeks ago in Snow White's Scary Adventures. Disney did not reprimand me but my DH sure had a lot to say!

I take them for scrapbook pages too. On POTC, our whole boat did it. I did because they did and soI knew I wasn't bothering anyone's ride. At CoP, we were the only ones in there (a January trip).

I sure have broken a lot of rules at Disney.

 

[auntie]

I apparently sinned at Disney, but didn't know it at the time. We (4 of us, all adults) were staying at Pop with the Dining Plan. DH decided to come with us at the last minute, so we booked another room at Pop. He didn't get the dining plan, but used our dining plan credits. No one questioned it, we didn't cheat anyone out of anything, but I had my hand thoroughly slapped when I mentioned it on the dis!

I'm not even sure I understand what the "sin" here is?...

If you have the dining credits..you have them. It matters which specific person uses them?...Jeeze-Louise....some people really have to get a life if that's all they have to worry about. Seems kind of silly to get upset about that. It was your husband for cryin' out loud.

 

[Toad_Passenger]

Glad someone mentioned picture taking on the dark rides. I have done this on PoTC and HM. I try to do it when we are the only ones on these rides (we go in the VERY off-season), but I have done it from the back of a crowded boat as well.

 

[dwheatl]

I think these are in order of seriousness.

We've made a redneck salad from the hamburger fixings at a couple of CS places (you know, eat some of your burger and fries, use the space on your tray to make a big salad).

DH let our then 7 y.o. drive his ECV and she pinned a Japanese tourist to a wall in one of the shops.

We knowingly took 2 pool towels from the Dolphin (is staying there a sin, since it's pseudo-Disney?) because it was our last day and we went to Typhoon Lagoon before an evening flight home. The towels came home with us, and my kids made me donate them to a nearby homeless shelter.

We left our teenage kids in the park (MK) and told them to meet us at our room. Got in a huge line to catch the bus back to our resort. Just as the bus pulled up, we saw the kids joining the end of the still-huge line. We called them forward and had them get on the bus.

And this is the very worst, but so long ago that smoking was still allowed in line for rides. DH and I were waiting to ride Space Mountain at DL. After about a half hour wait, two young men insinuated themselves into the line, directly in front of us. I "accidentally" brushed the lit end of my cigarette against the arm of one of the young men, then said, "Gosh, I'm sorry. I didn't notice you standing there." It was horrible; I know it. I have since quit smoking, the worst I would do to line-cutters is report them to a CM, and I have spent the years since then trying to share Disney Magic with all I meet. Well, except the one lady I called out on Main Street after she cut in front of DH's ECV and blocked him from following me.

I guess I'll be spending quite a bit of time in the final scene on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride!

 

[MichelleVW]

Glad someone mentioned picture taking on the dark rides. I have done this on PoTC and HM. I try to do it when we are the only ones on these rides (we go in the VERY off-season), but I have done it from the back of a crowded boat as well.

If you are there this coming January please refrain, because this is freaking annoying...and honestly does ruin the attraction for others...

 

[mackeysmom]

Is it a sin to post someone else's sin

She's a Dis-er too - not sure if that makes it better or worse

Many years back, my cousin AnnMarie (Coliebird as she's known on the Disboards) and I were staying at POFQ. She had bought a TON of stuff at World of Disney one evening and asked to have the bags sent to the room the following day.

The next day, we returned from the park and .... no bags were waiting for her in our room. She called down to the lobby to see if they were holding the bags and was told "no". She called the store directly and was told that the bags had been delivered to the hotel.

We decide to walk down to the lobby and talk to bell services, but I suggest that she find her receipt so that she has proof in case they need it. No luck - can't find her receipt either.

Now AnnMarie is normally quite levelheaded, but in the three minutes that it took us to walk to the lobby/bell services - she is CONVINCED that the maid (named Clarice) has not only stolen her bags, but stole the receipt to cover her tracks.

I will never forget the words that came out of her mouth as we spoke to the hotel manager that day. She said (very loudly for all in the lobby to hear - and several times) quote: "I'm not blaming anybody, but Clarice is the only person who could have stolen my bags."

The manager apologized and said he would look into it immediately - told us that they take accusations of theft very seriously, etc.

To make an already long story short - it turns out that the bags were delivered to a guest at the Carribean Beach resort who had the same last name as AnnMarie. The receipt (which she later found at the bottom of her purse ) didn't have the hotel name written on it and the room was in my last name - different from AnnMarie's last name. They had looked up the last name (not a common name at all) and found a guest staying at the CB and assumed that the bags were hers.

By the end of the night, she had her bags. Management was told of the misunderstanding (and a very nice tip was left for Clarice!!)

 

[DaisyD]

Okay, I am sorry but I refuse to see taking a towel from the pool area as a sin. What is a sin is that disney wants to charge us for extra towels. You can stay at any cheap hotel in the country and they will gladley bring you extra towels. We stayed at a holiday inn in Nwport RI earlier this year. Extra blanket, extra pillows, lots of extra towels. Guess what. Thats right didn't charge us and single penny for it. So for all you pool towel poachers out there I absolve you. Not that this carries any weight anywhere but I forgive you.

Since when does Disney charge for extra towels? We get extra every time we go and never get charged.

 

[mrsheppo]

When we made our first trip to WDW, I tried to do keep costs down as much as possible. I claimed that my son was only 17 so I wouldn't have to pay for an additional adult per night in the room. He had turned 18 less than a week prior to our trip.

 

[MattGilsdorf]

ok all you mug re-users iv got what would probably be the worst disney sin of them all....

so me and my (now ex) girlfriend took a trip to disney at the end of may, and we are both smokers. and our sin is that we didnt always use the designated smoking areas. most of the time we did, but wed smoke on the way to the bus stop (which we were staying in the cbr so there were a bagillion bus stops so we werent really bothering anyone since no one was really around us walking) and sometimes on the way to old port royale, and even behind the bus stop once when we had to wait around awhile. we smoked in front of mexico in epcot cause we couldnt find an area close buy, so we just walked up to the rail and smoked right there... but the best (or worst depending on your view point) was we smoked by the hot tub in the pool area. that was kind of funny though, we had just got ourselves some adult beverages and were standing kind of away from the hot tub area (as to not bother anyone too badly) smoking and drinking when two of the ladies in the hot tub got out and come over and smoke with us! haha atleast we werent the only sinners around! and of course, the really bad part of of our sin was when we were walking to or from the bus stop, a few times we just threw our butts on the ground (yikes please dont burn us at the stake please please please)