The Disney Confessional

[npmommie]

I don't have any Disney sins. although we did bring home the towel animals the maid gave the kids on our last day last january.
not sure if that counts.

funny story,
this summer in new hampshire, i was in the hotel lobby getting coffee, another person came in for coffee with his Disney mug, LOL, I said oh I see you have the mug, were you just there, and he goes on to confess to me that they had the mugs from a few years back and had been bringing them back yearly and using them until this year 2010 they decided to buy new mugs!

LOL, thought my dis friends would get a kick out of that

 

[Jen_in_NH]

My DIS sins....

We grabbed pool towels to use in our room. With a 2 year old and a 5 year old, stuff gets spilled and wet. I still washed towels every day, but at least we had a spare or 2, and no permanent stains on the carpet.

My nephew knows his age in real years and Disney years....

We had my parents stand in lots of shopping lines and pay for stuff to get their AP discounts.

There was an extra person in our room My sister ended up getting time off a week before our last trip. We were staying on rented DVC points, so there was nothing to do to change that. She got the fold out chair, and the room key they gave me for my 2 year old (who was rather bummed out by that idea )

And in the ultimate DIS sin - I put most of the trip on our credit card, and paid it off over 3 months. Don't shoot

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

And in the ultimate DIS sin - I put most of the trip on our credit card, and paid it off over 3 months. Don't shoot

Ahhh yes, we have done that a couple times. Not recently, but back before we had the money we went anyway and paid it off over several months. Even paying interest! And you know, I have absolutely no regrets. And despite what many will say, we didn't enjoy those trips any less then the ones we paid in full cash for. That is interest well spent IMO. My DH always says he can make more money but he can't make the kids young again.

 

[Explodo]

Ok...This one is a crusher...I did the "Humpty DAnce During one of the MNSSHP dances...TAught it to all the kids who would learn it...(About 15) I think I laughed myself silly watching them all jerk around like MC HAmmer on Crack.

(BTW, if you don;t know what the Humpty DAnce is go watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj9_yW8tZxs&feature=related )

If this doesn't get me in trouble I don;t know WHAT will

(BTW, This video was on Daytime TV...so it's legal)

 

[luvmy3]

Wow I'm ashamed to be a member of the same board as some of you. I don't know how you seep at night

 

[MattGilsdorf]

No, we just don't want to die.....

(refering to smoking)

occasionally encountering second hand smoke outdoors wont kill you. now if you were in door in an unventilated building, then of course i could understand your worries (but thats why they relegated all of us smokers outdoors years ago) but outside in the fresh air come on, the cases of lung cancer caused by second hand smoke has dropped incredibly since smokers were moved out doors. and again to my credit, when i did smoke in an un designated area, i did it away from other guest so i wouldnt bother them...

 

[mickeysgal]

I confess I use my cell phone whenever I like.

There was a very nasty thread where all cell phone users where send to hell because they take away the joy of others and obviously Cell phones users could kill others
After snooping around I found that the same person that condemned other users for this uses her phone also in the parks.
So I'm curious what is a bigger sin. Using your cell in the parks or being hypocrite and condemn others?

Yes, I found out that if you use your cell phone in the park, you are also a person that texts/drives and are out to kill people.

We text in the park. And haven't lost touch with life/reality.

We use our cell phone in the park. And we haven't always pulled over to the side to talk. We've walked and talked. I'm sure that somewhere along the line some Disney-cell-hating-guest has heard snipets of one of our conversations and it may not have been a business call (which are the only ones possibly allowed from what I understand).

I'm sure during the upteen times we've been at Disney, I must have stopped dead in my tracks at some point to get a child a bottle, get something out of the backpack, check the times on a fastpass, decide where to go next, etc. I'm sure that I've caused some Disney Snowflake on the It's-All-About-Me-Red-Carpet-Tour to have to step around me. Big DIS no-no. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm also sure that at some point when the kids were in strollers that I've hit the back of someone's legs/feet in a tight crowd. Can't remember a specific time, but I didn't mean it intentionally. Doesn't matter if it was innocent or not, it is a DIS sin.

I've gone into Ghiradelli's - mulitple times just for the chocolate sample. No intention of buying anything. Not sure if this is a DIS sin or not, but it has a high potential to be, so I'm admitting it now.

I once told a woman to make her little darling sit down during a Christmas show (Future World stage). She let the little darling stand up on the seat in front of us, them mom moved into the aisle to take pictures of the little girl. It was a night show. She snapped what seemed like tons of pictures - all with flash- all in our eyes. Got to capture every moment at everyone's expense around us. She called me Scrooge. Ok. I can live with that. Call me what you want, just make the kid sit down.

 

[simba20]

Oh, okay, I let things get tot he best of me and I screamed at another guest. Wasn't my fault, "she started it."

DD3 and I were in line with the running of the bulls at DHS at the FP machines for TSM. The hubster had run to ride RNRC and ToT, so I had DD with me. I chose a line, which after a minute or two I noticed it was moving slowly, that when I peer around to discover the FP machine I am in line for is down. However, instead of moving us to another line, there was a CM working her tail off, taking people's tickets and getting them FPs from other machines.

The lady in front of me had like 8,000 tickets she was getting FPs for and it was taking some time. I am trying to get myself prepared to have my tickets ready to hand to the CM and give her a friendly smile, when DD snatches the tickets out of my hand and says that she wants to put them in the machine and get the tickets. I am trying to explain to her that the machine is broken and that I have to give the tickets to the lady, when I realize it is my turn. I askk DD to hand me the tickets or give them to the CM "nice lady" when this lady behind me (well two/three people behind me) sighs loudly and shouts 'Just take the d*** tickets from her hand." Meanwhile the CM is talking to DD and getting the tickets from her, when DD starts crying.....more of a tirade from this rude lady behind me. So I turn around, while managing to get tickets from DD, and tell her "Can't you see I am trying?" When rude lady responds (obviously she has to have the last word) "THEN DO IT."

Meanwhile CM has gotten my FPs and I am trying to calm DD down. All of this is happening within seconds, so it's not like I am pausing and holding up the line. So I get my FPs from the CM, scoop DD up in my arms, and turn to the lady and say, in a very non-Disney way, "Have a magical day."

And, as I said, she had to have the last word, so as I am walking off, she says "Yeah, well you too."

Okay, so it wasn't an all out brawl or catfight, but I allowed it to get to me, because the lady was chastising my 3 year old for, well, acting like a 3 year old. The people directly behind me in line, had no issue (told me so when they stepped out of line after getting their FPs and said 'man that was some woman"), and laughed when I asked DD to give the CM the tickets and she replied "No." Anyway, I could have just let it go, but I did open my mouth a reply back. I really wasn't trying to start anything, than state the obvious to the lady that, indeed I was trying to get our park tickets from DD, when really it was my intent to stand there all day and allow DD to play with the tickets and hold up the line.....I mean really.

I guess it could be considered a DIS sin because I didn't enjoy the magic.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

(refering to smoking)

occasionally encountering second hand smoke outdoors wont kill you. now if you were in door in an unventilated building, then of course i could understand your worries (but thats why they relegated all of us smokers outdoors years ago) but outside in the fresh air come on, the cases of lung cancer caused by second hand smoke has dropped incredibly since smokers were moved out doors. and again to my credit, when i did smoke in an un designated area, i did it away from other guest so i wouldnt bother them...

When we were in WDW last month I had to point out the smoking sections to my friend. For the most part they are away from crowds. I've even sat in them with a smoker and it wasn't bad at all.

No, I never smoked but do have a few Disney friends that do and never occured a problem.

 

[The Orchid]

I think the only Disney sin I've committed is holding hands with my partner in the parks. I know from the heated gay day threads that gay people aren't supposed to do that.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I guess my biggest sin would have to be having too much fun and not paying attention to things around me...

Last year I had just finished touring the Swiss Family Treehouse and my BF and I were going to go get our first dole whips (which I'd heard so much about on the boards).

We were both very excited and he was the first to exit the Treehouse and I followed. I didn't notice anyone behind me, so I let the exit door close behind me.

I didn't see anything happen, but apparently I let the door close on a young girl, because her mother came up screaming behind me that I'd hit her daughter by letting the door close and that she was only a little girl and why would I do that.

I was really shocked that she was coming after me yelling, I told her I didn't see the little girl and that I was sorry. The mother didn't really accept and went away grumbling about rude people.

I was pretty upset for the rest of the afternoon. I think this probably qualifies as a disney sin. I'm sure if the mother had been a disser I probably would have been crucified.

 

[MattGilsdorf]

I think the only Disney sin I've committed is holding hands with my partner in the parks. I know from the heated gay day threads that gay people aren't supposed to do that.

thats not that bad, last trip at planet hollywood there was a gay male couple who kissed (with tounge it looked like) right there at the table more then once. if they hated you guys (or girls whichever you two may be) just holding hands they would have had a heart attack had they seen this lol. i wasnt so much botherd by them kissing, it was just where they did it, right there at the table in a family resturant. i dont think its very pc for any couple, be it straight or homosexual, to make out at the table in a resturant with kids around.

 

[natenapril]

My DIS sins....



And in the ultimate DIS sin - I put most of the trip on our credit card, and paid it off over 3 months. Don't shoot

NEVER EVER EVER post that on the budget

 

[AmandaSparks730]

I went to WDW and didn't meet 'n' greet with Mickey

And I may or may not have flirted with Peter Pan when I was 14

 

[Buckalew11]

Here's one I haven't seen...

I peed in the bushes outside Epcot early one morning in January '07.


The morning of my very first race, ever. My DH says, In a minute, most of the people will be making their way to those bushes to pee. Uh, no way, no how...I'll just go back to the room, thank you very much!

Sure enough, people started heading to the edge of the woods to pee. And about 15 minutes later--and 15 minutes before the race started, off I went too!


The lesson I learned? Go right away--do NOT wait until 1/2 of the people in your corral have already went...eww, yuck!

Peeing in the bushes at Disney seemed like quite a sin to me.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

NEVER EVER EVER post that on the budget

I know I usually hang out on the budget board, so I figured I would have to say it here rather than be hung by my toes there

 

[handinpocket]

My children were "2" until they were 4 in real time. I re-use my mugs, I pool hop, I get adult CS meals for my kids, I take fruit back to the room from the CM's buffet, I get rider switch off passes and then send my family members to the fast pass line right away and I don't move down in a theater.

 

[mickeysgal]

My children were "2" until they were 4 in real time. I re-use my mugs, I pool hop, I get adult CS meals for my kids, I take fruit back to the room from the CM's buffet, I get rider switch off passes and then send my family members to the fast pass line right away and I don't move down in a theater.

Oh yes, the not moving down in a theatre...big Disney and DIS no-no.

Ok...I've seen this mentioned many times on this thread already. Why is it frowned upon to order CS adult meals for kids? Please, someone explain.

 

[The.Epcot.Man]

after getting FP's for TSM, I went to the bathroom....when I came out, I noticed the FP machine was down and a CM was handing out FP's. I walked up with my family's keys and got a second set!

Also celebrated my b-day 2 weeks after the actual date on another trip.

 

[Scurvy]

My children were "2" until they were 4 in real time. I re-use my mugs, I pool hop, I get adult CS meals for my kids, I take fruit back to the room from the CM's buffet, I get rider switch off passes and then send my family members to the fast pass line right away and I don't move down in a theater.

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.