So I think I left you just before the IASW Incident as I call it. Here is the scenario....
I decide to hop on IASW since there is no wait and I need to get out of the rain and heck, its IASW. So I enter in to the ramp/queue just as a family is and they are in front of me. It is a Dad, Mom and 4 kids if I remember, maybe 5 but I really think 4. As we are walking down the ramp a woman comes through and is trying to pass through the family. Apparently the family cut her off from her child as she was just outside of IASW. So can you visualize, her child, this family, me and this woman now trying to manuever through to her child.
Well I think she said something to the effect of "Excuse me you came between me and my child". It didn't not sound or look to me like she was rude or out of line at all. Just letting these people know she wanted to get by because they had come between her and her party. Well this Dad starts yelling, I mean YELLING, LOUD, and calling her a F-word A-word. She looks absolutely appalled (and I am sure I did too). She says something to the effect of "You need to watch your language there are kids here" and this doesn't seem to bother Mr Manners. He is screaming at her, calling her white trash and telling her to go back to her trailer.
The F-word is thrown around a few more times, the woman is like "You are crazy, you are a jerk" and Dad just keeps giving it. All the while his four children are right there, and his wife, and other people, like me. But that didn't seem to matter. The woman gets to the end and tells the female CM that this man is crazy and is yelling at her. CM looks like a deer in the headlights. Man yells "I will not be in the same boat as her" and again references her going back to her trailer. Boat with woman and child takes off. Female CM says nothing to this crazy man. Nothing. A older male CM comes to swap places with her. Yours truly gets the pleasure of riding behind this "family" in their boat. As soon as we are all seated they are all laughing and giggling and oldest son, maybe 12 or 13, is high fiving Dad. 
It made me so mad. His behaviour in of all places Disney World, his disregard for speaking that way to another human being in front of his own kids as well as other people, and his blatent celebration over it with his son. This man was the lowest of the low in my eyes. I didn't really enjoy my ride. I kept hoping that when the boat came to the end security would be waiting. They weren't. I was really disappointed in how the CMs handled this. They did nothing. They heard the woman complain, they heard the man on his tirade. And they did nothing. I really wish they had a zero tolerance policy for this sort of behaviour and they booted him out of the park.
When I left I had hoped to see the woman and just tell her I thought it was incredibly rude how she was treated but she was gone. Who can blame her. But believe it or not I would see Rude Man and his wife with the scary neck tattoo again the next day.
This traumatic experience required something to up the magic pixie dust factor. It required chocolate. So I headed towards Liberty Square and got myself a nice chocolate chip cookie (1.91). There was a woman trying to photograph herself with the Castle in the background by herself so I offered to take it for her. It is nice to help someone out and that definately increases your pixie dust factor for sure. Side note: the view from the Castle on the side right here, by Sleepy Hollow, is one of my most favorite views.
I tried taking my camera out to get a shot but the batteries were dead.
Now I wandered over towards the Haunted Mansion. It was dark and stormy and that just enhanced my walk up. There was no line, the bright side of going during weather like this. I got right in and enjoyed this ride. It takes me back to my youth and riding it when I was a kid. I even remember a Haunted Mansion board game I once had with pieces that looked like some of the ghosts.
I was still not ready to call it quits so I sloshed over to Mickey's Philharmagic. I just love this show. The sights, the sounds, the smells, it has it all. Except tonight I was freezing! Being very wet and the high AC is not a good combination. I was really wanting a warm blanket right about now. If you travel in August please pack one light sweatshirt or something, you just might need it.
I exited and stood in the gift shop for a bit. It was raining so, so, so hard now that I decided to just stand there for a little while. That is when Incident #2 took place. Yes another over the top, crazy cranky guest. This time he was irate over the movement of his stroller. You see he had put it in a spot that you can't leave a stroller and so it had been moved. As a result, and due to the fact that during this freakin' monsoon he had not bothered to cover it with a poncho or cover or something, it was wet. Well he started laying into this CM, again YELLING, and while he didn't use the F-word, he dropped the A-word a whole bunch of times. Yup. In front of all the guests, children included, waiting in this gift shop for the rain to stop. The poor CM just took it and kept saying "I'm sorry sir, we had to move the strollers". I wish they empowered these CMs more to take action when people are blatently out of line like this. I know the whole customer is always right thing but I think when you start acting so disrespectfully and completely out of line that should go out the window. This man's behaviour was uncalled for. And with the rain blowing in sheets his stroller was going to get wet no matter where it was if he had no cover on it.
As I am watching this take place a completely soaked from head to toe man comes over to me and asks if I work here. Hmmmmm. No. I don't know what he was going to ask if I did. Instead he tells me he just rode Dumbo and its not an indoor ride. Ummmmm, yes I do know that. Crazy man. But he was having fun. There is crazy/happy and there is crazy/lunatic like our other two folks. Crazy/happy man was just being a kid, riding Dumbo poncho-less in a torrential downpour. At least he had a smile on his face!
The rain was not letting up and I was wet already so off I went, towards Tomorrowland. I had a FP for Space in my pocket and needed to use it. Waltzed right in, past the 30 minute or so standby line. At the end I told the CM one and he put me in the back seat and told me it was the best seat. A little solo magic for you.
I like this ride but don't love it. Like IASW I think you have to go on, it is such a part of the Magic Kingdom. Everest is my favorite coaster at Disney though for sure.
So I meandered to Main Street and looked in the Emporium for a bit. I decided to get to the bus. It was around 9:30 or so and at this point I was not sure if Wishes were happening or not. I did know I wanted to beat the rush if it were. So I walked down to stop 18 for Pop Century. And here we meet Contestant Number 3 for the "I Swore Out Loud at Disney World" award. The line is long. It is late. People are wet. I get it but man some people just can't control themselves. A man with a stroller starts swearing "Don't you F-word tell me to wait" (and again SO LOUD) at the grandmotherly CM who is holding the glowing stick to guide the bus to our stop. Apparently she told him he had to wait, the horror. She looked like she was going to cry, I felt so bad. Everyone in line was smirking/glaring at crazy man. And as people passed the CM once the next bus came numerous people made comments to her that made her smile.
I am convinced that the rain had something to do with people being so over the top angry and impatient. But it is not an excuse. They were rude, they were out of line and they did so in the Happiest Place on Earth in front of children. I have never seen behaviour like this there and I hope I don't again. It really was a drag.
I got back to Pop and stopped in the gift shop. I bought Fat Mickey and Fat Minnie for Belle and Goofy. I'll have to add a photo later. I also picked up a package of antenna balls. I have Sorcerer Mickey on my van right now but this packet has Mickey/Minnie/Donald/Chip/Pluto and one other, maybe Goofy? Anyway this will serve as my "Buy one silly souvenir just because" from my Solo Trip Pledge. I didn't even look at the price until I got back to my room. $25! For antenna balls? Eeek! They are cute though!
Got back to my room after passing creepy man drinking at Petals who smiled as I walked by.
I open my door and my luggage is there! Yeah! Got ready for bed, called for a wake up and hit the hay! Tomorrow was my first full day and I needed to be ready for it!
Allyson
I decide to hop on IASW since there is no wait and I need to get out of the rain and heck, its IASW. So I enter in to the ramp/queue just as a family is and they are in front of me. It is a Dad, Mom and 4 kids if I remember, maybe 5 but I really think 4. As we are walking down the ramp a woman comes through and is trying to pass through the family. Apparently the family cut her off from her child as she was just outside of IASW. So can you visualize, her child, this family, me and this woman now trying to manuever through to her child.
Well I think she said something to the effect of "Excuse me you came between me and my child". It didn't not sound or look to me like she was rude or out of line at all. Just letting these people know she wanted to get by because they had come between her and her party. Well this Dad starts yelling, I mean YELLING, LOUD, and calling her a F-word A-word. She looks absolutely appalled (and I am sure I did too). She says something to the effect of "You need to watch your language there are kids here" and this doesn't seem to bother Mr Manners. He is screaming at her, calling her white trash and telling her to go back to her trailer.
The F-word is thrown around a few more times, the woman is like "You are crazy, you are a jerk" and Dad just keeps giving it. All the while his four children are right there, and his wife, and other people, like me. But that didn't seem to matter. The woman gets to the end and tells the female CM that this man is crazy and is yelling at her. CM looks like a deer in the headlights. Man yells "I will not be in the same boat as her" and again references her going back to her trailer. Boat with woman and child takes off. Female CM says nothing to this crazy man. Nothing. A older male CM comes to swap places with her. Yours truly gets the pleasure of riding behind this "family" in their boat. As soon as we are all seated they are all laughing and giggling and oldest son, maybe 12 or 13, is high fiving Dad. It made me so mad. His behaviour in of all places Disney World, his disregard for speaking that way to another human being in front of his own kids as well as other people, and his blatent celebration over it with his son. This man was the lowest of the low in my eyes. I didn't really enjoy my ride. I kept hoping that when the boat came to the end security would be waiting. They weren't. I was really disappointed in how the CMs handled this. They did nothing. They heard the woman complain, they heard the man on his tirade. And they did nothing. I really wish they had a zero tolerance policy for this sort of behaviour and they booted him out of the park.
When I left I had hoped to see the woman and just tell her I thought it was incredibly rude how she was treated but she was gone. Who can blame her. But believe it or not I would see Rude Man and his wife with the scary neck tattoo again the next day.
This traumatic experience required something to up the magic pixie dust factor. It required chocolate. So I headed towards Liberty Square and got myself a nice chocolate chip cookie (1.91). There was a woman trying to photograph herself with the Castle in the background by herself so I offered to take it for her. It is nice to help someone out and that definately increases your pixie dust factor for sure. Side note: the view from the Castle on the side right here, by Sleepy Hollow, is one of my most favorite views.
I tried taking my camera out to get a shot but the batteries were dead. Now I wandered over towards the Haunted Mansion. It was dark and stormy and that just enhanced my walk up. There was no line, the bright side of going during weather like this. I got right in and enjoyed this ride. It takes me back to my youth and riding it when I was a kid. I even remember a Haunted Mansion board game I once had with pieces that looked like some of the ghosts.
I was still not ready to call it quits so I sloshed over to Mickey's Philharmagic. I just love this show. The sights, the sounds, the smells, it has it all. Except tonight I was freezing! Being very wet and the high AC is not a good combination. I was really wanting a warm blanket right about now. If you travel in August please pack one light sweatshirt or something, you just might need it.
I exited and stood in the gift shop for a bit. It was raining so, so, so hard now that I decided to just stand there for a little while. That is when Incident #2 took place. Yes another over the top, crazy cranky guest. This time he was irate over the movement of his stroller. You see he had put it in a spot that you can't leave a stroller and so it had been moved. As a result, and due to the fact that during this freakin' monsoon he had not bothered to cover it with a poncho or cover or something, it was wet. Well he started laying into this CM, again YELLING, and while he didn't use the F-word, he dropped the A-word a whole bunch of times. Yup. In front of all the guests, children included, waiting in this gift shop for the rain to stop. The poor CM just took it and kept saying "I'm sorry sir, we had to move the strollers". I wish they empowered these CMs more to take action when people are blatently out of line like this. I know the whole customer is always right thing but I think when you start acting so disrespectfully and completely out of line that should go out the window. This man's behaviour was uncalled for. And with the rain blowing in sheets his stroller was going to get wet no matter where it was if he had no cover on it.
As I am watching this take place a completely soaked from head to toe man comes over to me and asks if I work here. Hmmmmm. No. I don't know what he was going to ask if I did. Instead he tells me he just rode Dumbo and its not an indoor ride. Ummmmm, yes I do know that. Crazy man. But he was having fun. There is crazy/happy and there is crazy/lunatic like our other two folks. Crazy/happy man was just being a kid, riding Dumbo poncho-less in a torrential downpour. At least he had a smile on his face!
The rain was not letting up and I was wet already so off I went, towards Tomorrowland. I had a FP for Space in my pocket and needed to use it. Waltzed right in, past the 30 minute or so standby line. At the end I told the CM one and he put me in the back seat and told me it was the best seat. A little solo magic for you.
I like this ride but don't love it. Like IASW I think you have to go on, it is such a part of the Magic Kingdom. Everest is my favorite coaster at Disney though for sure.So I meandered to Main Street and looked in the Emporium for a bit. I decided to get to the bus. It was around 9:30 or so and at this point I was not sure if Wishes were happening or not. I did know I wanted to beat the rush if it were. So I walked down to stop 18 for Pop Century. And here we meet Contestant Number 3 for the "I Swore Out Loud at Disney World" award. The line is long. It is late. People are wet. I get it but man some people just can't control themselves. A man with a stroller starts swearing "Don't you F-word tell me to wait" (and again SO LOUD) at the grandmotherly CM who is holding the glowing stick to guide the bus to our stop. Apparently she told him he had to wait, the horror. She looked like she was going to cry, I felt so bad. Everyone in line was smirking/glaring at crazy man. And as people passed the CM once the next bus came numerous people made comments to her that made her smile.
I am convinced that the rain had something to do with people being so over the top angry and impatient. But it is not an excuse. They were rude, they were out of line and they did so in the Happiest Place on Earth in front of children. I have never seen behaviour like this there and I hope I don't again. It really was a drag.
I got back to Pop and stopped in the gift shop. I bought Fat Mickey and Fat Minnie for Belle and Goofy. I'll have to add a photo later. I also picked up a package of antenna balls. I have Sorcerer Mickey on my van right now but this packet has Mickey/Minnie/Donald/Chip/Pluto and one other, maybe Goofy? Anyway this will serve as my "Buy one silly souvenir just because" from my Solo Trip Pledge. I didn't even look at the price until I got back to my room. $25! For antenna balls? Eeek! They are cute though!
Got back to my room after passing creepy man drinking at Petals who smiled as I walked by.
I open my door and my luggage is there! Yeah! Got ready for bed, called for a wake up and hit the hay! Tomorrow was my first full day and I needed to be ready for it!Allyson
