What is the most obnoxious thing that has ever happened to you in a WDW eatery??

[ducklite]

I won't be taking my babies to Le Chefs de France.

Bistro, no. Chef's IMHO is family friendly.

I would have asked the management to move me though. No way I would have sat next to them after that.

Anne

 

[ukwildcat]

We were sitting and having a nice meal in Le Chefs de France when this family came in with a really rowdy/annoyed/overtired 3 year old. The kid yelled, screamed at the top of it's lungs, and then whipped the water they were trying to force it to take right at me, all over my nice skirt and freezing legs. They tried to make the child apologize, which I thought was nice, but she just kept crying and screaming at my direction. Nice restaurants should be children free. I won't be taking my babies to Le Chefs de France.

Wow, this quote sounds like me and my wife about a year ago. While I agree that you should not take young children certain places, you will be surprised how your views on things will change. I used to think those little child leash things were tacky. I'm starting to think they might be a good idea after chasing DS around the house.

But, I digress, on to the topic at hand....

DW and I were at WCC a few years ago (pre-children). We were sitting at the table next to the fireplace in the back room. There is a hidden mickey on the bottom of the mantle. A boy (roughly 10 yrs old) actually crawled under our table (on my wife's side - she was wearing a skirt) to look for the hidden mickey. Bobby (yes, the famous Bobby the Kid) was our waiter and he got the boy out from the table very quickly and showed him other hidden mickeys. Bobby then came back and apologized. I think the boy was oblivious, and I have no idea where his parents were. Looking back on it, it seems pretty funny.

 

[MadToad]

Back in 1998, I took my DW (then DGF) to Disney for her first time. The second night we ate at the Coral Reef, more for the view than the food. Since it was her first trip, and my zillionth, I was doing my best to impress her. And it was working; she was having the time of her life.

So, back to dinner...
We get a nice romantic table right up against the glass. She was thrilled. Every now and then a small kid would come nearby to get a better look, but nothing egregious (heck, when I was a kid I'd have done the same thing). So our food is served (not the best meal, from what I recall), and as we're eating this small pack of kids surrounds us trying to get to the tank. So I look around for mom & dad to come save us. Yep, I figure out who they are and politely ask them to for a bit of help.

Mom says, and I quote, "Can't you two get up from the table so they can see? Disney is for kids you know!".

DW and I start to stand, before it sinks in. "Are you out of your mind?!?" I said, and then proceeded to lose a bit of my temper (especially after one of the kids took our bread basket to see what was inside) before the waitress and manager took over. The staff handled it well. I don't know what they said to the family, but we didn't hear another peep out of them. And they gave us free drinks & dessert (which I tried to refuse since it wasn't the restaurant's fault, but they were pretty darn insistent).

Now if only the mother came over and blew her nose on my table cloth, I might be the hands down winner of this thread.

 

[afr117]

On our honeymoon in 95, my husband and I ate at Steerman's Quarters (which I think is now Yachtsman). We were seated next to what I would now refer to as the real life inspiration for the Sopranos! These people were every stereotype of a mobster that you could imagine - loud, obnoxious, foul-mouthed, cigar smoking men wearing very expensive looking resport clothes. And the women! Tight dresses, lots of teased, long hair and bright lipstick - my husband and I think they may have been "rentals." You could tell that everyone around them was very uncomfortable, and the poor servers were alternately intimidated/embarassed having to serve them. Cell phones were still not widely used, but these guys had them and were talking to/cursing out whoever was on the other end. Our food was good, but I have a sneaking suspicion that someone, somewhere got whacked by the end of our meal.

 

[LSUDis]

Ours was at 1900 Park Fare. Yes, I know that it is a character meal and that children are excited, but at a large table next to us was an extended family with about 4 adults and about 6 children-roughly 6,6,5,4,4,4,. These children were completely unrestrained.

Examples: standing in their chairs and rocking them back and forth while holding onto the back, getting up and going to other people's tables (one actually got in someone's chair at another table!), when characters arrived at nearby tables, these kids surrounded the characters even though they were at someone else's table (one of the mothers in the family half-heartedly told them to come back, but they didn't and she resumed her conversation), one of the children actually got into another family's photo w/ a character, the kids were yelling and crawling under tables, too.

Now, I know that kids are going to be kids and this IS a Disney vacation, but come on!

 

[ducklite]

afr117's post reminded me of the time we were eating at Bistro. At the table next to us were a "working girl" and her "date."

Anne

 

[KLAIT]

We were seated and a large group of people came in. maybe 6 adults with about 8 kids...one of which was in a high chair. The mom was busy talking and the kids were running all over the restaurant. I heard the little one in the high chair tell her he had to go potty...she heard him, but chose to keep talking to another adult..he did this about 3 times.....then the food started to arrive. At that point, the little guy said loudly "I have to go poop"...to which she replied..."why don't you just go in your diaper. It is Ok to do that right now". Thank goodness the child told her he wanted to use the potty so she finally did get up and take him.......YUCK

 

[Lynne M]

About 6 years ago, Mom and I were having a late dinner at the GF Cafe. The restaurant wasn't very crowded, but there was a very large table nearby with about 15 people, including 5 kids. One girl and 4 boys. I'd have to guess they were members of the royal family of an oil-producing nation.

You have NEVER seen such spoiled children as those 4 boys. Actually, I'm not even sure spoiled was the right word. All between 8 and 12, they actually walked into the kitchen on several occasions to demand water, sodas, food, and just generally berate the wait staff. I assume they were used to ordering the servants around at home.

After they got tired of stomping in and out of the kitchen, the new game was to throw chairs into the path of waiters who were carrying food-laden trays. Thank heavens, nobody fell. But no adult at that table said a single word to those boys for the entire time they were there.

Needless to say, the room brightened quite a bit when they all left.

 

[Ltl Mermaid]

I LOVE Coral Reef, and have eaten there many times, but one one occasion I actually found a fingernail clipping in my soda....I was drinking through the straw when suddenlt I felt something hard, but not Ice-like. I took it out to examine it and Lo and Behold, it was a crescent moon shaped fingernail clipping. I physically heaved and was lucky I didn't throw up! The waitress was really great about it, actually she was quite mortified. I wasn't angry at her since most likely it was in the ice...not something she could have forseen. She got us 3 free desserts and took my entire meal (salad, entree, soda) off the bill. I was still disgusted but at least she tried to fix the situation. I have since returned with no gross fingernail clippings to speak of!

 

[zaja]

While waiting at WCC our boys were playing with the Lincoln Logs. Several other children were playing around the table, one being this sweet little cherub. The hostess calls this girls family because their table is ready. About 10-15 minutes later the same girl, probably about 10 or 11, comes back to the Lincoln Log table. Needless to say, her 'house' wasn't standing anymore. All the other children were using them, you know 10-15 minutes after she left and all. She was livid! She chews all of the children out about her house not being there, stomps back into the restaurant and tells her mom what's 'happened'. Less than a minute later she stomps back out with her mom, comes over to my youngest sons ranch and knocks it down! (Why she picked him out of the bunch, I'll never know.) The mom's watching the whole thing, so she either told her to do it or at the very least is agreeing with her daughter. Jeez, some people's kids, well actually some kid's parents!

 

[hmp2z]

We were at Bistro de Paris almost 2 years ago, when the fireworks started and the kids there ran to the window. We were seated across the aisle from the window, so we happened to notice a boy, approximately 10 years old, digging deep and steadily in his butt crack. In his energetic efforts, he pulled his pants down so that about 2-3 inches of crack were showing beneath his shirt and above his pants. We were treated to a lovely display of buttocks and digging throughout the fireworks show. He eventually went and sat down, without pulling up his pants.

There was a woman also at Bistro de Paris wearing a string bikini, a sheer sarong, and a pair of flip flops - nothing else. I was surprised that the waiters let her in dressed like that. She had a squalling infant who cried steadily for 20 minutes before we asked for the check in sheer desperation.

And I have a thing about bugs: I know it's irrational, but the thought of them anywhere around my food makes me gag. We were eating at Akershus when a large fly began buzzing around the table. I tried to swat him away, but he was one of the big, slow-moving kind, and my hand actually touched him but didn't discourage him. He gracefully landed right in a cream sauce and blithely swam around, which sight ended dinner for me. It obviously wasn't the restaurant's fault, so I didn't even say anything to the server about it. The sight of that large, creamy fly put an end to my appetite, though.

Cheers!
Heather W

 

[misslissa]

I have one... not a WDW one, but a traveling, that I hope no one can relate to.

I don't mind kids one bit, especially if they are well behaved or just having fun. I used to go out for dinner all of the time growing up and knew it was a treat, so I used my manners. I love the way that Ohana gets kids to get up and move around... so, I don't mind the presence of children in a TS restaurant at all! It is Disney afterall!

However, I do have a problem with tantrums, screaming, yelling, anything to set off a migraine (take your kid out!)... I also think it is reasonable to get your kid to stay at your table and not bug anyone else. Like a few of the stories before, kids shouldn't be grabbing your breadbasket... or your dinner.

My worst experience was on a flight from Frankfurt to Toronto, not a short flight. A three year old girl sat behind me with her grandparents who slept the entire trip. She got up, ran around, made so much noise! Commanded attention from all the other passangers, was quite loud... and the grandparents seemed to sleep the whole way. The biggest upset was when she stuck her wet hand up my shirt sleeve from behind and touched my armpit without me seeing her coming... So gross...

And, no... I don't have kids!

 

[MickeyNicki]

Dinner at the Biegarten, FIL spilled his stein of beer and it ran on my lap and then SIL spilled her coke, again on my lap! I was soaked and stained and MAD lol

 

[mickeyfan2]

Dinner at the Biegarten, FIL spilled his stein of beer and it ran on my lap and then SIL spilled her coke, again on my lap! I was soaked and stained and MAD lol

That will teach you for marrying thier son!!!

 

[Hixski]

This was not at WDW but at an Italian resturant chain in our city. They bring out the big salad bowl. You know the one for the whole table. My DH starts to pull some out some with the tongs and low and behold he picks up a finger rubber. The kind someone has on their finger in the kitchen if they have a cut or bandaid on. My DH has a sense of humor so he called the waiter over and picked it back up and asked if we could have a salad that did not include a baby condom. Well, I have never seen a waiter and then manager fauning over us so much in my life. DH was just trying to inject a little humor into the situation. I guess they thought he was going to sue or something. Manager is saying we will pay for everything, So sorry. So sorry. Heard some yelling in the kitchen too. Guess someone really got it for that one.

 

[ducklite]

We were at Bistro de Paris almost 2 years ago, when the fireworks started and the kids there ran to the window. We were seated across the aisle from the window, so we happened to notice a boy, approximately 10 years old, digging deep and steadily in his butt crack. In his energetic efforts, he pulled his pants down so that about 2-3 inches of crack were showing beneath his shirt and above his pants. We were treated to a lovely display of buttocks and digging throughout the fireworks show. He eventually went and sat down, without pulling up his pants.

OMG! I think we have a winner. I think, butt drilling trumps nose blowing, tank licking, and bread grabbing.

I'm not sure I'll ever be able to eat there again....

Anne

 

[jjatwdw]

This can't really compete after some of the earlier posts, but... last year we were eating at Trails End for dinner. There was a large basket of apples sitting on the dessert table. Some little boy, about 6, takes each apple out of the basket and starts rolling them on the floor and licking them, then putting them back. His mom saw him and half-heartedly told him to stop. It didn't slow him down a bit. I quickly instructed my kids and DH not to touch the apples and notified a CM! This year we skipped all buffets.

 

[Kay1]

On an extended-family trip, ,y s-i-l and I tooks our boys up to a small, clubby type restaurant at the top of the Wyndham Palace, just to watch the July 4th fireworks. There were several people sitting at tables patiently waiting to watch through a smallish window. S-i-l stood at the back of the room by the bar.

When the fireworks started, my s-i-l marched to the window and stood there with her son, blocking everyone's view. People called out to her from their tables to please sit down but she ignored everyone and eventually they all just got up and crowded around her so they could see, too. If only she'd stayed where we were or at least crouched at the window . . .

 

[Gregg]

Well, the strangest thing we've ever had happen at a meal was at a character breakfast at MGM -- I think it was called the Sound Stage -- not there anymore (we liked it! lots of Aladdin characters etc.)

Anyway, the waiter accused my wife of stealing the little card that explained tipping (on the little "plate" they bring your bill on). Not stealing a tip or money, mind you, just the little tip CARD!! We were equally amused and annoyed but he actually kept insisting we stole it. Why would anyone do that??? Not a bright move, because I'm sure that cost him a decent chunk of his tip from us for the meal.

Just weird though.

 

[ducklite]

Well, the strangest thing we've ever had happen at a meal was at a character breakfast at MGM -- I think it was called the Sound Stage -- not there anymore (we liked it! lots of Aladdin characters etc.)

Anyway, the waiter accused my wife of stealing the little card that explained tipping (on the little "plate" they bring your bill on). Not stealing a tip or money, mind you, just the little tip CARD!! We were equally amused and annoyed but he actually kept insisting we stole it. Why would anyone do that??? Not a bright move, because I'm sure that cost him a decent chunk of his tip from us for the meal.

Just weird though.

How bizarre!

We ate there once and in the 45 minutes we were there, not a single character had come to our table, and we'd only seen our server once. Not a good experience there for us either.

Anne