What was the biggest Disney meltdown you've witnessed?

[JediBonas]

Our first trip with the kids, they were turning 2. We went onto Carousel of Progress (which we have since called Carousel of Hell) and I forgot to bring my daughter's pacifier. She started screaming/crying about two minutes into it and NOTHING could get her to stop. I was mortified. Luckily the only other family in with us was super understanding but it was horrible. We tried to get them to stop the ride but nope. So I tried to bring her to the very back to get as far away from everyone else but nope, got yelled at by the CM for getting up. It was just horrible.

 

[IowaTater]

I will fully admit that the biggest meltdown DH & I witnessed on our last trip was mine. I have social anxiety that is normally under control but I was hot & tired. We were at MNSSHP and had been going full blast our entire trip (this was on Day 6). DH was trying to tell me something but he was walking way out in front of me. Because of the large crowds, I couldn't hear what he was saying. He proceeded to get a little snippy with me and I lost it. I started crying and said "This trip was supposed to be fun but I'M NOT HAVING FUN ANY MORE!!! I just want to leave!!!"

Thankfully DH knows the difference between my anger & my anxiety so he pulled me off to the side, got me a cold soda and apologized for getting cranky with me. I apologized as well and we were back to normal.

 

[DisneyMandC]

My dad still loves to talk about this one to this day- 20 years later. I LOVED Fievel, from An American Tail, when I was little. On our trip to DW when I was 6, my parents bought me a Fievel stuffed animal. I insisted on carrying it everywhere myself. So, as all 6 year olds do, I promptly lost Fievel while in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids set. And I, of course, lost my freaking mind. I can still remember being upset, but my dad says I kept screaming "I want Fievel" over and over again until he bought me another one. I still have that stuffed animal though, so money well-spent!

 

[K_Jordan]

My friend (DCP Peter Pan CM) said that one time a father had a breakdown over a Make a Wish Family not having to wait in line. He argued that his own child could get sick, so they should get to skip the line too.

I mean really? REALLY? No words.

 

[karm12]

The meltdowns in our family always revolve my sister having to get a Starbucks every morning. She wont drink the regular coffee at breakfast and get going on like the rest of us. It always involve everyone being upset about having to wait for her and my mother will ALWAYS make a snide comment about it. Every...single...morning...

 

[PollyannaMom]

So on any vacation if things start to get tense my kids ask if it the day 3 curse!

The "day 3 curse" is definitely real!

 

[rastahomie]

The meltdowns in our family always revolve my sister having to get a Starbucks every morning. She wont drink the regular coffee at breakfast and get going on like the rest of us. It always involve everyone being upset about having to wait for her and my mother will ALWAYS make a snide comment about it. Every...single...morning...

My wife can spend 45 minutes, easily, putting on her makeup and hair, and she will not stop until everything is just so. I remember my last trip, pacing around the Pop Century computer pool, angrily checking my watch, and with each passing second watching our chances of making rope drop get smaller and smaller. Grrrr......

 

[anniemae]

My wife can spend 45 minutes, easily, putting on her makeup and hair, and she will not stop until everything is just so. I remember my last trip, pacing around the Pop Century computer pool, angrily checking my watch, and with each passing second watching our chances of making rope drop get smaller and smaller. Grrrr......

OH MY GOODNESS!!! I would be livid. and I'm female!! I spend about 10 mins getting ready at Disney. No make up, just sunscreen. Throw on clothes, brush teeth, hair in a pony tail, slap a hat on and done. Don't even bother showering in the morning since you sweat so much, I shower at night instead. Why on earth would you bother with hair and make up???? It melts off instantly and hair frizzes. She must look "nice" for like 4 minutes! LOL!!! But then again, we go in the summer when it's hotter that the surface of the sun and you start sweating before you are even out the door.

 

[rastahomie]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! I would be livid.

That's just how her family is. Her grandfather trimmed her nails while he was waiting for an ambulance to come pick him up after a mild heart attack. Her brother won't go to his "independent pharmaceutical contractor's" house to buy "forbidden plants" unless his pants are pressed and his shirt is tucked in.

 

[rpb718]

My dad then took me from her and walked off into what he thought was the entrance to a store but he somehow ended up in the entrance for Country Bear Jamboree and was ushered inside, even with me screaming her head off. End of story, a minute later I was sitting mesmerized in front of a dozen singing bears and had the best time of my life!

From someone who likes Country Bear Jamboree, I think everyone having a meltdown at MK should immediately be ushered to Country Bear Jamboree for the duration of the meltdown.

 

[cruisingtwins]

My daughter at 3.5 we had a FP for hunted mansion when we went into the stretching room she freaked so I left with her through the side door. She then asked to go again I explained to the cm at the fp entrance and he let us through again she freaked out and we left. I talked to her just outside the door to make sure that's what she wanted and she said yes we walked towards the entrance and she said she wanted to go in I said no and she had the worst tantrum I've ever seen screaming at the top of her lungs kicking and flailing. I dragged her to our double stroller and discovered Dh took the straps off so I was basically holding her in the stroller while she screamed until everyone else came out. Everyone around me was great though and at leas I got sympathy and no judgement.

 

[MSS91]

Two specifically come to memory...

1. Easter day 2015 at the Saratoga Springs main pool. Best friend and I decided to forgo the parks for the day and just make it a pool day. Got breakfast at 9 am at the hotel and proceeded to go to the pool right after. As the morning went on, the pool got more and more crowded. We noticed that when we arrived around 9:15am there was a table near us with towels and bags, but no one was ever there from that time until 2pm. Another family looking for a table around noon asked us if they had seen anyone at that table, we said no, and they moved all the towels and bags to the ground adjacent to the table. 2pm rolls around... a family decided to come back from Easter brunch at MK and were ASTONISHED when their table wasn't being held any longer. The mother of the family got into a screaming match and actually tried to physically drag the other poor family away from the table while they were sitting in their chairs. She also picked up their bags off the table and threw them into the bushes behind us SCREAMING that it was her table, she called dibs by leaving her stuff there for the better part of 5 hours. Unbelievable.

2. December 2015 we were having dinner at BOG. While waiting to be called into the restaurant, we noticed that most of the CMs escorting guests in had light up Lumiere toys that they would let the kids hold while they walked to the table. The kids did not get to keep the toys, but it was just a fun thing to do while going inside. At some point, the CMs ran out of Lumieres outside and were just escorting guests inside without them until they were restocked from inside the restaurant. One family had a COMPLETE meltdown about not getting to carry in one of these toys. They demanded that they would not go to their table until they got one to carry in. The father of the family was yelling at the CM that his children wanted to EACH carry one in, be exempt from the one per family rule, AND KEEP IT. The CM was trying so hard to be polite and explain to the man that the kids did not get to keep the toy and that this was just a fun thing to do. You could tell she wanted to tell this father where to shove Lumiere when they got more back outside.

 

[Corey127]

My sister....
On a trip, just the 2 of us. She was 21, I was 23. We overall had a great time, but we were burning the candle at both ends, doing rope drop everyday, closing a park, then hopping to a park that had EMH. It also rained a lot.


We were in HS, wearing ponchos bc it was pouring, she starting yelling that she was tired and wet and had enough. We start heading out of the park as the sun comes out and a rainbow appears. A CM smiles at her and says " excuse me, Miss, you've dropped your smile!" She started looking at the ground thinking she actually dropped something. Then she looked at the CM and burst into tears. He looked panicked, said "I'm sorry" and ran away.

 

[anniemae]

Two specifically come to memory...

1. Easter day 2015 at the Saratoga Springs main pool. Best friend and I decided to forgo the parks for the day and just make it a pool day. Got breakfast at 9 am at the hotel and proceeded to go to the pool right after. As the morning went on, the pool got more and more crowded. We noticed that when we arrived around 9:15am there was a table near us with towels and bags, but no one was ever there from that time until 2pm. Another family looking for a table around noon asked us if they had seen anyone at that table, we said no, and they moved all the towels and bags to the ground adjacent to the table. 2pm rolls around... a family decided to come back from Easter brunch at MK and were ASTONISHED when their table wasn't being held any longer. The mother of the family got into a screaming match and actually tried to physically drag the other poor family away from the table while they were sitting in their chairs. She also picked up their bags off the table and threw them into the bushes behind us SCREAMING that it was her table, she called dibs by leaving her stuff there for the better part of 5 hours. Unbelievable.

2. December 2015 we were having dinner at BOG. While waiting to be called into the restaurant, we noticed that most of the CMs escorting guests in had light up Lumiere toys that they would let the kids hold while they walked to the table. The kids did not get to keep the toys, but it was just a fun thing to do while going inside. At some point, the CMs ran out of Lumieres outside and were just escorting guests inside without them until they were restocked from inside the restaurant. One family had a COMPLETE meltdown about not getting to carry in one of these toys. They demanded that they would not go to their table until they got one to carry in. The father of the family was yelling at the CM that his children wanted to EACH carry one in, be exempt from the one per family rule, AND KEEP IT. The CM was trying so hard to be polite and explain to the man that the kids did not get to keep the toy and that this was just a fun thing to do. You could tell she wanted to tell this father where to shove Lumiere when they got more back outside.

Wow. Reminds me of when we were at CBR a few years ago. The pool was crowded and there were no tables. We finally found a table in the back with a few of the hotel towels crumbled up and a CBR life vest on one of the chairs. It looked like the family had vacated and left the hotel towels and life vest behind. DH sat down and I took the life vest back up to where they are stored and tossed their towels in the dirty towel bin while picking up fresh towels for us. Well after a couple of hours of swimming, we were back at the table getting ready to head back to our room, putting our shoes on and drying off and this lady comes over demanding to know why we were sitting at her table and where her "stuff" was. I told her the table only had two towels and a hotel life vest on it and it looked like nobody was sitting there. I told her I never would have sat down if someones personal items were on it. I could tell she wanted to yell at me, and thankfully we were leaving anyway so I simply said, "we are done, the tables yours! Have a great swim!" and left. I can't believe people try to "hold" a table for hours and hours.

 

[MSS91]

Wow. Reminds me of when we were at CBR a few years ago. The pool was crowded and there were no tables. We finally found a table in the back with a few of the hotel towels crumbled up and a CBR life vest on one of the chairs. It looked like the family had vacated and left the hotel towels and life vest behind. DH sat down and I took the life vest back up to where they are stored and tossed their towels in the dirty towel bin while picking up fresh towels for us. Well after a couple of hours of swimming, we were back at the table getting ready to head back to our room, putting our shoes on and drying off and this lady comes over demanding to know why we were sitting at her table and where her "stuff" was. I told her the table only had two towels and a hotel life vest on it and it looked like nobody was sitting there. I told her I never would have sat down if someones personal items were on it. I could tell she wanted to yell at me, and thankfully we were leaving anyway so I simply said, "we are done, the tables yours! Have a great swim!" and left. I can't believe people try to "hold" a table for hours and hours.

I know!! I feel bad enough when I leave my stuff on the table to go grab lunch at the hotel quick service to bring back to the pool to eat, let alone leave my stuff there for hours on end! I never realized how many people do this. It just seems so entitled to think that they deserve to have a table reserved for them when they come back hours later.

 

[disfamz]

Last April we stayed at BWV in a studio. We learned quickly it was the "studio lock off" from what would have been a 2 bedroom. The couple next to us got into the LOUDEST, ANGRIEST fights every single night while listening to the television so loud. They would argue about politics, the parks, god knows what. I wanted so badly to run into them and be like excuse me?! Can you STOP!?! I'd never heard anyone argue like that at Disney before!

 

[BigAlsGal]

I saw 2 guys almost start throwing fists at the old dole whip location. As you might remember there were technically 2 lines. One on the right, one on the left, and an exit line up the middle with another window that you could order from that shared with the line on the left. Well these lines use to get about 30 minutes long. We were sitting there enjoying our ice cream and I saw the guy walk up the middle line like he was oblivious of the other lines. (I giggled to myself cause I knew this was gonna be good).

Guy that was waiting in the long line yells "Hey! Line is back there you're in the exit." The guy instantly cops an attitude and says something like "Yeah thanks line police!" And laughs. Guy wasn't moving.

I'm like

Guy in line keeps on. "Man we've been waiting in this line. You're not in a line. You're cutting through the exit!" Guy cutting just keeps laughing and egging the guy on! I was so shocked! This guy knew he was in the wrong and was still like "Screw you. Mind your own."

Both of them start verbally abusing each other until cutting guy realizes he's made enough of a scene and isn't getting his dole whip and moves out of the exit to join his family who is in line on the right. My guess is this guy KNEW how the dole whip line worked and was hoping he could creep to the front and everyone around him would just shut their yap. Line guy was not having it. It was awesome.

 

[MSS91]

I'm like

love it.

 

[potterfanatic]

Our first trip to Disney I had 3 kids under the age of 5 and my husband came down with the flu the first day. We were trying to make the most of our time and he didn't want to miss Disney so he came along but it was really like having another kid with me. By our last day I was just exhausted and I was getting myself worked up about something or the other and I told my husband, "I don't know why people bring children here." I still laugh when I think about how ridiculous of a statement that is.

 

[mdsouth]

Our first trip to Disney I had 3 kids under the age of 5 and my husband came down with the flu the first day. We were trying to make the most of our time and he didn't want to miss Disney so he came along but it was really like having another kid with me. By our last day I was just exhausted and I was getting myself worked up about something or the other and I told my husband, "I don't know why people bring children here." I still laugh when I think about how ridiculous of a statement that is.

I am glad you are able to laugh at yourself! This was a good one!