whats thw worst thing you have witnessed on your trip to Disneyworld??

[DizBelle]

Originally posted by jann1033
sorry but this comment makes me wonder what kind of person actually feels this way and still goes to wdw...seems like they would rather go to say the Holacaust ( sorry I think that is spelled wrong)Museum in DC to get their "fun fix" hope they never find themselves in the position where they have to eat their words

I don't think the Holocaust is a laughing matter at all and I do not find "fun" in the horror that others had to endure.

By the same token, I don't want anyone else to have to suffer because of my family member that has some affliction that causes them to scream and curse at anyone and everyone. Some poor child might be terrorized and scared and then their parents will have to explain to them what happened. I don't want to be responsible for ruining the magic for someone else because I know how special it is to me.

I don't know exactly what words you are suggesting I might have to eat.

 

[NIK]

Originally posted by philaround
NIK, I agree with you completely. Eating and size, in my opinion, should never be linked. As someone who has gained much too much weight over the past two years due to quiting a 40+ year smoking habit and severe vertigo that has prevented me from doing much physical activity, even just standing up can be a challenge.

The only comment about eating should be the manner of eating. The open mouth chewer, the dribble down the chin onto your shirt [unless you are young enough to still be teething], the holding of any food in your hands that is not considered "finger food" [once again if you old enough to to be able to tie your own shoes].
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I SO agree about the open mouthed chewing. There is nothing more revolting than watching someone's dinner going round in their cake-hole. It's like watching a cement mixer! It's right up there with the 'audible chewer'. There are some things it is impossible to eat daintily but some folk do not even try. I hate gum chewers who can't keep their mouths closed or spit on their disgusting used gum on the ground. [Sadly we get a lot of that over here in the UK] Spitting is such a filthy habit.

 

[blowinbubbles]

Originally posted by NIK
I SO agree about the open mouthed chewing. There is nothing more revolting than watching someone's dinner going round in their cake-hole. It's like watching a cement mixer! It's right up there with the 'audible chewer'. There are some things it is impossible to eat daintily but some folk do not even try. I hate gum chewers who can't keep their mouths closed or spit on their disgusting used gum on the ground. [Sadly we get a lot of that over here in the UK] Spitting is such a filthy habit.

Ditto that on the spitting. . .ugh! My h is a spitter, and now my youngest has picked up the habit. Grrrr! How can I teach him *not* to spit, when his dad does it all the time?!!?

 

[Sharlag]

What IS it with spitting? Do some people just produce excess saliva?

 

[NIK]

Goodness knows. It is a disgusting dirty habit.

 

[sbelyo]

Darn this thread was long......

anyway, I only had one embarasing thing happen to me. I was in the christmas ornament shop in the MK and my wife was going nuts with all kind of christmas stuff handing me this and that. She moved so qucikly that I couldn't keep up with all the stuff and I fell straight down on my butt (landing sitting up still hold all the crap). (Forgot to mention I have CP and fall sometimes)

I can't ever remembering witnessing anything really bad, just the occasional Dad yelling at Mom, and over tired kids who's parents feel they need to get every last bit of the disney magic from their dollar (My dad is one of these). I promised myself I would never do that to my kids. They will always dictate the day within reason. Our last trip my DS had to ride the Teacups every morning, then we were free to do anything after that.

And I always give up my seat to wife, kids, and elderly.

 

[blowinbubbles]

Originally posted by NIK
Goodness knows. It is a disgusting dirty habit.

I so agree with you on that! But if you *really* want to see disgusting, dirty and gross, wait until you see a roofer at work on a roof, and he puts one finger on the side of his nose and blows his nose into the air, off the side of the house! Much easier than climbing down the ladder to get a tissue!

 

[SCohen]

Sbelyo:
I promised myself I would never do that to my kids. They will always dictate the day within reason. Our last trip my DS had to ride the Teacups every morning, then we were free to do anything after that.

Thanks for the wonderful comment Sbelyo! After reading all the posts it was nice to read yours. I bet you are a wonderful dad!

 

[TerryU.]

he puts one finger on the side of his nose and blows his nose into the air,

EEWW, EEWW, EEWW I've acctually seen people do this, not off a roof but walking down a street. EEWW!

 

[DrTomorrow]

Originally posted by Esmerelda
I think if we all just remember what they teach us in kindergarten...Share everything...Play fair...Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them...Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours...Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody...Wash your hands before you eat...Flush...
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you...Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some....Take a nap every afternoon....When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic,
hold hands, and stick together...Be aware of wonder...Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that....Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even
the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die.
So do we....And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books
and the first word you learned - the biggest
word of all - LOOK.

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.
The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation.
(and above all....RESPECT...everyone and everything around you)

If everyone would just remember the above....Disney world WOULD be the happiest place on earth.

good day,
Esmerelda

Oh, my - I hope that you really don't try to do all of these all the time....

 

[tink2dw]

The worst thing we ever saw was a man (he had his wife and kids with him) walking around the food court at ASMo with his winkie flapping in the wind. Yes, I am serious, hanging right out of his fly. My husband made a few subtle remarks to him, which went right over his head. I finally yelled, "Zip it up, man," at the top of my lungs. He ignored me too. When he sat down at the table about 5 minutes later, his wife said something to him and he put it away. We were flabbergasted. I don't have a winkie, so I don't really know, but my husband assures me that there is NO WAY you can be unaware that your winkie is flapping in the wind.

Ooohhh! Oooohhh![hand raised] I have the Solution!! And it is a tried and true Solution!!

There was a flasher who walked down a sidewalk between the apartments I had just moved into,and they had warned me. So the first time I say him, I said this, At the top of my voice SLOOOWLY with amazement" If thats ALL I had, I sure wouldn't be showing it off!." He couldn't zip up fast enough!! And he never came back.

Other female friends have tried it too,it has always worked!!
It has worked on male flashers who let it "flap in the wind".

 

[WishingOnAStar]

Originally posted by tink2dw

At the top of my voice SLOOOWLY with amazement" If thats ALL I had, I sure wouldn't be showing it off!." He couldn't zip up fast enough!! And he never came back.

 

[BonnieA]

Here's something I saw that could have been tragic. The scene: Alladins magic carpet ride. 2 children in front of carpet, mom in back seat. The CM went around checked everyone, all secure. Then one of the children in the front seat decides he wants to ride with mom. Mom encourages him to step out of the vehicle and get in back with her. Just as he steps out, the ride starts up. He was so fortunate the he didn't get hit, dragged or worse. As soon as the CM spotted the child she hit the emergency stop and ran over to the child. Now just who would have been blamed if a tragedy had occured? I can tell you who should have been blamed...MOM. What was she thinking.

 

[TN Traveler]

WOW, Bonnie!! What a terrible thing that could have happened.
Thankfully the CM was on her toes and paying attention!! She deserves a great big thank you from the mom!

 

[bexareaglecheryl]

This is an amazing thread! I am so excited when I see an email telling me that someone has added a post.

It's true that WDW is really not that far off the mark of the 'real world' outside it's gates. We'll most likely see the same things within that we see everyday outside.

One thing that I noticed on our first trip to WDW was that our own kids(DS 9 at the time and DD 12) who never fought and argued, spent the first 3 days of the trip trying their best to get on each other's nerves and pestering the fool out of each other. Why? They were never like this on an everyday basis. We put a stop to it but we'll always remember that trip as the trip they fought like cats and dogs. I remember one day at Epcot when they were even trying to trip each other so that the other would FALL DOWN.

They're 16 and 13 now so they're co-horts in crime and can't wait to go off together alone with a charged up room card! (We'll see about the latter!)

Cheryl

 

[epcotfan]

I'm reposting my post from the "shocking" thread. I think this is one of the worst things I've seen at WDW.

Originally posted by epcotfan
This just happened last Friday (Hurricane Day August 13th)
I was staying at Coronado Springs on the day of the hurricane. Since the parks were only going to be open until the early afternoon I decided to hang out at the resort with my cousins. We ended up going swimming at the Dig Site Theme Pool. (see picture. for an idea of what the Dig Site pool looks like)

We had been there for awhile and then I heard my cousins calling my name. They told me to "LOOK." I turned around and saw a 4 or 5 year old girl who had climbed to the top of the pyramid. Her heels were balancing on the edge of the top step. Everyone in the pool (including myself) was screaming, "Don't move, don't move." There is a waterfall that flows down the front of the pyramid which makes the steps quite slippery. The kid then went inside the the top of the pyramid. Then she stepped down onto the top step again. The life guards went running around and turned off the water flowing down the front of the pyramid. A lifeguard tried to climb the pyramid and the little girl started to climb down on her own. She wove herself back through the barrier (which is there to prevent people from climbing up) and got back down. The life guards were asking where her parents were. She didn't seem to know. This was a terrifying situation. My cousins (11 and 12 years) asked if I was ok, as I had apparently turned white during the whole ordeal. One minor slip of the girl's foot would have resulted in her death. It was a horrible situation to witness.
My question is, WHERE THE HECK WERE THE PARENTS???

 

[*Fantasia*]

Some of you guys already know. My husband died at the ASMovies on Dec 9, 2001. He died from heart aneurysm. My kids and I were there in the room with him. It was a sudden death. It is not the best memory to remember.

 

[luvthatduke]

Hugs, Prayers & Pixie Dust to you...

God bless you & your children...

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Fantasia, so sorry to hear about your husband. I am a cardiac nurse and have witnessed sudden death more times than I care to remember. It must have been incredibly traumatic for you. Hope you and your children are recovering. I believe he is still with you in spirit.

P.S. You are going to have a wonderful time on your cruise!

 

[Ducky4Disney]

My thoughts are with you Fantasia. I have seen you're tag about Ohana and I have always wondered, but never asked. Please excuse such a rude question, please don't answer if I am out of place, but how did WDW handle the situation?

Like Pea-n-me, I also work in cardiac surgery (I'm a perfusionist) and know what that is like.

Love, luck, and lollipops to you!

D4D