Wierdest Memory

[mattsdragon]

We've seen shocking moments.

And we've seen sentimental moments.

But who among us hasn't seen or experienced something, not so much shocking or sentimental, but it still lingers with us to this day?

For me, I'll never forget my second trip to WDW (I was 3, sister was 6). We were obvioulsy excited as we drove from our cousin's house in Tampa up Interstate 4. But my father was getting annoyed, and made the same threat everyone has heard, but never believes, "if you 2 don't knock it off, I will pull this car over". Well, he actually did it. Pulled us both from the back seat, spanked us, and put us back in the car.

I remember that entire day for some reason, it's the earliest memory I have.

(I wish I remember my first trip, the park was about a week old).

 

[ryanmilla]

Ahhh, the spankings from our youth. How times have changed.

Anyway, one of my weirdest memories was from my first trips to WDW as a young child. We took my DGM (Grandmother) and relatives on my DDad's side of the family (Uncle, Aunt and cousin). Well both my DGM and Uncle were a little heavyset and really didn't have any desire to be in the park (they were goods sports and came b/c they wanted to be with the family). So, when we arrive (of course it is in the summer) they both decide the are going to take a seat on the bench and wait there until we are all done. We met them for lunch and they went back to the bench afterwards. On our way out, we picked them up and they had no worries or complaints.

I kept thinking to myself then, "how could anyone just sit while at WDW?!" But, now as an adult and understanding the Florida heat and remembering their size, I appreciate them even making the effort to come to the park at all and not complaining in front of the kids. It was very gracious of them. Just wish I had the chance to tell them that.

 

[kelleigh1]

I have two...

the first is funny, the second...not so much.

My nephew, who was only 6 at the time seemed to start every story with "this one time..." So his father would always cut in with "...at band camp". So then anytime anyone would start telling a story, the rest of us (there were 9 of us total) would all pipe in with "this one time, at band camp..." and for some reason, we would laugh hysterically. (guess you had to be there.) My nephew however, didn't appreciate the humor.

The other thing I remember, first day at the resort. We were staying at SOG. We were all out at the pool and I went back to the room to get something. We had been using the sliding doors to our rooms since we were ground level, but then I locked mine, so I just went around to the side entrance of the hotel. I walked in, no problem. Went back out and that's when I saw it...the black and yellow snake...which at first I thought was some type of hose or something since it didn't move. It was there on my way in and I didn't think anything of it. On the way out, I looked right at the head and knew what it was. I froze for a second and felt a brief chill, but then walked away. It still gives me the willys thinking about it. Believe me, I kept my eyes open every day after that.

 

[allaboutmm]

My wierdest memory happened when I was a child on our 2nd trip. We took a break from the parks( MK and Epcot had just open) and went to Wet and Wild( a waterpark- not sure if its still in FLA?). I was in the wave pool, floating on a raft, the horn went off( letting you know the big waves were coming). My raft and I went up on one of the waves, came down on another person, smashed my nose into the back of the persons head......yup, broken nose( never mind the mess, thank godness there were no sharks in that pool if you know what I mean!). When ever I talk to my parents about WDW or waterparks, they always say," Remember what happened at Wet and Wild", yes I do , just look at my slightly crooked nose!!!

 

[kelleigh1]

Oh and I've got another one....MGM Studios! We were there for the early opening. We headed straight over to ToT since the plan was that they'd ride that first and then hit Rockin' Roller Coaster then we'd head over to Muppets 3D. I did not want to ride either one. Just not my thing. My nephew didn't want to ride either since he's afraid of them...and my younger sister figured she was just too big to fit comfortably, so we sat on the bench and waited. After everyone else got off ToT, I said that we were going to leisurely stroll over to Muppets while they rode R&R and we'd meet them over there.

Well my ex-BIL went off. He started yelling at my nephew (his son) that I wasn't having any fun because of him. He didn't want to go on any of the rides, so I wasn't riding either. I was furious!! But I calmly said "xx, don't blame him. I didn't want to ride ToT and I don't want to ride R&R either." He turns to me and says "stay out of it". I said "no, I'm not going to let you blame him and try to make him feel bad by saying that I'm not having any fun because of him. I'm fine. I would just like to walk around and take a look at things while you guys ride, and I don't mind spending time with my nephew." Well he still wasn't satisfied and he flipped at me again. So I said, "fine. Have fun." And my younger sister and I walked away and did the rest of MGM by ourselves.

I talked to my older sister later (the mother) and she said that I probably shouldn't have said anything since he is the kids father, and I said "I just really didn't want him making xxxxxx feel bad. And I wasn't going to stand around and watch him try to force a 6 year old to ride a roller coaster." So I asked her what happened after I left. She said that my nephew still wouldn't ride R&R, so they had to split up. They ended up having to take turns staying with him so everyone could ride.

You know...after that, he never gave me a hard time about hanging out with my nephew again. And my nephew would always ask me at each park, "Auntie Kel...are you going to ride such-n-such?" And if I said "no", he'd ask if he could hang out with me. If I was going to ride, he'd usually ride too.

 

[dawnsb]

We went to the MK ( My mom, dad, sister and grandma ). Mom took a picture of me and my sister similing but my grandma in the background looking like she really didn't want to be on vacation in the happiest place on earth.

We visited Epcot that trip as well. We rode the (origianal) Journey into Imagination with Figment - your picture was taken at some point during the ride and then shown on a screen towards the end of the ride. It was our first time, so we looked pretty funny in the picture because we were all looking at something different. We purposely rode it again to make a funny face at the camera. Everyone but my grandma looked really funny, but she was just sitting there...you guesed it...looking like she really didn't want to be on vacation in the happiest place on earth. I wish I had a copy of those photos.

My grandma died 3 years ago, but that is the one memory that still makes me laugh, and really the only thing I remember about that trip!


Dawn

 

[BankBunny]

The first time my DH and I went to Disney we were flying down on a Sunday morning. The Thursday before we left the car dealership he works for asked him if he could go to another dealership to swap a car on Saturday. After checking that we didn't have plans he said sure. I went with him because wewere then going right to his sister's house to spend the night (they were taking us to the airport the next day). It ended up being a 13 hour round trip drive to upstate NY--so close to Canada the signs on the highway were in French and English.
After the long drive and the early flight by time we got to our room all my DH wanted to do was rest, but I was ready to go. I unpacked and he passed out on the bed (he looked like someone who had just spend a week doing marathon days in the parks even though we had just gotten there). I turned around and asked if he was ready to go because I just couldn't wait to experience the MAGIC. As tired as he was he knew what it meant to me and went to the park with me after resting just a few minutes.

 

[krcit]

My weirdest memory is when we went to Disney for the first time. I was 5 or 6(I'm now 36) I was so excited to see Minnie Mouse and I ran over to ask for her autograph, she looked at me and said"Not now Kid, I'm on a break" I was devastated! we then turned it into a family joke(years later, afte the scars healed, lol)about my hatred for Minnie. can you imagine if something like that happened today-the parents would probably sue, lol!!!

 

[goofydad621]

but the memory that really sticks out was at DL in 1963- my parents took the family for a trip. What I remember was there was this ice cream place that served a huge Sunday (like the kitchen sink at the BC) and when they brought it out they made this huge camotion over it drawing attention to the table. My dad was always a ham and loved it, I remember my older sisters wanted to crawl under the table.
I don't know why but that is what I remember the most from that trip.

 

[goofydad621]

I was at the MK on my honeymoon for my first marraige and we had been waiting too see Country Bear Jamborie. We had waited for a while since we were the first folks in the waiting area after the previous show started, just before they were going to let us in my wife said that she was feeling kind of hot, The doors opened to go sit down and.........her eyes rolled up and down she went. I caught her before she really hit the floor and dragged her over to a bench, the cm's were great and got her a cold drink and a cold cloth, they put her into a wheel chair for a ride out of the park, they took us out of a gate not even sure where now and a park manager gave us a ride back to our room.

We laughed about that for a long time.

 

[ryanmilla]

Oh, I just remembered two more.

First one is on a trip with my DD(dad, not daughter), DM, and DB. I am the younger brother and had just turned 21 earlier that year. So, this trip my DB and I ended up spending a few nights out at PI. Well, one night my parents join us at the Adventures Club. We all had a few drinks and really had a fun time. Well, we get back to our room at the YC and it is probably close to 1am. Luckily my DM is one of those who gets happy after she has a few drinks. She starts yelling how happy she is to have the whole family together and says we should all go down to the pool to go swimming and go into the hot tub. We say, "no way, it is 1am and we are tired." She keeps insisting and even starts jumping up and down on the bed (of course where my DD is trying to pretend to sleep). We finally talk her out of it and get some sleep, but we all still have some good laughs about it.

My next one is on a trip with my DD(dad again), DM, DB and DW. My DW and I had only been married less than a year at this point. My parents got a condo style room at the old Disney Institue. My DW and I were in the loft room overlooking the sitting area. My DB is sleeping on the pullout sofa. Well, unfotunately, my DB has inherited my DD's snoring, but has somehow taken it to new levels. This was the first trip with my entire family for my DW, so she is not used to the snoring. She can't get to sleep b/c of the snoring so she decides to move the matress from the bed into the bathroom. It just barely fit,but for the rest of the trip, that is where she slept...on her mattress in the bathroom. When she had the door closed she coouldn't hear a peep. We have some great pics of it.

 

[MomofKatie]

I have a weird DL memory and a weird WDW memory:

My family went on a cross-country trip to see my uncle and aunt in San Diego, and we all went to DL- this was 1971. My cousin, Angie, was 3 and I was 5. The whole bunch of us (Aunt Jan, Uncle Tommy, mom, dad, DB, Angie, and me) went on Pirates of the Caribbean. Angie and I were okay until the part of the ride where the boat goes in between the cannonball battle- we both started screaming our heads off! I guess we thought those cannonballs were going to hit and sink us. We screamed through the rest of the ride.

Two years later, we took our 1st trip to WDW. My brother loved the HM at DL, and wanted me, the big scaredy-cat, to go on the one at WDW. So, he LIED to me and told me there weren't any ghosts and it was all funny. Well, as we stood in line to enter the Mansion, it started to thunder and lightning- very spooky! Once we got in, and made it through the "stretch" room and got in our Doom Buggies, I just freaked out. Way too scary for me. I put my hands over my ears, shut my eyes, and tried to think happy thoughts through the ride. I stopped hearing things, and opened my eyes- too soon, it turned out! Right as my eyes opened, I heard, "Beware the hitchhiking ghosts," and saw A GHOST SITTING IN THE DOOM BUGGY WITH ME!!!! Well, I didn't go back on HM until I was an adult- and DB never heard the end of that one. I still give him grief about it, and that was over 30 years ago!

 

[Simba's Mom]

My wierdest memory isn't really mine, but when DS was a child, 6 yo, 1992, on the monorail and threw up. And I'd say it was more wierd for the lady on the monorail with us than for us. World of Motion really did DS in. What was really wierd was that there was only one other person on the monorail, and DS kept announcing "I'm going to throw up!", very loudly. Fortunately, I had a plastic bag, emptied it, and handed him the bag, which he promptly used to throw up into. Our whole family was very calm about it since DS had always had a sensitive stomach. What was wierd was what that other person must have been thinking (like "GET ME OUT OF HERE!") Since I kind of felt bad for her, it really wasn't funny (though it kind of was). When the monorail got to TTC, we just all calmy walked out, except that lady-she booked! Poor woman! It must have been very wierd for her.

 

[kkaisu]

July 4th, 1976, Space Mountain, they had to turn on the lights because a woman's wig came off when she was riding. My DGPa was laughing so hard he was crying.

 

[PrincessAurora]

I have two:

My first trip to The World I was staying at All Star Music with a group of friends. Ok, it was me and their entire family. Kind of like myself tagging along to the Mariani Family Reunion. It was fun. One morning we were walking back to our room. We saw a service cart and it had bodies in it. non-adult bodies. Like dead babies and small children with a sheet. We stopped, stared, kinda freaked and then realized on closer examination they were mannaquins. What they were doing there at the resort is beyond me but it was kinda freaky. We made dead baby jokes the rest of the day. "So I guess when you cry too much, Mickey throws you on the back of a cart and turns you into some wax sculpture."

The other one was on our last trip. My boyfriend and I were on the monorail to Epcot. We were in the car with a british famiy. Their cute, adorable 6 year old daughter opened her pretty rose shapped mouth and said in a charming british accent to us "A zebra peed on our car". Well, what do you do with that? Say, congratulations? or did you win a prize? We were struck dumb.

 

[allaboutmm]

July 4th, 1976, Space Mountain, they had to turn on the lights because a woman's wig came off when she was riding. My DGPa was laughing so hard he was crying.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[mattsdragon]

July 4th, 1976, Space Mountain, they had to turn on the lights because a woman's wig came off when she was riding. My DGPa was laughing so hard he was crying.

OMG, almost the exact same thing happened to me. My cousin and I were on Space Mountain, and an Indian (Hindu, not Native American) man was in the car in front of us. The CM told him that he might want to take his turban off, but since they attach under the chin, he said it was alright. Boy was he wrong, that thing went flying, it whizzed right past us. Classic moment.

 

[PixiePop]

I am not sure if this qualifies as weird....but, my family and I went to Disneyland when I was about 7 years old. I will never forget asking Pooh for his autograph and he shook his head no.... I couldn't understand why he wouldn't give it to me , so I guess I asked again and he literally sprinted away.

 

[RussH]

OK it has been a few years since I posted this story. It will definately fit into the Weird catagory.

Cousin Bob

Many years ago in 74 my family was vacationing in Florida at my uncles in Tampa. My cousin was married to Bob and he was from what I had heard quite a character. The kind of guy you would watch while he pumped your gas but definitely not allow to look under your hood.
Him and I hit it off fine both of us liked British sports cars.

The 5th or 6th day there we went to MK. Bob was not having fun just one of those people that cant relax.

From what I remember we were having Ice cream and I sat with Bob and my cousin at the same small table.
He finished his cone quickly looked at
his wife then got up and said I'm leaving . No one said anything apparently Bob did this a lot. He reached over the table and shook my hand with the strangest smile I had ever seen...Oh thats right Bob never smiled.
That was 29 years ago and no one has seen Bob since.


RussH

Oh by the way ...they never missed Bob very much

 

[marc1477]

July 4th, 1976, Space Mountain, they had to turn on the lights because a woman's wig came off when she was riding. My DGPa was laughing so hard he was crying.

Thats a good one. I am rolling just thinking about it........