worst experience at disney?

[theresak]

I would have beat her down! It's one thing to talk like that to me but God forbid someone do that to my child! And to make such a statement about a child in a wheelchair!!!??? Some people can be so ignorant! I'm sure Karma got the witch later that day! (She got a taste of it instantly when they chose your kid over hers!) I would have loved to had seen her face when they asked your little guy to join in the show.

My blood is boiling just reading that!! I totally agree with the above, to be a stubborn jerk is one thing, but to speak that way about your son??? Wow. Beyond the pale of disgusting.

I'm glad the others in the audience weren't such pigs. That's what I love about Disney - there may be one jerk in the crowd, but there's a lot more good folks with big hearts. I hope your son enjoyed being a Jedi in training, and I pray his little mind was erased of that woman's ugliness.

 

[livie1205]

mine was about 7 yrs ago...I was at wdw with my family and my best friends family. we had got there around 4 pm (drove) and we all thought it would be fun to go over to magic kingdom to watch the parade (we normaly dont watch the parade).....so we go in and walk around and shop for a while before the parade started, I am wearing a skirt and flip flops and we go into a store to look around, well while we are in there they shut off ALL the lights for the parade and when we walked back outside I could not see a thing and I guess I was not the only one because someone bumped into me hard and I went falling down some stairs (near the train)! I knew I was not getting up when I fell lol I broke my foot...it turned black and swelled up right away! I think I am the only person that can fall off FLIP FLOPS!!! They had 10 people there to help me right away, they carried me into the gift shop and insisted on calling EMS.
The EMS people came and put me on a gurney with my leg propped up (in a skirt, without a blanket) and wheeled me out the back.They took me to celebration hospital where they did x rays and put a aircast on (the break was on top of my foot so no reg cast) .....the nurse came back in and said "here take these" and gave me 2 pills...they were percacet and I weighed 109 pounds then so it was WAY to much for me and by the time the taxi they the resort (POR) sent for me came I was puking my guts out and could not even remember my name!The resort was very good though they sent someone to get my meds and moved our things into a first floor room at 2 am in the morning.I spent the whole vacation in a wheelchair at the mercy of my now ex husband that I dispised THANK GOD FOR THE DRUGS!

 

[Ka-chow!]

My worst experience still hurts me..... and it was 3 years ago.

Wow is all I can say MightyMom. You are an amazing person not to have totally lost it. Hopefully her child learned something on how not to act.

 

[mv1175]

My worst trip was 25 years ago. It was my first time to disneyworld and 2 hours into to the park I had a fever and was itching all over. It's not fun to get chicken pox while at WDW.

 

[momtimesone]

This past vacation was a vacation of the worsts for me. My 8 yr old got lost coming out of a bathroom in cosmic rays he turned the wrong way and 15 minutes later they found him after me hysterically crying(single mom and hes my only child). Last day there packing up to go home and we grab a luggage cart the Luggage area was packed so the CM just said take a cart. We asked him how you unfold the carts and he said figure it out as they where busy. We got it back to our room and when my sister started unfolding a part came down fast like a guilotene slicing her thumb almost to the bone. Its Disney and we love it no matter what things happen we will still go every yr if we can.

 

[jphilhower]

My worts experience was our trip this May. First I got bitten or stung on my back that morphed into something out of one of the Alien movies. I then lost my park ticket the second day. Luckly I had my reciept and got the replacement.
Then on our fith day I got deathly ill. I had to call my doctor and get a perscription. spent two days in bed in the hotel room. It took all I could muster to get out bed. Then when I was in the parks, I didn't want to do anything but go back and sleep. I could only do a couple of hours at best at the parks. We missed a lot of our reservations and didn't do half the things we had planned because of my illness. I didn't ride any of the rides 8 out of our 12 day trip. I felt bad for my DW & DS, they managed to get out on their own.
It was so bad we are going back in May 2009.

 

[MomtoAlexnWilliam]

This didn't happen to us but to friends of friends....a group of 7 young people were headed to WDW about a month ago and had a horrible accident on the way just outside Tallahassee. Three of them died and several others are still in bad shape. It is just so, so sad....

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66539&catid=2

 

[Melissa]

My worst experience at Disney was May 2007 we went with my sis and her twins who were 6. My nephew is autistic and non verbal, we had all been to WDW together twice before and Max loved everthing. When He is good he is awesome and when things aren't right in his world, God help us all. He would scream and cry the minute we went though the gates of the park, he didn't sleep and one night my sis and I laid on the bed with him both of us having one leg over him to get him to lie down, if he did sleep he would get up at 4 am. We were staying in a condo and I woke up at about 5 one morning and found my sister in the living room with him, he was watching TV. She looked at me and started crying and said "why does God Hate me?" It was the saddest thing I have ever seen. We got though the week we flew from maine so going home early was kind of hard. Max was happy watching TV or swimming so that is what he did and we took turns taking the girls places. My sister has an extreme love of Chef Mickey's because of this trip, not b/c the food was so fabulous but she said it was such a peaceful meal with just the girls. I have such admiration for any one who is the parent of a special needs child, I couldn't do it 24/7. That week almost killed me!

 

[wendylovesdisney]

My Mother about 3 years ago who is scared to fly starting popping little pills on the flight like they were tick tacks. We had to get a wheelchair to get her off of the plane. At the resort we had waiting an ecv we rented to get around for stamina reasons and she kept driving into walls and such.
Ugh.

 

[fluffernutter]

Mine was on my honeymoon. we had a disney themed wedding here where we live in an indoor amusement park and I broke my arm on the bumper cars right after our ceremony. I carried on like a trooper,was too embarrassed to see a dr or anything,heck it was my wedding,lol,but when I woke up the next morning ready for our flight to Disney,I couldnt move my arm ,so we flew to Orlando and I had to check in to centra-care and they did xrays,cast etc.
I had been to disney before but it was my husbands 1st time there and I felt horrible. i couldnt go on the "ride rides" or be too close to anyone in case they knocked into me.

the one funny thing about the honeymoon trip was that we went to Epcot,and my husband pointed to spaceship earth and said lets go on that ride,I said thats not a ride,he said yes it is,Im like NOOO,he says "so what are all those people waiting on line for??".

I felt like such a goofball,
I never knew you could go IN spaceship earth and it was awesome!!!!
see,you learn something new every day!!!

 

[monkeymama]

In the middle of our trip, ds lost his tooth (only his 2nd lost tooth!) in the morning while we were still in our room. We put it on the telephone console next to his lost tooth bear so that the toothfairy could find it that night. Housekeeping threw it away. He was devastated. We convinced him that Tinkerbell came in and stole it because she didn't want the toothfairy coming onto her turf. The toothfairy figured it all out anyway and came through.

 

[daleswife]

My worst experience at WDW was In March of 2006. We called to buy tix for the pirate and princess party. I told the guy over the phone that there would be 5 adults and one child (my son was only 3 months old but my 3 yr old needed a ticket). I said how much? he said it will be $$$ only giving me the price for my daughter. I asked if the adults needed tix too and he said NO!!! Said that our park admission would get us in. So we get to the MK the night of and they said if you dont have a ticket you dont get in. Im like WHAT!?!?!?!?! So we go to the window and explain this to the RUDE man behind the window. He was like I cant do anything for you but sell you a ticket. We had bought 5 day tix cause we were told we didnt need one for the party. WE finally got him to exchange one of the tix we paid for for a pirate and princess party tix after a very long argument. He didnt say he was sorry he didnt say sorry for the confusion, he just said "next time you should find out what is going on before you come to WDW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I was soooo mad after that. But we had a ball!!!

 

[eeyoregon]

April 2006.

My two DS's and I took a 7 night Western Caribbean cruise on the Disney Magic.

We got off the ship early Saturday morning and headed for WDW.

We spent the entire day at MK including EMH until 1:00am!

On the bus ride back to Saratoga, my oldest DS (14) says he feels sick to his stomach. We reach our resort and head to bed.

Two hours later he wakes up and is violently vomiting and having severe diarrhea and is burning up. This goes on for 7-8 hours and we are both exhausted and I am very worried about him (note to people in the room next to us: Sorry about the 300 toilet flushes between 2:00am and 9:00am!!). Diagnosis: NOROVIRUS!! He was exposed on the cruiseship and came down with it hours after debarking.

We had to spend the next day in the room watching him sleep...I felt terrible for other DS who had to sit and look out the window at WDW and not be able to go...sucks being a singleton some times. We were supposed to fly home (to Oregon) the following day but he was still too ill plus I knew that the norovirus was contagious for 72 hours after the first symptoms and I didn't want to expose the other airline passengers.

We had to pay for another nights hotel and pay to change our air tickets (had trip insurance for the cruise portion of our trip only!) = had to call my mom and use her credit card because this single mama didn't have a dime to spare! HUGE thanks to Dznyjenn who graciously bought 7-up, crackers, rolaids, etc. and delivered them to us on her lunch break!!

We made the cross country flight and then my other DS came down with it (and strep throat and croup later in the week!) the night we got home. Thank you God for holding back the puke/diarrhea until after the 8 hour flight!!! Somehow I was spared !?

Not a great ending to our vacation...now I purchase travel insurance for the entire trip!

 

[Brier Rose]

Ours was a few years ago at MGM Studios when we went to see the Osborne Lights.
We had asked earlier in the day if it was possible to see the lights after Fantasmic, and was told yes. We had my Grandmother with us who was just recovering from breast cancer, and was on what will most likely by her and my Grandfather's last trip to WDW. So, in other words we were trying to pack in as MUCH as possible, and thought after we were told we could do both, that we could well... do both! NOT!!

After Fantasmic ended we went as fast as we could for the lights only to run into a barricade of CM's not letting people into the lights because of a private party!

Truly they did not have to let us in, because just as soon as we stepped up, and I'm talking seconds here, they made the official closed announcement.

But there were people within arms reach of us that had just gotten in and they just would not let us or the 8 other VERY mad people standing there through.

One man's family had gone in ahead of him while he was in the restroom, and they would not even let him through to catch up to them! He pushed past them,and then security was called....a huge mess!

I was not mad, just totally heartbroken for my Grandmother. I cried for hours. I know the people on the tram to the parking lot thought I was crazy.
It was every bit my fault, but honestly had we known, we would have just skipped Fantasmic, as she had already seen that a few years before, and was looking so forward to seeing the Osborne Lights for the first time.

We just did not think it was going to be a problem doing both, because we were told it wouldn't be, and also because we had done it that way for the past 5 years ourselves without ever having this happen.

As a matter of fact Guest Services even told us that it would not have been a problem that night either had it not been for the private party.

 

[Brier Rose]

Oh yeah..and I almost forgot..

The time, one day into the trip, DS who ws 4 at the time got the flu, and was VERY sick. Spent the day/night at Celebration hospital, and the rest of our trip was spent in the room at WL.

They were super awesome though, and moved us to a room where we could see the fireworks every night.

There were also a couple of really sweet girls working at Roaring Forks who would call and see if there was anything special they could fix him...jello..smoothies..etc..cause he wouldn't eat.

Oh..and the Disney Cruise we were on in the middle of a hurricane..and we didn't even get to leave the ship..or even use the pool..or walk around the deck. That was back in 1999..Hurricane Irene..I believe.

STILL have not figured out WHY they didn't divert us elsewhere. The whole thing was a HUGE bust! People were so sick they actually had CM's in the halls with baskets of Dramamine because of all the rocking!

They did give us free drinks with dinner though..as compensation..

 

[neilsalop]

We convinced him that Tinkerbell came in and stole it because she didn't want the toothfairy coming onto her turf. The toothfairy figured it all out anyway and came through.

Briiliant!!!!! That's what you call thinking on your feet

I can think of 2 bad 'Florida' experiences, the first been Disney related. Our first ever trip (May '96) was supposed to be a once in a lifetime one, so we were trying to do everything. Typhoon Lagoon was on our list and we decided to go on a very hot day and me being a 'man' didn't need girly suncream. Oh yes I did, I spent 3 hours at hospital the next day getting burns and blisters treated and couldn't swim for the rest of the trip.

The other bad experience was in August '01, we decided that we'd like to try Busch Gardens. We got the free bus down and were really looking forward to going on some real thrill rides. Now I don't want to put BG down as lots of people love it, but there doesn't seem to be as much attention to detail as there is at WDW or US, added to that it was August, there were no mister fans on the lines and it was bloody hot. DW was trying to keep DD (then 5) occupied, while I took the older girls on the rides. After 45 minutes wait we actually made it to near to the front of the line for the big wooden coaster (can't remember the name). On the other side of the track there was a kid (about 12 or 13) with a broken ankle who was getting to the ride without waiting, That's fine by me but surely 20+ family and friends can't be entitled to skip every line just because 1 kid has hurt himself. It took us a further 20 minutes to get on the ride from when we got to the top of the line. After we'd done the ride and met up with DW again DD was baking, so we decided to call it a day and spend $100 on a taxi to get back to Orlando. When we got back to the car someone had tried to break in to it.

 

[mslclark]

One thing that echoed over and over in my head was her shrill voice yelling, "You think you deserve special treatment because your kid can't walk? It's not my problem your kid can't walk and mine can!"

I hope a bird pooped right on top of her head that day. What a selfish selfish person! I can imagine how that would still hurt today!

 

[LittleMissStitch]

Wow, mine seems insignificant in comparison to some of these stories.

Anyway my worst experience was in Feb of this year on a trip with my friend (her first time and my fourth) I had booked dinner in the Castle for her birthday - complete surprise and the look on her face was absolutely priceless
Anyway after only a couple of mouthfuls of the steak (drool!) a bit got lodged in my throat. I've had this problem for months and didn't think anything of it thinking it will pass. I couldn't eat any more dinner but enjoyed sitting back and soaking up the atmosphere whilst taking many, many trips to the bathroom to get rid of all the excess saliva in my mouth which I was now unable to swallow. Sorry disgusting I know.
It didn't pass. After two hours my friend was begging me to go to the first aid bit but I refused. This was Disney it was our first day and I was going to watch Wishes! I didn't as I ended up in the bathroom again.
We spent the night in the hotel with me up all night in the bathroom unable to sleep (it was painful by this point). Next day stubborn little me wanted to go to MGM so off we went. Halfway through the day with us suffering through B+B and TOT I finally ended up at the first aid station where they informed me I'd have to go to the hospital. I lost it. I burst into tears and I was quickly ushered away in an ambulance.
There me and my friend were treated like complete idiots - the doctor was so incredibly rude, he honestly thought I was overreacting but I tell you I could swallow nothing, my throat was swelling up and by this point my stomach had gotten fed up and was now trying to throw up in a bid to get rid of it so more bathroom time.
I ended up having a tube shoved down my throat to vacuum it out. Then my insurance wouldn't pay out. They said they wouldn't pay unless they got the hospital forms and the hospital turned round and said they wouldn't release them until the insurance paid out. So I ended up paying nearly six thousand dollars.
I think we handled it ok. Nothing particularly bad happened but I think the doc and the insurance lady who came round demanding money could have been a bit more sympathetic, we were both eighteen and it was my first holiday without my family. I had no idea what to do. The rest of the holiday was fab but it wasn't the way I would have chosen to spend the first couple of days.

 

[mom_2a_sept_princess]

My worst experience still hurts me..... and it was 3 years ago.

We were at Star Wars Weekends. We saw that the Jedi training was going to start in 30 minutes. DS(who was 6 at the time) wanted to participate.... but I didn't see a ramp leading up to the stage and he uses a wheelchair. I asked a CM if he would be able to participate. They asked me to wait while they went backstage to ask.

As we waited.... people began gathering around the stage..... but I didn't want to leave the spot we were in because I was afraid the CM would find us.

Finally the CM came out and told us to try to make it to the front of the ropes because they were trying to figure out a way he could participate... but the "Jedi" on stage would need to see him.

By this time there was a LARGE crowd gathered and I knew it was hopeless. We would never make it to the front. (I didn't want to be rude and push through)

We stood in the back...... and this part still amazes me...... people began PUSHING us through the crowd. The crowd parted and everyone so graciously.... and so kindly began pushing me and my son forward. I didn't even have to ask. I tried not to allow what happened next to overshadow the kindness shown to us that day.

We were almost to the front... but between us and the ropes stood a woman next to her son.

People around me kept telling me to ask the woman to stand BEHIND her son so I could push my son forward into her space. Reluctantly, I asked her. She turned to me and said, "NO!"

The woman next to me (Who had a very strong northeastern accent) said, "Hey! I thought this was for the kids?!?!?!"

The woman in front of me snapped around and started yelling at me. (Apparently she thought "I" had yelled that) She said the most horrible things to me.... infront of my son.

One thing that echoed over and over in my head was her shrill voice yelling, "You think you deserve special treatment because your kid can't walk? It's not my problem your kid can't walk and mine can!"

I looked down and my son was crying. I was shaking. The "TEXAN" came out of me and I told her if she didn't shut her mouth I was gonna shut it for her.

The northeastern accent lady next to me put her arms around me. I'll never forget how comforting that felt.

A gentleman at the front of the ropes overheard the whole thing and moved my son forward. I was so grateful.

My son was picked..... the mean woman next to me was livid because her son wasn't picked.

The worst part was that our children had to hear such horrible words. I hope my son has forgotten about it..... and I hope her son learns tolerance from someone besides his mother.

Wow. that was long!

What a sad story. I have tears in my eyes. I hope your son forgot those words too.

My beautiful 4 year old daughter is in a wheelchair too.

I am glad he was picked and I hope he had a great time.

Many hugs to you.

Amy

 

[lorigrim]

When my daughter was 4, we were staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. On the last day of the trip, my husband and I let her swim in the baby pool while we watched. She convinced us to let her stick her feet in the hot tub and promised that she would not get in. All of a sudden, she fell in the hot tub and because of the jets, could not get above the water. My husband had to jump in fully clothed to save her. She was fine, but my husband's cell phone was ruined. After that, we never let her near the water without a life jacket!