Your worst moment at a Disney park?

[stackyallred]

I know this is going to make me sound like a horrible parent. Just know that I know that before I continue.

My worst moment was last year on our 10 month old son's first trip. He was great most of the trip and I am stickler for keeping our nap, feeding and bed time schedule. However, apparently one day he was done with the vacation. We had just finished a lunch at Liberty Tree where he was so happy and loved the food. He sang, laughed, flirted with the server... so... we decided to ride one more ride and head back to the hotel (still a good hour before nap time). I know this is going to sound ridiculous and like we set ourselves up for failure but we chose to make that one last ride The Haunted Mansion. Now I am about as protective as mothers come but I know my little guy and he loves dark rides (he also loves being in the dark and being surprised by daddy jumping up and saying "BOO!" etc- he is a funny and dare devil type of kid- that type of stuff gives him a huge belly laugh). We had done several dark rides up until this point and I WOULD NOT have even considered going on it if he hadn't loved pirates so much... so we go through the line and the whole spiel at the beginning and even get about two minutes into the ride. He is looking around in wonder and pointing at things. But then the ride stopped for a second and so did all the sound. We were just sitting there and he started to rub his eyes. So I tried to get out a bottle for him but I wasn't fast enough and he started crying. Since it was dark, I was pretty slow at getting his bottle together and by the time the ride started again and I tried to get him to take it, he was full out SCREAMING. I felt so horrible. I knew everyone could hear him and was thinking "What stupid parents brought a baby on this ride (as I am sure they thought he was scared)?!" and I felt horrible for my little guy who was freaking out. The ride continued to have technical difficulties so it lasted about twice as long as usual with him screaming at the top of his lungs. I still do not think he was actually scared of the ride itself, I think he was tired and it was a combination of things that caused him to get so upset but I could be wrong. Regardless, I felt like the worst mommy on the planet and I have never wanted a ride to be over more in my life. As we were getting off, two older ladies stared me down and I wanted to yell, "BELIEVE ME, NO ONE CAN MAKE ME FEEL WORSE THAN I DO ALREADY!" Whatever the reason was, I still wish I could go back and NOT take him on it but we live and learn. If he knew how bad I felt about that moment I am pretty sure he could use that moment as ammunition to get what he wants for years to come!

MY MIL and SIL were with us the first half of the trip and took DS home the last three days while DH and I stayed to celebrate our anniversary. DH and I had a chance to ride HM again by ourselves and I started crying because I missed my DS so much (I thought I could handle 3 days of not seeing him-silly me) and I kept reliving that very haunted moment on the HM. Needless to say, when we go back this year, DS and I will be sitting outside the HM happily waiting for the rest of our family! I was never scared of the Haunted Mansion but now I am- just for different reasons!!!

 

[David Brent]

I've never had a bad day at WDW because I'm just glad not to be working and I'm on vacation.

But, what irks my g/f and I is when we are using disney buses and there are males on board that don't even offer their seat for elderly or women that are standing....especially when they are standing right in front of them. being in our mid to late 20's, it goes a long way to offer your seat to the elderly or families that have strollers/kids.

 

[sparks19]

Now, my DS that got lost would tell you that he had an even worse experience. This was when he was 10. We were at AK, and a GIANT bird decided to give him a present--RIGHT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD! It was like the top of his head had a bullseye target on it! It was thick and green and full of seeds. My DH had to take him to the bathroom to clean his hair. It was a pretty gross experience!

OH my gosh that's so nasty haha

 

[sparks19]

We went with both of my sisters and their families. One of my sisters did not want to be there, and made everybody's life miserable.

One day at the Magic Kingdom, we were alll at the teacups. My happy sister and brother-in-law rode the tea cups with her two kids and my unhappy sister's daughter.

So there we were, in fantasyland, and sister and brother-in-law are having an argument. We were caught having to listen to my sister and brother-in-law discussing the names of their potential divorce attorneys. Hubby and I walked away from them so they could have their privacy, and they moved the argument to where we were standing. Afterwards, we had to all hang on to the child to make sure that her Daddy didn't walk off with her.

Now, Disney is my happy place. When I'm at Disney I want to be happy.

Don't ruin my Disney vibe.

P.S. - they are still married! Its tragic, but I think this is what they do for kicks. Its normal for them...but aggrevating to everybody else.

LOL this is why my sister has never been invited to Disney with us since we've been adults. or we try to plan it for a time we know she can't get off work because she will start fights with EVERYONE over NOTHING.

My family and my brothers family have gone together 3 or 4 times. it's easy with them but we know better than to invite the sister. No ruining our Disney Vibe with your complaining lol

I have to laugh at how many people have also had bra troubles. I think I will be packing an extra one in our bag to take into the parks this time JUST IN CASE. I don't want to hear that loud SNAP again and know I'm doomed to wander the parks with a piece of metal stabbing me in the ****. lol


and the person that twisted their ankle. that reminds me of our trip to Baltimore. my mom was visiting and we took them to Baltimore to do the Aquarium. well we hadn't been there 10 minutes and we were crossing the street and there was a crack in the road and uneven pavement. sure enough my mom just opened her mouth to say "watch your step" and I went down like a sack of rocks lol in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD in front of SO many people LOL.

i got up and was like "I'm fine I'm fine" then when we got around the corner I was like "OMG it hurts so BAD" but I was a trooper and walked the aquarium haha

 

[sparks19]

One kind man (probably around 50) could see my pain/embarrassment and said, "I always feel like screaming on this ride too, but it's just not politically correct at my age." .)

oh my goodness. God bless that man LOL I think I would have had to laugh out loud despite the trying situation lol

 

[Bilierka]

Getting caught in a torrential rainstorm at the Studios. The sun came out and we then went to Muppet 3-D. The a/c was like 42 degrees, I have never been so wet, or so cold in any Disney trip. The show was so cold abd uncomfortable and I was so cold, I mean like freezing, that while the rest of the group went on to Voyage of the Little Mermaid, I high tailed it to Hollywood blvd. to but a jacket. This thin nylon Pooh anorak Marked down mind you to 29.99(such a deal). I bought that thing bemoaning that it was worth maybe 19.99, not 29.99 and no where near the original price of 49.99

I still bring that jacket to DW. In hindsite it was the best 29.99 I ever spent there.

 

[Bradsdadg]

We really don't have any horror stories. But I will say that our first trip in 2000, we were delayed a couple days coming home. There were bad thunder/lightning storms up in Boston that caused some cancellations. So we ended up in some business park hotel somewhere for 2 extra days. DS had choco milk spilled all over him one trip, luckily we had an extra set of clothes in our backpack. Only other negative would be that one of us seems to get some type of stomach bug each trip we take.

 

[CopasFamily]

Two stories, I'll try to make them quick...

Any trip where DH has a gout flare up stinks because they are normally his fault for not taking his pills and not watching the high purine food intake. Him being hurt or in a bad mood puts everyone else out, but we still enjoy what we can.

The worst...
Last trip, I had a melt down and asked DH for a divorce in front of my family and the patrons of Earl of Sandwich. Long story short, EoS at noon on a Saturday with 10 people telling me what they want and leaving me at the counter to order it all by myself...Getting to the table to be told I forgot this, misordered that, didn't have enough of this...or they wanted this drink instead of that on day five of a trip with 10 people...I had planned this vacation for all of us, used my DVC to reserve the hotel, paid for everyone's meal plan with my money, and they just needed to show up. But my husband is the biggest complainer in the world, and just wouldn't let it go that his sandwich had a tomato on it. "We've been married for four years, and why can't you remember that I hate tomato." ...I kind of lost it(Just for reference, my husband complains that nothing gets to me, and that I am "too laid back"!)

 

[DeeCeeSW]

Worst experience at Disney was back in 2002 when we were staying at the Poly for our 5th anniversary. DS, who was three months shy of 2 at the time, fell in front of our longhouse while I was taking a picture and chipped his front tooth. Mind you, I didn't realize the tooth had chipped until we got upstairs and I changed his diaper an hour or so later. He opened his mouth (happy as ever without a care) to laugh and I saw it. I completely LOST it. I cried for the rest of the night. We went to Kona for dinner and I cried the entire time we were there. We left the next day and while on the shuttle to the airport, DS turned around to play/look at a little girl behind us and opened his mouth to smile. The little girl said, "Mommy! What happened to that boy's tooth?" Needless to say, I started bawling again.

Luckily, we got home and were able to see the dentist the next day. She filed the tooth down and he looked good as new. PS. His adult tooth grew in just fine :0)

 

[T1gger]

The worst...
Last trip, I had a melt down and asked DH for a divorce in front of my family and the patrons of Earl of Sandwich. Long story short, EoS at noon on a Saturday with 10 people telling me what they want and leaving me at the counter to order it all by myself...Getting to the table to be told I forgot this, misordered that, didn't have enough of this...or they wanted this drink instead of that on day five of a trip with 10 people...I had planned this vacation for all of us, used my DVC to reserve the hotel, paid for everyone's meal plan with my money, and they just needed to show up. But my husband is the biggest complainer in the world, and just wouldn't let it go that his sandwich had a tomato on it. "We've been married for four years, and why can't you remember that I hate tomato." ...I kind of lost it(Just for reference, my husband complains that nothing gets to me, and that I am "too laid back"!)

How you resisted stuffing a sandwich up someones nose I do not know!

I did have moments on our trip of thinking - I am trying so hard for everyone else to have a good time - what about me! And it sounds like you may have had too!

 

[All American]

2 years ago at Hollywood Studios. On the about-to-pull-away tram heading to our car for the evening.

A foreign family (Indian,maybe) is about to get on. I don't know how much English they spoke to understand the "please, wait" spill. The parents have a daughter with Down's Syndrome who gets on, so they follow. One of the cast members went BALLISTIC, and that is absolutely no exaggeration.

He gets right in their faces and is literally screaming at them (even the girl who I really don't think knew any better) and saying, "Do you want to fall under the wheels and DIE! You're bones could be crushed! I told you to wait!" His face was red and the veins were popping out of his neck. My husband said it reminded him of an angry drunk. Everyone just stared at him. Magic gone. Awkward silence.

It really bothered us, sooooo my dad got back on the tram and found the guy. My dad, you have to understand is the nicest guy in the world, but when he pulls himself up to his 6'6" frame and uses his matt-of-fact-yet-I-mean-business voice, people pay attention. He told the cast member how horrible his behavior was and that he ruined the night for a lot of people. Then, he told him to wait and that he was going to get management to take care of the situation.

My dad went to guest services, found the person in charge, told them what happened. They were shocked, so they went with my dad to the guy who stayed where he was told. The cast member left with the management and hopefully was fired on the spot or at least demoted to cleaning horse poop. It was the most awful scene I have ever witnessed in all of my years at Disney.

 

[3honzes]

I've never had a bad day at WDW because I'm just glad not to be working and I'm on vacation.

But, what irks my g/f and I is when we are using disney buses and there are males on board that don't even offer their seat for elderly or women that are standing....especially when they are standing right in front of them. being in our mid to late 20's, it goes a long way to offer your seat to the elderly or families that have strollers/kids.

I agree, I couldn't believe how many young guys did not offer their seat, even after seeing my father who is in his late 60's offer his seat to others.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

I agree, I couldn't believe how many young guys did not offer their seat, even after seeing my father who is in his late 60's offer his seat to others.

IMO, anyone who is fit to stand safely should stand, regardless of gender. I never sit on the WDW busses unless there are empty seats after loading, but I have seen young women mutter about a young man not giving up a seat without ever considering giving up theirs. Sexism? You bet.

 

[disneychic2]

Our worst Disney event was last December when our luggage took it's own vacation to San Francisco. It took two full days to get it back. Meanwhile, we went to DTD in search of essentials to tide us over. Found out they didn't sell women's undies. (Checked our resort also, with no luck) Soooo I bought a pair of boxers...with Grumpy embroidered on them no less. Walking around in men's boxers was so weird and uncomfortable! But we were able to see the humor even while it was happening. DH found the humor sooner than I did. Now I am famous among friends and family for sporting Grumpy underwear!

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

I have never had a bad day that was WDW's fault, but I have had migraines while at WDW. Talk about agony.

 

[disneychic2]

I know this is going to make me sound like a horrible parent. Just know that I know that before I continue.

You are NOT a horrible parent. If that's the worst decision you make for your child, you've got nothing to worry about!

 

[Planogirl]

I know this is going to make me sound like a horrible parent. Just know that I know that before I continue.

My worst moment was last year on our 10 month old son's first trip. He was great most of the trip and I am stickler for keeping our nap, feeding and bed time schedule. However, apparently one day he was done with the vacation. We had just finished a lunch at Liberty Tree where he was so happy and loved the food. He sang, laughed, flirted with the server... so... we decided to ride one more ride and head back to the hotel (still a good hour before nap time). I know this is going to sound ridiculous and like we set ourselves up for failure but we chose to make that one last ride The Haunted Mansion. Now I am about as protective as mothers come but I know my little guy and he loves dark rides (he also loves being in the dark and being surprised by daddy jumping up and saying "BOO!" etc- he is a funny and dare devil type of kid- that type of stuff gives him a huge belly laugh). We had done several dark rides up until this point and I WOULD NOT have even considered going on it if he hadn't loved pirates so much... so we go through the line and the whole spiel at the beginning and even get about two minutes into the ride. He is looking around in wonder and pointing at things. But then the ride stopped for a second and so did all the sound. We were just sitting there and he started to rub his eyes. So I tried to get out a bottle for him but I wasn't fast enough and he started crying. Since it was dark, I was pretty slow at getting his bottle together and by the time the ride started again and I tried to get him to take it, he was full out SCREAMING. I felt so horrible. I knew everyone could hear him and was thinking "What stupid parents brought a baby on this ride (as I am sure they thought he was scared)?!" and I felt horrible for my little guy who was freaking out. The ride continued to have technical difficulties so it lasted about twice as long as usual with him screaming at the top of his lungs. I still do not think he was actually scared of the ride itself, I think he was tired and it was a combination of things that caused him to get so upset but I could be wrong. Regardless, I felt like the worst mommy on the planet and I have never wanted a ride to be over more in my life. As we were getting off, two older ladies stared me down and I wanted to yell, "BELIEVE ME, NO ONE CAN MAKE ME FEEL WORSE THAN I DO ALREADY!" Whatever the reason was, I still wish I could go back and NOT take him on it but we live and learn. If he knew how bad I felt about that moment I am pretty sure he could use that moment as ammunition to get what he wants for years to come!

MY MIL and SIL were with us the first half of the trip and took DS home the last three days while DH and I stayed to celebrate our anniversary. DH and I had a chance to ride HM again by ourselves and I started crying because I missed my DS so much (I thought I could handle 3 days of not seeing him-silly me) and I kept reliving that very haunted moment on the HM. Needless to say, when we go back this year, DS and I will be sitting outside the HM happily waiting for the rest of our family! I was never scared of the Haunted Mansion but now I am- just for different reasons!!!

Something similar happened to us when DS was about two. I decided "just one more ride" and for a variety of reasons it took longer than I expected. To make a long story short, I ended up in line holding a screaming DS while I tried to order some food. He was hungry and he decided to throw one of his two true tantrums. People looked at me like I had two heads but I suspected that if he ate, he'd calm down. I was right but we left for a nap right after!

I think that we all get caught by surprise once in a while.

 

[brockash]

The worst time I had at Disney, probably was the night that everything went wrong trying to get a bus back to ASMo from MK. First, it was closing, so it was busy anyways, but then they didn't have the chains right to line up for the bus, so there were basically 3 different lines, trying to eventually merge into one line. Apparently, at some point during our wait, there was a crash on the main road (the road the Contemp. is on) and they had to close that road and reroute all the buses to go behind MK and around GF out to it's destination. It literally took us over 3 hours to get back to our room from the time we first got into the "1st" line. This was with a 1 year old and a 7 year old.

 

[CopasFamily]

How you resisted stuffing a sandwich up someones nose I do not know!

I did have moments on our trip of thinking - I am trying so hard for everyone else to have a good time - what about me! And it sounds like you may have had too!

I walked out of the restaurant and sat outside. My mom came and found me and got me to calm down, but I didn't bother returning to eat with them inside. My husband came out after my mom went back in and apologized. IMHO, if he was allergic to tomato, I would ensure it never touched a sandwich of his, but he's not. And for it being my first time at an Earl of Sandwich, I had no idea that there was tomato on the sandwich he ordered.

And I think I was really stressed about the trip and trying to make sure they were all happy. My family (parents and siblings) took a trip to WDW back in the early 90's, and I'm the only one who had ever been back since then. So this trip for my niece and nephews was their first and possibly the only one they'll have the chance to go on until they are grown themselves, and I thought making it perfect was all on my shoulders.

 

[wdvak]

We have been lucky and had good trips. The only bad thing was on a day in 2008 in July T DHS. We had waited a little too long to get food and DD was faint. DH and both girls got a table and I got in line behind a handful of people. The first few ordered and moved up and then the next three ordered and called to their friends and slowly more and more squeezed in to order. After adding 15 or so people I started making comments and they pretended not to understand me. After 20+ I got vocal and others said something. A translator came (by this time about 30 had ordered) and told them I got to order. I ordered and went to the window and the order was wrong, I mentioned this and they said just a minute. After about 5 minutes I asked for the missing item again and they asked for my receipt. After 15 minutes I was told that since I no longer had the receipt (a CM had taken it) that I would have to get in line and purchase again. At this point, 45 minutes in total, other guests who had seen the entire thing started coming up and demanding food for me we finally got the chicken strips for DD. Who knew they could be such a problem?