Your worst moment at a Disney park?

[catra121]

I guess I would say my worst Disney memory was waiting in line for Fantasmic! this past September. It was our first time seeing the show since they knocked it down to 2 nights a week and I was shocked at the mess it was getting in. Fantasmic! is my favorite night time show but I don't think I will see it again unless they are showing it every night again or have some better system for the lines...it wasn't worth it for me to go through that process because I am a quiet person in line and the herding effect of the entire thing just annoyed me to the point of actually being upset at Disney. Even getting my bad ankle stepped on or kicked was stuff I could deal with but this just seemed like bad something on Disney's part and I think that's what makes it my worst Disney moment/memory. But I enjoyed the show because I had a feeling it would be my last time seeing it for a LONG time because I was not going to put myself through that line process again. YUCK!!

 

[LorlovesStitch]

my kid is a semi regular thrower uper. quite often I hear 'i need to throw up' and run her to the bathroom, or a trash can. sadly, last time at disney, she didn't warn me. side of the pool throw up.... so glad she wasn't still IN the pool. but still...

felt horrible, but the lifeguards acted like it was no big deal.

and I always feel like everyone stares at me when i let my kid just go back to what she was doing. She throws up once, and is done. why should I force her to go back to the room and be bored when i know it was a one time thing? Doc says it is just an issue she has with chronic drainage due to her allergies and she is too young still for allergy medications to help it.

My DD has the same problem and even with allergy meds still throws up quite a bit. Last time we were in WDW she was all dressed up in her Cinderella dress in the lobby of the GF waiting for the Princess Tea. She tells me she has to be sick, so we are on the way to the bathroom. She doesn't make it and throws up on the ground, just as Princess Aurora is coming around the corner I actually grabbed Princess Aurora's arm to alert her to the "royal mess" on the floor. She stops looks down and says "Oh my!" One of her handlers threw something down to cover it (a napkin maybe?) and she sweetly just stepped around it and stopped to ask my DD if she was okay. DD just nodded and we managed to make it through the tea. Of course, it couldn't end there.....she threw up in the monorail on the way back to the Poly. The CM at the Poly was so nice about it and said "Don't worry she's not the first kid to puke in the monorail and she certainly won't be the last!"

 

[Mixie]

What made it so bad was I stalked her the rest of the day and continuously found her and called her out loudly in a crowd of people with things like, "Watch out! Traffic police coming through!" "She'll take skin off as punishment for not moving out of her way." "Miserable woman, coming through!"

I usually don't have the guts to do something like this. My only snarky comments are about smokers as I pass them by.

 

[loganpaulsmom]

My last trip had lots of bad memories.. most because my MIL came and pretty much ruined it for all of us.. She made everyone miserable along with herself..
But.. a couple of specific times.. Our son was 2 at the time.. and GOD LOVE HIM, he did so well being only 2.. But we were at Epcot walking through some of the gardens and he just had a meltdown.. Like one that he had never had before.. he was uncontrollably screaming and no matter what we did he wouldn't stop (in the end it was probably a combination of him being so tired and hot) but.. the faces tht people were giving us.. it was unbelievable.. I am sorry.. but you are at DISNEY.. and if you can't handle a kid here and there having a meltdown stay HOME.. I didn't set out to ruin your day by my kid.. I really was speecheless.. and more than once I said outloud " r u seriously giving me a dirty look because my 2 year old is having a meltdown"..

 

[phinz]

I usually don't have the guts to do something like this. My only snarky comments are about smokers as I pass them by.

Edit: Never mind.

 

[scarlet_ibis]

Edit: Never mind.

In response to your comment that you deleted, I'll answer...

I get ticked off at people who don't observe the smoking areas. It's particularly bad in EPCOT. What gives them the right? I don't know why the CM don't stop those folks.

I have an allergy and I have small kids. It's bad news for any of us to be breathing the smoke, and it's dangerous to be walking around with that many children swinging a hot ember on a stick.

(I'm also bitter about Disney giving up all of the nice, quiet, secluded, shaded resting spots to the smokers! )

Then again, I'm also a radical who doesn't understand the appeal at all.

 

[phinz]

But what gives somebody a right to make snarky comments? Is it OK for someone to make a snarky comment because your two-year-old is having a meltdown? When is it OK to be rude and when is it not? Where do you draw the line?

If you've never smoked, you'd never understand the appeal. Much like those who never drink, run marathons, walk the Appalachian Trail or drive a racecar don't understand the appeal. Smoking still appeals to me, but after having quit a 2.5 - 4 pack-a-day habit for 14 years, only to pick it back up again, I decided that I'd rather not continue with the habit. If it wasn't bad for me, I'd smoke all day long every day. I like it that much. I hate the smell, but the act of smoking is something I find very relaxing.

Top that off with it being a hard habit to break, and being snarky isn't going to get you very far. It just makes you look rude and uncouth. If they're smoking in a non-smoking area, mention it to a cast member. It's not your place to be beligerent.

 

[vwlizard]

I'm one of the few non-smokers that doesn't mind being around smokers. What I do mind is when they are swinging their lit butts right at my kids' eye level and are completely oblivious.

 

[phinz]

I'm one of the few non-smokers that doesn't mind being around smokers. What I do mind is when they are swinging their lit butts right at my kids' eye level and are completely oblivious.

As well you should be. Even when I was a smoker I was *very* conscious of where my cigarette *and* my smoke were. I never smoked in the car. I never smoked at the kitchen table. I never smoked in a non-smoker's house. And if I was in a crowd, the cigarette stayed cupped in my hand, completely protected from anybody else, and my hand typically stayed up against my chest. It's just common sense.

 

[spacemountainmom]

I have to share my mom's smoking story at Disney.

My mom was a smoker and knew where every single smoking area was on Disney property. A couple years ago, she is sitting alone in a smoking area at HS. An older gentlemen sits down with his @ 10 year old granddaughter. The little girl walks over to my mom and says somewhat nastily, "Ma'am, can you put your cigarette out? My grandpa can't tolerate cigarette smoke." My mom responded ever so sweetly, "Well, your Grandpa should not come and sit down in the smoking area" and pointed at the signs that indicated it was a smoking area. The little girl said, "oh, sorry." and she and grandpa got up and left.

Mom was generally a considerate smoker (at least to people outside the famliy) and used to hate it would people would get snarky with her.

On the plus side, mom finally gave up smoking about 18 months ago so she doesn't have to deal with snarky non-smokers.

I am sorry, but I will admit to being a bit snarky to smokers who can't seem to understand that they need to stay in the smoking area. It is a huge pet peeve of mine. Since I am so familiar with all the smoking areas, I tell them where the closest one is.

 

[hammie59]

During our first MNSSHP we were watching the parade and when the grave diggers came by I let out a WOOHOO really loudly, not realizing my autistic son was NOt strapped in and I had scared the beejings out of him. He took off into a crowd of people and although he ran and laid down, I remember also getting some snarky comments and dirty looks as he went into fight or flight mode. One minute he was screaming the next he shut down. I think after teh initial panic I was hurt at the bystander comments - my son can hear too ya know?! Still, if that was the worst thing I think I have done rather well.
Most of my rough times come at other guests rudeness too especially when we use the GAC card. We don't abuse it, if a line is short we wait in it and DS legs have grown so strong and he is so used to the parks, we don't even need to use the stroller much at all (bring it for emergencies only).
Thick skin is easier to say than do. I always remain polite and try to show my children the right thing to do, but WOW some folks - why curse at a 9 year old?! Why shove the little kids?! SHEESH!

People can be so ignorant it's scary. That's a shame that happened to your son, especially at Disney.

 

[phinz]

Since I am so familiar with all the smoking areas, I tell them where the closest one is.

 

[CTmommyx3]

In response to your comment that you deleted, I'll answer...

I get ticked off at people who don't observe the smoking areas. It's particularly bad in EPCOT. What gives them the right? I don't know why the CM don't stop those folks.

I have an allergy and I have small kids. It's bad news for any of us to be breathing the smoke, and it's dangerous to be walking around with that many children swinging a hot ember on a stick.

(I'm also bitter about Disney giving up all of the nice, quiet, secluded, shaded resting spots to the smokers! )

Then again, I'm also a radical who doesn't understand the appeal at all.

our last trip last spring my kids walked by all the smokers and held their breathes and puffed out their cheeks then as we got by them said how they could not believe people would smoke near kids and started coughing. i was not expecting it at all. But we are non smokers and i have talked with them even at the young age about smoking so i was proud of them for making a statement

 

[Phillygrl23]

If someone is smoking in a designated area, I have no issue. That is why its there... BUT I have seen it while walking throughout the park even waiting at a bus stop. I think that is just disrespectful. It's not only about the health issue (smoke) but the smell that now my hair smells like it all day and I smell it on my clothes. I would never be snarky about it, since I just walk away, but if I had a baby or children with me, then I understand why people may get mad. Thats the whole point of smoking sections!

 

[Irishgrl6975]

Honestly with all these stories I probably shouldn't post ... but someone may get a kick out of my little story.

First time at Disney, we were in the MK and we got one of those afternoon showers that has everyone scrambling for cover. We waited it out in one of the shops, and, as it does in Florida, the skies cleared and all was well.

We left the shop and I noticed on the sidewalk this itty, bitty frog - like the size of my thumbnail. He was so cute! But he was right in the middle of the walkway, so I stopped, 'rescued' him and placed him in the green next to the sidewalk.

Started back off. Oh look! Another little frog! And another! OMG - there were like 1000 tiny frogs in front of me, and people were walking on them and running stollers over them! I turned green, I just know I did, but managed to not toss my lunch.

Ok - I realize I was being overy sensative - but after rescuing one of them I wanted to rescue them all and was horrified that other people didn't care.

Now it seems just a bit silly... but at the time, it wasn't very 'magical'...

That makes me think of my best friend... she is pretty sensitive to things like that too..She made me pull over on the highway because there was a grasshopper hanging on for dear life onto the sideview mirror of my truck...she got out, plucked him off the mirror and put him in the grass

 

[lundve]

2006 - a bunch of us are at SSR's main pool. We decided to go down the waterslide - it's totally tame right? Well we convince my 57 year old Mom to try it too. She does and the next thing you know we hear a shrill whistle and everything gets dead quiet. A really cute young male lifeguard jumps into the water fully clothed. Before we even realized what happened he is pulling her upright. Apparently she did not realize that she had leaned back and all she had to do was stand up in the 3 and 4 feet deep water. He said it happens. We all stop swimming at this point and head back to the room. We kinda joke a bit now that she was just a bit too old to drown since she could swim and all. So now Grandma is allowed to go to the pool but no slide for her.

Or how could I forget as we get on monorail that my 4 year old son has to pee immediately. He is potty trained this point so the only thing I could think of was to quickly shield him behind a blanket, take off his pants, and put on one of his bother's pullups just so he could pee. Of course another family knows what is going on as they are riding in our car but it sure beats someone having to clean up pee or him having wet clothes.

 

[AliceinMaryland]

Ok, I have another puking story - Sorry but this is quite funny! My dd4 at the time and I were in the pool at PoR. About an hour before, we had lunch and she had a kid's pepperoni pizza. We are happily playing by the edge of the pool, under the lifeguard stand, mind you, when my dd swallows some pool water and starts to throw up. Little whole pepperonis (from her aforementioned lunch) start floating everywhere. I am doing my best to scoop them out of the water and throw them out of the pool. I look up and see the lifeguard just staring at me with his mouth hanging open. I panicked because I thought he would close the pool and ruin swimming for everyone. Instead he turned away and looked at the sky like he never saw a thing!

Ohhhh Emmmmm Geeee!!!!!! This is horrible!!!

 

[DebbieB]

One time we were staying at BWV, I think December 2002. My Mom and I get up and it is pouring rain. My mom was undergoing chemo so it really wasn't good for her to go out in that. So we hung out in the room, the forecast was for all day heavy rain. We were bored to death so we decided to go to the Outlet. We found some playing cards for my nieces called Old Witch. It was the same as Old Maid, but with a witch theme. So we get back to the room, luckily we had leftovers from the Candlelight Processional dinner to eat. We were so bored so we decided to play Old Witch. I thought how pathetic is this? We are in WDW and sitting in the room playing cards! The rain never stopped until the next afternoon. It was Tuesday and we did not buy MVMCP tickets because of the weather uncertainty, we were thinking of waiting until Thursday night. It cleared up and the sun came out, I decided to go buy the tickets even though we had to pay full price (day of party). Good move because the deluge started again on Thursday night! We were on the boat coming from MGM after seeing Osborne Lights and the skys let loose. We got off the boat and were walking up the ramp to BW and it was horrible. We went home the following afternoon and it had never stopped! Not one of our best trips.

 

[bearlyanne]

hmmmm, I wonder of the nacho cheese and margarita story a million posts back ended up being the family who is suing Disney because the cheese is too hot?

I'll start with the creepy but now funny story which I have posted before. It was Valentine's Day over a decade ago and I was at DL with my then boyfriend. All the characters were feeling quite amorous and having fun with a park full of couples. We ran into Goofy walking along a path and he grabs me and spins me around dancing and then dips me. He covers my face with his gigantic mouth in a kiss which seemed to last a little too long. His huge paws seemed to wander a little too far down my butt. Finally he lets go and I try to bolt out of there. I thought I was losing my mind. It is hard to explain but I felt "icky" and kept trying to convince myself that he just has giant paws-lol!

Fast forward to about six months later, where I got together with some college friends. I ran into a guy that I haven't seen in about ten years. A big goofy type of guy....as we talked, he mentioned that he worked for the Mouse, and with a twinkle in his eye asked me how my Valentines day was!!!!

I burst out laughing

 

[Jemmi1218]

My worst memory is from a recent trip in the beginning of December 2010. It was just my my cousin and I both in early/mid twenties. We were in AK waiting for the parade. First off I think the roping off of the parade in certain places can be dangerous. you are roped in with no place to go. I understand its for the safety of CM, but can be very dangerous to guests. We were in a "roped in area" near the tree of life. We didn't mean to get to that spot but once we wandered there we couldn't get out. I was standing in back of a an elderly woman in a wheel chair and her baby granddaughter sleeping in a stroller. The parade started and this woman shoved herself between the wheelchair and stroller, when asked to move she started cursing at the grandmother pushed the stroller out of the way, tipped it over completely on its side. The father of the baby was next to the stroller and started throwing punches at the woman's husband. there was NO PLACE for anyone to go and all these little kids started screaming, crying and trying to run. Two more people ended up in this fist fight and my cousin and I picked up two very small children (under 4) each and started handing them backwards out of danger. In about 5 min we had pulled about 8 children out of this fist fight to the relief of many really scared parents. CM very soon broke up the fight and escorted those people off. Like i said there was NO WHERE to go they had to take them out of the ropes onto the parade route. We then had to reach back around and reunite all those children we pulled out. Never again to I EVER want to see something like that happen. It was AWFUL. Being a Pediatric nurse and a special needs nanny in time off, all I could think about was these little kids getting hurt and having their magical time ruined. Thankfully no one got hurt that was stuck in the area and the kids were all smiles by the time the parade ended.