Your worst moment at a Disney park?

[Becky2005]

I have 2 -- Hmm....both with the same son. LOL!!! He was 5 at the time.

We were oh, ONLY 45 minutes late to our ADR for Yachtsman Steakhouse due to everything. We all left in what I thought was OK time and we all took bathroom breaks but on the walk from the Contemporary to Magic Kingdom, he tells me he has to go potty. I thought he could hold it until we got to the Magic Kingdom because there are restrooms there...I was wrong. Had to make a mad dash and find him some shorts to wear sans underwear for dinner. Thankfully I had the handy dandy ziplock bags everyone tells you to carry -- although I mostly had those because we had a baby with us...it was useful.

THEN on our last night, same son was pestering his sister at Tony's..I had told him a couple times to cut it out. He was sitting in a booster seat & he reached over one too many times and BOOM fell right out of the seat onto the floor. I think he scared the dickens out of everyone (poor 2 top table that was sat next to us probably are on some internet board complaining! I know they were celebrating something since there was confetti on their table!). I being the good mom that I am, do go tend to him, make sure he's fine but in the meantime in a low growl whisper in his ear type thing (at least I hope it wasn't too loud as I was trying to make it for his ears only) as I'm getting him back settled pretty much tell him that is what he gets for not listening to me and that is exactly WHY I was telling him to stop! Apparently during this whole event a manager of some sort does come by but my back is to him and DH waved him away that we were fine.

The funniest thing is out of ALL the things we did at Disney in 2005 -- guess what my son remembers? Falling out of his chair! He doesn't remember a lot but he remembers falling out of the chair!

 

[EloiseHarper]

Our last trip in October, my DS10 bought my DD1 a stuffed elephant with his spending money at AK. So he's proudly pushing her stroller, and I glance at him and see her holding the elephant by it's foot. Before I can say anything, he runs over it's ear, and she's not giving up her prize, so the stroller tips over and she smacks her forehead on the ground. The sound was horrible. When she started to go down, I had yelled his name, hoping to get him to stop it from falling somehow, but he just thought I was mad. People seemed to come from everywhere, they were both crying, it was chaos! DD was perfectly fine, but DS couldn't even look at her, he felt so bad. And to top it all off, her new elephant was dirty and torn. My poor DS felt so bad. We finally got him to hold her, and once he could see she was fine, and not mad at him, and that she really did not need a new elephant, we had a great day!

On the same trip, we lost my DD3 at Epcot. We were playing Kim Possible, and we passed my mom and my DD11 said she was tired of playing and was staying with Grandma, we moved on and I realized DD3 was not with us. DS10 (same one, lol) assured me that she had stayed with my mom too, so we just kept going. I had a bad feeling, so I called my mom, and she said my DD was not with her. It was packed. We had unknowingly come during F&W. That has to be the worst feeling in the world, I didn't even know where to begin. So we start tearing around the UK, screaming her name, to find her calmly standing on the corner chatting with a couple that had found her and a CM. She was telling them she wasn't lost, just there by herself, lol. My nerves were shot at this point, so when my mom started complaing about my kids shortly after that, I lost it, and we got into a fight in the middle of the park. So embarrassing. She stalked off, and I had the 6 kids by myself for hours. Lesson learned. I will never go to WDW without DH again.

 

[rastika]

My worst moment was on a Disney bus. Our DD uses a wheelchair full time. We LOVE Disney because she can go on alot of rides in her chair and the bus can take her in her chair. It makes a great trip for us!

Anyway, we are never in a hurry. We are on vacation! We were leaving the MK after the fireworks. It was busy. We went to the line and waited for a bus to go to CBR. We waited in the HC line as marked. When the bus pulled up a lady in the line became VERY vocal. She started going on about wheelchairs. The bus driver waved us down and we went. Anyway we loaded as did the vocal lady. Well she never let up she went on and on and on about wheelchairs! When her stop at CBR came she got off and walked by my DD and said "bye wheelchair!" I was floored and it broke my heart. I looked at my DD and smiled and told her "We love you!" My DD was 16 at the time so she took in every word the lady said. I wanted to tell the lady off but decided to be the better person. I also wanted to tell her my DD has a proper name!
ok rants over.

To my embarrassment I *did * let fly on a person like that once headed "home" to ASMovies. Leaving Epcot in the evening this extremely drunk, viscious woman noticed my sister in her wheelchair and started yelling at the top of her voice for people to "shove back and make room." Several people responded that there wasn't any more room and she should just wait for the next bus. That was all it took for her to completely come unhinged she screamed out "if you wouldn't let g.d. wheelchairs on this g.d. bus there would be more room for those of us that can stand."

I lost my mind! I yelled back that she needed to shut her mouth and wait for the next bus. She yelled more ugly things and I yelled right back. I simply refused to be cowed by this woman. I am not proud of my actions, and looking back I'm sure that I embarrassed my sister and the rest of the bus, but she was so hateful and nasty that I felt like I just had to yell back or knock her the hell out once I got off the bus. It took a lot of sitting around well after she had gotten off the bus to let my nerves calm down so that I didn't deck her. I don't know that I have ever been that angry in my whole life.

 

[nallysl]

Our first trip trying to get to our dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table. We had been at the parks all day and after a rest, headed back to MK for our 8:15 reservation. But we didn't know at 8:00 wishes started. We tried for over an hour to get our double stroller down Main Street and to the back of the castle. My husband and my dad literall had to pick the stroller up over their shoulders and practically step on people to get anywhere. So I was stressed and cranky, my 4 year old lost her lanyard with Disney pins and I yelled at her, she cried... we didn't even get to eat dinner until almost 9:00 and my kids wouldn't even take the pic with Cinderella and were crying throughout dinner. What a waste of practically $200!

 

[hookedonears]

There wasn't one bad moment. There was a bad trip - July 4th weekend - 5 nights and the body of work was bad. The good thing was that it was such a bad trip, that we didn't want the bad experience to ruin what we remembered about Disney, so we imediately planned a trip back, which was a great trip as usual.

 

[Miss Hunnybee]

I still get a sinking feeling in my stomach when I think about this. In 2001, my oldest nephew was two years old, nowhere near tall enough to ride Splash Mountain. Nonetheless, he was fascinated by the mountain, the drop and the Br'er Bear/Fox statue near the play area by Splash's exit. To lessen the blow of not being tall enough to ride, we used to tell him he didn't want to go on this ride because Br'er Bear was "mean". Not really getting that he was a BEAR, my nephew would point at any sign of Br'er Bear and say "Mean man!" We thought it was cute. UNTIL...we took a day trip to Magic Kingdom and Br'er Bear was near the fire house on Main Street meeting and greeting. Well, it was his break time and the CM started to tell guests that Br'er Bear was going to cause trouble at Splash Mountain just as we were passing. My nephew pointed and yelled "Mean man!" Without taking in my surroundings, I echoed "Mean man," the same way an excited aunt would say, "Mickey Mouse!" to a nephew who acknowleded a Disney character. I still feel AWFUL about this, but the CM heard me and thought I was calling him MEAN MAN. He turned to me, ugh, and said "People like you just make my day!" I was so upset. I tried to tell him it was a joke, not about him, but he stormed off. Ruined my day in the park and I still feel terrible to this day

Oh, if you're eating you may want to skip this, but we went for a weekend getaway a few years ago. Saturday at Magic Kingdom and Sunday at Hollywood Studios. At each park, a bird pooped in my hair. At least I was able to amuse my family!!!

 

[POOHsie]

To my embarrassment I *did * let fly on a person like that once headed "home" to ASMovies. Leaving Epcot in the evening this extremely drunk, viscious woman noticed my sister in her wheelchair and started yelling at the top of her voice for people to "shove back and make room." Several people responded that there wasn't any more room and she should just wait for the next bus. That was all it took for her to completely come unhinged she screamed out "if you wouldn't let g.d. wheelchairs on this g.d. bus there would be more room for those of us that can stand."

I lost my mind! I yelled back that she needed to shut her mouth and wait for the next bus. She yelled more ugly things and I yelled right back. I simply refused to be cowed by this woman. I am not proud of my actions, and looking back I'm sure that I embarrassed my sister and the rest of the bus, but she was so hateful and nasty that I felt like I just had to yell back or knock her the hell out once I got off the bus. It took a lot of sitting around well after she had gotten off the bus to let my nerves calm down so that I didn't deck her. I don't know that I have ever been that angry in my whole life.

I think two things. Bullies like to drink too much, it helps them find their "courage." Also, bullies like to pick on easy targets. Someone their size or larger might put a real hurt on them. So, they are cowards who pick on those they perceive as weak.

The bus driver and/or Disney security could have been used to contain the situation. Same when you arrived at your resort, resort security people could be called. No need to feel powerless against a bully at WDW. There are lots of Disney people there (plain clothes) to help, if needed. I use a scooter, and luckily, have not had a bully experience. Hope you or your dear sister never experience that again.

 

[mskayjay]

That's terrible! What did you do about it?

We contacted the desk, told them about it, they insisted it didn't happen which made NO sense at all and we just finished our trip! Nothing we could do really.

We had come back from being out for the evening and our room door was open with the security bar thingy pushed over to keep the door open. We are 1000% positive we closed the door and I even had to go back in for something so we know it was closed. You could tell our things had been "disturbed" but nothing was missing. CBR sent us a huge bouquet of flowers which was very odd since they kept denying it happened. They did a read on the lock and the last time I went in wasn't on the record so something was definitely going on.

 

[spacemountainmom]

To my embarrassment I *did * let fly on a person like that once headed "home" to ASMovies. Leaving Epcot in the evening this extremely drunk, viscious woman noticed my sister in her wheelchair and started yelling at the top of her voice for people to "shove back and make room." Several people responded that there wasn't any more room and she should just wait for the next bus. That was all it took for her to completely come unhinged she screamed out "if you wouldn't let g.d. wheelchairs on this g.d. bus there would be more room for those of us that can stand."

I lost my mind! I yelled back that she needed to shut her mouth and wait for the next bus. She yelled more ugly things and I yelled right back. I simply refused to be cowed by this woman. I am not proud of my actions, and looking back I'm sure that I embarrassed my sister and the rest of the bus, but she was so hateful and nasty that I felt like I just had to yell back or knock her the hell out once I got off the bus. It took a lot of sitting around well after she had gotten off the bus to let my nerves calm down so that I didn't deck her. I don't know that I have ever been that angry in my whole life.

That woman was completely out of line. I am sorry that you had to deal with someone like that and especially sorry that no one came to your defense.

The only good thing I can say is that hopefully her hateful nature and nastiness come back to bite her some day. Karma!

 

[lovebug33]

I had repressed this memory before I read this. My first and only trip to DW was when I was 21 (important later). I am terrified of bugs and Mom and Dad wanted to go to that Bug Movie at AK. I said I'd wait outside, but Mom was afraid she'd lose me (seriously? I was 21). Well, before we even got in, Dad was blowing on me and yelling, "bug, bug" every two minutes. I don't know what did it, but once the movie started, I had a full on panic attack. I was screaming and scratching and yelling, "Get them off, get them off." A CM got me and family out of the theater and kept saying, "It isn't real, it isn't real." Well, I am still freaking out and start screaming how much I hated DW. I think they wanted to calm me down, so the CM walked me to some part of the park with dinosaurs and put us first on a ride, I guess to calm me down. Sort of worked, but I just wanted to leave! I still shudder when I think about that movie!

 

[jebiford29]

I had repressed this memory before I read this. My first and only trip to DW was when I was 21 (important later). I am terrified of bugs and Mom and Dad wanted to go to that Bug Movie at AK. I said I'd wait outside, but Mom was afraid she'd lose me (seriously? I was 21). Well, before we even got in, Dad was blowing on me and yelling, "bug, bug" every two minutes. I don't know what did it, but once the movie started, I had a full on panic attack. I was screaming and scratching and yelling, "Get them off, get them off." A CM got me and family out of the theater and kept saying, "It isn't real, it isn't real." Well, I am still freaking out and start screaming how much I hated DW. I think they wanted to calm me down, so the CM walked me to some part of the park with dinosaurs and put us first on a ride, I guess to calm me down. Sort of worked, but I just wanted to leave! I still shudder when I think about that movie!

kind of an ironic screen name, no?

 

[One_Song]

One time we found a full cockroach (dead, at least) in our salsa at La Cantina. Wouldn't have been as bad except the guest relations CM we talked to told us it was "bound to happen" with how often we visit. We're so rarely disappointed with the Disney cast, it was a bummer.

 

[actualxash]

kind of an ironic screen name, no?

exactly what i was thinking.

 

[pigletto]

You know.. I tried to come up with one.. but realized I have a few. Which is weird because I remember each trip very fondly..but wow we have had our moments

1. DS getting extremely sick.. going to the walk in clinic and getting sent straight to the Emerg by ambulance. The whole ordeal was terrible and we were worried sick about him. I had to go back to the hotel to pack up and burst into tears when a cast member said I looked sad. Not fun. He ended up fine after a few scary days.

2. A meltdown on our last trip in MK when Dh and I had gotten on eachothers last nerve. A rare thing but embarassing. We were discussing the issue in what we thought were hushed tones outside of Carousel of Progress. Someone walked by, looked at us and started singing "It's a big beautiful tomorrow" and we cracked up laughing

3. Discovering I had a sun allergy of all stupid things. Great big hives on my chest and neck and arms every time I was outside for a few hours. Really attractive. This is new to me.. so I'm waiting for an appointment with a dermatologist now.

4. And my personal favorite. I swallowed my medication the wrong way and it got stuck. It was a little uncomfortble but no big deal and off to MK we went. Well we got on to Main Street just as the coating must have melted off the capsule whereupon I was subjected to a burn in my chest like I have never felt before. It was awful. I threw up, cried, my eyes watered, felt like I was going to faint.. all from a stupid pill. Finally got something to help the acid from First Aid and sat on a bench for half an hour until it stopped for the most part. I've had heartburn before..this was something else entirely. Wow that hurt.

Yep.. just call me Mrs. Magic I swear.. I love each and every trip but there have been some not so magical moments.

 

[pgumiela]

Our worst Disney park moment was during our first trip when DS who is now 8 was 5. He had recently been diagnosed with ADHD and ODD, and at that time things were just bad. We were "trying on" medications, going to a behavioral therapist to teach DH and I how we could help him. It was just a trying time all around. We went to Disney in September and had been at the Magic Kingdom that day, it was hot and he was hungry, which can make for a grumpy child any time, but for him it just makes things escalate in a hurry.

Well we saw Push, and went over to join the crowd. Push started talking to DS and it was going great until Push's jokes started to get to DS, who at the time had no self control (thankfully he does now). Push's operator clearly did not notice DS getting upset and kept joking with him. Well the next thing we know DS kicks Push, and then Push really has some things to say to DS. At the time I was mortified, I wanted to just back away and pretend I didn't know these people. There was a decent crowd around and there's my child assaulting Push. Of course I had to jump in and remove DS from the situation, while Push said something about not wanting to be me.

Thankfully DS has really come a long way and can control himself most of the time, and we know to keep him fed, watered, and cool while we are at Disney. It was a learning trip for sure!! During our last visit we saw Push, and had a great visit! I had to take some pictures to celebrate the moment, Push thought that I was funny for taking the pictures, but for us it was sort of a victory.

 

[weswife]

Thanks again! It was a difficult situation for sure!


Ratiska
I can understand why you lost it. Its so heart breaking!

Wadecool
Thanks

Lets hope this trip is a great one!

 

[lojikal1]

Our VERY FIRST TRIP to WDW... we get to the aiport and our oldest son starts to get sick... now mind you we are flying on standby and aren't sure when we are leaving... he has it coming from both ends and get hold anything down and we are at MCO for HOURS!!! We finally calm his stomach ( a lil) and get on a connecting flight to Charlotte... only to get there and find out everything is packed and we have to stay at the airport overnight... as as our oldest is recovering the next morning... our youngest gets sick... at the time he was only two ... we get on our flight home and we have to deal with him and a barf bag all the way home... while consoling the oldest on top of that... worst trip EVER!!!

 

[lamb616]

well this wasn't a truly "horrible" moment, but the worst I could come up with from our only trip. We were at Crystal Palace for breakfast when DD3 says she has to go potty. Two seconds later she says forget it, she doesn't. About a minute after that she goes "uh oh!" and proceeds to stand up in the aisle, spread her legs out (so as not to pee down her leg, lol) and pee on the floor. Not one of those 10 second pees either but one of those "first pee of the day" that last like a minute. All the while I'm yelling at her through clenched teeth hoping nobody is noticing to "STOP! PEEING!" and she's going "I can't! I can't!" and I'm throwing every napkin I can find down on the floor under her legs. Thankfully I had a change of clothes for her.

The previous day she pooped in the pool (ASMU) and they had to clear it out for quite a while while they cleaned it. Again she had said she had to go potty and then immediately said "forget it"...

Now I know when she says she has to go...... take her to the bathroom immediately, even if she changes her mind!

 

[hammie59]

Nothing really stands out for me except for an incident that occurred in line for the Safari ride at AK. I was in my early 20s and was with dm, sdad, bro(7), and sis(8). My mom was confined to a wheelchair because she had Lou Gehrigs disease (which is terminal for anyone who doesn't know) and was basically paralyzed. This was a long awaited first time trip for everyone (except me, who had already gone with friends) and was bittersweet considering the circumstances.

Since she was in the wc, we had to come thru a different entrance and then wait for a vehicle that took the chairs. Well, to people in line it must of looked like we were getting extra special treatment by coming in a different way, little did they know we had to wait an eternity for the special vehicle. As we were waiting, a woman near us felt the need to voice her disgusted opinion to her family very loud so we could hear and said something along the lines of "Gee, it must be nice to be in a wheelchair and just cut in front of everyone." And then went on and on for another few minutes grumbling. (She of course, didn't say it directly to us, cuz that would have taken even more gall). Well, I was mortified. My mother heard every word and I know it made her feel bad, although she acted like it didn't. I wanted to kill that woman for being so ignorant, rude, and basically mean. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. I ended up just letting it go because I didn't want to make a scene and make my mom feel worse by calling attention to her. We were already feeling so beaten down by the emotional toll of her disease, so to have someone do that was just really crappy.

Anyhow, now a days I'm a bit older and less tolerant of bad behavior.
There's no question I'd be all over that woman if it happened now. It still bugs me to this day.

 

[One_Song]

Nothing really stands out for me except for an incident that occurred in line for the Safari ride at AK. I was in my early 20s and was with dm, sdad, bro(7), and sis(8). My mom was confined to a wheelchair because she had Lou Gehrigs disease (which is terminal for anyone who doesn't know) and was basically paralyzed. This was a long awaited first time trip for everyone (except me, who had already gone with friends) and was bittersweet considering the circumstances.

Since she was in the wc, we had to come thru a different entrance and then wait for a vehicle that took the chairs. Well, to people in line it must of looked like we were getting extra special treatment by coming in a different way, little did they know we had to wait an eternity for the special vehicle. As we were waiting, a woman near us felt the need to voice her disgusted opinion to her family very loud so we could hear and said something along the lines of "Gee, it must be nice to be in a wheelchair and just cut in front of everyone." And then went on and on for another few minutes grumbling. (She of course, didn't say it directly to us, cuz that would have taken even more gall). Well, I was mortified. My mother heard every word and I know it made her feel bad, although she acted like it didn't. I wanted to kill that woman for being so ignorant, rude, and basically mean. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. I ended up just letting it go because I didn't want to make a scene and make my mom feel worse by calling attention to her. We were already feeling so beaten down by the emotional toll of her disease, so to have someone do that was just really crappy.

Anyhow, now a days I'm a bit older and less tolerant of bad behavior.
There's no question I'd be all over that woman if it happened now. It still bugs me to this day.

That's horrible. I'm sure that rude woman's negativity is her own punishment.