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LibertyTreeGal
06-08-2007, 08:33 PM
This is terrible -- mine is at DL.

My father smokes a pipe :ack: and he has absolutely no compassion for anyone, nor does he respect rules. So anyway, he lights up in TOONTOWN! Then, to top it all off, when the CM approaches him and tells him to stop, he pretends that he can only speak french. :shake: So I walk up from where I had been and he starts laughing and telling me all about it like it was funny, as if I would approve. I wish I had been there, I would have told them to kick him out of the park....

It's bad enough when you see other people doing it, but your own parent? Yikes....

Anyone have any stories as bad or worse than that?

And no, I will never bring him along again.... I didn't think even he was capable of that kind of behavior.....

Christine
06-08-2007, 08:44 PM
Boy, that is terrible! :blush:

My absolute, without question, most infuriating experience was at Magic Kingdom during Wishes. There was a little boy (who was very clearly a special needs child) and his family gathered near us, and when the fireworks began, he was overcome! He just oooo-ed and ahhhhh-ed and even squealed for a bit! To tell you the truth, that night I was happier watching him than Wishes! It was like the sights and sounds just got inside of him and he couldn't contain himself!!

Well, a man a few feet away didn't find it as heartwarming as I did! He yelled angrily, while staring right at him and his parents, "Would somebody shut that kid up?"

I have never until that day felt true rage! I think I could have torn that man apart with my bare hands! :mad:

RockChalkKimball
06-08-2007, 11:07 PM
I have had the same experience happen several times at parades and shows. We always try to stake out our spot at least on hour before anything starts. At least 3 times, I have had people come up and stand right in front of me or my kids and just stand there like they didn't see me. I finally just started smiling nicely and saying "Oh, excuse me, I am trying to see the parade." They usually give me a dirty look and leave.

SBETigg
06-08-2007, 11:18 PM
TeeDee, I can't top that. It's really kind of funny, probably not to you, but my FIL was just like that! He would have done the same kind of thing-- if he would have deigned to venture into the park at all.

Our worst was at the Downtown Disney Rainforest Cafe, our first night of vacation, the first time we brought our kids. This one man insisted his family was more important than the rest of us waiting in line and proceeded to cut his way to the front of the line while the rest of us patiently gave our names and waited to be assigned beepers for eventual seating.

He was obnoxious and I was tired, so I decided to call him on his line-cutting with a minor reprimand (something like "yes, we all want to be seated quickly but no need to jump ahead," )and he decided to gripe me out and scream at me right there in front of all of his children and my children. I just backed off. Not worth my time. And then I smiled in his direction when we were seated first anyway.

jray21
06-09-2007, 12:23 AM
My worst was at Ohana's. We were there during the fireworks at MK and they dimmed the lights and the music started. These two kids (maybe 8-10yo) ran to the window to see the fireworks. No problem right? (I always let kids go in front when watching illuminations) Wrong. They climbed ONTO the window ledge and blocked the ENTIRE window! We couldn't see a thing! We were sitting in the middle of the dinning room so we didn't want to walk up and make a big deal about it. So where were the parents you ask? Sitting in front of us and oblivious to everyone else in the restaurant except their children! I know people get caught up in the magic but come on this is ridiculous. That was not really the worst moment but definetely the most frustrating.

EpcotFan182
06-09-2007, 12:26 AM
My most infuriating moment didn't actually happen at a park, but at the California Grill in the CR. There was a somewhat lengthy line to check in and receive beepers, and my cousin was on line while I was sitting on a couch near the front of the line. Well, of course someone came and decided to skip the line and go straight to the front. My cousin decided to act upon the moment and said "Excuse me, but there's a line to check in". The man rolled his eyes and proceeded to call her a pig under his breath (at the time my cousin was 370 lbs). She didn't hear him but I did, and I felt such anger towards him for stooping so low as to call people names. I know it's not the worst thing that could happen, I guess I just expected a little more common courtesy and respect for others -- especially at WDW.

Doug The Disney Man`
06-09-2007, 01:49 AM
My most infuriating moments always seem to happen at AK. The worst was a woman who jumped in front of my wife to get into Tough to be a Bug. My wife excused herself to get back our rightful place in line. The woman called my wife a name and then tried to jump in front of me between myself and my son! When I pulled close to my then 4 year old, she went off! She started yelling about how we cut in front of her and were splitting up HER family, who by this time was no where to be found, embarrassed no doubt! She went so far as to talk to a CM. Fortunately, the CM saw the whole thing go down and realized what was going on. Maybe it's those warm water fountains that make everyone testy at AK!

K8screen
06-09-2007, 07:07 AM
Not so much infuriating as upsetting. Some years ago we were at MK when DS, then about 12 went off to buy drinks, and came back clearly upset. I asked him what was the matter but he said he would tell me later as he didnt want his little sister to hear. As soon as I could I got him alone and asked what had happened. He said he had seen a family with 2 kids about the same ages as him and his sister. The parents were arguing and yelling at each other. The little girl was crying her heart out and the boy was trying to comfort her and saying to the parents "please dont fight, not here, we'll be good, but please dont fight here!" Even now it makes me cry just remembering it.

Terra
06-09-2007, 07:51 AM
Well, a man a few feet away didn't find it as heartwarming as I did! He yelled angrily, while staring right at him and his parents, "Would somebody shut that kid up?"

I have never until that day felt true rage! I think I could have torn that man apart with my bare hands! :mad:

Oh my goodness, that burns me up too and I wasn't even there!!!!
Sounds like this guy is just miserable with life in general...

And YIKES on the two siblings who's parents were fighting...sounds like the homelife isn't too great....
That made me teary eyed just reading it!

AliceinDisney
06-09-2007, 08:29 AM
Wow some of those stories broke my heart and made me cry. Made me realize how ignorant and cruel people can be. I have had people cut in front of me in line when I was at Disney, these redneck types cut in front of the line at the Cotton mill foodcourt at Port Orleans, when clearly I was first. When I got to the front of the line the CM was kinda smirking a bit and I just rolled my eyes and smiled. Some people have no class... But quite honestly if I heard the guy yelling at the people to shut up the special needs child I would have reemed him out. I would have said he's not hurting you whats your problem? Lighten up and let the kid enjoy himself. Life's too short, and clearly this is a special moment in his. Usually if you say it in that way the rude person shuts up. Unless of course he's just a dumbarse in which case you can't do anything about it!

Sean Riley Taylor's Mom
06-09-2007, 11:14 PM
We saw two grown men get into a physical fight on Main Street in MK over the last Mickey balloon the first year we took our son. We were totally speechless. The poor CM kept trying to break it up and other guests jumped in to help. Security arrived and escorted them out with their families walking behind.

Some people are just unbeliveable. :mad::(

The Bookseller
06-09-2007, 11:26 PM
My absolute, without question, most infuriating experience was at Magic Kingdom during Wishes. There was a little boy (who was very clearly a special needs child) and his family gathered near us, and when the fireworks began, he was overcome! He just oooo-ed and ahhhhh-ed and even squealed for a bit! To tell you the truth, that night I was happier watching him than Wishes! It was like the sights and sounds just got inside of him and he couldn't contain himself!!

Well, a man a few feet away didn't find it as heartwarming as I did! He yelled angrily, while staring right at him and his parents, "Would somebody shut that kid up?"

This is, by far, the most disgusting display of what a "Ugly Guest" (Less than 0.001% of the visitors) is capable. I can't believe the callousness of that Jerk!

I remember a day at he Coral Reef. I was dinig alone, close to the tank. The closest booth was occuped by a family of six with four unrully kids. Nothing horrible; just kids being kids in a boring restaurant. I just focused my attention to the Tank (and the amazing fishies inside).

After the group left, the mother (I think) had the class to came back and excuse herself for the attitude of the kids. I just answered "Ma'am, I understand. We are at WDW. If I couldn't cope with kids, I would be elsewhere".

That person at Wishes should had know better and stay home instead of spitting in other's magic. :mad:

kakn7294
06-09-2007, 11:34 PM
My worst moment was last Dec at Chef Mickey's. It was near the end of our "NEVER AGAIN" trip in which we traveled with the 4 of us, my parents, my sister and her 2 kids, and my FIL and his wife Debbie (whom I don't like anyway ;)). Well, she was excessively cranky that day, especially after I made her walk from MK to the Contemporary (God forbid!). Once we arrived, I checked us in and a number of the party of 11 disappeared to the bathroom. As they were returning, they were ready to seat us but FIL and Debbie were moseying about the restaurant looking at the dessert buffet. I called out to them and told them the table was ready. At the same time, my sister (who can't keep her nose where it belongs and is obnoxious in her own right) yelled out to them to "get over here, they're waiting to seat us." Well, needless to say, this angered Debbie and she proceeded to follow the hostess to the table but loudly complaining and swearing like a drunken sailor, including dropping the F-bomb a few times. Many people heard her, including the hostess who turned bright red. My mother and I apologized profusely, but the damage was done. Fortunately, Debbie thinks that Disney is a place that you only need to visit once every 10 years or so - and you can bet that in 10 years, she won't be going with me!

Marilyn Michetti
06-10-2007, 12:27 AM
My worst moment was last Dec at Chef Mickey's. It was near the end of our "NEVER AGAIN" trip in which we traveled with the 4 of us, my parents, my sister and her 2 kids, and my FIL and his wife Debbie (whom I don't like anyway ;)). Well, she was excessively cranky that day, especially after I made her walk from MK to the Contemporary (God forbid!). Once we arrived, I checked us in and a number of the party of 11 disappeared to the bathroom. As they were returning, they were ready to seat us but FIL and Debbie were moseying about the restaurant looking at the dessert buffet. I called out to them and told them the table was ready. At the same time, my sister (who can't keep her nose where it belongs and is obnoxious in her own right) yelled out to them to "get over here, they're waiting to seat us." Well, needless to say, this angered Debbie and she proceeded to follow the hostess to the table but loudly complaining and swearing like a drunken sailor, including dropping the F-bomb a few times. Many people heard her, including the hostess who turned bright red. My mother and I apologized profusely, but the damage was done. Fortunately, Debbie thinks that Disney is a place that you only need to visit once every 10 years or so - and you can bet that in 10 years, she won't be going with me!


Kathy, I'm sooooo sorry you didn't meet me at the flagpole. I would have taken Debbie to see FOTLK - "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"?:D

Mickey91
06-10-2007, 12:51 AM
We were leaving MK on our last night:(. It happened to be a Night of Joy evening. We were not attending the party. We were in the souvenir shop and my DD7 and DH were waiting on me and my DS. When we were through, we went out to where we thought they were waiting and could not find them. I was going to go back into the Emporium to look for them so we could leave and a VERY HATEFUL CM would not let me in even though I told her that if my family was in there, we could not leave until they knew we were out and ready to go. I had already bought everything, had 2 HUGE bags, and finally convinced her to let my DS10 go in and look for them. I was very irritated and dismayed that our last moments at the MK were ruined by such a control freak!

LoriMistress
06-10-2007, 05:21 AM
The most infuriating time I've had was at DLR. You would wait patiently in line to see a character and a scoccor mom would cut in line with her bratty kids and steal our turn. And to top it all off the CM wasn't paying attention. He was off in a corning, chatting it up with another CM--not paying attention. At this point--other parents followed this woman and cut in front of us. It left a bitter tast in my mouth.

crazypoohbear
06-10-2007, 10:05 AM
My worst moment came when we were leaving MK on July 4th. I've posted this before so I will abbreviate. Everybody in the world was waiting to catch the boat back to the parking lots at midnight!
A middle eastern woman wanted to push her way OVER us to get further ahead.
There was about 200 people packed shoulder to shoulder, NO WHERE to move. After she pushed and shoved herself OVER my sister and I. In the process breaking DSis' glasses and her cooler. She then tried to pull her WHOLE family along as well. When she couldn't get them all past us... unbeknown st to me ( I was holding my DS's hand in the crowd, he was standing behind me) she PUNCHED my DS in the face!!!!:thedolls:
It wasn't until after the boat docked and everyone moved forward, he was crying and finally told me what happened. There were several southern women who came up telling me about what they had seen. We all looked for that woman on the boat and couldn't find her.:mad:
Just as well... I WOULD have gone to Jail that night had I found her!:blowup:
And there was not a CM around to speak to !!!


Another time we were waiting out a big thunder storm at MGM and some kids decided to light up an illegal cigarette. The place was full of parents and kids:confused::ack:
Again, no CM's around. Everyone complaining drove them away though

irish1967
06-10-2007, 06:16 PM
Comparatively speaking, mine is pretty tame (and been told before so I'll keep it brief)...

We are firm believers in "take a break in the middle of the day" Now we go back to the resort and swim, but when the boys were younger, we napped.

Anyway, the boys were 3 and 1 at the time. We were waiting patiently for the evening parade and my boys were both playing quietly in the stoller. A woman approached me and asked me what I drugged my kids with - huh? I said, "pardon me?" and she said, "obviously, you must have drugged your kids for them to be waiting so quietly. Whatever it is, I need to go get some tomorrow" I said "no, we just made sure that they took a good nap today so that they would enjoy the parade." She replied, "you're crazy to waste time napping when you are spending so much $$$ to be here."

I guess it just takes all kinds!

disneymom2000
06-10-2007, 06:30 PM
I have been on a lot of vacations to a lot of different places including Disney. I have run into more rude people at Disney than anywhere else I have been. People who think their children are the only ones in line to get autographs, pictures or on rides. Teenagers who could care less who they are around and cuss as much as possible. Parents who think nothing about yelling at their family or hitting their kids. I wish Disney had a policy that if you cut in line, you are barred from that ride that day. And I have never been able to scope out a good seat before any nighttime show where someone didn't come up at the last minute and decide to stand in front of me. Why people who might not be normally rude in the rest of their life, decide to be the epitome of rudeness at Disney, I just don't understand.:confused:

EPCOT.nut
06-10-2007, 07:14 PM
Boy, all of these scenarios! poo!

My worst was a CM! :sad: And this is the first bad CM I have ever dealt with! I am a passholder and live 2 hours away from WDW - so this isn't normal CM behavior but here is my brief story -

It was park closing with extra magic hours. I got confused getting on the monorail - I had never stayed at a Monorail Resort and asked a CM where to stand and wait for the Resort Monorail.

He said, "You need to learn to read the signs!"

Everyone in the area turned to look at me and the CM. I stopped and stared at him, not knowing what to say that wouldn't sound rude. I couldn't come up with anything. I told him he didn't have to be so rude and he looked at me with complete hatred. So I quitetly told him to F off. Really quietly and with a smile.

I felt trashy saying that, even though it was very quietly. I really hated ending my vacation with a F off. My husband didn't even hear me say it and it would have taken the CM some lip-reading to understand it. I could tell that he did, though by the look he gave me. He was surprised but amused. :blush:

The only other HORROR I had was at Epcot with some cheerleading foreign teenagers that were chanting and singing LOUDLY in their native tongue. On the ferry. So we were stuck with these screaming idiots and couldn't figure out what they were saying.

I think it was Belle that mentioned rude rednecks. I am a redneck from Florida and find many rude northerners! :goodbad: I think it is a toss-up with people.

OH and anyone with flash photography on dark rides needs a beating.

snifflesmcg
06-10-2007, 07:35 PM
I wasn't going to respond to this thread until I read the last one about the lady who asked "what do you drug your kids with" but here I am. These are the stories that made me a bit mad. Being devil's advocate, I can actually maybe see why some of the others said or did what the did.



My worst was at Ohana's. We were there during the fireworks at MK and they dimmed the lights and the music started. These two kids (maybe 8-10yo) ran to the window to see the fireworks. No problem right? (I always let kids go in front when watching illuminations) Wrong. They climbed ONTO the window ledge and blocked the ENTIRE window! We couldn't see a thing! We were sitting in the middle of the dinning room so we didn't want to walk up and make a big deal about it. So where were the parents you ask? Sitting in front of us and oblivious to everyone else in the restaurant except their children! I know people get caught up in the magic but come on this is ridiculous. That was not really the worst moment but definetely the most frustrating.

This is extremely rude! I can't belive anyone didn't say anything to the parents.


My most infuriating moment didn't actually happen at a park, but at the California Grill in the CR. There was a somewhat lengthy line to check in and receive beepers, and my cousin was on line while I was sitting on a couch near the front of the line. Well, of course someone came and decided to skip the line and go straight to the front. My cousin decided to act upon the moment and said "Excuse me, but there's a line to check in". The man rolled his eyes and proceeded to call her a pig under his breath (at the time my cousin was 370 lbs). She didn't hear him but I did, and I felt such anger towards him for stooping so low as to call people names. I know it's not the worst thing that could happen, I guess I just expected a little more common courtesy and respect for others -- especially at WDW.

He was a jerk. I guess you name call when you aren't allowed to break the rules.




We saw two grown men get into a physical fight on Main Street in MK over the last Mickey balloon the first year we took our son. We were totally speechless. The poor CM kept trying to break it up and other guests jumped in to help. Security arrived and escorted them out with their families walking behind.

Some people are just unbeliveable. :mad::(
What a place to start a fist fight.


We were leaving MK on our last night:(. It happened to be a Night of Joy evening. We were not attending the party. We were in the souvenir shop and my DD7 and DH were waiting on me and my DS. When we were through, we went out to where we thought they were waiting and could not find them. I was going to go back into the Emporium to look for them so we could leave and a VERY HATEFUL CM would not let me in even though I told her that if my family was in there, we could not leave until they knew we were out and ready to go. I had already bought everything, had 2 HUGE bags, and finally convinced her to let my DS10 go in and look for them. I was very irritated and dismayed that our last moments at the MK were ruined by such a control freak!
I would have gotten her name and called Disney directly when I got back to my hotel room.


A middle eastern woman wanted to push her way OVER us to get further ahead.
There was about 200 people packed shoulder to shoulder, NO WHERE to move. After she pushed and shoved herself OVER my sister and I. In the process breaking DSis' glasses and her cooler. She then tried to pull her WHOLE family along as well. When she couldn't get them all past us... unbeknown st to me ( I was holding my DS's hand in the crowd, he was standing behind me) she PUNCHED my DS in the face!!!!:thedolls:
It wasn't until after the boat docked and everyone moved forward, he was crying and finally told me what happened. There were several southern women who came up telling me about what they had seen. We all looked for that woman on the boat and couldn't find her.:mad:


Another time we were waiting out a big thunder storm at MGM and some kids decided to light up an illegal cigarette. The place was full of parents and kids:confused::ack:
Again, no CM's around. Everyone complaining drove them away though
Too bad you didn't see that lady do that because I think that justifies punching her back in the face.


Comparatively speaking, mine is pretty tame (and been told before so I'll keep it brief)...

We are firm believers in "take a break in the middle of the day" Now we go back to the resort and swim, but when the boys were younger, we napped.

Anyway, the boys were 3 and 1 at the time. We were waiting patiently for the evening parade and my boys were both playing quietly in the stoller. A woman approached me and asked me what I drugged my kids with - huh? I said, "pardon me?" and she said, "obviously, you must have drugged your kids for them to be waiting so quietly. Whatever it is, I need to go get some tomorrow" I said "no, we just made sure that they took a good nap today so that they would enjoy the parade." She replied, "you're crazy to waste time napping when you are spending so much $$$ to be here."

I guess it just takes all kinds!
Actually, this story made me the most angry. What I would have told her was "I know how to parent my children". Not all kids need to act up. This is the same kind of woman that never disciplines her children and wonders why she can't control them.

PAYROLL PRINCESS
06-10-2007, 07:39 PM
Wow, a lot of these stories are just plain horrifying. I'd have a hard time keeping my mouth shut with some of these people. Especially the guy yelling at the special needs child.
I just told a man off at a local store yesterday because he made a comment about my 4 year old nephew who is speech delayed. I did it nicely, but I was NOT going to let his comment go unaddressed.
Once when I was in MGM there was a Hispanic gentleman who decided he was going to smoke in a nondesignated area. I very nicely told him that there was no smoking. He "didn't" understand me and continued to smoke. So I very nicely said "No Fumar". And he put it out and very nicely said "Thank you". In ENGLISH!!
Mild compared to a lot of stories and actually kind of funny.
Another time I had a woman pushing her stroller in to me. I finally said "do you mind?" and she said "what, do you think I have eyes in the front of my head?" I looked at her like she had 2 heads and said, well that's where most people keep them! People around us laughed at her and she was so embarassed that she walked away. It's funny now, but not so funny when it was my shins in danger.

PAYROLL PRINCESS
06-10-2007, 07:42 PM
Too bad you didn't see that lady do that because I think that justifies punching her back in the face.


Between Crazypoohbear, the Southern ladies and myself, that woman wouldn't have left the boat alive if we had found her! I stil think she heard us talking and jumped ship!

Morpheous
06-10-2007, 08:00 PM
It amazes me as to how badly some people behave. Especially punching a child I don't know where some people get these ideas.

I learned a long time ago to not wear sandals at a Disney Theme Park. One of the most common things Ive seen people do is use their strollers as weapons basically. They just push them full force to push through people not caring whos toes they run over, or whos legs they slam their strollers into.

I think the worst thing thats ever happend to me that I can remember was I was In line for Stitches Great Escape and this lady had a Massive Backpack and rushed infront of me whacking me with her backpack almost knocking me over. She barely looked back and just kept going. Then I ran into her again in the park later that day and she gave me some very hateful looks. I chose not to say anything about it because, I really didn't feel like wasting time in my vacation setting a woman like this off so I can get my head chewed off!

irish1967
06-10-2007, 08:54 PM
SNIFFLESMGC Acutally, I did respond - It was something along the lines of...

"It seems to me that the parents who should have called it a day a LONG time ago are the ones who are wasting their time. My children will go home having wonderful memories of a great vacation including this parade, what memories will yours take with them?"

She turned around and walked away from me and my brother gave me a high five.

LibertyTreeGal
06-10-2007, 08:55 PM
SNIFFLESMGC Acutally, I did respond - It was something along the lines of...

"It seems to me that the parents who should have called it a day a LONG time ago are the ones who are wasting their time. My children will go home having wonderful memories of a great vacation including this parade, what memories will yours take with them?"

She turned around and walked away from me and my brother gave me a high five.

Darlin,

YOU TOTALLY ROCK! :thumbsup:

luvdiznee
06-10-2007, 09:05 PM
To the OP, that was terrible what your FIL did. It's bad when the CM's are trying to do their jobs and someone acts like that. Anywho, my worse was when someone as wide as the bus stepped right in front of my 9 year old. Also, when we were at our AK resort and in the pool and some lady who was watching her 2 kids kept giving me dirty looks like I was invading THEIR turf. Just made me stay longer and get closer. ;)

DawsonAR
06-10-2007, 09:23 PM
While on Splash Mountain, my husband was loading my disabled daughter in the back row. The CM started the ride before he sat her down. He dropped her and he fell on top of her. She had many bruises. The CM said I guess you will sit down faster next time. We couldn't believe it. She never asked if everyone was OK even with my six year old crying from pain.

LibertyTreeGal
06-10-2007, 09:27 PM
To the OP, that was terrible what your FIL did. It's bad when the CM's are trying to do their jobs and someone acts like that.

Oops, gotta defend my FIL -- he's an awesome guy and we're taking him back in November. Nope, this was my father -- I had to grow up in his house *shudder* -- and I didn't tell you the worst part was that he was bragging about how he lied to the CM right in front of his 6 year old grandsons.....

Wolf
06-10-2007, 09:28 PM
I posted about this one right after our Oct 06 trip so I'll try to shorten it. My ABSOLUTE worst experience at WDW was this terrible woman was using the stroller jousting technique when we were all strolling from the TTC to the boat to MK, now they were a party of about 7-8 and there was me and my mom (I'll go ahead and warn yall we are from Alabama and have both been raised with Southern Manners: IE: your momma slaps you in the head if you are rude, disrespectful or mean-spirited) and a single man who was somewhere between 60-65 I would guess. This complete demon woman actually hit this man in the back of the ankle and knocked him all the way down (scarring me and mom to death btw) so we immediately stop and help the man to his feet (took both of us because he had skint his knee and was very shakey) and then that ***** had the...NERVE to stop and stare at that poor older man on the ground like he had OFFENDED HER!!!! :mad: I was furious, and I'm only 20 but I could not understand how this psychopath could not immediately respond to this apologizing like crazy and helping him up or anything. They never apologized. Me and mom hung with him to make sure he made it on the boat okay and everything, but when we were walking onto the boat we noticed his toenail was uber tore up and bleeding... he said it was alright and he was fine but it drove us completely bonkers! Its just that kind of rudeness that makes me wonder what happonened to the world.

BTW after that I was so worried about that same thing happening to mom (cause she had sandals on too) I had to tell her my feet were hurting so we could go back to the room and change so I could get her out of her sandals. :secret: dont tell!

Iluvpooh
06-10-2007, 10:03 PM
Well luckily nothing too terrible has ever happened to me(but I do have an upcoming trip so I better knock on wood)

The worst thing I saw happened to someone else. My DH and I were at EPCOT in line to see Jasmine, Aladdin, and the Genie. We were at the front of the line- there was a young(20s) couple behind us, and a family with 2 small boys behind them. The youngest of the boys REALLY wanted to meet the Genie(he needed his autograph) anyway the CM yells last family with the Genie because he has to go. My DH turns around and asks the family with the boys if they wanted to take our turn so the youngest could meet Genie. The couple behind us yells-we're next and just walked past my husband and me and the family. Luckily the CM saw it sent them back- called forward the family and then Genie stayed for me and my DH too!! He left right before the rude couple went up!!

snifflesmcg
06-10-2007, 11:16 PM
SNIFFLESMGC Acutally, I did respond - It was something along the lines of...

"It seems to me that the parents who should have called it a day a LONG time ago are the ones who are wasting their time. My children will go home having wonderful memories of a great vacation including this parade, what memories will yours take with them?"

She turned around and walked away from me and my brother gave me a high five.

:rotfl: Ha Ha!! That's the best! Good for you. This is an example of those parents that feel you have to "medicate" your children to get them to behave. I wish I would have been there.

katzctkpt
06-10-2007, 11:21 PM
I would have to say that the worst experience we've had was at the MK Spectromagic parade in 2005. We were setting in front of the castle on the street when a lady & her 2 children came up and told my 3 children, niece, & 2 nephews to move that her kids couldn't see the parade. We'd been sitting there for about 30 minutes waiting just like those around us. My children were little themselves probably younger than hers at the time. I didn't know what to say because she was a big mama. I hate to sound this way but, sometimes I can't stand foreigners.

larandtra
06-10-2007, 11:50 PM
For all the responses and there were some I agree are bad scenes, I think some on here need to take a break from the labelling( I hate foreigners, Rednecks, etc.). Painting with a broad brush makes you like like a very bad artist. Every group you may label will have bad seeds. Yes, even your own.

wire0monkey
06-11-2007, 05:26 PM
My husband nearly started a riot on a bus back to an off-site hotel. My husband and I stayed until MK closed. We got on the bus with a million other people. It was packed. This guy wass sitting near the middle with a 9 or 10 year old boy. The boy wass spitting in the aisle and swearing at people as they walk past. He was saying things like "You have a fat a**" and "F*** you, fatty" to people as they walked past. The kid was just out of control. The dad was ignoring it.

My husband said politely, "Sir, you need to tell your son to stop spitting and swearing." The guy then launches into a huge lecture about the kid being a special needs kid adopted from Russia with an attachment disorder. My husband says "That's terrible, but you still need to tell him to stop." The guy starts in on the special needs rant again. That's when the blonde in front of us loses it and starts swearing at the father. He starts swearing back. Pretty soon, about half a dozen people around us are yelling at the dad and he's yelling back. It darn near turned into a riot.

We skedaddled as soon as the bus stopped and told hotel security that if they didn't break it up, they were going to have a fist fight on their hands. I guess they broke it up.

grumpycajun
06-11-2007, 06:00 PM
I'm sitting here reading some of these posts and getting red in the face about some of them. Specifically, the ones about the arguing parents making their daughter cry and their son trying to diffuse the situation by begging them to stop and promising to be good. And the one about the man telling the parents of the special child to shut that [explicative] kid up at the fireworks show? How many of y'all out there would like just one minute alone with that guy? I know, I know - it's not a very Disney like attitude, but some things are just too much. End of rant...

The worst thing we saw was a dad come completely un-glued at his mid-teen son in a
very crowded line for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. He was way out of control and we were all thinking he was going to hit the kid.
I'm really glad he didn't go that far. The poor mom was mortified. It was really sad to watch.

browneyedgirl12
06-11-2007, 07:52 PM
I can't believe some of the things people will do at a family theme park. It seems more often than not that someone thinks they are more important than everyone else around. We have dealt with rude people in the past but nothing to serious.

The worst thing that ever happened was I was walking in MK not looking where I was going (oops) when I ran right into this persons stroller and fell down. I started apologizing like crazy because it was a total accident and I swear that if I hadn't gotten up when I did they would have ran right over me. But anyway all they did was give me nasty looks. After I had stopped apologizing and moved out of their way (gotten off the ground) they ran over my foot. Now I can see where this was partially my fault but it was a total accident.

Guya103
06-11-2007, 10:55 PM
We have gone to Disney countless times and have seen people argue, get into physical fights and cut in lines, but the worst by far took place on our trip last year. We were waiting in line for Buzz Lightyear and there was an elderly women in an amigo cart along with her grown children and grandchildren. She innocently brushed up against a man in his 30's(also with children and wife) as the line began to move. Understand she did not knock him over, bruise him or even move him from his original spot. He, however was hot immediately after this miniscule incident despite this woman's apology. He began to curse in front of everyone, saying words that I am sure most people have never even heard of. He shouted that those "things", referring to the amigo carts should not even be allowed in the parks and that she should stay out if she wanted to cause trouble. His family, as well as the lady's family, and a cast member (all clearly embarassed) tried to calm him down. He, however, refused and became even more irritated after the cast member suggested they speak in private. He eventually had to be hauled away and I would assume, removed from the park. I felt terrible for the families, but mostly for this poor lady who was simply trying to enjoy her day, despite her condition. It was awful and made my family question why some people act so horribly, especially in the happiest place on earth! :mickey:

yasmina
06-12-2007, 06:53 AM
Both occurred on our trip 2 years ago.

The first one was at MK. We found a great spot to watch Cinerellabration - not right in front of the stage, but a few feet back where we could sit and not strain our necks too much to see. This mother w/stroller walked up and parked herself right in front of us. I didn't say anything then, figuring when the show started she would sit down w/ her kid on her lap and move or collapse the stroller. Wrong! She remained standing until I & other patrons began yelling "sit down"! If looks could kill, I would have been dead on the spot with the glare she gave me.

My other story was on the monorail. We had finished dinner at the Contemporary and watching Wishes. We got in a car, followed by a rowdy, drunken group of 20 somethings. They were loud, rude, boisterous, and vulgar. Now, I'm no prude, and know how to drop strategically timed cuss words when appropriate, and our daughters have heard them all, BUT at Disney, a different standard is in order, especially when young children are present. Since I was exhausted, I kept my mouth shut, because had I spoken to them, I know words would have been exchanged that we would all regret later.

squijee
06-12-2007, 08:55 AM
dh and i were at animal kingdom in april of this year waiting on the bus....the line was full...a group of teenagers walked up in front of the line on the outside of the rail...when a bus pulled up they immediately tried to get on...a very big football type dad was first in line and promptly told the teenagers that they could wait until the people in line were on the bus...the cm backed him up...they started yelling and screaming...the cm at the next stop called security and they were given a ride befor we all got on a bus, but it was with security and out of the park...:thumbsup:

milhouse
06-12-2007, 10:12 AM
Some of these stories are just awful. Ours is a little more lighthearted.

On our trip three years, we were in ToonTown as it was getting dark. DW and SIL had the two 2-yr olds in Minnies House. They were standing taking a picture next to those little white picket fences that come up to your knee. A lady blew by them, pushing DW backwards over the fence. The lady just kept going w/out looking back. SIL snapped a good action shot of the fall. DW's legs were so bruised that we loaded her in the kids' stroller to wheel her out of the park.

DW recovered and even managed to return to the scene of the "crime' on our last trip.

nqi2
06-12-2007, 11:43 AM
Mine just happened last week. My Husband, Father and friend were in line for Space Mountain. They had been in line for about 1 hour. When it was there time to get on the ride they shut it down for techincal deficculties. They asked about fastpasses to come back and ride it and the CM told "To Bad you should of come earlier". So there was an hour of our time wasted and notcompensation. It had just happened to us on Buzz Light Year as well and the gave us all fast pass that would work on any ride. I guess it just depends on the mood that they CM is in.:angry:

Eeyore Phan
06-12-2007, 12:11 PM
This wasn't something that personally involved me, but unfortunately my family and I had to witness this fiasco on It's Tough to Be a Bug in AK...

...Our show was filing into the seating area. My mom, her fiance, his three grandkids (ages 11-7) and I all found our seats and were excited for the show. Then, we hear a commotion behind us. A group had stopped in the middle of the row and sat down. Well that didn't sit well with everyone filing in behind them, particularly the man directly behind them. VERY LOUDLY he began saying, "Excuse me sir, can you move to the end of the row. There's people behind me that need to sit as well." The man (who I assume was the father/husband of the group that had stopped in the middle of the row) began to insist everyone just walk past them as they remained seated. However, the guy who was complaining would not relent and continued to yell that they need to move to the end of the row.

Now I agree with the guy that you ought to move all the way to the end of the row as it does disrupt other folks from coming in and shows a lack of consideration ESPECIALLY when the theatre is going to be full for the upcoming show. HOWEVER I disagree with how the guy handled it next. After the show ended and everyone filed out, the quarrel continued outside. The guy who complained got into it with the man who stopped in the middle of the row. Nothing physical, but verbally jousting with each other loudly. The guy then suggested that the man who stopped and his family "go back to their own country." I personally found that rude and ignorant b/c while the group that did stop in the middle were of middle eastern dissent and had an accent, there is no way for that guy to not know whether or not they are Americans. I don't think he realizes just how diverse our country can be. Even if they weren't Americans, you don't say that to people. It just makes you sound as stupid as those who were wrong in the first place for stopping in the middle.

Worst part was the young kids who had to sit around and hear this. Bleh.

MushuMulan
06-12-2007, 12:17 PM
I have a couple things to share:

My mom, her friend, 3 other friends and me are sitting on a bus, just as it arrived at the bus stop for Epcot, well as the first of the people are stepping off, we hear,"You slapped my baby!". I turn around only to see a mob of people, and shrieks (this is still on the bus). It calmed down a bit, then the shrieking resumed again (and I even think I heard the dull chanting,"Fight") and I saw some scuffling in the mob of people. Now I think the other guests broke it up, but what really boggles me is that the bus driver did absolutley nothing, even as he walked off the bus, he didn't call security or anything. When we got off finally, we saw it was a woman with her daughter who had started it all. Then after some eavesdropping off people while we walked to the main entrance, I found out that it was the woman herself who hit her own daughter, and another man just happened to run into her on his way out (mind you the bus was full with people standing). The fact that someone like that going into Epcot that day baffled me, she's a danger to everyone around her!

Another time was when we were lining up for the Star Wars Parade, now we had staked out a spot for 30 minutes in the hot june sun, when a group of 2 parents and 2 kids walk up right in front of us. My mom's friend, politley asked the father to move, explaining that we had been waiting here for a half an hour, but he rudely said, "We all have to mash together anyways" and refused to move. Now when my mom returned she talked to him, and this time his excuse for not moving was,"This isn't your hotel room, we might have to touch each other", at which point he lost the argument with my mother (which I could tell by the fact he said,"I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you"). All in all, he never moved, but I did somewhat get back at him by standing straight in between his family and him, making it pretty hard for him to video tape all the was going on. Usually I would not do something like that, but ignorant people like him annoy me.

There's so much that is good about Disney, but with the good there's people who seem like they want to ruin it.

Disney4
06-12-2007, 12:52 PM
Tour groups (you know which ones I'm talking about) that bring drums and whistles, stand in line and chant at the top of thier lungs! :thedolls::thedolls::thedolls:

It got so bad in line for Pirates one day a mass of CMs had to remove about 50 of these individuals from the line. People started countering with chants of "USA" and "Go Home".

These groups are one of the biggest downsides to WDW over DL IMO.

Unbelieveable . . .

JohnnyJayhawk
06-12-2007, 01:40 PM
Our worst one occurred on our last trip. We were taking a break at MGM on one of the benches near the big hat when I detected the unmistakable odor of a cigar. Now I enjoy a good cigar from time to time, but never around my kids (or anyone else who would object to the smell) and never where it is prohibited. The offender was sitting at a bench about ten yards away from us. I approached a politely asked him to smoke in the designated area. He launches into a tirade about why I should mind my own business, he can smoke wherever he wants, etc. etc. I wasn't going to get drawn in, so we just went to go find a CM, which prompted Cranky Cancer Man to move.

The funny part was when his wife came up to us and told us that maybe his smoke was bothering us, but our crying child was bothering her. Ok, lady, a) the family sitting on the next bench had an upset child, neither of mine were making a peep and b) it's Disneyworld--believe it or not, you may encounter an upset child or two.

dntccc
06-12-2007, 01:58 PM
Parents who think nothing about ...hitting their kids.

This comment could be taken the wrong way and lead to an off-topic debate, as it appears you might be referring to parents spanking their children as a form of discipline. (Rather than comment further which could also contribute to a debate getting started, that is all I will say.)

LauraleeH
06-12-2007, 03:04 PM
Last September, I was with 2 friends and my parents at the MK for Night Of Joy. At one point, we were supposed to meet my parents by a concert near the Pooh ride. My friends told me that they didn't want to meet my parents and took off into the concert, pushing their way to the front, leaving me alone in the rain. I went to the very back of the line of people watching the concert and waited for my parents, when a CM approached me and told me I couldn't stand there because it was too close to the concert and I wasn't actually there for that. I told him that I was waiting for my parents and he told me to stand in front of Pooh with another CM, so I walked over there, and she told me to get on the ride or get out of the way. I told her that the other CM told me to stand there, and she said, "That's just too bad, you can't stand here!" so I asked if I could stand to the side (Near the strollers) and she told me to go across from the ride to the concert, where I had just been and asked to leave. It didn't make any sense, but I could tell she was getting really upset because she started coming toward me to direct me towards the concert, and she was getting louder, so I finally turned around and I ended up finding my parents AND my brother and his friends. They all came up to me but the CM didn't even ask them to leave (But we did because they could tell I was a little upset).

The only reason I wasn't furious was because I think all of the CM's get a little stressed out for NoJ events because it's mostly teenagers and such.

Meteora
06-12-2007, 07:11 PM
One thing that really bothers me is inappropriate clothing. I'm not even talking about clothes with sayings or pictures, I'm talking about the amount of your body that is covered. I've seen plenty of young women walking around in tops that are better suited to a swim park and skirts that might as well not exist. One day in the AK I was with my two friends when a girl walks past us wearing what can only be described as booty shorts and a tube top, saying some rather vulgar things about the parts of her body that were on display. We all turned and looked at each other in shock. I'm a young twenty-something, and it really bothers me that people like this can't bother to cover themselves up for one day when they're in a place full of children.

We're not all like this, guys, I promise!

My most frustrating moment apart from that more general experience was last year in the Nemo and Friends line. The queue for that ride is very wide, I assume to accomodate wheelchairs. Unfortunately, this meant that the large group behind us kept trickling past us. There were lots of little kids, and we were three twenty-somethings/teens, so we just sort of let them. However, we then noticed that they had a companion group that was still well behind us, and the children kept running back and forth to talk to each other, not paying attention to anyone else or where they were going. They knocked right into us several times, always bringing back more friends to stand in front of us while their parents tried to get even further ahead in line. At one point they knocked hard into my sister, who despite being young, has a bad knee that she often has to wear a brace for. She grimaced in pain, and her boyfriend turned around and told the kids gently that they had to pick a spot and stay in it, indicating that ahead of us would be an acceptable choice to him, so long as they STAYED THERE. One of the parents must have seen him talking to the kids, because he promptly appeared next to us, gathered up all the kids (at least six or seven at that point) and escorted them all ahead of us and several other parties. Lovely parenting, but at least we stopped getting crashed into. By the way, when we arrived at the conveyer belt-y thing, the kids ran ahead of several other people already walking on it to get into the clamshells they had been waiting for.

Donald A
06-12-2007, 10:32 PM
While on Splash Mountain, my husband was loading my disabled daughter in the back row. The CM started the ride before he sat her down. He dropped her and he fell on top of her. She had many bruises. The CM said I guess you will sit down faster next time. We couldn't believe it. She never asked if everyone was OK even with my six year old crying from pain.

I need to stop reading these posts because all this stuff just angers me. This post takes the cake of them all. That CM's job is to keep guests safe. They would have been calling security on me if that happened and I would probably have called my attorney soon there-after. That just makes me angry beyond belief. Your husband must be a great guy that keeps his cool. Sorry that happened to your family.

Where's Your Laughin Place
06-13-2007, 12:05 PM
It is quite unfortunate, but MOST people leave their brains and common courtesy at home. Seriously, if you bump into someone, APOLOGIZE! Don't just run into somebody and walk off!!! Sorry for the rant, but I just cannot stand it. I can understand bumping into people/running over feet, but just use common courtesy and apologize.

This one happened to my grandma:
My grandma has to use an ECV whenever we go to DLR, and she is really good about not running over people, she is really careful. But people are not always considerate when it comes to her and her ECV. During our trip on New Years Eve this past year, she got tired and decided to go back to the hotel in the evening. Well, the Christmas Fantasy parade was just about to start so people were pretty packed along main street. Well, as she was trying to make her way back to the front gate, people were so set on seeing the parade that they would not even leave an opening for people to move by, so they would not move out of her way despite her numerous requests for them to do so. They just kinda closed in around her and she started to get a panic attack(she is kinda claustrophobic) Luckily Disney Security was out in force that night, and they forced the people to move out of the way and they escorted her to the gate(WAY TO GO DISNEY SECURITY!)

briguy
06-13-2007, 02:51 PM
This happened 2 nights ago. its mild compared to most, but really bothered me because it shows how service in this country in general and WDW in specific has gone downhill.

I was in team mickey at dtd. I was ready to make my purchase. I walked towards the counter and two cms were chatting without bothering to acknowledge me. Now they knew I was there because they looked up when I approached but just kept chatting. Finally one of them starts to leave while the other starts doing something behind the counter...I couldn't believe it. So I asked the one who was leaving "are you open at this counter?". She just stopped and tilted her head without saying anything. After a few seconds she nodded her head towards me as if to say "well?" Like she was waiting for me to say something. I wish I had a camera to post her expression because it was such a degrading look and nod she gave me like "well stupid I'm waiting for your question". Now I do not speak low and I do not mumble, I've actually done a lot of public speaking. So I said "why are you looking at me like that? I asked if you are open". She pointed (one finger not two) to the other woman and said "she is" and started to walk away. I said "wait a minuteN why were you looking at me like I had two heads?". She said sorry I didn't hear you. So I said, "so the words 'excuse me' never crossed your mind? You thought it would be better customer service to try to make me feel stupid?". She just walked away.

Normally I have a lot of patience and don't usually call out someone like that, but if you saw the look you would have felt the same way. I run a business and would have fired her if she was my employee.

Having said that I do realize she represents maybe 1% of cast members. However it used to be .0001%

LauraleeH
06-13-2007, 04:17 PM
This happened 2 nights ago. its mild compared to most, but really bothered me because it shows how service in this country in general and WDW in specific has gone downhill.

I was in team mickey at dtd. I was ready to make my purchase. I walked towards the counter and two cms were chatting without bothering to acknowledge me. Now they knew I was there because they looked up when I approached but just kept chatting. Finally one of them starts to leave while the other starts doing something behind the counter...I couldn't believe it. So I asked the one who was leaving "are you open at this counter?". She just stopped and tilted her head without saying anything. After a few seconds she nodded her head towards me as if to say "well?" Like she was waiting for me to say something. I wish I had a camera to post her expression because it was such a degrading look and nod she gave me like "well stupid I'm waiting for your question". Now I do not speak low and I do not mumble, I've actually done a lot of public speaking. So I said "why are you looking at me like that? I asked if you are open". She pointed (one finger not two) to the other woman and said "she is" and started to walk away. I said "wait a minuteN why were you looking at me like I had two heads?". She said sorry I didn't hear you. So I said, "so the words 'excuse me' never crossed your mind? You thought it would be better customer service to try to make me feel stupid?". She just walked away.

Normally I have a lot of patience and don't usually call out someone like that, but if you saw the look you would have felt the same way. I run a business and would have fired her if she was my employee.

Having said that I do realize she represents maybe 1% of cast members. However it used to be .0001%
My mom encountered a rude CM like that recently at the Emporium gift shop. She asked a CM walking by if they had any Pirate shirts that said, "I love Jack" on it, and the woman gave my mom a look and said in the worst tone of voice I've ever heard from a CM, "I don't know what you are talking about!"
My mom showed her a shirt similar to what she was talking about, and asked, "Do you know where these shirts are?" and the woman said, "I can't understand a word you are saying; what you see here on the floor is what you get" and then started speaking Spanish and walked away!

It was obvious she knew what my mom was saying, and if she didn't, she could have motioned for my mom to follow her, so she could ask a CM that spoke English to help us.

Michigander
06-14-2007, 09:15 AM
my worst one happened in Epcot this year. We were standing to watch the light show at the end of the night, and you know how they talk through it and explain things well there was this group of Adults mind you 9not teens they were well into thier 30's) Drunk and they were yelling and singing and getting up on each others backs which because they were drunk ment them weaved into the crowd and then stared yelling at people to quit pushing on them they were going to drop the person on their back and they would get hurt. No amount of the crowd telling them to be quiet and stop helped. It made it bad, bad, bad and so unenjoyable to view the show. I was upset we had missed seeing the show the first night we went to Epcot because it rained so hard so this was our only time to see it and it always is such a beautiful ending to your experience at Epcot, but not this time!

offero
06-14-2007, 09:39 AM
My worst experience happened in 95'. We went down there during the first week of July. Huge mistake I will never make again. There were tour groups from another country there, mostly kids; groups of twenty to thirty people all dressed the same and carrying flags with the tour number on them.

First, they would have one person (the flag person) wait in line. After waiting in line for a half hour or more when that person got to or toward the front of the line they would start waving the flag and the rest of the group would start pushing into line.

Then, they would get on rides like the HM or Spaceship Earth and start a group sing-along the whole time they were on the ride. The only saving grace is that other people were as upset as I was, so it was not just me.

There were cast members at three separate rides who, out of total frustration, told a group of us to write to the parks and complain. They said that they have complained for better supervision for the groups and the park did not give it, so they were hoping the guests could do something.

We did write and Disney reimbursed us our Tickets for those days stating that other people had complained about the same things.

Even with that I will never go in the summer again.

DisneyFreak23
06-14-2007, 09:44 AM
Mine...

Girls screaming their heads off in the doom buggy ahead of us in HM.:mad:

offero
06-14-2007, 09:55 AM
The most disgusting thing I have ever seen in the park was on my 03 trip and there are two ties for first place.

1. A mother was literally washing her son's rear in a fountain at DTD. The kid was maybe two-three and she had him bare butt and was scrubbing his but over the water shooting up from the fountain. She had an audience, about ten of us were completely amazed that this was going on, and could not stop staring.

2. While walking to the pool at the hotel with a buddy of mine, a little girl yells "mommy I have to go potty", the mothers reply "just go honey its ok". Diapers or not that is nasty. Needless to say we did not swim that stay.

Iluvpooh
06-14-2007, 05:54 PM
Eww!! That is wht people get sick at public pools and water parks.:sick:

LauraF
06-21-2007, 03:18 PM
. . .there is no way . . . to not know whether or not they are Americans. I don't think he realizes just how diverse our country can be. Even if they weren't Americans, you don't say that to people.
That reminds me of a time when I was a kid and traveled with my family to WDW. Note, both of my younger siblings were adopted from Korea and do not look like the rest of my Nordic family. In fact, more than once people have asked us if they were really related. (My sister now works for WDW and often gets mistaken for Mulan by the munchkins, which she just loves. :D)

In MK, my mother and sister stood in line at a kiosk and got the last bottle of water. The lady in line behind them was PO'd that there was no water left for her and muttered something loudly about "immigrants and dirty, lazy foreigners stealing everything from the Americans." My mother, in her quick witted fashion said back to the lady in a sweetly conversational tone: "Isn't it wonderful that we all live in a country that allows us to believe whatever we want, no matter how stupid?" Then she smiled and walked away. The other lady (and I use that word loosely) was still trying to figure out if that was an insult as we walked away. :thumbsup: Mom, you rock!

As far as line cutters go, I usually just have to excuse myself back to my spot and most will apologize and back off. With the ones who insist on being rude I will smile vapidly and look them in the eye whenever they glance my way, which freaks them out. I think they *want* to get a reaction from us sometimes. But once in the France pavillion I had to tell some babbling French tourist who pretended they didn't understand me "La queue commence las bas!" (French for "no cuts") which got a big laugh from the CM who made that person wait until the next show.

But no matter what: I enjoy WDW too much to let just any idiot ruin it for me. Ever.

Jenemmy
06-21-2007, 03:30 PM
Boy, that is terrible! :blush:

My absolute, without question, most infuriating experience was at Magic Kingdom during Wishes. There was a little boy (who was very clearly a special needs child) and his family gathered near us, and when the fireworks began, he was overcome! He just oooo-ed and ahhhhh-ed and even squealed for a bit! To tell you the truth, that night I was happier watching him than Wishes! It was like the sights and sounds just got inside of him and he couldn't contain himself!!

Well, a man a few feet away didn't find it as heartwarming as I did! He yelled angrily, while staring right at him and his parents, "Would somebody shut that kid up?"

I have never until that day felt true rage! I think I could have torn that man apart with my bare hands! :mad:


Oh my gosh -- that just makes me want to weep for his parents! I have a sweet boy with autism and those moments of pure joy and happiness are so amazingly sweet --- UGH to have someone be so insensitive!

On my DS last birthday, the whole family went to his favorite pizza place for dinner. He was so, so happy and was doing a bit of vocalizing. Nothing horrible, nothing too loud, just some happy chirping in an already noisy place and some jerk on his way to the bathroom stopped by our table and said "What the **** is that NOISE!" My poor baby got so upset. I had to tell him that the guy was a jerk and it didn't matter what he said or thought.

WLfans
06-21-2007, 03:59 PM
I took the kids to the little spring in the lobby of WL. The guy across from us spits into the spring. I looked at him like wt_. I couldn't believe it. There are a lot of helpful tourist too. Its the boneheads that ruin it. At MK we arrived early for the fireworks. This guy and his family are seated at the end of MS near the flag pole. He's seating there firing up the video camera thinking he's going to be able to sit and film this. We started getting crowded and moved close to Mr Video. Finally he had stand and gave us a dirty look. Sorry, pal there's 15000 peole on MS you're not alone.
Don't get me going on the character interaction.

meldan98
06-21-2007, 05:23 PM
I've got a couple, but this one irked me the most.

We went to DLR for Walt's 100th Bday and got there early and got in line. We got in line and we were right behind a family (1st in our line) with 1 visually impared person, a child in a wheelchair, a child in a stroller and an walking adult with special needs and several other adults. I was a really nice and wonderful family. A very rude gentleman right behind us kept commenting to his companion they group that was 1st in line had better get the "blank" out of the way once the gates open. Once the gates opened, and I walked through the turnstile, he pushed me over and the visually impared person who fell over who then toppled into the other special needs person who also fell. He ran like crazy down through the left tunnel and scrambled in line to get a PIN. All that for a PIN!!! There were a couple of CM's who just stood there in awe as we were all unable to believe what had just occured. I then saw a CM approach him, but he still got his pin (unfortunately). He deserved to be booted.

magicman
06-22-2007, 01:44 PM
The most disgusting thing I have ever seen in the park was on my 03 trip and there are two ties for first place.

1. A mother was literally washing her son's rear in a fountain at DTD. The kid was maybe two-three and she had him bare butt and was scrubbing his but over the water shooting up from the fountain. She had an audience, about ten of us were completely amazed that this was going on, and could not stop staring.

2. While walking to the pool at the hotel with a buddy of mine, a little girl yells "mommy I have to go potty", the mothers reply "just go honey its ok". Diapers or not that is nasty. Needless to say we did not swim that stay.


In this sad, yet strangely mesmerizing thread, I found this post "refreshingly" funny.

tony2979
06-22-2007, 02:55 PM
More amusing than anything else....

Do you know how in World Showcase the smoking areas are kind of little trails off the main sidewalk? I and about three others were having a smoke break when a lady and her husband (I assume) came walking through. Both of them were glaring at us when they walked up, but didn't say anything. They sat down on a bench, and the lady said, "I don't want to have to tell security, but there is no smoking allowed in Disney World. You are going to have to put them out."

There were a couple of things funny about this. One, she walked right by a sign saying it was a smoking area, secondly...as she was telling us to put them out, she was pointing to the large ASHTRAY by the bench accross the path from her.

One of the smokers nicely told her that it was a smoking area, but she insisted that there was no smoking allowed in Disney parks. Finally she got up and left.....Don't know if she went to "report us" or finally became aware enough of her surroundings to realize that she was wrong. :mickey:

TinkInTraining
06-22-2007, 03:27 PM
Oh Oh, I have two...I'm sure there were others but these two have stayed in my minds eye.

First, probably 3 years ago while walking through AK there was a family of about 5 - 7 people. The father was walking up the walkway ahead of his "family" cursing out the mother... you f#@%ing B@#$% and other more distasteful words...Now I'm Irish and things slip out, especially in the heat of it but come on..you're at a family destination with tons of families around. Show some self restraint. It just looks so "low life" and disgusting.

Second...this one still burns my butt...Two February's ago I went for a short trip with my mother, 3 daughters and 2 nieces to "the world". We spent one day down at DTD and decided to go to one of our fav’s Earl of Sandwich.

Now there was a WICKED line…it wrapped all the way up the aisle and to the door. Well we all waited in line and tried to enjoy ourselves along the way. The girls all knew what they wanted as did my mother and I.

Well, when it was our turn to get to the registers I told the girls to order what they wanted. Now, mind you, none of my girls are very young…we’re talking 7 – 12 years old. I’m big on responsibility and they’re perfectly capable of ordering their own food…so they put their orders in one by one. I ordered a sandwich and my mother ordered an oriental salad.

Well, if you’ve been there you know if you order a salad you have to wait for it. So, mom stood in line waiting and we walked on through the rest of the line. Well, there was a woman and man behind my mother getting all huffy that she wasn’t moving, then they just started getting vulgar about it.

I (doing my best to mind my temper mind you) said to them “she has to wait to get her salad”. That just irked them more and they began a rant on how we were taking up to much room in line. And how if those were their kids they’d know their place, blah blah blah, something about my P-poor parenting, etc…I finally had enough and said “Well, then it’s a good thing they’re mine and not yours.” :mad:

They guy said “d@#m right, mine would know their place” and I turned around and said “they do to, they’re at Disney World, you know that crazy little theme park place for kids…odd you might expect to run into a few of them while at DISNEY of all places”. Well, he still didn’t shut up but you can’t fix ignorant right?

God forbid…kids at Disney. Whatever was I thinking? Get a grip.

RenDuran
06-22-2007, 03:39 PM
God forbid…kids at Disney. Whatever was I thinking? Get a grip.

:rotfl:There was just something so funny about this story, I can't stop laughing! I'm glad you gave that guy a piece of your mind....too bad it didn't teach him anything!

brad192
06-22-2007, 05:06 PM
Tinkintraining -

Just remember the first rule of ignorance:

"The size of the mouth is inversely proportional to the size of the brain.";)

A Foolish Mortal
06-22-2007, 06:57 PM
This happened at Christmas a LONG time ago. We were eating at the Grand Floridian character buffet (with younger children in our party) and 1 of them happens to love Pooh and not seen him the entire vacation yet. So finally the child spotted Pooh, ran up to say hi but we told her to wait her turn and she came back to the table with us. Finally, when Pooh did come come to our table, the mother of the family in the table next to us stood up, came over where we were sitting, and directed Pooh over to her table right when our little girl got up to give Pooh a hug. Our little girl promptly started crying. The woman just turned her head over to us and gave our table a little smirk. We alerted a CM and she went over and told the family to wait their turn with the characters. I turned my head then a gave that table a little smirk ;) , and then we started to comfort our little girl. Thankfully the characters came back around and our little girl got to see Pooh.

A Foolish Mortal
06-22-2007, 06:59 PM
I forgot to mention. What really cracked me up was our little girl, when she was giving Pooh a large, exaggerated hug, turned and gave the evil table next to us the most evil glare possible from a child. :D Thinking of that moment still makes me crack up. The other mother just turned her head and started turning red. I just couldn't help but smile.

LibertyTreeGal
06-22-2007, 07:50 PM
This happened at Christmas a LONG time ago. We were eating at the Grand Floridian character buffet (with younger children in our party) and 1 of them happens to love Pooh and not seen him the entire vacation yet. So finally the child spotted Pooh, ran up to say hi but we told her to wait her turn and she came back to the table with us. Finally, when Pooh did come come to our table, the mother of the family in the table next to us stood up, came over where we were sitting, and directed Pooh over to her table right when our little girl got up to give Pooh a hug. Our little girl promptly started crying. The woman just turned her head over to us and gave our table a little smirk. We alerted a CM and she went over and told the family to wait their turn with the characters. I turned my head then a gave that table a little smirk ;) , and then we started to comfort our little girl. Thankfully the characters came back around and our little girl got to see Pooh.

Oh my goodness, same thing happened to us at CP last year! The boys were next in line to see Pooh on our way out and this rude family pushed their way past my special needs son and insisted on getting their pic (I mean, they knew they were butting in because they did it while Pooh was signing our autograph books!). The CM, being very wise, knelt in front of my boys and distracted them and made sure they got a doubly long time with Pooh afterwards. The CM actually looked angrier than we were -- and rushed that family through so quickly they didn't get autographs or anything!

LibertyTreeGal
06-22-2007, 07:52 PM
In this sad, yet strangely mesmerizing thread, I found this post "refreshingly" funny.

eeew! :ack: ROTFL:D

Jodi
06-22-2007, 08:33 PM
I find it sad that CM's can and are so rude. I recall, back in the 70's and even 80's visiting the world as a kid and teenager, we were so impressed with how friendly, humorous and just plain nice the CM's were. The last couple of years, thing have changed, it seems like a chore for them to be nice. Takes away some of the magic. I don't put up with it though,I won't let them display that kind of behavior in front of DD's. Tell them to "lighten up." :cool:

True Disney Fan
06-23-2007, 02:29 PM
:mad:I feel that my most infuriating moment came several years ago while in Epcot. We had arrived and staked an area to watch the Illuminations and fireworks display. Just as it started, a couple of VERY RUDE people,pushed to the front of us. They then proceeded to light up one cigarette after another. The first thing,I asked, was for them to move away from blocking our view and followed with the smoking rule of putting out the smokes around us. As they were of the "lower intelligent life span", they looked back as if in ignorance. They then were joined by two of their friends and more cigarettes. After at least three request to them to move and put out the smokes, my dear DH just walked off,and we then left as well. I really did not like giving in to them. When I reported to the nearest cast member,regarding their smoking, he did nothing to help the matter.:(I usually go by myself or with a friend now. I won't mind telling someone again if needed...I don't plan to move next time....:mickey:

ryca1dreams
06-23-2007, 05:30 PM
My worst experience happened in 95'. We went down there during the first week of July. Huge mistake I will never make again. There were tour groups from another country there, mostly kids; groups of twenty to thirty people all dressed the same and carrying flags with the tour number on them.

First, they would have one person (the flag person) wait in line. After waiting in line for a half hour or more when that person got to or toward the front of the line they would start waving the flag and the rest of the group would start pushing into line.

Then, they would get on rides like the HM or Spaceship Earth and start a group sing-along the whole time they were on the ride. The only saving grace is that other people were as upset as I was, so it was not just me.

There were cast members at three separate rides who, out of total frustration, told a group of us to write to the parks and complain. They said that they have complained for better supervision for the groups and the park did not give it, so they were hoping the guests could do something.

We did write and Disney reimbursed us our Tickets for those days stating that other people had complained about the same things.

Even with that I will never go in the summer again.

I was there then too. The only reason it didn't bother me a lot was because it was my honeymoon!!!!!

Remember, WDW can be a microcosm of the world. You will get good and bad here. Just be good and maybe you will be the light to chase away the darkness.

MrPeetrie
06-23-2007, 06:20 PM
I have one about rude children and parents not caring.

My wife, DD 17 months old, and I were at MNSSHP several years back. We were in the candy line when these two children (about 7-9) began pushing my wife forward in the back to move more quickly. My wife, first ignored them, then gave them a look and politely said 'excuse me.' That stopped them for about one minute. Again, as the line started moving, they began bumping into her repeatedly. My wife turned around and the parents seemed aware but unaffected. As we neared the CM handing out candy, they pushed us apart, jumped ahead of us (and my 17-month-old), and began yelling "More! More! More!" as the CMs were filling their bags with candy. Finally one CM said "That's enough" and they left the line. My wife and I were appalled. The parents couldn't care less. :mad::mad::mad:

TuscanRaider
06-23-2007, 06:29 PM
This is more of an "embarrassing" thing.

Luckily, I went to see Millionaire-Play It! before it closed. On my last show there, I won the fastest finger and got to go in the hot seat (my first time!) and man that was the highlight of my trip. I had a lot of fun with it :thumbsup: sitting there, being the center of attention, and getting to mess with the host's mind :secret:

Well I am not a big James Bond movie fan. I have maybe seen one full movie if any. The question came to be something like "Diamonds are..." (Finish the sentence). I didnt really know so I used a Ask the Audience thing. I think I got some Awws and maybe some Boos. The answer is "forever" and it was just embarrassing for me to think that it was an easy question for many people. :blush:

I think I lost on the 32,000, which is a shame since if I got that then I would have automatically won up to the 32,000.

Besides that, that was probably my favorite Disney moment of that time. :mickey:

RenDuran
06-23-2007, 07:23 PM
I've been reading this post for a few days and getting a good laugh at how completely clueless some "guests" at WDW are! I never even thought about my own experience back in January 2004 with a rude teenager.

My mom and I decided it would be fun to take my 4-year-old daughter to WDW for a few days....just us girls, because I was due to have a baby later that year! We got a room at All-Star Music. I even paid a little extra for the "preferred" room.

Our first night there, the room next to us kept slamming their exterior door constantly! Finally around 1 or so, I opened our door to ask them to please be a little more quiet. Believe me, I was tired and pregnant and not too much of a threat! It ended up being two teenagers, a boy and a girl. The girl gets so nasty I can hardly believe it---calls me a b**** and tells me to mind my own business! I go back into my room to try to get someone at the front desk and never could get an answer! Then the kids proceeded to knock on the walls and slam that door! The next morning I did complain to the front desk and they offered to move us, but it seemed like such a hassle! We continued to hear those kids another night or two, but it didn't ruin the great time we had otherwise!

A Big Kid
06-23-2007, 07:23 PM
This is more of an "embarrassing" thing.

Luckily, I went to see Millionaire-Play It! before it closed. On my last show there, I won the fastest finger and got to go in the hot seat (my first time!) and man that was the highlight of my trip. I had a lot of fun with it :thumbsup: sitting there, being the center of attention, and getting to mess with the host's mind :secret:

Well I am not a big James Bond movie fan. I have maybe seen one full movie if any. The question came to be something like "Diamonds are..." (Finish the sentence). I didnt really know so I used a Ask the Audience thing. I think I got some Awws and maybe some Boos. The answer is "forever" and it was just embarrassing for me to think that it was an easy question for many people. :blush:

I think I lost on the 32,000, which is a shame since if I got that then I would have automatically won up to the 32,000.

Besides that, that was probably my favorite Disney moment of that time. :mickey:

I was obsessed with getting in the hotseat. Several games I was on the top ten board on the verge of getting my turn. They flashed the numbers up again, and was the #1 out of ten; so, if the hotseat person missed the next question, I was in!!

Well, he was having trouble with the question and used his last lifeline - the 50/50. He answered the question wrong and someone in the audience yelled out a resounding, "NOOOOO!!!!" So he changed his answer and I did not get to sit in the hotseat.

Im still mad about that one!!!!!!!!!

snifflesmcg
06-23-2007, 07:44 PM
More amusing than anything else....

Do you know how in World Showcase the smoking areas are kind of little trails off the main sidewalk? I and about three others were having a smoke break when a lady and her husband (I assume) came walking through. Both of them were glaring at us when they walked up, but didn't say anything. They sat down on a bench, and the lady said, "I don't want to have to tell security, but there is no smoking allowed in Disney World. You are going to have to put them out."

There were a couple of things funny about this. One, she walked right by a sign saying it was a smoking area, secondly...as she was telling us to put them out, she was pointing to the large ASHTRAY by the bench accross the path from her.

One of the smokers nicely told her that it was a smoking area, but she insisted that there was no smoking allowed in Disney parks. Finally she got up and left.....Don't know if she went to "report us" or finally became aware enough of her surroundings to realize that she was wrong. :mickey:

How ignorant! This woman sounds like the type of person to complain just for the sake of complaining. I hope she did get a CM and I hope she felt stupid then.

thejens
06-23-2007, 09:06 PM
Wow! I have never experienced anything like the incidents described here. My closest to worst is probably when a careless DTD visitor accicentally brushed his cigarette into my DS's arm while walking through the crowds. My son started to cry and hold his arm, after comforting him, I looked up at a tall sort of rough looking club-going guy with long hair. Like a mother lion I felt angry, but then he became so apologetic and concerned I ended up reassuring him that my son was okay. When I asked for a piece of ice from a nearby sidewalk vendor and whole bunch of "rough looking characters" became very sweet and helpful. It reminded me not to judge by appearances, and also how a little kindness can transform even an unfortunate circumstance. My truly most exasperating experience comes on the last day when they want me to leave my hotel room to let someone else stay there!!! The nerve!!!:mad:

1EeyoreFan
06-23-2007, 09:36 PM
My DS and DD (16 mo. at the time), were in the bakery after Wishes waiting for the crowd to thin before making our way to the bus line. We were waiting for DH to bring our order over to our table when a family with a VERY irrate toddler approached. The mom and sister sat down while the dad watched as his son screamed at the top of his lungs and flailed around. He started flinging a chair and it almost hit my baby who was asleep in the stroller. I nicely told him to please watch the baby. The dad turned around and yelled "the baby should be back at the hotel then!" He then took their food and stormed out. His wife looked very embarressed but did not say anything and followed him out. After all it was his child that was causing a scene not the sleeping baby.

A couple from France was sitting near and said loud enough for the dad to hear what he thought of his behavior. (the dad's not the child's).

I can understand how a toddler can be tired from a day at the park but the adult behavior is what I can't tolerate.

Sunshine1010
06-23-2007, 09:47 PM
I am SO stressed out from reading this thread!!!!

I have a comment though: I actually feel bad for the people who have to use the ECV's. I'll see people riding these things. They have to stop-and-go CONSTANTLY because people slide in front of them and walk in front of them because they feel as though 'they are in the way'.

I know, I know....some people who rent them really don't need them. BUT - for the people who DO need them.....gosh, it must be hard to be in a place that is so crowded.

#1disneyfan
06-23-2007, 09:52 PM
My story is not nearly as horrific as some of these! Some of them just break my heart!
Anyway, I will keep this short, as I too have told it before.
It happened last June at MK. My DD and I were headed back to MK for EMH while my DH headed back to the resort. My DD and I were so excited to see SpectroMagic for the first time and arrived at the park about 1 hr prior to it starting. Well we were coming off the monorail and headed into line, when this family with a stroller comes flying up behind me. We were just walking to the line, not running, and she started flipping out yelling that I was cutting in front of her. Her DH started chiming in then and started cursing at me telling me that I was trying to ruin their day, and "people like me". Clearly making an arse out of themselves! I just looked at them and said "I apologize if you believe that I cut in front of you. If it would make you feel better you may get in front of me and my daughter. We know that we will all get in." He just said NO and mumbled something to his wife. Well the saying "what goes around comes around", they went running into the park, that they forgot their wristbands. While we were sitting and waiting for the parade, we saw them leaving the park, either because they were not "guests" or they needed a bracelet. Made me chuckle nonetheless!

Marker
06-23-2007, 10:30 PM
No thanks. I'd rather just let go of those moments. No need to focus on negative things when there are so many positives to remember.

BethanyAnne
06-24-2007, 12:11 AM
heh .. I don't have a story .. I just am giggling at the above signature bout the happy dolls.

mainemajor
06-25-2007, 08:57 PM
While it is totally infuriating to have people smoking in lines. Yes it happens. And having people yaking on their cell phones, describing every step they make in line and it seems in their lives.
BUT the most infuriating thing I have ever seen and I have seen it on every trip, almost every day is parents making an overly tired child keep going. I wish parents would remember that their child is that - a child. One that need lots of rest, sleep and water to enjoy themselves. So what if you do not see it all - isn't having a good time with your child what is important:confused:

LibertyTreeGal
06-25-2007, 09:15 PM
BUT the most infuriating thing I have ever seen and I have seen it on every trip, almost every day is parents making an overly tired child keep going. I wish parents would remember that their child is that - a child. One that need lots of rest, sleep and water to enjoy themselves. So what if you do not see it all - isn't having a good time with your child what is important:confused:

I agree, I never see so many "frazzled to the point of being nonsensical and unable to control themselves" children as I do at WDW.

Of course, we were the ones with the four year olds, two years ago begging them, "Can we go back for a nap now, please? Aren't you tired yet? Can I have a nap then? Wouldn't a swim be nice? Splash Mountain AGAIN? Can we at least eat?" :D They finally wore down by day 7......

LibertyTreeGal
07-22-2007, 11:15 AM
I have a new most infuriating park moment. Our one long queue at DL on Monday, 45 minutes for Roger Rabbit, was the most horrible Disney experience of my life. A family had a three year old girl who desperately needed a nap (and who I suspect was difficult in general), a 6 year old boy who wouldn't stay with his family, and an absolute lack of compassion for everyone else in line. The boy kept going back and forth through the families to see the different stuff, and it got old really quick. BUT THAT WASN'T THE BAD THING. The girl shrieked and screamed at the top of her lungs, throwing a tantrum the likes of which I have never experienced in my life (and given the ones my baby brother could throw, that is saying something). Did the family take one of the many exits? No. Not even one parent with the screamer. They made us listen for 45 minutes, it was like torture, but my sons really wanted to ride so we put up with it, and the young married couple in front of us were just floored that any parent could act that way. I was too, I would never put up with a tantrum in a queue -- if my kids were being brats then out we would go, no ifs, ands or buts and they know it. Yeah I paid a lot to be there, but so did everyone else and we have no right to ruin other people's vacations. Okay, rant over. I just couldn't believe it.

LizLovesDiz
07-22-2007, 12:00 PM
I have to agree that the line cutting thing happens to us also!The worst was in DTD at the world of disney store.I was standing to the side while my DD was in line to pay for her things.She was about 16,and this guy jumps right in front of her.Infuriated I said excuse me you jumped right in front of my daughter and he said,"I guess she'll have to get over it won't she!' I just wonder what it's like having to deal with such a horrible person like that all of the time!

skylardad
07-22-2007, 12:44 PM
Very simply, the destruction of HORIZONS.
:thedolls:

All other moments of frustration are minute compared to this act.

IloveDisney71
07-22-2007, 04:12 PM
I would like to comment on being courteous to people on ECV's. I cannot even begin to guess at how many times my husband was hit in the head with people's purses and bags. You would think that people could see an ECV (they are rather large) but people acted like he was invisible. :( He is not one of those people who run over people with their ECV's, so this was really disappointing.

MickeyMousse
07-22-2007, 04:49 PM
Although not nearly has terrible as some of these posts, my family witnessed what I deem senseless in The Happiest Place on Earth!

We were on POTC, and were towards the end, over by the jail. Of course the boats got all jammed up and the boat ahead of us got all nasty with the one ahead of them, primarily due to them turning around, and taking pics with a flash, which got in the other boat passengers eyes. I guess throughout the ride this was happening and finally the one boat had enough once we jammed up. Well, words flew
(4 lettered and some I've never heard of!), then it continued up the ramp and into the store. I couldn't tell who the culprits were until we got outside and a brawl started- some older teen boys with the help of their parents. Yes, I said help. It did not take very long (seconds, really)for real, suited security guards to come and take everybody away. They were thrown out of the park. :thumbsup: I was hoping their passes would be voided out and couldn't go anywhere for the balance of their vacations.

Even my 2 DS's at 8 and 4 asked why people have to act so stupid, even in WDW.

I replied: "Stupid is as stupid does, boys".

Now, we plan to ignore the idiots, stay clear of any problems and enjoy ourselves to the hilt come November!

tinksmom02
07-22-2007, 08:33 PM
Boy, I'm glad that the worst I've ever experienced were people crashing strollers and ECV's into us while walking! LOL

Seriously, I know that ECV's need more room to get through and I absolutely appreciate that. My mom used an ECV at Epcot and MK and it was a godsend.

What I don't appreciate are the people who rent ECV's and assume that they can drive them hapharardly all over the parks without any regard for others. And I don't mean the people who are just first getting the hang of driving it, but the people who seem to think that they're the only ones in the park and can go left, right, whatever, without even glancing over their shoulder to see if someone is near them!

Many of the people I've seen using ECV's are courteous (mom included LOL), but there are those select few...makes me wonder how they navigates the highways when they're home!

But I'd still take the careless ECV drivers over some of what you guys have witnessed anyday!!!

And I hope this goes without saying, but this post is NOT an ECV-bashing! I certainly appreciate that some people need a little extra help getting around, and I'm glad that they have the means to enjoy Disney. LIke I said, Mom wouldn't have lasted without it! It's just those rude few...

DisneyLuver91
07-22-2007, 11:19 PM
This one makes me still upset. :(

On our last trip, my mom, sister, and I were at Disney-MGM Studios and had to use the restroom. We get in and we hear a little girl crying and slaps. It seemed that the girl (maybe two or so) had wet herself and her mom took her into the stall to spank her. The mom yanked her out of the bathroom and took off her daughters pants and underwear and made her walk around with only a long shirt.

You can only imagine how mortified we were seeing this. Poor little girl couldn't hold it! I know I couldn't at that age. Especially when Disney was too exciting to stop for when nature calls.

jszczur5
08-01-2007, 01:32 AM
I am really irked by those guests who walk around with lit cigarettes. There are designated smoking areas - USE THEM. The parks are often crowded (DUH) and a lit cigarette could burn a little one, and totally ruin his/her vacation.
I am ever so pleased that the WDW resort rooms are all non-smoking now. Last summer, we were in a non-smoking room at POP Century. All of the rooms around us were also designated non-smoking. Our neighbours to the left, however, were heavy smokers, and their smoke drifted in through our bathroom vent. When my husband asked them why they were smoking in a non-smoking room, they told him that they don't like the stuffiness of smoking rooms. Go figure.:sick::sick:

Terra
08-01-2007, 09:07 AM
I am really irked by those guests who walk around with lit cigarettes. There are designated smoking areas - USE THEM. The parks are often crowded (DUH) and a lit cigarette could burn a little one, and totally ruin his/her vacation.
I am ever so pleased that the WDW resort rooms are all non-smoking now. Last summer, we were in a non-smoking room at POP Century. All of the rooms around us were also designated non-smoking. Our neighbours to the left, however, were heavy smokers, and their smoke drifted in through our bathroom vent. When my husband asked them why they were smoking in a non-smoking room, they told him that they don't like the stuffiness of smoking rooms. Go figure.:sick::sick:

Hear, Hear!!!! I agree!!!
I would have kept calling the front desk until something was done about them!!

When I was at EPCOT last week, I was sitting in Future world near JIYI feeding my 8 1/2 month old and a guy came over and sat down beside me and lit up!!!!!!!! I got up quickly and and said yuck and walked away....

I should have said "Oh gee thanks for exposing my baby to second hand smoke and raising his risk of SIDS" just to see what the idiot would have said!

Iluvpooh
08-01-2007, 10:01 AM
As an ex-smoker(clean for 5 years!!) I still always sat in non-smoking sections of restaurants and non-smoking rooms at hotels. Don't worry I would NEVER smoke in them. I just could never sleep where someone was smoking. This year at Food & Wine festival I was very upset at the people who felt like they could smoke at the little tables set up for eating. They were on the main walkway and every one had to walk through it. YUCK!!
My entire family smokes-except for me and my husband and I am mortified at my mom who feels like she has the right to smoke when ever and where ever she wants. Unfortunatley most people feel the same way.
Some people smoke and just as bad- some use chew/skoal and spit all over the sidewalks!!

4ubie1
08-01-2007, 10:44 AM
I guess I got off pretty well on the poor park moments. The worst for me is the line jumpers. Makes everyone else in the line mad. :fit: I remember this one guy and his two kids..we were waiting in line for the skyway over MK and he came through pushing people out of the way. Of course he stopped when he got within eye sight of a CM. I was about 11 and remember thinking he was a gown-up and should know better. Now i realize even "grown-ups" do stupid inconsiderate things. :nono:

luvdiznee
08-01-2007, 12:26 PM
Oops, gotta defend my FIL -- he's an awesome guy and we're taking him back in November. Nope, this was my father -- I had to grow up in his house *shudder* -- and I didn't tell you the worst part was that he was bragging about how he lied to the CM right in front of his 6 year old grandsons.....

Got it...Sorry...;)

Figgyluv03
08-01-2007, 12:39 PM
Mine was when I was working at CBR. A father and son were in the pool and the father basically was ignoring his small son in the deep end. I could tell the the little boy was struggling, so I jumped it give him a hand and the father told me I didn't have to be a drama queen and jump in and rescue him. The poor kid could barely keep his head up and i yelled to the father, but I think he was too busy checking out some of the woman in the bathing suites. I was mortified for the kid that the dad was too busy doing something else that paying attention to his son.

Jasper
08-01-2007, 01:04 PM
We saw two grown men get into a physical fight on Main Street in MK over the last Mickey balloon the first year we took our son. We were totally speechless. The poor CM kept trying to break it up and other guests jumped in to help. Security arrived and escorted them out with their families walking behind.

Some people are just unbeliveable. :mad::(

Duh, like the cast member wouldn't have gone backstage and got some more?

Several years ago we were sitting at the end of Main Street by the ice cream store when someone next to us walked all the way to the other end of Main Street to purchase a Mickey balloon. When she came back empty handed with the parade just turning the corner onto the hub in front of the castle she told her family that they ran out of balloons but that the cast member had noted where they were sitting and would bring her one as soon as the parade was over.

Not only did the cast member show up with a balloon just as the parade went past, but actually told her that it was no charge because she had waited so patiently and had been so nice about them running out before the parade started. Just goes to show that the old adage that "you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar" is very true.

Just thought you would like a positive story among all the rotten ones!!!