One of the funniest things I've ever heard at WDW:

[LCARDVERO]

Very Funny stories.
Thanks for sharing

 

[tink576]

"This was so much better without Mommy!"

I think I posted this a while back, but it bears repeating.

Pop Warner family checking in at POR; never been to the World before. Wife and son outside by the Marina and see the water taxi that goes to DTD; I am sitting on one of the rockers just outside the door to check-in. Husband emerges through door with daughter and check-in package in hand.

Husband - Honey, we have to go back inside to catch a bus.

Wife - we want to take that boat to Walt Disney World.

Husband - we have to go out front to a bus.

Wife - but we want to take the boat to Walt Disney World.

Husband (out of ear shot of kids now standing at the Marina, but right next to me). You are not going to believe, we are IN Walt Disney World. This hotel is in Disney World. We are staying at Walt Disney World.

And get this, there are four parks, FOUR PARKS. We have to take a bus out front to get to the parks. We have to take the right bus to get to the right park. And there are two water parks, two water parks.

Wife looks dazed.

Husband - You wouldn't believe how f****** big this place is. I don't know what we have gotten ourselves into this week.....

Wife - but what about the boat?

Husband - we will figure that out later.

I love this!

 

[minnie mum]

Years ago when we took our DDs for their first visit to WDW.
We'd just come off the plane and had lined up waiting for the shuttle. Suddenly my younger daughter starts shouting excitedly "Mommy, Mommy, its the Disney Monorail!!" It almost killed me to have to explain that it was only taking us to the main airport terminal.

 

[honeydiane1953]

When a nice lady kept telling her son that the Harry Potter stuff must be at the other park. FOR REAL!!! btw she didn't mean Universal.

 

[wdwtheplacetobe]

We were on a bus LATE at night, coming from MK and everyone on the bus was obviously exhausted. We went by the McDonalds that is on property. Immediately a small child starting screaming at the top of her lungs "I want McDonalds, I want McDonalds, I want McDonalds...." This went on for the REST of the ride.

How could anyone who had been at MK until 11pm want McDonalds???

 

[Clare Voince]

We were on a bus LATE at night, coming from MK and everyone on the bus was obviously exhausted. We went by the McDonalds that is on property. Immediately a small child starting screaming at the top of her lungs "I want McDonalds, I want McDonalds, I want McDonalds...." This went on for the REST of the ride.

How could anyone who had been at MK until 11pm want McDonalds???

You've never had a midnight snack in your life? McDonald's is something familiar to children, who might be overwhelmed by everything at disney. Some kids are also very picky about what they eat, and will only eat at places like McDonald's. Heck, my Brother-in law, who's 40, is still that way.

 

[smidgy]

not to mention, that the McDonalds is on the very far southwest of WDW property. to pass by it, the resort bus was not very far at all from any resort. (it is right by the all stars, a stone's throw form AKL or CSR).
not a very long way to hear "I want McDonalds".

kids see something familiar they know they like...

 

[Edgehopper]

Some highlights from today--

8-9yo boy in line for PotC - "I thought this was a swing ride!"

Person next to me in the stretching room at HM - "It's an elevator, that's how you get to the ride!"

And realizing that the terrified screams from in front of me on Space Mountain were from my fiancé, in a voice I had not heard before .

 

[CAROLINE4]

On our honeymoon DH and I were eating at Boma. There was a nearby table with two boys and their parents. They boys were maybe 7 and 9 and were just fighting, aggravating one another, typical kid stuff. The dad had brought a plate of zebra domes back to the table but requested the boys finish some of their other food first, and I guess the the older boy must have been harassing or taunting the younger one with the idea that he would eat them all. The next thing I heard very loudly was,

"DAAAAAD! Justin won't stop licking the zebra balls!"



DH spit out his coke and started dying of laughter. I had tears streaming down my face from trying to hold it together!

this thread has has me hooked for DAYS!!!! lol xx

 

[Narawen]

Person next to me in the stretching room at HM - "It's an elevator, that's how you get to the ride!".

That is true of DLR's stretching room.

 

[lovebug33]

When a nice lady kept telling her son that the Harry Potter stuff must be at the other park. FOR REAL!!! btw she didn't mean Universal.

It's amazing how many people don't know where Harry Potter is. When I came back and talked about HP, a lot of people thought it was in WDW, or worse, CA!

 

[Twinklee]

During one trip we were standing in line for ToT in back of a man and his two daughters who were about 6 and 9 years old. The younger daughter was clearly aprehensive about riding and kept asking her father if the ride was a roller coaster...and I guess he was very determined to ride since he kept ignoring her. Finally he turned around and said that it wasn't a roller coaster and turned back around, ignoring her again. Finally the older girl started trying to explain what was going to happen. I can't remember the whole conversation, but part of it went like this. Older sister to younger sister, "It picks you up and drops you." Younger sister, in a very serious, concerned voice, "Does it drop you on your head?"

Last trip my dh decided sometime after lunch to go to the barbershop and get his hair cut. My dd really wanted to ride Space Mountain, so we headed over to Tomorrowland. The wait time was around 30 miinutes, but the fast pass return time was several hours away, so we decided to fore go fast passes and just get in line since we figured it would probably take dh 30 minutes to an hour to get his hair cut and meet back up with us.
There was an English gentleman and his son, who was around 9-10 behind us in line. The son constantly harrangued his father about not getting a fast pass and the father kept replying that fast passes cost extra and he had already paid enough to get in the park. The son kept insisting that fast passes were free, but never could convince the father and I didn't have the heart to turn around and tell the father the truth. lol

 

[MarieA]

While my DH and I were dining at California Grill last week I happened to overhear part of a conversation between the couple seated at the table behind me. We had a beautiful view of the Magic Kingdom and the Grand Floridian. The girl sitting behind me was telling her significant "See that sand over there between the Magic Kingdom and the Grand Floridian - that's where River Country used to be." Her boyfriend (husband - not sure) responded "really?" and she went on to tell him all about River Country. I wanted to turn around and say - sorry wrong body of water. River Country was on Bay Lake across from the Contemporary but instead my DH and I just laughed.

 

[wdwtheplacetobe]

You've never had a midnight snack in your life? McDonald's is something familiar to children, who might be overwhelmed by everything at disney. Some kids are also very picky about what they eat, and will only eat at places like McDonald's. Heck, my Brother-in law, who's 40, is still that way.

Does your BIL scream at the top of his lungs?



Must have been a location joke, you had to BE on that bus! We thought it was funny that a child who was lucky enough to be at MK all day, would want anything else.

 

[clpulse]

How do people spend so much money on a vacation and not do any research? It baffles me. I am spending thousands of dollars on absolutely nothing that I don't have a pretty good understanding of...expect of course orthodontics.

Love IT!!! Totally agree on your post especially the orthodontics part, keep telling my daughter as she is complaining that she will some day appreciate this however I can't explain what is going on.

 

[clpulse]

How do people spend so much money on a vacation and not do any research? It baffles me. I am spending thousands of dollars on absolutely nothing that I don't have a pretty good understanding of...expect of course orthodontics.

Love IT!!! Totally agree on your post especially the orthodontics part, keep telling my daughter as she is complaining that she will some day appreciate this however I can't explain what is going on.

 

[Lisa x]

I have read this entire thread today and done nothing but

Im feeling today & this has cheered me right up!!

A few of my fave lines from your posts:

''You won't believe how f$#@$&^ big this place is. You just have no idea what we have gotten ourselves into here''

''People poot as they walk and then I have to walk through a cloud of stink''

''Here, everyone take a piece of gum. You have to chew it during take-off or your head will explode''

"DAAAAAD! Justin won't stop licking the zebra balls!"

 

[goofyernmost]

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Originally Posted by whitneyNC View Post
How do people spend so much money on a vacation and not do any research? It baffles me. I am spending thousands of dollars on absolutely nothing that I don't have a pretty good understanding of...expect of course orthodontics.

It's easy to say that, if you have been already and know the story. If you have not, nothing can prepare you for it.

This is what you know as a novice:

1. It is the number one vacation spot in the world.
2. It is a theme park.
3. It has fun rides and attractions, trains, boats, buses and trams.
4. It has a castle (it will take at least one trip before you will remember that it's Cinderella's), a huge golf ball, a huge tree and a huge and ugly hat, and a mouse or two running around.
5. Everyone has either gone or is planning on going at some point and
6. It is expensive.

I cannot imagine "planning" a trip to a theme park just as it is presented. I would have to be able to acknowledge the size, depth and complexity of the place before it would occur to me that it required more effort then working for a living just to go on vacation.

I still refuse to plan anything other then when I am going and for how long. Other than that...is free expression. Of course, I have been many times before so I know what to expect and what I will or will not be able to do once I get there, sans planning. Those with no experience will not know that so I think we should all be a little less condescending toward them.

 

[Conan the Librarian]

"6. It is expensive."

If you plan it well, it doesn't have to be that expensive. But, you have to work for it.

"You can't be spontaneous if you don't have a plan to start with." Mrs. Conan

 

[ZehnJahren]

There was an English gentleman and his son, who was around 9-10 behind us in line. The son constantly harrangued his father about not getting a fast pass and the father kept replying that fast passes cost extra and he had already paid enough to get in the park. The son kept insisting that fast passes were free, but never could convince the father and I didn't have the heart to turn around and tell the father the truth. lol

Aw, why didn't you say something? We had a couple behind us in line on their honeymoon who kept missing their fastpass time and were complaining about it, so my DBF and I let them know they could use those fastpasses outside of the time stated. They were very surprised and so very glad to have the info.