I was thinking that this might be a good thread, because I know with all the times that we have been to WDW that we have had a few. Mine was in May 2010 when I tried to my 39 inch son on the 40 inch Dinosaur ride at AK. I glued Styrofoam to his shoes to make him taller. I got passed the first CM, but got busted by the one inside. I thought we were going to be kicked out, but instead got a fast pass to any ride at the park that day. My 3 year old, who loves dinosaurs, told her he would be back when she left. Does anyone else have a story?
Pretty funny. Come to think of it, I've seen many a 3-year-old (and even a few 6-year-olds) cured of their love of dinosaurs on that ride. At least your story involved a child...
My embarrassing moment took place at Universal rather than WDW, and was pretty much the opposite of what you described.
It was years ago, and we were very disappointed Universal AP holders. It was the end of a day of trying to find something to do that was not too intense for either of us, but that also didn't suck. There was one ride (can't remember the name, but it was kind of a glider shaped like a pterodactyl suspended from an overhead track) that looked promising. However there was a sign near the queue that said adults were not allowed without a child or something like that. It seemed like a cutesy way to try to make up for all the kids who are too small to really do anything at all at the park, IE something not to be taken seriously. And there was no line to speak of either. So I didn't expect a problem - but we watched the queue for a few minutes just to make sure and, well, to avoid embarrassing ourselves. After watching group after group of adults with no children enter the queue unchallenged, we decided to go on.
Imagine my surprise when the operator turned us away because we didn't have a child with us. Imagine my further surprise when rather than relent when I protested, he proceeded to argue with us for at least 5 minutes, while meanwhile group after group continued to be admitted without children.
At this point, I had nothing better to do, so we decided to take the operator's advice and press the issue with guest services. So we walked all the way on the other side of the park, and proceeded to argue for another ten minutes with whomever was manning that desk. I made the case that I paid just as much as anyone else to be in that park, and that barring a safety issue, there was no valid reason to bar us from the ride.
Well, it took a while, and I can't imagine what they must have thought of us for making such a big stink over something so stupid (although it was at least as ridiculous for them to have dug in so deep over it), but eventually they relented, radioed the queue guards at the ride that they should let us on, and told us to head back there. We did so, and did get to go on the ride - which by the way was an odd combination of lame and scary because it didn't move very quickly and wasn't very high, but had very little protection from falling out, which actually made me feel like it was not really suitable for kids small enough to get you on the ride in the first place.
Anyway, that's probably my most embarrassing story.
