Epcot had become quite crowded and we were ready for a break. I needed to use the restroom and we were close to the Odyssey so I used the facility there. In the stall next to me was a barefoot woman, no shoes or sandals in sight.
Perhaps she had lost her footwear on LWTL
@wdisney9000? However I am confident uber-hygienic C (and the rest of us rational thinkers) would never enter a public bathroom with
bare feet!!
The weirdness factor was now up to two: push-up man and toilet toes. As things tend to come in threes, I wondered what would be next.
My curiosity would be satisfied at the bus stop.
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The WL/Ft. Wilderness gate is the furthest from the park entrance. There were a handful of guests waiting when Woody and I arrived. Soon we all noticed a couple on small ECVs, one behind the other in close proximity. Wife was on the lead scooter and Hubby appeared to be pushing her scooter with his. They were driving in the bus lane in the parking lot, not on the walkway, causing two different buses to honk at them with the drivers gesturing for them to get out of the way.
When they got to our gate Wife got off the disabled scooter and Hubby parked behind her - on the wrong side of the yellow safety line. Hubby then said something about a dead battery and began to
disassemble the scooter while Wife watched. (Again on the wrong side of the safety line!)
My first thought was,
why not leave the dead scooter alone and call the rental company?
Woody quietly told me it was not a rental but a personal scooter, one that looked like a second-hand purchase from an online marketplace.
Just as Hubby had the entire scooter apart the WL bus arrived. Only the bus could not pull into the gate because Hubby, Wife and scooter parts were in the way. And neither of them had a clue!
The bus driver opened the door and told the couple they had to move behind the yellow line. They did and when the bus parked Hubby frantically began to put the scooter back together. Once all passengers on the bus had disembarked, Wife (on Hubby's scooter) expected to be the first one loaded. Except when the driver opened the rear door, she informed them that it was time for her lunch break and "another bus will be by for pick up shortly."
Hubby was angry. Honestly we all were as we'd already waited nearly 30 minutes for a bus (some of that delay caused by Hubby & Wife's ignorant behavior.
) When the bus pulled away Hubby went back to reassembling the scooter - on the wrong side of the yellow line again - causing another backup with the bus flow.
Another WL bus finally arrived 10 minutes later. Wife on scooter was loaded first and Hubby pushed the reassembled scooter up the ramp and onto the bus. Then the rest of us could board.
Ft. Wilderness guests get dropped off before WL guests and Woody and I just knew there would be another delay as scooter jerk attempted to get off the bus with a disabled scooter. And there was.
Relaxing on our balcony with a cold beverage was the first thing we did upon our arrival back at the Lodge.
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