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NOLADisneyFan
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DW and I laughed until we almost threw up when we read this. BTW, congratulations on the pregnancy. My DW is due 2/21!
GymLeaderPhil
Well-Known Member
Foreign language speaking Guest is at Downtown Disney busses, gets on AKL bus. Guest is trying to reunite with family at a restaurant. Tells Driver that he wants to go to the Tree restaurant. After dropping off guests at the resort the Driver calls dispatch and is allowed to make an exception for the Guest to take them to Animal Kingdom. They arrive and the Guest asks for directions to the America section of the park where the restaurant is. Driver calls dispatch to take the guest to Epcot. Guest asks what time the light parade is at. Driver changes his route to the Magic Kingdom.
The moral?
Liberty Tree Tavern, Flame Tree Barbeque, and the Liberty Inn might have an identity crisis of sorts.
Oh and while we're at it, here's a good one from a buddy at Office Depot:
Guest: Where's your ussbah cables?
Employee: Huh?
Guest: Usshbah!
Employee: I can take you over to where our cables are, but I've never heard of a usshbah cable.
Turns out they were looking for a USB cable. :lookaroun
The moral?
Liberty Tree Tavern, Flame Tree Barbeque, and the Liberty Inn might have an identity crisis of sorts.
Oh and while we're at it, here's a good one from a buddy at Office Depot:
Guest: Where's your ussbah cables?
Employee: Huh?
Guest: Usshbah!
Employee: I can take you over to where our cables are, but I've never heard of a usshbah cable.
Turns out they were looking for a USB cable. :lookaroun
BelleWannaBe77
Member
when i worked as a CP this past fall, some people were so silly!! i had this woman come up to me, open up her map and point to an attracion she wanted to go to. it was a map of IOA at universal studios!!! i was kinda shocked lol but i gave her a new map and explained it wasnt the same park. she was positive that we were at the lost continent in IOA for about 5 minutes until i physically walked her around the courtyard to show her it wasnt so. she then tried to argue with me that universal IOA and the studios were part of wdw, and that she had gotten the IOA map at the front of disney hollywood studios, then said it was our fault for having maps at the wrong locations. i stared at her and really had no idea what to say!!! after several minutes of trying to explain things to her, she just got more angry and i ended up apologizing for OUR mistake!!! :brick:
Crazy4WDW1
Active Member
OMG . . . these are way to funny. It's amazing to me how many people do not research where they are vacationing. I'm always on the internet, at the book store, etc. gathering info when I vist a new place.
TOTGuy
Member
Glad to hear it
More of my favorite all-time DUMBEST quotes from a guest...
One evening I am walking across the park and their is lightning off in the distance.
Guest: Wow! Disney makes it look so real!
or
Guest: (about the rain) You guys have a big dome you can put over the park, right? I saw it on the Travel Channel.
or
Guest: How do I get to the Fast Track?
Me: I'm sorry you're going to have to be a little clearer, do you mean Fastpass for Soarin' or the Test Track?
Guest: The Fast Track, idiot! What are you deaf?
You are evil...but that was hilarious, and I would have had a hard time resisting the urge to do the same thing.
magicot said:
That was a good story too. Along those same lines, while working in the booth at the Indiana Jones Show, I used to love talking with people after the show. I was doing audio one day, and afterwards a man approached the booth. I smiled at him and asked how he liked the show.
Guest: It was great, but I have a question.
Me: Okay, shoot.
Guest: How do they make us feel the heat?
Me: I'm sorry, what? Oh...do you mean the fire?
Guest: Yes, but how do they make us feel it?
Me: Uh...it's real fire.
Guest: Yes, but do they blow fans on us or something so that we feel the heat?
Me: No..it's real fire, I can tell you there are propane tanks under the stage that are ignited by an electronic signal from a panel and the fire is big. It is not a cartoon fire.
Guest: But it is so far away, how do we feel it?
Me: It is a big fire.
(This went on for another 3-4 minutes)
Guest: But you are not understanding me. The fire is out on the stage and we still feel.
Me: (finally giving up) It must just be magic.
With a satisfied look, the guest turned and walked away.
mickey&me
Active Member
slappy magoo
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slappy magoo
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slappy magoo
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Actually, don't be so sure she was wrong! I once got a Universal Studios map at the front of then Disney-MGM. I was savvy enough to recognize the difference and assumed someone, more than likely NOT a CM (or someone who didn't want to be a CM for much longer), as a joke, took a bunch of Uni maps and surreptitiously slipped them into one or more of the mapholders at the Studios. I also assumed they probably didn't remain there for long, but I was in that narrow window between the time they were slipped in there and the time they were removed and replaced with the right maps. Didn't think twice of it at the time, but if I weren't as into the parks as I am, I can imagine being confused and angry. However, at a certain point, I'd probably take the CM's word for it that I am where I am and not where I'm not.
EpcotGrl
New Member
In October, I overheard the weirdest thing as we were entering Germany at Epcot. A guy behind us said to his friend, "Oh, Germany! I hope they still have Nazi trivia!"
I have NO IDEA what he was talking about, but for the rest of the trip anything that didn't make immediate sense to us was "Nazi trivia".
I have NO IDEA what he was talking about, but for the rest of the trip anything that didn't make immediate sense to us was "Nazi trivia".
joanna71985
Well-Known Member
Oh dear is right!
Oh man. That is great!:ROFLOL:
Howdy neighbor!:wave:
:ROFLOL::ROFLOL:
That was a good story too. Along those same lines, while working in the booth at the Indiana Jones Show, I used to love talking with people after the show. I was doing audio one day, and afterwards a man approached the booth. I smiled at him and asked how he liked the show.
Guest: It was great, but I have a question.
Me: Okay, shoot.
Guest: How do they make us feel the heat?
Me: I'm sorry, what? Oh...do you mean the fire?
Guest: Yes, but how do they make us feel it?
Me: Uh...it's real fire.
Guest: Yes, but do they blow fans on us or something so that we feel the heat?
Me: No..it's real fire, I can tell you there are propane tanks under the stage that are ignited by an electronic signal from a panel and the fire is big. It is not a cartoon fire.
Guest: But it is so far away, how do we feel it?
Me: It is a big fire.
(This went on for another 3-4 minutes)
Guest: But you are not understanding me. The fire is out on the stage and we still feel.
Me: (finally giving up) It must just be magic.
With a satisfied look, the guest turned and walked away.
:ROFLOL::ROFLOL:
Ever notice how people automaticlly assume that "They must have just added that!" If there is something on a ride, or in the park that they don't remember from their pervious trip? My mom does this all the time, and it drives me nuts.
Today I was in POTC today and the family in front of me was saying that about everything.
Guest 1 "I don't remember that big drop!"
Guest 2 "I don't either, they must have just added that."
Guest 1 "I don't remember that ouctapus on the water fall, they must have just added that."
Guest 2 "No, that's been there for years."
Today I was in POTC today and the family in front of me was saying that about everything.
Guest 1 "I don't remember that big drop!"
Guest 2 "I don't either, they must have just added that."
Guest 1 "I don't remember that ouctapus on the water fall, they must have just added that."
Guest 2 "No, that's been there for years."
cococola44
Active Member
TOTGuy
Member
Let's get one thing straight, this thread is not associated in any way shape or form with Walt Disney World, and therefore we are not doing this while on the clock, onstage, or on Disney Property. The whole point of this thread is most likely to vent the frustration we CM's have when people ask us the same questions HUNDREDS of times a day, or ask clearly stupid questions. Why would an attraction called Living With The Land Boat Ride, where the sign is clearly in front of you, not be a ride? Guests are on vacation and have checked out mentally, I understand that, I was a guest before I was a CM, but does that mean we can't laugh about it? Why argue with us over where the monorail goes to when we are paid to know? Why berate us for not allowing your stroller inside in accordance to Reedy Creek Fire Codes? Until you know what it is like to be sworn at, called terrible names, and verbally abused during a 16 hour day when it is almost 100 degrees outside for less then what most other employers pay you can't really talk. We vent our frustration for a few laughs and then remember why we do it, to create magic for those who seek it. I think as long as we keep our opinions "off-stage" it is fine, it is never acceptable to make fun of a guest onstage, I will agree to that. But we CM's who go above and beyond despite the way some treat us are allowed to be human and be hurt or annoyed by what guests say to us. Do you understand where I am coming from?
disney9752
Member
wow some people need to calm down, just as employees of target or anyplace would talk about the silly things they encounter on the job, cm's & guests do the same here. its not like anyone is saying such rude things in person to a guest. wow....:hammer:
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
Very well said. Along the lines of the Living with the Land Boat Ride thing, I've seen the same sort of thing happen every time I've been on the Great Movie Ride. In the pre-show room with the movie screen showing the movie trailers, there's always a steady stream of guests asking the CM at the entrance whether or not there is more to the ride. I believe the operative word is "ride."
I don't necessarily see a problem with venting about our "unique" guests, so long as it is not done onstage, not done with sufficient identifying information about the guest, and kept in good taste.
A final thought, which is all too often forgotten: Cast Members are human, too. Disney Cast Members go through a lot (which can't truly be appreciated until one has actually been a CM) to provide the best experience possible. However, CM's are human, sometimes very human.
mousermerf
Account Suspended
Once at Body Wars during a conversation answering "But does it move?" I kept referencing the sign nearby which was blinking the words "sharp drops" and "sudden turns" to these two women.
After the 8th go-round I finally gave in and said "yes, sort of, it's a hydrolic arm which pivots on an axis while you watch a screen which simulates high speed movement"
To which they responded, "But does it move?"
I almost cried.. stiffened my lip, managed to nod "yes" they were delighted and I stuck them in a row - and I hoped they e-stopped.
After the 8th go-round I finally gave in and said "yes, sort of, it's a hydrolic arm which pivots on an axis while you watch a screen which simulates high speed movement"
To which they responded, "But does it move?"
I almost cried.. stiffened my lip, managed to nod "yes" they were delighted and I stuck them in a row - and I hoped they e-stopped.