Here goes...
-My sister and I were on PoTC when there was a major problem. We knew when after 15 minutes we kept slowly moving forward about 10 feet, then back 10 feet. Suddenly, people on the boats behind us were climbing out and walking out the nearest exit (which is shocking enough..seriously, people, think about safety, let alone common sense!). Well, the people in the row had an 7- or 8-year old daughter, who apparently wanted off the ride and was having a hissy fit. A CM came out to make sure people stopped climbing out, and the parents of this little girl started screaming and swearing at the CM to get them the *blank* out. The CM told them that they were working on it and it was for their own safety. They continued to scream, saying, "You don't have to sit with a screaming child!" Um, yes, we all are sitting with your screaming child, and you're just making it worse, so shut up.
My sister and I were in the last row, the screamers were in the front. The woman in front of me she coolly told them to leave the poor CM alone, it's not her fault and they're working to get us out. The screamers turned on her, and unleashed a fury you wouldn't believe. They made disparaging remarks about her (her husband never spoke up, which I found odd....no one's saying to scream or fight, but at least calmly tell them to keep their mouths shut, instead of letting her fend for herself). The CM, probably overwhelmed, didn't say anything either (she was really young and I really think it was all too much for her...I don't blame her, but she should have called security).
I called my brother, a former CM, who said, "Well, you know it's bad when the guys in wet suits come out." Literally seconds later, who comes out but the guys in wet suits (woo hoo, our first evac
!).
So we're escorted out, and we could see the Spectro floats in this big warehouse-type thing (I'm not a backstage expert, so I don't know the terminology). Well, this family: mother, father, 11- or 12-year old son (daughter was done screaming and apparently fine now) were right up in this woman's face screaming at her...I thought the father was going to hit her. They were all swearing at her and just completely crazy (still nothing from the husband).
The thing is, now there was an entire line of CMs leading us all the way back on stage to make sure we didn't wander off (they told us the people who climbed out on their own were kicked out of the park). They all saw these people verbally and nearly physically attacking her, and none tried to intervene. I finally went up to one and said, "Hey, this guy's been screaming at her violently for more than 25 minutes....someone needs to do something." I don't know if they ever did.
-My mom and I were in the ladies room next to the Plaza (which always seems to be playing the Tomorrowland area music way too loud..has anyone else ever noticed this? I've noticed it my past 3 trips. Anyway...). It was raining outside pretty badly. I went to wash my hands, and looked over at the doorway (for anyone who doesn't know, there is one of those concave-type entrances that is pretty deep). Standing there, not even near the exit, but literally filling the doorway to the bathroom, and smoking a cigarette, was a 35-40 year-old gentleman, literally just smoking his cigarettes in the doorway and watching the women. I yelled out, "Excuse me, this is the ladies' room." To which he replied, "Yeah, so what? It's bloody raining." Um, okay. Hang out in the men's room...but you can't smoke in there either, idiot!
-I've mentioned before the idiocy of people feeding the birds because it's "harmless." Not so harmless when a bird who doesn't know the difference between a "nice" person giving it food and a "mean" person who wants to eat her churro divebombs my sister and knocks her nearly to the ground! Quite a sight in the middle of Frontierland. We had to take her to first aid. I imagine there are families telling the story of seeing a lady getting clubbed by an igrit when they went to WDW (luckly she was okay).
-Last, but certainly not least, a story I have mentioned here, I believe, in addition to other boards I used to visit. Here it is one last time. Here's my best Sophia Petrillo:
Picture it, DCA, December 30, 2005. In the queue for ToT waiting for the preshow. Stupid me strikes up a conversation with another solo rider to kill time. Conversation ensues, until the preshow is just about to begin.
Other solo rider says,"I love this ride so much...and so does my DOG!"
Other solo rider opens very large purse and indeed, there was a poor little chihuahua in there (how the heck did that nut get her dog through security?).
I become extremely freaked out, and the lights dim for the preshow. I stay behind and let nutjob other solo rider leave, then hurriedly spit out to the CM to stop the crazy woman because she was taking a dog on the ride.
Thinking CM figured
I was the crazy one, I saw nutjob go the left and I went to the right and stopped another CM, who said he heard about it on the radio. He promised to go over there and talk to her. A minute later, the CM comes over and said the woman did not offer to open her purse (I guess they can't make her), and asked me if I was sure she had a dog. I told him that I saw the little thing in the purse, and asked him to promise me she wouldn't be allowed to take the poor thing on there.
I continued in my queue, and I don't know what happened. I really hope they didn't let her on. I saw the darn dog, and I'm sorry, but that's animal cruelty. The way she said it, she made it sound like she had taken the dog on there before....that lady should be arrested, crazy! (Just telling that story again has my blood boiling...I was so upset at the time).
