Dumbest Thing You've Heard a Guest Say

[Old Mouseketeer]

When I worked at WDW back in the '70s there was a list, probably in Eyes and Ears:

What time is the 12:00 parade? (I swear that's how I remember it).

Which way to Cinderella's Golden Casserole? (the original name for the carousel).

Where is the Haunted President's?

And my all time favorite: Do you kids get paid for this, or do you do it for fun in your spare time?

Back in the days before WDW, the late, great Wally Boag edited a monthly CM publication called Backstage Disneyland. He had some gems:

Which way to Knott's Berry Land?

I've seen Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, and Frontierland, but where is Disneyland?

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Overheard at Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour:

“Excuse me miss, how do I get to Main Street?”

The CM didn’t miss a beat.

“Exit the store here and turn right. Go down to the train station and get on the train, then get off at the fourth stop.”

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Overheard at Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour:

“Excuse me miss, how do I get to Main Street?”

The CM didn’t miss a beat.

“Exit the store here and turn right. Go down to the train station and get on the train, then get off at the fourth stop.”

SWEET!!!

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

I was in DCA with my best friend's niece (a successful professional) and her teenage daughter. After riding ToT, we were walking down the main artery between Trattoria and Pacific Wharf when she stopped in her tracks and looked up and asked: "Is that the real sky, or are we indoors?".

Predictably her daughter said (with great exasperation) "Oh, MOM!!!".

 

[Mark P.]

On more than one occasion, while watching MSEP (both in WDW and in DL), when Elliott came around the corner: "Oh look! It's Puff the Magic Dragon!"

Similarly, walking between the World Showcase and Future World during F&G last month: “Hey, its Pete’s Dragon!”

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

That's Spyro.

 

[Californian Elitist]

While not dumb, I thought this was interesting.

My roommates and I went to Universal Studios Hollywood on a whim one day. When we parked, one of my roommates asked if the mountains we were surrounded by were real or backdrops. My other roommate and I laughed and assured her they were real mountains. My roommate gasped and reveled in the fact that she was seeing real mountains for the first time. We stood there with her and looked out at the mountains. It was pretty neat.

My roommate was from Chicago and therefore and never seen mountains before. She has never seen an ocean before either, and that was a unique experience for her.

 

[Phroobar]

Spyro has his own ride at Epcot?

 

[disneylandcm]

Many years ago while waiting for the Electrical Parade I observe a guest see the numerous people sitting on the curb all along on Main Street and ask “Is something happening or are they just tired?”

 

[vancee]

“Can you take a picture of me and my family for us?”

Like really? Does it look like I have time for that? I have to go ride the great GOTG:MB. Hate when jerks do that.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Which way to Knott's Berry Land?

I'm gonna say this to a cast member the next time I visit Disneyland just to see their reaction.

 

[Californian Elitist]

“Can you take a picture of me and my family for us?”

Like really? Does it look like I have time for that? I have to go ride the great GOTG:MB. Hate when jerks do that.

You sound like the jerk, honestly.

 

[vancee]

You sound like the jerk, honestly.

Maybe you’re right...

 

[addacollier]

My first visit in 1989, I heard a local guest say - “Go home you damn tourist. We don’t need you!”

 

[Monorail_Orange]

Oh, another one that was recurring...

I tell people I'm from Maryland when I'm out in DL, and they have no clue where Maryland is. It's a toss up between upstate California, near New York, in the middle of the country, or one person asked if it was in Canada. I usually tell them near DC, and sometimes they'll get it...and other times they won't.

This. When I was a CM at WDW on the college program, my name tag had our hometowns (instead of now, which is the college you're attending). Mine was New Orleans, LA. I had multiple guests ask me where New Orleans was in Los Angeles...

 

[StarWarsGirl]

“Can you take a picture of me and my family for us?”

Like really? Does it look like I have time for that? I have to go ride the great GOTG:MB. Hate when jerks do that.

If I carry my SLR around, I get asked that twice as much. Like, they see me carrying a really nice camera and think, "Oh, that girl knows how to take a picture!" It happened every day on my last trip. I pointed out to my friend that she was never asked to take a picture but I always was. It doesn't happen at WDW as much, I think because of Memory Maker.

I say yes though. Cause I'm nice like that.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

This. When I was a CM at WDW on the college program, my name tag had our hometowns (instead of now, which is the college you're attending). Mine was New Orleans, LA. I had multiple guests ask me where New Orleans was in Los Angeles...

The American education system at work...I'd tell people MD was one of the original colonies and they're like, "No way!"

The person who thought it was in Canada is still my favorite.

 

[note2001]

1) Man yelling at a ticket booth CM at Blizzard Beach:
"Our tickets didn't work to see Harry Potter Land yesterday. I need to talk to your manager now! Someone owes me money back!" / on repeat over and over and over

2) Heard on MK Train:
(I assume this was a family) grown daughter says to mother: "We've seen everything here, could visit one of the other parks Disney has."
Father turns around and in earnest starts arguing with them that there are no other parks in Disney World, that the Magic Kingdom IS Disney World. (Train riders other than this family all got the best chuckle out of this.)

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I'd want to talk to a manager if I couldn't do Harry Potter land and was stuck with pee water AKA Blizzard Beach too.

 

[Phroobar]

Hear this over at Knott's Independence Hall yesterday.
Tour guide: "Who was the first president of the United States?"
Guest: "Obama!"
Guest2: "No, it was George Washington."
Tour guide: "No, it was John Hanson."
All guests look confused.