Sick/Injured While At WDW

[Raineman]

As I am currently in a nasty battle with the cold virus, I got to thinking that it would probably be my luck if I got a cold the day before my next trip to WDW. Has anyone had to deal with being sick or hurt while at WDW, and how were you able to deal with it and still have a good visit?

 

[copcarguyp71]

Our first visit with our daughter in 2003 she came down with pink eye on day two. I was surprised that Disney has no medical staff but after I thought about it I am sure the liability would be through the roof. They called the local clinic who sent a van and took us back to the doctors office. Some antibiotic eye drops and a day and a half of rest in the room later we continued. The worst part was that she hit the wall suddenly and hard while we were dining at CRT. We made another trip back to CRT four years later to make up for it though.

 

[reptar77]

I got a bad case of food poisoning back in the day from Alfredo de Roma. I ended up at a walk in clinic in Celebration. I was sick for about 2 days and spent most of my time close to the resort. Not fun

 

[mergatroid]

Lost my voice completely one Christmas when visiting and had a terribly sore throat. Still went to the MK on Christmas day but only spread my germs to any noisy Brazilian tour groups I spotted as my Christmas gift to everyone else. Just had to find a chemist and buy loads of stuff really and grin and bear it. Managed about 4 hours at the MK before the sickness feeling started and then left and hit the bed for a day or so.

 

[DisneyPrincess5]

This is slightly different, but my DH struggles with anxiety and takes medication to fly. He took a little too much of it on our flight down and his brain, body, and subsequently his mind were extremely effected by this misstep for the entire week of our trip. He was also anxious and stressed due to us buying a house in the middle of all this and recent work travel he accompanied me on two weeks prior.

We had to cancel many ADRs, I counseled and coached him the whole time, took things super slow if we even went to a park, and to be honest while he napped in the middle of the day in our room I just cried on the balcony for a while. I did was so emotional selfishly because I wanted he and I to enjoy ourselves and be carefree, in release of the stress of the house, and of course mostly for him that he was struggling so much and was not enjoying a vacation he really needed and deserved. Instead, he was beyond miserable.

He ended up pushing himself to leave the room and got a hair better, but truthfully I survived the trip by creating my own happiness and enjoyment in my own head as I couldn't really share it with him like on rides, singing along to happy songs, and through little experiences like being really present while taking in my favorite sites or smiling my face off in the dark on my favorite rides. I made the choice to enjoy myself.

It was hard but if it's the worst thing we encounter, we are pretty lucky people. But yikes I hope it never happens again. I'd rather have a cold the whole time.

 

[WhatJaneSays]

I did the first 24 hour event at MK with 2 fractured toes. It was an adventure of self-medication, soft oversized shoes, watching the bags while the group rode, occasional crutch dancing, and 15 minutes of some of the ugliest sobbing you've ever seen in a public place when my foot got rammed into.

All said I still had an amazing time. If I had to do it over again I'd pace myself better and listen to my friends when they offered to go get me a wheelchair.

 

[LAKid53]

Hurt my back two days before one of our trips. Made waiting in lines interesting and there were some I just had to forgo, like Space Mountain since someone would have had to help me into and pull me out of the car. Also didn't do RnR. But I was a frequent visitor to Basin for those wonderful bath bombs and the Jacuzzi tub in our resort and I became best of friends, lol. I usually get some type of crud - we affectionately call it the Disney crud - a couple of days after I return.

And, of course, by the end of the last day of our trip, I'm in need of new feet, no matter how comfortable my shoes are.

 

[EOD K9]

Came down with Pinkeye once and had a doctor friend of mine phone in a scrip as he had treated me for that previously. On another occasion I had other issues. I called one of the clinics and their bus picked me up and dropped me off. Fortunately, it was my first day there. I had a terrible night sleeping with the cold shakes, but by next morning I was good to go. Don't discount using the area outpatient facilities.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Came down with a nasty head cold while there was a downpour at Epcot...Came back to the hotel to see if it was just the weather farking my sinuses...Went to Rainforest Cafe...Annnnnnd that's when I started to feel miserable..This was about the 8th day in of my 14 day trip..I took Nyquil for 2 days and slept it out..Happily recovered within those two days and felt better after that..

 

[Hakunamatata]

Froze a pineapple juice bar to my lips and tongue one time. Lips and tongue were blistered. Miserable.

 

[ShoalFox]

In 2009 I went with a minor cold.

This past Summer I caught a really nasty cold when I went. It started with an intensely sore throat on the first day and half of the second. Then I got all stuffed up, and although I didn't lose my voice, I did lose the high pitched part of my voice. As a result, I couldn't scream. At all. This got VERY uncomfortable on rides because I couldn't let out built up excitement with a yell and I just ended up feeling really weird.

I still managed to have an amazing time despite my sickness, but I was living off of Halls, Nyquil, and daytime cold medicine for that trip.

 

[figmentfan22]

About 6 yrs ago my husband and I went for a week long trip. When we left chicago I had a bad cold but something I could manage. We had a connecting flight through Dallas and by the time we landed I thought my sinuses were going to explode. After 1 night of no sleep and pacing our hotel room we called down to the front desk at POFQ. Staff was great and offered to call a doctor to the room or send us in a car to the urgent care. We went to the urgent care where I found out I had a double ear infection. A steroid pack and codeine to help me sleep through the night got me through the trip!

Fast forward some years later, my 2 yr old son winds up with some kind of stomach bug and ends up throwing up outside of the gift shop at the end of the Winnie the Pooh ride while my husband is enjoying himself on space mountain. Within seconds cast members were there helping us get cleaned off and into clean shirts they gave us. We ended up spending 3 days in our room at AKL. At least we had a nice view of the animals roaming around!

 

[Disney Stine]

I've fallen and got cuts on my knees/legs -first aid was a big help. I've walked into a pole when I wasn't looking - cast members came to my attention. And those were just as a child. Recently, I've actually thrown up in public, in Magic Kingdom. They immediately came over, wouldn't let me walk so I was forced into a wheelchair, given *GASP* FREE water bottles, and sent to the first aid to rest. I skipped the first aid after a few minutes, went to guest services and magically got my fastpasses changed for another time on my trip. I went to the hotel to lay down and missed a dinner with my family. The cast members did not charge for me not showing up. Disney accommodates more than any travel destination, in my opinion!

 

[Disney Stine]

In terms of the dealing with the sickness, my sickness was a quick bug and was back on my feet hours later. I ended up hitting all four parks the next day. Saved a ton of money on not eating too!

 

[officialtom]

Two trips ago, just my mom and me, she got a terrible cold just a couple days into our trip. She ended up sleeping in the room all day while I wandered the resort and DTD. It really wasn't a bad time for me, but she was miserable.

Then two days later, I got the cold, and we swapped roles. She wandered the resort and DTD while I slept for about 24 hours.

We didn't complain at all because we knew it could have been much worse than a cold. Thankfully the resorts stock Buckley's and other OTC meds.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

I've had headaches at Disney. Luckily, they weren't bad enough where I couldn't go to the parks. Nothing that eating, keeping hydrated and a little Tylenol or Advil couldn't help. One time, I went on Dinosaur. I was so nauseous afterwards, I thought I was going to throw up.

 

[mitchk]

When I was there in 2008 I had to deal with my back. Let me just start by saying I have had back problems since eighth grade I broke two vertebrae's in my back while playing basketball. Anyway, when we got to the Philadelphia airport to leave for our trip I sat down on the plane and pulled my back out. This was a real bad strain, I couldn't stand straight nor could I even tilt my head to look down while I was seated. I limped all the way to the resort I almost felt like crying. I took it very easy that day, with the hopes that my back would feel better in the morning. It didn't, I remember I woke up and I was laying in bed and my wife said let's just stay at the resort for the day. I thought oh well here's a trip down the drain, but being the trooper I am..lol.. I asked my wife please go to the gift shop and get BenGay and a big bottle of aspirin. I must've taken about 25 aspirin that day, but I made it through the day. The next day the pain wasn't that bad and I was able to go about my regular routines. Also, I believe it was 2010 my wife got violently sick after eating at Tony's town Square. Needless to say she's not the type of trooper I am and spent most of the vacation in bed while I roamed the parks alone.

 

[disneylover97]

This past trip during the summer I woke up and my stomach was killing me (probably cause all the food ) and of course it was the one morning Magic Kingdom had extra magic hours so i HAD to go.

I remember throwing up a little in the bathroom, nothing too major, and told my family i was going to "take it easy" when we got there but I ended up riding space mountain first (how could i not it was a 5 minute wait!!!)

Nothing stops me in the World lol.

 

[Kate Alan]

I've been sick so many times while traveling, especially to WDW, that I now begin taking Sudafed a couple days before I even head down as a preemptive strike (which has seemed to work so far). One thing I would suggest to pretty much anyone traveling is to bring basic medications with them. Advil, Sudafed, Nyquil - whatever. The prices on property are sky high for tiny amounts, and it is far better to have it and not need it than desperately need it and have to pay through the nose for it.

I also have the added issue of being unable to take certain cold medications due to an allergy, so the one time I got sick and was without meds from home I had to have a lonnnggg chat with a CM to try to figure out a safe medication alternative, since not all were familiar brand names.

 

[Hockey89]

Vertigo one year.... Sucked