what was the best WDW guest meltdown you've observed

Navy Brat

Navy Brat

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DisneyJeff said:
3 Amigos ride...

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That would be TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

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Yes, that would be awesome! However, the Three Caballeros boat ride is the one the families were bickering about. Sorry - it's easier to type (and say) Amigos rather than Caballeros, and my brain always takes the easy way...
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notslim99

notslim99

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The wife and I just got back from a quick parents-only trip and experienced a meltdown.

We were dining at O'Hana (our absolute favorite Disney restaurant,) and we scored a 7:50pm ressie. That meant we would be able to watch Wishes. They gave us a great table. It wasn't right next to the window, but it was a great view of the castle. That's the setup, and here's the meltdown....

About 5 minutes before Wishes, a CM was seating a family of 5 at the table next to us. The dad, a middle-eastern dude with a man-bun and french cuffs, was insisting on the table in front of ours next to the window. When the CM pointed to the family who was coming to sit there, the dad lost it and said something like "No No No we're sitting HERE!" He plopped down in one of the chairs. My back was turned, so I only heard the insanity. My wife said that the dad actually shoved the CM! So that family sat at the table that the dad threw a fit about. The guy still wasn't happy and wanted the CM's name. We saw the CM when we were leaving, gave him a tip, and told him that he handled everything beautifully. I have a couple of nicknames for the dad that would get me banned here.
 
G00fyDad

G00fyDad

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notslim99 said:
The wife and I just got back from a quick parents-only trip and experienced a meltdown.

We were dining at O'Hana (our absolute favorite Disney restaurant,) and we scored a 7:50pm ressie. That meant we would be able to watch Wishes. They gave us a great table. It wasn't right next to the window, but it was a great view of the castle. That's the setup, and here's the meltdown....

About 5 minutes before Wishes, a CM was seating a family of 5 at the table next to us. The dad, a middle-eastern dude with a man-bun and french cuffs, was insisting on the table in front of ours next to the window. When the CM pointed to the family who was coming to sit there, the dad lost it and said something like "No No No we're sitting HERE!" He plopped down in one of the chairs. My back was turned, so I only heard the insanity. My wife said that the dad actually shoved the CM! So that family sat at the table that the dad threw a fit about. The guy still wasn't happy and wanted the CM's name. We saw the CM when we were leaving, gave him a tip, and told him that he handled everything beautifully. I have a couple of nicknames for the dad that would get me banned here.
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Apparently all of his brain material was shoved up inside of that ridiculous man-bun.

Btw, what celebrity moron did that to his hair and got it to catch on with the public? The other day I saw a guy in a coffee shop who was really really trying hard to pull of the "poster child" hipster look. V-neck shirt, flimsy worn out hoodie cargo pocket shorts, sandals, scraggly beard with crap/baubles stuck in it, man-bun, loose fringed scarf around his neck, horn-rimmed glasses, and he was writing a letter with....


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A real feathered quill pen.
 
KikoKea

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G00fyDad said:
Apparently all of his brain material was shoved up inside of that ridiculous man-bun.

Btw, what celebrity moron did that to his hair and got it to catch on with the public? The other day I saw a guy in a coffee shop who was really really trying hard to pull of the "poster child" hipster look. V-neck shirt, flimsy worn out hoodie cargo pocket shorts, sandals, scraggly beard with crap/baubles stuck in it, man-bun, loose fringed scarf around his neck, horn-rimmed glasses, and he was writing a letter with....


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A real feathered quill pen.
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Thank you for that. I needed a reminder that my two 20-ish sons, despite driving me crazy at times, are truly and wonderfully normal. :happy:
 
G00fyDad

G00fyDad

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KikoKea said:
Thank you for that. I needed a reminder that my two 20-ish sons, despite driving me crazy at times, are truly and wonderfully normal. :happy:
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Every time I see something that makes me think "Wow. That is the stupidest thing I will ever see!" I get proven wrong. I was coming across the new bridge coming out of Louisville, KY to Indiana today and witnessed a man walking down the bridge on the side before deciding to cut across traffic to get to the other side. The only thing that would have made it weirder is if he was wearing a chicken costume. Keep in mind, this is an interstate highway bridge with NO walkways added. Also, there is an Ohio River PEDESTRIAN bridge right next to it. I still haven't heard if the man lived or died.

As for meltdowns at Disney (other than those I have already mentioned)...
We waited for the daily parade in our usual spot one year and had the pleasure of listening to a family completely lose their minds screaming at one another. It started (I think) because the little girl (maybe 5) wanted a toy from the last store they were in and the parents didn't buy it. The little girl is screaming at the top of her lungs and it wasn't a crying scream. It was one of those "I will scream bloody murder until you do what I want" tantrums. The father starts screaming at the mother because she "should've bought the **** toy" and the mother is screaming at the father about how he "always gives her everything she wants". They had another slightly older girl with them who was silently crying at all of the fighting going on, and a teenage boy with a look on his face that said he sees/hears this all the time. Just when the parade started I actually said to my wife and the people near us "Wait. Wait. Wait. Don't start the parade yet. This is much more entertaining!"
 
steviej

steviej

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mergatroid said:
My wife and I don't have children so maybe it's not for me to comment, but I'm going to anyway. Unless that teenage boy had learning difficulties of some sort, they should have either made him suck it up and stay or just told him he's not eating then and made him wait. Bowing down to a tantrum like this and rewarding him by giving him what he wants will only make it harder later in life for him when he doesn't get what he wants. A boy his age should also show more respect for his family (especially in public) and I can't help thinking his bad upbringing has helped create this little monster in the first place.
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I'm in the same boat as you man, married with no kids. But I have bratty nieces and nephews. I look at it like this, it's the parents vacation too. So if 1 meal apart keeps the kids happy and avoids any !ng from the brats, then I have tbh, I'd prob do the same thing.

LdyApxr said:
Ok, hideous Aunt story here. Me. I have been taking my son and my nieces and nephews to Disneyland for 20yrs. All ages, even my dearest monster nephew Scotty(now 27) who could test the patience of Job and never once in all of those visits(including the one with just me and 4 kids under 10 for 4 days) had I ever had to raise my voice or be one of "those" parents(you know the ones) until May 2013. We took my nephews and my son to Disneyland. My husband and I wanted to treat our nephews because my sister(who lived close to them and saw them all the time) raved about what good boys they were and how they had so little(my brother is a single parent since the youngest was 6mo old, their mom is an addict, lots of family drama). So we took our son(who was 15 at the time), and our two nephews(13 and 9 I believe) on a no expense spared trip. Flights out of Oakland(they had never been on a plane or even more than an hour from their home), Grand Californian, $50 each, 4nights, goodie bags and tshirts for the trip. You name it, we did it. The trouble started the day we arrived. The older one tried stealing from the gift shop in the GC(even with his $50 gift card that he knew he had), he then tried stealing his little brother's gift card, then my son's and that was just the beginning. I did not know he was a bully until we turned around and the youngest was not with us. Backtracking we found him sitting in the middle of the road in CA Adv. and crying because his brother had hit him. I called my brother and essentially asked him Wed, Thurs, Fri????? and his reply was "Yeah, they don't get along, Gage does that a lot" Great, something I could have been told prior to a $6300 trip. This continued with him bullying my son who although he is older, he is smaller than Satan Spawn, and eventually we found we could not take our eyes off him at any time. We even had dinner at Carthay Circle(expensive!) and he tried tripping the waiter! I took him back to the room and explained that if he pulled one more stunt, I would put him on a plane back to his dad without a second thought. Finally we decided enough was enough when our son told us that he had been being hit by Gage whenever we weren't looking. We called, paid a small fortune to change our flights and went to the airport. We are sitting in the airport and my husband hears an announcement about our flight so he went to check. He comes back and says "the flight is delayed and we will be flying out at 10:30p(instead of 8:30 as planned) and Gage jumped in my face and yelled "HA!!!!" at which point my hand flew out and slapped him so hard he fell on his butt before I even realized I had done it! I honestly have never slapped a child in my 44yrs and did not realize it until I saw him holding his cheek. He was quiet the rest of the time. We got home at 10:30pm(we managed to find an earlier flight but our luggage didn't LOL) and my older son bundled them in the car and drove them the two hours to my brother's house. After my brother forced him to apologize(and it was forced, he said "That's my apology, take it or leave it") I told my brother not to bother me any longer. Then our son said "Mom, tell Uncle not to be mad at Gage, we are home and I don't want him to be in any more triouble" My big hearted boy! So I tell my brother and suddenly he assumes all is well and says "They had a great time and I was wondering if you had any more presents for them?" Yeah, my brother is clueless too and I said "No, and there will be no presents forthcoming from us for either of them ever again" To this day, I still refuse to be around them and my brother still thinks they are angels.

So yeah, I was the bad auntie, who slapped a heathen nephew in public. The funny thing is, the attendant in the airport who saw it, actually smiled and winked at my husband and I because she had seen him acting like a heathen while we waited. I was also hoping TSA was going to tase him when he tried to run through security(he is old enough to understand the rules, knew what was expected at the airport and still tried to shove the TSA agent when she asked him to slow down and walk back through because he had alerted due to suddenly having a pocket knife that we had no idea where he got it). And no, he does not have any mental issues, other than being a heathen, a bully and a future felon I am sure. LOL
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You are a hero. Where's that brat today?

JourneysEnd said:
You were a lot nicer to them than I would have been. I have one of "those" familys. I've stop taking their BS and am now known as "the mean one" I wear it as a badge of honor. :cool:
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Yep, how you doing? black sheep of my family, nice to meet you.

GoTheDistance said:
Going along with the giving up your seat theme...

Last year, my husband and I were waiting to be seated at Boma (even with our ADR there was a bit of a wait!) and I was sitting on a bench near the staircase. My husband was making a phone call so I was by myself. After about 5 minutes, I noticed a woman who appeared to be in her late 40's staring at me. Over the next 10 minutes she continued to stare and I was a little weirded out but I was reading on my phone and tried not to give it much thought. A few minutes later, the woman walked over to me and asked me in a very sharp tone how long I planned to sit there. I was very taken aback but I simply said that I'm waiting for my table to be ready at Boma. She then started yelling at me in the middle of the lobby about how entitled kids have been ruining her vacation and how the youth of today should be more mindful of their elders (mind you i'm in my 20's I'm not 13) and how I was being ungrateful for being in Disney World! I was so shocked I had no idea how to respond. Luckily this was right in front of the check in desk and the CMs stepped in right away asking her to calm down. They then sat me right away but I was shaken!

I may look young but I have a chronic back condition and I am frequently in pain. I hate that people make assumptions :(
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Unreal. I had something similar almost to a T happen to me.
 
steviej

steviej

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So I'm from Northern NJ, about 10 minutes from New York City. I have a VERY thick accent, everyone I know that isn't from this area says I sound like I'm right out of The Sopranos.

On 1 trip, we checked into Crystal Palace for dinner. Turns out the cm was from the town right next to mine and is best friends with my cousin.

I'm sitting, talking to my family. All of a sudden, this woman comes up to me and just completely rips into me because I didn't volunteer my seat for anyone older. I just looked at her, turned up the Dirtee Jerzee, and just said, "ok, now let me tell you something."

The cm is watching from the window and just goes, "ohhhhh boy."

I started cracking up, turned back at this woman who was standing there with her hands on her hips (because, you know, now I'm going to give her my seat), and just said, "lady, get the he(double hockey sticks) away from me"
 
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mergatroid

mergatroid

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steviej said:
I'm in the same boat as you man, married with no kids. But I have bratty nieces and nephews. I look at it like this, it's the parents vacation too. So if 1 meal apart keeps the kids happy and avoids any *****!ng from the brats, then I have tbh, I'd prob do the same thing.
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Fair enough, there is some logic to it when you put it like that.
 
Takeitforgranite

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We are at AK one morning a few minutes before rope drop at the Tree of Life. There were only about 200 people there waiting. A lady started pushing her way up to the front with her family like the world owed her something. The dad and two kids looked embarrassed. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to start the day with a confrontation. They all take off towards Asia, and we head to Everest via Dinoland. We get to Everest, and there that lady is, alone and fuming. She's lost her family (or they ditched her), and her whole trip is just ruined. We quickly ride Everest twice. We were walking up the queue for the third time, and there is the family reunited again. The lady is just endlessly chewing out her gutless husband for not keeping up.

It was a great moment of satisfaction, though I did feel sorry for the family.
 
ninjaprincesst

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We were at the bus line at the WL, my Dad is an amputee and has to use a scooter at Disney, we were waiting at the handicap pick up area, a family with two kids in one of those massive SUV type strollers gets in line behind us. After a couple of minutes the dad asks me if he just pushes the stroller onto the bus or does the driver do it. I advised him no, he would need to fold the stroller and get into the regular line that this line was for scooters and wheelchairs, he ignores my response stays in line with kids still in stroller, bus pulls up driver loads my dad looks at the family and tells the exactly what I did, fold the stroller, get in regular line, dad becomes irate yanks the kids out of the stroller, struggles trying to fold it, then all of the sudden lifts the massive thing over his head and flings it into the grassy, shrubry area behind us. Kids are crying Mom is irate but kinda also in shock, they get on the bus sans stroller, needless to say, that was an uncomfortable bus ride for all, as mom let dad have it the whole way, don't understand why mom didn't go get the stroller though.
 
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