raven
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From what was explained to me is that it was due to the constant complaining about Disney from Kate that aired on the "John & Kate plus 8" show. Made Disney look bad.
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what was the best WDW guest meltdown you've observed
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From what was explained to me is that it was due to the constant complaining about Disney from Kate that aired on the "John & Kate plus 8" show. Made Disney look bad.
cinderellafan6
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Actually it was my cousin-in-law's mother. She got mad we weren't going on a ride she wanted to go on. She literally stomped her foot, screamed and laid herself down on the ground in the middle of Tomorrowland. I was laughing cause I never liked her and the rest of my family walked away laughing as well. She did this in front of her 2 young grandchildren and all the other kids we had with us. Thank god my cousin isn't in married to her anymore. That whole family was .crazy
Sans Souci
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Best I saw was on "John & Kate Plus 8" when Kate b**ched about ice cream spilling on the kids outfits at MK when they had a private, once-in-a-lifetime meet and greet with 3 princesses on the lawn in front of the castle. Also she couldn't figure out her new camera on the trip so she called the Disney trip the "worst vacation" they ever had. Disney bent over backwards for that family and yet Kate complained about everything. This is also the main reason why "Little People, Big World" wasn't allowed to film inside the parks. Disney didn't want TLC around for a while after the Kate incident.
She's nothing but a grifter who thought the world owed her a living for having a litter of kids. I still can't fathom how she got so popular, she always comes across as a nasty piece of work.
Tom P.
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I disagree with your first sentence. It is not a question of age or whether or not they can "take it all in." It's a question of knowing your kids and what they will and will not enjoy, as well as tolerate.
We have five children. The oldest is 8, the youngest is 1. That's a fairly large group of fairly small children. We just got back from WDW about a month ago. Aside from the normal stresses of everyday life with five small children, we had no problems. And the kids all enjoyed themselves. And I'd like to think that we didn't cause any trouble for other guests.
*But*, we know our kids and what is reasonable for them. We weren't at the parks at rope drop... we let them sleep until they were well rested. We didn't try to go commando and do every attraction in a single day. We booked a long enough vacation that we could take our time. We recognized that there were things we wouldn't get to this trip, and that it was okay because there would always be another trip. We took time to do things away from the hustle and bustle of the parks, like visit the pool at the resort. And so forth.
If you actually parent your children, and work within what's reasonable for them, kids can go to WDW at any age and have a good vacation. If you don't parent your children, and push them beyond their limits, then kids can make you and everyone else miserable at any age.
danyoung56
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Dear Wife. DS, DD, DH are for Son, Daughter, and Husband. I've never liked these abbreviations, but they're very popular these days.
danyoung56
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I think Dear is more common than Disney. . .
TARDIS
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My favorite melt down was from a women in her 40s or so in front of us at a egg roll cart. The card reader had just went down so the cast member could only take cash until her manager could come fix it, she explained this to everyone in line and had clearly called for help. But that didn't stop that lady in front of us from cursing the poor cast member out and blaming her for a ruined vacation because she conviently broke the machine right before her just so she couldn't buy her 3$ eggroll. The lady finally started to leave and I tried to cheer up the cast member who was crying. I told her to not worry about it people who act like that aren't worth her tears.
Matt_Black
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Good on you for supporting the CM!
erwinalber4
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As a former CM and friend of many still there, I applaud you for having her back. I can tell you from experience, these are some of the nicest sweetest people out there and strive to make guests have a magical vacation. It's the guests like you that make it worth it. If only more people realized that if you are nice and polite, they're far more likely to go out on a limb for you to do something nice. Not just at Disney, but anywhere.
Tom P.
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That sentence actually happened. lol.
Raineman
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Just got back from my third trip to WDW, and finally saw my first somewhat guest meltdown. We were waiting for the Pop buses at MK, and they usually combine 2 stops, 39 and 40, for the buses after Wishes because of all of the people waiting. When we got in line, we had turned into the third or fourth switchback on the end, where they have a short opening blocked by a chain. Well, a few members of a party wanted to catch up to the rest of their party that was near the front of the line, so they took the chain down and walked through. Well, the last person through didn't put the chain back up, so everyone behind them started walking through to the front part of the line. A few people starting mumbling, I mentioned something about somebody needing to put that chain back up. A guy pushing a stroller on the other side of the barrier said to the people walking through "I'm not waiting here all night so you d**ks can cut through", another guy told him to stop using that kind of language around kids, the guy with the stroller told him to shut up, and things got tense before everyone cooled off. I thought there was going to be a fight in the Pop Century bus line, and I was ready to get my daughter out of there.
DisneyChik17
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One of my favorites I have witnessed was a little kid meltdown. The little girl was whining and crying that she was hungry and wanted ice cream. The mother finally had enough and said "You're hungry? Do you want some broccoli? Will you eat broccoli?" the little girl screamed "NO!" and the mom says "Fine then, you must not be hungry."
I wanted to give her a standing ovation. I was in awe. But mostly, I ignore them all.
My friends and I who are AP holders always joke with each other though, any time a ride goes down or vehicles are cascading at the end of a ride. We'll go "UGH. My trip is ruined! I want a refund on my AP! NOW!" And then we laugh at all the people who aren't joking about that.
I wanted to give her a standing ovation. I was in awe. But mostly, I ignore them all.
My friends and I who are AP holders always joke with each other though, any time a ride goes down or vehicles are cascading at the end of a ride. We'll go "UGH. My trip is ruined! I want a refund on my AP! NOW!" And then we laugh at all the people who aren't joking about that.
My daughter when she was 4. We were exiting TSMM. I don't remember what she was upset about, but her tantrums at that age were LONG and LOUD. We did what we always did which was walk away from her. I'd say we were about 30 yards from her (by the steps that go up to the DHS former hat, stage area from the Art of Animation courtyard, VotLM area), she was between VotLM and TSMM. A crowd of concerned onlookers had gathered around her. We were watching this from the base of the steps. I decided that I should go claim her at that point since I didn't want others wasting their valuable vacation time being worried about a little girl who was essentially fine even though you would assume she was near death if you were just viewing the fit. I worked my way through the crowd (that was north of 50 people at this point), tapped her on the shoulder for a minute (it was really hard to get her attention when she was in full meltdown mode), and got her to look up. She was SHOCKED that all these people were staring at her and it immediately ended the fit. I was relieved.
Lirael
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The one meltdown I recall witnessing was totally understandable (a lost, scared kid) but it was really memorable so I thought I'd share:
'Twas a sunny, hectic early january day in the year of our lord 2011. I, a guest, was chatting with a CM friend at the entrance to the Beauty and the Beast show at HS. Another guest comes up to us (seeing my friend's uniform) and says she thinks there's a little lost boy and points him out. Sure enough, there really is a little kid clearly alone and looking scared walking by. Since he's a little further away and my friend can't really leave her spot, I volunteer to go get the kid. I regret that decision.
I walk up to him, smile and say "Hi there! Are you lost?". The poor kid stands frozen for a second, then shouts "I don't talk to strangers!" and runs past me. Oh . But wait! My CM friend sees what's going on and rushes to intercept the guy. She smiles, shows him her CM badge(?) and goes "Hey there! I work for Mickey, are-"
She doesn't get to finish the sentence, because the little boy shouts at the top of his lungs "I.DON'T.TALK.TO.STRANGERS!!!!" and starts bawling and then runs away. Oooh . We rush after him but thanks to the crowd we lose him and don't know if he went to the rollercoaster or ToT so we split up. I go to ToT, CM maning the entrance assures me no little boy walked past. Turns out he did run past and the CM didn't see, but we don't know that yet so start getting really worried, wondering if the boy had actually doubled back and run the other way.
After some tense minutes of frantically looking for him and checking to see if there was a parent looking for a kid somewhere, we find out a CM found the boy, now with a brother, at ToT, and was talking to them at the exit, just before/after (I dont recall exactly where) the photo part. When we get there, the little boy is yelling for his mother but rapidly calming down because the CM is soothing him and his also scared looking brother. There is still no news of anyone reporting a lost child, so we're wondering wth when...
From the outside of the ride comes this mother and four other kids all with shirts that match the lost boys, and they go to watch the ride photos. The boys see and run to them. The kid we met first starts yelling "Mummy, mummy where WERE you??" The mother looks at him indifferently and says she'd been outside ToT, and brushes him off. We explain he was found lost near the B&B stage and she goes "Oh, okay, come along [boy]." and walks away totally uncaring despite just finding out her kid had been running around crying through the park. Wow.
'Twas a sunny, hectic early january day in the year of our lord 2011. I, a guest, was chatting with a CM friend at the entrance to the Beauty and the Beast show at HS. Another guest comes up to us (seeing my friend's uniform) and says she thinks there's a little lost boy and points him out. Sure enough, there really is a little kid clearly alone and looking scared walking by. Since he's a little further away and my friend can't really leave her spot, I volunteer to go get the kid. I regret that decision.
I walk up to him, smile and say "Hi there! Are you lost?". The poor kid stands frozen for a second, then shouts "I don't talk to strangers!" and runs past me. Oh . But wait! My CM friend sees what's going on and rushes to intercept the guy. She smiles, shows him her CM badge(?) and goes "Hey there! I work for Mickey, are-"
She doesn't get to finish the sentence, because the little boy shouts at the top of his lungs "I.DON'T.TALK.TO.STRANGERS!!!!" and starts bawling and then runs away. Oooh . We rush after him but thanks to the crowd we lose him and don't know if he went to the rollercoaster or ToT so we split up. I go to ToT, CM maning the entrance assures me no little boy walked past. Turns out he did run past and the CM didn't see, but we don't know that yet so start getting really worried, wondering if the boy had actually doubled back and run the other way.
After some tense minutes of frantically looking for him and checking to see if there was a parent looking for a kid somewhere, we find out a CM found the boy, now with a brother, at ToT, and was talking to them at the exit, just before/after (I dont recall exactly where) the photo part. When we get there, the little boy is yelling for his mother but rapidly calming down because the CM is soothing him and his also scared looking brother. There is still no news of anyone reporting a lost child, so we're wondering wth when...
From the outside of the ride comes this mother and four other kids all with shirts that match the lost boys, and they go to watch the ride photos. The boys see and run to them. The kid we met first starts yelling "Mummy, mummy where WERE you??" The mother looks at him indifferently and says she'd been outside ToT, and brushes him off. We explain he was found lost near the B&B stage and she goes "Oh, okay, come along [boy]." and walks away totally uncaring despite just finding out her kid had been running around crying through the park. Wow.
Raineman
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I said a few posts ago that I only saw one meltdown, but your post made me remember about another one I saw lol. We were at DHS a couple of weeks ago, and I think we were sitting at one of the tables near Dockside Diner, when I saw a woman on the other side of the seating area, walking around frantically, calling out her child's name, who had obviously left her side. She did this for a minute or two, until she looked in the direction of GMR, and must have spotted her child, judging by the look of relief/anger on her face. She proceeded to start yelling at her child, across the DHS hub, fired her water bottle across the hub as hard as she could, and continued to scream while she power walked to her child. I wish I could have understood what she was screaming, as she was speaking Spanish I believe, but if there was an Olympic event for angry water bottle toss, she would be the champ.
Dartha Stewart
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Stories like this illustrate why we always use retractable leashes when traveling with our children. The parks get overly crowded, children are excited, it can be over-stimulating with all there is to take-in at Disney, and they can easily run off in the blink of an eye.
A similar situation happened to us at the DHS hub area back in 2011, which can easily get congested, and understandably, children can become separated. We were standing just steps from the GMR entrance when our youngest daughter took off toward the direction of Animation Courtyard. She made it almost to the entrance of Disney Junior Live! before we realized what had happened. This was during July 4th week, so the park was obviously packed with crowds. Luckily we had her attached to an extra length 110ft+ retractable child leash, so it wasn't really concerning. With one push of a button, she was back by our side in front of GMR under 2-seconds.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
hmmm...not a fan...I would never put my kid on a leash..
But, I am not going to tell other parents how to raise their kids...
Dartha Stewart
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We normally don't either. Just when we go to places like Disney which can often be overwhelming for small children. Our youngest daughter has always been the adventurous type ever since it was born. The leash is just a precautionary measure in case it happens to run off a good distance, like in the mentioned 2011 incident.
But in most outings, no, the leash is an unnecessary method. For our older two children, one is 8 and the other is 11 or 12 (?), we've never had to go the leash route, as they stay close enough to not warrant any concern.
Goofyernmost
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You were very lucky then. When my sister was around 4 or 5 she would just take off. The bigger the crowd the quicker she would make her move. No parent wants to do the leash thing, but, when the alternative is a lost child or much, much worse, it is the lesser of evils. If your children stay with you without a problem, then more power to ya, you are very fortunate. There is more then one way to be a good parent.
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winterwhite
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well, I apologize in restrospect to all the people riding the Haunted Mansion on a Thursday in May 1991, when four year old me found out that the hitchhiking ghost was not, in fact, actually coming home with us and had an absolute meltdown in the exit area. It took two hours and a trip to Epcot to buy me a stuffed figment to take home before my mom talked her way out of THAT one.