DWLove
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We have been going to Disney my entire life and my mom still calls test track fast track and also calls fast passes fast tracks and does the same with the Soarin' pronunciation, among other things. It drives me completely nuts!
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bjlc57
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I have two great ones.. about 10-15 years ago, we were entering MGM for the afternoon using a park hopper.. ( we had the first 3 day park hoppers from Alamo rent a car).. and there was a famous NBA player and his wife.. who also happened to be a sports agent.. She was on the phone.. and two of her clients had just smashed up a hotel room in Indianapolis.. and She was INFORMING THEM, that when She GOT A HOLD OF THEM, she was going to do the same to them as those players DID TO THE ROOM.. and she said NO YES MAM or I am sorry was gonna fix it with her.. and THEN she called someone at her agency and REALLY LET THEM HAVE IT as well. . It was crazy.. and another time at the Seas in Epcot,, the manatees were swimming in and out of one tank into another.. and some guy with a eastern seaboard accent, goes.. HEY WHAT KIND OF FISH ARE THOSE? and the girl aquarium worker states" Sir, those are not fish they are MAMMALS, " and the guy goes.. YEAH, but WHAT KIND OF FISH ARE THOSE? .. she politely states. " those are manatees and they are MAMMALS.." He goes.. I am gonna find someone else who will tell me the truth about those fish.. " and what a cruddy place this is .. my whole family went nuts..
NYwdwfan
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My favorite is obnoxious woman who cut around us and about 10 other people on the line to enter EPCOT and when her mom told her she was cutting the line the woman replied, "I don't wait on lines". We then saw her all throughout the day...on line for Soarin', on line for Test Track, on line for a churro...
...and every time we spotted her my husband yelled in her general direction, "hey look - the lady that doesn't wait on lines is on that line!!".
...and every time we spotted her my husband yelled in her general direction, "hey look - the lady that doesn't wait on lines is on that line!!".
My nephew, (who is a very picker eater) would not eat his meal. He kept saying he didnt like any of the food and it would make him sick. (even though he ate there a dozen times). He was getting very fussy and my sister told him we were not leaving until he ate something. He screams out, "You just want me to die!" Everyone around looked at us. I was cracking up.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
"This isnt as good as Universal. "
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Not that out of line, I used to think the Nile Crocodiles at AK were AA's learned differently on the Wild Africa Tour I just could not visualize DIsney having something as dangerous as a Nile Crocodile on property, AT the WAT Sign-in they give you the 'Eaten by Crocodiles' release form...
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Another winner!
Matt_Black
Well-Known Member
Another one I interjected myself into...
I was exiting Star Tours and a mom and her son were headed towards the queue. The boy asked, "How do they make it feel like you're moving when you're not actually going anywhere?" The mom was trying to come up with something but, not being an Imagineer, had trouble actually saying anything. I looked over and said, "They use The Force, that's how." The mom smiled, looked at her son, and said, "See? There you go." That seemed to satisfy the lad.
I was exiting Star Tours and a mom and her son were headed towards the queue. The boy asked, "How do they make it feel like you're moving when you're not actually going anywhere?" The mom was trying to come up with something but, not being an Imagineer, had trouble actually saying anything. I looked over and said, "They use The Force, that's how." The mom smiled, looked at her son, and said, "See? There you go." That seemed to satisfy the lad.
BiffyClyro
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The red neck man complaining about my family because we are mixed race/ interracial family. Apparently we are not worthy as people for being different shades of white and brown.
Luckily me and my family find this sort of stupidity amusing. Guessing he wasn't a Pocahontas fan.
Luckily me and my family find this sort of stupidity amusing. Guessing he wasn't a Pocahontas fan.
Matt_Black
Well-Known Member
... Really? There are still people like that?
Slipknot
Well-Known Member
Not one particular time, I've heard this numerous times since late 2004: "I came here just to ride this!" I hear it all the time when an attraction is closed, for whatever reason. Now I can understand for something like Big Thunder, Rock N' Rollercoaster, Test Track, Everest, etc. but when someone says that when Astro Orbiter or something equal or lesser than that is closed... 
On a side note, I not only hear it at WDW. I constantly hear it at Universal, Sea World and Busch Gardens as well.
On a side note, I not only hear it at WDW. I constantly hear it at Universal, Sea World and Busch Gardens as well.
JerseyDad
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....someone on the bus should have yelled out, "Hey, grandma if you don't shut up about Anthony and his poop ....somebody is gonna' stomp the s__t out of YOU!!
....hate ...is a strong word ...but sometimes ...I just hate people.
BiffyClyro
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Yup! He wasn't a really old guy either. Late 40's perhaps. Shame, because he had young kids who i'm sure he will pas his ignorant views on to.
stevehousse
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At AK standing in the smoking section near dinosaur, and a man was talking about tusker house, the best buffet he had ever been to, and that u have to try and go there! However, listening to his conversation, he was actually describing the seafood buffet at one of the resorts! (Brain fart as for some reason as I'm typing this, I forgot the name)
stevehousse
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Also last time we were there, I was at the podium for Garden Grill waiting to check in. The man in front of me didn't have a reservation and the CM was telling him over and over again that they were booked solid and not accepting walk ins! He then goes, "so your telling me I just spent all this money on the dining plan and I can't even eat anywhere I want! Never again!"
Now how on earth do u purchase that and NOT make ADRs? People r so clueless!
Now how on earth do u purchase that and NOT make ADRs? People r so clueless!
ratherbeinwdw
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I have found, from personal experience, that these creeps are usually in the younger to middle-aged adults. They hate everything that doesn't fit their close-minded ideas. There's a reason the saying "haters are going to hate" is so popular. We do have a large group of haters in this country from north to south and east to west. And, the sad part is exactly what you said that they will pass this to their children. At least, the kids get to see a different perspective in school--hopefully. I know the young people in my daughter's group--18+ year-olds-- wouldn't even consider being different as anything negative. Her group is very diverse in race, sexual orientation, political beliefs, religious beliefs, etc. They don't judge each other. I love being around these young people. It gives me hope that once they are "in control" all this hate/distrust will stop.
I deal with lots of older people, and they seem to me to be the most open. They understand the garbage they were taught growing up was just that garbage. My mom lives in a senior community and differences don't matter to them. They party together, have dinner together and share grief together when one of them passes away. So if we all make sure we raise our children with blinders on, then hopefully they will outnumber the haters.
BiffyClyro
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Thank you for sharing this! It was a bit scary at the time, but like my dad told me, you can't let these people bother or intimidate you. Interestingly what you were saying about the older generations, my dad is half cast and his grandmother (on the white side) is 86 and was telling us the other week how she was brought up to have those kind of views, but then her own life experiences changed that. It was really interesting to hear.
But anyway, we need more people like you in the world. Ignorance doesn't have an age. A lot more people need to be as open and accepting as you and your daughter/ daughters friend.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
Typical TDO. Charging for everything.