Your Best Overheard Conversation

[Figaro928]

So one of my favorite Disney pastimes is people watching. Included with that is overhearing other park guests' conversations. Many times I find that the other guests are more amusing than the parks themselves . On our last trip, while exiting POTC, a little boy kept asking his dad why the pirates wanted the red head and the father's response was "every man wants a red head, but they usually just end up with a brunette" His brunette wife smacked him. It became an ongoing joke between me and my husband for the rest of the trip.

SOOOO... what's your best overheard conversation in the parks?

 

[Darkzeid25]

While my wife and I were walking to the monorail in the Contemporary we overheard an older couple (60s-70s) arguing about something. We couldn't catch all of what they were saying(believe me, we tried). But we did hear the man say "There's a train running through the hotel, and that makes you miserable!" We still talk about that couple 6 years later.

 

[KCheatle]

That is funny! I guess I need to spend more time eavesdropping! I can't really remember any particularly funny conversations?? The only one that comes to mind is when I used a parent swap to go on space mountain, and the castmember who cut the line at the end to let me go into the loading station accidentally put me right in the middle of a group of like 8 23-year-old guys. It was a little awkward to be, literally, in the middle of their conversation. They were nice, but it was like all of the sudden they realized I was there and didn't quite know what to say around me

 

[Sweet Melissa]

My favorite was also on the monorail. As the audio spiel announced that we were passing the Wedding Pavilion, two little boys shouted "Yaaay!" I'm sure it was in response to something else, but the timing was hilarious.

Another good one was when we overheard a mom whose daughter was on the verge of a meltdown say, "There's no crying in Disney!" That's been our mantra for years.

I'm also going to tag @pugmalion1 in this, because he submitted a good one to Overheard Everywhere, but I wasn't there to tell this story. http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/004967.html/

 

[Avenger117]

My favorite was on my last trip to Disney on the friendship boats. Two teenage girls were having attitudes with their parents and the dad said "if you don't change your mood, next summer we are going camping, in the woods...and no cellphones". They looked mortified.

 

[Figaro928]

Another good one was when we overheard a mom whose daughter was on the verge of a meltdown say, "There's no crying in Disney!" That's been our mantra for years.

That may have been me & my kid you heard....

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Another good one was when we overheard a mom whose daughter was on the verge of a meltdown say, "There's no crying in Disney!" That's been our mantra for years.

Funny, my parents used to tell both me and my brother that...

 

[graphite1326]

Well I have to tell you, I sometimes say things in line just to get a reaction. I can't think of anything I've said right at the moment though.

 

[Matt_Black]

This is not so much one I overheard as I accidentally interjected myself into. Two kids were talking about villains and their sidekicks and I said, "Actually, villains don't have sidekicks, they have henchmen." The kids then start going on about what the difference was and I look at their dad and say, "I'm so sorry for that."

 

[Tinkerfan4ever]

My favorite was actually while I visited Disneyland. We were waiting to watch World of Color and standing next to a 20-something guy who was chatting with a 50-something lady. Both of them were locals to California and were DVC members. The lady, who had already said she preferred DL to DW, asked the guy if he has ever used his DVC to go to Disney World. Yes once and it was the WORST experience of my life. Now comes the best part.... he goes on to say that while he was visiting, all 4 parks were covered in water and he was standing in line waiting to go on rides with water up to his knees. He couldn't believe that people go there to stand around in water and wait for rides. He said the worst was Main Street USA where the water was close to his waist.

This guy wasn't super tall, but probably 5'7". I had to move away from them or risk busting out laughing.

Yes it rains in Florida. Yes you might get wet, it even floods sometimes... but wading through what had to be 3 feet of water? LOL

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Not really overheard, but this happened to us last trip:

My friend and I (both of us are 18) were walking to Epcot through international Gateway. A young guy, younger than us, European, comes up to my friend before we enter the park. He says, "Oh wait, never mind." Then he walks away. We give each other the "That was weird" look and continue. Then the guy comes back and says to my friend "I want to kiss you." Her response, "Uh, no." The guy says, "Please, it is my last night." She says no again, firmly but trying not to laugh. "Just a little one?" he asks. She again says no. We walk into the ladies room and both start busting a gut laughing. Good thing no one else was in there. That then became the standing joke for the rest of the trip. According to my friend, it is common in Europe to ask for a kiss, but she says, "At least offer to buy me something first!"

 

[Marijil]

Tense family in front of us in the Space Mt fastpass line...dad says.."listen we are doing this, hitting big thunder mountain, then we hit big splash mountain, then we get the hell out of here..."

 

[luv]

A couple fighting and one announcing they wanted a divorce.

People really need to get more sleep, drink more water and just calm down at Disney.

The #1 thing that cracks me up is hearing how it cannot rain for more than 20 minutes in Orlando. This is especially amusing during the rainy season.

 

[Gabe1]

At POFC by pool. A neurosurgeon explaining to another guest who was kinda under the weather after riding Rock'n Rollercoaster. He was explaining the damage to the brain as it sloshes from the Gforces. He said the younger brain recovers better and more quickly where someone his age (middle age man with teens) often takes days or up to week to recover from the brain slosh. Suggested he lay down and sleep adding often the problems resolve themselves after a full nights sleep.

 

[JohnD]

Not a conversation per se, but I was on the monorail one time and the kids loved to repeat the Spanish instructions, "Por favor manténganse alejado de las puertas"

 

[FLYINGFISHER]

Last Sept/Oct my wife and I are having early dinner (5:00-5:30) at Monsieur Paul almost an empty restaurant.
Got are drinks & bread when they seat a family right next to us (very unnecessary close), a younger couple with a young child. The child was very well behaved, the wife was very cheerfull, the guy looked like he just lost his dog.
The guy immediately starts with this girl, "Who were you talking to on the phone?, Who were you texting?,
Why do you have so many guy friends?". This goes on for a while all right in front of the child and right next to us.
He then gets up to go to the restroom her phone starts to buzz she looks at it and puts it down, my wife and I are both staring straight at her, she apologizes, we both sarcastically wish her "good luck", she rolls her eyes shakes her head and apologizes again. The guy now returns from the restroom and starts to explain to her and unfortunately us to that he was standing at the door calling her phone to "test her" to see if she would look at it?
-What the?- We finally get are deserts and I had enough of this whiny, pathetic man. I very nicely explain to him how I was on vacation and trying to have a nice dinner. He apologized but continued to whimper. We paid are check got up wished him "good luck", I told the the French speaking hostess that are meal was great but dinner stunk thanks for sitting that family right next to us! She just smiled nodded, "Bonjour". Disney needs drama free zones in restaurants.
But you cant ruin my Disney fun, we laughed at that loser while we made out in a dark little corner
by the foutains in France.
Just another day in Disney!

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

This thread!

 

[FigmentFreak]

Was eating dinner with my daughters at 1900 Park Fair. Little girl at the table next to us is leaning out of her chair hands on the floor and I hear her say...."Mommy do mice wear panties" as Susie and Pearla are visiting tables nearby and she's trying to peak up their skirts. My girls were a bit older and it became the joke. Does ____ wear panties and bending down to look. When they did it to Peter Pan he said no I wear tights.

 

[MikeTaylorSound]

It's our next-to-last day of the trip with our nephew and we're on the Sassagoula River Taxi, headed to DtD and he's finally getting it (what the Disney experience is all about). A little girl a few years younger than him gets on and looks like someone stole her puppy. He gets up, sits down next to her and asks her what's wrong and I think she missed seeing her favorite princess or something, so he put his arm around her and exclaims, "this is the happiest place on earth, there's no need to be sad. There are so many things to do around here... we're on our way to do something different right now! If you worry about that for too long, you won't be able to let yourself enjoy what's next. You always want to enjoy what's next." This kid is 9.

 

[TaoBoxer]

While watching the manatees at The Seas Pavilion, a little girl asks her dad if they were sharks. Dad replied " no baby, they're walrus "! Facepalm. Also, at DtD, overheard a family complaining that DtD didn't have a Wal-Mart !