What was the biggest Disney meltdown you've witnessed?

[85glht]

OMGosh that is assault. I'm not a litigious person but you should have pressed charges. Hopefully security kicked them out for the duration. I'm so sorry!!

And no, you didn't deserve that. She stopped short, you couldn't stop in time, SHE should have been the one to apologise. But you did apologise (as is the polite thing to do) and that should have been the end of it.

This is unreal!

I agree! No one should EVER lay a hand on someone else unless they are prepared to pay the consequences.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

OMGosh that is assault. I'm not a litigious person but you should have pressed charges. Hopefully security kicked them out for the duration. I'm so sorry!!

And no, you didn't deserve that. She stopped short, you couldn't stop in time, SHE should have been the one to apologise. But you did apologise (as is the polite thing to do) and that should have been the end of it.

This is unreal!

Okay, the lady really should have kept her hands to herself. And like you, I'm not quick to sue or tell someone else to sue. But I probably would have pressed charges.

But, when someone is rear ended, it isn't their fault. And they don't need to apologize to the person that rear ended them.

And yes, I know that wheelchairs don't stop on a dime. Nor do scooters. And it is very difficult to not run into someone when they stop right in front of you. But if you run into someone, it is your fault.

 

[chelynnah]

Okay, the lady really should have kept her hands to herself. And like you, I'm not quick to sue or tell someone else to sue. But I probably would have pressed charges.

But, when someone is rear ended, it isn't their fault. And they don't need to apologize to the person that rear ended them.

And yes, I know that wheelchairs don't stop on a dime. Nor do scooters. And it is very difficult to not run into someone when they stop right in front of you. But if you run into someone, it is your fault.

If I stop dead, causing someone to run into me (walking or wheelchair) or causing them to veer around me because I wasn't paying enough attention to my surroundings, I absolutely DO apologise, because *I* am the one who caused them to bump me or move quickly out of the way.

I have been on both sides of this as someone walking and someone in a chair/scooter. Luckily I've never hit someone in the chair/scooter, but I've come darn close. I have walked into someone who's stopped dead in front of me and turned back so we've kind of walked into each other, and much as I try to be aware of surroundings and step to the side before stopping, I have stopped and inconvenienced someone behind me.

For common politeness and decency both people involved should apologise. The person who stopped dead should not be absolved of responsibility whether they took their reaction too far or not. They stopped dead, they caused the accident. Simple physics. If they were rear ended while still moving or when a,ready stationery for a time before being hit, then it's not their fault.

 

[Baklava]

I had a panic attack on NYE at Disneyland and ended up crouched in the fetal position right in front of the Partners statue. That was fairly epic in the meltdown department.

 

[PSULion]

On the last morning of an awesome, weeklong trip to celebrate DS's 2nd birthday, he started getting a little cranky at the bus stop, but nothing major. The second the bus pulled out AKL en route to MK (of course one of the longer rides) he lost it, and SCREAMED the entire ride. There was literally no consoling him, and we were stuck on the bus. That's me in the picture, trying to act like I don't hear the screaming child 6 inches from my face.

By the time we arrived at the park, I was 100% set on going right back to the hotel, as I was not dragging him into the park like that. My more optimistic DH convinced me to give it 15 min and see what happened, and then we'd leave. By the time we got to the tapstiles he was barely whimpering, and by the time we went through the tunnel he was smiling and laughing. It ended up being a fantastic day, and I still have no idea what set him off so bad in the first place.

 

[DisOrBust]

The look on your face is priceless,lol.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

The look on your face is priceless,lol.

I like how so many people are looking away.

 

[PSULion]

I like how so many people are looking away.

Nothing to see here folks... Except that one guy towards the back giving us the stink eye.

 

[tsme]

On the last morning of an awesome, weeklong trip to celebrate DS's 2nd birthday, he started getting a little cranky at the bus stop, but nothing major. The second the bus pulled out AKL en route to MK (of course one of the longer rides) he lost it, and SCREAMED the entire ride. There was literally no consoling him, and we were stuck on the bus. That's me in the picture, trying to act like I don't hear the screaming child 6 inches from my face.

By the time we arrived at the park, I was 100% set on going right back to the hotel, as I was not dragging him into the park like that. My more optimistic DH convinced me to give it 15 min and see what happened, and then we'd leave. By the time we got to the tapstiles he was barely whimpering, and by the time we went through the tunnel he was smiling and laughing. It ended up being a fantastic day, and I still have no idea what set him off so bad in the first place.



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I think most parents have been there. Our DD did the same thing to me when she was 2 at the Orlando airport. She was tired and annoyed after the long security line. So as we were waiting for the boarding call, she threw a massive crying fit. My DH looked the other way like he didn't know us, as DD screamed, cried, & threw herself around in my arms. I wanted to beat him. And I could read the look of tread on everyone's face waiting to board with us. But luckily she fell asleep right before we got on the plane. And when she woke up in the plane she was fine.

 

[ajc]

Any other meltdown stories to share??

this one was directed at ME!
when my DH & I were at EPCOT for flower & garden May 2015 (empty nesters LOVE WDW) we were between the French & Moroccan pavilion and had purchased an orange slushie (the BIG one with an extra pour of gran marnier) and enjoying the beautiful colors and and landscaping when a lady asked us where we got such awesome drinks so we told her and pointed to the sales booth/kiosk. While we were people watching, a little boy (maybe 18 to 24 months) was ripping flowers out of the display and attacking a large sunflower with no apparent supervision. I gently bent over him and said " little one , please don't pull out the flowers ... leave them for other people to enjoy". then I walked back to my DH. within 15 seconds I was accosted and threatened by the boys mother who was standing with her body builder husband and the nice lady asking about our drinks. Unbeknownst to me they were all standing back & CHEERING him to muster the strength to destroy the flower. She got in my face and threatened to punch me so I walked to the closest booth to summon security as she was chasing and screaming at me for speaking to her son. Not a pretty site... by the time I got a response at the booth they were long gone but every time we walked past a floral display in disarray my DH & I comments that the culprit has struck again.

 

[kbmartin]

My DH and I had just arrived back at HS. It was at the end of August and a hot day. We are August veterans, so we had taken our long afternoon break, showered and changed, had a delicious dinner at Shula's, and had our Frog Toggs on. Not only that, but we had just picked up our desserts for later (we were going to enjoy them while we staked out our spots for the Star Wars fireworks). We decided to go to the last Frozen show of the day before getting to our fireworks spot (perfect - in the A/C!).

Now, not everyone is an August veteran. Many people don't have a game plan for the day. I don't think these people did. I was going to post this story much earlier but decided to wait out of courtesy, in the unlikely chance they are on the Dis.

So, my DH and I arrive at the FastPass entrance for the Frozen Sing-along. First, there is a family, obviously foreigners, who have no idea what to do at all. I don't think they had FastPasses. They were very confused and couldn't understand that they could not go in the line. They kept trying to get in, and it just wouldn't work. Then, after them and just before us was a family - young parents and two very young daughters. The parents were arguing and one of the daughters was bawling. They seemed to be arguing about whether to go to this show or not. (Didn't they have FastPasses?!) It was awkward because we were kind of behind them in line, but they could not figure out what their plan was at all. The mother finally walked away with one of the daughters. The dad yelled to himself, "WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO HAVE THE WORLD'S SMALLEST BLADDER?!?!?!" He glances at us and then apologizes - to us(!). He says in a very tense voice, "SORRY. It has just been a VERY long, long day."

We felt bad for him, but we now enjoy saying that to each other all the time. Hahaha.

 

[Kaylee Ann]

In January we saw a grown man push down a little boy after he stole a toy from his baby brothers hand and said "give it to me you little bastard". Cast members got involved shortly after.

2 months ago we saw a lady standing outside crystal palace lying about her reservation time to get in earlier. The new technology is rarely wrong. They kindly told her her reservation time but if she waited around she might get it earlier. She screamed at the top of her lungs asking for a manager. I could not believe they even let her in the restaurant. For the next 2 hours in the restaurant she tried telling the managers she pre- paid for the meal. Her kids were mortified.

 

[BDL]

I don't know if this counts as a meltdown or not, but a goth kid was with his mother at Monsters Laugh Floor. In the pre-show format, the camera focused on him and you could see steam practically coming out of his ears. Immediately, when the camera operators realized a certain gesture may be coming their way, they decided to show "Feels the need to dance" on me. What else could I do?

 

[CuteAsMinnie]

While enjoying the serenity of the WL lobby very late (11:00pm ish) one evening, in barrels a mom pushing a stroller with a SCREAMING toddler while literally pulling another child, maybe 5 years old, all the while SHE was SCREAMING at the kids, "Shut up! I TOLD you are having a fun day!!!!"

Ok then...

 

[Auntie_Maim]

Years ago at Disneyland I saw a mom yelling at her little boy (who was maybe 3), "I don't care if you're scared. You're going on the Haunted Mansion whether you want to or not!"

Also some years back, I was the yeller. Me and DH were there with our BFFs. It was evening on Main Street, close to Christmas I think, and very crowded. DH wandered off somewhere and, as he has no grasp of linear time whatsoever, was chatting with a cast member for over an hour while I searched frantically for him. I can't remember if this was before cell phones or if he had one but couldn't hear it/didn't feel like answering it. We finally found him and he was all, "Hi, honey." I lit into him. I didn't yell but I was very angry, all the more so because I'm usually a very go-along-to-get-along person. My BFFs were watching me snarl at DH with amazement - they had never seen me get mad like that before (I tend to bottle it up and then my head explodes a la Scanners). The BFFs told me later that my blow-up was the most entertaining thing of the day and that I should sell tickets next time I plan on losing my temper so people can watch.

 

[cleopenn]

#1 - I didn't see this, it was relayed to me by DS, who was 10yo at the time - walking out of MK (our first time), my son told me he saw "a mommy hurt her little kid" in line at Peter Pan. I questioned him about it and apparently a woman was hitting their little kid about the face and arms. I am guessing the kid put his/her arms up to ward off the blows. It made me sick to my stomach. DS was so upset. He never saw an adult hit a child before and kept asking me questions about. The only thing I could say was some people don't know how to be parents and that its never ok to hit.

#2 - two women verbally going at it about who was next in line at the quick service breakfast place at the Poly. They were wind-milling their arms and screaming at each other. I commented about it to the CM after they left and she shrugged and says it happens all the time. This was our first morning of the trip and DH and I joked about what had we gotten ourselves into to. Sadly, it was comical in comparison to what happened later in the day.....(see #1)

 

[mom3sonstt]

Mine was maybe 15 or so years ago, our 3 20-something boys were probably about 8 - 10. We'd been at Epcot since opening, hadn't eaten breakfast, or if we had it was a bowl of cold cereal in the room. It was hot, the kids were tired, bored, and hungry, as was I. My husband on the other hand wanted to go to the Living Seas (before Nemo moved in). He was adamant and was being pissy about it, the boys whiny, but he thought it made so much more sense that since we were already on that side of future world to go on over and and go through that pavilion instead of popping over to Electric Umbrella where we could sit down, cool off and fuel up. He finally started stomping in the general direction of the restaurant, but making it clear to anyone that knows him that the rest of the day would be ruined by his attitude if he didn't get his way. I stopped and hollered at him "Fine - let's just go see you F-ing fish" and started dragging whichever kids I had with me towards it. It seems better now, but at the time it smelled in there - and maybe it still does in the area where the Mantees are - but I pretty much stayed to the middle while he took his own sweet time taking pictures. By the time we left I was sick to my stomach from being hungry and the smell....not a fun day.

 

[jeepnjudy]

Would this be the meltdown I witnessed from my child or my spouse?!!

 

[here757]

Love love love this thread

 

[chelynnah]

Ok, so here's ours from this last week at Disneyland Paris. Of course there were the usual marital meltdowns involving miscommunication and lack of listening skills, but this is the one that completely cracks me up.

DH in his mid 40's has always been afraid of doing coasters and drops. He loves speed, but is terrified of drops. He hates the feeling in his stomach. Over the last few trips to WDW we have slowly worked on this. He loves BTMRR, and 7DMT. And he worked up the courage to do Splash at the end of the trip which is the biggest drop he's ever done. He didn't like it, but he decided that he enjoyed the ride so much he could 'stomach' that one drop. I had also loaded him up on meclezine for the whole trip which helped.

So on our recent trip to DLP he researched and decided he was going to get brave. Reviews for RNRC were that it was speed more than drops. I've been telling him upside down loops don't give you the same feeling, just speed force which he can cope with. And he considered ToT. To prepare him for everything we thought doing the much tamer Toy Story Parachute Drop would be a good start.

He watched it, psyched himself up to do it. Knew how he should breathe to cope. He was shaking a bit, but he was ok. It pulled us up to the top and all of a sudden this 46 year old man is a 5 year old terrified child. He grabs me and says (having the worst panic attack I've seen) 'This wa a mistake, this was a big mistake. OMG this was a mistake'. I thought if he could he would have literally crawled out and off the ride. I honestly believed he'd scream down for them to stop it.

So we drop, and I tell him to breathe out. He says that works but wants to try holding his breath because that's what everyone tells you to do (honestly breathing out works better as you're not fighting with your diaphragm), so he does and says 'darn, your way works better'. Third drop, then final drop (which pauses extra long). I'm seriously worried for him. I think this is our whole trip ruined.

We get to the bottom and he turns and says 'That was awesome, I want to do it again!!'

He did that once more and he also did up doing RNRC 3 times (he still shakes before each time), but couldn't get him to try ToT.

But after that meltdown at the top of Parachute drop I'm so impressed he rode anything else LOL