The UnHappiest Place on Earth

[Space Rangerlvl999]

I was walking into adventure land when i saw this little girl screaming and crying, she seemed very mad :mad: and sad :icon_cry: . My dad went to go help her and my dad said "Are u lost, do u need help?" And out of no where the girl started Kicking and screaming. The scream was so loud the whole park could of heard it, the girl kicked kicked my dad in the leg! After the scream the guards eventually came. Has anyone else tried to help an unhappy guest or lost kid, i want to hear your story.

[krnsngr85]

two words three syllables

SPOILED BRAT

[TsWade2]

You said it! I can't stand crying brats. It makes me think of the past when I was a little brat!

[WendyDarling1955]

When I was really little, I was affriad to ride POTC because I knew there were drops in the ride ( I had rode it before, but this on particular time I didnt want to ride it) so my dad was kinda upset at me, sense he didnt understand that I didnt want to ride a ride I had rode 1000 times before. So he said something like, "If you dont chear u, you can go sit in the car!" which upset me, but I knew he was just trying to make me hve a better time. So anyways, my mom ended up staying off the ride with me, and when my dad left to go on the ride, this man that was sitting next to us, came up to my mom and asked, "Is he really going to put her in the Car?" all worried, and my mom was like "No he's not going to put her in the car!" And when I heard that I started laughing at the guy! I guess its good that there are guest at Disneyland that watch out for that, but my dad was totally kidding with me, and I couldnt believe it! It was hillarious! :p

[WendyDarling1955]

Oh yeah, and the last time I was there, me and my bf were in the smoking area next to the rafts for TSI, and I was sitting on this bench next to a man and his wife. It was very hot that day. So anyways, I was just sitting there and this man next to me all of sudden slide on his side and fell on me, and was snoring, then when I looked at him he was soo white and was what I though snoring, but was actually him gasping for air. nathan my Bf had to lift him off of me, as I tried to calm his wife down. i went and got security which then called the nurses to come to the scene. Turns out he had a heat stroke, and he finnally woke up. But after he kept nodding in and out of consiousness. It was soo scary! But it did deffinatly make my trip a little more exciting, but at the same time kinda made it one of the worst times ive had. :frown:

[Space Rangerlvl999]

Ew...i can't really imagine a guy leaning on me, that story was a bit frightening.
Oh ya, I repeat if anyone has a story to share of themselves trying to help another unhappy guest or lost kid, plz do share.

[ttztotdca50]

I saw a younger kid sitting on a bench, crying. I asked him if he was okay, and he screamed, "GO AWAY!!" at the top of his lungs! I quickly ducked into a store to get away. It wasn't until later that I learned he was autistic.

[krnsngr85]

I saw a younger kid sitting on a bench, crying. I asked him if he was okay, and he screamed, "GO AWAY!!" at the top of his lungs! I quickly ducked into a store to get away. It wasn't until later that I learned he was autistic.

oy vey, I have heard about autistic people, It must be tough to conform to the real world for them.

[disneylover]

O/T: My moms friend son is autistic, and they just recently brought him to DL. He had some trouble with the noise levels throughout the park and the crowding of people, but overall they had a fantastic time.:p

Back on topic: I went in March and there was this kid, probably 7 or 8 behind us in the ticket booth lines that was throwing the biggest fit I have ever seen! IMHO this kid was a little too old to be acting like this, but if I were the parents, we would have left that instant! They weren't even in the park yet.....could you imagine how he would have acted in the park, when he wanted a treat that he couldn't get!:eek: It's unfortunate that some kids are spoiled so much that they do not realize how lucky they are to be at the Happiest Place on Earth!

[TsWade2]

When I was little, I was afraid of characters.

[Disneyland_Wolf]

I was afraid of his characters too, since I was a kid. But not anymore.

[Disneyluvr2]

We were at the park in July on the day of the Grand Opening of Space Mountain...so you can imagine how crowded it was! I saw this little girl about 4 years old running through the crowd, then she backtracked and headed back towards us. I told my friend, "That little girl is lost!" As she headed towards me, I stopped her and asked her if she was lost. She said she couldn't find her mommy. She was pretty calm for being lost in that big of a crowd. I told her "Let's just stand right here so your mom can find you. If you run around, she won't know where you are". Sure enough in about a minute her mom came frantically running up and grabbed her daughter up in her arms. She was very gratefull that I had stayed there with her daughter. It almost made me cry! Another happy ending!

[twinkletoes]

When I was there 3 years ago with my family, my Mom and I were in one of the Main Street stores shopping and just messing around. She had rented a wheelchair because she had just had knee surgery, and when we went to leave, we noticed her wheelchair was gone. I happened to look down the street and saw a young boy riding away with the chair! I couldn't believe it, I took off after him and caught him. Luckily, we had the serial numbers for the chair, and it was indeed ours. He had no reason, just thought it would be fun. I wanted to call security on him, but my Mom wanted to just let him go, he was bawling like a big baby!!! I didn't feel sorry for him. Things like that are not suppose to happen at Disneyland. It's really upsetting when they do!:icon_cry:

[rememberthemagic]

LOL..maybe her parents left her there because she was a spoiled brat. They went and had their fun without her.

[Mikokat]

The only times I wailed at Disneyland was when I was six or seven, my mom forced me to go on The Haunted Mansion, The Indy, and Star Tours, and they were too frightening for me. I was wailing to not go on the Indy, because the queue was scary enough for me, but my mom made me go. I was crying when I left the ride.

[Mikokat]

When I was there 3 years ago with my family, my Mom and I were in one of the Main Street stores shopping and just messing around. She had rented a wheelchair because she had just had knee surgery, and when we went to leave, we noticed her wheelchair was gone. I happened to look down the street and saw a young boy riding away with the chair! I couldn't believe it, I took off after him and caught him. Luckily, we had the serial numbers for the chair, and it was indeed ours. He had no reason, just thought it would be fun. I wanted to call security on him, but my Mom wanted to just let him go, he was bawling like a big baby!!! I didn't feel sorry for him. Things like that are not suppose to happen at Disneyland. It's really upsetting when they do!:icon_cry:

I did that once at WDW. I was at Disney-MGM Studios and My mom, dad, and I just finished watching Fantasmic. We saw a space full of wheelchairs and my dad and I grabbed one and took off down the path from the Hollywood Hills Amphetheatre. My mom started screaming after us and telling us to stop. We finally did and we left the chair where it was and left the park for the hotel. We didn't get caught!

[twinkletoes]

You did that..why??? Sounds like you and your father are pretty immature.

[carlosbrown45]

when i go to disneyland my aunt and uncle and their kids come. but my little cousin who is 6 crys everytime we go. he wants everything. :mad: my aunt stole a hat for him. cuz he wouldnt stop crying i told him to shut the f*** up! i kno at disneyland too. he then yelled at his mom that i hit him! my jaw droped. :icon_shoc she then said "did you hit my baby?" i was still like :icon_shoc i said no. but she didnt believe me so she told my mom. my mom told her i didnt hit him and i wasnt in trouble but i was till in shock. then my aunt says "ok but be nice to my baby he is an angel. :icon_roll

[Space Rangerlvl999]

when i go to disneyland my aunt and uncle and their kids come. but my little cousin who is 6 crys everytime we go. he wants everything. :mad: my aunt stole a hat for him. cuz he wouldnt stop crying i told him to shut the f*** up! i kno at disneyland too. he then yelled ast his mom that i hit him! my jaw droped. :icon_shoc she then said "did you hit my baby?" i was still like :icon_shoc i said no. but she didnt believe me so she told my mom. my mom told her i didnt hit him and i wasnt in trouble but i was till in shock. then my aunt says "ok but be nice to my baby he is an angel. :icon_roll
She stole a CAP!
I'm shocked at what she did

[carlosbrown45]

She stole a CAP!
I'm shocked at what she did

i kno i almost stole it from her and was going to give it back to the store but she caught me. :frown: :mad:

[disneydiva]

Well think about it , we teach our children not to talk to strangers.... So if they are lost or alone and some wierdo approaches them.. what do you expect them to do? lol. :wink:

[alissa08]

So, this one time when I was seven yearsold I was at TSI with my best friend and our brothers. I went running off and my best friend started running after me. He tripped on a rock and hit his head on another rock. He cut himself right by his eye. He was crying and he got mad at me. He said it was my fault because i went running off. So, we had to go see the nurse. To this day, he has this scar right by his eye, and he still blames me for it.

[Fantasmic05]

hahahaha. i have to funniest story. my brother is very funny and he used to work @ disney. so we went on tower of terror and the sign says that one of the floors is "high society". so we were walking up to the upper level and this little brat girl w/ all of her friends screams out "I want to go to the top floor. it's a better ride, why do THEY get to go up there..." and my brother says to her, "because we're high society" and that pissed her off soo bad and im glad because she was a brat.

[Fantasmic05]

hahahaha. i have to funniest story. my brother is very funny and he used to work @ disney. so we went on tower of terror and the sign says that one of the floors is "high society". so we were walking up to the upper level and this little brat girl w/ all of her friends screams out "I want to go to the top floor. it's a better ride, why do THEY get to go up there..." and my brother says to her, "because we're high society" and that pissed her off soo bad and im glad because she was a brat.

[Stephen]

Nah... I have no story but I saw this kid having a HUGE fit on the floor of ... what was it ... target... and he was like yeah... and when I ever get lost I just immediatly go to the castle...

[Stephen]

but not without a quick ride on the Jungle Cruise--by myself!!




just kidding, mom...

[NCTJoe]

I say... blame the parent.

I think a lot of kids experience sensory overload at disneyland, especially if its their first trip. My guess is she got separated from her parents, and being the crowd magnet adventureland is, she started to panic.

I think if anything, this should make parents more aware of their kids at disneyland. Many younger kids can't handle all there is to see, hear, experience, and they need to take in the park at a slower pace. The fact that the parent would let the kid out of their sight is just not right.

[Jack_Skellingtons_Lover]

one time i was in adventure land, u guys know where that huge rock pile is>?
ok there was a bpy 7 or 8 years old and he wu looking really scared and almost about to cry. i went over str8 away and asked him if he wuz ok and or lost. he said i dont know where my mommy or daddy is. i said come with me, we are going to find your parents. we ran to city hall. we checked to see if his parents were there, no sign or message saying if he wuz lost or anything. after running around for a good 45 mins, we finally found them in fronteir land looking around thunder mountain exit. he ran to them. and said "mommy this guy is an angel or something, he saved me life" i thot well i did a mitzvah. they thanked me so much and wanted to give me money ter summit. i said i couldnt accept it but they didnt care. i got ten dollars. they continued to thank me. and then we parted ways. i kept thinking that i couldnt accept the money, so i caught up with them and slipped it back into the moms purse. i just owuld have felt horrible, all i needed was to know that i did a mitzvah. and thats all i still need. :smile:

[Mikokat]

You did that..why??? Sounds like you and your father are pretty immature.

Guilty as charged. It was my dad's idea and I was just being dumb.

[shadow]

I've only helped one...I noticed this poor little lost and crying girl on the way out of the park (just before the exit gate) and took her to lost children and sat with her (after filling in the CM) until her mother finally came in. The mother phoned her husband who also thanked me over the mobile. I felt kinda scared too, I mean I tried to put myself in the kids and then the parents shoes..and that really hit home for me.

Thankfully, I that is the only one that I've experienced. Quite a scary situation...

[Ezra]

Maybe this is a little off topic because it's not that I was a brat or anything, but here goes.

The first time we go to Disneyland I'm maybe 4 years old. We go on Pirates of the Caribbean. I don't remember anything else about the trip or anything except this: Towards the end of the ride where the pirates have set the town on fire. I start screaming. :eek: Fire! It's Fire.
Dad is saying :cool: It's okay son, it's not real, son.
I'm crying out :eek: But... it's FIRE! and I'm just hysterical.
I feel soooooo sorry for the other people in that boat! LOL

So the boat docks and I leap out and just take off running! I hear my parents calling my name and saying :confused: You're going the wrong way! but I can't be stopped. There was probably nowhere to go back there except, I dunno, service doors to the restaurants or something? Anyway, this woman in a long dress with ruffles steps out into my path, and she looks down at me with this sweet, sweet smile. I turn around and run back the other way again and into my mother's arms.

Two points...

Castmembers can handle anything, and are happy to do it. They are just great!
I feel soooooooo sorry for the people in that boat!

[Peglegin98]

People bring kids to the park that are far to young. I didn't go until I was 7 or 8. If you need a stroller, don't bring you kid, if your kid is prone to fits, don't bring them. They can't take in that much stimuation at once. It is dropping hundreds of dollars so that people will be even more stressed out then they would be at home. If your kid need to be on a leash, I've seen a kid that was around 7 on one, don't bring them. They are annoying to not only you, but everyone else around!.

[Chatterbug]

People bring kids to the park that are far to young. I didn't go until I was 7 or 8. If you need a stroller, don't bring you kid, if your kid is prone to fits, don't bring them. They can't take in that much stimuation at once. It is dropping hundreds of dollars so that people will be even more stressed out then they would be at home. If your kid need to be on a leash, I've seen a kid that was around 7 on one, don't bring them. They are annoying to not only you, but everyone else around!.


I'm sorry but I have to disagree do you have kids? You are so young so my guess will be no.

When my children were younger ages 2, 8 and 11 at the time. I would not have left even my 2 year old behind even if I had the option. Yes they can cry at times and yes it can bother me a little. Sorry that this may bother some but 90% or more of the time they had smiles that were bigger than themselves. The kind of Joy that you get from seeing your kids like that is to me just as great as all the memories of happy times I've had. I don't expect you to completely understand, but Do you have any memories from your younger child life?

[Space Rangerlvl999]

Rafikki terrified me as a child.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

People bring kids to the park that are far to young. I didn't go until I was 7 or 8. If you need a stroller, don't bring you kid, if your kid is prone to fits, don't bring them. They can't take in that much stimuation at once. If your kid need to be on a leash...don't bring them. They are annoying to not only you, but everyone else around!.

Kids are kids man, they will be kids no matter what stimulus is around them. I'm sure parents here can attest to times where they wished for one of those leashes at Disneyland at many other places including in the home. If you get annoyed at kids, well, I'm sorry for you. Children are a blessing & a gift & should never be taken for granted like that.

-- Peoplemover "6 days until my nephews go to DLR! :cool: " Matt

[disney_fanatic]

hmm I never helped any kid because usually my mom and I were in line for a ride, lol. but this one time we were waiting in the IAJ fastpast line, and there was this small little kid, probably about 6, he didn't know any english and this one woman was trying to help him. Finally his screaming for his mother was so loud that his mom finally found him. and she started scolding him in spanish. I later saw the kid in toon town with a rope/leash thingy that his father held.

hmm now that I think about it I never got lost or had to have a leesh, I was a good kid I guess, unless my grandma and mom draged me onto big thunder railroad. I got back at them by blowing snot on the back of thier shirts...I always had a runny nose then XD

[Piglet]

People bring kids to the park that are far to young. I didn't go until I was 7 or 8. If you need a stroller, don't bring you kid, if your kid is prone to fits, don't bring them. They can't take in that much stimuation at once. It is dropping hundreds of dollars so that people will be even more stressed out then they would be at home. If your kid need to be on a leash, I've seen a kid that was around 7 on one, don't bring them. They are annoying to not only you, but everyone else around!.
You are really generalizing here, don't you think? One child at the age of 3 might handle Disneyland extremely well yet another at the age of 8 might not, and vice versa. I have taken my almost 4 year old at ages 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 and both times he handled it great! He LOVED Disneyland and we had a blast taking him.

[GreenLantern13]

One of the best memories of my life is from when I was 1 or 2 and at Disneyland for the first time. There's nothing wrong with bringing kids, just be responsible pushing your stroller. :P

[Piglet]

You know, I have heard so many nightmare "stroller" stories on here and I don't quite understand it. I have spent a total of 10 days pushing a stroller around Disneyland, and I have yet to crash into anyone! If you make sure you have plenty of room around you while you're walking, there should be no mishaps, unless your intention is to use your stroller as a Battering Ram.

[wheresmytiara?]

Yeah i was at the park on Sunday and had my first ever stroller crash. Of course, the woman looked at me like I had done somehing wrong and then scooted away but whatever. My mom brought a stroller to DL for 10 years when we were all little, they're a necessity for parents. And whoever it was that said stroller age children shouldn't be in DL, you're way off base...
And I personally hate to see little kids on leashes. Can anyone explain to me what would posess a parent to reducing their child to a dog? That's a bit much for me...

[pookie909]

of course.. it always depends on the driver of the stroller/wheelchair.. i was pushing my mom on her wheel chair and crashed every few minutes. i thought it was kinda funny, but my mom didn't so my dad ended up pushing her. :)

[Piglet]

And I personally hate to see little kids on leashes. Can anyone explain to me what would posess a parent to reducing their child to a dog? That's a bit much for me...
I sure agree with you on this one. I have 5 kids and after parenting for over 21 years, I have never had to resort to one of those contraptions--and I've never misplaced one of my kids, either. I preferred to keep them in a stroller over using something like that.

[Space Rangerlvl999]

And I personally hate to see little kids on leashes. Can anyone explain to me what would posess a parent to reducing their child to a dog? That's a bit much for me...
Well, havent you noticed all the children running away from there parents.
I see that all the time.

[wheresmytiara?]

Well, havent you noticed all the children running away from there parents.
I see that all the time.

UHH, I'd run away from my mom too if she tried to put me on a leash...

[suki]

I absolutely HATE it...of all things...when little kids cut right past you while you are waiting in line for a ride. And of course you find yourself a few seconds later being shoved by the angry parent chasing after their annoying kid. grrr...this always happens to me.

[alex5534]

Kids are kids man, they will be kids no matter what stimulus is around them. I'm sure parents here can attest to times where they wished for one of those leashes at Disneyland at many other places including in the home. If you get annoyed at kids, well, I'm sorry for you. Children are a blessing & a gift & should never be taken for granted like that.
" Matt
expcelly adopted kids

[Chris]

This thread is so old. Please don't bring old threads back from the dead.

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