Originally Posted By crapshoot <<*Standing in front of the Mansion* Touron: "Um...do you know where the haunted house is?">> You guys are killing me here. I just remembered another hilarious moment. On the porch of the Plaza Pavillion are/were the tiny, tiny restrooms. Yes, I worked there fresh out of H.S. in 197X....... So some guy walks towards me to ask a question. He extends his arm so as to lean against the side of the building as he asks me where the restroom is. Well, he had rested his hand on the restroom door, not on the side of the building as he had thought and literally fell into the restroom as he began asking me where it was. He opened the door and poked his head back out and said never mind, he found it on his own. "Guests, why does it have to be Guests?"
Originally Posted By jdub >>While presently in the queue, my son and I, using straight rappor, just convinced the 16 - 18 year old boy behind us that Alice had a loop!<< Using WHAT?!?
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>"Guests, why does it have to be Guests?"<<< Because CMs aren't allowed to lean on structures?
Originally Posted By SBSBelle22 *Snort* Ha ha, that's awesome! We were just there and convinced this kid that you get SOAKED on the storybook boats!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs post 22: <<jdub: Using WHAT?!?>> Rapport...they forgot to add the 't' to the end of 'rappor' I recall during the summer of '92 my family and I were standing and watching the Beauty and the Beast show at the Videopolis stage. I overheard some Southern family looking through the maps figuring out how to get to "Pirates' Cove". The little girl wanted to stay and watch the show while her brothers were getting bored. I remember the mother insisting that it was either in Adventureland or Frontierland ("I bet you it's in Frontierland")...I was assuming that they were used to WDW, hence their suggestions. I felt like telling them where it was but I didn't... I remember always checking out the Steve Birnbaum WDW '92 book from the local library while I was in middle school and I was ALWAYS reading that thing...I became an "expert" at the park even though I wouldn't see until 5 years ago.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<We were just there and convinced this kid that you get SOAKED on the storybook boats!>> Cm's used to get so mad at us when we would come off of the Matterhorn absolutely soaked. They would say: "You know, you're not supposed to get wet on this ride!" And we would convince other canooers that the canoes were on a track. Also, it is funny when guests insist that the T.S. Rafts are on a track. Some friends worked in revenue there many years back. For giggles, they would gain access to one of the balconies in Old New Orleans Square, stand up there and move around as if they were AA's to the delight of the guests, but not to Opps Managers. In a real southern drawl, one guest approached a friend selling Ice Cream out of a cart in Frontierland and asked him if he had an asscream sandwhich. Which the CM replied: "So yeah, that would be Preparation-H between two pieces of what exactly?" Another guest had approached the same CM inquiring which way to the Who'n'gle Cuise? The CM asked him to repeat his question. In his thick accent he said: "You know, where the bauts cuise in the who'n'gle." Took a moment to figure he was asking for the Jungle Cruise. And then the old stories of when the CM's would "fix" up Mr.Johnson and staff celebrating New Years at old Mission to Mars with champagne bottles, party hats and favors, and well placed lipstick imprints on Mr. Johnson's cheek. I had some friends switch cars they were in on Autopia in the middle of the ride years back. Stupid move, but classic. Last September Mrs. Crapshoot and myself were on Autopia. My car sputtered to a stop, and having driven English sports cars decades back, I knew to just whomp down on the accelerator pedal at which point the engine let out with a very loud backfire and shot a nice flame out of the back end. Scared the heck out of the CM standing nearby and Mrs. CS in the car behind me. Awesome! On Main St., guests would come up to Rod and ask him to play the Sting for them on the piano. He used to feign like he had no idea what song that was. Frustrated, they would inevitably start humming it for him and then he would exclaim: "Oh, you mean the Entertainer Rag by Scott Joplin." This one's a bit tricky to explain, but it was to great effect. On one of the incline walkways on Space Mt., a bunch of us walked up it in such a manner, that from all appearances, it looked as if we were actually on a moving sidewalk. We all walked up it without bouncing in the least and we would slowly pivot our heads around just like on an esclator. People coming up from behind were so disapointed that it wasn't a moving sidewalk afterall. Then a few of us would get in a Teacup and not allow it to spin, this was years ago when coupons were still used. Then we would tell the CM's that our cup was broken and wouldn't spin. We would usually get a free pass to do it again. Ah DL memories, pressed between the pages just like flys. Ker-splat!
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>and then he would exclaim: "Oh, you mean the Entertainer Rag by Scott Joplin."<<< And then, he would put that klunker note in the piece.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <<I've made jokes in the park that, if taken out of context and posted on a message board, would be the ultimate stupid guest quotes. But I was always kidding around.>> SpokkerJones, are you SURE you're not TinksGuy? Cuz you sure do sound like you good be DH...he (embarassingly so for me, I will admit) will let his ever-so-corny sense of "humor" out and unleash it on unsuspecting folks all of the time. I usually don't think it's very funny unless I'm super tired. Then, I'm rolling! (Lady Starlight, you know exactly what I'm talking about....)
Originally Posted By LuLu crappie, nice to see you posting again! Your stories are a riot! Guests get soaked on the Matterhorn?!? :-D I've never had the nerve to try "the Schmitty trick" on anyone. But wow, that was *hysterical* when HawaiianShirtGuy got soaked by it a few years back!!
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<crappie, nice to see you posting again! Your stories are a riot!>> Thanks for the nice sentiment, Lulu. Actually, this one topic replaced the 40 years of not seeking mental help. Cathartic.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove You're a funny guy, mr. shoot. Hope you keep posting. I think you're pretty therapeutic for most of us here.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 When I was about 12, I briefly convinced my 5-year old cousin that we had indeed been shrunken on ATIS, and had emerged into a DL that had also been miniaturized. "They created a miniature DL just for people who ride that ride. There's another ride you go on to restore you to normal size; we'll do that later." His dad (my uncle) played along and we had him convinced for a good 10 minutes or so.
Originally Posted By TheParsec When My Boys Were Younger, I used to tell them that the Ghost at the end of the Haunted Mansion would follow them home, they use to come home and look for them for a couple days! I tried with my Daughter, but she would never believe it... When I was young, I used to think I really got Shrunk on the Incriedible Shrinking Machine..... TheParsec!
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains My boys convinced my DD that the pirate that is standing at the wheel in the POTC ride was a real skelleton and was that of a brother they had before she was born... According to the boys I had drown the boy in the bathtub because he was bad - and I had donated his body to DL to cover it up.... They had her going with this for more than a year - starting when she was about 5 or 6... It was funny but crazy too - they did such a good job we had a hard time convincing her it wasn't true!! Loving brothers...
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains You all met her... She wasn't tramatized... but is developing her own wicked sence of humor!!
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes LuLu, The Schmitty Trick is actually The Doobie Trick. I learned it from him.
Originally Posted By LuLu ^^ No way!!! That kind, gentle, opposite-of-SGV soul! gldv, I didn't meet her! Personally, I think I'd be traumatized if I'd been convinced my mom was a murderer - especially of a misbehaving brother!!
