Reddit user mechanicalDuck asked a question yesterday on /r/WaltDisneyWorld yesterday that has generated a lot of hilarious responses: Embarrassing Disney Stories … anyone else willing to share a laugh?
Here are some of the best responses. But first, one from one of our contributors, Kyle Burbank:
On my last visit to Disney California Adventure, there was some work I still needed to accomplish while on my vacation. Just like the good ol’ days of writing my book, I found a cozy area of the Animation Building in Hollywoodland to sit down and bust out my laptop. I was typing away on my laptop (ignoring the loop of Disney songs and announcements for Turtle Talk. “Cha.”) when I hear, “excuse me, sir.” I look up to see Sofia the First and her handler staring back at me. Apparently I was sitting in her meet and greet spot and so they asked me to move. Being the worthless peon that I am, I quickly packed up my stuff and vacated her majesty’s post. That’s what I get for trying to do work instead of having fun.
But I think this one from KhaleeiofDothraki1 easily tops it – the ultimate embarrassment:
We went to Disney World for our honeymoon. We didn’t have sex until several days into our honeymoon because we were so exhausted from the wedding and the parks. The first time was spontaneous. So spontaneous we didn’t put a “Do not disturb” placard on the door or even completely lock the door. We had just gotten back from the pool and it was late in the day, so we didn’t think much about it. We had JUST finished doing the deed for the first time as man and wife when someone knocked on the door. We were confused because we weren’t expecting anything and it was too late for mousekeeping so we just kind of ignored it. The person knocked again and started to turn the knob, so we scrambled to our feet. My husband had barely ran into the bathroom and I had barely put on my bath robe before an elderly gentleman opened the door. He had a signed photo from Mickey congratulating us on our marriage. It was awkward, but we laugh about it now. Definitely a very memorable first time (as a married couple at least)
From ferd_the_goon:
I went to Disney a couple years ago with my now wife, then girlfriend, and her family. We decided that we were gonna watch the Electrical Parade and found a spot along the street near the Hall of Presidents. So we’re all sitting on the street watching the parade and I happened to be sitting Indian style on my legs for the whole duration of the parade.
So all the floats pass and everyone in our area is getting up. When I tried to stand up, one of my legs was so completely numb and I had no feeling in that leg to the point where I had no balance and immediately fell on top of the stranger next to me. Now, I am 6’3 around 250 lbs, and this woman I would say had to be both half my size and half my weight. So I toppled onto her while her husband and my now father-in-law tried to pull me back to my feet. My leg was so numb that they were holding me up while I was rolled on top of my ankle and I didn’t even notice. It was pretty embarrassing on my end, the couple thought that I had been drinking (even though it was MK) while the slowly dispersing nearby crowd from the parade watched probably thinking “what’s wrong with that guy?”
To this day, we still get a good laugh at me clumsily and oafishly flattening that poor lady.
From DeadrobotTO (maybe it should be “KO”):
I punched Goofy in the face.
Not intentionally, of course. But I really did clock him.
I was standing beside him as the photographers were setting up and I did a fist-pump-in-the-air move to show my partner how happy I was. Just as I shot my hand into the air, Goofy saw the photographers were ready and moved in close for the shot. My right fist caught his snout, HARD.
Goofy, being goofy, did a comical spin and held his head as if Mike Tyson just connected with him.
The Handler didn’t quite see me being all excited before the hit, only saw me upper cutting Goofy. She started to walk towards us with a “you’re barred” look in her eye. Meanwhile, Goof stopped her and wordlessly calmed her down like a mime on a mission. All the while I was apologizing and wide eyed.
Kudos to the Imagineers who designed those foam heads. His head didn’t spin, or flip up or go anywhere!
And finally, perhaps more of an embarrassment to Disney than crazytr:
Does getting stuck in space mountain count? A couple of years ago we got to the end of the ride. everybody got out. I went to push my lap bars up and they wouldn’t go up. they had to shutdown the ride and get maintenance in they couldn’t get them up so they turn the lights on and wheel the car with me in it back to the maintenance shed. it took them 1 hour with a crow bar and a sledge hammer to get me free. I thought it was cool because i got to see the maintenance shed of space mountain. they had a cool mickey head made out of pennies found on the floor of the ride.
I got 20 no wait fast passes out of it. On the same day I got one of those dream Fastpasses.
I tried to think of one for myself. I’m a very large person and I used to have a big red, long t-shirt with a giant Mickey on the front and a kid once came up and hugged me thinking I was Mickey Mouse – more cute than embarrassing. And during the height of the American Idol craze, a man who seemed to be from Asia and didn’t speak English very well pointed at me and called me Ruben Studdard and wanted a picture with me. See any resemblance?
It could be worse. Do you have any embarrassing Disney moments to share?