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Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:22 am
by BRWombat
ktulu wrote:And do you charge yourself? If so, do you give a discount, or is it at standard rates?
And do you ever tell yourself, "Sorry, time's up!" :D:

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:18 am
by kickman77
All I can say is WOW

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:58 pm
by Syndrome
So do you have a lot of couches in your house?

If you were to talk to yourself, would you have to put a mirror on the wall and lie down on a couch ?

And do you charge yourself? If so, do you give a discount, or is it at standard rates?

And do you ever tell yourself, "Sorry, time's up!"
You are all assuming that I would actually trust my own treatment methods and professional competence!! Do you really think I would ever entrust my mental health to someone who has been on 55 Disney cruises, who rode Everest 13 times in a row (and another roller coaster 40 times in a row) and who still nearly has a heart attack when she meets Stitch, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Mr. Incredible?

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:05 pm
by Main_Street_Merch
I have a lot of people who freak out at really random points during the Safari. There was a lady once who was terrified of the Ankole Cattle she wanted to climb out the opposite side of the truck. Not sure how that would have helped?

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:36 pm
by hhsrat
Main_Street_Merch wrote:I have a lot of people who freak out at really random points during the Safari. There was a lady once who was terrified of the Ankole Cattle she wanted to climb out the opposite side of the truck. Not sure how that would have helped?
I had a trainee that was absolutely terrified of the bridge. Persuading them that they'd have to drive across it was quite an adventure.

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:39 pm
by jjarman
I can honestly say my only unreasonable fear is those big roaches that fly or Palmetto Bugs. I live in South Mississippi in the middle of a bunch of pine trees so I am doomed. I am so afraid of them I can't see them on tv and once I used to by my dog food from a feed store that had a huge picture of one in front of the cash register (advertising some pesticide I think). I had to stand on the side of the counter and not be near the poster.

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:34 am
by LittleDollClaudia
Syndrome wrote:and who still nearly has a heart attack when she meets Stitch, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Mr. Incredible?

I'm right there with you. Even my little black jaded heart gets all flippy when I see my fav. characters walking down the way. Hell, when Darth Vader popped up from the stage with the fog swirling about, I got goosebumps. Cruella is such an evil treat if you get a chance to visit with her. So snarky!

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:35 am
by disneyprincess1988
Well, I used to be absolutely petrified of Tower of Terror after I first went on it back in 1994. Now, I've been on it 82 times and I love it. So I guess you could say the 10 years I spent being terrified of the ride would be consired having an "unnatural" fear as I now realize that ride is one of the best rides in all of WDW.

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:36 pm
by Euterpe
This tops them all.

I had a guest afraid of her seatbelt.

I was loading my gate at Soarin', and I was about to enable my carraige and leave, when someone shouted "Someone's freaking out over here!" So I run over, and this woman's like "Get me out of this thing, I want out!" So I immediately unlock her seatbelt, and she takes it off and I figure she was just scared of the ride itself. But then she asks:

"Can I just ride it without my seatbelt?"

Yeah. The answer was no. No we will not bring you 40 feet in the air without a seatbelt. So she chose to leave. The man next to her said "Sorry about that, she's a very extreme claustrophobic."

Very extreme.

Re: Guests with "Unnatural" fears

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:02 am
by bpgstudios
Euterpe wrote:I had a guest afraid of her seatbelt.
Holy crap, get out of my head! I was JUST talking to a friend about how crazy it would be if someone was afraid of a seatbelt. wow thats amazing...How do they ride in a car? how did they get to wdw? how did they deal with the monorail? Thats pretty insane!