Stupid Guest Tricks

Shorty82 wrote: The next evening I was working in the Firehouse when I saw two ducks (looked just like the ones from the night before) wander into City Hall. No idea what happened to them next.

That would have been awesome! My Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour went 101 once due to a duck. Actually, it was a pretty sad story, and the 101 was due to an SG kid and a hysterical woman. As I was walking my guests from Jungle to Tiki, we hear a woman scream to our right, standing right next to the tiki fence that keeps you from falling in the little brook that connects the castle moat to jungle. I turn towards the noise in time to see someone dropping very quickly out of sight in the crowd. The first thought in my mind is "Crap, she fell in." so I ask my guests to wait right here and rush over to see if she's ok. As I'm moving through the crowd towards her, this little boy (probably 6 or 7) goes tearing past me the other way laughing maniacally, and I can hear the woman yelling for someone to "get him!" Great, now my head is saying "he pushed her". So I keep going towards her (always help injured guest before snagging little SG). As I reach her on the ground by the fence (thank god she's not in the water) she turns and stands up to show me she's got a baby duck in her hands. Only the baby duck is clearly dying. The kid stomped on it and ran away, and she was screaming for someone to help it.

She SHOVES the baby duck in my face and starts screaming "FIX IT!!!". I ask her to gently put it back down in the planters, but that's not good enough. "NO! IT'S DYING!!! FIX IT!!" I ask her again and explain that if it's hurt and scared it may bite her. "YOU DON'T EVEN CARE! IT'S NOT GOING TO BITE ME, IT'S HURT! IT NEEDS LOVE, AND YOU DON'T CARE!!!" ...insert more hysterical screaming at me because I can't "fix" the duck...

By now, my tour guests have moved close enough to figure out what's going on, and are interrupting her yelling at me to ask if I want them to go search for security. "No thank you, I'll get security. Please stay together. Mam, please put the duck down." and I alternated for a few moments between telling the tour group not to break up into security hunting parties and asking the hysterical woman to put the duck down. Then the kicker: The woman screams "FINE, YOU WANT IT TO DIE, LET IT DIE!!!" and THROWS the dying baby duck INTO the brook. At this point, I gave up. I asked the tour group to follow me, put them all in the tiki room for the show, then went back to find security. By the time I got back she was gone, as was the duck and the kid.

It was known as the Waddle in Walt's tour for a few days after that, and some of my fellow guides would quack at me when I walked into a room.

Wow, that is a terrible story(for the duck), and so strange!
I wonder if the folks at BTM ranch (where the animals are) have a veterinary
team in case animals at Disneyland are ill. No chance that baby duck was salvageable :(

GuestJockey wrote:That would have been awesome! My Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour went 101 once due to a duck. Actually, it was a pretty sad story, and the 101 was due to an SG kid and a hysterical woman.

It was known as the Waddle in Walt's tour for a few days after that, and some of my fellow guides would quack at me when I walked into a room.

Oh my goodness!! That is horrible!

W....T....F...?

I swear. People need to be cleared by their psychiatrists before entering the park. And complete an IQ test. And know proper etiquette. And... Hmmm....

Did you ever hear anything else about the duck? :(

One of my friends made a comment about how Disney glues everything down and they CLEARLY don't trust us guests and expect us to steal and vandalize...

Well, it's true. That poor duck was just born in a place where everyone leaves their scruples at the door. Ugggh.

I've heard about live animals at BTRR, besides feral cats, what else is there?

joanna71985 wrote:Yep! That day we were on the Liberty Square bridge.

How do you get to sit on the bridge during the parade?

The other day at Thunder one of the CMs made popcorn in the microwave backstage, but it burned and set off the fire alarm. The whole attraction had to go 101.


This one was before my time, but is a legend amongst skips. During one of the Aladdin's Oasis shows, when the jungle outfits were the same as Indy's (khaki pants, white shirt, brown fedora), a skipper on his last day added a leather jacket and whip to his costume to make it just like Indy's. In the middle of the show, he bursts onstage through the tiger's mouth, grabs the magic lamp out of Aladdin's hands, screams, "THIS BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!" and bolts. Backstage he ripped off his costume (under which he was wearing street clothes) and ran. He was never caught. There's a video of it somewhere out there, but I have yet to find it.

Kurtis: That is priority seating, typically reserved for people who have tour guides with them. If it is not full, Fantasyland was able to choose people to fill it. Since I used to work there they would let me sit there sometimes. Fantasyland no longer has control of that part of the route from what I understand. I believe Main Street does PAC there now, so I don't know what the procedure is any more.

Hippos: how was he never caught? I'm assuming they have his name and address of file. I'm surprised they wouldn't charge him for stealing company property or something similar. Also, if this was a while ago, I bet it was before direct deposit. Did he just never bother to pick up his last checK?

ShootinHippos wrote:The other day at Thunder one of the CMs made popcorn in the microwave backstage, but it burned and set off the fire alarm. The whole attraction had to go 101.

We had a guy at work put a potato in the microwave for 45 minutes at the office. This is the same guy who plugged a space heater into a power strip that was almost full...

This one was before my time, but is a legend amongst skips. During one of the Aladdin's Oasis shows, when the jungle outfits were the same as Indy's (khaki pants, white shirt, brown fedora), a skipper on his last day added a leather jacket and whip to his costume to make it just like Indy's. In the middle of the show, he bursts onstage through the tiger's mouth, grabs the magic lamp out of Aladdin's hands, screams, "THIS BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!" and bolts. Backstage he ripped off his costume (under which he was wearing street clothes) and ran. He was never caught. There's a video of it somewhere out there, but I have yet to find it.

Oh, we've gotta find it! We must harness the power of the Google!!!

kurtisnelson wrote:How do you get to sit on the bridge during the parade?

It is reserved seating. But sometimes, if there is room, people will be picked to sit there.

EeyoresButterfly wrote:Kurtis: That is priority seating, typically reserved for people who have tour guides with them. If it is not full, Fantasyland was able to choose people to fill it. Since I used to work there they would let me sit there sometimes. Fantasyland no longer has control of that part of the route from what I understand. I believe Main Street does PAC there now, so I don't know what the procedure is any more.

Seriously?? Why would they do that? :(