45 Bonkers Things Disney Employees Have Seen At Work

By Liezel L

For tons of kids, Disneyland and Disney World are still the most magical places on Earth, and every year, their parents still hear wishes or demands of spending a holiday there. For adults, however, we know that those places aren’t just all fun and magic. If you’ve been snooping around the internet, you’d know that despite Disney’s squeaky clean image, the place has plenty of crazy secrets best kept well hidden from the kids. Let’s just say that some of these can do more than shatter their dreams. With the millions of people that come into Disney’s parks every day, it’s impossible not to expect anything un-Disney to happen. Some things, though, would really make you think twice. Fortunately, plenty of Disney employees are all too happy to give us the juiciest bits of crazy that happened to them or that they have ever seen in the House of Mouse. 

That Time When Dumbo Threw Up

Disney has some pretty intense rules for its cast members. One of them is that the characters are never allowed to take off their head in public. That means that even if it’s scorching hot or you’re feeling a little bit blue, you can never ever remove the Mickey or Minnie costume in public. Think of the kids’ therapy bills (and of your job too)!

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Unfortunately, one time during a parade, a cast member in a Dumbo suit felt sick. He knew he was going to vomit and he had two choices: take off his head, lose his job, and traumatize some kids or just keep trying to swallow the vomit. He did neither. He puked right in the head. Lucky for him, he got through the whole parade without any kid paying mind to the barf dripping out of Dumbo’s mouth. 

Need a New Code

When you’re working at a place like Disney, code words and phrases can make communication so much easier. Unfortunately, not everything has a code. A staff member who used to work at Club Disney was taught this lesson the hard way.

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One time while doing his rounds, he saw a kid taking a good old dump smack in the middle of the play area. When the kid sees him, he starts crying and runs away half-naked. And since the employees haven’t made up a code for “human feces in the play area and a naked kid running around,” he simply said, “I have a code Pooh situation in the play area, and Piglet’s on the loose.” Creative, no?

What An Aroma

Breaking wind is normal. It’s just sometimes; there are people whose farts are just far too potent to be acceptable. According to one cast member, there was one time he had the worst gas of his life while minding Space Mountain’s lines. And he just couldn’t hold it in, so he let go.

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The worst part is that no one had anywhere to go. People were trying to get as far away as they could, with the adults muttering things like like “mother of god” and the kids crying out, “Mommy, make it stop.” What makes this more hilarious is the morbid satisfaction the culprit felt in seeing the collective effect that his fart bomb had on the crowd. 

Poor Pluto

Disneyland characters are often treated as celebrities, and more often than not, they also experience the not so sunny side of stardom, especially when they don’t give people what they want. Sometimes, Disney fans can get a little too cranky.

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Apparently, a family once attacked Pluto. The cast member had to take a break after they waited in line to have a photo with him, and when they were told that, the waiting family flipped and pushed Pluto into a fountain. The poor guy broke either an arm or leg, and the family was arrested. 

Potty Break

Disney has plenty of clean and functional bathrooms, and yet, some parents seem to think that the Disney experience is a ride or die situation they can’t disrupt for their child who badly needs to go to the restroom. 

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A cast member was minding her business and doing her job at Club Cool when suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a tourist pull down his daughter’s pants, and the kid proceeded to pee on the floor. The floor was already filthy enough but really, come on now. 

The Map of the Magic Kingdom

It’s pretty handy to have a map at Disney World. Not everyone wants to get lost in all those magical kingdoms, after all, but when we think of a map, we think of paper we can fold and tuck into our pockets. As it seems, that just doesn’t cut it for some people. 

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Years back, either on Disney’s 20th or 25th anniversary, one of the people working as a costumer designer in the park saw a guy casually walking around half-naked with a map of the Magic Kingdom tattoed over his entire back. We guess we have to commend the dedication?

Flash Ride

When pictures get taken from Splash Mountain, you often see faces of fear, excitement, and laughter. More than once, though, employees get flashed by women who thought of taking away a bit more innocence from the ride. The weird part is that sometimes, the people seated behind them do it for the women. 

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At one point, it got so bad that Disney hired someone whose only job is to sift through the Splash Mountain pictures and take out the flashing pictures before the batch becomes public. The position was canceled though in 2009, and Disney claims that inappropriate behavior by guests is now rare. Alright, Disney. 

Dwarfs Ablaze!

Magic Kingdom fireworks are spectacular shows that everyone, even the adults, actually look forward to. Even that, however, can’t always escape disaster. In November 2014, sparks from the firework display landed on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride, quickly setting the ride on fire. 

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Fortunately, neither guests or any of the dwarves were harmed when the fire broke out. Everyone was evacuated from the ride quickly and the huge flames were doused. Apparently, the fake grass in the ride area was to blame.

When No One Likes Mickey

Attitude, attitude, attitude. When you’re just a plain old meanie, nobody would like you even if you’re dressed up as one of Disney’s most beloved characters. Apparently, in the 70s, Disneyland had one such cast member who everyone in the band intensely disliked. He behaved like a real diva with a major attitude.

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One time during a parade that he was leading, though, he tripped and fell. Instead of helping him up, the other band members started racing past him, leaving him struggling on the ground. The crowd started laughing as Mickey desperately tried to get to the front of the line again, but it just ended up in one of the park’s most legendary all-out brawls. 

Snake Went Exploring

Disney’s Animal Kingdom park is home to 100’s of real live animals. You can see all the creatures and enjoy their majestic presence from a good and safe distance. However, sometimes, some animals decide to take the exploring to the humans instead. 

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One park attendant once saw an 8-10 foot snake emerge from a bushy area. It slithered its way through feet, bags, strollers, and such in a crowd of 200 people before just casually slipping back into another bushy/ wooded area. The crazy thing is that no one noticed (except the attendant, of course)! Maybe it was also out to enjoy the park but decided mingling with too many people wasn’t worth it after all. 

A Brush With Tom Cruise

Oh, Tom Cruise. For his fans out there, a lot of you have been totally beat out by this former Space Mountain attendant. While he was working the ride in 2003, Tom Cruise and his then-girlfriend Penelope Cruz and her family came in for the ride. They enjoyed their turn, then after, the attendants asked if they wanted another ride. Someone says yes, but apparently, Penelope’s family disagreed. 

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As the ride starts again, the family stands up, forcing the attendants to hit the stop button. Alarms start blaring, everybody but the attendants start panicking, and just a bit of chaos ensues until they get everybody settled again. At that point, our dear attendant had to manually tug on the passenger handlebar in front to get the car to the next station. And in the process, his hand brushes against Tom Cruise’s. As expected, he never washed that hand again. 

They Think Disney Controls The Weather

Apparently, a lot of people think that there’s this dome surrounding Disney parks and that management can simply flip a switch to turn the rain on and off. One attendant had a guy approach him on a rainy day and tell him to “turn off the rain for a while.”

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Another time in the Magic Kingdom, a lady approached another Disney employee and asked him to “close the dome.” The employee kindly explained to her that some magical dome didn’t cover the park; the lady apparently believed it was stuck in some kind of human-controlled bubble. 

Ultimate Way To Ruin Disneyland

This one is just sad. One of the park’s front desk staff at the Disneyland Hotel Resorts was approached by a lady helping another woman who was with her kid and didn’t speak good English to look for her husband. 

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While the family was in line for the Indiana Jones ride, the father told them he’d zip to the restroom quickly, but he never returned. They looked for him in the parking lot, but they discovered the car was gone as well, and they were hoping that he had left a message at the front desk for them. Slowly, they realized that the father had left them for good. And apparently, this isn’t uncommon in Disney parks. The attendant’s manager told him that fathers would often leave their family there, hoping it would soften the blow. That’s what you call absolute jerks right there. 

When Fiction Becomes Reality

All too often, some people who are obsessed with whatever Disney feature they’ve come to love, tend to take things to a whole other level. Some are harmless obsessions with Disney park characters, while others can take a pretty dark turn pretty quick. 

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There was apparently one time when a guy gave a Snow White character an apple, and he even tried to get her to eat it. Fortunately, the character didn’t take a osingle bite. As they found out later, the apple was poisoned. It even had tiny pinpricks all over it from the needle. As it seems, the Evil Witch is still after Snow White. 

No Magic Allowed Harry!

Some people’s idea of cute and fun are often different. One employee at the Universal Studios saw this kid fully dressed up as Harry Potter, who even had his little wand and all. He was innocently “casting spells” on people, and for the most part, the crowd was playing along until the poor kid stumbled upon an ultra-religious lady. 

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Once she laid eyes on him, she shielded her entire family from the little kid. And no, she didn’t do it in a “ha-ha you can’t get my family, you little wizard” joking kind of way. It was more of a “this kid is going to kill us” kind of way. Afterward, she went straight up to the kid’s dad and told him that this witchcraft would destroy his life forever. The dad didn’t take it too well, and long story short, it ended up in a bit of an altercation with the holier than thou lady landing on the ground and losing a tooth.

Cheaper Alternative

It’s no secret that Disney gift shop items are just plain expensive. People often complain about the cost of the goodies, but usually land up buying something anyway. However, there are some unique cases where the parents don’t just refuse to buy the gift items, they trump it. 

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A sales clerk at a Fantasyland served a dad who was justifiably appalled by how expensive those little spray bottles were. He refused to pay for them, claiming he had a better idea. As the sales clerk witnessed, his better idea was to take in a mouthful of water and spray/spit it onto his little girls’ faces. We’re not sure what happened next, but those little girls would not have gone home happy. 

An Extra Three Inches Won’t Hurt

Height limits are there for a reason, but apparently, one woman didn’t believe in them. On the way to the Space Mountain ride, she encountered this height problem, and her solution was to whip out a pair of high heels not for her but for her son.  

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Apparently, the kid didn’t even want to go on the ride, but his mom forced him to wear the heels anyway. Of course, the line attendant wasn’t an idiot, so after giving the mom her sassiest “you’re an idiot” look, she asked the woman to step out of the line. After all that, the mom still had the audacity to complain for 20 long minutes. 

Missed the Wrong Guy

When you want to punch someone, you better make sure you punch the right person. As one WDW cast member discovered, this is one fundamental rule. While at work during a fireworks show, he saw a couple of 20-year-olds goofing around. They started throwing punches at each other, and giving it a real go, that was till one of them hit the wrong person.

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The guy missed hitting his friend and ended up clocking a 12-year-old girl. Unluckily for him, the girl’s dad, who was around 320 pounds of muscle at 6’4” was not the least bit understanding and ended up beating the guy to a pulp. It took 4 security guards and 2 orange deputies to break it up and save the unruly kid. 

Just Plain Mean

Sure, it’s absolutely annoying when somebody cuts in line, but there are exceptions to this rule, such as the Make-a-Wish Foundation kids when they visit Disney. Some people, however, are just plain entitled jerks. One lady, in particular, didn’t seem to have enough humanity in her to let a Make-a-Wish kid have a great day at Disney. 

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Upset that the cast members were letting a Make-a-Wish kid cut to the front of the line, a lady started calling the boy a little trash kid who didn’t deserve to cut lines right in front of his parents. She didn’t care one bit that he was a Make-a-Wish kid and even had the audacity to ask and complain to a manager. The poor cast member she accosted almost lost his job then and there with all the commotion she caused, but in the end, she was banned from WDW. 

It’s Called Personal Family Matters For a Reason

Some people’s love for attention is just messed up. While one employee was working the kitchen at Cinderella’s castle, he remembers a family of four that came. Everything seemed to be going well, but then in the middle of their dinner, the father stands up and taps his glass to get everybody’s attention. 

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Like he was talking to the guests at his wedding reception and not a room of complete strangers, he casually announces that his wife, to whom he had been married to for 15 years, had been cheating on him for the past year. He then calmly gathered the kids, paid for the bill, and left the crying wife. As the employee recalls, the place was frozen in shock. 

Just An Awful Awful Family

Disney parks are called Family parks for a reason. The brand of wholesome fun they offer should be for the entire family to enjoy. As a staff member discovered, though, some families are just worse than others. While working at the Tomorrowland attractions, he noticed a kid with special needs waiting in line for one of the rides. 10 minutes later, the kid was still there, so he accompanied the kid to help him locate his family. 

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They waited for 15 more minutes, the cast member hoping the family was just on the ride near them, but they were a no show. After a few calls to managers and park coordinators, they discover that the kid’s family was enjoying another ride. They just left the poor kid there to wait. They didn’t even seem to worry about him at all. We have no words. 

Donald’s Sulky

Donald is definitely one of Disney’s more hot-tempered characters, and sometimes, even Donald’s park actors can be as fiery-tempered as the character they portray. One cast member definitely got a good glimpse of one of these outbursts while on his way to cash his paycheck. 

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As he walked up, Donald slammed open the gate and came stomping through, followed by Minnie and other characters. Donald then suddenly pulled the head off his get- up hurling it to the ground, and yelling, “Stupid kid! Kicked me in the balls!” It probably hurt a lot, and we shouldn’t be finding this too hilarious, but we can’t help but imagine him screaming that out in Donald’s voice. 

Infant Smuggling

Many parents who go to Disney with their kids want them to enjoy everything, but there are just some rides that kids should have to wait a few more years to ride. Some parents don’t seem to understand that and have turned to smuggling their kids on to dangerous rides. 

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One of the most memorable/ horrifying accounts was Reddit user’s JoshLCook’s experience. There was one lady in line for the Space Mountain ride, and although she was wearing a huge bulky hoodie in the summer weather, JoshLCook and his colleagues don’t pay much attention to it. While they were strapping her in for the ride, however, they suddenly heard a whine from the lady’s hoodie, and they discovered that she was actually trying to hop on the ride with her infant daughter. Of course, they kicked her out and blacklisted her from Disney. 

Poop Smacked

When a kid tells you they’re scared to get on a ride, you better listen to them and let them sit it out. If not, you might get something like what this ride attendant experienced. While working on one of the roller coaster rides, this attendant notices a kid looking petrified. When he asks the dad if the kid is okay for the ride, he says yes, so they started. 

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See, this ride is the kind of ride where you’re held in place by a harness while your legs dangle free. And while they were up in the air, the attendant looked down to all the people walking under the ride only to see that the kid pooped himself. The poop torpedoed downward hitting an old lady right in the face, causing her to stumble from the incident. The poor dear had to go home in an ambulance. 

Don’t Mess With Mickey

Mickey and Minnie are a cutesy cutesy couple. They’re basically kids’ role models for their first childhood crushes and such. But what we don’t see or even think about is that Mickey can get quite protective of his girl too. 

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One Disney employee was hanging out with a bunch of guys near Mickey and Minnie’s dressing areas. When Minnie came out, the dudes started cat-calling her. To everyone’s surprise, Mickey turned to them and told them in the most Mickey voice the actor could muster, “If you look at my girlfriend again, I’m gonna pop ya!”

Towel Baby

According to one employee, most WDW-MK employees in the early 2000s have either heard or met the towel baby. As the story goes, there was one couple with annual passes that would stop by the Magic Kingdom several times a week with a swaddled up infant in the mother’s arms. Once the employees looked closely, though, they discovered that it wasn’t actually a baby but a bundled up towel wrapped in a hospital blanket. Nevertheless, the man was gentle with his wife every single visit. 

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They would always ask for a table for three at the restaurant and were always polite to everyone around them. Legend has it that the woman lost her child and fell into a deep depression, and she resorted to clinging onto that bundle and fussing over it to keep herself functional. The amazing part is how everyone around them treated them with such compassion. Every single cast member treated them with kindness and respect and managers even told their employees to be mindful of them but also to make them feel like they were just another family enjoying the park. 

This Is A Family Park Sir

Yes, Disney Parks arent all that innocent, and there are some things that happen there that kids ought not to know about, but there has to be a level of decency maintained there. And no matter how rich someone may be, park employees just can’t waive the rules for anyone—one overly entitled person apparently thought otherwise. 

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A rich guest at Club 33, a secret restaurant in New Orleans square, asked one of the employees for a private room. Now, that’s sketchy already, right? Then, he asked if there were any Disney princesses available for him to have fun with. As if that wasn’t enough, when they declined his requests, he had the gall to ask if any of the waitresses or hostesses were interested instead. 

False Alert

Disney parks have some of the best security response measures in the world. Just one sign of trouble, and the park management can immediately herd the people away and contain the threat. It sucks big time, though, when they go through all that trouble for nothing. 

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One employee got a first-hand experience with a false alert when a drifter threw something into the bushes, and they had to treat it as a potential threat like a bomb. People were cordoned off the area, and the dogs were brought in. A little while later, a kid came wandering to the employee and surrendered a stuffed toy to him, saying he found it. Turns out, the drifter probably didn’t like stuffed plushies. 

Still One of the Best Boys Out There

In another bomb threat situation in one of the Disney parks, someone left behind a mysterious bag at the base of Space Mountain. No one came to claim it for more than 15 minutes, so employees followed security procedures and had a bomb dog sniff it. If the dog sits, something’s wrong, and well, Pluto sat. 

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Everyone was evacuated from Tomorrowland, and panic ensued since everyone thought there was an imminent threat of an explosion. As it turns out, the bag had just been forgotten. Coincidentally, it was packed with Asada burritos, so when Pluto got a whiff, he sat down because he thought he was getting a treat. 10/10 he’s still a cute boy. 

When the Entitled Come to Disney

We know overly self- entiteld people are real, but it’s still surreal to encounter one,, especially when talking about whipping out the money. One employee at the Star Tours gift shop had a customer who wanted to buy autographed pictures of the Star Wars characters. And well, these things cost $10 000 apiece. 

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The price didn’t unsettle the gentleman, and he even bought a spare for the one he chose. He just thought they’d look great in his theatre room. More surprising though, when the employee offered to have it delivered, the man just said, “No thanks! I have my plane with me!”

Call of Nature Just Can’t Wait

There are plenty of stories of kids not being able to wait, and just giving in to the call of nature in the most inappropriate places, but there are plenty of adults who can’t seem to wait either, and we’re not really sure what’s worse. Sometimes, people gotta go when they gotta go.

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One employee who worked as a host on Main St. Disneyland had a lady ask her where the bathrooms were. After she was given directions and all though, the lady decided that the line was too long and promptly tried to pull her pants down and do her business right there in the lobby. Needless to say, security was called all too quickly. 

Marina Swim

Wherever there’s a theme park ride, expect kid vomit. It’s inevitable. One park employee witnessed a particularly big watery puddle of marinara vomit at the foot of the entrance to the Big Thunder Mountain. He and his fellow park employees immediately blocked off the area with trash cans. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough. 

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A few moments later, out came a guy dressed in all white running towards the line. The employees screamed at him to stop, but he instead thought it’d be cool if he jumped over the trash cans. So, he did. He landed, slipped, and had a good swim in the marinara puke.It took him a few second to realize what had happened before he let rip with a bellowing scream.

Pretty Ballsy Jump Off

A lot of people do crazy things when they’re absolutely terrified. Some start screaming and bellowing while some people jump off rides. One space mountain staff member, in particular, had a pretty scary experience with one of these people. 

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One guy looked terrified even before he got on the ride and the staff member asked him if he was okay to go. He said yes, so off they went. Just as the ride was on its slow start, though, it stops, and an emergency code is called. Apparently, the terrified dude decided it wasn’t worth it and just jumped off. The creepy thing is no one ever found him. He just jumped off, scampered around, and somehow found an exit never to be seen again. 

At Least She Came Prepared

When you come prepared for any scenario, you can enjoy Disney parks with a lot more ease. Some parents take it a little too far, sometimes, though. One parent decided to pack a jug for her kid to pee in -just in case. 

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When the employees tried to tell her that anything to hold sewage isn’t allowed on the rides, she lied that she’d take it back to her car. Instead, she hid the jar filled with her kid’s pee somewhere on her. And, guess what, it ended up spilling all over her. 

Crazies Are Everywhere

Somehow, Disney Parks attract crazies. One former employee had a guest at the Fort Wildnerness Campgrounds suddenly strip down to his red boxers outside the restaurant windows and start running through the campground. 

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While security was chasing him, he somehow managed to get ahold of a leaf blower and put it on. Still, security couldn’t manage to reach him, and they only caught up to him when they found him passed out in a utility shed covered in scratches from the woods and curled up next to that leaf blower. 

Christening Simba Style

It’s great to play games with your child, especially if it’s something about their favorite movie or the like, but not when you’re putting them in danger. One cast member who worked on Dumbo saw a couple take their obsession with the Lion King too far. 

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While on the ride, a couple removed their infant from the safety harness and raised him up Simba-style so their friends on the ground could take pictures. Now, take note, this ride was 18 feet up in the air. As expected, the staff stopped the ride immediately and escorted the parents away. Once outside the park gates, they were promptly arrested. 

Alice Obsessed

Obsessions with Disney characters can sometimes go too far, and these people can turn to act downright creepy. In this case, it was an Alice fan. This Alice obsessed lady showed up at Disneyland pretty much every day dressed exactly like Alice. 

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While most visits were harmless, as park staff noted, there was one time the lady took things a little too far. That day, she decided that she really needed a piece of Alice to take home with her, so she cut off a lock of the actress’s hair at the park and tucked it away. Creepy. 

Things You Don’t See

As sad as it is, there are plenty of worse things that happen in Disney parks than people hooking up or people pooping in lobbies. A former Disney cast member worked through a time when they found the body of a man who ended his life in one of the hotel rooms.

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Signs saying “pardon our dust” for renovations were quickly put up and the room’s windows and doors were promptly blocked. On the ground, staff members gathered for an impromptu meet and greet to divert attention away from the incident. 

Disney Grave

It’s hard to imagine anyone actually wanting a Disney park to be their final resting place. However, some people think that this land of magical fun is actually the right place for their loved ones. More than once, the staff has caught guests smuggling in the ashes of their loved ones and scattering them in the park. 

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One of the most common dumping grounds is the Haunted Mansion. There was also a lady who dumped her husband’s ashes at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Park employees strongly advise against it, however, because you’ll only end up arrested, and park custodians would simply vacuum away the ashes and throw them in with the rest of the park garbage. 

Willy the Elephant

Most of the time, a lot of Animal Kingdom guests think the animals are animatronics. There are just instances, however, when something slaps the truth in their faces. While a group was driving through the Kilimanjaro Safari attraction, they passed by Willy, the elephant. 

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While the driver was spewing out facts about elephants, a young girl from the back suddenly yells, “Mooom! He has five legs!” Sure enough, when the driver and everyone else turns around, there’s Willy casually standing there with his privates swaying in the breeze. 

Damsel in Distress

Disney cast members, especially those dressed up as characters or princesses, have a tough job. Imagine having to keep smiling or frowning all day (depending on your character) and trying to keep everyone you meet happy. That can be quite draining. More often than not, they’re also faced with crazy people, mean people, and creeps. 

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One princess almost got abducted by a guest. The dude just threw her over his shoulder and proceeded to the exit. Security followed him all the way, and although he probably wasn’t really going to abduct her, he was promptly jailed and charged with a felony.

Watch Your Kids!

Kids are more prone to trouble oftentimes because they do the craziest things when you’re not watching. Unfortunately, one staff member worked through a worst-case scenario of this and though he didn’t see it actually happen, just knowing about it is pretty appalling. 

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An adult man pooped in the corner of a little movie theatre-like room, and a few moments later, a toddler wandered over to the spot and did what all toddlers do. He picked up the strange-looking thing on the ground aka the poop, and put it in his mouth. The cast member-only heard about all this when the mom frantically rushed her poop-smeared kid to the bathroom. More concerning is that the husband was trailing behind them, asking, “What? It’s just cr*p.” Dude, really?

Attacked by an Alien

One of the reasons why Disney has managed to keep such a generally clean and wholesome image all this time is that they’d literally do anything to keep it that way. One time on the Alien ride, one of the scary mechanical aliens flew off its rack straight into a guest’s lap, smacking him in the process. 

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Everyone was terrified, of course, probably thinking they were getting attacked for real. But before they could all start running out screaming, staff immediately ushered them into a room and showered them with gifts, free tickets, refunds, and whatnot basically saying “please don’t go to the press.” The best part of this all was that the man who got hit by the alien only asked for one thing: the alien. According to rumors, the employees just gave it to the guy and he left happily. 

Naughty, Naughty Tweedles

You’ve got to admire the dedication cast members have to their roles, even if it does get them into trouble sometimes. One time, a Queen of Hearts staff member was out and about with two Tweedles and an Alice generally having fun with the guests. While the Queen was her usual prissy self commanding people to bow and kiss her hand, one of the Tweedles decided to cause a little bit more mischief than he could handle. 

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Right beside the group was a drained fountain with coins all over the bottom. This particular Tweedle decided that he wanted to steal some change. Given that his costume was built around a hula hoop though, he fell in and got stuck when he bent over the fountain. All the Queen of Hearts could see were his feet cartoonishly up in the air kicking back and forth out of the fountain. 

Thought The Kids Were Goners!

Some kids are just jerks. According to one ride attendant who used to work the Space Mountain before, he and his co-attendants let a kid who didn’t meet the height limit onto the ride because his big sister vowed she’d hold on to him. Unfortunately for them, the kids were planning something messed up. 

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When the ride got back, the two kids were missing. Naturally, everyone lost it. After all, they could lose their job and go to prison. So they quickly shut down the ride and start climbing up and down the ride to look for the kids. When they finally found them, it seems that they’re too late. The boy is lying facedown on the tracks, and his sister looks like she’s traumatized and grieving. At that point, the attendants started crying, until the girl bursts out laughing, soon followed by the apparently not dead boy. The worst part is that the attendants couldn’t report it because they’d lose their job for letting the boy ride in the first place.