When you’re in Disney World, it feels like a magical place. Or better yet, the world just kinda’ goes away and you’re just somewhere else.
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Disney adults just get that, and it’s why we make repeat visits to Disney World, Disneyland, and Disney parks all over the world. It’s why we buy all the Disney merchandise we can get our hands on and obsess over Loungefly bags. But sometimes, things aren’t magical and they can get downright awkward (and we’re not even talking about getting in and out of Space Mountain’s ride vehicles). We asked you, our DFB readers, about your most awkward moments in Disney World, and BOY, did you deliver the stories!
We asked DFB readers on Facebook, “We’ve gotta know: What is a really awkward experience you’ve had at Disney World?” Here are some of your answers!
Krystin shared a painful memory with us: “Nobody actually saw it happen, but I somehow opened a bathroom door right into my own face. Bruised my whole dang eye and ruined every single picture from that day forward….and it was relatively early in the trip. Walked around looking like I had been in a fight. I had been, just with a bathroom door and not a person. 
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Columbia Harbour House restrooms
John told us: “I’m a large, bearded male and I have had 3 or 4 very small kids come up to me out of nowhere and grab my hand or sit down on a bench next to me and lay their heads on me. Ma’am, I promise I didn’t try to kidnap this baby.”
Santa, is that you?
Santa?
According to Holly, “We were just there is august and for some reason I decided to use my left finger the first day I scanned in. The next day when I went ot use my right hand, since I am right handed, it wasn’t working. When the cast member raised her hand to signal she needed assistance I raised my hand too. We stood there for a second as the CM and my husband looked at me awkwardly as a slowly put my hand down.”
Dopey
Debbie’s story made us cringe, but it’s also hilarious: “That time we were eating at Prime Time and the waitress was going to show me pictures of her kids, and turn her phone around and it was a nude fella…she about died and so did I. We got free dessert and a frightened of losing her job apology.”
Sometimes it’s your kids that do the darndest things. Matt shared, “There was a toddler standing over by the buffet at chef mickeys and their pants had fallen down. They were just standing there with no pants. It was at that moment I realized it was my kid.” OOF.
What are ‘ya gonna’ do?
DFB reader Amber decided to switch up holidays (and, yes, we’ve all done this, right?): “At the MNSSHP when a cast member said to us ” Happy Halloween.” My reply was ” and a Merry Christmas to you…” 
I just kept walking with a look of shear embarrassment and horror on my face.”
Christmas in Magic Kingdom
Gemma is all of us because we’ve cried meeting characters, too: “Me ugly crying while I met Figment while holding my childhood Figment toy that was over 25 years old. Poor Figment didn’t know what to do.“
Figment has seen it all
Mikki’s story made us laugh, because SAME: “A bird pooped on my head while at Disney Springs.” Okay, so for us, it was Animal Kingdom, and it hit our shoulder, but STILL.
Kathleen’s story is pretty awkward, but funny, too: “Two weeks ago at the Hoop de Doo, our server went missing. My husband wanted another beer and I was determined to get her attention next time I saw her. Unfortunately that was at the same time the performers were asking if anyone was celebrating any anniversaries. Next thing I knew I had a spotlight on me with a microphone in my face! Cast: “And how many years are you two celebrating?” Me: “We are celebrating 12 and half years of marriage!” I figured half way to our golden anniversary IS a big deal!
Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue
Sometimes we forget where we are, like Steve, who mixed up his Disney Parks: “Sooo… just got off Big Thunder, had some time to kill before dinner res at B R Guest, and blurted out, “Hey, let’s do Soarin’”, lost family Disney Guide status. Still pretending that never happened.”
Well, technically, if the family had park hoppers, they could’ve just hopped on the Monorail to ride Soarin,’ right?
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I had some mobility issues on my last trip to Disney, so I rented an ECV. I didn’t have a lot of experience using it yet. It definitely caused some embarrassing moments. No matter how many times I tried, I never could get it parked correctly on the buses. Usually the drive had to help me (I also can’t parallel park, so there’s definitely a theme). The worst, though, was when I was looking at one of the booths at the Festival of the Arts. I thought it was in reverse, but I was wrong. I very slowly ran into the person standing directly in front of me. The person he was with thought it was funny, but I scooted away very quickly. 🤦♀️
I was walking through the aviary in the Maharaja Jungle Trek about 6 months ago when a really big bird got me from my shoulder down to my wrist! A cast member ran over with a Tide wipe & got me cleaned up. I said “at least he didn’t get my hair”. She replied “why do you think we wear hats!”.🤣🤣
After many years of extolling the virtues of Disney vacations, especially the cleanliness of the parks, a friend whom I had I finally convinced to go to WDW got bird poop on her shoulder on like the first or second day. I know it was at Epcot, and I know we went there our first day, so I’m pretty sure it was day 1. Going to WDW all my life, it never happened to anyone I knew that I could remember, but of course – someone I personally talk into going gets it on the first day. It mostly hit the strap of a backpack which she ws borrowing from me, so at least there was that.