When Disney Toilets Go Bad

[Syndrome]

Okay, I have to say I had my most unique experience ever at WDW today. Was at DHS with Mr. Syndrome meeting my nephew and his school group for a late lunch. Afterwards I went to use the 50s Prime Time restroom. The one side was packed so I walked around to the other side, thinking, "Dang, I'm so smart! No wait over there." The first stall I opened had not been flushed since its last user; normally I will skip on to the next one, but for some insane reason I decided to just flush. BAD idea. I stood there in horror as the water rose...and rose...and promptly starting pouring out on my food, I was already struggling with the door latch to escape, but my left foot got a body fluid-laced bath. I was wearing my favorite flip flops with cloth bands so of course it had soaked that all up. I hurried to the sink where I got some weird stares as I tried to put my foot up and srubbed frantically at my shoe. The weak stream and lukewarm water did nothing to make me feel I was getting sanitized so I headed to Guest Services, hoping they could direct me to a bathroom with a good, hot sink or at least some heavy duty sanitizing wipes. I felt like a real ninny explaining the story, but they were so nice! They actually gave me a gift card for new shoes. I explained that just a good wash-up would be fine since we weren't going to be there that much longer, but they said just get the new ones. I really felt like that was above the call of duty since the situation wasn't really Disney's fault. When I was a kid, I used to have nightmares of flushing toilets and having them flood...little did I know I would live the real life horror someday!

[darph nader]

Yuck. :barf:

[drcorey]

Adventures in Poohland?

[Syndrome]

Thank goodness it was only liquid and big glops of toilet paper. I would have been screaming bloody murder and clawing down the door with my bare fingernails if I'd been attacked by Winnie the Poo.

[drcorey]

Thank goodness it was only liquid and big glops of toilet paper. I would have been screaming bloody murder and clawing down the door with my bare fingernails if I'd been attacked by Winnie the Poo.

well thats where Tigger goes to look for him... :eek:

[shinysparklybubbles]

yuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Double T]

At least you got your picture with Carl and Dug when all the mess was taken care of.

So...

Win?

T

[hobie16]

Finally! Someone who really has Poo on their shoe.

[Syndrome]

At least you got your picture with Carl and Dug when all the mess was taken care of.

So...

Win?

T

Yep, I think it's going to turn into one of those "special" memories every time I look at that picture. You can see my new shoes that Guest Services had me get, and in the far bottom right you can just barely see the corner of the plastic bag in which the "pee shoes" are firmly wrapped. I can't help but laughing now although I sure as heck wasn't laughing when I was trying to get out of that darned stall!

The pic. is here, but I don't know if you can see it if you're not on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barb-Nefer/100000806585384#!/photo.php?pid=68000&id=100000806585384

[turkeyham]

I will make sure that the stall has a clean toilet.

[kurtisnelson]

I stood there in horror as the water rose...and rose...and promptly starting pouring out on my food, I was already struggling with the door latch to escape, but my left foot got a body fluid-laced bath.
What was your food doing on the bathroom floor? :p
Now if you were at Boatwright's I would understand.
:zazu: can elaborate on that if needed.

[Lasolimu]

What was your food doing on the bathroom floor? :p
Now if you were at Boatwright's I would understand.
:zazu: can elaborate on that if needed.

I really hope I am right and that that is just a typo, although it wouldn't be the first time I have heard of someone eating food in the bathroom, of course the person I knew who did that was doing it to steal the food.:eek:

[Zazu]

What was your food doing on the bathroom floor? :p
Now if you were at Boatwright's I would understand.
:zazu: can elaborate on that if needed.

I really hope I am right and that that is just a typo, although it wouldn't be the first time I have heard of someone eating food in the bathroom, of course the person I knew who did that was doing it to steal the food.:eek:

Not quite that bad. Boatwright's cast tried to put my food on the floor of the dining room when they brought the entrees out and SWMBO and I refused to bus our own appetizer plates.

We were *not* amused.

[Rob562]

I will make sure that the stall has a clean toilet.

Or at least flush it while the stall door is still open and you have a rapid means of escape...

-Rob

[DisneyMom]

Not your fault, Syndrome! I hate to break it to the guys, but some women are absolutely disgusting and refuse to flush or remove the toilet seat protector after they're done,or worse, leave "evidence" on the seat:eek:
They then leave an unpleasant surprise, and then someone else has to clean up their mess:mad: This happens often enough where sometimes you'll feel compelled to go ahead and be the one to flush........Poor Syndrome, that was awful!

[Shorty82]

Or at least flush it while the stall door is still open and you have a rapid means of escape...

-Rob

That's what I do if I have to flush the toilet before use. I'm not locking myself in a stall with someone else's waste.

[DragonFox98]

I agree with Rob and Shorty....a rapid means of escape is necessary in some situations! :)

Syndrome, so sorry.....love the pic with Dug tho! (I was NOT about to wait in line with the 18 month old when we were there last year).

And, DisneyMom....I concur, there are some nasty women out there.....you kinda what happened to their brains!

[Malpass93]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

[Syndrome]

That's what I do if I have to flush the toilet before use. I'm not locking myself in a stall with someone else's waste.
That will be my policy and my mantra for the rest of my life. Actually, I think I will never again flush a "used" toilet even if it means waiting a while for a pristine potty.

Thank goodness this was not one of the awful messes I've seen in ladies rooms on previous occasions. Many women are indeed bathroom slobs; I don't go into what-all they leave in toilets sometimes but it goes beyond disgusting. This was just a run-of-the-mill pee pot, thank goodness.

[Honda Enoch]

...normally I will skip on to the next one,...

Lesson learned? :)


I don't understand why people are so afraid to go tell someone "Ahem, I clogged the toilet." It happens, people understand, and after eating at 50's Any toilet would get clogged. (Great food, but went right through me).

[turkeyham]

Warning-I have heard that Space Mountain restrooms at Disneyland are bad. They call it "Surf's up." :eek:

[BRWombat]

Looking at that picture, I can almost hear Dug saying, "Hi there! There is a bad smell coming from your bag over there. Did you know that? I have an excellent sense of smell." :D:

[Syndrome]

Looking at that picture, I can almost hear Dug saying, "Hi there! There is a bad smell coming from your bag over there. Did you know that? I have an excellent sense of smell." :D:
Okay, that made me ROFL!

[turkeyham]

You know that could be a South Park cartoon. ;), don't let them get any ideas.:eek:

[Lasolimu]

You know that could be a South Park cartoon. ;), don't let them get any ideas.:eek:

I believe there is already an episode that is along those lines. The boys go to a water park where the water is like 97% urine and it causes major problems.

[Syndrome]

I believe there is already an episode that is along those lines. The boys go to a water park where the water is like 97% urine and it causes major problems.
Probably based on the Mickey Pool on the Disney cruise ships.

(I believe the episode was about Cartman taking swimming lessons at the community pool along with first graders who always peed as soon as they got in, making him terrified to swim through the yellow water.)

[Lasolimu]

Probably based on the Mickey Pool on the Disney cruise ships.

(I believe the episode was about Cartman taking swimming lessons at the community pool along with first graders who always peed as soon as they got in, making him terrified to swim through the yellow water.)

There was another one in the last season, right at the end.

[dismomof5]

Oh yuck. I totally agree with some women being absolute pigs (used the potty at the parking garage for Soldier Field yesterday in Chicago after going to the Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium...not a fun experience). Had a nasty experience in November at Pecos Bill's at WDW....forget how many stalls there are but half were out of order and the other ones were just....GROSS. I think I'll have to heed the advice of not flushing another's deposits either. So sorry you had to deal with that..although the idea of clawing at the door and screaming if it had been something more substantial kind of made me giggle (sorry).:D:

[Syndrome]

I'm actually growing to like the Crocs flip-flops I got as a replacement at WDW, although I'm really fussy about my flip-flops and usually can't stand anything other than soft cloth between my toes. I did pick up a couple new pairs at Target today as I can't bring myself to wear the pee shoes even though they have been thoroughly scrubbed and sanitized.

As a side note, I just can't believe the shoe prices at WDW! The really sweet Guest Services person said, "Here's a $40 gift card to get new shoes." I told her, "I really don't need new ones since we're going to be heading home shortly anyway...just need to clean these really good." She insisted and I thought the amount was awfully high, but sure enough...those Crocs flip-flops were literally $40!! Well, they were actually $40.42, but the CM at the register waived the change because he was laughing at my crazy story even tho' Mr. Syndrome was trying to ply him with coins.

[hobie16]

those Crocs flip-flops were literally $40!!
Crocs has to do something to get their stock price up.

[dismomof5]

And you know those crocs flip flops do NOT cost $40 on the website, lol. I bought two pairs in their clearance section and only paid about $30 total. Or maybe it's because they are the non-Disney ones.....

[Honda Enoch]

Oh yuck. I totally agree with some women being absolute pigs

Being in the janitorial service for about 10 years I have noticed that the women's restrooms are ALWAYS nastier then the men's rooms. In the men's room you will find the un-flushed toilet and they can't hit the trash can. But in the womens room, they seem to have a big problem getting it in the toilet. I don't understand that since they have to sit down to use it, but MANY times I find 'logs' on the floor around the toilet, and then women can't seem to get their 'aunt flow' tools into the little trash cans. Anyway yes. women restrooms are the worst.

[darph nader]

Being in the janitorial service for about 10 years I have noticed that the women's restrooms are ALWAYS nastier then the men's rooms. In the men's room you will find the un-flushed toilet and they can't hit the trash can. But in the womens room, they seem to have a big problem getting it in the toilet. I don't understand that since they have to sit down to use it, but MANY times I find 'logs' on the floor around the toilet, and then women can't seem to get their 'aunt flow' tools into the little trash cans. Anyway yes. women restrooms are the worst.

I've run across the same thing honda. :eek: I think it's kinda payback or something. :(

[Syndrome]

And you know those crocs flip flops do NOT cost $40 on the website, lol. I bought two pairs in their clearance section and only paid about $30 total. Or maybe it's because they are the non-Disney ones.....
Yep, I suspect the cute little Mickey heads on them have something to do with it.

I don't know what it is with women, but at times I have literally had to look through 8 stalls to find one that was not disgusting at WDW. I sure hope they're not such pigs at home. My favorite is the ones who walk out without flushing, leaving something extremely nasty, when they know there is a line and someone will see it and know they're the culprit. No shame at all.

[Mayonnaise]

The trouble is that the women are squeemish, so they won't sit their asses down on the toilet. The hover lovers are the culprits behind most of the disgusting shit in the ladies rooms.

SIT YOUR ASSES DOWN.

There's more bacteria on your damn TV remote than a public toilet seat.

8^|

[Honda Enoch]

The trouble is that the women are squeemish, so they won't sit their asses down on the toilet. The hover lovers are the culprits behind most of the disgusting shit in the ladies rooms.

SIT YOUR ASSES DOWN.

There's more bacteria on your damn TV remote than a public toilet seat.

8^|

And feel free to use the paper seat covers.

[Syndrome]

I just love the ones who wrap the damn toilet seat like a mummy with toilet paper so their delicate tush doesn't it, then leave the paper there when they're done.

[felinefan]

As a woman who has used many public restrooms, if there are no paper seat covers, I use toilet paper to make a substitute, but regardless, I always clean up after myself and flush. And there have been times where I've had to sit on a bare seat. Yeah, we do have a thing about germs. And sometimes we have a reason to hover--someone peed all over the seat, there's no paper anything, and we really gotta go! I keep a packet of tissues in my purse wherever I go, and a few times I've had to use one or two for a purpose other than its original intention of wiping my nose.

I know what you mean about there being more germs on a cell phone or remote control than on a toilet seat--saw it on Mythbusters. But of course that's assuming the toilets are regularly and properly cleaned. I never saw them test a filthy toilet seat in that episode.

[drcorey]

As a woman who has used many public restrooms, if there are no paper seat covers, I use toilet paper to make a substitute, but regardless, I always clean up after myself and flush. And there have been times where I've had to sit on a bare seat. Yeah, we do have a thing about germs. And sometimes we have a reason to hover--someone peed all over the seat, there's no paper anything, and we really gotta go! I keep a packet of tissues in my purse wherever I go, and a few times I've had to use one or two for a purpose other than its original intention of wiping my nose.

I know what you mean about there being more germs on a cell phone or remote control than on a toilet seat--saw it on Mythbusters. But of course that's assuming the toilets are regularly and properly cleaned. I never saw them test a filthy toilet seat in that episode.

at least if you have to hover, practice to shoot it into the rim.

[felinefan]

Yeah, well, keep our anatomical differences in mind--it's a lot easier for you than it is for us ladies.

[DisneyMom]

I will say that whenever I go to DLR, the toilets are kept very nicely and I rarely see anything terrible-Pity poor custodial, they must be going crazy keeping up with all the slobs.......

[Princess Susi]

I have noticed the same thing, nasty toilets in the Parks. I remember when we went to DL in the 1960's and 1970's, the restrooms were always clean. It seems that I find more dirty restrooms then clean ones these days. It really is nasty to try to find a clean stall after passing 8-10 that have not been flushed or have paper and wet puddles all over the floors.

I always use the toilet seat liners and keep my "Wet Ones" towelettes in my purse if anything needs to cleaned up a little before I touch it. The seat may be cleaner than some other things, but not if it is wet and unflushed from the last patron and you cannot sit on it without wiping it off or you have to hover. I HATE to hover. I really like my clean loos.

I carry "Wet Ones" with me always and wipe my hands with them anytime I touch anything. I use them after I open a door. (usually the bathroom doors are closed, or I sometimes use a paper towel to open the handle) There are so many germs all over the Parks and I have been sick with the flu or a cold at the Parks too many times. "Wet Ones" help keep your hands clean.

I have always been pleased at the Disneyland Hotel loos. The lobby bathrooms are very clean.

I remember going to City Hall at DL one day to report that restrooms right next to City Hall were so dirty that there was not a toilet in there that was not dirty. They said they would get a custodian in there right away. That is pretty bad when the terlets in Town Square are so filthy you cannot find one stall to use...:eek:

[TechieSidhe]

Being in the janitorial service for about 10 years I have noticed that the women's restrooms are ALWAYS nastier then the men's rooms.


As a female, I strongly agree with this. Someone on another board I frequent called them "hovering pee dispensing UFOs." With the people I work with, the toilet seat is almost surgically cleaner than their desks, but they're still afraid to plant butt on it.

I always clean up any accidental mess I make. It's my body fluids, I shouldn't make someone else clean them.

What possesses women to do some of the things they do in a public restroom? I have seen some disgusting things done with feminine materials, some of them leave you wondering what kind of person would do that?

[Malpass93]

Speaking of the Crocs' prices, I've seen them here in the UK for £8, Mickey head-shape and all.

Child sizes like, but still.

[GaTechGal]

I have always found Disney restrooms to be cleaner than most public restrooms.

And I've seen this posted in more than one women's restroom "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat".

[Malpass93]

And I've seen this posted in more than one women's restroom "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat".

A message in the gents' at a Chinese restaurant told me to "watch my aim", which I found highly amusing. :D:

[ktulu]

Maybe this is why people let their kids pee in the bushes ;)

[BRWombat]

...And I've seen this posted in more than one women's restroom "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat".My aunt had a variation on that on a plaque in her home bathroom, ending with "Be a sweetie, wipe the seatie."

It has scarred me for life. Ever since first reading it I've wished I could un-remember it. :shaker:

[felinefan]

My aunt had a variation on that on a plaque in her home bathroom, ending with "Be a sweetie, wipe the seatie."

It has scarred me for life. Ever since first reading it I've wished I could un-remember it. :shaker:

I've seen those; I think they're cute.

I think this issue has been mentioned before; I seem to remember someone saying why do women hover over the seat, do they think they are UFOs from the planet WeeWee?:D: Oh, the things that stick in my mind sometimes....

[Syndrome]

In re-reading this thread, I just remembered I had a pee trauma once that was worse than the pee shoe:

http://celebrationfl.blogspot.com/2007/03/dont-pee-in-palmettos.html

Never, ever pee in a palmetto grove. Those freakin' things are called saw palmettos for a reason.