4. Scooters

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Mobility scooters are a necessity for many elderly and disabled guests visiting Walt Disney World, but similar to strollers, they carry their share of controversy. While the average stroller can only do so much damage, stories unfortunately abound of guest issues with mobility scooters. It is hard enough to navigate Disney crowds in a normal situation, but things can turn gnarly quickly when guests stop suddenly in front of a motorized vehicle, even a slow one—or worse, when a scooter driver decides they have no more flips to give and ascribe to the aforementioned battering ram method.

There’s no easy way to use a mobility scooter in Walt Disney World. The best advice is to try to visit during the off season when crowds are lighter. Scooter users will have far more freedom of movement to enjoy the parks and collisions will be far less likely. As with strollers, guests on both sides of the equations should do their best to keep cool heads and stay courteous and drivers should be extra careful not to follow anyone ahead of you too closely. If you are walking and you see guest on a scooter is stuck in the crowd, don't cut them off. Try to yield to help them through when possible. You might be the polite relief they've been waiting for!

5. Fish and chips

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This one almost didn’t make our list, but it was just too hilarious to ignore. This item actually applies to a wide range of snacks guests might be carrying throughout Walt Disney World, but we’ve seen no more notable example than at the café’ seating near the Rose and Crown in Epcot’s UK pavilion. Indeed, we can think of no more perilous snack you can enjoy at Walt Disney World than waterside fish and chips—and no, we haven’t completely gone bonkers.

Picture if you will that you sit down by the edge of the beautiful World Showcase lagoon to enjoy a sumptuous basket of fish and chips. The sweet scent of fried cod and steaming potatoes fills your nose. You sense something is off, however—like somewhere, unfeeling eyes are watching. You look about and see nothing, so you dip your crispy fish into some tartar sauce and go to take a bite.

At that moment, you’re blinded by a flash of white feathers. Greedy claws seize your precious fish fry and wrench it from your buttery fingers. In an instant, the thief has swooped over the edge of the lagoon while his watching cohorts mock you with a chorus of laughing calls: “Mine! Mine-mine! Mine! MINE!”

Sorry, mate. You’ve become another victim of Walt Disney World’s resident seagulls.

Sure, seagulls seem cute enough at first with their goofy calls and shimmery white coats. Don’t be fooled though. We can’t emphasize this enough—never, EVER feed them anywhere in Florida, for once these little beasties catch the scent of an easy meal, there’s no getting rid of them for anyone nearby. Disney does an admirable job keeping their resident population of avian street urchins in line, but Orlando’s seagulls have long learned that guests hypnotized by delicious nosh make easy targets, and your fleshy hands are no match for Mr. Gull’s hungry scissor beak. I’m not saying to skip the UK’s amazing fish and chips. Just be careful where you decide to dine and watch your meal carefully. You never know when those adorable little feathered psychopaths might be watching.

What other innocuous objects have you found to be weirdly dangerous at Walt Disney World?