Funny / Walt Disney World

See also the funny moments page for the rest of the Disney Parks (the "Multiple Parks" listing includes a few attractions featured at these parks as well).

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Magic Kingdom

• A good part of the humor of Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, comes from whoever they pick as "That Guy".
  • Footage of Roz saying, "The less you laugh, well, we might not have enough power to open the exit door." (forced laughter ensues)
  • The screens showing people who are seated with captions like "WILL TREAT EVERYONE TO CHURROS", "IS SEATED BETWEEN TWO MONSTERS", "HAS NO IDEA WHERE HE IS", etc.
  • One show had a kid who was playing a game on his phone instead of actually participating in the show. The performers had a field day with this.
    "Wow, that's great. That's a great use of your ticket."
  • There was a show where a parent in the audience FELL ASLEEP. Needless to say, it was open season...
  • One of the jokes picked during one show was one of the Yoda Jokes from the Game Grumps episode of the same name.
    Marty: What kind of car does a Jedi drive? A To-Yoda!
  • During one show, the person chosen for one demonstration could not speak English. Needless to say, the entire segment went Off the Rails.
  • The attraction that it replaced, The Timekeeper, had such gems as:
    Timekeeper: (singing in an Ethel Merman imitation) There's nowhere to go...BUT UP!
• This girl challenges Gaston to an arm-wrestling contest, and wins.
• In October 2015, the Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular show brought the Sanderson Sisters back to "the living world" for the first time in 22 years, and allowed them to meet several of the other Disney villains. Highlights include:
  • Winnie asks Sarah and Mary to hand her a spell to brew a "Hocus Pocus Party Potion". They struggle to find it, until Winnie finds it wrapped around Mary's dark chocolate candy bar (which Mary refers to as the only type of candy she likes). Later, some chocolate smudged on the spell causes Mary to misread an ingredient as "farous mares", until she licks it clean to reveal the phrase, "nefarious nightmares".
  • Sarah fawns over Dr. Facilier, when he arrives to deliver the first ingredient, "sinister shadows". When he starts singing "Friends on the Other Side", the sisters wonder if their mother became one of those "friends".
  • Winnie eventually worries that she can't finish the potion, because the spell calls for "Frightful Friends" to lend their powers, and she has no friends. Sarah and Mary call themselves her friends, but she reminds them, "We're sisters. I have to like you."
  • As the sisters sadly prepare to leave with their potion unfinished, Maleficent suddenly appears, furious that someone else would throw a party without inviting her. They immediately bow and apologize to her, until she finally agrees to help them gather more ingredients. Cue a cavalcade of villains, each delivering a prop from his or her movie, parading onto the stage.
  • For the finale, Winnie leads all of her new "Frightful Friends" in a performance of "I Put a Spell on You". After she sings, "Now the witch is back/And there's heck to pay", she slyly winks to viewers who still remember the less-kid-friendly version from the movie.
• This story showing the reaction a Frozen cosplayer received from Princess Anna.
  • In another case, Anna and Elsa responded to a pair of girls Disneybounding the characters (outfits that look similar enough without being costumes) by letting them do the "princess"-style posing while they struck Olaf and Marshmallow-inspired poses, respectively.
• The pre-show for Stitch's Great Escape!. (Contains flashing images)
• A more historical moment occurred in the 1980s where Universal basically declared war against Disney for their plans to build Hollywood Studios (back then known as Disney-MGM Studios) at the same time they were building their own park. Universal addressed the media and boldly announced that they would deliver two Universal-branded directors' chairs to Mickey and Minnie Mouse, even if it meant marching into the Magic Kingdom to do it. Disney did everything in their power to prevent such a meeting, but Universal were committed to the publicity stunt, driving into Walt Disney World in a van loaded with costumed characters led by Woody Woodpecker, Dracula, and Frankenstein. Disney could not let the Universal cast members into the Magic Kingdom due to licensing, so sent Mickey and Minnie to meet them at the monorail hub to accept the chairs.
• During the pre-show of Enchanted Tales with Belle, if you bring up the mirror early, the cast member will just comment nonchalantly on how nice it looks. It's only until their cue starts, and then they address the elephant in the room.

Epcot

• On the final ceremonial ride of Epcot's World of Motion (the predecessor to Test Track), the ride broke down. The GM executives on the ride had to walk to the exit!
  • In a rather strange coincidence, the exact same thing happened on the final public ride of Universe of Energy!
• The revised version of the O Canada! film opened with Martin Short taking exception to the narrator's talk of Canada as a frozen wasteland.
  Short: You should hear from someone from Canada, someone who grew up there and loves it.
  Narrator: Is Celine Dion here?
  Short: NO, Celine Dion isn't here!!!
  • At the end, Short struggles to figure out how to leave the movie — because he has a Fastpass appointment for Soarin'.
• On the Frozen Ever After attraction, when everyone is singing "For The First Time In Forever" if you listen to Olaf, he's singing "(He Doesn't) really know this song!" and makes up his own lyrics... because he hadn't been created when they sang the song in the film.
• The story behind this image taken inside the Les Chef de France restaurant in the France Pavilion in Epcot years ago, which features Marie from The Aristocats against a glass window.
• In The New '10s World Showcase, guests could play an interactive game on their phones, featuring characters from Phineas and Ferb. Considering it's centered around the Perry the Platypus and Doofenshmirtz, there's bound to be a few laughs here and there. The first of many is quoted below:
  Major Monogram: On your dangerous assingnment, we'll give you pointers over our Field Operative Notification Equipment. Or F.O.N.E.
  Carl the Intern: Or, we could pronounce it "phone" sir.
  Major Monogram: Good point Carl.
• Alec Tronic was a very impressive animatronic for his time, and it certainly didn't stop him from telling some good jokes.
  Have we got a show for you today! ...Guys, have we got a show for them today? Guys?
  It's really great to be here! Actually, I have to be here, 'cause I'm bolted to the floor!
  • A similar joke ends Muppet*Vision 3D (it's given to the Statler and Waldorf animatronics). Coincidence?
• In the third version of Journey into Imagination, Figment's demonstration of the 5 senses for the audience. The looks on Dr. Channing's face, especially after Figment licks him to demonstrate the sense of taste, are memorable and hilarious.

Disney's Hollywood Studios

• The original Soundstage Tour had a segment demonstrating bluescreen techniques in which kids were picked from the crowd to ride the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids bee. After the finished scene is played back, the video reveals it's being critiqued by Siskel & Ebert (their show was produced by Disney, or more accurately their syndication arm, Buena Vista TV), who give it a rave review — especially for the acting!
• The charter attraction Monster Sound Show had a preshow video featuring David Letterman. It ended with him warning the audience participants who would be providing sound effects in the main show that "If you break anything, security guards in mouse suits will come out and beat you senseless."
• The original Magic of Disney Animation Tour's opening film, Back to Neverland, featured Robin Williams getting turned into a Disney animated character three years before Aladdin and put into the world of Peter Pan two years before Hook. When Tinkerbell sprinkles him and host Walter Cronkite with pixie dust, Robin comments "Ooooh, she's so bright...It's like being in the presence of Barbra Streisand!"
  • When Williams' animated self does some shapeshifting, he temporarily turns into Mickey Mouse and crows "I'm a corporate symbol!"
  • Also, the two would be shown at various stations of the studio with video monitors showing short bits of the animated Williams in situations such as set on fire. "Nice, Walter. You didn't do this to the animals on your nature specials."
• The Star Wars Weekends, at the Studio Parks, is known to have a Cast Panel, which often starts with a scene of four Stormtroopers, who show images of when they look about the park, listen to their playlists, before one of the Stormtroopers has something happen to him. This would either be...
  • Attacked by Darth Maul.
  • Attacked by Ewoks.
  • Graffitied by Rebels, before being given a thermal detonator.
  • And frozen in carbonite by Darth Vader.
    • They also bring up justification for the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy trope. Their example is when Luke & Leia are at the bridge in A New Hope. They justify not hitting them by saying that they were told to let the Rebels escape the Death Star so they could trick them back to the Rebel base. They were missing on purpose... though, one of the Stormtroopers claims he didn't know that was the plan.
• Star Wars Weekends also used to have Dance-Offs with the characters.
• Superstar Television, which put audience volunteers in Chroma Key scenes of television then and now, had all sorts of funny moments (the Gilligan's Island opening credits reenacted with an all-kiddie cast, etc.) but the two best were probably:
  • The opening credits of Gunsmoke reveal a new cowboy hero: A baby on a rocking horse!
  • Neil Armstrong taking his one small step on the moon is marred by the accidental appearance of the cue card holder, who flees for their life when they realize their mistake!
• At the kickoff show for nighttime celebration Villains Unleashed, Hades delivers a Take That! at the Frozen Summer Fun campaign.
  Well, sorry that my Hades Hangout seems to have thawed the Frozen stage! Oops! My bad! I guess all you Frozen fans will have to let it go! For the first time in forever, you won't have to hear that song tonight!
• The part in the Muppet-Vision 3D preshow where Sam the Eagle introduces the audience to Mickey Mouse, but he turns out to be Rizzo the Rat in a costume. "They're tourists, what do they know?"
  • Okay, pretty much every joke in the ride works at least once. The more you see it however, you'll start noticing the Funny Events in the background.
• In The New '10s Phineas and Ferb had a little meet and greet session in the park, up until the Streets of America area started to get demolished for Star Wars Land and Toy Story Land. This was just one funny encounter of them with a fan.
  • Another funny occurrence happened on the loudspeakers that played songs from the show as if Danville's radio DJ was playing them. At one point, he's doing an interview with the boys' mom (as she was one hit wonder Lindana). Then Candace tries to bust the duo for doing their meet and greet, but eventually realizes she's in the studio, and the following occurs.
  Candace: I'd really like you to play a song dedicated to the love of my life Jeremy.
  DJ: Okay, here's "My Nemesis".
  (cue said Doofenshmirtz and Perry-related song)
  Candace: What?! NOOOOOOOOO!
• The Frozen sing-along show features a lot of ad-libbing and hammy performances. But the best part is whenever someone says "puddle" instead of "happy snowman" during "In Summer". The hosts always react negatively, mainly the male host, whose reactions range from Tranquil Fury to Suddenly Shouting; one instance was utterly hilarious:
  Host: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! What is wrong with you?! Get him out of here!!!!! Go watch The Muppets!!!!!
  • Later, when discussing how evil Hans is, the hosts will say that the only people worse than him are people who say puddle, which is quickly followed by a glare at the guest who did so. Overall, it's a big win for immersion and comedy that seriously must be seen to be believed.

Disney's Animal Kingdom

• In Finding Nemo: The Musical, the scene where we see many sea creatures talking about Marlin's journey culminates in this scene with a pair of flying penguins...
  Penguin 1: And then this whale comes along and takes him right to Sydney Harbor and shoots him outta his spout! Isn't that amazing?
  Penguin 2: That IS amazing! Wait a minute, we're penguins. We can't fly.
  (Beat)
  Penguins: (promptly falling out of the sky) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
• In the later years of the Flights of Wonder bird show, upon learning the show featured feathery beasts the co-host nervously would ask the lead trainer "Are they angry birds?"

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