KatieBug101

On Thursday, March 6, 2014, a user (and self-professed "travel agent") by the name of "KatieBug101" created an account at the WDWMagic discussion forums, in order to create a single, rambling post about how her family's vacation to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida had been (in her words) "Unmagical".

(pictured: an artist's interpretation of KatieBug101 and her progeny, as created by the users at the WDWMagic forums)

Among her allegations of how Disney had personally wronged her and her family:
- Forcing the family to pay a parking fee of $14.00 instead of $10.00
- Not providing enough room on the parking lot tram to fit her child's stroller
- Rendering inaccessible to the family portions of Cinderella Castle during routine maintenance of the structure
- Rendering inaccessible to the family large areas of the "hub" area of the park that were closed for renovation
- Failing to comfort her "annoying children" (her words) during one of their many crying spells
- Offering only hamburgers and french fries as lunchtime options at Pecos Bill's for a family with a picky eater who prefers pizza and chicken nuggets
- No longer offering McDonalds brand french fries (note: the corporate partnership between Disney and McDonalds had ended in 2008, some six years before KatieBug101's ranting post)
- Not allowing the family to stake out a table at Cosmic Ray's during peak lunch hour
- Not offering the family vouchers for free desserts as recompense for not being allowed to stake out a table at Cosmic Ray's
- Rendering inaccessible to the family a table at the new "Be Our Guest" restaurant without prior reservations
- Rendering reservations to "Be Our Guest" (or any other) restaurant unattainable without a credit card to charge a cancellation fee, should the family decide to not show up
- Building an indoor, air-conditioned character meeting area ("Princess Fairytale Hall") where the nefarious Walt Disney Company is "holding Cinderella captive" (her words), and the actresses no longer move freely throughout the park in heavy costumes in the oppressive Florida climate.
- Not bringing forth a Disney employee ("cast member") dressed as Cinderella post-haste to comfort her crying child

While a single, irrational complaint post is nothing in terms of internet notoriety, a Google search performed by members of the WDWMagic forums revealed that her post on this website was part of a much larger scheme; user "KatieBug101" had copied and pasted the exact same rant on multiple Walt Disney World and other travel-themed websites and message boards.

Copies of the rant could be found at:
- DisBoards.com, under the username "katiebugladybug") (https://www.disboards.com/threads/our-un-magical-day.3245336/)
………. (NOTE: Four days after the rant, KatieBug101 lashed out at fellow users for calling her out on her bull, claiming that Disney was too corporate and not "magical" anymore
.Quote: "I was at the park for twelve hours and it was my 40th birthday and NO cast members even said happy birthday!"

In a previous post at DisBoards, dated October 26, 2002 (11 years before her March Meltdown) KatieBug complained about her family being late for a character breakfast at Epcot's Norway Pavilion, directing all blame away from herself and her family, but at the fact that the Norway Pavilion was such a long walk from the park entrance. (their reservation was for 8:50, but they did not arrive until 9:30)
https://www.disboards.com/threads/katiebugs-orlando-vacation-on-a-budget-part-iii.282978/
In all of user KatieBug101's posts, her family's chronic tardiness tends to be a recurring theme.

- PissedConsumer.com (https://walt-disney-world.pissedconsumer.com/un-magical-day-20140306478339.html)
………(NOTE: Four days after the rant, KatieBug101 claimed that a Disney cast member returned her call and offered her free tickets to the Magic Kingdom and a "personal" meet and greet with Cinderella. Naturally, the comments section of Pissed Consumer did not believe a word of this.)

In short, the internet user known as "KatieBug101", "KatieBug", and "katiebugladybug", is a bright shining example of not only a horrible customer, but the very definition of an entitled parent.