Inspired by MsDisney: What is YOUR Pet Peeve at USF?

[Robinrs]

I thought it was time we all vented... :D

My PERSONAL VENT is on T2 and Hanna Barbera, after the doors open and the people who DON'T WALK ALL THE WAY THROUGH! http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s/cwm/cwm/angryfire.gif You end up tripping all over the people who insist on being in the middle of the audience for the better view... :confused: MOVE OVER!!

Wooo, I feel better!

Anyone else? :D

[pathubia]

A pet peeve of mine is when a "party" tries to use universal express before their due time!!!!!!!!

Especially when their excuse is "No Habla English"

Patty

[pathubia]

Sorry, one more peeve, When a family of 27 goes to the front of the line with one guest in a wheelchair...

Come on!!!!!

Patty

[MsDisney]

I'm glad I inspired someone for something! LOL

Well...my pet peeve is those people who stop and just stand there on the moving walkways...

(for those of you who missed that particular thread)


I have also developed a fear of the little man in the booth for Citywalk...but that's a totally separate issue...and I'll be seeking therapy for that now...:eek:


Karen

[lagasan]

Sweaty people standing too close in line...yuck.....

[ABQMOM]

I just got back from IOA and my pet peeve is sweaty people rubbing their arms against yours while sitting on dueling dragons waiting for it to take off.

[TigrLvsPooh]

The absolute worse thing for me was riding single on Jurassic Park between two sweaty men in tank tops!!!! YUCK!!!!!! :p

Also the Asian man who cut in front of my 2 year old for the Barney show and then pretended not to understand English when I was *****ing him out!! :D

[Cindy B]

oh, lets see here...

The guy who on BTTF was behind us in the beginning walkway... and then friends call them.. mind you they are way up top, about 100-125 people away, and try the "I've got to get to my friends excuse".. WEll, you should have kept up with them.....

And then they do the "No English" excuse as well, after I hear them conversing in English to "friends"

[MIB999999]

people who use the friends up ahead excuse in the HULK line. If i can not see your friends or they are so close to boarding that you could not make it you are not passing me in line. i have gotten so i watch for these weasels and scope out the situation before they get to my position. if they look to be bogus i just grab a rail in each hand and at 6'4", 240 lbs, i present a pretty good representaion of a roadblock.

;)

[DEE DEE]

:( :( :wave: :earseek:
Thanks Robinrs for letting us all vent as you put it. I wish the Parks had transportation from the garages to both Parks.Also they need transportation between the 2 Parks.I mean it is a major hassle from Jurassic Park to ET or Back to the Future.Florida is hot and has high humidty so hiking is not great.I live in the south and there are days you really need air conditioning to make it bearable. Not to mention they took off the Island Skipper Tours which I enjoyed .

[MsDisney]

Oh man....those people who get in line, they run ahead of anyone they can get in front of....and then, 4 or 5 people get to go ahead of US, in the line, because their party (of 1) is up ahead! I HATE that!!!! I know if my party isn't together, I let everyone go ahead of us until my party catches up...isn't that the way you're supposed to do it???

I once witnessed, at EPCOT, a group of Brazilians at Honey I Shrunk the Audience...no lie...the first person, in a group of 50 or so walked ahead of us, and the entire 50 people or so group followed, passing everyone in line, with one hand on eachother's shoulders...that was just SO wrong, on so many levels!!!

Wait for your entire party, THEN proceed, is the motto here, I think!!!

Karen

[Dznefreek]

People who stop in the middle of the row!:mad:

My friend and I make sure we step on every one of their feet as we pass by.:smooth:

[Nan]

Along the sweaty people who stand too close line, my pet peeve is people who forgo the application of deodorant . Now, you are going to a theme park in Florida, in the middle of summer and you don't wear deodorant - that is just gross. Even if you don't wear deodorant wherever you come from let's put some on for the theme park vist - OK!!

Thanks for the venting opportunity!!

Nan

[fboy9287]

this really does nothing to me but it annoys me when EVERYONE on Dueling Dragons sway there feet while they sit and wait to go!

[fboy9287]

on second thought... I hate it when people click their belts after the hulk!

[millerglass]

Pet Peeves? For sure!!!

Throwing garbage on the ground even though there are hundreds of the all over the place.

Standing in line for food and when it is finally your turn and they ask "can I help you?" the guy behind you TRIES to give his order.

You're walking somewhere and all of a sudden the people in front of you stop to read their map without pulling off to the side.

Jumping in front of my kids while they are waiting to see a character.

Parents yelling at their kids because their kids aren't having a good time.

Thank you, thank you very much.

If everyone would be just like me, the world would be a much better place. HaHa!!! Eric

[lagasan]

The turnstile I pick ALWAYS ends up being the slowest!!!!

And the reason it is the slowest is because people don't have their tickets out or are arguing about handstamps with the attendant.

I think the handstamp rule is pretty visable when you exit the park. I am not saying I agree with the rule, I just wish people would pay attention to it!!!!

And one more thing... very annoying... the employees taking pictures of everyone entering the park. I'm here to have fun not be pressured into a sale. Haven't I spent enough money just to get thru the gates!?

[WebmasterBarry]

I've seen employees take your photos at Disney-MGM, Busch Gardens, and Sea World. As I usually am at the parks solo, I usually run by them really fast or follow another group closely so I am not bothered. In the years I have gone to parks, I have only been captured once on film.

[MsDisney]

I have found since I go to the parks alone these days (ie...I'm not down here on vacation WITH people like I used to be), the photo people don't bother me...I mean really, I'd feel silly if they said, "ok...get together so I can take your picture" by myself...I don't think they'd ask you to, would they? When my boys and I go, I just smile and say, "we're here practically weekly...so we're all set thanks!"

They're definitely there to capture the tourists on their vacations...and I've never felt harassed by them...just a polite, no thanks usually suffices.

I discovered another pet peeve today at SeaWorld...it's people who just plain stop and look at their map in the middle of a moving crowd. I think someone mentioned it earlier..but it's a good way to get yourself hurt!

Also, I saw a man get in line for candy at a treat stop today, it was funny...he got down low, pretended to be small...no biggie...but then he took his candy, gave each of his kids some and actually said, "you have to be sneaky" - um...really now??? Nice lesson. Ok kids, I'm gonna learn ya how to be sneaks today, cuz we're extra special! LOL

Karen :)

[MrNonacho]

One of my pet peeves is overhearing people in line spout off blatantly false information. Today, a guy in front of me was telling his family very matter-of-factly how dirty the Spider-Man glasses were. He was telling them how he doesn't like to wear them because they don't ever get cleaned and they're probably covered in germs or whatever. This got to me even more so because when he said this we were 5 feet away from the doors clearly marked "3-D GLASS CLEANING," which were opened several times while we were there by employees bringing in/taking out large containers of those glasses. Sheesh.

Another pet peeve: people who are ignorant about Express. Now, I can understand people getting confused when their barcoded AP isn't getting scanned by the magnetic reader, but when they refuse to understand what the screen is telling them it makes me question humanity. Today, I was waiting in line for a Spider-Man kiosk. A lady in front of me didn't quite seem to understand what "You already have a reservation for Hulk. You can get another reservation at 1:15" meant. She swiped her ticket AT LEAST five times, getting the same message each time. I don't know how they could have spelled it out for her any clearer. And yes, she did speak English.

People who are completely ignorant of the system as a whole also make my list. People made some pretty nasty comments when I entered the Express door on Dragons. I overheard people calling me an idiot because they thought I was entering through an exit only door. Sorry that I used the system that's available to everyone...

How can they miss all the signage throughout the resort about Express?? I really feel for the people who have to design systems like Express for the general public.

Oh, and I hate those Hulk seatbelt clackers too, but not nearly as much as Rock 'n' Rollercoaster's wonderful marble doors...

[Jon360]

Actually for the DD Express line you do have to kind of "cut" people in order to enter.


My biggest Pet Peeve is having to go through the dumb elevator on the MIB line when using your room key for Express. I know that sometimes you can try to go through the singles line and then use your room key, but there is one guy who works on MIB who gets pissed at you if you use the singles entrance and makes you walk out and go through the dumb elevator pre-show. For some reason that guy seems to be working there a lot when I go...


Another Pet Peeve is the fact that the fountain has very limited hours. It should be talking all day!


A big Pet Peeve is the Twister Pre-Show where Bill Paxton calls a Twister "The Finger of God".. Give me a break. He acts like the cast was in real danger when filming the movie. You know they weren't in any "real" danger. They show clips of the movie while he talks about how dangerous it was. I want to know how the special effects are done, not some BS about how you were in danger! I am quite sure that if there was the slightest amount of danger, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton had their stunt doubles do the work while they relaxed in their suite at the Ritz. I only suspend my disbelief when I am not confronted with a ridiculous story and horrible actors like Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt. She's eye candy and not much more. Her awful NBC show Mad About You wasn't cancelled soon enough!


And my final Pet Peeve is the limited hours of the Dippin Dots stands. They only seem to be open a few hours each afternoon.

-Jon

[MrNonacho]

Those Twister pre-shows are great, in a cheesy/crappy sort of way. "You start believing the twister is not just a weather condition. It takes on a life of its own, becoming an entity. A demon spirit, a devouring colossus bent on destruction." That might actually sound good if it was being said by someone else, but good ol' Monotonous Bill sucks out any hope that line had.

Perhaps that "exploding gasoline tanker" that they dropped "right in his face" somehow stunned him for life?

[BansheeBlue]

My partner and I have a term for all the people who don't move all the way to the end of the row in a theatre, or who smoke while on line (and boyfriend IS a smoker) who sit down in line even when they are told to keep moving, who jump on a parking lot tram even after no more boarding has been announced, who tap on the glass at aquariums and zoos, and all those like them...

They are the But Me's. They are the people who think "the rules of this park apply to everyone...but me!".

The But Me's are the biggest pet peeve of mine. My very close second pet peeve are the parents who drag their kids onto rides that the kid is very obviously and vocally opposed to going on because they are scared. Why oh WHY force a scared child onto a ride?? Especially those with warnings that say "May be too intense for small children" and the like?? I have seen SO many parents telling their kids to basically stop being a baby and that they were being stupid. I mean Geez Louise! Time and time again my heart was breaking for the kid and my hands want to strangle the parents as I hear a kid screaming and crying on the ride in front of me or behind me... can't wait to see those therapy bills, huh?

My third pet peeve is drunk people. Drunk and loud people who have no regard for anyone else in their environment. Now, I enjoy a tasty cold beverage. But why the hell are they serving alcohol at Halloween Horror Nights?? And I'm sorry, but it sure did look like there were a lot of way underage teens who were trashed at the HHN on Sunday 10/28. To make it worse, there were BEER CANS strewn on the floor inside the MIB attraction!!! I'm sorry but that is just beyond low-class. I thought I was as po'd as I could be about this while I was online for the ride, then the thought occurred to me that there were all these drunk people who were gonna be going to the cars and driving home... it's just plain stupid to have alcohol in HHN where it's dark and disorienting to begin with. Luckily there was plenty more pro's to HHN (it was my first time going), but you know, I would really like to have not been worried that someone was gonna puke on me before the night was over...

[Robinrs]

I'm going to remember that "Butme" term everytime I'm in the park!!http://www.plauder-smilies.de/laugh1.gif

[Molokai Gram]

USF is too far away. :(

[MsDisney]

Yes, for you, USF is too far away...but for me...


Hawaii is too far away!!!!!!!

:(


There's just no pleasin' some people, huh? :D

Karen

[WebmasterBarry]

The "but me's" are also called tourons. They are basically tourists who think the rules are for everyone else, like to cut in line, argue about the heat, rain, and other stuff they can't control, and are all-around annoying. While waiting in the 60 minute Spiderman line, have fun playing "Spot the Touron!" :)

[MsDisney]

Oh yea, the tourons, they must be the ones who went through the single rider line on Spidey, avoided a 45 minute wait, and got annoyed when the Express pass people kept getting taken before us. So instead of waiting patiently, they stepped into the express line, and got to sit together to boot. I'm ok with it tho, it gives me a chance to point out to my children the importance of following rules, and common courtesy. It's not enough to avoid the line, they had to then be taken QUICKLY! Geesh!

Now, if only the guy had noticed what these kids did...tho I don't know if he would have done anything anyway, I guess sometimes they also have to just try to remain calm and just chalk them up as tourons! (I'm liking this new word!)

Karen

[MIB999999]

Does not take much to figure out the origins of TOURONS

[BansheeBlue]

I am officially adding "touron" to my vocabulary, to be used interchangeably with ButMe :)

[Robinrs]

I understand the ButMe's and the Tourons are the only ones paying FULL PRICE onsite, too... :D

[WebmasterBarry]

Good, as long as it is not me. :)

[fboy9287]

And they complain the they are spending so much money on this trip and when...

[jelly-beans]

Pet peeves:

1. Waiting in line to ride the Hulk or DD only to notice, when you get close enough, that many trains leave with two empty seats on the same row. How about a simple "Party of two" call to the line;

2. The astonishingly poor behavior of otherwise good people for the sole purpose of collecting worthless strings of beads thrown from the floats during the HHN parade. Living in NYC I have always been astonished that 9 out of 10 times on the subway when you see an elderly person or pregnant woman standing no one will give up their seat. Well I now know this behavior in not limited to New Yorkers. I am surprised more people don't get hurt; and

3. I don't know how widespread this last one is but I actually witnessed a woman (maybe 35yo), after riding the Hulk, quickly reboarding the train in an empty seat. She did this trick three times before I rode (maybe more after). I know she is not taking a seat from anyone as she waited to see if there was an empty one but it bothered me anyway. Anyone else witness this before?

jb

[WebmasterBarry]

Originally posted by jelly-beans
Pet peeves:

3. I don't know how widespread this last one is but I actually witnessed a woman (maybe 35yo), after riding the Hulk, quickly reboarding the train in an empty seat. She did this trick three times before I rode (maybe more after). I know she is not taking a seat from anyone as she waited to see if there was an empty one but it bothered me anyway. Anyone else witness this before?

jb

This is called vultureing. It means that you look for an empty seat and if no one takes it, you take it. IMO, if the seat is empty and no one wants it, you might as well fill it. Now if she were taking away from a seat from a person who was patiently waiting, then I would be angry.

[minijeanie]

okay have not seen this pet peeve yet. While in US this past August, we stayed at HRH. Had FOTL but kept changing the entrance. In KK it was through the main doors but later on that day, I had to go to the left and take the elevator for wheelchair visitors.

We went to MIB 3x. Each time there was a different entrance. One time we wound up standing in the line for single riders. After 10 minutes of not moving, I asked a employee, she led us through some "Employee only" doors.

The worst was BTTF. God only knows where we went in. I still can't figure it out.

Other than that, my only other pet peeve, is when someone in line starts talking about the ride and what you see, how it works, etc. GIve me a break. THere are hundreds of people who are experiencing T2, Twister, and KK for the first time. Let them enjoy it.

We all know that the 1st time is the best!!

[loribell]

This is great. So many of these pet peeves fit right in there with mine.

People not putting their trash in the cans.

People stepping in front of kids waiting their turn to see a character or stepping over a stroller with a child in it.

Not having your ticket out and ready to go through the turnstile.

Smoking in line or walking through the streets. There is a reason there are smoking areas designated!

To add to this-the people who rent wheel chairs or ECV's for the purpose of getting to the front of the line. On my most recent trip a mother and father both rented an ECV and their children were complaining to them about doing it. They were afraid they were going to get in trouble AGAIN! What is this teaching their kids? Not to mention the fact that it keeps someone who really needs it from being able to get it.

Jon & MrNonacho-I must say I hated Twister. Felt like it really trevialized the whole thing. This may be because I live 5 miles from one of the towns that was destroyed by the May '99 tornado's. It was unbelievable to see what that monster did. They really do seem to take on a life of their own. Most times out here in the plains states they will skip houses, it can seem like it is targeting certain places. This particualr tornado stayed on the ground for hours. There was for as far as you could see a 1/2 mile wide strip of mud, the grass had been sucked out of the ground. The trees had their bark stripped off and there were pieces of mobile homes ( the metal pieces on the bottoms) twisted around trees.

I do believe that when they were filming this movie here in Oklahoma they did actually experience the weather to some degree. They were not in danger but the sky gets very erie, a strange color of green. Unfortunately we don't have a Ritz here so they definetly weren't in it. Alot of the places they filmed were out in the middle of nowhere so they did experience some of it.

[MrNonacho]

loribell, I certainly didn't mean to make light of the message that Twister's preshow is trying to convey. My beef is with the actors' performances, especially Bill Paxton's. It's hard to take him seriously as he describes a tornado as being an entity when just moments before he talked of the danger he was in when they "dropped a gasoline tanker in his face." Common sense tells us that in all likelihood, he probably wasn't close enough to the explosion to even feel its heat. That is of course, if he was even there at all. He may well have experienced storms firsthand, but his monotonous and seemingly uncaring tone kind of undermine the message.

[loribell]

Sorry, I didn't state my point very well. I agree with you. They were the ones that trevialized it. Sorry for the confusion. I to doubt they were anywhere near that tanker when it exploded, or how about the house they drove through. They weren't in the Ritz though, that's for sure. I don't know where they could have found nice enough for the stars to stay in.

[gothamknight777]

My only pet peeve was lack of good viewing space for those too chicken to ride the Dueling Dragons (guess who!!). While waiting the 45 minutes for my wife to ride both coasters, it would have been nice to see the full action of the ride (like w/ the Hulk). But I'm a Certified Coaster Chicken (I love the Woody Woodpecker magnet & keychain) so I shouldn't complain...just ride it, right?! That's what my wife thinks! :)

GK777

[lukelance]

I hate it when those people come up to you at Universal and ask for you to take a survey. Like what soap do you use? It cheapens the park.


The thing I hate more than that is how all the big rides require you to watch a movie first and their are no lines they just crowd you into one big room. God I hate that! These Japanese tourists kept trying to get in front of us and they kept running into my little brother and then got in front of them so he couldnt see. We were one the the first people in line too but I guess that doesnt matter. Universal really needs lines in those big rooms. It gets too crowded and alot of people smell!