most rudest, ignorant, disgusting thing at WDW

[kelly's Girl]

I was just curious to know if anyone has had any experiences with people at WDW being rude, ignorant, disgusting, etc...

[antnee]

Define rude, Ignorant and Disgusting. A few years back I noticed some young kids spitting at people from the now defunct skyride. But the thing that really made me mad was when some kid thought it was funny at the Osbournes lights display at MGM to lay down next to Baby Jesus in the Manger in the Opening scene.

A real Jerk!! Ruined everyones Photos

[Granny]

I'll bet you get a ton of stories with this thread!

Rude? Well, these days rude is the rule rather than the exception so I can't say that I see more at WDW than other places.

Ignorant? See rude.

Disgusting? Mothers and Fathers actually spanking (hitting) their kids because they don't want to stay out in the sun anymore. I've heard comments like "Do you know how much this is costing and you just want to go swim in the hotel pool?".

"Forced fun".....I call that disgusting.

[oshun]

Last October while watching Tapestry of Dreams Parade a woman stood her young 2 sons at the plants at Mexico and let them urinate in the plants. She actually leaned over the one boy and held his (U know what). It was down right disgusting and just laziness since there was a bathroom maybe 20 feet away. This was really rude.:mad: We loudly commented on how rude it was and walked away.

[Horizons16]

Ok that last one was nasty and the one before is just DUMB!

I really dont like it when people run you down with scooter things. Thats a pain. Literally. But i think the thing that makes me angry is line jumping or people getting into the fastpass line without a fastpass. That really bugs me.
~Steve

[TexasErin]

This is minor, I know, but it really got on my nerves.
A couple of years ago at Cindy's breakfast, there was a woman wearing only a BRA (and pants, of course).:rolleyes:
I wanted to go tell her to put a shirt on. I'm talking a real, actual, adjust-your-straps bra.

[Chance's Mom]

The most boorish behavior I have seen is during parade viewing. People shove their way in front of folks who have been waiting patiently (sometimes for up to an hour). Last year, a couple actually moved a trash can on Main Street and squeezed in. We had been waiting on the curb for about 40 min. When the parade started to appear, my husband leaned out to get a photo. The girl who had squeezed in actually said, "Tell your husband to stop blocking the parade!"

Well, my mother brought up a lady, so I didn't reply, just turned my head and ignored her.
The nerve of some people!:mad:

The other one that sticks out in my mind happened before Disney restricted smoking. A little boy about 3 was skipping along in Adventure land and was burned in the neck by a passing woman's cigarette. That was awful. I was only a bystander, didn't know the little one, but wanted to cry for him. Thank goodness Disney has solved this problem!:(

[disneyjunkie]

This may not seem rude to others but since I'm a single parent it really drives me nuts.

I hate when parents spilt up during a character meet. One parent gets on line with the kids, while the other parent gets into another line. When kids are done in the first line, they join the second line with the other parent while the first parent runs to
a third line to hold a spot for the kids.

Since the amount of time the characters are out is limited this hurts the other kids and or adults waiting to see the characters.

To me this is the same as one person holding a place in line for a ride while the rest of the family is doing something else.

[Kitty 34]

The rudest behavior we have witnessed was just on our last trip. We were standing in line at Thunder MT and the guy ahead of us actually lit up a cigarette as we headed into the building part, you know where you thread in and around everyone.

He smoked that cigarette all thru the line......I couldn't believe someone was that rude especially around all the children!!!!:mad:

[mrsapalm]

I've posted this on another thread, but I'm always willing to share this one.......
On the 5th of July last year, DH and I saw a flasher in MGM. He was an older man wearing short red shorts and no underlovelies. He was deliberately sitting "open-legged" on a bench. Children did see him, unfortunately. We saw him and immediately found a security guard. He was escorted out of the park. The shame that someone would pay that much money just to commit a crime against EVERYONE. I will never, ever forget that sick, sad man.:mad: :mad: :mad:
Next!
-MrsAPalm

[addicted_to_WDW]

My rudest thing happened on my last trip a couple of weeks ago.

We had gotten in line 1.5 hours early for Fantasmic, and had excellent seats - about 6 rows back. DS was on the end of the row, pretty much dead center. There were about 3" between him and the actual end of the bench.

About 5 minutes before show time, some guy comes down and has his whole family sit on the ends of other people's benches. I don't think so.

Not even 1/2 of his butt fit, but he was trying to stay there. I got up and found an usher who told his family that they would have to go to SRO. Everyone in our little section was ticked off and backed each other up.

[yensid1071]

We had lunch ressies at Cindy's Castle a few years ago. While waiting in the lobby area, Cindy came out and sat down at her throne. Everyone formed a rag-tag line and seemed to be doing well. All of a sudden two men start arguing about the other's kid cutting in line. They start screaming at each other and throwing out profanity right in front of a room full of kids. The wife of one of them jumps in to split them up, but she starts yelling and cursing too. They split up after threatening bodily harm and go on their way. It all happened in about 2 minutes. Then WDW plainclothes security comes in, talks to a CM and leaves. But by the time they got there, the offending parties were long gone. There was little to no security for Cindy and she was helpless as this whole thing went on about 10-15 feet from her. Some people just amaze me........ :eek:

[olena]

For some interesting answers, you should pose this question on the disABILITIES board. There are all kinds of horror stories there.

As for ignorant, I think Bump had a good case in a recent thread about rude and ignorant.

[Talking Hands]

At parades where there is an interpreter working people who walk between the interpreter and the deaf people watching the parade. They do it even when the interpreter who is not working (they interpret in 2s) asks them to go behind the interpreter.

Also at Fantasmic I was using reflective captioning and there was a guy who insisted in standing behind me and blocking the captioning even when I asked him to move seveeral times.

And at Cinderells Castle Show, the man whop kept pushing between me and the interpreters. Since I was also in a power wheelchair I could not move without risking hurting children near me. The interpreters kept trying to shift so I could see but he kept moving to block them.

[ChibiJones]

We were waiting for the tram at Epcot a couple of years ago. It was pretty full so we & some other people decide to just wait for the next one. The tram was getting ready to leave, the CM's had made several announcements saying no more passengers. At that point, two women and a 3-4 year old boy came running up. They asked if I was waiting for the tram, so I mentioned the announcement had been made and that they were about to pull away. She paused for a second & then sprinted for the tram (literally dragging the poor kid along with her) right as they started to pull away. :mad:

I could care less if that twit got herself hurt, but her little boy almost got run over. The CM's let her stay on the tram, but boy was I tempted to give her a piece of my mind since they couldn't. But, since the words forming in my head weren't appropriate for the multitude of young ears around me, I kept my mouth shut. Even writing this, my blood pressure rises when I think of how she put that poor child at risk. A child that age doesn't know how to keep himself safe. He's completely at the mercy of his parents or caretakers. IMO, that woman should have been escorted off of property for breaking the rules.

[eeyore0062]

Smoking on line when there are smoking areas designated,
teenagers cutting in line, just pushing and shoving, adults pushing in front of kids to see the parades, and urinating in public. UGH!

[manchurianbrownbear]

I have never been a "victim" of rude behavior, but was witness to an ugly exchange prior to the MSEP (has anyone else ever noticed that parades seem to bring out the worst in many people?).

We staked out our spot an hour or so before the parade started and ended up next a viewing area reserved for disabled (facing the garage where the floats come out to start the parade). When we arrived there was an empty wheelchair placed in this area (you can probably guess where this is going) and as the area filled up, the empty chair was eventually moved behind the people taking their place to watch the parade.

About five minutes before the parade started a family of five or six walked up to where the empty chair had been left and a couple of them were carrying a disabled boy who was probably around 10 years old. They had dropped off the chair and gone to eat dinner, expecting that the boy and the rest of the family would have a place waiting for them in the area reserved for wheelchairs. The family kind of "ganged up" on a guy in wheelchair who was in the actual spot where the chair had been left but wasn't the one who had moved the chair.

After many unkind things had been said, a number of able bodied people made room for an additional chair and cooler heads eventually prevailed, but only after a couple tense mintues.

Yikes!

[Serena]

I had a mostly enjoyable time. One espisode of rudeness was with two bus drivers. One cut another off and they shared opinions on the matter out their windows in front of everyone.

Another was unfortunitely my sister. She tried to insist my neices were tall enough for Kalli River Rapids. The first time they didn't question her, but then she tried it with someone else and they got out the measuring stick and didn't let them on.
I told her that they were strict and the girls couldn't ride, but she ignored me.

And my dad. I don't know if he just forgot how to take a shower, it was the soap or what, but he stank horribly. I'm sorry to anyone that remembers that.

[Goofy52]

People cutting right in front of when you've been waitng for hours for a parade! That is rude. I'm the one thats been waiting for 3 hours and people think they can just cut right in front of me!

[ZerasPride]

I've got a story that would definitely fall into the "disgusting" category.

My son and I were sitting in the Muppets 3D theatre waiting for the show to begin. There was a seat separating us from the next family. I don't know what made my son and I look over at the dad in this family (probably because he was squirming around in his seat). He proceeded to reach down inside his shorts/underwear and pull something out. I kind of got upset because it looked for a minute like he was doing something obscene to himself with my son practically next to him.

The "item" that he pulled out of his shorts/underwear was wrapped in a plastic baggie - he had crunched up crackers in the baggie and proceeded to eat them!!!! We were so grossed out at what he had done! When the dad finished his smuggled in "snack", he put them back where they came from and gave us a "what are you staring at look" as he adjusted the baggie inside his shorts/underwear.

My son and I will never ever forget that!!!! I know Disney charges outrageous prices for food, but if the day ever comes when I feel I have to sneak in food in my underwear, we'll find somewhere else to vacation!

Lisa
DVC HH 2001

[gemmie214]

Originally posted by ZerasPride
I've got a story that would definitely fall into the "disgusting" category.

My son and I were sitting in the Muppets 3D theatre waiting for the show to begin. There was a seat separating us from the next family. I don't know what made my son and I look over at the dad in this family (probably because he was squirming around in his seat). He proceeded to reach down inside his shorts/underwear and pull something out. I kind of got upset because it looked for a minute like he was doing something obscene to himself with my son practically next to him.

The "item" that he pulled out of his shorts/underwear was wrapped in a plastic baggie - he had crunched up crackers in the baggie and proceeded to eat them!!!! We were so grossed out at what he had done! When the dad finished his smuggled in "snack", he put them back where they came from and gave us a "what are you staring at look" as he adjusted the baggie inside his shorts/underwear.

My son and I will never ever forget that!!!! I know Disney charges outrageous prices for food, but if the day ever comes when I feel I have to sneak in food in my underwear, we'll find somewhere else to vacation!

Lisa
DVC HH 2001

:eek: Yuck!!
That is a classic though :D
I have to ask why he would put the empty plastic back and wouldn't it be uncomfortable?

[Bump]

Apart from my previous thread with the Ignorant chap, I remember my first vist to the World about 5 years ago, Me and my Nephew where lined up outside the BTMRR, when i heard the foulest language I have ever heard! Now dont get me wrong i have served in the Miltary and can turn the air blue with the best of em! But there is a time and place for such comments and anywhere in Disney with loads of Kiddies around is not one of the places! When i turned to see who was polluting my airwaves I found it to be two girls who couldnt have been older then 15, Noone said anything until this cute little girl in the line said to her mum really loudly " Those are naughty words mummy" Which her mum replied "Yes they are dear" The little girl then says "But i thought you said only dumb people use them words?" We never heard another peep from our Vocab-Challenged friends :)

[maleficent1959]

We saw a woman offering assistance to her boy, he was maybe three, while he urinated on the castle at Disneyland Paris. They were just to the right of the path where you can enter the castle courtyard from the side. I can understand if a child that small absolutely cannot hold it and there are no bathrooms close enough that you might discreetly find a place somewhere far from the crowd. But to allow him to pee on the castle wall? My husband took a picture then reprimanded the woman.

[Aristocats2]

This past Christmas season, we were parking one morning at one of the parks (I think it may have been MGM, but it doesn't matter) and for some reason there was only one CM directing traffic. This poor CM was trying to tell people to walk towards the tram down the aisle with the ALREADY-PARKED cars, but everyone was just looking at him like he was invisible, and continued walking down the aisle with the cars that were IN THE PROCESS OF PARKING! Just moseying along, holding up traffic as these poor families in their cars were trying to avoid the many people in the aisle, and park their cars without hitting any pedestrians in the process.

My family and I were the only ones walking down the aisle of already-parked cars, and we were trying to help the poor CM by telling people to walk where we were walking, but everyone ignored us, too! We were all shocked at the ignorance of all the other people. And the sad part is, if someone had gotten hit by a car attempting to park, they would have blamed Disney!

I'll never forget the desperation in that poor, frustrated CM's voice as he implored again and again, "Folks, PLEASE, for your OWN SAFETY, walk on the side of the PARKED CARS!"

[ChiTownZee]

Originally posted by mrsapalm
He was an older man wearing short red shorts and no underlovelies.



The guy is awful, but I wanted to say I love that term "underlovelies"! I've never heard that before, it's really cute! :)

[TigrLvsPooh]

My #1 complaint is the smoking. :rolleyes: People will smoke anywhere they please, even right in front of a no smoking sign. It really bothers me. :(

On our last trip to WDW we were waiting out in front of Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin and a lady started smoking right next to our double stroller! :mad: She was practically blowing the smoke right on my kids. :( So dh turns to her and says, "Excuse me, this is a no smoking area". She grins a really nasty grin and says, "What are you gonna do about it?". :eek: So dh walks over to the CM who is taking fast passes and tells him. Then the CM walks over to the lady and tells her to put out the cigarette! ;) She was super pi$$ed! LOL :cool:

I wish all of WDW would become smoke free.

[linny172]

We were in line for Buzz last week and there were probalby 10 people in back of us, when a man and lady drove up on the mororized wheelchairs(the ones that they rent there) well they just kept going right past everyone, the were with the two ladies in front of us, well ok so they were all toghether, well they kept trying to get thru the line back and forth and kept rolling over everyone in front and in back of them, the lady behind me was just going to tell them that she thought that they didn't have to go thru the regular line that a CM would take them ahead if they were disables, when the man and lady that were originally in the chairs got up and the other two ladies got in and started to ride on them, it was very obvious than that none of them needed the chairs they were just lazy.

Also at the pool there was a couple with a little girl maybe about 2 or 3, and the lifeguard mentioned to them that the little girl looked like she was getting sun burn, and they got mad at the lifeguard and told him to mind his own business.

[starshine73]

Let me first say that DH and I are both smokers. We really appreciate the designated smoking sections because we don't feel so bad smoking there. But when we were there in Dec., we saw people smoking all over the place. I never saw any CMs tell them to butt out either.

Some of these stories are so sad they are funny!

I also hate large groups of people who all have to walk side by side really slowly.

[yensid1071]

starshine73, that reminds me of another one. The "stroller steamroller". When a group of people, all with strollers, walk side by side. If you don't get out of their way, they'll run you over!!! :eek: Or if they don't move fast enough, they hold everybody up b/c you can't get around them!! :eek:

[BrerMom]

He wasn't being rude to me, but he was sure rude to his family. He was a typical exec type who felt the need to check in with the office. I got to listen to his conversation for over 30 minutes and most of it was not about business. His family tolerated it, but you could tell it wasn't unusual. The little boys kept telling each other, "Sh! Remember, you have to wait until's Dad's off the phone before you can talk." Poor things.

[Magickndm]

Speaking of strollers.....I HATE the double strollers! Why can't they make them one seat in front of the other? They take up so much room.
I also can't stand the rude people who push you aside, then have the nerve to say "excuse me" while they're knocking you to the ground. Like I have a choice??

[TigrLvsPooh]

starshine73 - I totally agree with you! I see people smoking all over the place and CM's never say a word. My dh thinks it's because so many people from Europe come to WDW for vacation and Disney doesn't want to pi$$ them off by telling them to put out their cigarettes. :rolleyes: I don't know if I believe that... but I do think something is up!

[LucyStorm]

I really hate it when people with strollers don't pay attention to where they are going and run into my legs. Geez, I'd probably move if they just asked, but no, they have to use the strollers like a battering ram!

Now I know that all of you stroller packing mamas are not like this, but it just takes a few, ya know!

[CJMickeyMouse]

We were staked out on the curb at MGM. My two DS's.... ages 2 and 4 years at the time.... were sitting on the curb with my sister and I standing directly behind them- definitely close enough to tell that the children were with us. Some lady pushes her way between the two of us and the kids and just stood there like that was her reserved place to view the parade.

Never one to be shy, I just blurted out "I don't THINK so!" Like I am going to let a complete stranger stand between me and my two year old at a WDW parade!

She turned around and yelled that I did not need to be so rude and stomped off in a huff. Everyone in our general area got a good laugh out of that one and I heard that line repeated more than once. ;) It made the last few minutes before the parade fly by!

[Raysplus1]

One of the rudest things happened to me while watching the parade at AK. I was sitting on one of the concrete walls waiting for the parade to start. When it did I decided to stand on the wall so I could see over the people in front of me. While I was standing there a woman came over and decided to sit down, right on my feet and also the foot of the lady standing next to me. She sat there until I asked her to leave.

[gumdrop]

On our way to EE for Disney Studios, the bus from WL had to stop at the Polynesian to pick up guests. An older man in an electric wheel chair needed to board first, but there was a mechanical problem with the chair lift on the bus. After many tries, it finally worked. In all, the process took an extra 15 minutes or so. It didn't seem to bother anyone except for this one rude lady. She was standing in the back of the bus, near the gentleman in the wheelchair and said VERY loudly "Well, so much for early entry. Thank you!" The man heard her. I really wish I had the courage to snap back at her, but I really didn't want to start a brawl on the bus. It gets worse. When we pulled up to the Studios entrance, she pushed her way to the man, stood in front of him, and said "Since you held us up getting her, I would like to leave first to avoid any more holdups!" Some guests put her in her place as she walked out of the bus with some choice phrases. It really ruined my whole day to witness that woman's lack of compassion and sensitivity. The man made a good display of showing it did not upset him, but I'm sure he was devastated inside. I know I was.

[Chance's Mom]

:p I'm actually rolling on the floor reading some of these posts! It's a good thing we all have a sense of humor and can laugh about the rude and obnoxious behavior!

The guy with the crackers in the Muppet movie takes the cake!
EEEEWWWWW Yuck!:eek:

[Sonya]

I don't want to offend you all (or start a debate) with this but I was surprised by these two acts of "discipline".

One was at the bus stop at ASMu. There was a teen girl and her little brother who were annoying each other. Mom had had enough and grabbed the girl and went behind the wall and we could hear the girl pleading and getting slapped. Did I mention the mom's arm was in a cast? :rolleyes: Then they came back, kid crying, and someone said something to the mom. She responded "No one can ever say New Jersians aren't afraid to spank their kids". The girl wasn't rubbing her behind.

Another was at MGM, we heard a loud smack all the way across the front entrance and looked over. We saw a woman and her two daughters, all red headed and fair, and all very sunburnt, and the teen aged daughter was holding her arm. The mom was saying something in another language and the girl was howling. I couldn't believe she smacked the girl on her burn. As they turned and walked away I noticed the mom was wearing cut offs, and her buns were hanging WELL below. Yuck.

[The_Disney_God]

Don't know where this fits.

So me and my family wer on the bus from MK to CSR. These 2 familes walk on, all toger they had 5 kids: 3 small girls and 2 small boys. So the kids take the front, they go to the back. During the ride, the youngest girl (probably around 4, maybe pushing 5), falls asleep. So instead of the mother getting the girl, she yells to her kids "DONT LET HER FALL!". Wouldn't you want to get your kid? Meanwhile, they are talking about drinks and booze, pools, and other adult topics I cannot mention.

Skimpy clothes on those ladies also.

[Talking Hands]

Originally posted by gumdrop
On our way to EE for Disney Studios, the bus from WL had to stop at the Polynesian to pick up guests. An older man in an electric wheel chair needed to board first, but there was a mechanical problem with the chair lift on the bus. After many tries, it finally worked. In all, the process took an extra 15 minutes or so. It didn't seem to bother anyone except for this one rude lady. She was standing in the back of the bus, near the gentleman in the wheelchair and said VERY loudly "Well, so much for early entry. Thank you!" The man heard her. I really wish I had the courage to snap back at her, but I really didn't want to start a brawl on the bus. It gets worse. When we pulled up to the Studios entrance, she pushed her way to the man, stood in front of him, and said "Since you held us up getting her, I would like to leave first to avoid any more holdups!" Some guests put her in her place as she walked out of the bus with some choice phrases. It really ruined my whole day to witness that woman's lack of compassion and sensitivity. The man made a good display of showing it did not upset him, but I'm sure he was devastated inside. I know I was.

Geez, Don't they know that while wheelchairs are the first on they are also the last off. And waht a rude person. Poor guy couldn't help the lift wasn't working. Being deaf has it's advantages. If I don't want to know what they are saying I can just ignore them. I just won't lipread them and sign "sorry, I'm deaf."

[lakoda]

I have a really gross one (Anyone read my post in May "Spitters on Space Mountain?"). Yep, I received sprays of spit right in my face. I was riding in the rear car and these young kids in the front cars were just spitting straight up. I even got saliva in my eyes. I was FREAKING OUT because I am well aware of the "nasties" I could have been exposed to. I went straight to the restroom to wash my entire face immediately after letting the CM know. It was completely disgusting.

[The Mystery Machine]

You win! Spit on the face, ewww!

[WDW2000]

The only thing that makes me disgusted is seeing moms pull their able -bodied grown children around in strollers. I'm talking 7 years and older. Yuck

[patman]

Well, I guess i am one of the rude people that disney junkie spoke of. When my kids and wife go to the bathroom which is about 5X my visits I get in line. No one has ever given me a dirty look or have i ever heard a comment. I don't see any thing wrong with it. I rather have all parent wait in the line than be behind a bunch of 3 year olds running between your legs and hanging from the rails.

[disneyjunkie]

Patman, bathroom breaks are fine. I mean going for a snack, doing another ride, and so on.

Crackerman, yuck! I wonder what else he managed to hide.

[zurgswife]

Don't want to start a debate but whats wrong with older kids in strollers...if it will make everybody's trip a more pleasant experience....We take a stroller on all trips and our youngest 5 will use it again in Oct...and I'm sure there will be a number of times that my 8 and 9 DS's will want a lift when she decides to walk.....Heck I'd take a turn if my fanny would fit.....It's a lot of walking....

[DWDreams]

Wow, I can't believe some of these stories! I agree with the parade vultures though, every time I've staked out a spot we've been overtaken by people shoving in front of us at the last minute.

That said, my truly rudest experience happened at Typhoon Lagoon last summer. My husband, daughter and I got there early as is our habit and staked out three chairs which we placed by the water on the left side of the wave pool. As the morning drifted on we were getting closed in by people and eventually there was no more room or chairs to be had in the area. I was sitting in my chair reading while my husband and daughter were off in the water somewhere when a man came up to me and asked if he could have one of the two empty chairs. I politely told him that they were both being used and he started to walk away. He then suddenly turned around and dumped his duffel bag and other items on one of the empty chairs and started to walk away. I was stunned momentarily but then got up and removed the items from the chair and placed them on the ground. He must have seen me do this because less than a minute later he came back and made a huge production of grabbing his things off the ground and acting all affronted. He really think this guy thought it would be fine to just leave his stuff and I would watch it. The funny thing is, if he'd asked me I probably would have been fine with it.

[Aristocats2]

Same trip as my last posting (this past Christmas season) we had PS at Hollywood & Vine for a character breakfast. We were waiting in what we thought was the line for the breakfast, but as we had never been to Hollywood & Vine, or to any sort of Character Meal, I left my family in our place in line and walked to the front of the line and waited for the CM to finish with her current guest. When they were done, I politely said, "Excuse me, but could you please tell me if I'm waiting in the right line for the Character Breakfast?"

The guest who was next in line turned to me and shouted, "I don't THINK so! WE were here first -- THERE'S the line!!"

I just stared at her. She was chubby and blonde, dressed in a pink dress, and looked for all the world like Miss Piggy. The first thing that came to my mind to say was, "Oh, you must be catching the Character Breakfast before your first show over at MuppetVision 3D!" -- But I decided against being rude back to her and instead, I just said, "Actually, if you had listened to my question, I wasn't asking to cut ahead of you. I was merely asking if I'm waiting in the correct line!" And I walked back to my family.

When we did get to the front of the line a few minutes later, the CM actually apologised to me for the behaviour of the guest who had yelled at me. (I told her no apology was necessary from her -- SHE wasn't the rude one!)

[A kid at heart]

What I hate is when you are at a character meal and the characters are at your table and a few tables away the parents let the kids leave their table to come to ours to see the characters, I told one kid one time that he would have to go back to his table because it was our turn and that the characters woudl be at his table in a few minutes. They go to every table why can't people just be patient?

[nezy]

Wow! This si all too much. Let me add a few.

At MK last year, while waiting for the parade I watched as a Dad kept his daughter on a leash to WAIT for the parade!!So unneccessary.

At AK this past March, we were on the bridge of the Kali River Rapids. The kids were waiting there turn to press the squirt button for the water to squirt from the elephant trunks. They waiteded, and waited and asked very politely of the young sweet faced boy hogging the buttons. Finally DH said, also nicely to the sweet faced boy, "Why don't you let the other kids have a turn now?" Well the boy gave him what to an American looks like a peace sign, but to our friends across the Atlantic actually means FU. DH, being aware of this said to the sweet faced boy from Britian, "right back at you" and gestured in kind w/ similar "peace" symbol. The parents stood there and acted as if theis sweet faced boy was not theirs. Thank God he was not mine!

[onlyme729]

My family and Me were on the It's a small world ride. The whole ride there was a kid about 12 years old who wouldn't stop saying "This ride sucks, It's so boring and the music really suck" I couldn't believe thisw kid and how immature this kid was at that age. It really mad me mad :mad:

[shortbun]

I just wanted to say that AS a "stroller mom" I work very
hard to avoid touching anyone with ds's stroller BUT-it seems
that strollers are invisible at WDW. People jump in front of me
and walk into my path like I'm not there. I intentionally leave
a little space btwn the stroller and the person in front of me so...
some rude person feels like they need to cut in front of me and
fill it up-then they get mad at me when the stroller dings the back
of their legs.

Also-electric carts. Hello-the people in rented electric carts have
them because otherwise they can not see WDW. There is too much walking for some people. Hence-these people are inexperienced operators of these vehicles. Others who love
WDW too, need to cut them some slack and not jump or run in
front of them causing near accidents. DMIL rented one last time
we went to WDW. These units do not operate smoothly-they
have 2 speeds and don't exactly stop on a dime. Last-two people
sharing a cart doesn't mean they are "lazy". It means they want
to see WDW and this assistance makes it possible for them both
to make it around the parks. I was not amused at the stupid
behavior of most people around these ECVs. I'm proud that my
MIL(age 69) was willing to rent one of these and therefore be able to witness the joy of her grandchildren at WDW-she has
had two knee replacements that didn't exactly go well and otherwise would never have made it down Main Street. BUT-she
is anything but "lazy", works like a dog at home. One day when
DFIL who has asthma was having a rough day-DMIL braved the
pavement and let him ride for a while. People who saw this
exchange might have thought them "lazy"-they're not!
Has this made me grumpy? You bet!

[WilmaBud]

Back in the 70's, we ate at the 'Top of the World" restaurant in the Contemporary. There was a dinner buffet. We saw this lady stuffing tons of fried chicken into her purse.

The next day, Pluto was at the Magic Kingdom, surrounded by people. He came walking over to me (I was a child at the time) and reached out to grab my hands and dance with me. That same lady pushed me aside, grabbed Pluto and starting dancing with him. My dad was so annoyed! He yelled, "Hey Pluto, give her some fried chicken!"

[Colleen A.]

Another parade story!
We had staked out our place to see the Magical Moments parade. We were all sitting along the curbside for about 45 minutes. I usually try to get near a trash can, it seems to protect the little ones from being stepped on! Well, right before the parade starts, 3 girls, aged from about 10 - 16 push in behind us. My youngest was 5 at the time. I see them trying to push her out of the way. I asked them politely to please be careful, but they ignored me and spoke to each other in their own language!:mad: I know they could understand me, but still they kept pushing Jessie with their feet!:eek: I even motioned to a CM who came over and told them they must stay on the curb (at this point, they were standing in the street IN FRONT of Jess!!) and behind the "people sitting on the curb". As the parade approached, the 3 of them pushed Jessie completely out of the way and the poor little thing was trying to sit on the curb, holding her legs in front of her! I picked her up and sat her on my lap so she could see and would be protected from these 3. Once they got Jessie out of the way, they started to try and move my 8 yr old daughter!! I yelled NO WAY and pushed my body over that way and let Jeana sit on the other side of me. When the parade stopped in front of us and they let the people with the stickers go out and join the parade, even though they didn't have a sticker, they still ran out! We took the opportunity to move over back to where we were. They looked at us like we commited a crime!:rolleyes: They did manage to get back on the curb, but they were squished this time and I was not about to move for them! When the parade ended, I made a loud comment about rudeness! More talking back and forth in their own langauge!:eek:

[Dream]

Some of these posts had me ROFL!!! "Cracker man" has GOT to be a dis classic!!! HAHAHAHAH and EWWWW!!!

I agree with zurgswife on the stroller issue. WDW involves a LOT of walking that can be too much even for 8 and 9 year olds. If a stroller helps a family to enjoy the magic more, I see no reason why this should be a problem. It is so easy to judge a person in a wheelchair or electric cart thingy when there is no "obvious " sign of disability, esp since we have all seen how some Disney guests do abuse this privledge (ie the "empty wheelchair" post). Yet I have literally seen people POLE VAULT over one of those electric carts in order to make a little headway in a crowd!! The rudeness exists on both sides. Maybe we should all strive to put lots of magic in our hearts before we leave home and use this reserve when we witness some of these irritations!! That and pack some big rubber bands in our fanny packs to ZAP those rude people who are beyond that stock of magic!!!!

[addicted_to_WDW]

My problem with motorized carts is that *some* people think riding one gives them the right of way in all situations. Yield, people, yield!

[Goofyposter]

Maybe we should all strive to put lots of magic in our hearts before we leave home and use this reserve when we witness some of these irritations!!

That's The Spirit Dream!!!
http://www.boomspeed.com/bicepguy/goofhead10a.gif

I look at those people who jurst dernt knoe thar beeutocks ferm a teakettle...ter sort of be 'disney villians'....I try to give 'em a good dust'in with pixie dust!

[Colleen A.]

When we were there in 2000, we went on the Star Tours ride. Sitting right behind us were a group of foreigners (don't want to sound like I am picking on them though!:D ). Anyway, it was a group of 5 or 6. The ride doesn't offer any fresh air and these people were in great need of a bath!!!:earseek: :earseek: My 5 yr old asks LOUDLY "Mom, what is that smell!!" I almost died!!:bounce: They didn't seem to understand her luckily! We all could not wait for that ride to be over! It smelled so terrible that we ran out of it, leaving behind the water bottle. I wouldn't of minded the water so much, but DH had bought one of those Epcot water bottle straps and for the price of that thing, I was not about to leave it behind! We ran back when we realized it and luckily, it was still there!:D

[Mskanga]

I don't have that many that haven't been said yet but the one that stands out is last year when we were leaving fromMGM after closing and waiting for the bus to go back to the Contemporary, the line was long , the bus got there and all of a sudden a group of 15-20 people decide to go to the front of the line ...the bus driver happened to have to help a disabled person off the bus before he opened the front door for people to get on and I walked over to him and told him about the group of people who just walked into the front of the line cutting everyone off, he says to me what do you want me to do?? :earseek: I tell him , I want you to tell them to go to the end of the line like everyone else...he goes to tell them and then they start yelling at the rest of the crowd, the crowd starts yelling right back at them , since they wouldn't move security was called and the group got scorted out of the line by security , I can't tell you all the nasty things they called us but we had great pleasure to applaud as they got kicked out of the line, then I had people thanking me for opening my mouth, well if I can stand in line while my 4 yr old dd is telling me she needs to go pee and she has to wait until she gets to the hotel ( you know they always tell us at the last possible minute and she told me when we were already on the line ) , the grown ups can wait for their turn too!

[DIZGIRL]

We were in line for the Lion King show at AK, and the theatre was full/standing room only (I didn't think they allowed this, but anyway) so we had to stand along the side during the show. This family in front of us that took up a whole bench could not stay seated or keep their kids under control. The parents were pacing up and down the aisles trying to video tape, blocking our view, and the kids were playing musical chairs w/grandma. Their youngest (probably 5 yo.) was on a leash but they let her go and she literally climbed the rails, walls and pillars during the show and they were encourag her to act like a monkey! I don't see why they just didn't leave; not only were they not paying attention to the show but they were disturbing everyone around them, especially those of us standing.

One other time we were on a bus to AK and it was really crowded. This family had to sit seperated and some people were nice enough to give up their seats for the dad and the youngest girl (probably 3 yo) to sit. So she sat on his lap SCREAMING at the top of her lungs for her mother up front! Here face was SO red but she wasn't crying, but carried on for the whole ride, probably 20 min.s!! Neither parent said a word to her, just let her scream! I mean it was ear-pearcing! People were covering their ears and trying to move, it was terrible and rude! I thought maybe the driver would have said something- he must have heard her. Everyone couldn't wait for them to get off and when they did we saw them later in the park and guess what- she was screaming again and throwing a tantrum, but at least then they were sitting at a rather secluded bench. Still, it was inconsiderate.

[Boo'sMom]

When we were at WDW in 2001, my DD was 11 months old and spent most of the entire trip in a front snuggly carrier.
Well......we had reservations at CA. Grill in Contemporary and I had my heart set on getting my kids to be able to rind in the cockpit of the monorail. (Since we stayed at WL we didn't use the monorail at all...and the trip to Contemporary was the only time)
Anyways...there was absolutely nobody at the contemporary stop for the monorail, and we asked the CM if we could ride in the front. He said he'd check with the operator...well...the monorail pulls up (green....I remember..lol) and the CM asked if we could ride in front..well the operator say "only 4", so, since my infant was sound asleep in the front pack, we assumed we were all set....NOOOOOOOO...we couldn't ride, because with 2 DS, DH, and me carrying the infant..we were 5.
I know rules are rules, but it seemed like this was a bit excessive.....

[Lars624]

Wow......some of these things are unbelievable! Crackerman is just way beyond anything I ever want to see. I am so sorry anyone had to witness that.
Luckily aside from some pushy parade experiences like those already mentioned we've never had any problems at WDW.
I felt like I had to write about the older kid in stroller issue though. My DS is 6 and in May he asked us to rent a stroller because he knew he'd get tired trying to walk all day. I see nothing wrong with him using a stroller and I'm sure he will be using one again in Feb. I personally think that I'd rather the kids were comfy and riding than having a crabby time walking. Less people will be disturbed by a 6-9 year old in a stroller than by one walking and whining.

[robinb]

I have a couple from my trip last week :).

First of all there was the Drink Refill Vulture at Typhoon Lagoon. I bought a refillable mug with the new bar code on it. It was $10, but I wanted to make sure we stayed hydrated in the hot and sunny weather. Anyway ... I just swiped my mug and was filling it with ice when a woman came up next to me and stuck her paper cup under one of the spigots! I told her that she needed to have a mug with a bar code to refill her drink and she said "really?" and walked off.

The second was a pool CM at the Contemporary Resort. It rained much of the time we were at WDW and one rainy afternoon we hung around our resort instead of getting wet (again). I wandered down to the pool thinking that my 2 year old DD might want to swim since it finally stopped raining. The pools are supposed to be open as long as there is no lightning and the lifeguards can see the bottom of the pool. I asked a woman who was in a swim suit with 3 kids if she knew when the pool was supposed to open. She said she and the kids had been waiting for it to open for over an hour. Each time the CM would tell her 30 minutes, then 20 minutes, then "soon". Finally, the lifeguards look their stations and it looked like the pool was going to open soon.

The 3 children were jumping from one foot to another with anticipation to use the pool in front of the chain at the main entrance to the pool near the pool bar. They had been patient for a very long time. As the woman and I chatted she suddenly said "That little snot!" Then, embarrassed, "Excuse me!" It seems that the CM that she and the children had spoken to started to remove the chains that closed the pool starting with the chain to the right of the children and working his way around the pool counter-clockwise so that the very last chain opened was in front of the kids. "Snot" was far more polite than what came to my mind. The woman then turned to me and said "He's lucky my sister isn't here. She would really yell at him!" I was an innocent bystander and I was ready to rip his snotty little lungs out. I encouraged the woman to speak to the CM and call him on his petty behavior.

[PatriciaH]

Euuwww.. the SM spit story and cracker man are disgusting:)

Night of Joy 99 was the most disgusting night at MK I have ever been to! There was garbage everywhere (cups and trash floating in the water in Small World and Pirates, soda thrown and dripping down the screens in Haunted Mansion and hold on to your stomachs- a dirty tampon laying on TOP of the trash can outside HM.) I wanted to cry for the CM's on clean up duty that night!

[jimmybop]

lets see...

when my roomate's (from the collage program) family and friends came down to visit, we were in the MK (right out side auntie gravities and the bathrooms over in tommrowland). and i was being hyper as always, and i was jumping aorund and talking... and then all of a sudden something hit me, i turned around and there was a middle aged lady being pushed in a wheel chair, when i turned around she yelled "move"!!! I was so shocked that i was hit in the arm and then yelled at to move (it wasn't crowed at all, and it was just after sun set)!!!! i said back after i moved "why did you hit me? you can hit people at disney world! (or atleast something to that exstent in a chipper voice)"

and then while i was working at blizzard beach at the cooling hut (right across from Snowless joe's locker and towl rentals) a female guest i was serveing was about to light up a cig. so i told her she would have to go to one of the smokeing spots and I told her were the cloest 2 were. well she was like... how long ago did disney put in smokeing areas? and i replyed "i believe a few years ago" and then she went on like... well thats dumb i never blow somke into people faces and yada yada yada.... oh boy did i really want to get in it with her about 2nd hand smoke (as u can probaly tell by now.. i'm a bit anti-smokeing). but remember it was disney, and i was a CM, i desided not to take the arguement any further........:rolleyes:

there was a few more i think.. but i try not to remember it... i remember disney for all the good moments :D

[doxdogy]

My DD recently took her two DN's to Typhoon Lagoon. Standing in line for one of the slides, a girl decided she was going to cut in front of the older niece. My DD saw this and looked at the girl and told her just what do you think you are doing? She told me the girl's eyes got as big as saucers. And skeedadled to the end of the line. She told me later that it just popped out without her even thinking about it.

[AngieBelle]

One day when I was working in Geiger's Counter in Tomorrowland, I saw a guy smoking. As soon as he got within ear-shot (I couldn't leave the station) I directed him to the nearest smoking section which was just around the corner. He suddenly acted confused and held out his hands to show that he didn't have any cigerettes then walked away. I leaned over the counter to look at the ground where he had been standing. Sure enough, there was the cigerette butt. Grrrrrrr.

Another time, I was on parade duty for either the Electric Parade or Spectro, I forget which. Anyway, there was a woman standing on the outside of the ropes trying to video tape. A CM kept telling her to please step behind the rope, but she wouldn't listen. When the CM placed his hand over the lense of her camera, she called him an a-hole. The CM said thank you.

[nativetxn]

I think I've been extremely lucky on all of my trips so far. No rude stories <b>yet</b>, these are really fascinating to read :)

[Eeyore1954]

You should have a vote on the MOST Disgusting story. For me, Crackerman takes the cake! That fellow not only had chutzpah, but also a cast-iron stomach! :rolleyes:

[BoyLovesBuzz]

Not rude but disgusting. We were watching the share a dream parade from the little path that goes back behind the castle, and we noticed Friar Tuck staggering somewhat crossing the bridge. Then we saw plain closed CM come up behind him, turn him around, and walk towards us behind that little restaurant. They passed withing about 5 feet of and it was quite clear from the smell that the Friar was overcome by the heat. I still cringe when I think about what it must of been like in that head. I suspect that is one custume that was discarded.

[brerrabbit]

We were at WDW in June and did the Fantasmic dinner deal. When we went to the entrance for the show there was a line of about fourty people with passes to get in. We got in line and as we approached the CM a lady and her family of four walked past everyone to the front of the line. Another person in line pointed out there was a line behind us and she announced to everyone who would listen "we don't have to wait, we have a pass." I looked at her and said " thats great everyone in line has one to."
That did not deter her at all as she kept going and the CM at the gate let her through with her family. On the long walk to the seating area for the show her husband explained to her what had happened and all of a sudden they stopped obviously wanting to get away from everyone she had made the statement in front of.

As far as motorized scooters go I have no problem with them in the parks except when I was almost run over by about a 300 pound lady in one that was weaving in and out of people in Frontierland while yelling at the people in front of her to get out of her way. We caught up to her about two or three minutes later as she was buying ice cream at an outdoor stand. :confused:

[damo]

The most disgusting thing we've seen happened while climbing one of the mountains at Blizzard Beach. We are a young family and we were going pretty quickly when we came up behind a rather large, older lady wearing a skimpy bikini. She was quite slow and we were quite polite and didn't try to rush around her. Needless to say we saw a lot more than we would have liked to.

[BriarRosie]

Originally posted by disneyjunkie
This may not seem rude to others but since I'm a single parent it really drives me nuts.

I hate when parents spilt up during a character meet. One parent gets on line with the kids, while the other parent gets into another line. When kids are done in the first line, they join the second line with the other parent while the first parent runs to
a third line to hold a spot for the kids.

Since the amount of time the characters are out is limited this hurts the other kids and or adults waiting to see the characters.

To me this is the same as one person holding a place in line for a ride while the rest of the family is doing something else.

Actually, I think the idea sounds like a tremendous timesaver! Shuttling the child from parent to parent isn't a hardship, IMHO. (Now, I can't be biased about this, since I'm not a parent yet.)

If the process is done efficiently (pens ready, page to sign prepared, flash on camera ready), I think the actual wait wouldn't be that significant. The only people who wouldn't benefit would be single parents, I guess.

[BriarRosie]

People who think the rules don't apply to them:

---someone who litters steps from a trash can. (Take it, then ask the person, "Excuse me, I think you dropped this.)

---the idiots who stop in the middle of a row in any "fill every available seat" show.

---the smokers who don't follow the designated smoking areas on the guidemaps.

---line cutters who exclaim, "No speak English"

---last-minute parade shovers. (They can put their kids in front of me, but I draw the line at the parents trying to do so if I've staked out a spot in advance.)

---people who yell at cast members when it's obvious the cast member was not to blame for factors beyond their control....like the weather.

Of course, there are lots of lovely people out there. I've had fun conversations with complete strangers while waiting in queues or parades. I know I have a lot of pet peeves, but hey, the rest of the time, it's magical. :smooth:

[BriarRosie]

Originally posted by addicted_to_WDW
My problem with motorized carts is that *some* people think riding one gives them the right of way in all situations. Yield, people, yield!

I don't ride in the carts, but I've walked alongside people who do use them (and need them!) While they try to be consciencious "drivers", the majority of time, I've seen people in too big a hurry jump in front of them, not giving them time to stop the ECV.

Those things can't stop on a dime. I think people who walk around the ECV's should probably give them a wide berth to save being run over accidentally.

Of course, I have seen some pretty lousy ECV drivers....so there are both sides of the issue to consider. :D

[yepod]

Cutting any line is rude; parades, food, rides, etc.

Our worst experience (not as bad as most) was a few years ago before our DD came along. We have always enjoyed character meets & hate it when parents with kids think they can cut in front of adults with no kids. One of these times (& it happened more than once) my DW almost cryed because we had waited patiently for our turn & were cut repeatedly by parents pushing their kids in front of us until the CM & character left. I know the CM is there to protect/guide the character & it was time for the character to take that much needed break, but a little crowd control (& courtesy) would have been nice.

[disneyjunkie]

Originally posted by BriarRosie


Actually, I think the idea sounds like a tremendous timesaver! Shuttling the child from parent to parent isn't a hardship, IMHO. (Now, I can't be biased about this, since I'm not a parent yet.)

If the process is done efficiently (pens ready, page to sign prepared, flash on camera ready), I think the actual wait wouldn't be that significant. The only people who wouldn't benefit would be single parents, I guess.

This wouldn't be a problem if there wasn't a time limit on how long the characters can be out.

Also the family I saw doing this took pictures of each child alone, not a group picture. This took time away from those of us that was waiting behind the grandmother. ( 3 kids came to join her one by one as they finished up with the character mom stood in line for).

Had they taken a picture of all 3 kids together my son and the child behind us could have gotten a turn.

[snowwhitegirl]

As a security CM, I have interacted with many rude people..I can't count the number of times I've had smoke blown in my face while asking people to put out there cigarettes. I've also been SCREAMED out by folks who didn't want their bags inspected before entering the park. Have a GREAT DAY!

[gepetto]

Sometimes characters bring out a lot of nastyness in adults. I saw a man pick up his 2 girls, tuck one under each arm and sprint over to where Snow White was. He almost knocked down more than one child on his way. Heaven forbid his little sweeties not get their pictures and autographs before anyone else.

It really annoyed me at Crystal Palace when parents let their kids come up to the characters when they were at our table. I have a picture with a strange child tugging at Eeyore while my son was getting his autograph.:rolleyes:

*character tip* go to Toontown right when they open. You'll see tons of characters with no lines while everyone else is still in Fantasyland:Pinkbounc

[GeorgeG]

I've often wondered why rude and nasty people even go to WDW. They don't have anything in common with the Disney concept.

Perhaps there should be some sort of test to weed out anyone who can't get with the program. Just think of all the extra room there would be for nice folks like us. I know this might sound a bit arrogant, but that's how I feel.

P.T. Barnum used a sign "This way to the egress" to move people out of his museum. Maybe a "special ride" would be in order that would deposit rude and nasty people outside the park. Any ideas?

[Disney*All-Stars*]

I found the ruidest behavior was that of a woman who had tried to elbow her way in front of me while my family and I waited for the parade to begin. We planned it out by sitting in our spots along the parade route about 30 minutes ahead of time where I could take pictures without standing up (it was a good photo spot). Well, 2 minutes before parade time a woman's foot squeezed into the 3" of space that was between me and the stroller next to me. In total belief that this woman was really intending on squeezing in and standing there, blocking my view of the oncoming parade, had blown my mind! So, I stood up hoping she would back off and give me some room. But instead, her elbow went up with her super deluxe 35mm camera in hand--right in front of my face! Set on getting her photos, I had no chance of getting a decent photo of my own so I asked the woman to back up and give me some room. She then started complaining loudly to someone behind us (perhaps it was her husband) as if I was ruid for not letting her squeeze in! She really wouldn't budge! I had to remain standing to get my photos. If I would've sat back down she would have stepped right over me! I really wanted to push her about 10 feet back, but of course, not in Disney!

[Eeyore1954]

Originally posted by snowwhitegirl
As a security CM, I have interacted with many rude people..I can't count the number of times I've had smoke blown in my face while asking people to put out there cigarettes. I've also been SCREAMED out by folks who didn't want their bags inspected before entering the park. Have a GREAT DAY!

SnowWhiteGirl: I hope you come back to see this. From a WDW lover, fanatic, addict -- all that stuff: THANK YOU for the tremendous job you do. You put up with so much grief every day, all day long. I know I don't say it enough to CM's -- so here's a big HUG and another THANK YOU for your hard work to make sure WDW remains the most magical place on earth!

[BoyLovesBuzz]

I am surprised that line cutting is a problem. I found that it mostly policed itself.

The two times I was most afraid I was going to die. The first involved an armed robbery. The second was at WDW. The crowd was thick, the day was long and my two kids wanted ice cream. Trying to help DW keep track of them, I steped into line to get the ice cream. Little did I know (but I soon found out) that the line was curving and I stepped into the middle of the curve, 4 people from the cart and about 25 people from the end. I vaugely recall the din of the crowd rising slowly and slowly until I realized that the yelling was at me, and everyone was stareing at me. As soon as I realized what I had done, I jump out of line. By that time I was next in line, and went to the end, much to the cheers and jeers of the crowd. The people that were immediately behind me understood my distractions and were very good about it. The folks about 10 people back had that pitch fork and torch look about them.

I appolgized profusely all they way back, but there was no fogiveness to be had. Moral, don't mess with a persons Micky Bar.

[worm761]

the worst thing i had happen was at MK last july. some (insert really nast word of your choice here) walked over my son. no we were not sitting on the ground waiting for a parade. we were walking into Tomorrow Land and some man walked over my son. then had the nerve to give ME a dirty look. i guess my son was walking in his path or something.

[mhopset]

I have never experienced any rude, obnixous, or disgusting people at WDW. I do have a comment for Horizons16 though.

As for people running you over with "scooter things" Sometimes I don't think it is a matter of being run over. You may not see the people on the "scooter things" and step out in front of them. It is very difficult to get a "scooter thing" stopped. I know because I drive a "scooter thing". I always try and stay to the right as far out of peoples way as possible. I wouldn't be in a "scooter thing" if I didn't have to be. I am also sure I am not the only one that feels this way. A "scooter thing" makes our life much easier not only for ourselves but for our family.

I feel I am going off in a rant so I'm going to stop right here.

One more thing, Please don't refer to it as a "scooter thing", the right terminology is Scooter, ECV, or an Electronic piece of durable medical equipment.

[robinb]

Originally posted by yepod
One of these times (& it happened more than once) my DW almost cryed because we had waited patiently for our turn & were cut repeatedly by parents pushing their kids in front of us until the CM & character left. I know the CM is there to protect/guide the character & it was time for the character to take that much needed break, but a little crowd control (& courtesy) would have been nice.

While I understand it's easier to just let the CM take care of crowd control, sometimes you just need to take things into your own hands. "Pardon me, I belive I was next in line." works wonders and no more tears!

[manchurianbrownbear]

I have enjoyed reading everyone's experiences over the last couple days. Thank goodness these tales are the exception and not the rule!

A couple years ago, my DS (5 yo at the time) was getting a little testy in MK during our last day of a seven day assault on WDW. He wasn't having a tantrum, or bothering anyone (other than his parents!) but was visibly displeased. We were in Tomorrowland near the entrance to Astro Orbiter and a talking trash can started a conversation with him! It shocked DS out of his bad mood and gave the rest of the family a great laugh!

Perhaps more of trash cans should be used throughout the parks to confront rude or unhappy people in a non-threatening manner!

[snowwhitegirl]

SnowWhiteGirl: I hope you come back to see this. From a WDW lover, fanatic, addict -- all that stuff: THANK YOU for the tremendous job you do. You put up with so much grief every day, all day long. I know I don't say it enough to CM's -- so here's a big HUG and another THANK YOU for your hard work to make sure WDW remains the most magical place on earth!


Eeyore1954: THANK YOU, you absolutely just made my day...I wish all guests could be like you...personally I'm just doing my job. I was a guest before I ever worked here and I know how much Disney means to me so I strive to make it even more magical for every person I come in contact with.
I always did get in trouble for being too perky and cheerful.... :)

[Doctor P]

The deliberate inconsiderate behavior of people, especially those groups who pretend not to understand English when confronted but understand perfectly the next minute.

[Tinkbell]

snowwhitegirl,
I was at Disney last week and I could not believe that I saw some people getting very offended with the security checks. One lady who was asked to remove the contents of her backpack yelled, "You better ask everyone to take their stuff out too"! Then she proceeded to call the security guard some very un-Disney like names as she walked into the Magic Kingdom. I really feel for you and those in your position. You still manage to do it with a smile on your face.:)

[snowman]

My first trip to Disney was 3 years, for my 32nd birthday. DSO and I were staying at AS Movies and loving everything Disney. That is, until our first trip to the Mighty Ducks pool. An ignorant GM/Lifeguard was making loud comments to some guests about the characters, along the lines that most are gay men, though his language was much more colorful and ignorant. Yet, it wasn't the homophobia that bothered me as much as the fact that he "told" that the characters aren't real. There were some small children at the pool. If they had heard it would have been akin to killing Santa Claus.

[Lucky4me]

I must say I have never encountered anything rude or disgusting at WDW. Guess I'm lucky, or just very unobservant. lol

[Joanne M]

I remember a minor incident that could have been worse....

We were at one of the quiet pools at Coronado Springs a couple years ago. A group of women, speaking both English and another language, came out to the same pool after a while. They then proceeded to take off their bathing suit tops so they could sunbathe topless.

The lifeguard RAN over to them and told them they were not allowed to take their bathing suits off in WDW. They suddenly pretended to not understand English. He then told them if they didn't get dress immediately, he would escort them off WDW property. "Suddenly" they realized they did in fact speak English, and put their tops on. Then they left the pool area in a huff, saying nasty things to the CM over their shoulders as they walked away. Like he cared.....

I was glad there weren't any kids there to witness the situation.