Here now and my (and my husbands) observation about difference in guests

[madasax12]

Only thing I was getting frustrated with was the Pokemon Go.....I mean I get that it is the fun thing but for the love of GAWD.....its Disneyland, take a break and enjoy where you are....

I get that people want to play it....but when people walk into my stroller with my 2 kids because they are glued to their phone is when I get frustrated....

 

[wilkeliza]

Sorry you seem to have had a bad trip.

With that being said no matter what park I've visiting I do not zip from ride to ride or place to place. Walking at a normal pace (or heck even slower then you want me to but still moving) is not rude in any way shape or form. It is how I chose to experience the park. How else would I ever be able to read the windows or listen to the hidden treasures or really soak in the experience if I'm constantly rushing from point A to point B. Just because someone enjoys the park differently than you does not mean they are rude.

The selfies on rides can be annoying. My fiance likes to do it but on dark rides he turns his screen down really low and takes 1 then puts it away. It isn't on the full entire ride so not really disruptive. Also only does it if he is in the back row. Now if the screen was at full brightness, we were in the front row ,and it was during the entire ride I'd throw his phone in the water for you guys haha.

The roughness is everywhere. I have experienced just as many nasty people at WDW especially when I was a cast member. That ranged from people who said it was their right to smoke where ever they pleased because we were in America all the way, to the father who spit at me and threatened to punch my lights out while his teenage sons cheered him on, to the old men who would proposition cowokers to go back to their hotel room with them. The bad eggs are on both coasts.

I never really understood why it is such a big deal that local teens hang out in Disneyland. Where do you want them? This is in the whole judgmental nobody can do anything right society. If they were sitting on their butts at home someone would complain, if they were working someone would complain, they enjoy a fun day with friends out in the sun and people complaining. Yes some of them can be jerks but many of them are very nice and wonderful. Think of the fact that they are what will keep Disney alive. If the next generation doesn't appreciate Disney and the parks then it'll die and that doesn't mean children. It has to be teens and young adults so that they will then bring their families.

 

[Keels]

* except for when tipsy and tired...that's when the latent Californian comes out.

This! Except sub "Californian" for "West Texan".

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OP, I'm sorry your expectations for this trip weren't met. Everyone has their own agenda and plan for what to do when they visit the parks - be it extreme touring or simply "wasting time", as you put it. I guess not everyone had the same agenda as you for the duration of your stay.

 

[Xenorye]

It's been almost a year (next week) since I've been. I'd give a lot to be at Disneyland dealing with the 'rude' guests right now.

 

[Xenorye]

This! Except sub "Californian" for "West Texan".

Ha! I always tease my wife as her Oklahoman accent comes out big time when she drinks.

 

[Angrose]

And I'm sure that if that particular British accent were heard at the same time as an Australian accent, we would hear the difference. It's just that that one accent sounds so similar to an Australian accent that it's hard when you're just hearing the one.

Speaking of mis-hearing an accent, I have been taken for a Canadian by the way I speak* on many occasions! I love that! Can I become Canadian based on that?


* except for when tipsy and tired...that's when the latent Californian comes out.

My husband is British and I lived in London for 3 years. The London accent is the closest to the Australian accent. Of course, accents do vary greatly within England (think Liverpool and the Beatles), but if you're talking about the UK (which also includes Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) then the difference in accents are even greater. I LOVE Scottish accents, but seriously struggle to understand my DH's relatives in Northern Ireland.

Funny story, when I studied abroad in France sometimes I was mistaken for being British and I'm a native Californian!

 

[Indiana Scott]

That's all very surprising to me because in all my trips I have not noticed any of those faulterings.
I have specifically noticed that it doesn't seem to be a teen hangout. I attribute this to the high price of admission.
Also, try as I might, I've never been able to tell the locals from the visiters unless you just go by the AP lanyards - which I don't think is accurate. It's also easy to label the people that talk along with the narator (HM, etc) as locals because they would have had to of been there many times but I could do that as well even though I live 1200 miles away.
I'm sorry your time in the parks was less than fantastic. I've had trips that were less than steller too but then we go again the next year and it's back to wonderful.

 

[lwanthony]

I have one of those, but it never stops going off (even when I'm alone)

I wondered the same thing. I thought, if there really was a detector, would I be able to get in?

 

[Keels]

Ha! I always tease my wife as her Oklahoman accent comes out big time when she drinks.

So many "Y'alls". So many ...

 

[wilkeliza]

So many "Y'alls". So many ...

Haha when my Texas accent gets super thick my NYer friends have to ask me to slow down and actually use real words.

I guess "overyander" and "as the crow flies" are not things they really get the first time.

 

[Xenorye]

So many "Y'alls". So many ...

Haha! It's really the twang that gets added to vowels. So many 'a's get changed to 'ayu's. Disneyland becomes Disneylayund.

 

[Keels]

Haha when my Texas accent gets super thick my NYer friends have to ask me to slow down and actually use real words.

I guess "overyander" and "as the crow flies" are not things they really get the first time.

And vowel sounds get soooooooooooooooo drawn out.

 

[Keels]

Haha! It's really the twang that gets added to vowels. So many 'a's get changed to 'ayu's. Disneyland becomes Disneylayund.

YES! THIS!

 

[VandVsmama]

It sounds like your trip was very frustrating! That was probably really disappointing. Some of what you encountered is quite common - for example, MOST of the DL visits are locals. 2 friends of mine live within 30 min of DL and they go to DL for a date night about once a week. On those evening visits, they'll have dinner, go on a couple of rides, hang out a little bit, and go home.

Space-wise, DL **is** a smaller park, but not smaller in terms of # of attractions. What happens, though, is it will end up feeling more crowded because people are crammed into narrower walkways. Look at Adventureland, for example.

I suspect that some of the teen hang out stuff you might be encountering could be related to not all of the So Cal schools are back in session yet. Once you're past Labor Day, those crowds drop off by a lot.

On top of all that, the summer AP black out dates probably lifted recently, and when this happens, it appears that there is a huge up-tick in local visitors to DL because everybody has been waiting all summer for their DL fix.

I totally agree w/you about the selfie taking on rides. It drives me bonkers if it happens in front of me. And it's worse if the person is using a flash on their camera.

 

[sheetz]

I never really understood why it is such a big deal that local teens hang out in Disneyland.

I find this odd as well. I remember back when Disneyland wasn't seen as "cool" and teens were often embarrassed to go there for family vacations. At the same time the park was getting kind of stale and boring. The fact that teens embrace Disneyland should be seen as a positive as it means that Disney is appealing to the next generation of theme park fans.

 

[BrianL]

As the one who both loves and hates "Disneyland People" I get where you're coming from to a degree, but I really don't think the guests are any more rude than those at WDW. I've certainly witnessed everything you mentioned over in Orlando, including cursing and pushing in line. There might be a tad more casual cursing at DL due to the teenagers, but that's about it. I don't find the locals slow moving though. They move fast and know where to be and when to be there. That's what came off as slightly annoying as it's like they are in an elite club. That said, everyone is mostly friendly and helpful (I did witness a couple of exceptions, but nothing I hadn't also seen at WDW).

One thing about DL that is exhausting is that it seems to be more people in less space, which I think can add to the frustration levels and lead to people cursing, either at others or in general (I may have silently cursed a few times navigating around a parade). It also led to a "great moment in parenting" in the POTC line (though I've seen that at WDW too).

 

[BriannaRuth]

I find this odd as well. I remember back when Disneyland wasn't seen as "cool" and teens were often embarrassed to go there for family vacations. At the same time the park was getting kind of stale and boring. The fact that teens embrace Disneyland should be seen as a positive as it means that Disney is appealing to the next generation of theme park fans.

You are so right! We live near Seattle but my DD16 has decided for graduation she wants to treat one of her friends who never gets to travel to a DL trip! I think it's pretty cool.

I also think teens get a bad rap at DL a lot of the time. Sure, there are some who make bad decisions, but honestly I see just as many adults misbehaving as teens! Parents going overboard berating their kids with no thought to how they're disturbing the people around them; that kind of thing. And I would guess a lot of those are vacationers, not locals. I think I saw maybe one selfie stick (have no idea how they got it in) on our trip.

 

[bumbershoot]

This! Except sub "Californian" for "West Texan".

Making it worse is that I'm a mimic who loves different accents, and I lived in South Carolina for almost 4 years. So that shows up, too. When I was taking Spanish (8th through 11th grade) and then Japanese (12th grade and freshman year of college) I would start speaking those languages at parties.

Funny story, when I studied abroad in France sometimes I was mistaken for being British and I'm a native Californian!

It's the vowels. When I lived in SC I could sort of sense the evolution of British/colonial/American/American moving south. And since a CA accent has those "lazy" vowels it can be similar sometimes.

I guess "overyander" and "as the crow flies" are not things they really get the first time.

I'd get those. But then my absolute favorite phrase EVER is "might could". "I might could go to the movies on Friday." And while "y'all" is terrific and better than "you guys", I love the Western PA "you'uns" ("you ones") as well.

Haha! It's really the twang that gets added to vowels. So many 'a's get changed to 'ayu's. Disneyland becomes Disneylayund.

I had a friend who was in his 40s when he was in grad school with me in SC. He was from TX but had moved to Seattle as a young adult and was totally assimilated including accent and he liked it. He had a kid while in SC. The kid went to daycare and preschool. My friend said he knew graduation could not come quicker when his son, born to two Seattleites, was learning his numbers and he said "one, two, three, fourour" (with the drawl on the 4 if it didn't come through with how I spelled it). HIS feelings, not mine; I love accents.

As the one who both loves and hates "Disneyland People" I get where you're coming from to a degree

Oh sure. I think we all get it. Disneyland would be GREAT if WE were the only ones there. I wish I were a Kardashian or Mariah Carey or Miley Cyrus who *could* rent out the park if I chose to. Alas, we are surrounded.


This conversation twist is way better than "hey all you locals and AP holders who helped me, I really disliked the locals and AP holders in the parks".


I'm here at Universal Orlando right now (taking a sleep-in day and I"m waiting for lazy kidlet to get moving) and while there are plenty of pokemon Go people nearly running into me, there are ALSO plenty of people talking to other people (that are there with them, not on a phone call or text) who are nearly running into me. And I'm sure I've accidentally done it to others. Just part of being in public.

 

[bumbershoot]

I think I saw maybe one selfie stick (have no idea how they got it in) on our trip.

If it was NON-extendable, those are allowed. Only the ones that extend are not allowed.

 

[LizzyS]

I think part of it is Probably that we came that dreaded week where SoCal AP's black-out days end.

Bingo. Our worst experience at DLR (which was still a great one, tbh) was during Christmas time the very day before a lot of APs were blacked out until the new year. I did not know that and BOY did it make a difference. The crowd level was pretty crazy that day.

I have had almost nil experiences with rude people at DLR, in all honesty. I've seen some line cutting, but I'm hard pressed to come up with much else. I'm sorry your experience wasn't what you had hoped.

My husband hates crowds, but feels that Disney's pricing keeps out most "riff raff", so to speak, so he doesn't mind it at all.