A Monorail Incident

[Cinderella822]

What a wonderful story, and how sad that the other family didn't see the magic in the experience that you did. I find myself so engrossed in the children on the busses/monorails that are glowing from experiences like you mentioned. My DD is a teen now and that sort of magic is a thing of the past with her now. So I find it thoroughly enjoyable to hear stories from the younger kids on their way to or from a character meal, meeting their favorite characters, etc. What goes around comes around. That's the magic of Disney. You do something nice for others and you get a nice surprise in return.

 

[meatballsmom]

I would think most people wouldn't want you to get up if you're holding a
sleeping child in your lap. (I wouldn't.) I've tried to give up a seat to an
"older gentleman", but he would have none of it. I guess he was really
being a "gentleman"!

I don't give up my seat to kids unless they're too small to hold on safely.
Some parents actually told their kids to give up their seats to others.
It's rare to see that, but it happened.

She really didn't want me to give up the seat but I insisted. My son is now 6 and actually will give up his seat on his own now. I don't have to tell him.

There are many people like myself who do the same, but I don't think it's the norm. It's not just in Disney, it's everywhere!!

 

[Marseeya]

Because of how we timed our trips to the parks, we only ever rode on one standing room only bus. I'm happy to say that on that trip, anyone who wanted a seat, got one. There were a couple of elderly people standing, but they were offered seats and declined them.

There was one experience on the bus that I wanted to remark on. There were only a few of us on the bus -- the three of us, an older couple, and a family with several children. The kids (ages ranged from 5-10 it seemed) were kind of hyper and complaining, and our bus driver, a lovely Latino woman, started admonishing them to be happy and quit their griping. She was so funny about it and started singing to them, "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!" and was asking them what there was to complain about on the happiest place on earth. I really loved how she was with those kids. After a few minutes, they were singing and happy again. She had to be our favorite bus driver

 

[jjarman]

When DS14 and I were there this past March I only had to remind him the first time we were on a bus. After that he would look for people to give up his seat for. It was just second nature for him. Something we taught him from the time he could understand why. Invariably he and I were commented on his good manners. Then when they heard us talk they said Oh, it is that Southern Gentleman coming out. I know not all Southerners are polite (believe me, I do know this) and there are polite people from other places but down here our boys are raised that way. They hold doors for women and the elderly, they give up their seat whenever possible, they yes ma’am and no ma’am people to death. This isn’t just me talking. I have heard this for years from others. We may lack a lot of things in the South but manners isn’t one of them.