The most common thing I see in this category is people sending their kids to squeeze on top of us. Every trip, sometimes twice. My family started talking about this recently. It’s sad and funny
Epcot - Luminous night the show starts and we’re in the 2nd row of people. In front is a lady in a wheel chair with her family, then us and another couple, and more people had gathered behind us before the show even started. 5 minutes in to the show, parents with 2 tweens try to squish forward and when they can’t get to front, send the kids to the front. There’s barely room to begin with, the kids can’t see smooshed between strangers, so the kids turn to look at parents and then push through and climb up onto the planters. I get it. It’s expensive and of course you want your kids to see the show. Showing up late and expect the seas to part is not the way.
Same trip, this time party of 5 with an
ECV, we arrived 40 minutes early (lol didn’t realize show started 9:30p) and take a spot at the lagoon railing next to brick wall down the path from Odyssey building (great spot btw). 10-15 minutes before the show people start gathering around as normal. 2 minutes to showtime and family of 3 decides they’d like to move into the corner. They were kind of thin so didn’t take much room, but they squeeze down the wall past 3 rows of people then push left for 3 railing spots.
The year before we were at the railing somewhere on world showcase side. 4 of us standing at rail. Show starts and because only 2 of us actually had our hands on the rail, parents send their kids in front of us. We can’t move much back, there’s people that filled n behind. These 2 kids literally squished themselves in the 6” between our bellies and the rail. I can’t wrap my mind around this. I think the expectation is because the parents feel kids get priority and all the taller people should let them in front?
MK parade. We are party of 4 with ECV and were at the rope across from Country Bears. Parade starts and family tries pushing through 5 or 6 rows deep of people. The family almost make it to us but people start staying stuff. The parents retreat and motion for the kids to keep going. Squeeze in front of us and start making themselves comfortable sitting on the ECV. Yes my husband is sitting on it. Large kid sits on the back bumper, other is leaning on front basket. I don’t like to say this about kids but the one kid is so obnoxiously waving her arms at the parade, directly in front of people’s faces including the CM just in front of our rope. It was so bad the CM actually moved to block this kid more - she was a millimeter away from whacking CMs nose repeatedly. I also tell the kids to get off EVC. They make like they don’t understand. I had enough. I turn around look at the parents watching from 10 feet behind, then push the child off the
scooter and tell them to stop. Kid is relentless though, moves over and keeps with the flailing arms to the parade’s end. Nuts. Several times I tried to communicate with parents and they just shrugged with smiles.
I could go on and on but these will never escape my memory. If anybody’s wondering why we’re cling to the railing for dear life ^^^
I hope it’s just because we’re so familiar and he’s never done it to a stranger. He kindly became more careful after I asked. Of course later he pointed out the one time my arm partially blocked him in a ToT photo! I told him yeah, haha, there was no danger of me elbowing your nose though. Nobody wants an elbow 2” from their nose on a jerky ride.
