Are there any pickpockets or frauds to be aware of?

[ukstitch]

Is that not just what their trying to do, earn I abit of money? No its not very disney like, and no maybe the stuff they have isnt wonderful- its not stuff i want to buy so i dont look at it but I dont think its right to be rude to them- a simple "No thank you" is fine.

I don't mind them doing what they're doing, I guess I just think it would be better if either:

a) There weren't so many of them
b) They were at the edge of the path, rather than in the middle where you're trying to walk

I'm never outwardly rude to them - I wouldn't dream of doing that. It's just one of those things I guess, that I start finding that after I've walked from parks to car park several days in a row with a large pushchair, I (internally) get a slight urge to kick the little robot animals they sell out of the way, because they always seem to be in the middle of the pathway, right where you're trying to walk.

 

[tigger300686]

Sorry,I wasnt sugguesting you would be rude or even refering to your opinion in your post, i quoted what your had said because it states the point I'm making- all they trying to do it earn some money and they come back because they do.

 

[ukstitch]

Sorry,I wasnt sugguesting you would be rude or even refering to your opinion in your post, i quoted what your had said because it states the point I'm making- all they trying to do it earn some money and they come back because they do.

No need to apologise, I just read your post wrong then, which is easily done on an internet forum .

Even so, I realised that maybe my urge to kick them could have come across wrongly, so I felt I should clarify what I meant

There do seem a lot more of them in France than I ever remember in Florida though - whether the law is different in France or they're just less bothered about them I don't know.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Them people who sell them tacky toys by the train station do get moved on several times a day by the police which makes me think why do they keep coming back.

I would never buy any of that cheap rubbish that they sell, id rather Kyra go without then funding there criminal ways.

 

[tigger300686]

Them people who sell them tacky toys by the train station do get moved on several times a day by the police which makes me think why do they keep coming back.

I would never buy any of that cheap rubbish that they sell, id rather Kyra go without then funding there criminal ways.

How do you know their criminal, thats abit of an actuation.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

How do you know their criminal, thats abit of an actuation.

Because they are not allowed to be there, which makes what they are doing illegal.

 

[tigger300686]

Because they are not allowed to be there, which makes what they are doing illegal.

I've never seen them be moved on.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

I've never seen them be moved on.

I have once, well they didnt get moved more like legged it when they saw the police approaching

 

[tigger300686]

I have once, well they didnt get moved more like legged it when they saw the police approaching

Humm maybe they are different ppl to what i'm thinking of then, as at nye the police we stood chatting and play about with the toys looking rather friendly.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Humm maybe they are different ppl to what i'm thinking of then, as at nye the police we stood chatting and play about with the toys looking rather friendly.

Maybe they was after a late Christmas bargain

 

[rolorolorolo]

Hi everyone,

New to posting on this forum but a long time reader of other's posts, and thought a few of you might be interested in an experience we had in Disney Hotel New York in Mar 2006.

It was our first day, we had checked in and dumped our bag in our room on the ground floor, and put half of our money in the safe.

We went back to our room at around 11pm and found someone had broken in through a room further along the corridor and subsequently broke into each room through the adjoining doors. Luckily (!) only our safe was broken into, our suitcase hadn't been touched and our passports which were on the table were still there. Some rooms further down had bags ransacked and jewellery taken as well as cash and other belongings. We had to go to the police station at 1am meaning that by the time we got back to the hotel and changed rooms, the next day was wasted thorugh exhaustion.

Unfortunately the insurance (through Disney) we took out when booking didn't cover us for cash, so we didn't manage to claim anything back, but they did give us a free holiday to Disney Newport Bay for 3 days due to inconvenience, which was probably worth the same as we lost. When we went back they were really good to us (we were on the Admiral's floor with a lake view), so after swearing we would never go back to Disney, we have booked to go again in November this year.

This time we will take our own insurance out in the UK, so it's easier to communicate if making a claim, and will ask for a room higher than ground level!

rolo

 

[Cyrano]

Hi rolorolorolo and welcome to DLP DIS board
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Glad you didn't let the actions of an undesirable affect your return

 

[silverka2002]

On our last full day, hubby had gone down to the car while the girls were getting dressed and I got the last of our cash out - 150 Euros to take to the parks.
It wasn't until I went in my purse later that afternoon I realised I had left the money on the bed in the room.
I thought oh well that's it, I have no proof it was there and my own stupid fault for leaving it.
Hubby drove back to the hotel and the maids had made the bed and the money was in exactly the same place albeit with the sheets on top of it.

This was the Premiere Classe at Bussy St Georges.

Happy faces all round

 

[tetley02]

Oh those little wierd dolls make me chuckle, someone I know goes to disney almost every year, one year they brought back a little yellow furry barking dog with bright green or red eyes. My daughter was about 2 then and she was terrified of it. When I told her we were going to disneyland all she wanted to know at first was, would she see the scary doggies!

 

[sam_rogers]

Who wants to buy a crappy (scary with red glowing eyes) little barking/walking dog toy when you're at disney anywyay?!

They just look possessed!!!

 

[Orion33]

I must admit it's not a trip to the park without spotting (or hearing) one of those squeaky cats for me! haha I have never really been approached in fact asides them being dotted about on the pavement i find them quite non evasive for street sellers!

You always know when the police are about though as the reason there stuff is on a blanket is so at the first sign of police they wrap it up and leggit-if they are running then there is usually a policeman not far behind

Very cruelly my husband and i were contemplating yelling "gendarmerie gendarmerie!!!!!!!" last time we walked past to see if we could make them scatter.

But no they really aren't a problem, they shouldn't be there but they really are hardly a threat and a polite no thanks always works (unlike the vendors under the eiffel tower......) there is a new guy who is at the gates with a polaroid who will walk right up to you and lift his camera, he got us every morning but again a polite no was all it took he wasn;t pushy he just moved on!

I think common sense prevails with your valuables but generally i can't think of anywhere safer people would disagree but then that is what these forums are for.