Biggest disappointment at WDW......

[debbiedoo]

SRO---standing room only

 

[Gymbomom]

This thread is still going????

 

[berkshire mike]

To those that believe it is common courtesy to give up you seat on the bus to anyone you feel is in more need, doesn't it follow that it is also common courtesy to give up your spot on the bus altogether to those still at the bus stop that are in more need than you? If you've given up your seat on the bus to someone else on the bus, have you ever given up your spot on the bus altogether to someone in more need than you that would have to wait for the next bus?

If you believe that giving up your seat to a fellow passenger is common courtesy, but don't give up your spot altogether to let someone else on the bus, then you aren't really exercising this common courtesy entirely, are you?

Boy, that's a stretch.
Maybe I should have cancelled my plane reservations when I learn the plane was full.

 

[MickeyFlirt]

First I have to say my DH will always offer his seat to someone else and so far he has never had anything but a thank you said to him. I will always sit but b/c I hold my 5 yr old DD.
Although we went once will I was pregnant though not showing yet. I was about 4 months and hadn't had any problems with morning sickness but the heat got to me one day so we left. We got on the bus before anyone else but by the time the bus left it was full and people were standing. Since we were on first I sat down as I was feeling sick and dizzy. I actually had someone get mad at me and keep making quite remarks about I was perfectly healthy and nothing was wrong with me why couldn't I let someone sit down. I got all the evil stares b/c I guess they thought I could stand. I might also add I look a lot younger than what I am.
My DH finally spoke up and said that I was pregnant and sick at that moment.
When I got back home (we left that day and went to te doctor the next morning) I was diagnosed with preclampsia.
So the moral of my story I never expect anyone to give up there seat b/c they may be sick or have something wrong that I am unaware of.

 

[Holly]

Boy, that's a stretch.
Maybe I should have cancelled my plane reservations when I learn the plane was full.

Uh huh

 

[DizBelle]

To those that believe it is common courtesy to give up you seat on the bus to anyone you feel is in more need, doesn't it follow that it is also common courtesy to give up your spot on the bus altogether to those still at the bus stop that are in more need than you? If you've given up your seat on the bus to someone else on the bus, have you ever given up your spot on the bus altogether to someone in more need than you that would have to wait for the next bus?

If you believe that giving up your seat to a fellow passenger is common courtesy, but don't give up your spot altogether to let someone else on the bus, then you aren't really exercising this common courtesy entirely, are you?

Boy, that's a stretch.
Maybe I should have cancelled my plane reservations when I learn the plane was full.

EXACTLY!!! Is it rude to want to keep a seat for which you waited patiently?

If you don't think someone is rude for getting on the bus when you are left at the bus stop, they you shouldn't think someone is rude for staying in their seat.

 

[berkshire mike]

Like I said, I think that is a stretch. Seems like some are trying to twist the topic to justify thier actions. Like I also said people can do whatever they want, you don't have to convince me.

It's just that we were in WDW and everything was so nice, people were smiling, happy and polite, it's supposed to be the happiest place on earth, right? The very first day on the bus I saw gentlemen getting up and offering thier seats to women, kids or whomever. It kind of set the tone for the whole vacation. On the few occasions I saw what I thought was an healthy man not offering up thier seat it kind of suprised me. Anywhere else not such a suprise. Yup, I shouldn't make judgements but we all got off the bus together and they seemed find to me.

In the future I'll be careful about judging people, guess its a fault of mine.
As long as you can lay head down at the end of the day do whatever you want.

Geeez, whatever happen to a man being a gentleman?

 

[Tissa]

I'm going in June with my ds9 who has CP and wears a leg brace. We are also taking his stroller/wheelchair. If we are waiting for a bus and it's SRO we'll just wait for another one. If I decide to get on to a sro bus It won't be because I'm expecting someone to give up their seat, I'll totally expect us to stand. It would be my decision to get on to a crowded bus not the people in the seats. That being said I think it is nice to help someone out if needed. If we have our seats and I see someone who needs one I'll gladly stand. I don't judge anyone else for not doing it. They only have to answer to themselves and their higher power. What goes around comes around.
that's my 2 cents....

 

[littleprincessmom]

Obviously many of us just have different ideas of what the "right" thing to do is. But in my opinion if you've waited and waited for a bus, and you're so tired and exhausted you can't give your seat to an elderly person, or a woman holding an infant, then you stayed out too late! This is just common courtesy people!! It's no different than being in line at the grocery store and the person behind you only has one item to buy and you have a cart full. Or seeing someone on the road trying to pull out into traffic and slowing down so they can merge in. If you haven't tried doing things like this, you should! You'll be surprised how little acts of kindness can come back around to you!

AMEN! I know this thread needs to die an immediate death but I simply could not resist. I am blessed to be an able bodied 35 year old female - and I and my 2 children (ages 2 and 5) and mom (who I usually travel with) ALL stand up if we see anyone on a bus, monorail, etc. who looks like they need a seat for any reason more than we do. I will continue to do this and have uniformly been thanked for doing so (but will do it even if I'm not thanked!) Although I would not have taken the seat, I still can't get over the fact that no one ever even offered when I was 7 months pregnant and holding a 2 year old. Was I entitled to a seat if bus was SRO? Not at all. Would I have even taken one if offered? Probably not. But it sure would have been nice just for someone to have offered...

Flame away but I try and live each day by the words of a famous saint: "Preach the Gospel every day...use words if you must."

In May if you are on my bus and need a seat, I will happily give you one.

 

[AKQJ10]

One word... STITCH

I'd rather take a Flight to the Moon, than endure this

 

[bytheblood]

Also a #1 pet peeve of mine too! I have seen pregnant women, women holding infants, eldery, etc, trying to stand on the bus while people just sit there oblivious. Once when I was pregnant my dh actually asked out loud if anyone would give up their seat for me... after a few moments of silence nobody did. So dh had us get off and wait for the next bus.

Okay - that is just plain ol' rude. Poor pregnant Erika.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

The Biggest Disappointment of my life is when I have to leave DW and come home to real world where there are far worse problems.

Slightly Goofy/Linda

 

[*Fantasia*]

Bump.

 

[reedycreek]

test track, and the demolition of world of motion. still bummed over that one.

 

[LoriMistress]

Bottom line: people are selfish.

 

[stemikger]

I'm a 40 year old guy soon to be 41. I know you'd never know it from some of my posts and replies, but here is my feeling on it.

1. I give up my seat for a pregnant lady or one holding a small child.
2. A very young child.
3. An elderly person.

However, I respectfully disagree with giving up my seat for a 7 year old. When my daughter was that age we made her get up and give her seat for someone in need. A 7 year old should have no problem standing.

This is where you got carried away.

 

[ncbyrne]

My DH is an old fashioned gentleman. Basically, he never sits on public transportation of any kind unless there are a lot of seats open. He wouldn't think of sitting if there were even one woman standing. He's 60, and after a commando day in the parks he's exhausted. It's one of the main reasons we rent a car in WDW.

 

[mattr555]

My biggest disappointment was the Jungle Cruise at MK. I waited 40mins for that? What a pile of crap. The boat captain was foreign and could not have had worse comedy timing.

Also all of Animal Kingdom except the Tree of Life and Bugs Life. Take out the Disney characters and its nothing. Busch Gardens and Seaworld do much much better animal exhibits and the few rides are terrible.

World Showcase was a slight dissapointment. It was a disheartening to see whole nations condensed into a restaurant, exhibits which were no more than glossy travelogs and gift shop.

 

[WDSearcher]

I'll admit ... I haven't read this whole thread, so if this has been asked and answered, forgive me.

To all of you who are grousing about men (or women) not giving up their seats to older folks, mothers and fathers with babies, etc .... has anyone ever ASKED someone to give up their seat, or do you all just stand there, glaring, expecting someone to stand up? In all the bus threads, people seem to say things like, "And there I was, standing there with two small children, and the 20-year-olds across from me just sat there" or "My 75-year-old mother was trying to hang on, while a 30-something guy sat and watched." But I'm thinking that if either of those people had simply looked at the "sitters" and said, nicely, "Would you mind if I sat down?" that you would have had great success. Many people won't offer outright, because they're tired and want to sit too, but it's pretty hard, on public transportation, to look up and say "no" to an elderly person or a parent with kids without looking like a dork. And even if the person you ask doesn't (or can't, due to an unseen condition) give up the seat, chances are someone sitting nearby will offer theirs.

You know ... sometimes when you're on vacation and you're tired at the end of the day, you don't keep track of who else on the bus might need a seat more than you. You're just happy to be sitting. Sometimes you're tired and are thinking about what you're doing next or tomorrow and you don't notice the elderly person standing near you because you're in your own little world.

People complain and complain about how "no one offered me a seat," but not once did they ASK if they could sit. Why is that? Are you so wrapped up in the thought that people should just KNOW that you can't simply ask?

 

[mattr555]

Guess Disney must be doing something right if the only thing that disapoints people is having to stand on a bus.