Biggest park peeves?

[Torontogal]

Just wondering what yours are? I have several but will stick with one. This seriously happens to me every trip! Finding the perfect parade spot that I got 2 hours before the parade start time and then having a rude family that arrives 5 minutes before the parade starts and squeezing in front of us!

So, what are yours? I need a good laugh! Thanks Disney fans!

 

[gk90]

I have one Epcot pet peeve that's not really funny--I'm an energetic walker but it still takes so long to walk around Epcot, which is my favorite park.

And another pet peeve: I've always wanted to try the crepes in Epcot, but for some reason I've never managed it! Either I forget or the cart is closed. This has happened during 3 trips with at least 8 separate days at Epcot.

 

[DRDISNEYMD]

~No park pet peeves, just rude, ignorant and inconsiderate people in general.

 

[Kristine316]

Just wondering what yours are? I have several but will stick with one. This seriously happens to me every trip! Finding the perfect parade spot that I got 2 hours before the parade start time and then having a rude family that arrives 5 minutes before the parade starts and squeezing in front of us!

So, what are yours? I need a good laugh! Thanks Disney fans!

Line cutting is definitely one of my biggest pet peeves.. not just at Disney but, anywhere. I do not understand the mentality of a line cutter, to me it is terribly inconsiderate and rude! I am not referring to a mom catching up with her hubby in line cause she had to take their 4 year old to the restroom... I am talking about actual line cutting where people think they can move up ahead just because they don't feel like waiting.
Thankfully, I have never experienced true line cutting at Disney but, I did at Universal and it really, really ticked me off.

As far as the people pushing in front of others to get a good parade spot, that seems to be very common.. unfortunately.
My family are not "parade people" and we rarely stand and watch a parade but, we have heard about how crazy it can get in the front lines of a parade route.
We did have an incident like that at Epcot one evening watching Illuminations... we were standing next to the concrete railing going around the lake ... we were right up next to it, I had my purse setting there and was leaning against it and somehow a woman pushed through everyone around us and took her two children and lifted them between my husband and I and planted them literally right in front of us standing up on the railing. Both my husband and I had to step back because those kids were literally 6 inches from us and in doing so bumped into the family behind us. . I couldn't believe how brazen she was. The family standing behind us made a comment about how rude this woman was.. and all she did was make some snarky comment about how her kids needed to see. I actually would have been more than happy to move back a little so the kids could stand on the railing and see if she would have been nice enough to ask me.. but, she never asked she just bull dozed ahead. She had her kids literally take our spots... without even an "I'm sorry.. excuse me".

 

[Peachkins]

Just wondering what yours are? I have several but will stick with one. This seriously happens to me every trip! Finding the perfect parade spot that I got 2 hours before the parade start time and then having a rude family that arrives 5 minutes before the parade starts and squeezing in front of us!

So, what are yours? I need a good laugh! Thanks Disney fans!

Yes. This. If I hadn't been there with my 5-year-old niece, I would've skipped the parades altogether.

 

[kymom99]

We only watched one parade and that was at MK on our very first visit. It was a wonderful parade but once was enough. We had a great spot at the rope where the walkway curves in Liberty Square. We had no problems with anyone trying to get in front of us, luckily, though I do not doubt that it happens.

I must be having happy memories right now because I can't think of any peeves right now!

 

[heyitsmejosh]

one of mine would be its hard to get a good spot for a parade since people are always showing up 2 hours early for them

 

[bgg319]

one of mine would be its hard to get a good spot for a parade since people are always showing up 2 hours early for them

 

[ForMyBoys]

one of mine would be its hard to get a good spot for a parade since people are always showing up 2 hours early for them

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

Mine is parents who insist on talking about how the characters are people in suits or different princesses (ie same princess different friend)- if you want to explain this stuff to your kids fine just do it somewhere that it won't ruin the magic for others. Note to those parents standing in a line where lots of people can over hear you is not the right place to have that discussion.

 

[TDC Nala]

Somebody right ahead holding up an Ipad to video an entire show or parade.

 

[fall08CP]

The location of Soarin' FP. It should be set up outside the Land building! Would clear so much congestion on the stairs/escalators.

 

[heyitsmejosh]

The location of Soarin' FP. It should be set up outside the Land building! Would clear so much congestion on the stairs/escalators.

how about that escalator always being broken. disney has to take care of all these high tech attractions but cant seem to keep an escalator working

 

[Jillpie]

My biggest pet peeve are children being allowed in resort's pool jacuzzis. I would give anything if they were all adult only. Anything. And I have 3 kids! No wait, my biggest annoyance are parents letting them go in by themselves, while the parents go back to their chairs and the kids start diving under and create chaos. Ya, that's it. Parents, don't do that. Just don't.

 

[Sparkly]

Mine is parents who insist on talking about how the characters are people in suits or different princesses (ie same princess different friend)- if you want to explain this stuff to your kids fine just do it somewhere that it won't ruin the magic for others. Note to those parents standing in a line where lots of people can over hear you is not the right place to have that discussion.

My mum kept talking about the characters "best friends", I really hope no kid heard her.

 

[WILDERNESS FAN 55]

Idiots who, in busy times , stop half way down the row and do NOT move all the way down even tough they are asked many, many times to. Rude inconsiderate types who only think of themselves. They muck up the entire loading process also. Luckily I am the kind to "help" teach them the proper methods.

 

[JennyDrake]

SCREAMING, crying, gurgling, EXHAUSTED, whining children--more specifically The Parents who will not take them back to the hotel and put them down for a nap/to bed early.

Am I allowed one more??? Please???
Children in restaurants that are everywhere except seated at the table with their families. I don't want your kid jumping up and down on my seat, I don't want them under my table, it is UNSAFE for kids in the walkways (not to mention unsafe for the servers)--I've had to get kids out of my purse (stored under the table) more than once!

 

[Mad Hattered]

Just wondering what yours are? I have several but will stick with one. This seriously happens to me every trip! Finding the perfect parade spot that I got 2 hours before the parade start time and then having a rude family that arrives 5 minutes before the parade starts and squeezing in front of us!

So, what are yours? I need a good laugh! Thanks Disney fans!

This might help you out in the future....we always watch the parade from directly below the train station. You can get a great spot pretty easily and it's a lot less crazy:

 

[parkhopping]

I have a few...

-People who stop in the middle of the walkway to look at a map/text/whatever...especially when I'm with my friends who have little ones and have to navigate around them while pushing the stroller!
-People who don't pay attention while standing in line and let these huge gaps of space form in front of them...it drives me nuts to be right behind those people!
-Having to watch fireworks through someone's iPad
-Seeing people leave their trash anywhere they like. This seems to always be a problem in the Small World queue...not sure why. But seriously? You can't be bothered to find a trash can? Who taught you that was OK?
-Flash photography anyplace it's dark - especially HM and the final scene of SSE

So basically my pet peeves are with rude/inconsiderate people. Ha.

 

[minnie mum]

Guests who are hygiene challenged. For crying out loud- they can afford to spend thousands of $$$ on a vacation, but apparently can't afford deodorant, toothpaste and clean underwear? Sometimes standing next to these people is enough to turn Stinky Pete pale! (the character, not the Diser ).