Biggest park peeves?

[MrEVILdrPorkchop2u]

My pet peeve is that the parks aren't closer to my home, and cheaper to get into...

Haahaaaaa! Same here AND that people have the nerve to go when we go lol! Aren't the parks suppose to be empty when I go????????

 

[bennifer]

My pet peeve is that the parks aren't closer to my home, and cheaper to get into...

This is my pet peeve too!!!

 

[GovieMom]

The way to handle these people is to get your spot and don't move. What I mean by that is Disney doesn't allow people to stand in the street during the parade. Get your spot and stand on the curb. People will come stand in front of you on the street before the parade, which is no big deal. When the CM's come and tell people to move back off of the street. Don’t move back and don't allow them to step up on the curb in front of you. Stand your ground and say this is our spot, you'll have to move.

Exactly. In all the times we've watched parades or viewed Illuminations, we've stood shoulder-to-shoulder against a rope, wall or railing. No one ever tried to "squeeze between us" as we simply held our ground and didn't move apart.

 

[khertz]

Definitely the people that stop in the middle of the row with the theater is going to be full or mostly filled. If the CM's tell you that you can stop before the end of the row, then that doesn't bother me. But if you want to sit in the middle of the theater, here's a thought...don't push to be first at the doors when they open!

 

[3girls4me05]

Exactly. In all the times we've watched parades or viewed Illuminations, we've stood shoulder-to-shoulder against a rope, wall or railing. No one ever tried to "squeeze between us" as we simply held our ground and didn't move apart.

We do that but my DD was in her stroller in the front and an adult squeezed in to the other side and then was stepping in front of her. We had words when she then elbowed my child in the head (making my child cry in pain). She was full of apologies but I was not a happy mom! Plus my DH is Mr. Laid Back and would let the world stand in front of us. He is all like "Oh well..we are at Disney, just enjoy!" I do enjoy but I also don't like when rude people push their way in front of people who have waited and gotten their spot earlier (especially when you involve my children!).

This is a big problem when they let the kids play in the street before the parade (does that still happen?) When it was time for the kids to rejoin their families and for the parade to start, families behind us were telling their kids to just sit with us and they were trying to squeeze in front of our kids!

 

[Herfnerd]

I agree - its frustrating when people stop and sit in the middle of the row despite the dozens of announcements telling you not to

And I hate getting rammed, run over or cutoff by strollers without so much as an "excuse me"!

 

[FortForever]

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

I saw the escalator working once. By the time we got out of Soarin' it was broke again. I had to use the elevator last time and a woman broke my big toe by stepping on it with the heel of her foot. UGH!

-Flash photography anyplace it's dark

That drives me nuts. I just want to jump out of my vehicle and confiscate their camera.

My biggest pet peeve is people touching me while in lines. I know it's a tight space, but I have never rubbed against, repeatedly bumped into, kicked, slammed my bag into, let my kids climb all over, or leaned on the people in front of me.

Yes, I actually had a woman leaning on me, even though there was a wall right next to her. I told my husband that we needed to change places before I got into a fight. She proceeded to lean on my DH for the rest of the wait. He has much more tolerance and patience than I do.

Another form of bad queue behavior is talking about inappropriate things loudly while in line. I have recently heard graphic childbirth descriptions and sexual discussions as well as foul language.

 

[3girls4me05]

I agree - its frustrating when people stop and sit in the middle of the row despite the dozens of announcements telling you not to

And I hate getting rammed, run over or cutoff by strollers without so much as an "excuse me"!

I have to say that when I was the one pushing the stroller that it would astound me how many people would just step in front of me though. I would be walking in a straight line and someone would cut around me (and I do not walk slow) and then step right in front of the stroller requiring me to stop short so I didn't hit them. It was if they didn't see the stroller in front of me with a child in it at all.
My husband didn't believe me till he was pushing it one day. We were coming from Adventureland to the castle. We got to the castle and I looked behind me to find he was a good 20 feet back. What happened? All these people kept cutting in front of him and he got separated from me. Really? So they didn't seem to notice the stroller when you were pushing it either?

 

[Canooknic]

Standing in a substantial line at a CS restaurant and the party in front gets to the register and THEN decides to START looking at the menu and asking what everyone wants, while the rest of us in close proximity have to listen to a family discussion about who likes what and how their lunch choices might affect their appetite for tonight's ADR .....

Urgh!!! This happened to me last week - a family of 6!!!! I just wanted a salad!

 

[AuroraMeansDawn]

Texting on dark rides and people who carry on loud personal conversations on the buses with no regard for anyone around them.

I once had the pleasure of overhearing a woman and her sister, sitting 3 rows apart, that this woman's 4th child was unplanned and that her sister (who was sitting a few rows up from us) figured out she was expecting because when they got together and she idn't order a cocktail and she ALWAYS knocked back a couple when they got together and they were laughing about the mom being worried the kid would have problems because she didn't realize she was pregnant until she was almost 4 months along and had drank almost daily. All this, in front of their kids and everyone else on the bus. It's amazing what you can learn from the AKL to MK.

On the plus side the kid looked normal and pretty happy and DH and I were having a heck of a time just not laughing out loud.

 

[AuroraMeansDawn]

Would it be wrong to mention to anyone I get on a dark ride where there is water involved that if they start texting I start splashing? I'd call it fair warning.

 

[AJ1983]

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!

As a former server, I agree with this 100%. If I am carrying a huge oval tray with 7 dinners, I cannot see what is directly (within 2 feet) in front of me. So if a toddler runs at me full force, or I trip over a child, chances are that child is someone going to get hurt by the broken glass, from the fall, or god forbid, burned from hot soup or coffee. I in no way blame the kids, of course, but the parents who felt their 18 month old can sit through a 2 hour meal in a fancy restaurant.

Not to mention the people who let their babies crawl around on the carpeted floor. I constantly had to tell parents there could be glass, staples, etc in the carpet-some picked their kids up, others didn't. Made me wonder.

My own personal pet peeve at Disney is what many people have already posted: inconsiderate people who butt in line/in front of others at parades. When I was 8, we went to Disney, and my parents explained it would be very crowded and that we would have to wait a long time for rides. (This was before FP, and the wait for Splash was 2 hours!). The wait didn't bother me-I was going to Disney for crying out loud! Once in a lifetime opportunity!

I'm sure if every parent had that discussion with their child, the child would understand. Sadly,its the parents who take the lead in butting in-the kids just follow them.

Couple more I just though of: when people bring their children to the DSA's. As a smoker, I limit myself to the DSA's, and it makes me very uncomfortable when a Mom parks her stroller next to me and settles her toddlers onto the bench before lighting her cigarette. The other is Disney's e-cigarette policy. People say kids shouldn't see anyone smoking, its a bad influence,they can't tell the difference between real and fake cigarettes. I call BS there. First of all, is a child REALLY going to want to pick up smoking because they see an average Josephine like myself smoking? I doubt it. Second, even if a child does want to smoke, aren't there laws that prohibit them from purchasing cigarettes? I also don't think its fair to force people who have quit or are trying to quit to have to stand alongside real cigarette smoke.

 

[AJ1983]

My pet peeve is that the parks aren't closer to my home, and cheaper to get into...

OK I retract my previous statement, THAT is my pet peeve! haha

 

[zhazhazsu]

The layout of DHS. I can't wrap my head around that park at all. There seems to be no spoke & wheel, no areas of cohesion. I get so confused when I am on Streets of America & run smack into Tatoine Traders, when I thought I was going to end up somewhere else.

 

[the little marla]

I have a few...

-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.

THIS. Drives me nuts! Like do these ppl understand your going to get a picture that looks nothing like what you are seeing in person! And I really love it when instead of one picture they take 20 and the flash is going off the entire ride

 

[sunkissed4]

I just can't tolerate rude, inconsiderate people anywhere and with all the people at Disney, it tends to highlight how awful some people are. My biggest peeve is someone coming to a complete stop in the middle of a walkway. I can't count the times my poor DH has had to avoid hitting someone with our stroller while they stood in the middle of the sidewalk getting something out of their bag, checking a map, or taking out their ridiculously huge iPad to take a picture.

Another please I was 8 months pregnant and gave up my monorail seat for a very elderly woman while other adults and teens enjoyed their comfy seats. Trust me, I didn't mind giving it up, I don't think being pregnant entitles me to anything, but it makes me wonder how some people were raised!

 

[RedHeadedFairy]

Couple more I just though of: when people bring their children to the DSA's. As a smoker, I limit myself to the DSA's, and it makes me very uncomfortable when a Mom parks her stroller next to me and settles her toddlers onto the bench before lighting her cigarette. The other is Disney's e-cigarette policy. People say kids shouldn't see anyone smoking, its a bad influence,they can't tell the difference between real and fake cigarettes. I call BS there. First of all, is a child REALLY going to want to pick up smoking because they see an average Josephine like myself smoking? I doubt it. Second, even if a child does want to smoke, aren't there laws that prohibit them from purchasing cigarettes? I also don't think its fair to force people who have quit or are trying to quit to have to stand alongside real cigarette smoke.

I have to totally agree with all of this - kids in the DSA's always bothered me, even when I WAS a smoker. Now that DH uses his vapor instead of smoking, being relegated to the same DSA area because of how it 'looks' is just completely insane, IMO. First - his 'pipe' or whatever doesn't even LOOK like a cigarette & 2nd, WHO CARES? I don't care for 'the look' of a lot of things that I see but so what? I just look another way. Perhaps those that think little Susie seeing someone smoke is going to turn her INTO a smoker need to have a little more confidence in their parenting skills & worry less about what others do.

Those people that stumble slowly around the walkways staring off into a map trying to figure out where they are & where they are going drive me bonkers! Step aside, sit down, stand still! I guarantee your map will make more sense if you do & in the meantime, I DO know where I'm going so get OUT of my way!

 

[firecracker725]

I understand your frustration. About the kids being exhausted part. I could see where parents don't wanna go back. They pay all this money at WDW and wanna get the most of it. But from a parents stand point. Kids are kids, they are super excited to be in Disney. And a lot of they time kids are hopped up on sugar. Or arent used to so much going on. some things you mention is crossing the line but I have seen plenty indisciplined kids and I don't let it ruin my vacation. I tend to focus on mine instead of others because I spend all this money and its worth it to me to see them light up with joy.

My pet peeve is the bus etiquette. Seats should be given up to people in this order
Elderly
Mothers carrying infants
parents carrying sleeping children
kids
women

You forgot pregnant women!

 

[megan10310]

People kept stepping in front of our stroller last week too. I am a very considerate stroller pusher and tried to stop short or go around but a few times they stepped exactly in the trajectory of the stroller with no time for me to react. One lady was really upset with me and says she was hurt. I felt badly for her and apologized but in my head I was like "you did that!"

I think that the parks are so much to take in that people frequently do not look around at their surroundings. That woman was looking way off to her left and stepped to her right in front of me.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

I can't stand it when people in line behind us get way too close. Do they think the line will move faster if they push right up against us? My DS17 has Asperger's and hates being touched or bumped by strangers. We try to keep him between family members so that no one else touches him.

A few years ago at Disneyland, a huge party tried pushing their way through the line at Indiana Jones. A few of us pointed out that the line started in the back and refused to let them pass. They kept pushing and a few people behind us relented when the group argued back in Italian. The leader was a woman they all referred to as "Mama," and she ended up right behind us. Mama had a huge backpack that she kept whipping around and opening. I got hit by Mama's backpack a few too many times. Whenever I moved forward, she would push right up against me. I finally casually traded places with my son, knowing that his lack of a social filter would solve the problem. As soon as her backpack brushed his arm he blurted, "Mom! This woman hit with me with her big backpack. She's rude!" Mama looked up and took notice. I think her English was fine because she backed away a little. I traded places with my son again and Mama became more mindful of the space between us. Gotta love my son. He tells it like it is!