Boneheads getting on rides

[Albytaps]

Ok, when I last looked a 'tween' was 12 and under. How old was this boy? I just wonder because the poor guy probably felt more comfortable sitting with people nearer his own age rather than a grown-up and now the words 'weird' and 'perv' are being thrown around.

Sorry forgot to answer this. No he was definitely older than 12. (I'm not hip to the lingo, I guess I shouldn't have used tween.) He was most likely between the age of 15-20. And no, i didn't ask him.

 

[Phatoomch]

Sorry forgot to answer this. No he was definitely older than 12. (I'm not hip to the lingo, I guess I shouldn't have used tween.) He was most likely between the age of 15-20. And no, i didn't ask him.

Ok, thats a bit different if he was nearer 20 - I was thinking tween = 9-11 and was starting to feel sorry for the poor boy

 

[Albytaps]

Another point being, if this was the case that it's ok for 3 people to sit together (which I have done in the past but it's a tight squeeze) my daughters and I could have sat together. There was just no need for it at this time. Late EMH's, no line, no point in squeezing.

 

[TDC Nala]

really? You do realize that Disney can fill ride cars with singles to increase ride occupancy and do so often. Maybe they told him to go in your corral and he found your kids more friendly or was intimidated by you or the thought of sitting with a strange adult.

I ride BTMRR a lot alone and I don't recall that I was ever assigned someone else to sit with me. I would expect it on rides where there are single riders lines, but I don't recall it ever happening on BTMRR. Besides, on that ride there is often sliding into the person you are sitting with and I don't think I'd ride it if they put someone I didn't know into the same seat. It seems to be standard that they will not put a stranger together with a solo rider on rides that have bench-type seats or the type of back to front seating that the Matterhorn in Disneyland has.

I'm in agreement with those who said signal a CM and ask the kid to get off the ride and wait for the next one. most likely he just figured he could fit and jumped aboard to keep from waiting.

 

[Albytaps]

Ok, thats a bit different if he was nearer 20 - I was thinking tween = 9-11 and was starting to feel sorry for the poor boy

He did look Harry Potterish, that's what threw me off I guess. LOL

 

[gator girl]

I've noticed that when I'm around, the bonehead getting on the ride is usually me. Weird how that works out...

But, yeah. I've ridden BTMR with people I *know* and I don't like them smooshed up against me. A stranger? Ew.

 

[richkorn]

I know BTMRR doesn't force 3 ppl to sit together. They allow just 2 riders per row/seat, so I would have told the boy UM You need to get UP and wait your turn for the next train. You cannot sit with my girls. And I would have flagged the CM to come over and asked him to remove the STRANGER from sitting with my children.

No telling what kind of little perv he could have been. Sometimes TEEN BOYS can be bigger pervs than grown men.

X2

I would have have said "get your *** out of there now!"

 

[Albytaps]

Another thing I forgot to answer... the lap bars were already down so there was nothing I could do to tell him to get out without making a scene... and I'm all about not making a scene. I did give him the evil eye (one eyebrow raised) and took a look at my girls and gave them the "oh well" look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBSYD0dQCAw

 

[mjp12831]

I ride BTMRR a lot alone and I don't recall that I was ever assigned someone else to sit with me. I would expect it on rides where there are single riders lines, but I don't recall it ever happening on BTMRR. Besides, on that ride there is often sliding into the person you are sitting with and I don't think I'd ride it if they put someone I didn't know into the same seat. It seems to be standard that they will not put a stranger together with a solo rider on rides that have bench-type seats or the type of back to front seating that the Matterhorn in Disneyland has.

I'm in agreement with those who said signal a CM and ask the kid to get off the ride and wait for the next one. most likely he just figured he could fit and jumped aboard to keep from waiting.

Yes it's a ride vehicle that puts you close to other people. We have a fam of 5 so we're in a situation where we have to either put the 3 kids in a car or have a single.

3 in a car is not a fun ride - we don't do that anymore and from that perspective, I agree that asking a CM to release the lap bar so the kid could move up (with you) would be fine.

I don't think that asking him to wait for the next ride is ok - an empty seat is something that should be filled - I don't like waiting in lines and seeing rides that aren't running at capacity.

I think if you're touring alone or in an odd number group like our family is, you should expect that someone will be seated next to you, and even try to pair up with another single if possible. It's just courteous to the other guests in the park.

 

[atp]

That's so weird. I would have gotten up, asked that the lap bar be released, let the kid ride and just go on the next train with my daughters.

Maybe the guy misunderstood the CMs? I was at Disney alone for almost 2 weeks last year, and not once did they make me share a seat with anyone.

Not even on rides with huge benches like Pirates of the Caribbean or Small World, Living with the land, etc. They would always put me all alone, and sometimes even on the first row (which I thought was strange, but maybe it's because I'm short).

Once I did misunderstand how a ride worked (it was the Aladdin carpet ride) and I didn't know I would have an entire carpet to myself, I thought it would be just a row, and I got in the back of a carpet that already had two teenage girls in the front (I'm a woman, by the way). They looked at me a little funny, but I had no idea I was supposed to have a whole carpet just for me until I left. So maybe it was just a misunderstanding.

Regardless, I would not be too happy either and would stop the guy from riding with my daughters if possible.

 

[disneydiva1313]

I go solo a lot...and I always ride by myself. The CM's in charge of the rides have always allowed me to ride alone.

 

[Finally08]

I bet he was supposed to wait for the next train and didn't understand that and just jumped in. We've watched that happen a few times...the cm's have the loading spot backed up with a couple rides worth of people and the people waiting don't know...they just think they should go!

We had an issue on the safari. I thought the rows were intended to hold 4 people (there are only 4 baskets for stuff!), and I've seen 5 sometimes when a few are kids though. Well we boarded the ride, 3 of us (only one child) and would have had room for 1 more if needed, but the two ladies behind us just charged right through behind us and totally squeezed us in. They were not small, so having 5 of us on a row SUCKED! I couldn't even sit back...I had to lean forward and ride the edge of the seat because there was nowhere to put my shoulders and sit normally.

I've also never been a fan when they pack my dd and I into other small car rides like Winnie the Pooh. When we go as a party of two we are often added to other groups of 1-2 in rides like that, which often means we're in the backseat and dd can't see anything. That's a big downside to being a party of 1 or 2.

 

[TDC Nala]

I think if you're touring alone or in an odd number group like our family is, you should expect that someone will be seated next to you, and even try to pair up with another single if possible. It's just courteous to the other guests in the park.

Sorry, no. As long as I'm allowed to ride a ride like BTMRR alone, that's what I'll be doing, rather than be squashed up against a person I don't know, which probably woudln't be too pleasant for the other person either. Nor will I ever agree to sit in a stranger's lap on the Mattherhorn.

 

[nkereina]

What is a bonehead? Is it different to a 'regular' boy? And how old was this 'bonehead'?

I bet he was supposed to wait for the next train and didn't understand that and just jumped in. We've watched that happen a few times...the cm's have the loading spot backed up with a couple rides worth of people and the people waiting don't know...they just think they should go!

We had an issue on the safari. I thought the rows were intended to hold 4 people (there are only 4 baskets for stuff!), and I've seen 5 sometimes when a few are kids though. Well we boarded the ride, 3 of us (only one child) and would have had room for 1 more if needed, but the two ladies behind us just charged right through behind us and totally squeezed us in. They were not small, so having 5 of us on a row SUCKED! I couldn't even sit back...I had to lean forward and ride the edge of the seat because there was nowhere to put my shoulders and sit normally.

We had the opposite happen on safari. We were in the queue and two people got into the seat and then the two people in front of us went to get in (since the seat holds 4) and the CM stopped them and then made announcement that every party gets their own row. We were a party of two also, so when the time came we also got our own row but we would have been fine sharing. Not sure if that's how they always do this or if its because it wasn't crowded (9am on a Tuesday in September)

 

[goofy4tink]

I have to think that the young man was confused, and thought he was supposed to get in. He was probably 'stacked' in the gate line..and didn't understand how it worked. I would have flagged a CM and asked to be taken off, with my dd's, or to have the young man taken off.
I ride BTMRR a lot....and if my dh is with us, he usually rides solo, while dd and I ride together. Well, not once has a second person been seated with us if we are riding solo. BTMRR just doesn't operate that way. But, I have seen people 'think' they are supposed to get on, when it's not their turn yet.

 

[Albytaps]

Yes I'm sure you guys are right that are saying he was supposed to stay back but got confused. It happens. Also, I have a feeling he didn't speak any english... I don't know why, but I just had/have a hunch.

Next time on BTMRR I'll be more aware and take notice if it happens. It's just that, it was late and we were going on it over and over, I didn't expect it. Also for a ride like the Teacups like a PP mentioned.

 

[KBoopaloo]

I had this happen on our last trip in October but on Buzz Lightyear. We are a party of 3 so one of us often ends up paired up with a stranger. On rides like Rocking Roller Coaster or Everest, it is obviously not a big deal at all.

I hopped into the ride vehicle at Buzz and at the last second before the bar closes in, a woman hopped in next to me. I was so stunned that I didn't say anything at first! It would have been okay I guess, except that she was not particularly friendly and it became awkward having to control the spinning with a stranger. I got my lowest Buzz score ever!

I had a much more pleasant experience at Toy Story Mania the next day. I was again riding solo and the woman in the corral ahead of me turned around and said "I am sitting alone so if you just want to ride with me, that is okay!" I ended up on a different ride vehicle from the rest of my party but it was fine. She was very friendly and on a ride like TSMM, I figured taking an otherwise empty seat with speed up that endless line!

 

[bumbershoot]

I have to think that the young man was confused, and thought he was supposed to get in. He was probably 'stacked' in the gate line..and didn't understand how it worked. I would have flagged a CM and asked to be taken off, with my dd's, or to have the young man taken off.
I ride BTMRR a lot....and if my dh is with us, he usually rides solo, while dd and I ride together. Well, not once has a second person been seated with us if we are riding solo. BTMRR just doesn't operate that way. But, I have seen people 'think' they are supposed to get on, when it's not their turn yet.

Totally.


And sometimes the CMs really DO mean for you to sit with others! DS was with our cousins on Peter Pan, and DH and I went to ride Small World. The seating CM pointed us to the line where there was already a couple standing. But he didn't use the wording that indicates you are on the next ride, and he certainly could have put us in a different boat if he'd intended us to go on the NEXT ride.

I went back to him, to clarify, and he said that yes the four of us were to ride together.

I didn't want to make a scene, but it sure was uncomfortable!

 

[gator girl]

I'm solo at the parks almost every time. The cast member will always place me in my own row alone, unless it is one of the few rides that fill in empty spots with single riders. If a stranger has hopped into the seat with you at a ride that does not have a single rider line, then the other guest has probably made a mistake.

To be honest I kind of take exception to the idea that, as a single woman, I should be ready & willing to be assigned to a ride car with a strange man under conditions that could have us pressed up against each other or out of sight of others in the dark for minutes on end, just for the convenience of other people in line so that they can move through more quickly. I'm not buying into that particular "take one for the team" line of thinking.

If my car doesn't pull out of the loading area at maximum capacity, so be it. Disney would never ask me to double up with a stranger unless I've volunteered by going through a single rider line.

 

[disneylovin24]

I have been to WDW February break week 6 times and have probably ode BTM everytime. There have been plenty of times when I saw a train take off with one person in a row, I have never experienced them put a single person with another single they did not know. And this has been in 1-2 hour lines! I have only seen that done (and have been that person to be put with a random family) at Test Track, but that is because of the single rider line.

I don't believe that a CM would have told him to sit with you. I think he mis understand what the cast member said and he got in the car with your daughters by accident. I don't think he was trying to be a perv or anything, he was probably just with a group with odd numbers and didn't understand what he was suppossed to do.