Boneheads getting on rides

[sarmat1]

I'm hoping your smilies at the end means you are using sarcasm

 

[ppony]

You never know here on DIS.

 

[Schmeck]

Well with those facts, we could take the thread in a whole new direction and ask WTH you were thinking having your 8 and 9 yo girls still out at 3AM?

I've had my kids out at that time at that age - we were in another country and the time zone difference along with being further north made it quite easy to stay up that late, no problem.

 

[larryz]

Thanks mom2 and mesaboy

Hope that helps larryz, I'm sorry you are so confused... or should I say boneheaded

Well, I've been on that ride, and unless one of the little girls was sitting in the lap of the other little girl, there should not have been enough room for a third person.

So, look in the mirror. Perhaps it was the boneheaded little girls, or the boneheaded little girl's boneheaded parent who failed to instruct them to sit side by side...

call ME boneheaded, will ya'... ya' wild kid ya'...

 

[mom2rtk]

Well, I've been on that ride, and unless one of the little girls was sitting in the lap of the other little girl, there should not have been enough room for a third person.

So, look in the mirror. Perhaps it was the boneheaded little girls, or the boneheaded little girl's boneheaded parent who failed to instruct them to sit side by side...

call ME boneheaded, will ya'... ya' wild kid ya'...

LOL! The lengths some folks will go to find fault with other DIS posters!

Anyone wanna bet that if the young lad posted it from his side here on the DIS (I squeezed into a ride seat with 2 little girls and the Dad gave me the evil eye!) .......... that somehow the tune would change and everyone would be jumping all over him!

 

[Brumbie13]

A couple of years ago they put my wife and I into a raft at the Grizzly River Run with a Hispanic family.
We ended up having such a good time with that family that we did the ride with them 3 more times. It was one of the best experiences we have ever had at Disney.

I have also had some hilarious experiences with strangers on Splash Mountain.


I'm always happy to meet new people who are also enjoying themselves at the park.



On the other hand, there's not too much brushing up against other people on that ride.
I wouldn't want to put with a stranger in a ride on a ride like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

When I'm on a ride that like with someone, I spend the whole time worrying about "staying on my side" and not inconveniencing the other person, and I don't enjoy the ride much.

Of course, every once in a while, I'll squish my wife on BTMRR just to mess with her, but I would not want to go on that ride with a stranger, regardless of age or gender. Just give me a seat to myself, I'll wait.

Fortunately, the wifey and I always go together, so things like that are never a problem.

 

[rrcortes]

This just happened with my 12 yo daughter last week on BTRR. She was a single in que behind my younger dtr and myself, and when I turned around to see if she pulled her lap bar down, 2 hispanic (non-English speaking) women scrunched in next to her!! My dtr just rolled her eyes and me, and we went on our merry way!! Not a big deal.

 

[sunshine girl]

I didn't read this whole thread so hope I'm not too off topic here. I have taken many solo trips, and have definitely been seated on BTMRR and had a stranger join me. I have clear recollection of this happening on more than one occasion (because I remember trying hard not to slide into the stranger!). Anyway, it happens. Never had it happen on Haunted Mansion, though!

I do think it's odd that the kid sat with the OP's girls! Probably either a miscommunication from a CM or a case of cluelessness.

 

[mmmbop]

TTA... is that the Tomorrowland Transit Authority?

Let me see if I've got this right. You had one bench to yourself. You were facing another single on his own bench. And there was one family in the car behind you. If I've got that wrong, my apologies.

Those cars fit four people facing each other. Do you think you should have had all four seats to yourself? As for the family in the car behind you - should the CM have left the entire car behind you empty?

Mind, the last time I rode the TTA it was very, very lonely. The TTA was nearly empty, except for me and a man on a different train. Couldn't help noticing him... I mean, it's another human! Both of our trains stopped for some reason and we ended up waving at each other across the tracks.

I would have loved to share a car with someone. The TTA's not half as much fun by yourself. Especially when it stops and you're stuck sitting there bored for ten minutes.

But, you know, if it's important to you to sit alone, it might be a good idea to tell the CM that when you get to the front of the line. "I'm not comfortable sharing my car with anyone. Can I ride alone? Also, could you please not seat anyone behind me, either?" The CM might not be able to accommodate you on a busy day, but I bet most of the time they could. The TTA doesn't get much business.

Let me clarify.

The term "car" will be used for the individual car of the train
"Train" will be used for the several cars in a section.

I was seated in a car with another single.
The car behind us was occupied by a family.
We were the only five on the train.

I don't recall how many cars make up the train. For reason's sake, we'll say 5 cars make up the train.

With three separate parties, is it really unreasonable to occupy three cars?
As I said, the CM asked how many. I stated one. The person behind me also answered one, and the CM told that person to sit with me. The family behind that single was to occupy the car behind us.

I'm not quite sure where you got the idea I expected to have a whole train to myself. To me, that's unreasonable. It'd be like asking to not have anyone ride your log in Splash Mountain because you want to be the only one in the picture.

I was just expressing how I never experienced, as a single rider on the TTA, sharing a car. Train, yes. Car, no.

 

[Always Dream]

[/Quote]
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.[/QUOTE]


I really don't agree. By your reasoning it's OK for your family to take up another seat so three don't have to ride together and be uncomfortable - and it's OK for single riders to be uncomfortable while forced to ride with someone they don't know? And we should spend our time trying to pair up with other singles? Are you kidding? People get really squished together on those curves - it's not something you want to experience with a stranger!

 

[aubriee]

I didn't read this whole thread so hope I'm not too off topic here. I have taken many solo trips, and have definitely been seated on BTMRR and had a stranger join me. I have clear recollection of this happening on more than one occasion (because I remember trying hard not to slide into the stranger!). Anyway, it happens. Never had it happen on Haunted Mansion, though!

I do think it's odd that the kid sat with the OP's girls! Probably either a miscommunication from a CM or a case of cluelessness.

Same here! I've been placed with another solo more than once on BTMRR and just try my best not slide into them.

 

[Magpie]

Let me clarify.

The term "car" will be used for the individual car of the train
"Train" will be used for the several cars in a section.

I was seated in a car with another single.
The car behind us was occupied by a family.
We were the only five on the train.

I don't recall how many cars make up the train. For reason's sake, we'll say 5 cars make up the train.

With three separate parties, is it really unreasonable to occupy three cars?
As I said, the CM asked how many. I stated one. The person behind me also answered one, and the CM told that person to sit with me. The family behind that single was to occupy the car behind us.

I'm not quite sure where you got the idea I expected to have a whole train to myself. To me, that's unreasonable. It'd be like asking to not have anyone ride your log in Splash Mountain because you want to be the only one in the picture.

I was just expressing how I never experienced, as a single rider on the TTA, sharing a car. Train, yes. Car, no.

I just reread my post - nowhere in there did I say I thought you should have the entire train to yourself. I was talking about your apparent desire to have an empty car behind you. That's a big personal space need!

I get that it'd be uncomfortable for some folks to be bumping knees with a stranger - that's why I suggested that if it's an issue for you, you should mention it to a CM. After all, the CM might have thought you two would appreciate the company. I know I would have!

(And it's highly unlikely the stranger would have molested you, with a family sitting right there.)

However I still don't get being unhappy that there was a family in the car behind you. It's a different car! So what if they didn't space you all out evenly through the train? They're not in the car with you.

 

[SueM in MN]

Same here! I've been placed with another solo more than once on BTMRR and just try my best not slide into them.

The last time I rode as a single, I ended up with someone next to me.
I was assigned one seat by myself. A party of 3 young guys was assigned the other row. I got in. The guys got in and before the train was dispatched, one of the guys got out and came into my row.
I'm sure he looked at his row with 3 and my row with one and either thought:
"why am I sitting squished with 3 when there is half a row left?"
Or
"where did the CM mean for me to go? Did I make a mistake and get in the wrong row?"

Im sure he made a spur of the moment decision, not a pre-plan to sit next to a single rider.

 

[Albytaps]

Well, I've been on that ride, and unless one of the little girls was sitting in the lap of the other little girl, there should not have been enough room for a third person.

So, look in the mirror. Perhaps it was the boneheaded little girls, or the boneheaded little girl's boneheaded parent who failed to instruct them to sit side by side...

call ME boneheaded, will ya'... ya' wild kid ya'...

For cryin' out loud... get a grip.

 

[mjp12831]

On Splash Mountain, my daughter asked to ride alone in the front seat, the CM said 'sure!' My mom and I were in the row right behind her.

Next thing I know, two large people crammed themselves into the seat with her! Now she's wedged up against the side, very uncomfortable, and I'm asking the CM at the control board not to let us go, because my daughter is telling me it hurts, and we want out.

The CM sends us anyways, my daughter ends up with a red area on her rib cage, and when I get off and get a manager, I find that CM, look her right in the eye, and tell her she's lucky my daughter didn't get more of an injury besides that red area. It did bruise up a bit later, but she was OK. I hope that CM was disciplined and retrained.

Thinking that it's ok to ask to ride alone when there are other people waiting to get on the ride seems pretty inconsiderate. I'd be pretty upset if I were behind you, and I'd absolutely not allow my child to ask to do it

 

[Schmeck]

Thinking that it's ok to ask to ride alone when there are other people waiting to get on the ride seems pretty inconsiderate. I'd be pretty upset if I were behind you, and I'd absolutely not allow my child to ask to do it

But 3 wouldn't have fit in the seat, the 3 of us, or my daughter and the two adults who jumped in with her. Since we were situated in the front of the log, sure, if there was a single rider nearby, put that person in, but these were people who were lined up to get in the next log, so they were jumping ahead of all the people behind us. The front of the log is tapered, so the front seat is smaller than the others.

So, if there is a party of 3, and only two fit in the seat, what should they do? Make everyone file in one by one, break up groups, spend time moving people forward and back so that there are no empty seats?

 

[bumbershoot]

Thinking that it's ok to ask to ride alone when there are other people waiting to get on the ride seems pretty inconsiderate. I'd be pretty upset if I were behind you, and I'd absolutely not allow my child to ask to do it

It's totally fine for the family to ask to do what Schmeck asked to do! Disney isn't usually all about cramming everyone in; it's about helping people have a good experience while taking into account the line. There's always going to be someone behind you in line, so that's not a valid reason to not do it.

If Schmeck had said "there were 3 in our party, so we were going to have 2 seats, and my daughter was the one that sat alone", the mental image you would have gotten woudl probably be very different. But it's the same thing.

The two people cramming themselves in just *didn't understand the CM* when the CM told them where to go.


And then they couldn't "undo" it, because the logs have got to GO!



In my previously mentioned circumstance on small world, there was no crowd, there was no reason for the CM to insist that there be two unrelated couples in the same row. (we're such rule-followers were just did it after confirming with the CM that that's what he intended, even though there were rows behind us that were empty, silly us) We've never been seated with others like that before, so it was just a weird situation.

 

[larryz]

For cryin' out loud... get a grip.

Me? Get a grip? I didn't start this thread.

I didn't complain that someone sat next to my kids on an amusement ride...

which wouldn't have happened if my kids were sitting side by side taking up all the available room in the two-person-wide train car...

You could have sat with the 5-year-old leaving the 8-year-old with the empty seat next to her.

But that's just my opinion. Feel free to disagree with me.

 

[Albytaps]

Haha! I don't know what else to call them. I've had a few experiences like this over the years. It's really not a HUGE deal, so don't flame too hard... it's just conversation....

Some people just like to argue I guess....

 

[redshoepaul]

Thinking that it's ok to ask to ride alone when there are other people waiting to get on the ride seems pretty inconsiderate. I'd be pretty upset if I were behind you, and I'd absolutely not allow my child to ask to do it

I agree with this. It's one thing if you want to ride front row and wait off to the side and allow others to go ahead of you, but in this case it's definitely inconsiderate.