Boneheads getting on rides

[Mamapapa]

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.

You guys are missing the point. The point wasn't that her daughter didn't get to ride alone, it was that TWO women who were in line to ride in the next log decided to jump ahead and get into the log her daughter was in thus squishing three people into a seat built for two. I'm sure she wouldn't have cared at all if ONE other person sat with her daughter. It's the fact that TWO people jumped in and caused her daughter to get squished.

 

[luvthemouse71]

I do single rider on a lot of rides and have been seated next to a stranger..I don't mind it. I meet lots of nice people that way and not one has been a creep.

I can understand being a little put out that the kid sqeezed in but I think calling him a pervert is over reaction.

 

[Bob NC]

You guys are missing the point. The point wasn't that her daughter didn't get to ride alone, it was that TWO women who were in line to ride in the next log decided to jump ahead and get into the log her daughter was in thus squishing three people into a seat built for two. I'm sure she wouldn't have cared at all if ONE other person sat with her daughter. It's the fact that TWO people jumped in and caused her daughter to get squished.

Quit confusing the situation with facts.

 

[seashoreCM]

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!.

The parent should quickly yell out "STOP!" and the CM's should hold everything and undo it. Better if fast enough that the parent can stand up while yelling before the lap safety bars come down.

Otherwise someone could get hurt.

 

[JennyLane1977]

I am usually by myself when I go to the parks, and while I am fine with sitting with other people on rides that have a single rider line (that's what it's for, to fill empty seats), on other rides I would not want to have to sit with a stranger.

I've only had 2 incidents with this over the years. One time, on a slow day at the MK, I was about to get on Splash Mountain. The CM had assigned me a row (by myself). As I'm standing there, I heard the CM tell the next group, two women and a small child to sit in the row in front of me. They decided that they didn't want to sit in one row, and instead of telling the CM this, the one woman says, "Oh, you can just sit with her." pointing at me. I'm thinking, Oh no you're not!
This was before the lap bars, and I would always sit in the middle. I have long legs, and it was more comfortable when I was alone. So instead of getting into an argument, I just got into the log and sat myself in the seat. The woman starts yelling at me to move over, and I just looked at her and said, "The cast member assigned you all to THAT row." She kept screaming at me til the cast member came over and told her that 2 adults and a child *would* fit in a row just fine, and that she'd TOLD them that. She also said, "I'm NOT going to make her ride with someone she doesn't know!" (Especially after she'd been yelling at and being rude to me!) So it was an embarrassing situation for me, I am a very shy person.

Another time, I went to ride Spaceship Earth. FYI, there was NO line. Literally walk up the ramp and get into a car. I get in, and I hear the CM tell another single rider to sit with me! I was surprised, but didn't say anything. Like I said, I'm a shy person, so it was a very uncomfortable, awkward ride, especially when it came to the touch screen stuff. (I just told the guy he could just do it). I would almost understand if it was a busy day and there was a long line, but that wasn't the case. Heck, I've ridden SSE on busy days and never had to sit with a stranger. In this case, I think the CM was just new or something, and didn't think about the weird situation he was needlessly putting this other person and I in.

 

[DopeysGal82]

That is weird.

Maybe the CM told him to get into row 7 or whatever and he didn't realize that meant get in line, he thought it meant get in the car? This seems the most likely to me since a CM would not have told him to cram in with 2 strangers.

I know 15-20 is not that young, but it is kind of young, and he might have thought it was just as weird, but wanted to do what he thought the CM told him to do.


People also seem to generally have a hard time following directions at WDW, so it's a good idea to keep an eye on your kids if they're not in the same row as you are, so this does bring up a great point.

 

[LockShockBarrel]

Here's those dangerous words again!!

I think, on certain rides, its more than acceptable to sit singles with other people. Things like Maelstrom, IASW and POTC. I would never think or expect to have an entire boat to myself for Jungle Cruise!

I think, on other rides, rides that have more "inimate" seating or long periods of darkness, it's unfair to expect EVERYONE to be ok with being seated with a stranger. I would never be ok with riding TTA or Spaceship Earth in the same car/row with a man by himself. I would be very uncomfortable riding something like BTMRR in the same row as someone else. I would expect to be accomedated in some way. I'd be more than willing to wait for another boat/car/train.

 

[mmmbop]

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.

I never said I was concerned about being molested or that I was unhappy there was a family in the car behind me.

I simply stated that there was a family in the car behind me, just to state that the train wasn't full - there were several cars empty. Cars where the other single could have sat. I wasn't upset or angry that there were others in the same train. There was just ample room for every party to have their own car. That's all.

And I apologize, I must've read quickly and assumed you meant that I wanted the entire train to myself when you said,
"As for the family in the car behind you - should the CM have left the entire car behind you empty?"

Which, as I said, I don't care how full the train itself is. It's just awkward to be sitting with a stranger for TTA, SSE, whatever. Fill the train, but to sit strangers together in a car? Mehh, no thanks. But as I said before, it was the one and only time.

 

[Albytaps]

Another time, I went to ride Spaceship Earth. FYI, there was NO line. Literally walk up the ramp and get into a car. I get in, and I hear the CM tell another single rider to sit with me! I was surprised, but didn't say anything.

That's a bonehead CM for ya!

 

[Kay1]

You guys are missing the point. The point wasn't that her daughter didn't get to ride alone, it was that TWO women who were in line to ride in the next log decided to jump ahead and get into the log her daughter was in thus squishing three people into a seat built for two. I'm sure she wouldn't have cared at all if ONE other person sat with her daughter. It's the fact that TWO people jumped in and caused her daughter to get squished.

That makes sense. This has happened to me on the safari ride at AK. One woman ticked me off when she told me to move over then made a rude shooing motion with her hands. I asked my two teens to move over and she sat down and squished against me, practically sitting on my lap, trying to make room for the other three in her party. They told her to get off and wait with them for the next vehicle.

I think that's what might confuse some people. You are often meant to wait for the next vehicle - obvious on some like RnR but not on bench rides.