Bubble machines in the parks

[BayouMickey]

I just want to volunteer my services to any of you to protect you from incoming bubbles. I shall take the "blows" for you!

 

[Gracie09]

So.. you can't dodge a speeding bubble?

Can I sure. Should I have to no. It simply rude. Like being expected to dodge someone shooting a water pistol shouldn't be expected. My kids play with bubbles. They love them. But in appropriate settings. The back yard, local park places where they can have fun chasing them without getting in the way of others. We have made numerous trips to wdw and haven't yet thought I wish I brought bubbles.

 

[Sheilby]

Because Disney doesn't do it in confined spaces. If someone chooses to go on Kali or splash they are choosing to get wet . I I stand on line for dumbo I don't expect or welcome some one hitting me with water. By the same token, if I choose to go on muppets or little mermaid I expect to have bubbles. Not on the line for dumbo. If I see a mister ahead and don't want to get hit I can move . If I see a cm ahead with a bubble gun I can choose to move out of his path. Neither of these options are availadble in a crowded line.

I had no idea muppets or little mermaid had bubbles in the ride. Does Disney have a warning sign up?

 

[Sheilby]

So.. you can't dodge a speeding bubble?

We don't all have your quick reflexes.

 

[BayouMickey]

We don't all have your quick reflexes.

never fear bubble man is here!

 

[Schmeck]

Because they are children and dont see how something so magical can be rude. I think alot of us are forgetting how it was to be a child. They could be doing much more worse things and you people are going to get irate over bubbles? Ridiculous...

But it's the parent's responsibility to teach the child the difference, or else how could they learn? (I could point out something else, but I don't want to get points)

 

[BayouMickey]

But it's the parent's responsibility to teach the child the difference, or else how could they learn? (I could point out something else, but I don't want to get points)

understandable if you wish to discuss it via private message I'd me more than happy to oblige.

 

[Sheilby]

never fear bubble man is here!

You are my HERO bubble man!

 

[Sheilby]

But it's the parent's responsibility to teach the child the difference, or else how could they learn? (I could point out something else, but I don't want to get points)

I had no idea how rude bubbles were until I read this thread. I will try to spread the news far and wide so no more people are traumatized by the bubbles.

Of course I still maintain that flying with your mangy mutts and fickle felines is WAY ruder and I demand that everyone stops gnawing on those turkey legs - it's nasty. Totally rude and EVERYONE knows it.

 

[goofy4tink]

Bubbles have no place in crowded attraction lines. Neither do those stupid misters. I've had a fairly expensive camera soaked by a child with a mister. Thank heaven the front was turned into me! Not sure why parents can't just make a bit more room in the line and then they can mist the child. To give a youngster a bubble gun or a misting fan in a crowded attraction line is silly. I remember being a child, I remember my own children being little. I get it, I really do. But parents are supposed to teach their kids right from wrong. These situations would be wonderful teaching opportunities. Consideration of others is a very valuable life skill.

 

[Granny square]

It is amazing that some people only care about themselves. No wonder the world is the mess it is.

 

[Sheilby]

Bubbles have no place in crowded attraction lines. Neither do those stupid misters. I've had a fairly expensive camera soaked by a child with a mister. Thank heaven the front was turned into me! Not sure why parents can't just make a bit more room in the line and then they can mist the child. To give a youngster a bubble gun or a misting fan in a crowded attraction line is silly. I remember being a child, I remember my own children being little. I get it, I really do. But parents are supposed to teach their kids right from wrong. These situations would be wonderful teaching opportunities. Consideration of others is a very valuable life skill.

You should probably petition Disney to stop selling misters and bubble machines then, because as long as they do, people are going to buy them and you will run the risk of getting mist or a bubble on you.

 

[Sheilby]

It is amazing that some people only care about themselves. No wonder the world is the mess it is.

Yes, I heard that bubbles in the park are the direct cause of the problems in Syria.

 

[Granny square]

Yes, I heard that bubbles in the park are the direct cause of the problems in Syria.

Nope. But while your child is having fun with them they can easily get into the eyes of the baby two rows over. The idea that only you and yours matter is the cause for the bigger problems in the world.

It is those types that cause all the commotion when their little snowflake is harmed by the selfishness of others.

 

[dawnhaze]

A mom I overheard at WDW in January had a great way to get her kids not to blow bubbles in a queue line.

"You don't want to blow the bubbles inside! It's so small in here, the bubbles would be sad! Let's save them for outside so they can fly free in the sky with the birds."

I keep wipes in my bag to wipe bubble solution off my skin before it causes an allergic reaction, because I realize that I live in a world where a significant portion of the population doesn't care whether or not someone else has an allergy... But it's still nice to be able to worry a little less, briefly.

 

[Sheilby]

Maybe people should have to take a bubble safety course before being allowed to own a bubble machine. I mean, I had no idea of the chaos these things were wrecking upon innocent people. After all, we register guns and automobiles, it seems logical to have to register bubbles too since they are such a danger. Once you pass your bubble safety class you can purchase a license to buy and renew the license every 4 years for only 125 bucks. Of course you will have to take some continuing education credits to be eligible for renewal.

 

[Sheilby]

I keep wipes in my bag to wipe bubble solution off my skin before it causes an allergic reaction, because I realize that I live in a world where a significant portion of the population doesn't care whether or not someone else has an allergy... But it's still nice to be able to worry a little less, briefly.

Holy drama batman. Perhaps it is not that you "live in a world where a significant portion of the population doesn't care whether or not someone else has an allergy", perhaps it is just that the person blowing the bubbles didn't even realize that there were even people who were allergic to bubbles. I never encountered any one IRL that was allergic to bubbles. Rather than assuming that people don't care, isn't the more likely scenario that they just didn't know? I'm sure that 99.9% of people would stop if you just asked nicely.

 

[BayouMickey]

Bubbles have no place in crowded attraction lines. Neither do those stupid misters. I've had a fairly expensive camera soaked by a child with a mister. Thank heaven the front was turned into me! Not sure why parents can't just make a bit more room in the line and then they can mist the child. To give a youngster a bubble gun or a misting fan in a crowded attraction line is silly. I remember being a child, I remember my own children being little. I get it, I really do. But parents are supposed to teach their kids right from wrong. These situations would be wonderful teaching opportunities. Consideration of others is a very valuable life skill.

Thats not the child's fault. YOU chose to bring the expensive camera. I for one would never bring my d90 to disney. You did that at your own risk.. the child is not responsible for that.

 

[Love Tink]

It is amazing that some people only care about themselves. No wonder the world is the mess it is.

I think it is perfectly legitimate for people to say that using bubble blowers in queues is rude, and they wish people didn't do it. But many posters seem oblivious to the fact that by exaggerating and overstating the problem, they sabotage their position.

"I don't really like bubbles - they irritate me and get on stuff - I think it is thoughtless to blow them in line": supportable.

"That goop gets on your glasses and you need to disrupt your whole day to get out of line to go clean yourself and it has a major effect on your experience and it RUINS expensive cameras and it can KILL.": makes people want to disagree with you just because you're being so over the top.

"Bubbles = cause of all the world's problems.": pathological.

 

[maxiesmom]

Thats not the child's fault. YOU chose to bring the expensive camera. I for one would never bring my d90 to disney. You did that at your own risk.. the child is not responsible for that.

The child is not responsible. The parents who can't be bothered to teach their kids appropriate behavior are. Blowing or spraying anything in a crowded line is not appropriate. And it is sad that so many don't get that.