Cheerleaders: Respect the Guests! Rah-Rah-Rah!

[always quiet]

I was there last week and heard the SAME EXACT story from some man on a DTD bus. Maybe it was the OP?

Ummm...while I was on a DTD bus, it was earlier in the week. Also, last time I checked, I was NOT a man! Maybe they continued on with their little innocent game of mini golf after we left! They should of been told to leave totally, not just sent back over to Winterland where the rest of the pack was.

 

[maddhatir]

Not to defend or accuse anyone but it is not just the cheerleaders. DH and I were on a bus and there was 2 moms, 2 dads, Grandma and about 6 kids and they sat in the back of the bus. They were singing Christmas carols over and over again and not very quiet either....it was annoying but what are you going to do??

Those B$#*!ards!-- Did they continue the craziness into the park??

 

[Robo]

Ummm...while I was on a DTD bus, it was earlier in the week. Also, last time I checked, I was NOT a man! Maybe they continued on with their little innocent game of mini golf after we left! They should of been told to leave totally, not just sent back over to Winterland where the rest of the pack was.

Hey AQ, this is not the thread you started.

I'm the OP on this one (and I am a guy-type).

I'm not surprised you heard this story from someone else.
As I said, there were quite a few guests on the bus with us and the "chaperone dad" of the yeller-gals was "having it out" (verbally) with another couple of men on our bus about the incident.

 

[maddhatir]

Hey AQ, this is not the thread you started.

I'm the OP on this one (and I am a guy-type).

I'm not surprised you heard this story from someone else.
As I said, there were quite a few guests on the bus with us and the "chaparone dad" of the yeller-gals was "having it out" (verbally) with another couple of men on our bus about the incident.

AQ started NEVER again in Dec!-- same subject different thread- her poor head is probably spinning from all this RAH RAH talk!

 

[Robo]

AQ started NEVER again in Dec!-- same subject different thread- her poor head is probably spinning from all this RAH RAH talk!

Or just the, "RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH" of the cheerleaders in those tight, enclosed spaces.

 

[Wendi]

Let's see.

Cheerleaders work hard to get there, they raise money (don't work every day) and get to go to the parks after their competitions. THEY should be allowed to act however they want and if we don't approve we are to volunteer to do their parents jobs. Sure.......Sounds good. I don't have to work hard, take care of my household, raise MY Kids "RIGHT" and save THOUSANDS of dollars to take my family on vacation. I guess "MY" family doesn't deserve a break. Let's see if this is a way to express why we are frustrated:

We have had a bad day at work, we just want to get home so..... EVERYONE on the Freeway needs to pull over to the side of the road so that "I" may get home when I want. Meaning they act and do what they want without caring about the people around them. Why should we be giving in to their RUDE Behavior?

Do you see how we (and obviously we are NOT alone) are just tired of Rude groups invading our "Private Space" on vacation. If I wanted to hear Cheerleading, I would go see and hear Cheerleading. If I want to hear French, I would go to France. Get the Point.

We go to Disney for all things Disney! If I want a Cheer it had better be with a Disney Character and not a PUNK! These kids are given way too much control over the adults. Can't wait to see how their kids treat them later in life. It's time that they learn some MANNERS!

While I agree with the one poster that not ALL of them are bad there is obviously a LARGE # of them that are. So maybe "THE ORGANIZATION" should take responsibilty since they are who brings them to Disney.

Sorry, enough is enough. WE DESERVE A BREAK! We earn the money to go and we deserve it!

 

[luvthemouse71]

What might work is coming up with your own anti-cheerleader routine so you can scream it back at them. Something like this:

2, 4, 6 8!!! You know what I really hate?!

Bimbo cheerleaders!! Bimbo cheerleaders!!!

Rah! Rah! Rah!

 

[dreamscometrue47]

I've read every single post in this thread, and yes, I was once a cheer mom of a Pop Warner cheerleader. Please don't lump all of them as horrible, disrespectful, etc. etc. That is just not fact.

I agree that unruly groups of any kind should be reprimanded and stopped, and by unruly I mean cussing, pushing/shoving, cutting in line, hurting other guests, destroying property, 3 am parties, etc. I actually have no problem at all with a group of cheerleaders doing a cheer, whether on a bus, or in a line, etc. I also don't have a problem with an "non Pop Warner loud group" that belongs to some other organization! I do agree that at some point, enuf is enuf and I would be the first one to say something to the whoever to stop whatever. And I have.....This also goes for groups of people who don't belong to Pop Warner....

But as for some cheerleaders screaming on a ride when it gets dark, don't you think a group of girls would scream no matter what??? Don't think they scream because they are cheerleaders........ they are human beings first.

I guess in all honesty I can't say that "most" Pop Warner cheerleaders are awesome kids because I don't know who they all are, but again in all honesty, I don't think anyone else can say that "most" Pop Warner cheerleaders are punks and disrespectful. I can only speak for my daughter's teams that were on their best behavior in WDW (normal behavior for them, by the way and for most of the teams we met from across the country). They were and are not punks. They don't deserve to be lumped into that.

The best thing to do if you have a complaint is contact the local Pop Warner organization of the group that you feel is being disrespectful. (just ask where they are from; they will be more than happy to tell you). If they are anything like our local organization, the team will be formally reprimanded. But if your only complaint is that on a bus ride back to your hotel, or as you waited in line, the girls were cheering, I really don't get it. I've heard more toddlers screaming and whining, adults arguing and swearing, groups of friends pushing and shoving around, that cheering or Christmas carols would be music to my ears.

But then again, you'll all just probably lump me into that group of "cheer moms".....

 

[angey77]

What might work is coming up with your own anti-cheerleader routine so you can scream it back at them. Something like this:

2, 4, 6 8!!! You know what I really hate?!

Bimbo cheerleaders!! Bimbo cheerleaders!!!

Rah! Rah! Rah!

How about ...

"Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar ...
All for not listening to obnoxious cheering on vacation, stand up and hollar!!!"

I'm sure you would get a great response to that one.

 

[always quiet]

Hey AQ, this is not the thread you started.

I'm the OP on this one (and I am a guy-type).

I'm not surprised you heard this story from someone else.
As I said, there were quite a few guests on the bus with us and the "chaperone dad" of the yeller-gals was "having it out" (verbally) with another couple of men on our bus about the incident.

OOPS! Sorry for that!! I have been reading both threads and they are very similiar!

It's sad that so many of us had such bad experiences......

 

[WDWFUN]

I too experienced a few bad situations with a group of young kids but this was during the beginning of Spring Break this year, I believe it was around the first week of March.

We were riding Splash Mountain, unfortunately my favorite ride turned into a nightmare when in the same log as the three of us were very rude and I say very OBNOXIOUS kids behind us and in front of us.

Well the girls in front of us began jumping out of the log onto the sides to take pics with the animated characters and them jumping back into the log while the boys behind us cheered them on. They did this several times during the ride, except of course during the drops.

I wondered when the heck the CM's were going to say anything! Don't they have cameras in these rides?

Finally, almost at the end of the ride, before the big drop, A CM did stop the music and with a firm loud voice told them to SIT DOWN!...I was like yaaay!

I would have thought the CM's would be waiting for them at the end of the ride, I personally would have kicked them out of the park, but nothing happened and they got away with their bad behavior. I was upset that no action was taken.

Can you imagined if one of them would have slipped and fallen out? Hmmm...I wonder if the CM's or Disney would have taken action then!

 

[marivaid]

I actually have no problem at all with a group of cheerleaders doing a cheer, whether on a bus, or in a line, etc.

Many others disagree. They are in Walt Disney World not at Cheerleader World. SOME people like to have conversations while they are waiting in line. SOME people are tired after a long day in the parks and dont want to have to listen to "kids" cheering over & over for the whole ride back to the resort.
They have all day at competitions to cheer.

 

[luvthemouse71]

How about ...

"Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar ...
All for not listening to obnoxious cheering on vacation, stand up and hollar!!!"

I'm sure you would get a great response to that one.

I think you and I would get along just fine! Anyone else have any other ideas to shut the little PITAs up? All this comes down to is an awareness of others feelings and concerns. Most of us do have a problem with listening to cheers all day-thats not why we went to WDW. Any parent that thinks it is just fine for their kid to be disruptive is showing bad parenting skills, IMHO.You may think your little Suzy is just cute as a button, and oh-so-talented but most people aren't feeling the cuteness-they're trying to restrain themselves from marching over there and stuffing a gag in her mouth!

 

[Disney Crazy Family]

Ok Disney likes their money so

I urge everyone not to donate to Pop Warner then they wont have no $$

 

[poohsmommy4]

I"m in no way saying if the cheerleaders/football players are being rude or mean they should get a pass, I'm saying if they are cheering or being loud let it slide. I think everyone on here who is calling them little punks is wrong. That is not nice. I also think Disney should start some sort of policy. With any guest. There should be special rules for groups.

I'm saving for a vacation in June should I complain about all the crowds? What if some kids start singing on the bus? Should I tell them to shut up? No. What if a baby is screaming? Is that going to ruin your vacation?

I'm sorry if some of you can't stand kids that much. Last time I checked Disney was geared towards kids.

Everything that is being said about the PW kids could happen whit any kids. I'm sure groups of local kids go to the parks. It really could happen. Pop Warner is a good organization with a strong emphasis on school.

 

[marivaid]

I"m in no way saying if the cheerleaders/football players are being rude or mean they should get a pass, I'm saying if they are cheering or being loud let it slide. I think everyone on here who is calling them little punks is wrong. That is not nice. I also think Disney should start some sort of policy. With any guest. There should be special rules for groups.

I'm saving for a vacation in June should I complain about all the crowds? What if some kids start singing on the bus? Should I tell them to shut up? No. What if a baby is screaming? Is that going to ruin your vacation?

I'm sorry if some of you can't stand kids that much. Last time I checked Disney was geared towards kids.

Everything that is being said about the PW kids could happen whit any kids. I'm sure groups of local kids go to the parks. It really could happen. Pop Warner is a good organization with a strong emphasis on school.

First of all they're not kids. They're teenagers. There's a big difference between a baby screaming and a bunch of teenagers who cheer knowing very well that they are annoying everybody else, and getting a kick out of it. I guess I'm old fashioned but I expect that kind of behavior from 7 year olds, not 15 year olds. These "kids" will be heading off to college in a few years, will they cheer during classes too ? I guess if they do, everyone there should let it slide.

 

[twinz]

We were in WDW from December 2 to 9th this year and I was upset that I didn't remember that it was Pop Warner week. We arrived to our hotel only to find out they didn't have rooms for us (because they had over sold the Values and were now moving the PW's up to the Moderates--we were booked into POR). Oh but wait we can move YOU (meaning us) to a "deluxe" called Coranado Springs....so I chat with sis..and she's like "that is NOT a deluxe (it was a long day and I was frustrated I should have known that! LOL). So to make a long story short they had found us two rooms (we had requested connecting rooms) in the same building on the same floor, but in NO way connecting. Then we would have to move on the 5th to connecting rooms. Which we ended up doing. I can honeslty say that I did not hear them outside.
We were on the Safari in AK and some ANNOYING PW kid was being a smart A$$ and calling everything hippos...I was like SHUT UP. Also the cherring UGGGGG I do NOT go to WDW to hear your dumb cheers if I wanted to hear them I would seek out the competion and try to attend. We had a few incidents on the busses at night with the noise...but nothing too crazy...we would just yell "be quiet!". Mind you the preteen and teenage boy we went with LOVED that they were there!

 

[luvthemouse71]

I"m in no way saying if the cheerleaders/football players are being rude or mean they should get a pass, I'm saying if they are cheering or being loud let it slide. I think everyone on here who is calling them little punks is wrong. That is not nice. I also think Disney should start some sort of policy. With any guest. There should be special rules for groups.

I'm saving for a vacation in June should I complain about all the crowds? What if some kids start singing on the bus? Should I tell them to shut up? No. What if a baby is screaming? Is that going to ruin your vacation?

I'm sorry if some of you can't stand kids that much. Last time I checked Disney was geared towards kids.

Everything that is being said about the PW kids could happen whit any kids. I'm sure groups of local kids go to the parks. It really could happen. Pop Warner is a good organization with a strong emphasis on school.

Cheering and being loud are being rude, in the opinion of most people here. No, a baby screaming would not bother me, because a baby doesn't know any better. A teen or a pre-teen should know better and if they don't, well they'll learn from me and other like minded people right quick. I like children just fine-well behaved, respectful ones, that is. If these chaperones/ parents aren't prepared to teach their charges how to behave, then they best not complain when other people tell these children what the proper behavior is. And sad to say, it has been the experience of many here that the Pop Warner organization seems to have an emphasis on encouraging these kids to act any old way they want, regardless of their environment. Want to scream at 3am-OK, you're just enthusiastic! Feel like cheering during a ride? Sure, EVERYONE wants to hear badly rhymed chants being screamed by 8 pre-teen prima donnas at a time! Sure there are badly behaved children everywhere. But when they come in large groups it is extra annoying. It is very sad to me that these kids aren't being taught manners-it is only going to hurt them in the long run when a spouse, coworker, boss etc. won't tolerate the self-centered behavior that these kids display.

 

[Wendi]

There is a LIMIT to the amount of "Noise" that a GUEST should endure. Loud Cheering on a BUS (late at night) that echo's throughout the bus can be, let's face it "TOO MUCH". They are Cheering just to Cheer. If I was driving my car down the freeway and decided to stop "Just because I wanted to" would you appreciate that? NO! You would be annoyed and face it MAD! Do you think that baby is "Crying" just because they want too? NO! There is pretty much a reason. We LOVE Kids, but when they are bad they are VERY, VERY Bad and well when the are Good let's hope they are VERY VERY Good. Those of you who think it is ok to just cheer whenever and where ever without any consideration would not appreciate us coming to your Cheering Competitions treating your friends and family any way we wanted to. Let us sing louder and interupt you and see how long you take it. After all you worked hard to get there. Cut us some slack. Kids being kids is one thing and when they act up (in groups) there should be someone there to STOP IT! Not a "Check back to such-n-such place at 3:00" kind of supervision. If one of those little darlings that was acting up and was to actually get hurt they would be the first one's sueing, screaming and blaming everyone else. They would never fess up to the fact that they had been jumping out of the log, running or climbing on things when they shouldn't have been. If the organization is SO good (not saying that it is NOT, but) then why don't they put their foot down. A sturn talking to will go in one ear and out the other. Ban them from coming for a year and they "MIGHT" listen. I agree the the "group experience" is a nice thing, been there done that. I just know that there was ALWAYS an adult there and if we got out of line even in the slightest way we were pulled aside. NO EXCUSES! I really do hope that the majority of those kids are good, but sadly most of us didn't run into them. I'm sure you have heard the saying, "One bad Apple spoils the whole bunch".
I hate to say it, but that's the image we get when so many people have the experiences that we have had.
As for calling the kids "PUNKS". What would you want us to call them when they act so BAD? "Those darn little angels". When people get mad there are certain "slang" words that we use. ALL OF US! Do we honestly feel that way about that person. Most likely not, but at the moment YES! So give me a BREAK! We are venting and frustrated with certain behavior. There in a nut shell seems to be a lack of consideration for their surroundings when they "do their thing". Do it on your private bus, do it at your own Competition, do it at your practice lot but for the Love of God RESPECT others.

 

[C.Ann]

I"m in no way saying if the cheerleaders/football players are being rude or mean they should get a pass, I'm saying if they are cheering or being loud let it slide..

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But breaking out into LOUD, SCREAMING, cheers - over and over and over, IS being rude and mean - as is any other LOUD boisterous behavior.. Why should people have to let it slide? Being "kids" doesn't give them a free pass to be obnoxious - and that's exactly what it is..