Don't stand so close to me...

[KerTggr]

Agree with all of the above esp the PDA. On grad nights, they have CM chaperones that walk around and teens can get sent back to their bus to sit the rest of the night if they misbehave too much.

The only thing that I do have to point out is that the Standby ride lines are usually based off the location of the last person in line. (Ex: if the WHOLE outside que is filled up @ RNRC, it is about a 60-90 minute wait) These times are only accurate if people are standing reasonable distances in line. So, when a CM asks you to move forward and there is 5 feet between you & the person in front of you, it's not to make you uncomfortable. It is only to make the wait estimate as accurate as possible. (But I agree ~at least 1 foot is a good radius)

 

[Mrs. Bee]

Agree with all of the above esp the PDA. On grad nights, they have CM chaperones that walk around and teens can get sent back to their bus to sit the rest of the night if they misbehave too much.

The only thing that I do have to point out is that the Standby ride lines are usually based off the location of the last person in line. (Ex: if the WHOLE outside que is filled up @ RNRC, it is about a 60-90 minute wait) These times are only accurate if people are standing reasonable distances in line. So, when a CM asks you to move forward and there is 5 feet between you & the person in front of you, it's not to make you uncomfortable. It is only to make the wait estimate as accurate as possible. (But I agree ~at least 1 foot is a good radius)

I can't say I've ever actually had a cast member tell us to move forward in line. I've noticed most of the space invading problems (for us) occur in the space mountain queue. Hmm...how odd.

 

[Quest4fun]

Oh I thought of a couple new great ones. I will give them all names and classifications based upon some of the clever names I've heard so far.

1. Space Invaders - They get as close as possible to you in line. You might as well be sharing a pair of pants. Also known as "The Rear Admiral."
2. Super Soakers - They feel the need to cool off using their squirt bottle fan right next to you. "Thanks for sharing your bacteria mist with me."
3. Hackers - You've seen them or more so you've heard them. They cough up a lunch while sitting uncomfortably close to you. Coincidentally they tend to smell like cigarettes.
4. PDA LOL - These are the teenagers that suck face in front of you and your kids. Get a tiki room.
5. Fart Sniper - They stand near you, fart, then escape before you know what they just did. "WAS THAT YOU?!?!"
6. King Turkey - They proudly display their half eaten turkey leg like a royal scepter and smack away on the greasy ball of delicious meat on the end of a bone. They become King Turkey when they use it to accidentally "Knight" you while standing in line.
7. Awesome Blossom - These are the people who smell like onions. It's gross. Please ride Soarin' a few times and let the air freshener scents soak in.
8. Town Crier - You can't miss these loud talkers. You're part of their conversation whether you want them or not. I pretend they're a tour guide pointing things out to me and my fellow guests. "Honey! Look! It's Jack Sparrow!" I see him. Thanks for pointing him out sweetheart.
9. Locomotives - These are the people who refuse to smoke in the designated area. They just march along hiding their cigarette in their hand. You can't miss them by the plume of smoke coming from their mouth every few feet.
10. George Carlin - The name may seem confusing but once you hear somebody conjugate the "F" word several times in one sentence you'd swear they were channeling this potty mouthed comic. Many Town Criers are George Carlin's as well.
11. Britneys - These are negligent mothers. 'Nuff said.
12. Flasher - You can't miss them. They ruin every dark ride in an attempt to capture every single moment at the park no matter what the cost. They don't care that it spoils the magic as long as their photos look good. Most of them don't.
13. Electrical Parade - They only come out at night but nobody cheers for these walking light shows. They illuminate dark rides such as POTC and THM. You'd think after watching that spinning thing for 15 minutes they'd get bored with it. Shows what I know.
14. Verizon Guy - He makes sure his cell phone works on every ride. How do people hear him on the noisier rides? Easy. He just talks louder.
15. Surround Sound - This is the enhanced audio supplied by people who have been to the park one hundred too many times and have memorized the ride spiels. The illusion is usually blown when they blow a line though. "Our tour begins here in this gallery where you see paintings of some of our guests as they appeared in their... mortal? OOPS! Corruptable mortal pose... I mean state!" At this point the bones have already fallen and the doors are opening to the hallway. Good effort though. You'll get it next time.

If I've left any out let me know.

 

[DoomBugger]

Fart Sniper - They stand near you, fart, then escape before you know what they just did. "WAS THAT YOU?!?!"

I'll have to try out some fart sniping of my own sometime.

Let's be honest, we've all done some "sniping" from one time to another! LOL! Don't get me wrong, I'm against it completely!

How about the LOUD TALKERS who think anyone within 40 feet must really want to hear about their badly-recited story about whatever?

Or the SPIEL SPEAKERS who think it impresses everyone that they know all the words to the Haunted Mansion recorded voice?

Oh and I must say I brought Space Invaders into the fold as a reference to people who crowd your space at DL. Ha!

 

[Quest4fun]

I'll have to try out some fart sniping of my own sometime.

Let's be honest, we've all done some "sniping" from one time to another! LOL! Don't get me wrong, I'm against it completely!

How about the LOUD TALKERS who think anyone within 40 feet must really want to hear about their badly-recited story about whatever?

Or the SPIEL SPEAKERS who think it impresses everyone that they know all the words to the Haunted Mansion recorded voice?

Oh and I must say I brought Space Invaders into the fold as a reference to people who crowd your space at DL. Ha!

LOUD TALKERS are the Town Criers. and SPIEL SPEAKERS are Surround Sound. I wanted them to have creative names equal to the awesomeness of SPACE INVADERS!

 

[DoomBugger]

LOUD TALKERS are the Town Criers. and SPIEL SPEAKERS are Surround Sound. I wanted them to have creative names equal to the awesomeness of SPACE INVADERS!

Oh my gosh. I blew it. Your names are better!

Fart snipers... I'm kinda scard to go now.

 

[jemilah]

ok the sniping story ...........in the line for Indiana Jones these teenage girls would not stop singing ......so my Dh sniped them...........they stoped singing and said "it smells like anus in here!" ...............well at least they stoped singing . I can't go through that line without remembering that day..........no singing on line if you are older then 6 year sold ....got it!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mrs. Bee]

ok the sniping story ...........in the line for Indiana Jones these teenage girls would not stop singing ......so my Dh sniped them...........they stoped singing and said "it smells like anus in here!" ...............well at least they stoped singing . I can't go through that line without remembering that day..........no singing on line if you are older then 6 year sold ....got it!!!!!!!!!

AHAHAHAHA!! That story is awesome!! Did you crack up? I would've been laughing like crazy!

So what were they singing?

 

[jemilah]

not Disney songs................I can only remeber the sniping and that my little guy told the girls ........that was my dad!

 

[nancy drew]

i havent been to DL in ages, but this is one of the things i remember most about being there! the space invaders!!!! ooh, and i remember waiting for fantasmic and having people tell their kids to push in front of us to get up front. lovely.

i hate to say it but the phenomenon is crossing the country. quite often the people who are supposed to be behind me end up standing right next to me. back when i was a smoker i would light up and wave my cig around as a "back off" sign. nowadays i suppose i could let my kids run around and bump into them a whole lot...

 

[jemilah]

Forgot to add we have been sniper vicitms too! Going into SM a man left his wife and kid and our poor family in his poision gas cloud as walked quickly inside

 

[PrincessKell]

Not listed...but what about the necklaces with all the flashing lights? Those things are bright and should be turned off on dark rides. At the beginning of Pirates, we once had a group of a few people that each had those on. I was in the back of the boat so I just kind of yelled to the front "can you please turn the necklaces off??" I tried to sound nice...haha. Then a bunch of other people started going, "turn the necklaces off." It was kind of funny. They did turn them off and everyone clapped.

See I have an issue with NOT having them....but they do not flash, and they are low light ones. My dd who is six has autism and she needs them for the dark rides. We have actually always requested to sit in back so the light doesn't bother anyone.

BUT those spinner things, yeah we have a few..BUT they hardly ever come out unless we are not near people. I hate when those things are soo close to my face when I turn around watching the fireworks!

not Disney songs................I can only remeber the sniping and that my little guy told the girls ........that was my dad!

OMG that is too funny! that is like a crowning moment!

Luckily for us we have a GAC when we go, or we would have MAJOR issues with those who don't know what personal space means. My dd can not have people in her personal space or she will have a meltdown and have some self injurious behaviors or better yet hit you! hahaha Ok its not fun at all. but hey they might get the point, right?

 

[Quest4fun]

I've gotten pretty good at it. Some hide it with a cough but I find it's best to just keep moving. As long as you're walking about you can usually sneak one out without it making a sound. This is where it really becomes an artform or "fartform" if you will. I select my victim carefully. I like to go for somebody standing in a corner of a shop where there is no cross draft. It's even better if they're looking at products and about to begin searching the lower shelves. You stroll by while they're looking up, release the hounds (so to speak), then make a slow escape to ensure that you don't take it with you. After you're a good 25 feet away you can pretend to browse while actually watching for their three step reaction.

1. Awareness
2. Anger
3. Retreat

 

[Mrs. Bee]

See I have an issue with NOT having them....but they do not flash, and they are low light ones. My dd who is six has autism and she needs them for the dark rides. We have actually always requested to sit in back so the light doesn't bother anyone.

BUT those spinner things, yeah we have a few..BUT they hardly ever come out unless we are not near people. I hate when those things are soo close to my face when I turn around watching the fireworks!



OMG that is too funny! that is like a crowning moment!

Luckily for us we have a GAC when we go, or we would have MAJOR issues with those who don't know what personal space means. My dd can not have people in her personal space or she will have a meltdown and have some self injurious behaviors or better yet hit you! hahaha Ok its not fun at all. but hey they might get the point, right?

Yeah...the necklaces I was talking about are the super bright ones that flash. Seizure inducing ones...haha.

What is a GAC?

 

[Corpsebride]

You crack me up.... Wish I could do it in such a fun manner, instead I just turn and look at the people crowding and with one look they seem to get the message. My kids tell me I have this wild kinda unstable look that says don't mess with me kinda of thing. Its all a bluff I have just found staring people in the eye can unsettle them.... Try it some time you could still shake their hand etc if it doesn't work out.

My grannie calls that giving " the stink eye" But she has a Texas accent and is kinda old, so its evenfunnier.

 

[milliepie]

I recently had some space invaders in line for the Rodger Rabbit ride and I was just letting it go (I'm really bad at standing up for myself), but then I went to fix my backpack and I elbowed their little girl right in the face. It was a total accident, but the dad looked at me like I did it on purpose and they still stepped on me every time we advanced forward.

 

[PrincessKell]

Yeah...the necklaces I was talking about are the super bright ones that flash. Seizure inducing ones...haha.

What is a GAC?

Guest Asst Card. My dd has autism and could get sensory overload very easy. SO standing in lines when the people do not give her personal space she can have a meltdown, and then have some self injurious behavior as well as hit others. It lets us use the exit line, or the "special needs"line for special needs and wheel chairs. It doesn't make it an less wait, sometimes there is not as much waiting but not usually. Just makes it easier for her.

OOoh another thing I can't stand is when using our GAC for POTC the exit line was WAY long because they can only take one wheel chair at a time. So we were in line and they were telling the line that the regular line was about 20 minutes faster then the exit line. and 3/4 of the line RAN to the regular line. It gets me flustered when people take advantage. We indeed did stay right were we were and waited our 30 minutes because I knew there would be pushing and shoving and people breathing nasty hot air on our necks and my dd wouldn't be able to have handled that!

 

[julieannbabe]

in DLPR - Haunted Mansion this guy kept taking photos - with the flash on.

I shouted across to tell him to stop- but i don't think that he spoke English - so he just carried on taking pics.

i only went on that ride once during my Nov trip so it kindda spoiled it.

 

[XTinabell]

i havent been to DL in ages, but this is one of the things i remember most about being there! the space invaders!!!! ooh, and i remember waiting for fantasmic and having people tell their kids to push in front of us to get up front. lovely.

i hate to say it but the phenomenon is crossing the country. quite often the people who are supposed to be behind me end up standing right next to me. back when i was a smoker i would light up and wave my cig around as a "back off" sign. nowadays i suppose i could let my kids run around and bump into them a whole lot...

I really hate that too. That happened to us at the movie theatre, a little girl went and stood in front of us and started yapping to us, we thought she was with the people behind us, anyway they opened the doors and she ran ahead of us and sat in front of us and when her family came (who we had spotted sitting on a bench not even in line) in she told them she cut us off inline (she didn't know we were behind her) and her mom said to her "good job sweetie" it's so sickening.

in DLPR - Haunted Mansion this guy kept taking photos - with the flash on.

I shouted across to tell him to stop- but i don't think that he spoke English - so he just carried on taking pics.

i only went on that ride once during my Nov trip so it kindda spoiled it.

Don't let those non-english speaking people fool you. They do speak english. We had a woman and her child cut in front of everyone who had waited 2 or more hours for the fireworks and she was trying to butt in front of my dad. My dad said her to that he'd been there for two hours and she needed to back off. She pretended she didn't speak english so I said "she does speak english she's just pretending" and I turned to her and said "so she can be excused for being rude!" She then took her daughter and left. So don't be fooled, and when all else fails get a multilingual cm.

 

[minniebeth]

It's great that everyone can turn the annoyances of others into humor and that is what I try to do most of the time in these types of encounters.
I try not to let the rudeness of others ruin our fun! It is hard sometimes though when people cross the line and get a little too overly snippy! (like the line pushers...Nemo was the worst when dads with kids on their shoulders were literally running over little kids to get in line first and then acted like it was the kids' fault that they were getting bowled over!) It's like...if it's THAT important for you to be 2 seconds in front of us....have at it!
On the serious side of it though, this is MY problem, but I have light sensitivity with migraines and a lot of times a bright flash from a camera right in my eyes if I happen to be right in front of it can trigger a migraine for me.
This happened twice on my last trip to DLR. Not fun!

Quest4fun, your names are hysterical and I can't wait to share them with my DH whose favorite part of Diseny is watching all the people!