Driven crazy - and not the usual stuff

[Boopuff]

Just returned from a fun trip. Not too busy, but HS crazy! But I've discovered some things that really drive me crazy while I'm in the World.

- bathrooms - I get that women have to schlep in all the kids, stand in line... but for the love of it when you're done LEAVE! Why do women have to wait in the bathroom for everyone in their party to get done? There's always a line in the ladies room and since Precious Snowflake is waiting you have to continually say "are you in line?" Just do your business and Get Out!! (unless they're waiting for kids..)

- Bag check - Let's all pack like were sherpas on an expedition and then be insulted when the guard asks you to open 75 zippered pockets...

- Main entrance - scan, finger and MOVE ON. Nope these mopes stop dead waiting for every single person in their entourage to scan in. And throw in a scooter just for fun...

- DAS - people who still think DAS is a front of the line pass (always a rental wheelchair)... let's argue with the poor CM...

Ah.. now that's better.

 

[ChloesDaddy]

Yeah, we all have our pet peeves, and it's nice to vent here. Now buckle up and keep your arms and legs inside the ride vehicle at all times, because this could get bumpy.

 

[GPC0321]

LOL! Love it.
I was raised to be an ultra courteous and efficient human being who is constantly aware of others around me and my impact on them. It blows my mind when I experience people who seem to have absolutely zero regard for anyone around them. Me, me, me, it's all about ME. If people would get over themselves a little and actually make an effort to help keep things moving smoothly, imagine how much better everything would be.
But, alas, there will always be those who seem to exist solely to get in everyone else's way and act like it's not their problem. This is everywhere in life, not just WDW.

 

[anniemae]

OMG the bathroom thing!! I was just complaining about this over the weekend. We went out to eat and a herd of people went in before me. It was a mom and she had about 8 teens and only about 3 were actually using the bathroom. The others were standing by the sink area while people were dodging around them to get to the sink, or they were staining in front to the stalls. People were constantly asking "are you in line?" when a stall opened up and they did not move. One got hit by the door when a lady walked in and a teen was standing right by the entrance door. They were all looking at their phones or texting while waiting for the 3 who were actually using the facilities. They really did a great job of causing chaos and confusion in a small bathroom area!

 

[ArwenMarie]

Crowded bathrooms are just not magical anyway you try to look at it

 

[ChloesDaddy]

The others were standing by the sink area while people were dodging around them to get to the sink, or they were staining in front to the stalls.

I hate it when they do that.

 

[anniemae]

I hate it when they do that.

oops darn auto correct!!

 

[bc7ate9]

LOL! Love it.
I was raised to be an ultra courteous and efficient human being who is constantly aware of others around me and my impact on them. It blows my mind when I experience people who seem to have absolutely zero regard for anyone around them. Me, me, me, it's all about ME. If people would get over themselves a little and actually make an effort to help keep things moving smoothly, imagine how much better everything would be.
But, alas, there will always be those who seem to exist solely to get in everyone else's way and act like it's not their problem. This is everywhere in life, not just WDW.

There IS a magical place where people are extremely conscious of the world around them and happily obey all the unwritten rules of decency - it's called Tokyo Disney. Even if they weren't gorgeous parks, they'd be my favorites just because of the courteous people.

 

[BarbieGal457]

We just went 12/9-12/12 and I was driven crazy by line cutters...but not at rides, at the turnstiles, bathrooms and restaurants! Actual restaurants that required reservations. I was physically pushed out of the way several times at the turnstiles, and I swear to you kicked and pushed by a man and his child exiting the stretching room at HM. I did try to get a CM but he was gone by the time I could. I loudly asked him and his child to stop but he just sort of smiled at me and pushed again until I stumbled out of the way. It was the closest I have ever come to starting a scene anywhere. We were also cut off in line at BOG for lunch but this time the CM noticed and escorted us to a CM with an iPad. We ordered and were eating before we even saw the couple first enter the dining room, so that worked out well.

We encountered a family who tried to walk straight past the turnstiles at MK right in front of us, then started a very loud argument with the CM who was very sweet and politely trying to tell them they needed to scan their band/ticket card to enter. In the process of this they blocked two sets of the turnstiles. It was the one time I cut someone off and we went around them to use the turnstiles closest to the entrance, and as we were sort of nudging ahead of their intense argument a CM saw us and said it was okay for us to move ahead of them.

The women's bathroom thing was also brutal, I agree with you there as well. I do like how Disney has no mirrors above the sinks (that I've noticed) which helps that log jam some, since you can use the out-of-the-way mirror they provide. Very nice touch, Disney bathroom planners!

I'm in no way looking to start any debates or steal OP's thread, just commiserating in the weird annoyances of last week hah

 

[BarbieGal457]

There IS a magical place where people are extremely conscious of the world around them and happily obey all the unwritten rules of decency - it's called Tokyo Disney. Even if they weren't gorgeous parks, they'd be my favorites just because of the courteous people.

I have always found Japanese people to be so sweet! I enjoy that because I was brought up the same. I would love to visit Tokyo Disney for both the gorgeous parks and very nice people!

 

[srauseo]

People are generally oblivious. I work on a college campus and the students are the worst. They leave their backpacks in the middle of floor so that people have to step over them. They park their bikes in the middle of the sidewalk. Sometime they lie their bikes down in the middle of the sidewalk! What if someone in a wheelchair came by?! They have conversations in front of the salad bar and make everyone reach around them and ignore you when you say, "excuse me". Sigh.

But, yes, I definitely see this at Disney a lot. Don't block the entrance and take five minutes to decide if you want to go on a ride or not. Don't wait in line for 10 minutes and not know what you want to order when you get to the register. And for crying out loud don't stop in the middle of the row and sit down!

 

[larryz]

... or they were staining in front to the stalls...

Sounds like they should have been IN the stalls, if they were "staining"...

 

[kwdw]

Yup - also just back from a trip last week.

What is it with all the folks who seem to have NO clue that they are standing in the way??? Bathrooms - yup - really? When there are people waiting to use the sink - why must you stand in front of it to dry your hands and play with your hair where there is no mirror anyway? Especially because the trash can and mirror are several feet away! And yep - why is your whole family waiting inside the restroom for everyone to finish (speaking about teenagers, friends, older extended family - not younger kids which I understand). And when there is a line for a stall - please pay attention when you are up next so you can move to the next available stall - and not be so engrossed in a conversation or pecking on your phone that someone behind you in line has to prompt you that a stall is available.

Or - how about stopping as a group of 10 in the middle of a narrow walkway - blocking the entire path??? Didn't someone teach you to move to the side so others can still pass?

And yes - at the park entrance - really - please move more than one foot away from the entrance gate to have a conversation with your party so that other folks can enter the park and not back up the line. While I understand a newbie might have trouble lining up their magicband and realizing they need to use the fingerprint reader - everyone should know to have tickets out and not buried in a bag!

And while I understand what might be in those gigantic backpacks of families with infants and toddlers - I can't imagine what is in some of the gigantic bags some folks carry all day. I'd be exhausted just schlepping a bag that heavy around all day.

And really? If I am waiting for a parade in a parade watching viewing area (not a pathway the CM wants to stay open) - I am NOT obligated to move to let you in with your gigantic stroller (especially when you have already rammed into us without even asking us to move). And don't say we are causing a fire hazard because we won't let you by. We were the ones in the marked waiting area.... That's why CMs keep pathways open - so you still have place to move and not invade those of us waiting for the parade inside the taped areas.

And gosh - when the CM is yelling at the crowd to fill in all available space (like the HM queue outside the main doors) - I am NOT cutting in line if I chose to fill in the available space such that it seems like I am in front of you now and I wasn't before. YOU didn't chose to move as told. I was one following directions - so don't give me dirty looks.

Sigh. I'm sure I did something someone else thought was rude this past week, too.

 

[Jennasis]

We got hit so many times by massive backpacks i lost count. Some person loaded like a sherpa turns around and bam! I get knocked into next Tuesday.

 

[BarbieGal457]

Okay I honestly feel a little better to see others who have gone recently have had similar experiences. Obviously I know in a place with such crowds annoyances will happen, but in my dozens of trips this was the one that I truly experienced a lot of frustrating incidents. In no way will it stop me from going back, but it was disappointing to see how many people seemed to have such a lack of respect and/or awareness (and I know that happens all over, I see it daily in the very large city where I live). It really made me sad to see.

I was in Starbucks on Main St on Saturday and of course it was absolutely packed....the woman at the counter called out my name and my order, and apparently I had the exact same order as a woman who ALSO had my name! We both reached for it and I laughed at the coincidence and said "wow, that's neat, you're [name] too?!" clearly in a non-rude way and with a smile. How crazy is that! Same name, same order. She grunted at me with a side eye and took the drink, turning to push someone behind her aside with half of her body, and stomped off. My mouth was on the ground, and everyone around me seemed a bit surprised too. I had no way of knowing we had the same order with same name, but she acted like I was purposely trying to steal her order. Mine came up a minute or two later, and all was well, but not a pleasant way to start the day.

Okay I will stop now haha I just felt the need to finally vent about a Disney trip! The whole time I kept telling myself to find my zen. Luckily my boyfriend is like how I am normally, very patient and non-confrontational so he helped me try to brush some stuff off all trip.

 

[okilydokily]

What one person finds rude another doesn't. Seems comments about rude people end up basically saying "if everyone did it my way, things would be good". I try and remember, everyone is someone else's jerk, and many times, don't even know it. In a park filled with 30,000 people, even if everyone make one mistake in the day, everyone in the park will be affected at least once.

But I am not going to just let others dictate my time at the parks. One of my peeves is standing on the moving walkways. Especially the one leaving Space Mountain, that is a long way to just stand. I usually say really loud "please move to the right if you are not walking so others can pass" and then just start walking through people. Most of them are just patiently waiting, but I don't care how rude people think it is, I am not going to stand there for the whole length.

 

[BarbieGal457]

What one person finds rude another doesn't. Seems comments about rude people end up basically saying "if everyone did it my way, things would be good". I try and remember, everyone is someone else's jerk, and many times, don't even know it. In a park filled with 30,000 people, even if everyone make one mistake in the day, everyone in the park will be affected at least once.

But I am not going to just let others dictate my time at the parks. One of my peeves is standing on the moving walkways. Especially the one leaving Space Mountain, that is a long way to just stand. I usually say really loud "please move to the right if you are not walking so others can pass" and then just start walking through people. Most of them are just patiently waiting, but I don't care how rude people think it is, I am not going to stand there for the whole length.

Of course what one finds rude is subjective, but I think most people would agree having your child kick someone while you also push them out of the way so you can cut them off, that's pretty rude. I agree totally with you though, everyone is someone else's jerk even if we don't realize it (I like that line, I might have to steal it from you!). I try to be as polite and conscientious as I can but I'm sure I've done something unknowingly that others find rude.

I am also the same way as you on moving walkways. I thought it was generally accepted in the US it's stand right, pass left on escalators and the like (though I've heard in Europe it's reversed but I'm not sure if that's true). I hate being stuck there too but if I can I politely say excuse me and try to pass.

 

[larryz]

I usually say really loud "please move to the right if you are not walking so others can pass" and then just start walking through people.

I usually just say "excuse me, pardon me, I beg your pardon, entschuldigung, si lai ha mi da, auf wan, scuzzi, parakalo, sil vous plais" and walk on past...

 

[bumbershoot]

- DAS - people who still think DAS is a front of the line pass (always a rental wheelchair)... let's argue with the poor CM...

Well, what's frustrating is that sometimes it still IS that. My dear friend went to WDW with her child and parents, and her mom is disabled and in a wheelchair, and they went straight to the front on every line. That's what the family thinks it is like now!

I do like how Disney has no mirrors above the sinks (that I've noticed) which helps that log jam some, since you can use the out-of-the-way mirror they provide. Very nice touch, Disney bathroom planners!

Ooh, good catch. I hadn't thought about that being the reason.

 

[pullen]

I've been twice in June and going next week for our first Christmas trip. On our last trip, I bought 10 day tickets and wondered why they don't sell any longer tickets. By the middle of the 10th day, I figured out why. I was so sick of people that we ended up leaving by dinner time. But in all the time we've spent in the parks, I've never had a bad experience with a cast member. I have seen a few times where their patience was wearing thin but I could never do what they do and not end up in prison. I've never experienced customer service like I have in Disney.

Most families don't understand the concept of moving around in a single file line. Instead, they walk 3-10 people wide blocking entire aisle ways. One of the worst incidents I saw was a lady stopping in the tunnel at Magic Kingdom at rope drop to start spraying on her sunblock. Also, you have the people who need to occupy quick service tables for hours at a time so it's nearly impossible for others to find tables.

I'm dreading the crowds but we're going with the mindset this trip is more about taking in the shows and scenery than a marathon of riding rides. I have fast passes, dining packages, and dessert party reservations for all the major shows. Those all added up to a pretty penny but I figure the stress reduction and time saved waiting in stand by lines will be well worth it.