Ear-drum shattering screaming by ToT guests throughout the entire ride.

[dchronister]

We rode ToT one night with a large family (numbers not body) and when the ride started the dad was hollering "Oh sweet Jesus" and that was at the start like I said, by the time the elevator dropped, so did the sweet Jesus to "Oh s***". At first it was disturbing, but by the end it was just annoying. Don't get me wrong I have rode a few coasters that the occassional bad word has crossed my lips, but, just once, not over and over and over. Looking back now it was kinda humorous, just not at the time.

 

[smidgy]

Fake Oooohing and Aaaahing!? What next?!

I'm not being mean, it just sounds so funny. The nerve of those people.

people often ooh and aah at fireworks. the poster was speaking of teens who think they are "too cool" to enjoy fireworks, so they loudly scream "ooh" and "aah" after every firework, just to show off their "coolness". ad then no one can enjoy listening to the Jiminy cricket "speil", or the music.
this is the same mindset who "fake" scream in TOT or HM. and ruin the ride for the little kids.
I scream on rollercoasters. people scream on scary rides. or "ooh" for shows.
this thread is clearly talking about the FAKE screamers, etc.

 

[smidgy]

Or being so selfish that they yell because they think it is funny, and not because they are scared. And don't care that other people can't hear the narration, or enjoy the music, or enjoy the ride.

this is the point. no one is complaining about people genuinely screaming because they are scared.

The fact that some people are defending this behavior says it all. Now that rude behavior seems to be becoming the social norm, it's only going to get worse. Now we're learning the people who are polite & considerate of others & are just looking for a fun vacation are the ones that need to change. After all, people have a right to be as rude and inconsiderate as they want. Can you imagine what things will be like in 20 years? FWIW, I have a 21 yr. old who isn't that far removed from his teenage years. It's not like I can't relate to teenagers. Rude behavior is wrong regardless of ones age.

If there are no chaperones around (or none doing anything about poor behavior), I will speak to the teens or preteens in my "mom" voice to let them know their behavior needs correcting. I know I was spoken to that way at that age a time or two as (I'm sure) were my boys at that age if I wasn't around.

 

[Sparkly]

Don't EVER try taking a photo of me with your phone on purpose (not just me in the background of a shot). That is completely unacceptable. I would be extremely angry and report you to a CM.

 

[smidgy]

Yeah, those darn teenagers. If we didn't need them to pay our social security we could ship them all of to an island.

??? we pay into our own social security. it is not an entititlement, but a kind of forced savings account.. it's our own money.

for what it's worth I have always LOVED teenagers. when my sons were teens, all the teens in town hung around our house. and years later, when they grew older and came into the bar where I tend bar, those same "kids" still knew "that look". even in their fun loving 20 something years, they still listened to me.

see, as a bartender, I know the difference between letting people get rowdy and crazy and have fun, and getting out of hand as to ruin the fun of others. good parents, middle school and high school teachers, and bartenders have a LOT in common!

 

[agavegirl1]

Has anyone here watched the television show "What Would You Do"..I can't remember the network, maybe CBS. They present scenarios such as bullying or potential child predators and see if people actually intervene. This topic sort of reminds me of the show. Strangely, most people don't intervene, even when a child is being bullied. They are actors BTW.

I have never had a horrible experience on a ride. I have never had teens torment a child on HM while I was on it. I did have a "frequent flyer" kind of announce upcoming themes on HM once.

However, purposely scaring young children by a group of jaded teens is to me, bullying behavior. I hope to achieve a level where I would intervene in a bullying situation. However, truth to tell, I am too passive to make a scene. My "self preservation" instinct takes over and I balk.

However, when I watched the TV show...I wanted to scream at the participants to protect the children. I have a disconnect between what I wish I could do and what I can do as a rather shy participant.

 

[dansamy]

Don't EVER try taking a photo of me with your phone on purpose (not just me in the background of a shot). That is completely unacceptable. I would be extremely angry and report you to a CM.

And what would you expect them to do? You're in public. You don't have any reasonable expectation of privacy.

 

[LSUfan4444]

It's amazing the depths people will go to to try and find anything to justify their stance. Let's recount how we got here.

This thread wasn't about traumatized children. It was about adults who get annoyed at obnoxious groups and at the time, most people agreed it was not even the norm, but an anomaly to run into such a rude, selfish and obnoxious group. An example was even given by someone who ignored the teens, but addressed the issue with a CM upon completion and was given ear plugs to prevent further issues.

Then, a story was given about a small child who was scared and even though the kid was told to stop, he didn't. Then, complaints of oohs and aahs during fireworks.

Then, cheermom starts to chime in (showing pure signs of aggression) and takes it to an entirely different level. Even though only one person mentioned anything about a child being scared before this, she is convinced That is the whole point of screaming on a ride like haunted mansion, get little kids to cry and tick off thier parents..

Just about everyone else has agreed in their experiences that most of the instances are just kids trying to get attention, trying to be annoying or trying to be funny.

Somehow over the next 10 or so pages, the focus switched from annoying obnoxious teens (certainly nothing new with THIS generation) to kids trying to scare young kids and adults needing to protect them.

WOW - that's a leap if I have seen one.

I don't think anyone disagrees that we have a responsibility to teach our own children how to act accordingly in public settings. I don't think anyone disagrees that their teachers and other authority figures in their life have a responsibility as well.

I also don't think anyone disagrees that we have a right as adults to assist those when needed. The only difference is how we feel is the best manner to assist.

Sorry, I will not be convinced (nor am I trying to convince anyone else, just getting back to the facts here) that if I am in one doom buggy that I can accurately assess why the child in the doom buggy next to me is terrified. Maybe it was the kids, maybe it wasn't. Maybe it was just Haunted Mansion. You can't see people in the doom buggy the entire time and you certainly can't hear them. Also, who was in the Doom Buggy with this young child? Did she ride alone? No adult with them? Not really the point though..

Okay, so for arguments sake, lets say cheermom clearly heard the child (who had no adult with her in the Doom Buggy) yell, "I wish those kids would stop yelling, it is terrifying me", then after waiting until she got in the Crystal Ball room, waited until they could see who was yelling back at them, and yelled loud enough to be heard across the entire room for them to "grow up".

While we don't disagree that we have a responsibility to protect or help those who cannot help themselves, we do disagree in what we consider the most effective manner.

Let's not turn this into a discussion that some people "call people out" for the defense of others and others just put their head in the sand and ignore everything. That's nothing but a distortion of reality in attempt to make a point.

 

[Mad Hattered]

Roll Tide!

 

[cheer25mom]

Roll Tide!

Yes indeed, ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!! I am done feeding the troll here. For real this time.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Roll Tide!

Says the guy with the screen name that matches the nickname given to Coach Miles

 

[Sparkly]

And what would you expect them to do? You're in public. You don't have any reasonable expectation of privacy.

True. Certainly confront the picture taker though as to what the hell they were playing at. I don't mean getting me in the background of a photo (that's pretty much unavoidable at a crowded theme park), I mean like a previous poster who was going to take a photo of teens behaving stupidly. I don't find that acceptable.

 

[TJBerry]

Don't EVER try taking a photo of me with your phone on purpose (not just me in the background of a shot). That is completely unacceptable. I would be extremely angry and report you to a CM.

When you're in public, you have no expectation of privacy. What is a CM going to do? Nothing.

 

[LauraR]

Actually, we had the very same experience on ToT last week. Ear-splitting screams several of the times we did it. One of the photos at the end even showed me with my fingers in my ears! Also had an annoying young lady sit next to me on Test Track scream "Woo-hoo" the ENTIRE time. I mean, once or twice, O.K., but continuously?
The one that really got me was the young man who was screaming randomly before we even got ON Splash mountain. All the way from the entrance to the start of the ride. He did shut up when I turned around and gave him the evil eye.
But overall most people are pretty courteous (which is probably why the obnoxious ones stand out more).

 

[maxiesmom]

True. Certainly confront the picture taker though as to what the hell they were playing at. I don't mean getting me in the background of a photo (that's pretty much unavoidable at a crowded theme park), I mean like a previous poster who was going to take a photo of teens behaving stupidly. I don't find that acceptable.

Start a confrontation that may get you kicked out of the parks? What purpose would that serve? As other posters have pointed out, you have no expectation of privacy when you are out and about in the parks. Someone taking your picture may bother you, but there is nothing Disney will do about it.

 

[FLilo]

delete

 

[sgill204]

It's good to know that if we have a bad experience on a ride that a CM in the true spirit of Disney service will do what it takes to make it right. Since WDW is the #1 vacation destination we must keep in mind that there are so many diverse cultures there that we will most likely run in to someone who is acting in a manner that is contrary to our own customs. I didn't have any weird ride experiences when we went on our first trip, but I did have some man with a stroller running over my ankles the entire time we were trying to head out of the park with the huge crowd after the fireworks. I was just trying to stay with my family and if it weren't for the fact that there was a small child in that stroller, he may have been wearing it. He appeared to be from another country. I was very aggravated by his rudeness. I gave him a cross look several times and that was no deterrent, he just kept running over my ankles with that darn thing. ARGH!

 

[conniehar90]

We have never had that experience on TOT and we have been on MANY times (we go twice annually). There are always screams but never the whole time! I did have one Soarin ride that was ruined by a guy screaming the whole time. And I do feel sorry for anyone that really wanted to enjoy the Star Tours ride we were on on NYE - everyone was blowing their horns the whole time.

 

[Cyrano]

As this thread has been reduced to general human behaviour it is being moved to community

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

Roll Tide!

Says the guy with the screen name that matches the nickname given to Coach Miles

Um... SEC SEC SEC?