
Since the OP knows these things cause raised eyebrows, they obviously don't really care what anybody thinks because they've done them anyway.
If you read the original post, it said have you done anything that raised eyebrows but really thought you were doing nothing wrong.
Like a previous poster said, they were smoking in a SMOKING area and received looks from people.
I have gotten "raised eyebrows" from people in line at many rides just because we were using the FP line. Does that mean I shouldn't use the FP line because I "don't care what they are thinking"?
It is really a matter of perception. If I had listed the 6 items as "Tricks" instead of "Eyebrow Raisers" there would have been a totally different reaction to this thread.
The fact is all of the 6 things that I listed in the OP are all things that are very acceptable as long as you do them with some tact.
#1-Sitting on the wall at STWB: My kids, and a few other kids in the back, were brought up there (by hand) by Belle's maids at a pretty packed show. The next time we went we asked if we could sit there and they said "yes, kids are allowed to sit there." Did it raise eyebrows, of course, did I worry about what other people were thinking, no, we didn't do anything wrong.
#2-Moving past people standing in the middle of the room toward the exit door on rides like ToT, RNR, HM, etc.. There is nothing wrong with this as long as you are not running past or pushing people to get there. CMs are ALWAYS repeating to move all the way through. Just because people want to stop in the middle of the room so that they can see better, doesn't mean I have to stop.
#3-Waiting until a row fills sufficiently so we can sit in the middle. Another thing that needs to be done with tact. It's not like we stand at the end of a row and tell people to file in past us, count heads until we know we are in the middle and then push our way in. We situate ourselves somewhere in the middle of the holding room, before the doors open into the theater. Then, when you walk into the theater, it is pretty easy to assess what row has filled up sufficiently so that we end up in the middle. I guess this probably doesn't even raise many eyebrows. However, what has raised eyebrows is when we are in a 3D show that is way under capacity and sit in the front row and stop in the middle because there is only one other family in the row. Is there really any reason to move to the end of the row when everybody in the row can have a "middle" seat??
#4-Here is the real contentious one. Some posters have made really good points about being territorial about their space or thinking they have rights to concrete. In my OP, I said, "If there is a spot on the curb....I have my kids squeeze in". IMO there is always enough room to squeeze a 3 to 12 year old fanny onto the curb somewhere along the parade route. I believe that getting there early just gives you the opportunity to choose your spot. Just because you show up later doesn't mean you can't find a spot to "squeeze" your kids in, you just have to settle with the location. After all, there are no real rules for saving a Parade spot. If I show up with 20 people and a bunch of blankets, can I save 20 spots? How much room is alotted for each person?
Some people talk about entitlement, why is someone "entitled" to take as much room as they want because they are there early. Bottom line is I think most people would slide over for a polite child if they asked politely and the parents stood in back. Yet if we find a small amount of curb (and you don't need very much curb to fit an 8YO fanny) and let our DD sit there 3 minutes before the parade starts, you can't count on one hand how many parents will have raised eyebrows. However, our kids usually end up talking and laughing with their kids throughout the parade (again it's all about the kids).
#5 -This one was a TRICK that Canadian Guy caught on to. You can now do this and I'm sure Disney changed to a generic mug for this reason. But man, the raised eyebrows for people having an Value mug at a Deluxe hotel....Forgetaboutit.
#6-The Mr. Potato Head thing shouldn't raise any eyebrows, but does. Why should anyone else care that I am spending my time stuffing a box with as many tiny pieces as I can. And the thing is, this is kind of a TRICK, because without fail, while I am doing this, there will be at least two other families that had no clue you could stuff the box and end up doing it themselves after talking to us.
Everybody seems to have their own definition of etiquette, or Disney Etiquette. I think some people spend their entire trip looking for other people to cross that etiquette line just so they can shake their head at them.
