Good and Bad

[cm8]

I saw a mother washing streams of diarrhoea off her child's legs in a splash pad last week. Seriously...

The area had to be closed, hand washed and sanitised.

Or feed them Ritalin.

 

[ttintagel]

It is unfortunate that the only requirement for entry is a dollar bill.

Well, 95 of them, anyway.

I just plunk down a Washington and stick 1/95 of my body through the gate.

 

[Hannathy]

I have to agree with you on both counts. If little Johnny or Susie has so much energy they can't wait in line without flailing around, then take them to a play area for a while and let them work off that energy.

Or here's an idea take them out of the darn stroller and let them walk in the parks!!!! Then they won't be so full of energy when they do get to a line.

 

[joshstamp]

That makes DH and me crazy. On our last visit, there were very large tour groups that seemed to be in whatever park we were visiting; and there were several times when a large bunch would try to bypass the line to catch up with the rest of their group. My feeling is that if they all want to be together, the ones in the front should wait for the stragglers to catch up... I just try not to let it get to me, but I'm not the most patient person around.

yeah it was my girlfriends first time in Disney so didnt want it to irritate me too much, did you also encounter their "adult" group leaders that were adament it was ok to push in line? lol out of interest what time of year were you there?

 

[leebee]

Or here's an idea take them out of the darn stroller and let them walk in the parks!!!! Then they won't be so full of energy when they do get to a line.

 

[carrie1626]

Well I am glad the CM's are finally saying something, and stopping those who do this. I normally see them turn a blind eye to this as they do not want to have any confrontations in front of other guests...

Yep, it sure is sad that it only takes the almighty $$$ to get you in and do basically what ever you want while there. Funny thing is, people act this way all over, they are there in the mall doing that, they are there in neighborhood parks doing that, it isn't just Disney. Look at the news-papers the day after Black Friday. There's always a few Cities or Towns that had someone hurt or trampled on. It is sad to say, but it is society today. Sit on a bench in any mall for 5 minutes and count how many times you hear dirty language. You just notice it more in Disney because you "think" they are suppose to watch their mouths there in front of children....

A person isn't going to change their ways because they went to Disney. I used to think they left their manners at home. I have come to the realization that they never had them to begin with! Push me, shove me, cut in front of me.. place your child in front of me, after all, I am an adult.. so what, I don't rate.. you are there with your child.. that's what some feel.. Or they paid their money and they are getting their money's worth if it means knocking me out of the way.. they don't care.. that is the world today.. it is the "me me me society", they all feel they are entitled to it... and they are doing what they want regardless who is around them. It will only get worse to, they are teaching their children this as they go along..

Imagine how many encounters like this happen over the course of a person's employment.. Unless, I was a tall, beefy man with a security uniform on and a stick ( does WDW security have anything on them), there would be times I would NOT want to say or do anything so as to not cause a greater problem. SAD that some people feel so entitled

 

[pampam]

Or here's an idea take them out of the darn stroller and let them walk in the parks!!!! Then they won't be so full of energy when they do get to a line.

 

[FanOfFigment]

yeah it was my girlfriends first time in Disney so didnt want it to irritate me too much, did you also encounter their "adult" group leaders that were adament it was ok to push in line? lol out of interest what time of year were you there?

It was mid- to late-January last year, and the adults with the group were probably worse than everyone else.

Still, a "bad" Disney day beats any normal day at home...

 

[joshstamp]

It was mid- to late-January last year, and the adults with the group were probably worse than everyone else.

Still, a "bad" Disney day beats any normal day at home...

ah right, we were there early february last year, could be the time of year i think we made the wrong choice of staying in the all star sports as they invaded the resteraunt in the mornings too lol
It definitely is

 

[davedmaine]

Oh yes! Isnt it ironic how people can forget their manners in the happiest place on Earth? Some people go totally nuts while there! When we were there two weeks ago we saw tons of people cutting in lines and many of the CMs were hip to it and made those people go to the back of the line! Also, there was a man that grabbed his son by the back of the neck and yanked him backwards, I saw a woman smack her daughter on the back of the head for not walking fast enough, and witnessed a couple in the Poly pool who....let's say....may have thought they were at a Sandals resort rather than in Disney world. You get my drift? One last thing, my daughter and I were standing in line for an attraction when this group of young girls got in line behind us and was dropping F bombs every other word. I can't stand that so I had to say something...

Don't get me wrong, we encountered plenty of super nice people and we don't tend to let the bad outweigh the good, but some people's behavior is just unnecessary and rude.

I'm guessing that people aren't 'forgetting their manners'. More likely they're like that back at home..

 

[Phatoomch]

These are people you can encounter anywhere - not just Disney.

When we were there, everyone was lovely .... except one guy who ran over my daughters foot with a heavy stroller. My daughter said 'ow' rather loudly, I said 'whats wrong?' .... 'that guy ran over my foot' .... I said 'awww honey, it was just an accident, its crowded' and the guy turned round and growled "it wasn't a f*c*ing accident, she needs to walk faster"

Oh hum, some people are just miserable. Let them be miserable. Its their life that will be sh*tty, not mine

 

[Blackbeltdisneygirl]

What I don't understand is why people think it is okay to sit on the rails in line.

Picture this: I am a Pooh sized gal, and the rest of my family are healthy weights, but some of our men are pretty muscular and take up a decent amount of space. We are standing in line for Thunder Mountain, and it is hot, hot, hot. On either side of us, people are flopping their hineys up onto those rails. Their rear ends are literally an inch from us, and their sweaty backs are in our faces. Well, except for the shorter kids, the aforementioned bums are in their faces.

What makes people think that I want their bodies all up in my face??? My mom just started casually leaning up against the people sticking their bums in our space. They usually got the point and got down. I am always thinking about whether what I am doing could potentially upset someone else or make them uncomfortable. I also do that in regards to my kids. If they are acting up, we are out of that line. Period.

 

[DizzDoll]

These are people you can encounter anywhere - not just Disney.

When we were there, everyone was lovely .... except one guy who ran over my daughters foot with a heavy stroller. My daughter said 'ow' rather loudly, I said 'whats wrong?' .... 'that guy ran over my foot' .... I said 'awww honey, it was just an accident, its crowded' and the guy turned round and growled "it wasn't a f*c*ing accident, she needs to walk faster"

Oh hum, some people are just miserable. Let them be miserable. Its their life that will be sh*tty, not mine

What a jerk! He actually said that??? Obviously some people just aren't that high up on the food chain, are they...

I hope your daughter's foot is OK and he didn't ruin the rest of her day. And nice language coming from an adult with, assuming, he had a kid in the stroller.

 

[GraceLuvsWDW]

I just returned today from 7 days in the parks. I also saw some good and bad. I think the magic has returned at Disney and is coming back to a level it was a few years ago before the recession, I had the most magical CM interactions this trip that I've been missing for a few years.

Some good:

I saw a CM hold a balloon for a family while they rode BTMRR.

A CM came around our table when someone in my party realized they didn't order a drink with their meal on accident ( it was a crazy rainy night) and the CM brought her a coke free of charge.

I once again heard so many people saying congratulations to those with just married buttons and happy birthday to those with birthday buttons.

My dd was tired and wanted to go back to the resort and a CM overheard and stopped and talked to her and talked her into staying.

Many people offered to take pictures for us.

There was a lot of clapping and joyous laughter and comments on rides and at shows-lots of audience participation.

My dd left her fanny on Star Tours and 2 hours later when we went back they made a huge deal about how they knew she was special so they were holding it in a special place just for her.

The Transportation drivers cracking jokes, singing, getting everyone in the mood for fun!

Many tired and cranky kids but I didn't witness any irate parents (thankfully).


The bad:

during the MSEP stampede in Frontierland I saw 2 men step all over a poor young boy and his father became irate and began swearing and threatening the men. I was worried it was going to escalate. Then, some other people tried to barrel their way through over the kid again with no mind to the child obviously hurt in front of them.

I saw an irate guy with expired FPs rip them up and throw them at the CM at BTMRR when they wouldn't admit him.


But all in all I think the magic that has been missing the past few years is coming back.

 

[si-am]

What I don't understand is why people think it is okay to sit on the rails in line.

Picture this: I am a Pooh sized gal, and the rest of my family are healthy weights, but some of our men are pretty muscular and take up a decent amount of space. We are standing in line for Thunder Mountain, and it is hot, hot, hot. On either side of us, people are flopping their hineys up onto those rails. Their rear ends are literally an inch from us, and their sweaty backs are in our faces. Well, except for the shorter kids, the aforementioned bums are in their faces.

What makes people think that I want their bodies all up in my face??? My mom just started casually leaning up against the people sticking their bums in our space. They usually got the point and got down. I am always thinking about whether what I am doing could potentially upset someone else or make them uncomfortable. I also do that in regards to my kids. If they are acting up, we are out of that line. Period.

This made me think of something that happened to us a few years ago.

We were headed to Epcot on the monorail and got to the TTC platform JUST as a monorail pulled away. So we were pretty much the only ones there waiting. We chose an aisle, and my husband sat on the railing (no one behind him.) And a CM yelled to him: "They are handrails, not butt rails! Get down!"

Okay, it was a true statement. But I was mortified and irritated: one, at my husband for doing something embarrassing, and two, at the CM who maybe could have been a little more tactful.

 

[Phatoomch]

What a jerk! He actually said that??? Obviously some people just aren't that high up on the food chain, are they...

I hope your daughter's foot is OK and he didn't ruin the rest of her day. And nice language coming from an adult with, assuming, he had a kid in the stroller.

I know! We were kinda gobsmacked. Trust me, I'm no stranger to bad language but around the kids in the "Magic Place" ....

Her foot was fine, just a bit sore and we got over it. Thank you for asking

 

[pampam]

These are people you can encounter anywhere - not just Disney.

When we were there, everyone was lovely .... except one guy who ran over my daughters foot with a heavy stroller. My daughter said 'ow' rather loudly, I said 'whats wrong?' .... 'that guy ran over my foot' .... I said 'awww honey, it was just an accident, its crowded' and the guy turned round and growled "it wasn't a f*c*ing accident, she needs to walk faster"

Oh hum, some people are just miserable. Let them be miserable. Its their life that will be sh*tty, not mine

Wow!

 

[MissManda]

We just got back from a week at WDW. We luckily didn't encounter too much bad behavior. The one problem we had were with trying to get on the trams. We had a group of 8 (4 kids and 4 adults) so we had a lot of people to keep up with. In several instances, we would be at the front of the line for the tram. When the tram would stop, we'd make our way to the aisle directly in front of us, but then people would start running from all over, jump in front of us, and take up our row.

The worse was one morning at AK. At this point it was me, DH and 3 kids. The rest of our group was running late that morning. We were standing right by the pole that said "Tram starts here" or something to that effect. Well, this other large family was standing a couple of rows ahead of us (beyond the tram stop sign). Well, when the tram stopped, they made a bee line for the tram.. Our three kids had already gotten on and this other family was doing there best to jump in between my husband and I to jump on (this was the front seat of the tram that had double seats so it fit a lot of people,but not enough seats for both groups). DH had to jump in front and physically block them from getting on so we could make sure that we got in with our kids. The older lady with the other family started to yell at my husband that he didn't have a right to do that. He said of course he did, we were in line for that aisle, our kids were on already and he was ensuring that we got on with them and didn't get left behind. They were the ones not in the actual tram line when it stopped. So, we got some dirty looks for the rest of the tram ride. I guess if that is the worst that happened, while we were there we are pretty lucky.

 

[sleepypowers]

This was probably almost 10 years ago...but we were at HS waiting for the parade. We were tired and my then 3 year old son was tired too so we stopped on a bench and decided to sit there for an hour and just relax and wait for parade. It was obviously early to wait because no one was lining the street yet. Well, the crowd level increased. People squeezing in every space that was available. I don't know if this is customary but it sure felt intrusive when a man and this wife and two kids all decided to sit on the curb which pretty much meant they were sitting on our feet. If they leaned back they would be sitting between our legs. I had never really paid attention before if people sit on the curb in front of the people on a bench. I know I have never sought that space out before. It seemed rude to me and became uncomfortable because we could not move our feet at all without bumping or kicking them. We didn't want to upset my son so we didn't say anything. I think it would have escalated given the guy's demeanor when he instructed his daughters and wife to sit right there on our feet.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

Folks this is a reminder to keep this thread related to planning at WDW parks.

If it strays into morality and general behaviour issues of homosapien man then it will go the way of past threads and will be closed.

wasn't trying to steer it off track, just showing that it isn't just in the "world" but all over sorry if you took it that way.