Guests behaving badly (aka we need a round of pixie dust over here!)

[wdwpirates]

Lyzziesmom, I think you are so right! There is nothing wrong with asking in a polite way if you can squeeze into a spot for fireworks or parades, especially with little ones. My husband and I tend to stake out prime spots far in advance of parades/fireworks etc but we are always happy to squeeze over to share our spaces with polite folks.

 

[Hixski]

Well, my friends and I think that there should be EMH's for over 21 only!! We should be able to be in the parks for at least a couple of hours w/o having strollers rammed into us, screaming tantrums and obnoxious parents.

I've had more than one experience at parades with parents pushing in front of us because "you don't have any kids". It really makes it unpleasant and makes me consider skipping the parades altogether.

DH and I are 47 and 46. We do not have children. I can't stand that attitude. We never go to the parades just for that reason. I would rather enjoy some rides than fight with all that rudeness. Unfortunately we see it everywhere we go. WDW, the mall, grocery stores. You have to wonder if they thought that way before they had kids. I just love being in the mall and having couple of mothers walking together with double stollers. Move out of the way because they will run you over if you don't.

 

[wdwpirates]

Well, my friends and I think that there should be EMH's for over 21 only!! We should be able to be in the parks for at least a couple of hours w/o having strollers rammed into us, screaming tantrums and obnoxious parents.

I've had more than one experience at parades with parents pushing in front of us because "you don't have any kids". It really makes it unpleasant and makes me consider skipping the parades altogether.

Fitswimmer: HERE HERE!!!

 

[mandy200587]

Well, my friends and I think that there should be EMH's for over 21 only!! We should be able to be in the parks for at least a couple of hours w/o having strollers rammed into us, screaming tantrums and obnoxious parents.

I've had more than one experience at parades with parents pushing in front of us because "you don't have any kids". It really makes it unpleasant and makes me consider skipping the parades altogether.

I skip parades half the time for that. I don't think I have ever seen Spectro Magic since they brought it back because I don't want to deal with the rude parents.

I agree with the EHM, sorry but I miss the days of e-ride nights where I could walk onto Space Mountain.

 

[taximomfor4]

That is different. On Christmas Eve, people were literally ramming the stroller into people to get them to move because it was so crowded after Wishes. They were doing it on purpose to people. I got rammed and I was moving straight, and it was not on accident either.

Amazing. And sad. We get stubborn when pushing our stroller, but we are not rude. Although the people who dodge in front of our stroller and get nipped in the heels (usually I can stop short, on time, but not always) turn and give us nasty glares almost every time. Arrggh.

We did see lots of guest rudeness this trip, and also some CM rudeness. But there were kind guests and helpful CM's, too.

 

[Becky521]

During our trip in 2002 we were eating dinner at PT50 in MGM one night, a spot we never miss due to the great theming and CM interaction, This night we were seated in one of the smaller rooms with just three tables in it. As we were 8 in number we took uo two tables and an other family; dad, mom, 2 kids, filled the other. As we were enjoying the crayons and trying to figure out how to hide our lima beans to get desert the other family sat very quietly and ate their meal, the parents occassionally shooting looks back and forth. Toward the end of the meal the CM "aunt someone" came in and asked if had cleaned our plates as she was ready to serve des. We made a big show of ordering and she moved to the other family. She asked if everything was OK and Dad just lost it! Responds-"No everything is not OK, you never brought me my coffee. If you would just mind your own buisness and not worry about where my elbows are maybe you would do a better job!!" We all thought he was just playing along and started laughing. BAD IDEA!! I guess having 8 people laugh at you when you are irrate tends to upset you more because he jumped up and stormed out with wife and kids in tow, yelling all the way. The poor CM was speechless and started to apologize to us! I guess there is one in every family, even the "PT50 family"!!
Makes you wonder didn't he realize that this was a "show" did he think this was just the home of a large noisey, nosey family? Or maybe the CM just reminded him of his great Aunt Bertha who used to drag him out by the earlobe everytime he pick his nose in church!

 

[bluejasmine]

Thank goodness you were calm about it. WDW would have been throwing me and that woman out after i had beat the snot of her LOL. Tripping a kid WTH is wrong with people.

Oh thank God, I thought I was just abnormal because I tell you what let me see someone try that with any of my children and see what happens, you can do what you will to me but dont mess with my kids. I mean why do ppl like that come to WDW?? WDW is about love, laughter and dreams coming true not grumpy, nasty and twisted ppl! Ok I'm climbing off my soapbox now..

 

[PlainJane]

A couple years ago we we're visting the GF to do some shopping, and self parked in the back parking lot. When we got back to the car(it was at night) a guy by a golf cart was peeing in the bushes. Since he was driving the golf cart I'm assuming he worked there, and that's just creepy.

 

[letterdavidman]

Well, my friends and I think that there should be EMH's for over 21 only!! We should be able to be in the parks for at least a couple of hours w/o having strollers rammed into us, screaming tantrums and obnoxious parents.

I've had more than one experience at parades with parents pushing in front of us because "you don't have any kids". It really makes it unpleasant and makes me consider skipping the parades altogether.

Ah, but then the evildoers would win!

 

[Lizzybee]

I also forgot to mention re: our trip last week the speeding strollers. I have no problem with strollers and staying clear of them, but I was nervous about the parents/older kids who were at a trot almost a run with strollers. We did see lots of heelys and no one saying anything about it. I have to say though, I only saw one kid that made me take a wider path to steer clear. Most kids would only glide a foot or so, just a second and really didn't seem to be a hazard. Rules are rules and they probably shouldn't be doing it at all, but they weren't half as dangerous as the running strollers.

 

[Conan the Librarian]

But that's how cool you are for 1. admitting it, 2. correcting it and apologizing. We can all get frustrated, rude people, long lines, heat, CM incompetence, etc. But you apologized and posted it!

Actually the DH went to Guest Services while DW stayed in Frontierland.

BTW...she wasn't that bad.....just stressed.

And we learned a lesson. I am gonna start carrying about $20 in Disney Dollars with me everywhere we go.

 

[LVE_HBRDN]

It's sad that so many rude people end up in WDW. I'm thankful that I haven't had the pleasure of seeing these people at my favorite vacation spot. (WDW) Of course the two times we have gone it was in January so it hasn't been very crowded to start with.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

You'd be surprised how often that happens in amusement parks period! My ex-boyfriend used to work at Kings Island when the haunted house was there. He, while watching the cameras, had to announce "Ladies and Gentlemen, we'd like to remind you that Kings Island is a family park, not a park for making families. Thank you." The teenage couple got caught at the end of the ride and escorted out of the park!

When we went to MK last night, we were waiting for the tram to go when we saw a woman with her 7 or 8 year old boy standing next to a tree...peeing...apparently, he got some on his hands because his Mom kept yelling just to wipe them off on his shirt.

 

[Kteacher]

I posted this on a review I wrote from our trip last week, wanted to post it here as well. I've never seen people as rude as this in all our trips. we were on Splash Mountain ( me, DH, DS16, and DD14 ). There was a large group behind us-2 women and a girl around 8 or 9 were in the seat behind our family, and the rest of their group were in the boat behind us. They had a screaming match the entire ride The little girl was between the two women, and all through the ride she kept standing up and pounding the back of our seat right by our shoulders. My DH finally turned around, and the little girl spit at him! Then they tried to rock the boats by grasping the sides with their arms and pulling on them, all the while screaming . Numerous announcements were made over the PA to remain seated , but they kept it up. I'm still surprised that the ride wasn't stopped. When we got off we heard the 2 women grumbling about us being " no fun "

 

[LVE_HBRDN]

Bump!

 

[Lives4Disney]

I didn't read this whole thread, so sorry if this has been brought up.....



Do you think that this new promotion with the year of a million wishes/dreams whatever will keep people on their toes with their manners and best (or at least better ) behavior due to the fact that they may think "Big Brother" is watching them and they will want to "win" a reward or whatever it is called???

I usually behave but of course I plan on my BEST, best behavior in the near future. And I will tell my kids to upgrade their manners, too.

Just a weird thought I figured I'd throw out here to you all..... Maybe Disney is aiming for some improvement in their guests.

Lives4Disney

 

[paintnolish]

We were in our numbered lines waiting for our boat at Small World. We had to wait because they filled a boat with people with disabilties. The man next to me leaned over and said,"This fast pass stuff is ridiculous." I said,"Um, I think those our people with disabilities and their parties." He said,"No, those are fast pass people. I think the fact that they sell fast passes is ridiculous." I said,"They are free. Anyone can get one." I guess he realized he was not winning this one with me. After the ride, I realized there are not even fps offered for SW!
On the bright side, we met lots of friendly Disney lovin' folks from all over! 99.9% of the poeple we encountered were great!

 

[sorul82?]

We were in our numbered lines waiting for our boat at Small World. We had to wait because they filled a boat with people with disabilties. The man next to me leaned over and said,"This fast pass stuff is ridiculous." I said,"Um, I think those our people with disabilities and their parties." He said,"No, those are fast pass people. I think the fact that they sell fast passes is ridiculous." I said,"They are free. Anyone can get one." I guess he realized he was not winning this one with me. After the ride, I realized there are not even fps offered for SW!
On the bright side, we met lots of friendly Disney lovin' folks from all over! 99.9% of the poeple we encountered were great!

Do you remember when you witnessed this group filling up a boat?

 

[keriannhoward]

This wasn't at WDW, it was Universal last year. Myself, DH and our then 2 yo son were in the Barney show with friends of ours and their 2 yo dd. Parts of the show are totally dark, to facilitate cast changes and it's not a terribly long time so the kids seem to do alright with it. After one song where the kids were all standing up and dancing, the lights went down and suddenly there was screaming-the lights came back on and Barney was standing in the middle of the stage, but there was a fistfight in the next section over. I mean these 3 mothers had their shoes off and one was taking her rings off and they were throwing punches! Other parents were running and pulling their kids away and Barney's handler hustled him offstage. Security was called and they DRAGGED these women and their families out. I have no idea what happened in the dark, but they certainly ruined a day for their children by behaving that way. I have to give kudos to the CM's there however, they couldn't get the music sync'd back up for Barney so for about 15 min this one woman had to ad lib and keep the kids happy until Barney could come back onstage.

 

[paintnolish]

Do you remember when you witnessed this group filling up a boat?

I think it was Friday.