Has anyone ever had an altercation with another guest and/or family while at WDW?

[dzorn]

Really, you should have sat down. I can't imagine why anyone would stand so close to the castle much less for 90 minutes! How could you enjoy the fireworks knowing how you were upsetting so many families?

If a person is in a standing area then they have every right to stand.

Denise in MI

 

[churchpilot]

Last Feb. we were staying at the POP and the very first night we were there we were woken up by the overwhelming smell of cigarette smoke. I literally thought someone had lit up in our room. But since none of us smoke, I knew it had to be coming from somewhere else. I looked outside and there was a man smoking right in front of our room. Come to find out he was walking down from his room because his wife can't stand the smell of smoke. I stepped outside and asked him to go to one of the smoking areas to smoke and to please not smoke near our room again. He must have thought I was not a threat because he proceeded to tell me he would smoke any @#$% place he wanted. Unknown to him, my overly protective husband was busy inside putting on some pants and he walked outside and told the guy he had two options: 1) put out your cigarette, apologize to my wife, and not light up again anywhere near our room; or 2) have me put your cigarette out for you by shoving it down your face and then get picked up and carried back to your room with a pocketfull of lit cigarettes. He put his cigarette out and apologized to me and I accepted his apology! My husband is quite an imposing figure but not confrontational, so this should tell you how ugly this guy was. I did tell my husband that he had never been more sexy to me in our entire married life!!! Guess who we saw the very next day at MK smoking at an outside table at Cosmic Rays!!! By the time we were close to him, another family had complained and a CM had him put his cigarette out. Guess who we saw at the American Pavillion at Epcot two days later!!! Yep he was at one of the retaining walls smoking!!!! I really felt sorry for him at that point because he seemed to really need his cigarettes.

 

[iheartdisney]

first, you shouldn't have screamed at the kid first, always talk to the parent first


second, he was 6, it was most likely his first trip and wanted a good view, you couln't have moved for a 6 year old

Whats the point of telling the parent, she didn't correct her son when he was kicking the poor lady, and let him hit her!

And second, yeah, I really want to sit next to the brat who just hit me in the head!

 

[bsusanmb]

Oh, reading these just makes me feel sick in the stomach. I am a grandma now and I am much more patient the older I get. I have been to WDW hundreds of times and I really try to step aside for families with little ones...I actually love seeing the joy on their faces. I am one who invites kids to stand in front of me (even though I am a shorty)...and give up my place in line to a family with kids...offer my seat on the bus or monorail to a mom with a child...I really love people...but something happens to me when I go to WDW with my grandchildren....

So, I have been an adult without a stoller and a grandma with a stroller. I know that some people find strollers annoying...especially those who run up the back of your leg....but little ones need a stroller....so, two of my worst experiences were having one of my grandchildren in a stroller.

My granddaughter was 18 mo old and fell asleep in the stroller. So, I waited inside the door of the Land while the rest of the family went off to enjoy. I found a place to sit and wedged her stroller in between the bench and a sign that showed folks which way to go once inside the Land. I thought this was a safe place and she would be out of the line of traffic....well, this man and his kid, probably about 11 or 12 decide to go behind the sign and step over the stroller, bumping my granddaughter's legs rather hard. They could have easily fallen on her. I had enough....they were with this huge group of people and I said, "Excuse me. You bumped into my grandchild and didn't even bother to say I am sorry." They just looked at me and laughed. i was infuriated. I told them that they didn't need to walk where they did, and of course the whole group began to flip me the bird....and heckle in a language other than English....finally DH came up and saw what was going on and they slowly left, looking over their shoulders and obviously making some kind of remarks.

Then I had my 12 month old grandson sleeping in the stoller. Wishes was going on and I wanted to leave with him. I tried to get through the door at Casey's to work my way through the stores....there was a group of teenagers all sitting on the floor inside Casey's where the movies are shown and they would not move. I kept saying Excuse me please...over and over and they just looked at me...no one budged, not one adult chaperone said anything...so I just started to roll....they moved then...but only inches and I got one of their backpacks stuck in the wheels of the stroller...I couldn't believe it. A male who was with these girls said, Hey lady, why don't you relax...I said, why don't your kids move when someone says excuse me please? He said, he was going to come after me and hit me!!! WHAT???
I just kept going, thankful the baby was sleeping.

I could go on and on, but I won't. It brings back bad memories...you can't wait to get to WDW to share the joy with your family and then people don't know how to act when they are in public...I think I get like a wet hen when people are rude to my grandchildren who are all toddlers.

Taking a trip in Sept with two of them and I hope none of this goes on this time....

 

[DevilDuckie]

Whats the point of telling the parent, she didn't correct her son when he was kicking the poor lady, and let him hit her!

And second, yeah, I really want to sit next to the brat who just hit me in the head!

Be careful. Objecting to this poster saying such a thing is a punishable offense, apparently.

 

[parmtoo]

I could go on and on, but I won't. It brings back bad memories...you can't wait to get to WDW to share the joy with your family and then people don't know how to act when they are in public...I think I get like a wet hen when people are rude to my grandchildren who are all toddlers.

Taking a trip in Sept with two of them and I hope none of this goes on this time....

From one Grandma to another, you have georgous grandkids! Have a wonderful time with them on your next trip, and I hope you have no dealings with rude people!
We're taking our kids & grandkids in Jan. 09, can't wait!!

 

[bsusanmb]

From one Grandma to another, you have georgous grandkids! Have a wonderful time with them on your next trip, and I hope you have no dealings with rude people!
We're taking our kids & grandkids in Jan. 09, can't wait!!

Thank you, that is so sweet. It is just the best being a grandma!

 

[DreadpiratK]

This thread makes me think twice about taking my kids to Disney again! OK, thought twice, we're still going!

Really though, as bad as some of these stories are, The fact that they are the exception, not the rule is actually surprising. Take thousands of people from all over the world, cram them together in incredible heat and humidity that many of them are not used to, add in the stress of a high cost vacation, fatigue, dehydration, lots of little kids often pushed past their limits to 'get their monies worth' etc. and it's a recipe for bad behavior and confrontations. Add to that the fact that a lot of people are just self-centered jerks no matter what, and you'd kind of expect more of this kind of thing then actually happens, at least that's my impression.

Nothing bad happened too us, I think I might be someone elses story though. I am, according to my kids, allergic to crowds. In September 2001 we took the family on our first 'big' vacation. It was off season so I didn't expect huge crowds, but we made the mistake of going on Memorial day. It was packed! Anyway, we found a great place by the liberty bell a full hour ahead to watch to parade, the only reason we went that day instead of waiting, it was the last day for one of the parades. Sure enough last minute a large family came up to the rope and said "can we squeeze in here?" I just looked at them and said NO You Can't! didn't do anything , but made it clear they were not going to cut in front of us after waiting that long. DW gave me a look that said I was being overly rude, but hey, you want to be in front, wait like everyone else! They eventually ended up behind us, and I felt really bad so we kind of shuffled to the side and let thier kids get up front.

Hardly a vacation ruining event I know. After that the crowds were gone and we had a great time- until 9/11, but that's a different story.

 

[mickeymouse1017]

We had lunch at the Garden Grill on Sunday and went downstairs to use the restroom and ride Soarin'. It was my DD4's first trip on Soarin' so we were all excited because she was being "brave" (her words) this day . We finished in the restroom and were walking towards the fast pass line when boys about 12 starts running around this family that is standing in the way. I was holding my daughters hand and hear this most terrible smack and stop in my tracks. This boy had run full speed right into my daughter and they hit heads. She screamed in pain like I have never heard her before. She was holding her head, crying and telling me how much it hurt. I grabbed her up and was holding her and the little boy was on the ground crying and all I could do was to yell at him about hurting my child and about running around acting crazy like that. Yes, that wasn't very adult of me but no one in his group was correcting him and he had hurt my child. So a CM from Soarin' asked what happened and I told her and she said that they have a problem with parents leaving their kids out there and ridding the rides and no one is there to watch the children. She was very nice but I was ticked. Then, to make matters worse, I look over and the mother of the boy is holding him because he is still crying and I told her that he shouldn't be running and that he hurt my DD and she actually laughed at me. I again used my un-adult attitude and told her what she was. She just started going on and on in spanish. No, I don't speak spanish nor do I have any intention to learn. I could not believe that my child was so hurt and she was laughing about it. Today, when my DD woke up, the knot on her forehead was gone but she has two black eyes. They are not too bad but still, they are unnecessary.

 

[momsavealot]

Last Feb. we were staying at the POP and the very first night we were there we were woken up by the overwhelming smell of cigarette smoke. I literally thought someone had lit up in our room. But since none of us smoke, I knew it had to be coming from somewhere else. I looked outside and there was a man smoking right in front of our room. Come to find out he was walking down from his room because his wife can't stand the smell of smoke. I stepped outside and asked him to go to one of the smoking areas to smoke and to please not smoke near our room again. He must have thought I was not a threat because he proceeded to tell me he would smoke any @#$% place he wanted. Unknown to him, my overly protective husband was busy inside putting on some pants and he walked outside and told the guy he had two options: 1) put out your cigarette, apologize to my wife, and not light up again anywhere near our room; or 2) have me put your cigarette out for you by shoving it down your face and then get picked up and carried back to your room with a pocketfull of lit cigarettes. He put his cigarette out and apologized to me and I accepted his apology! My husband is quite an imposing figure but not confrontational, so this should tell you how ugly this guy was. I did tell my husband that he had never been more sexy to me in our entire married life!!! Guess who we saw the very next day at MK smoking at an outside table at Cosmic Rays!!! By the time we were close to him, another family had complained and a CM had him put his cigarette out. Guess who we saw at the American Pavillion at Epcot two days later!!! Yep he was at one of the retaining walls smoking!!!! I really felt sorry for him at that point because he seemed to really need his cigarettes.

Hee-sterical!! I know exactly what you mean! If my non-confrontational hubby did the same thing, I'd be pretty turned on! By the way, I love this thread. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who seems to attract the crazies!

 

[DisneyKT]

Be careful. Objecting to this poster saying such a thing is a punishable offense, apparently.

Oh No

 

[twinspluscade]

Wow!!! That's horrible!!! I'm soo sorry that happened to you!! I'll admit I am guilty of using the handicaped bathroom when I am by myself with the two kids and my dd needs to go. I roll the stroller with ds into the stall so I can help my dd, and my ds is still in my sight. I'd hate to think someone would get crazy mad over that!! Personally I feel that if you need more than one person in the stall than you should be allowed to use the larger stall.

Man, I don't even know what I would do if someone did that to me. You did the right thing though by just getting out of there!! Not worth getting into a fight over!!

I used to use the handicapped stall too, when my twins were younger; providing no one else was waiting to use them.There's no way I could fit my booty plus two little ones in one regular-sized stall with me. Now that they're older, they fortunately can use their own stalls.

I'm actually surprised though that posters from the disabilities board haven't posted on this thread. Usually when people mention using the handicapped stalls, they join in en masse about how it's rude, not the right thing to do, etc. I've seen some very heated debates over it.

 

[noodleknitter]

I used to use the handicapped stall too, when my twins were younger; providing no one else was waiting to use them.There's no way I could fit my booty plus two little ones in one regular-sized stall with me. Now that they're older, they fortunately can use their own stalls.

I'm actually surprised though that posters from the disabilities board haven't posted on this thread. Usually when people mention using the handicapped stalls, they join in en masse about how it's rude, not the right thing to do, etc. I've seen some very heated debates over it.

Yeah, darn those rude disabled people who want to post about an issue pertinent to their lives...

 

[RMulieri]

After reading and participating in this thread i have decided that WDW is the ultimate Sociological experiment.

 

[iheartdisney]

OK, I DIDN'T, or WOULDN't attack the lady, but...
Last November we were at Disneyland having a great family trip. We get on POTC, and the woman in front of me has on one of those flashy neon rope mouse ear headband thingies. And the CMs at loading didn't say anything. So about halfway through the Blue Bayou, I kindly tap her shoulder and ask her if she can please turn them off. She says "what the hell does it matter to you?"
I was a little shocked, so I told her we had just stood in line for 30 minutes, and the flashing light was kind of ruining the atmosphere nof the dark ride. She actually said no!
That headband kept flashing all the way through the bayou, through the caves, down the drop, until the Captains Quaters, the ride gets jammed. And apparently I wasn't the only one bothered, as the three boats behind us were complaining, sine they were lighting up the entire room. After about 5 minutes of that she finally turned them off.

 

[luvsJack]

first, you shouldn't have screamed at the kid first, always talk to the parent first


second, he was 6, it was most likely his first trip and wanted a good view, you couln't have moved for a 6 year old

You are kidding right? I can excuse a whole lot from a six year old, but hitting an adult on top of the head is not excusable. He should have been punished by his mother not given excuses for his behavior and made to apologize in Spanish if he couldn't speak English. If the parent cared one whit about what her child was doing he would have been stopped way back before ever hit the poster. First trip or not, this child should not have ever been allowed to act like this and manners are a worldwide thing, language has nothing to do with it.

If all this has been said, my apologies, I just had to respond to this and didn't read the rest of the thread.

 

[ldbrown318]

Thank goodness none of this has ever happened to us. We have see/heard a few, but never have been directly invovled.

 

[livndisney]

I used to use the handicapped stall too, when my twins were younger; providing no one else was waiting to use them.There's no way I could fit my booty plus two little ones in one regular-sized stall with me. Now that they're older, they fortunately can use their own stalls.

I'm actually surprised though that posters from the disabilities board haven't posted on this thread. Usually when people mention using the handicapped stalls, they join in en masse about how it's rude, not the right thing to do, etc. I've seen some very heated debates over it.

This is simply not true. If you bothered to read what folks from the Disablities post, all they ask is that you consider your choices wisely. The stall you are running to get for your convience MAYBE the ONLY stall they can use. Sue the moderator has written some very well worded posts on the subject.

"After reading and participating in this thread i have decided that WDW is the ultimate Sociological experiment."

Actually, I think participating on the DIS is the "ultimate Sociological experiment"

I used to think that people in WDW were actually nice, normal people in the "real world". I gave them the benefit of the doubt while in the parks and encountering some of their behaviors and rudeness. I thought perhaps they were just "caught up in the magic" or "overwhelmed" .
But after reading some of the posts on the Dis, I found out some of these people are REALLY like this in real life! There are some people who think it is ok to not stand in line. > People on here will defend a 6 year old HITTING an adult! There are people that actually SPEND time trying to figure out ways to "get around the rules". There are people who think it is ok to smoke, take flash pictures, steal, cheat, cuss, cut, (the list goes on and on) where and when they want JUST because they want to. And their "defense" is "well if Disney didn't like it they would stop me". (Like Disney should assign every guest a personal monitor?)
I will NEVER forget the family I saw at the base of the Woody and Buzz Icons at AsMovies. The "Mom" was telling her child to climb on Woody, and when the GUARD Disney had to pay to sit there (before they put up the fence)asked her to stop her son from climbing for HIS safety. The Mom said "but Disney would not have built it if they did not want him to climb it". Hey lady, Disney build the TOT too and I have not noticed anyone climbing it!

 

[maxiesmom]

But after reading some of the posts on the Dis, I found out some of these people are REALLY like this in real life! There are some people who think it is ok to not stand in line. > People on here will defend a 6 year old HITTING an adult! There are people that actually SPEND time trying to figure out ways to "get around the rules". There are people who think it is ok to smoke, take flash pictures, steal, cheat, cuss, cut, (the list goes on and on) where and when they want JUST because they want to. And their "defense" is "well if Disney didn't like it they would stop me". (Like Disney should assign every guest a personal monitor?)
I will NEVER forget the family I saw at the base of the Woody and Buzz Icons at AsMovies. The "Mom" was telling her child to climb on Woody, and when the GUARD Disney had to pay to sit there (before they put up the fence)asked her to stop her son from climbing for HIS safety. The Mom said "but Disney would not have built it if they did not want him to climb it". Hey lady, Disney build the TOT too and I have not noticed anyone climbing it!

I know this is off topic, but I was just thinking those very same thoughts! It is so frustrating to see how many people think it is ok to lie and cheat Disney just to save a few bucks. Like you said "well if Disney didn't like it they would stop me." It is such a shame that so many people seem to have that attitude lately. And if you don't agree with them you are deemed The Morality Police. When did it become bad to do what is right and follow the rules?

Fortunately I do not see much of that during my trips to the parks. There is usually only one instance that sticks out each trip. The last time my mom went with me she was rammed by a stroller pushing crazy lady. We were standing in wall to wall people on Main Street waiting to see Wishes. And this lady came down off of the sidewalk with her stroller and started ramming people to get out of the park. No excuse me, or pardon me. Just running into people to get where she needed to be. Like the street was going to be better than the sidewalk?

And during my last trip the only self centered idiot was the mom who ignored the line of people waiting to take pics on the fire engine by the firehouse and shoved her kid on it. And then proceeded to take a bunch of pics and didn't even try to do it quickly. I started making loud comments about how there were people in line who were waiting their turn and she finally wrapped it up. How rude!

 

[Karlzmom]

I used to think that people in WDW were actually nice, normal people in the "real world". I gave them the benefit of the doubt while in the parks and encountering some of their behaviors and rudeness. I thought perhaps they were just "caught up in the magic" or "overwhelmed" .
But after reading some of the posts on the Dis, I found out some of these people are REALLY like this in real life! There are some people who think it is ok to not stand in line. > People on here will defend a 6 year old HITTING an adult! There are people that actually SPEND time trying to figure out ways to "get around the rules". There are people who think it is ok to smoke, take flash pictures, steal, cheat, cuss, cut, (the list goes on and on) where and when they want JUST because they want to. And their "defense" is "well if Disney didn't like it they would stop me". (Like Disney should assign every guest a personal monitor?)
I will NEVER forget the family I saw at the base of the Woody and Buzz Icons at AsMovies. The "Mom" was telling her child to climb on Woody, and when the GUARD Disney had to pay to sit there (before they put up the fence)asked her to stop her son from climbing for HIS safety. The Mom said "but Disney would not have built it if they did not want him to climb it". Hey lady, Disney build the TOT too and I have not noticed anyone climbing it!

.....yes, these people exist, and they ALL get jury summons!