I would have never thought of sitting at the table with that woman.....Now I know what to do, thanks!! And I liked your French comment
As for rides, you should really try POC again, we think it's one of the best!
When my girls were young (7 & 8, I think) we were waiting on line for the Countdown to Extinction ride (now Dinosaur) and there was a group of goofy high school girls in front of us. They were being typical high schoolers, loud, you know...Anyway, they were loud the whole time we were on line and I knew I didn't want to ride with them, but I never vocalized my feelings.
After watching the pre-show, my youngest daughter became apprehensive about riding. Well, it was our turn to get into the immediate queue for the cars, and I told my husband I didn't want to ride with the teenagers, but he said, oh, c'mon. (the girls didn't hear me, I whispered it to him) So we get on.
We're in the front seat of the car and the girls are behind us. The ride didn't even start yet and they're screaming bloody murder. My youngest was starting to cry that she didn't want to go on, she's scared, etc. and I'm trying to soothe her. Before we even left the platform, I turned to the girls and nicely said, can you please stop screaming like that? You're making my daughter cry..Just then the ride started.
Do you know what those little B*&#$@s did? THEY LEANED FORWARD AS MUCH AS THEY COULD TOWARD MY DAUGHTERS SEAT AND SCREAMED LOUDER - THE WHOLE FRIGGIN RIDE!!!!
So my daughter has out and out lost it. You know how that ride is, and I turned back to the girls and was yelling at them to shut up, but we're all bumpin' and jerkin' and I didn't want to get whiplash, so I turned back around.
That whole ride was the most miserable ride we've ever ridden.
So when the ride was over, our family got off first and we were at the stairwell starting to ascend when the girls ran over and started shoving us out of the way!!! Well, they got past my husband and my other daughter, and I didn't realize what was going on since they were stampeding like a bunch of bulls, but when I feel a stranger touch me in any way, especially in a rough way, I react. I felt like I was under attack and my elbow went back and jabbed whomever in their body...The girls quickly backed off.
I immediately went to guest services (my daughter was still crying) and I was told that there were a couple of local high schools visiting and there was nothing they could do. In fact, I didn't even get a genuine "I'm sorry for your negative experience". I got this look like, lady, give me a break.
Right after that I told my girls if I EVER see or hear that they're harrassing a little kid or a family or anyone they would incur my wrath. I always had respect for my elders, and why the heck would I want to scare the heck out of a stranger's kid?
I really forgot about that because we've had soooo many excellent experiences while vacationing at Disney. We've had other little things, but I think that was the worst. I hope it's the last!