Have YOU ever had or witnessed a rude incident in the park? Tell me about it!

[TXAKDisneyFan]

This could be rude or just plain stupid....

We were at AK waiting on the safari this past September. It was an unusually hot day with temps over 100. A family right ahead of us in the FP+ line had a toddler who definitely wasn't doing well. She started screaming so mom put her on the ground. She was crying so hard with her face in the pavement you could see a river of tears flowing across the ground. Dad says' "oh she's just hot". Takes off her shirt and pours a bottle of water on her. Little girl keeps screaming. At this point line is delayed and we are looking at probably a 40 minute wait or so. Another member of the family suggests they really need to get out of there and get the little one in AC. The mom starts going off on how they had to get a fast pass for this ride and she's not going to waste it. Her little one can hang on a little longer.

By the time we reach the loading platform the little girl is so worked up and overly hot she starts throwing up right in line. Dad finally realizes his daughter isn't doing well and says they have to go, mom stands her ground and insists she'll be fine once she gets on the ride. Thankfully the CMs see what's going on and pull the family out of line. Mom continues to insist everything is fine. CMs tell her things are not ok and they need to get her daughter medical attention. The CM had to stand in front of mom to physically pervent her from loading the ride. They only got help when they told her to take daughter into the AC in a CM area and she can come back to her spot as soon as daughter is better. The whole situation made me sick to my stomach to watch.

I know that sometimes kids can be overly dramatic and work themselves up to the point of making themselves sick. But a toddler getting sick in 100 degree heat sounds potentially dangerous, and heat stroke isn't something to play around with. It's sad that a parent would put their own agenda above the health and well being of their child.

 

[DisneyGal24]

Ok. Here goes. We were at Hollywood Studios this past Thanksgiving. DH, DD, DS, and I arrived early (8:00 for a 9:00 opening). We got in line beside each other, not together. DS and I were together and DH and DD were together. In front of each of us was one person. These two were chatting in front of us. A few minutes after we walked up one of them turns around and explains that 7 people each would be getting in front of us! For a total of 14 people cutting line!! DH and I immediately look at each other and say " I don't think so!" They try to explain that they do this all the time and they don't actually know these people that they are "saving spots for" but they are being paid. I requested to speak to a CM. They call their CM buddy over that they had been talking to previously and he started stumbling around trying to say that these people could cut in front of us. At this point I requested to speak to supervisor. While the CM went to get one, the man in front of me and DS agreed to switch with DH and DD. A few minutes later the family of 14 arrived beside us. Once the supervisor arrived we explained that we had worked it out. She said that they DID NOT have a rule about cutting line UNLESS the people behind the line cutters had a problem with it!!! I am so glad we did not have anymore problems with these people who were paid to stand in line and based upon what we heard, play personal tour guide to this family. Bonus: As we entered the park the CM gave us a special FP to use on any attraction! DH tried to explain that this wasn't necessary and we didn't expect anything like that but the supervisor insisted. At first I felt like the Disney Magic had been sucked out of me but after the supervisors actions my Magic came roaring back
Added bonus: The "tour guides" had no idea what they were doing. We over heard them telling the family to take the kids and go straight to TSM while they signed all the kids up for JTA!

 

[daisyx3]

I don't remember the exact details but one night on the bus, I think from DHS to our resort, a mom slapped a little boy about 3 years old. I didn't see it but my son (who was 14) did. He was so mad he wanted to tell her off right then and there. The whole bus ride she was talking in a quiet but semi-stern way as the little boy sniffled. I gathered that he had grabbed something out of her hand so she whacked him. If she did it again I was going to say something but she must have realized she had already gone over the line. My son was really seething.
Daisyx3

 

[larryz]

They try to explain that they do this all the time and they don't actually know these people that they are "saving spots for" but they are being paid.

I have long suspected / expected this was happening / would happen.

 

[Ember]

My best story is when a kid, probably 4 or 5, old enough to know better, took my food. His parents were seated nearby and he was wandering. (Don't get me started on kids wandering alone in restaurants...) He stopped at our table, said "hello" and grabbed a fist full of fries. I took him to his parents and told them what had happened. They laughingly apologised and that was all. No offer to replace my food that their kid had felt free to help himself to, no reprimand for their little pumpkin. To this day I wish I had demanded they buy me a new fries, but all I did was walk away and fume.

I also had a seagull steal an elephant ear right out of my hand at Epcot. But that one just left me laughing. Brazen seagull!!

 

[fabfemmeboy]

I think there will always be rude people in public, especially when people are stressed (about money, schedules, etc.) and hot (it's Florida). That doesn't mean that some of the unpleasantness can't be amusing to witness, given the right (or twisted) mindset.

The incident that sticks out for me was going home one night from MK. It was low season and we were leaving just before Wishes so it wasn't crowded at all - a handful of people at the bus stops. We were at one of the All Stars, and there was a problem with the signage so that each sign pointed between the handicap lane for one resort and the regular lane for the other, which meant some people ended up in the wrong line. We asked the family in front of us, he said he was going to the same resort, so we filed in behind him and waited. When the bus came it parked essentially halfway between the stops as well, so two lines were trying to board at once. We formed a sort of Y-merge, which was going fine, particularly because there was no way the bus seats would be even 1/3 full...until a family (that had arrived at the stop after us, mind you) got temporarily 'split up' as we alternated. A woman in her 30s-40s kept huffing "They (meaning my partner and I) boarded before Daddy!" She said it at least 4 times, even after she and her extended family had all gotten seats together and my partner and I had headed for the back of the bus, loudly complaining and pointing at us for all to see/hear. Oy.

And of course there are always parade-pushers. I've made an art of shifting further and further over so people can't shove their kids in front of me at the last minute, especially since their kids are often taller than me.

 

[Rebekkap]

My best story is when a kid, probably 4 or 5, old enough to know better, took my food. His parents were seated nearby and he was wandering. (Don't get me started on kids wandering alone in restaurants...) He stopped at our table, said "hello" and grabbed a fist full of fries. I took him to his parents and told them what had happened. They laughingly apologised and that was all. No offer to replace my food that their kid had felt free to help himself to, no reprimand for their little pumpkin. To this day I wish I had demanded they buy me a new fries, but all I did was walk away and fume.

I also had a seagull steal an elephant ear right out of my hand at Epcot. But that one just left me laughing. Brazen seagull!!

My nephew's been known to do this. He's autistic.

 

[maxiesmom]

My nephew's been known to do this. He's autistic.

But I bet you would apologize and offer to buy the offended person new fries, right? Not just laugh it off.

 

[JimS4210]

I'm just wondering what people fight or can become rude about in the happiest place on earth...it's really troubling to see so many guests stories I was just wondering what I should be on the look out for or what can be avoided?

Just had a rude moment yesterday. We're down here now and yesterday we were at MK, waiting in line for the Mine Train. A kid about 18-20 started excusing his way through the crowd, leading people to believe his party was up ahead. I then saw him laughing and motioning to his group of friends (about 5 or 6) to come and join him. I turned to my wife and said "No way are they getting past me!." Luckily, his friends declined his offer to advance so he waited at a bend in the line for them. Being me, I couldn't keep my mouth shut as we passed him and I said "Nice try, pal. Guess your friends have more manners than you." He replied that he was testing out a "Hypothesis" and the results were 'awesome". So I replied "You know what's even more awesome? I'm ahead of you..." as I walked past him.

Jim

 

[Magpie]

Well, technically not IN the park, but in 2007 when we were pulling into the Magic Kingdom parking lot, we were held up by an Indian gentleman who felt he had the right to park where ever he pleased (edit - as in, not at the end of the row), rather than where the cast members were trying to direct him. He was leaning out his window yelling and gesturing at the cast member. Another cast member directed us past him to park.

As we were walking over to the trolley, we could see (and hear!) him out of the car now, flanked by his wife in her sari, babe in her arms and a small child beside her, yelling at a cast member on a bicycle. He was accusing the cast member of "ruining" his vacation and being racist, to boot. Then he kicked the cast member's bike tire!

I felt SO sorry for his family. It must be awful having a blowhard bully like that around all the time.

 

[arcticdisneylovers]

Well we just got back from WDW and then a Fantasy cruise. Our first day at MK we were walking from PP to the carrousel (our 2nd ride of the day after riding PP 2x) and this lady (with poor hubby and kids in tow) starts SCREAMING at her sister. I cannot repeat even a small portion since every other word was a curse I just grabbed by daughter's hand and said "just keep swimming", my DH was ticked but my motto is just keep walking (this was 9:10am I hate to think how the rest of that day went for the poor family).

Then my goodness I could NOT believe the out of control parents on the cruise. Every time we turned around we saw parents screamed at and yanking their little kids around. Seriously, one evening DD10 and I were sitting by the ice cream machines (she was enjoying her x numbered ice cream of the cruise when this lady arrived at the table next to us; you could hear her coming; carrying a little one (less than 2) and pulling a maybe 3/4 year old by the arm (kid not saying a word) while SCREAMING at him. It was scary MY DD10 turns to me in a little voice and says, "I'm scared, I don't understand why people are so mean to their kids. You never treated me that way" Yikes, I tried to explain that parents aren't perfect and sometimes people lose their tempers, especially when they have a lot of kids. What I really wanted to says is people are nuts and I'm scared for their poor kids. Seriously if you treat your kids that way in public what do you do to them in private

MY DD10's rude experience was actually quite funny, when she came back from Pelican Plunge on CC. She said, you are NOT going to believe what I saw, it should be illegal I thought, oh no what now? Apparently she had witnessed her first thong bikini Her take on it was, a lady had her whole bum showing and she was standing ride in FRONT of me in line for the water slide I laughed so hard, her horror was just too funny, DD10 announced that there should be a RULE about that

 

[Magpie]

I think there will always be rude people in public, especially when people are stressed (about money, schedules, etc.) and hot (it's Florida). That doesn't mean that some of the unpleasantness can't be amusing to witness, given the right (or twisted) mindset.

The incident that sticks out for me was going home one night from MK. It was low season and we were leaving just before Wishes so it wasn't crowded at all - a handful of people at the bus stops. We were at one of the All Stars, and there was a problem with the signage so that each sign pointed between the handicap lane for one resort and the regular lane for the other, which meant some people ended up in the wrong line. We asked the family in front of us, he said he was going to the same resort, so we filed in behind him and waited. When the bus came it parked essentially halfway between the stops as well, so two lines were trying to board at once. We formed a sort of Y-merge, which was going fine, particularly because there was no way the bus seats would be even 1/3 full...until a family (that had arrived at the stop after us, mind you) got temporarily 'split up' as we alternated. A woman in her 30s-40s kept huffing "They (meaning my partner and I) boarded before Daddy!" She said it at least 4 times, even after she and her extended family had all gotten seats together and my partner and I had headed for the back of the bus, loudly complaining and pointing at us for all to see/hear. Oy.

And of course there are always parade-pushers. I've made an art of shifting further and further over so people can't shove their kids in front of me at the last minute, especially since their kids are often taller than me.

Some people think that everyone should wait while they proceed ahead like royalty.

Last trip, my husband and I ended up on the back bench of the bus to the Magic Kingdom (for the Christmas Party), next to a family which included a woman who had her arms full of an obnoxiously crying baby. I felt sorry for her, and gave her a sympathetic smile. Everything seemed fine, until the bus stopped. Then, intending to get out of their way in order to make it easier for them to exit, my husband and I stood up, stepped over the folded stroller and quickly made our way to the door.

Well, apparently the POLITE thing to do (according to this woman) would have been to stay seated while she and her family packed up their stuff and exited. She was very shrill and offensive about it, even drowning out her own infant! My husband wanted to go back and give her a piece of his mind, but we were already off the bus and I told him there was no point. We should just be grateful we weren't having her kind of miserable vacation.

Later, back at our resort, we saw her again. Babe still in her arms, still squalling. I have to say, I felt like the universe was enacting a wee bit of justice on my behalf.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Just had a rude moment yesterday. We're down here now and yesterday we were at MK, waiting in line for the Mine Train. A kid about 18-20 started excusing his way through the crowd, leading people to believe his party was up ahead. I then saw him laughing and motioning to his group of friends (about 5 or 6) to come and join him. I turned to my wife and said "No way are they getting past me!." Luckily, his friends declined his offer to advance so he waited at a bend in the line for them. Being me, I couldn't keep my mouth shut as we passed him and I said "Nice try, pal. Guess your friends have more manners than you." He replied that he was testing out a "Hypothesis" and the results were 'awesome". So I replied "You know what's even more awesome? I'm ahead of you..." as I walked past him.

Jim

Jim you just made my day excellent story! I commend you!

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Well we just got back from WDW and then a Fantasy cruise. Our first day at MK we were walking from PP to the carrousel (our 2nd ride of the day after riding PP 2x) and this lady (with poor hubby and kids in tow) starts SCREAMING at her sister. I cannot repeat even a small portion since every other word was a curse I just grabbed by daughter's hand and said "just keep swimming", my DH was ticked but my motto is just keep walking (this was 9:10am I hate to think how the rest of that day went for the poor family).

Then my goodness I could NOT believe the out of control parents on the cruise. Every time we turned around we saw parents screamed at and yanking their little kids around. Seriously, one evening DD10 and I were sitting by the ice cream machines (she was enjoying her x numbered ice cream of the cruise when this lady arrived at the table next to us; you could hear her coming; carrying a little one (less than 2) and pulling a maybe 3/4 year old by the arm (kid not saying a word) while SCREAMING at him. It was scary MY DD10 turns to me in a little voice and says, "I'm scared, I don't understand why people are so mean to their kids. You never treated me that way" Yikes, I tried to explain that parents aren't perfect and sometimes people lose their tempers, especially when they have a lot of kids. What I really wanted to says is people are nuts and I'm scared for their poor kids. Seriously if you treat your kids that way in public what do you do to them in private

MY DD10's rude experience was actually quite funny, when she came back from Pelican Plunge on CC. She said, you are NOT going to believe what I saw, it should be illegal I thought, oh no what now? Apparently she had witnessed her first thong bikini Her take on it was, a lady had her whole bum showing and she was standing ride in FRONT of me in line for the water slide I laughed so hard, her horror was just too funny, DD10 announced that there should be a RULE about that

I love your motto and you sound like an awesome mommy!

Oh boy I can't imagine the booty in your daughters face! I agree that we should have some standards as a society of what is and what is not appropriate attire at a children's themed waterpark

 

[Q-man]

MY DD10's rude experience was actually quite funny, when she came back from Pelican Plunge on CC. She said, you are NOT going to believe what I saw, it should be illegal I thought, oh no what now? Apparently she had witnessed her first thong bikini Her take on it was, a lady had her whole bum showing and she was standing ride in FRONT of me in line for the water slide I laughed so hard, her horror was just too funny, DD10 announced that there should be a RULE about that

One of our daughters had a similar experience recently. She sat down with a heavy sigh and said, "Sometimes, I need less reality in my life." Took everything for DW and I to stifle our .

 

[Luv2Run]

Ok. Here goes. We were at Hollywood Studios this past Thanksgiving. DH, DD, DS, and I arrived early (8:00 for a 9:00 opening). We got in line beside each other, not together. DS and I were together and DH and DD were together. In front of each of us was one person. These two were chatting in front of us. A few minutes after we walked up one of them turns around and explains that 7 people each would be getting in front of us! For a total of 14 people cutting line!! DH and I immediately look at each other and say " I don't think so!" They try to explain that they do this all the time and they don't actually know these people that they are "saving spots for" but they are being paid. I requested to speak to a CM. They call their CM buddy over that they had been talking to previously and he started stumbling around trying to say that these people could cut in front of us. At this point I requested to speak to supervisor. While the CM went to get one, the man in front of me and DS agreed to switch with DH and DD. A few minutes later the family of 14 arrived beside us. Once the supervisor arrived we explained that we had worked it out. She said that they DID NOT have a rule about cutting line UNLESS the people behind the line cutters had a problem with it!!! I am so glad we did not have anymore problems with these people who were paid to stand in line and based upon what we heard, play personal tour guide to this family. Bonus: As we entered the park the CM gave us a special FP to use on any attraction! DH tried to explain that this wasn't necessary and we didn't expect anything like that but the supervisor insisted. At first I felt like the Disney Magic had been sucked out of me but after the supervisors actions my Magic came roaring back
Added bonus: The "tour guides" had no idea what they were doing. We over heard them telling the family to take the kids and go straight to TSM while they signed all the kids up for JTA!

I've always wondered if people would pay AP-holders to be their designated line-waiters. That sickens me, but hey, waste your money all you want, you're not cutting me in line.

To the bolded: sounds like 'hush money' to me. As in, "Hey, here's a shiny Fast Pass to distract you and calm you down. *please don't report me to my boss for letting over a dozen people break the rules*".

 

[Candleshoe]

we didn't expect anything like that but the supervisor insisted.

To the bolded: sounds like 'hush money' to me. As in, "Hey, here's a shiny Fast Pass to distract you and calm you down. *please don't report me to my boss for letting over a dozen people break the rules*".

I thought it was the boss/supervisor that gave the FP.

 

[DisneyFive]

I have to say, we've witnessed countless courteous and happy experiences rather than rude ones.

The only one that sticks out to me was in MK, I think it was near the exit of IASW, not that it matters. There was a very overweight middle aged Dad in an electric scooter, and has he was driving it past his son. His son's foot somehow got caught on the back wheel and pulled between the wheel and the scooter's fender for a full rotation of the back wheel. The boy was maybe 5 years old. I thought for sure his ankle was broken after seeing the horrible ways it twisted. Of course, he screamed, but the terrible part was how the Dad reacted. It was clearly the Dad's fault, but he roughly grabs the boy and pulls him up and over to him, yelling at him the whole time about a number of things as if the kid did something wrong. It was clearly the Dad's fault, running into and over his kid. To this day I hope his foot and ankle were o.k., and the parents calmed down and had a happy stay.

We were heading somewhere else, so I didn't see what happened after that...

Dan

 

[Luv2Run]

I thought it was the boss/supervisor that gave the FP.

The CM is the one that gave it to them, but the supervisor is the one who insisted they take it, so that led me to believe that the supervisor was just going along with it since by that point they were already down the rabbit hole.

 

[ttintagel]

Yeah, I've always seen or experienced at least one shockingly rude guest or CM incident a day whenever I've been at WDW. It's usually pretty easy to laugh them off afterward, except the ones that involve physical assault. The worst is when you're hurt or injured by a kid, and the parents just laugh and do absolutely nothing. Sometimes they don't even call the kid away from you, or worse, they get angry at you when you try to stop the kid. The worst incident was in 2011, watching Illuminations at EPCOT. A little girl kicked, punched, and elbowed her way through the crowd to get to where I was at the railing of the bridge. Then, she proceeded to climb up onto the footrest of my wheelchair and stand on my broken foot to watch the show. No parents to be seen. I screamed in pain, asked, begged and pleaded for her to get down. She just looked at me in shock, amazed that she might not be allowed to do whatever she felt like. Finally, I had to gently ease her off my foot when I could no longer stand the pain. All of a sudden, some adult appeared out of nowhere to scream and yell at me for being so mean to his daughter. Needless to say, I couldn't get though the crowds and out of the park quickly, so I was stuck there in agony for several hours, and had to stay in bed late the next day with an ice pack.

The next year, I was sitting on a bench in Liberty Square, and a little boy of about five came up, stood on the bench next to me, carefully placed his mouth next to my ear, cupped his hands, drew a deep breath, and shrieked at the highest possible pitch and volume I've ever heard. It was worse than standing next to a fire alarm. I literally fell off the bench, and I am *not* one of those people who throws around the word "literally" lightly. And it wasn't just one short burst - it was a long, sustained scream like a police siren. He kept it up even after I fell. His parents, sitting nearby, thought it was the funniest thing since the Three Stooges, and chattered to each other in some non-English language in between bouts of convulsive belly laughter. I'm not even sure what I cried out - I'm pretty sure it was variations on, "Stop," "please stop," and "please make him stop," but he just kept shrieking and they just kept laughing. Passers-by, including CM's, just looked the other way. I had been sitting on the bench because my arthritis was flaring up, so although I couldn't move quickly, I grabbed my cane and bag, pulled myself up, and hobbled away as best I could into the nearest building (Liberty Tree Tavern) and asked to sit down. I bought souvenir mugs before I left because I felt bad taking up space.

I guess I can't blame all those people for walking by - what are you going to do when it's someone's kid? These days, interfering is just a lawsuit waiting to happen.