LOWS
* Other People - Not all of them, and the crowds were pretty reasonable, but we had more of a problem who just have no sense of courtesy to others. Like the couple who chatted loudly through the whole Safari when we shared the row with them, or the woman who kept shouting to her daughter (who was sat right next to her) during Soarin'. We were always brought up that in situations where other people are trying to enjoy an experience, having a conversation where others could hear what you were saying meant you were talking too loud. Doesn't seem to be a concept that many guests were taught and it had a real negative impact on our enjoyment of some of the rides, especially when you're trying to listen to some narration or information from a CM.
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* Grrrr - I couldn't figure what to caption this one, but we got grief from one of DH's "friends" from school whilst we were WDW, basically telling us we shouldn't be there without kids, and that we needed to hurry up and have a baby because DH is nearly 40 (which is so incredibly insensitive on so many levels, not least because she is not close enough to us to know what the reason is why we don't have children, and plenty of my friends are childless through infertility and that is obviously very painful for them). Anyway, she put a huge downer on one of our days (I don't know why I let her get to me)... it ended up as a joke as we enjoyed riding Space Mountain again or having another gorgeous meal at BOG or whatever, and we kept saying to each other "Of course, there's NOTHING for adults to do at WDW"... Why do people feel it's OK to have ago about where we go on holiday? And why should our ability or willingness to have kids affect where we can visit?
So, you can see the balance is definitely skewered on the highs, and the lows are only minors really. It was a great trip, and 2 weeks is definitely much better than 1! Best of all, DH started talking about "our next trip" again after saying "not again" before this one. I'm back next year, but thinking maybe doing a land and sea type thing in 2020 for our 10th Wedding Anniversary. YAY!
overall, sounds like you had a wonderful, magical time...
i get the other people issue....that seems to have become worse and worse over the years...
a few years back, DD and a friend of hers went to WDW together...
when they came home, DD couldn't stop saying how shocked she was at how rude and impolite people have become..
for example, she said that no one ever got up on the bus for people who obviously needed it...
she said that she and her friend were the only ones who stood for people who needed the seats more than they did..
i understood what she was talking about the next time i was at WDW - i had to be in orlando for a conference, so i took my mom and sister to WDW and on
DCL....
my mom was 86 at the time....
we came into the 50's prime time and had to wait to be seated (as is usually the case)..
every seat in the waiting area was taken, including tiny little children who easily could have been lifted onto their parents laps but were left sitting on their own taking a seat..
not to mention the men and women in their 20's and 30's who remained seated even though it was clear there was an elderly woman who should have been given a place to sit..
i was SHOCKED.....very....i'm an american, and i can't remember that sort of rude, inconsiderate behavior when i was growing up...
anyway, that was only one example of many many many...so yes, the other guests can be a downer..
(oh and we also had talkers on the safari!!)
as for your "friend" and the comments about not going to WDW without kids...
well i have a few not so polite things to say to her!!!!
alas, she's not alone in her opinion about adults and WDW - we get the same flack all the time....
all i can say is, it's their loss that they're not able to enjoy a bit of magic and pixie dust!!!
