Honking ECV's at Epcot

[need_a_Disney_fix]

Just when you think you have seen it all...you see something bizarre. DH and I were walking around the World Showcase today. I was especially giddy because I had a Fiesta margarita from Mexico in my hands and was starting to get that buzz. Well as we were approaching Germany, I heard this beep beep beep. Lo and behold, there was this lady in her ECV honking her horn at some guy who was (in her mind) in her way. Please note that there was plenty of space around both of them, But NO...she insisted on shooing him out of her way. It takes all kinds.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

My FIL told me an interesting ECV-honking story. He said they were in EPCOT on their last trip and were in line at a water fountain. A mother was holding her son up to get a drink (obviously too small to reach it). The guy behind them in an ECV starts honking at them, telling them to hurry up.

As a person who uses a manual wheelchair, these horns kill me. Not only are they rude and inconsiderate, I think they are demeaning. I can't stand it when people say "beep beep" to me and such. Would you say something like that to someone who was walking by? No, you wouldn't.

I was leaving Staples one day. I was using the crosswalk to go to my car. A car stopped and motioned me to go on and cross. He then pulls up beside me and says "You need to get a motor and a horn on that thing. Ha ha!" I swear, people say the DUMBEST things sometimes.

 

[rcraw45425]

The funniest ECV story I have is when we were in EPCOT there was an older gentleman on one trying to tow his wife on an attachment that was like another ECV without a motor, like pulling a wagon. She was a rather large lady, so they were making absolutely no progress and he was cursing a blue streak like that would help. Why they didn't simply get two motorized ones was beyond me. They took up an incredible amount of sidewalk with this contraption!

 

[disney junky]

I know where I'd walk really slowly, possibly pretending to be hard of hearing!!!

 

[CheshireVal]

I'd actually rather have the warning of the honk than be mowed over from behind without knowing it was coming!

 

[auntpolly]

Oh I've been honked at more than once! My favorite is the indignant look they give you when you turn around, like "I need to pass, OK? You're in my way, OK? "

If there is a genuine need to get past me and a need to beep, I'd prefer a "I'm sorry, I really need to get through - do you mind?" look.

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

I understand that some people need to be in ECVs for health reasons and that's their only way around WDW. And if a party of 3 is blocking the way so they can find out where Spaceship Earth is on a map in the middle of the walkway, I have no problem with a horn. I wish I had one at times.

But if someone honks at me because they want to go faster when we're all stuck in traffic and no one is going anywhere, then they're going to get the look.

And I'm getting pretty good at it. I've been married for a few years and I'm learning from a trained professional.

 

[shortbun]

Funny, I've never been honked at. I did use one on a trip that I had an unexpected injury. Maybe I'm more sensitized to how hard it is to maneuver them through a crowd. I remember having to sit and wait and wait and wait for people to finish walking where I was headed, especially people with strollers(don't flame me, I've been a stroller person too!). When I see an ECV coming, I give it a wide berth. I can't recall even hearing anyone beep their horn AT anyone ever except when backing up as it goes off automatically. I think people are so busy having fun at Disney that they don't realize what's going on around them-like people trying to drive those ECVs. Sorry the beeping bothers you but those little carts don't stop all that easily without the operator feeling like they might be thrown off, they are wide and sometimes people just run in front of them or around them thinking that's ok but it's dangerous and dumb.

 

[shortbun]

I know where I'd walk really slowly, possibly pretending to be hard of hearing!!!

Sorry about the bruises on the backs of your legs!

 

[ucfsweetie82]

In 2005 after the MNSSHP parade had ended there was a whole crowd of people going from Liberty Square to Fantasyland and this lady on an ECV behind me honked at me. Needless to say me and quite a few people around me slowed down as well.

 

[shovan]

Sorry about the bruises on the backs of your legs!

Ouch! Whole crowds of hard of hearing people with bruised legs!!!!

 

[ekball]

Hmmmm.....you're giving me an idea.....I wonder where I can install a horn on my double stroller.

 

[cardaway]

Give them their own ECV lane. I would love to see them honk at each other, and it would happen. Just wait until the an ECV rookie clogs up their lane and keep the full timers from getting where they want to go.

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

Hmmmm.....you're giving me an idea.....I wonder where I can install a horn on my double stroller.

You give the kids a bike horn and tell them to stick out their feet

I taught DD to yell last time "PLEASE DON'T STEP ON ME" that freaked a few people out, especially the ones that would decided to back up into the stroller.

 

[ekball]

Give them their own ECV lane. I would love to see them honk at each other, and it would happen. Just wait until the an ECV rookie clogs up their lane and keep the full timers from getting where they want to go.

I am not in any way making fun of those that use ECV's - in my book, if you need them, use them. That said, all I could picture when reading this is an ECV demolition derby. An all-out ECV war!

 

[Chicago526]

I am not in any way making fun of those that use ECV's - in my book, if you need them, use them. That said, all I could picture when reading this is an ECV demolition derby. An all-out ECV war!

I'd pay money to see that! Just imagine, the MK Rope Drop Rally (sponsered by the Scooter Store)! First ECV to Splash Mountain wins!

 

[DizzKneeGeek]

ECV Demolition Derby?? That would be a great sight to see for sure.

 

[ekball]

ECV Demolition Derby?? That would be a great sight to see for sure.

And they are all painted in flashy colors, with racing stripes and flames down the side of them. Some may be "pimped out" with neon or spinning hubcaps. And they have have fun names like "Donald's Demo Destroyer" or "The Screaming Yeti".

OK. Enough. I'm done now.

 

[Disney Doll]

In 2005 after the MNSSHP parade had ended there was a whole crowd of people going from Liberty Square to Fantasyland and this lady on an ECV behind me honked at me. Needless to say me and quite a few people around me slowed down as well.

That's generally how I handle honking of any kind.

I can recall years ago I was pulling out of my driveway, had stopped at the end because I saw a car coming, was not in the road in any way, nor was I in the oncoming car's way. He beeped at me. OK, I chalked it up to him being extra-cautious. I go on my merry way, and encounter this same car a few blocks away...he had gone a slightly different route, and we both ended up at the same stop sign. Again, I am fully stopped, see him clearly, and he honks again. Now I am beginning to think that he likes the sound of his horn. I have the right of way at the stop soign, so I go. He ends up behind me at the next corner, where there is a red light. I stop for the red light, and he pulls up behind me and honks again, apparently because I am stopped at the red light, which one is supposed to do, and I was not doing a right turn on red...we were actually in the left lane both waiting to turn left, and there is no left turn on red law in CT. In the right lane next to us is a firetruck, which is completely stopped for whatever reason, and there is now a car benid the honker who is behind me. He honks again. The light is still red at this point, so he gets out of the car and walks up to my window to berate me. I politely (and I was polite, honest!) point out that the light is red, and he proceeds to tell me that I have "been getting in his way for the last 2 miles". At that point, I rolled up my window and ignored him as I sat through...I don;t know maybe 3 or 4 more red lights while he was trapped behind me since he was hemmed in by the cars behind him and the fire truck on his side.

And he thought I was in his way before....