How to tactfully get your own ride car?

[Jennasis]

How can you tactfully go about getting your own ride car on those rides where they put you in a vehicle with strangers/another small party? I'm not talking about just because you want to have car all to yourself, but what about if you have a legitamate reason (allergic to the perfume the person is wearing, they have a kid who is shrieking and will ruin the experience for you, you maybe have a special needs person with you who doesn't function well with strangers around) WHATEVER. Do you just politely ask the ride operator if you could wait for the next car and have it to yourself? What if it's really busy? HAve they ever given you a hard time?

 

[grimley1968]

We are a family of four, and have never had to be stuck on the same ride car with others if we really didn't want it. We are either given one car or broken up into 2. The exceptions to this are the rides with large boats, or other large vehicles, such as Kali, IasW, Dinosaur, PotC, etc.

If it looks like we may have to share with others and we really want to ride alone, and the ride won't be unnecessarily delayed because of it, we ask the CMs manning the loading of the rides, and have never been turned down.

But with some of the vehicles, they're just not going to give you your own car. Kali is the best example. I guess the CMs figure that if guests have been in the parks with tens of thousands of other potentially objectionable guests that day, why should a ride be any different.

 

[Lorelai]

If you just said "Hey, we have a personal issue and need to ride alone as a party" the CM can just usher those behind you in until there's a larger party behind you. Then you can ride and the larger party can follow.

I wouldn't think anyone would complain about having to go ahead of you. It's just like anything else - if you are honest & to the point, they can let people behind you in until there's a window of opportunity that you're comfortable with.

Like when kids at the Speedway want to wait for the blue car, or the red car (sometimes parents just have to let others go ahead to avoid a whopper of a tantrum - not a big deal at all).

 

[wdwoldtimer]

Definitely ask the CM. They will try to accomodate you within reason. But don't assume they will give you your own car/row without asking. Some will automatically give you the space you need, others try cramming people in like sardines, so much you feel like you have new family members. It depends on the CM and the crowd size. I've seen CMs try jamming so many guests onto a row of the safari vehicles or a row on the GMR, you are practically sitting on the lap of a stranger and swapping bodily fluids. Other times, a family of 3 or 4 is enough.

 

[QuickGold]

Just ask. It works most of the time and you wont even have to give a reason.

 

[dreamscometrue47]

I guess I'm not sure what you are really asking for. Are you asking for your own vehicle on the Safari at AK or your own boat at POC or at JC? Or are you asking for your own row, which is perfectly reasonable.

Last trip, the CM at Winnie the Pooh tried to put me in the second row of a honeypot with a complete stranger (DM and DS were in the front) and I just said "i'm a party of one with that party of two" and everything was fine.

You should be ok, as long as your requests aren't for your own Small World boat, POC boat, etc.

 

[dani0622]

I guess it is all going to depend on ride, day, and CM. I had to do this twice with no problem. The first time was last year for Dinosaur. We were behind a family that was going to need two cars. It was a really long wait that day, about an hour, and the kids were fighting with each other, screaming, bumping into others in line (including us). We said excuse me a few times but that didn't help and the parents just gave us dirty looks. When we got ready to get on board, I politely asked CM if we could go with the next car because we had been stuck behind this family the whole time and they were rude, obnoxious and pushy. The CM said no problem and let some people ahead of us.

The second time was at Disneyquest. We unfortunately chose to go the same day as a junior high school day trip. We were waiting in line for the "rapid" ride in between these youngsters who had little or no adult supervision and were being their typical pre-teen selfs, having fun, but slightly obnoxious with the screaming, etc. When we went to board, we asked if we could have our own boat (it's 4 to a boat) not only did the CM say no problem, but jokingly gave us a sympathetic look and said you chose a great day to come!

It's worth trying!

 

[Bill From PA]

Staple a piece of that fake vomit to the front of your shirt

Sorry, we leave in 36 hours, and I'm getting silly.

Bill From PA

 

[OhioGrumpyGirl]

Staple a piece of that fake vomit to the front of your shirt

Sorry, we leave in 36 hours, and I'm getting silly.

Bill From PA

I'm leaving Ohio in 36 hours too!!!!!!!!
So if I see a man with vomit on the front of his shirt, should I say "Hi Bill from PA"!?!?!?

 

[Bill From PA]

Quote:'So if I see a man with vomit on the front of his shirt, should I say "Hi Bill from PA"!?!?!? '

Please do. In fact a bunch of folks from these boards, including a couple from the Buckeye State, are meeting at the Rose&Crown on Fri., 3/3 at 3pm to discuss all things Disney and Hops. Stop in!

Sorry for the threadjacking, please resume the topic at hand.

Bill From PA

 

[Claudia Kellenberger]

I remember I requested a "Car" all to myself because I was dining alone at the Sci-Fi Dine In Theater in MGM. My request was not met. It turned out to be perfectly fine. They gave me the back seat in one of the cars, and just said to the other people " Hey - You have a highjacker " I have had 6 solo vacations now, and I am almost always sharing the car with a stranger.
No biggie. I always say " Party of one" and sometimes I get my own car.
Whatever they do - it's OK.

 

[Jennasis]

I meant the small vehicles like Pooh, Splash, or Snow White...

When DH and I were on our honeymoon back in Oct we were getting on Pooh adn were put in a car with two women and small child who was absolutely shrieking. She was shrieking in line, and she shrieked during the ride. We were embarassed to say "Can we ride with someone else?" when the CM directed us into the same car as them, so we sucked it up. I didn't want to offend the ladies...they seemed nice enough. It wasn't the end of the world (and Pooh certainly isn't my favorite ride!) but I was wondering if it was common to ask to wait for the next car, or your own car or whatever and what would be the best way to do so.

 

[msmickminn]

I've asked for our own log before on Splash...wanted to get a family photo. The CM was very nice about it.
I never hurts to ask!

 

[TDC Nala]

I ask all the time for Primeval Whirl, although the most fun I ever had on that was when they put me in with two beefy young men who said we could get the car to spin faster if we all leaned in the same direction (and they were right).

 

[Simba's Mom]

I've taken about 6 or 7 solo trips and they almost always give me my own car/ride vehicle. Sometimes I feel kinda guilty, like if there's a long line waiting, but the CM sends me by myself. I remember years ago on the Skyway, they gave me my own car, even though the cars held about 4 people. Boy, was I surprised! I've gotten my own row on IASW and POTC. However, I haven't gotten, nor have I asked for, my own boat.

 

[BlindTyldak]

I've done this several times while riding solo and have never had an issue. I've always said "I don't mind waiting, but would it be possible for me to have my own car/row?" my personal reason . . . had a couple of stranger's kids lose their lunch on me in roller coasters at other parks. The CM's have always been more than accomodating.

 

[Schmeck]

We've got to remember to ask - DD was squashed in the front row of our Splash Mountain log, supposedly because the CM told two rather large people to get in front with her???? Yeah, right, that's why my mom and I were seated behind her, so two strangers could smash her up against the side so her ribs hurt I even told the CM that we needed to get out because she was hurt, but they waved us on. I did get the CM in trouble with a manager when got off after the ride was done.

We were squashed on the safari ride as well, as people just don't listne there! A family of four plowed in after us, even though we told them that they were supposed to wait for the next vehicle! I heard the CM tell them that - they were just obnoxious people. They complained about the ride the whole time too...

So, make sure the people behind you know that you're using that whole row/vehicle, because they most likely will see empty space and plow on by...

 

[seashoreCM]

Most of the time I (when alone) have been alone in a 4 seater car, wondering wny they did not let a couple or even a threesome join me.

Avoid having one of your children sit alone.

, so two strangers could smash her up against the side so her ribs hurt I even told the CM that we needed to get out because she was hurt, but they waved us on. I did get the CM in trouble with a manager when got off after the ride was done.

We were squashed on the safari ride as well, as people just don't listne there! A family of four plowed in after us, ...

I'll go out on a limb to say that under those circumstances it is proper to yell "Emergency! Stop!" promptly.

If you did not see the CM being reprimanded, you should ask for some compensation (a round of ice creams for the family sounds about right) to increase the chances.

 

[2Princes2Princesses]

I meant the small vehicles like Pooh, Splash, or Snow White...

When DH and I were on our honeymoon back in Oct we were getting on Pooh adn were put in a car with two women and small child who was absolutely shrieking. She was shrieking in line, and she shrieked during the ride. We were embarassed to say "Can we ride with someone else?" when the CM directed us into the same car as them, so we sucked it up. I didn't want to offend the ladies...they seemed nice enough. It wasn't the end of the world (and Pooh certainly isn't my favorite ride!) but I was wondering if it was common to ask to wait for the next car, or your own car or whatever and what would be the best way to do so.

Had this been me and my DD, I would have thought you were nuts to get in the car with us!! LOL

As a mom of 4, I would never be offended if someone with no kids wanted to have their own car.........sometimes I want to ask the CM for MY own!

 

[PrincessLindy]

We have asked for our own row/car. One reason is that we are bigger people and I don't want to crowd someone or be crowded ourselves. With our long legs sometimes we have to sit kind of sideways. I just ask nicely if we can wait for the next car.