We were at Disney 9/7-9/15, wound up having to go to South Florida for a week after trip ended, came home to computer problems, got them fixed yesterday and now I can vent about something that happened to us at MGM on 9/12.
We found a spot for the Stars and Motor Cars parade, it was the last spot next to a crosswalk area. We waited there for quite some time for the parade to start. People were constantly trying to take the spot next to us and being told to move by a CM. As the parade was coming down the street, a woman, man and their two older children claimed this spot as their own. Fine. The parade had started, no more crossing the street.
Well, instead of standing along the edge of the street like everyone else, they line up going across the street and thus blocking the view of the next few families (including us) down the street. My kids are 5 and 7 and couldn't see anything except this family's heineys!
And when several people and a CM tried to tell them to move, they didn't speak english and just stared at them blankly. Or they would back up for a second and be right back there when the CM left.
It got so bad, the mother was actually putting her kids in the parade to take pictures of them! They were standing in the road facing the crowd along side of a car or character! At one point a costumed character actually tried to gently move these kids from the street and back in line. Of course they went right back as soon as he passed.
And the mom was stepping on a lady's (standing next to me, also getting furious) toe every time she backed up to take a picture of her kids in the parade! It was honestly like they were the only people there. They noticed noone else around them, not kids who were shorter, not other people trying to get pictures without her kids in them, noone.
My family could not see the cars or characters until they were directly in front of us, so we only got a side view of them. And everytime I tried to take a picture, her kids would run out into the road alongside the car. I was so angry and I couldn't believe noone stopped them.
There I feel better!!
We found a spot for the Stars and Motor Cars parade, it was the last spot next to a crosswalk area. We waited there for quite some time for the parade to start. People were constantly trying to take the spot next to us and being told to move by a CM. As the parade was coming down the street, a woman, man and their two older children claimed this spot as their own. Fine. The parade had started, no more crossing the street.
Well, instead of standing along the edge of the street like everyone else, they line up going across the street and thus blocking the view of the next few families (including us) down the street. My kids are 5 and 7 and couldn't see anything except this family's heineys!
And when several people and a CM tried to tell them to move, they didn't speak english and just stared at them blankly. Or they would back up for a second and be right back there when the CM left. It got so bad, the mother was actually putting her kids in the parade to take pictures of them! They were standing in the road facing the crowd along side of a car or character!
At one point a costumed character actually tried to gently move these kids from the street and back in line. Of course they went right back as soon as he passed. And the mom was stepping on a lady's (standing next to me, also getting furious) toe every time she backed up to take a picture of her kids in the parade! It was honestly like they were the only people there. They noticed noone else around them, not kids who were shorter, not other people trying to get pictures without her kids in them, noone.
My family could not see the cars or characters until they were directly in front of us, so we only got a side view of them. And everytime I tried to take a picture, her kids would run out into the road alongside the car. I was so angry and I couldn't believe noone stopped them. There I feel better!!
The kid kinda wanders up and then stops (probably wondering what to do, since the act has already started) as the father keeps videoing and waving his hand, motioning for him to keep going. At this point, 'Mac' the pirate tutorial guy says 'parents, do not push your kids up here' in his nice and funny but firm voice. Mac proceeded to let the kid take part (what can you do?) which may or may not have been the best idea because now the father is walking around the obviously crowded front perimeter with his video camera in hand, stepping on and in front of everyone trying to get footage of his son. He seemed to have no consideration for anyone else whatsoever. It made for a really miserable pirate tutorial experience for the rest of us.
I'll stop there. I had 2 really bad parade experiences too but I think this is enough for now.
I never said anything to the lady, my kids just watched as much of the parade as they could see. I do wish I would have been able to get some pictures too. I haven't been mad about this whole time or anything, I just wanted to tell some people who can relate. 
So true
