I've only ever noticed one of these rude types of passengers.

[ludari]

I'm really not paying attention to what other cruisers are doing unless it's so blatantly obviously. That's not to say I haven't seen rude passengers but I've also seen kind passengers as well.

 

[squirk]

My husband and I were in The Buena Vista Theater once and a family was sitting a few rows in front of us and the dad and boy went somewhere.
A large group of adults come in and go to sit in their seats, the woman says "those are my husband and sons seats they went for soda.
This man who was so loud and so rude starts yelling at her "you can't save seats" she is calmly telling the man they just left, they have been seating here.
He just would not stop, all the other adults with him just stared and said nothing and sat down. It was so nasty to see, my blood was boiling. He was trying to intimidate that woman with his loud voice. He didn't move either, the woman changed her seat.
Every time I saw this group of people during the week, I was irked all over again.
They were sitting there and left, she wasn't seat saving, but like Dug720 says, its fuzzy.

Well, to be fair, she kinda was seat-saving. They should have gotten their sodas before picking their seats. For all that guy knew, her husband and son were still in their stateroom getting dressed.

But, yeah, no need to be a ******* about it.

 

[darnheather]

I'm really not paying attention to what other cruisers are doing unless it's so blatantly obviously. That's not to say I haven't seen rude passengers but I've also seen kind passengers as well.

Yes, so very many kind passengers and the staff bending over backward to do anything really makes up for any bad things I've had happen. And I honestly have seen zero bratty kids on my two sailings. My older daughter did witness some poor choices by teens (they brought a vape to the club) on our last cruise but it was handled by the staff and the parents.

 

[CM Dad]

And the thing with elevators is that there is another one that will open up fairly quickly. If you’re on a cruise, there really isn’t a need to absolutely, positively get on the next one.

Elevators on the ships can be difficult when traveling with someone in a wheelchair. Depending on how many elevators had no room for us, we start getting on any elevator, even if it is going the wrong direction

 

[starvenger]

Elevators on the ships can be difficult when traveling with someone in a wheelchair. Depending on how many elevators had no room for us, we start getting on any elevator, even if it is going the wrong direction

Totally understand. In a perfect world, people make room for those with mobility issues.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

And I honestly have seen zero bratty kids on my two sailings.

Well, they are around....

Back in the day when DCL had Kid's Sail Free deals, we wound up on one of those cruises. Let me tell you, it was a zoo. Kids all over the place, playing games with the elevators, jumping/diving in the pools, running up and down the aisles in the theater (even though performers were there), running laps around the tables in the dining rooms (causing many near misses and actual collisions with tray-toting servers). I couldn't believe that the parents were letting them do that, but it was before I learned that there are parents that think "well, I'm on vacation, they should be too".

Also, there was the group (granted, teenagers, but still kids) that went around messing with people's Fish Extenders on one cruise....that didn't go over very well.

 

[Jess_S]

Balcony smokers are the reason why I don't pay for verandah anymore. I think I am probably a buffet glutton. I like to try a little bit of everything.

Haven't encountered the other types.

 

[Carrie in AZ]

We were on the Wonder recently and saw some kids with terrible manners. I don't have issue with the little ones crying, throwing tantrums etc. The ship can be overwhelming for some kids - sensory overload and messed up sleep and eating schedules. What amazed me was the older kids who were laying on the table at dinner. Really? I also once had to ask some older kids to stop playing tag in the hallway outside our cabin. It was after 11pm.

My favorite recently was the guy who had to run me over in line. He couldn't get to the check in line fast enough. He pushed his way through the line and past a whole bunch of people just to get to be one of the first ones to sit and wait to board the ship.

Pushed his way through the line??? WTH??? Absolutely obnoxious. UGH

 

[lorimay]

Back a few years ago DCL was giving dry erase magnetic boards in with the CC gifts.
We walked by a door and someone had drawn well a mans organ on it.
I was shocked to say the least and that point I said, "Now I have seen it all".

 

[mevelandry]

I've encountered a lot of "moody" guests on DCL but it never ruined my experience.

 

[darnheather]

Well, they are around....

Back in the day when DCL had Kid's Sail Free deals, we wound up on one of those cruises. Let me tell you, it was a zoo. Kids all over the place, playing games with the elevators, jumping/diving in the pools, running up and down the aisles in the theater (even though performers were there), running laps around the tables in the dining rooms (causing many near misses and actual collisions with tray-toting servers). I couldn't believe that the parents were letting them do that, but it was before I learned that there are parents that think "well, I'm on vacation, they should be too".

Also, there was the group (granted, teenagers, but still kids) that went around messing with people's Fish Extenders on one cruise....that didn't go over very well.

Wow, I can't imagine DCL needing to offer kids sail free!

 

[starvenger]

Wow, I can't imagine DCL needing to offer kids sail free!

I suppose that early on, when they were trying to establish their brand, it was something that was offered.

Nowadays? Things would have to turn south pretty fast for them to do this.

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

Wow, I can't imagine DCL needing to offer kids sail free!

The time I am familiar with them doing it was after the economy tanked in 08-09. They were also doing bouncebacks. We actually got a bounceback around then where we got a 3nt cruise for a couple hundred dollars.

 

[KashasMom]

Bratty kids - yes once in a while.
Deck Chair Hogs - absolutely! Even had one woman remove my husband's towel after he got up so she could claim the seat.
Balcony Smokers - unfortunately. Did report it but they continued to smoke.
Buffet Gluttons - Oh YES! Buffet behavior is so disgusting - can you at least wait until you're sitting down BEFORE you start eating. Taking stuff and then putting it back. Touching stuff with your fingers. ETC.
Elevator Invaders - unbelievable what a lack of etiquette surrounds people and elevators.

One thing I do see more of on DCL is a sense of entitlement. And unfortunately many times CMs are afraid to say anything to passengers to enforce rules. One of the worst things I've seen was a woman who was told that her child could not be in the Mickey pool with diapers. She argued for a while with the CM. Finally she left the pool. When the CM left, she brought her darling back to the pool with NO diaper. UGH. Another time we were in the atrium on the Magic for a Christmas show. Kids were sitting on the floor in front with a little darling swinging around a sword. In order to avoid a confrontation with obvious oblivious parents I asked the CM to ask the kid to stop before he poked my daughter's eye out. CM just walked away.

 

[KashasMom]

The worst for me was a chair saver in The walt Disney Theater.
We were sailing with our 2 grand kids and I was taking my granddaughter to see Tangled, it had only been playing a couple months at this point, so I knew we needed to get there earlier to get a seat so she could see.
When the door opens a woman probably my age just barrels in from behind us and grabs an entire row. We were directly behind her. She paced back and forth and saved the entire row. She kept saying "I'm saving this row for my family, I have a big family". I was waiting for a cast member to stop her, but they never did. She was the sharpest rudest person I have ever seen on a cruise. The kicker was she held the whole row until showtime and used about half of it.
I wanted someone to sit down in that row so bad while she was saving all the seats and tell her to go pounce, but nobody took her on.
I wouldn't have either with my 6 yr old grandchild, but if I was with my husband and no kids, I would have.

YES! I forgot about the chair savers...a big pet peeve of mine!!

 

[KashasMom]

Well, they are around....

Back in the day when DCL had Kid's Sail Free deals, we wound up on one of those cruises. Let me tell you, it was a zoo. Kids all over the place, playing games with the elevators, jumping/diving in the pools, running up and down the aisles in the theater (even though performers were there), running laps around the tables in the dining rooms (causing many near misses and actual collisions with tray-toting servers). I couldn't believe that the parents were letting them do that, but it was before I learned that there are parents that think "well, I'm on vacation, they should be too".

Also, there was the group (granted, teenagers, but still kids) that went around messing with people's Fish Extenders on one cruise....that didn't go over very well.

We have seen the elevator button pushers and heard kids running the hallways as well. And we have had gifts stolen from our FEs. Kids loose in the dining rooms are really dangerous! We've been seated with a family who had no rules for their kids. Little one literally climbed all over the table each night. Gave me indigestion thinking she was going to fall.

 

[valee]

We always bring a sweater or book along with us when we go to the theater, that we can put on the chair if one of us needs to leave temporarily after finding seats. I don't have a problem with individuals heading outside the theater after they've found seats. If we've raced to the show straight from dinner I would like to wash my hands before the show.
If there are open seats in the row behind us, whoever remains in our seats tries to keep an eye out for families coming in later, to let them know if an adult will be returning to our seats that could block the view of a child. A quick word lets them reshuffle their seating order well before the show starts so that their tallest family member is behind our tallest. Don't get me started on that one huge fellow I saw take an aisle seat with clear line of sight of the stage and put his young daughter behind another man who wore a ballcap throughout the show.

 

[bbn1122]

A topic I haven’t seen, is parents disregard or they have no clue about the Adult only pool area.

On a 3 night back in 2011, there were a lot of first time cruisers and kids were jumping in the adult area hot tub with there parents on the Dream. That cruise was the worst. Most of my time by the adult pool, I spent my time telling guests with their children that this was an ADULT ONLY AREA.

Families wondering through. Kids trying to get in the pool. Families beginning to settle in to the loungers together.

There was no relaxing on that cruise.

Then in 2014, 3 night again, not as bad, but still a problem.

I know the elevator on the Dream let’s Forward guest out right there, but I think signage or maybe not CM in area to direct kids around the adult area.

Last fall on the Magic, less kids, different ship, finally adult time.

I know it’s Disney, but I believe DCL prides itself on promoting how great their cruises are for guest traveling without children too. I may be wrong.

 

[MomOTwins]

We always bring a sweater or book along with us when we go to the theater, that we can put on the chair if one of us needs to leave temporarily after finding seats. I don't have a problem with individuals heading outside the theater after they've found seats. If we've raced to the show straight from dinner I would like to wash my hands before the show.
If there are open seats in the row behind us, whoever remains in our seats tries to keep an eye out for families coming in later, to let them know if an adult will be returning to our seats that could block the view of a child. A quick word lets them reshuffle their seating order well before the show starts so that their tallest family member is behind our tallest. Don't get me started on that one huge fellow I saw take an aisle seat with clear line of sight of the stage and put his young daughter behind another man who wore a ballcap throughout the show.

This reminds me of a woman in front of me who wore a GIANT sorcerer mickey hat/ears (the big cone shaped kind). I did very politely ask if she would mind taking it off just as the show was starting and it became clear she had no intention of removing it for the show, and she did take it off then, but it just made me wonder... really odd what people are thinking, or rather, not thinking

A topic I haven’t seen, is parents disregard or they have no clue about the Adult only pool area.

On a 3 night back in 2011, there were a lot of first time cruisers and kids were jumping in the adult area hot tub with there parents on the Dream. That cruise was the worst. Most of my time by the adult pool, I spent my time telling guests with their children that this was an ADULT ONLY AREA.

Families wondering through. Kids trying to get in the pool. Families beginning to settle in to the loungers together.

There was no relaxing on that cruise.

Then in 2014, 3 night again, not as bad, but still a problem.

I know the elevator on the Dream let’s Forward guest out right there, but I think signage or maybe not CM in area to direct kids around the adult area.

Last fall on the Magic, less kids, different ship, finally adult time.

I know it’s Disney, but I believe DCL prides itself on promoting how great their cruises are for guest traveling without children too. I may be wrong.

We would never dream of using the adult only pools or loungers with a family, but as for families "wandering though" that was expressly allowed and even encouraged by the DCL staff when we were located far forward. We actually had a staff member on our first day walk us through the adult areas when we asked how to get from our stateroom to the family pool. I did find it very awkward, though (once someone yelled at us and a staff member had to speak up to say that families are allowed to walk through, just not use the pool), and I think it is odd they did not have a cut-through from the forward elevators to the family areas that bypasses the adult area entirely. We had the same issue one time when were trying to get to the captain jack meet and greet on deck 4 and didn't realize the aft elevators let out in an adult area, but at least there we get quickly get to the outdoor deck and walk around, unlike the deck 11 situation where it lets out right at the cove pool. It sounds like based on what the cast members were telling us is that they are adult only facilities, not adult-only areas.

 

[southerngirl528]

A topic I haven’t seen, is parents disregard or they have no clue about the Adult only pool area.

On a 3 night back in 2011, there were a lot of first time cruisers and kids were jumping in the adult area hot tub with there parents on the Dream. That cruise was the worst. Most of my time by the adult pool, I spent my time telling guests with their children that this was an ADULT ONLY AREA.

Families wondering through. Kids trying to get in the pool. Families beginning to settle in to the loungers together.

There was no relaxing on that cruise.

Then in 2014, 3 night again, not as bad, but still a problem.

I know the elevator on the Dream let’s Forward guest out right there, but I think signage or maybe not CM in area to direct kids around the adult area.

Last fall on the Magic, less kids, different ship, finally adult time.

I know it’s Disney, but I believe DCL prides itself on promoting how great their cruises are for guest traveling without children too. I may be wrong.

Sorry to hear you experienced that. We sail DCL as adults only more times than not and really LOVE the adults only amenities/areas on DCL. I have not had that problem on any of my 11 cruises w/DCL. But perhaps that's because most of my cruises are 7 nights or longer? I don't know. I've only sailed the Dream twice.