My Biggest Pet Peeve is....

[M. Eisner]

Amen on the scooters. Get ready for a flood of those obnoxious things as Americans get lazier and bigger. They aren't going to go away.
I don't get the "suddenly stopping" thing. As a biped, I walk about 2-3 mph and do stop suddenly all the time. Are we supposed to have warning lights on our tush? Do you slow down to 1 mph before you come to a complete stop?

 

[Deb & Bill]

...Oh, and I had to mention. Earlier in this thread someone had mentioned that the view was the same in a 3D show no matter where you sit. I have a few sources to prove that wrong. First, I have done extensive reading on Disney and have read that the middle is the ideal pace to sit and the closer to get the ends, the more blurred the show gets. My second sourse is my own experience. I moved down to the end to fill spaces and the show was not good. I couldn't see anything but blur.

If you don't want to have to sit all the way at the end, there is an easy way to avoid this. Wait a bit and then get into a row. You'll have a seat more to the center. No need to rush. You can almost wait until most people have entered the show and then pick your row. Lots of people, my husband included, want to get right in, pick that row and, then, have to walk all the way over to the end.

 

[dizkid85]

I think what most people are frustrated with are the people who just stop in the middle of the walkway and then just stand there, but they stand there with 3 or 4 other people in their group and there is no easy way around them. Basically you have to say excuse me and try to walk between them, at which point they look at you like your the one causing the problem.

I understand that at times you need to stop to get your bearings but when I do it I am always aware of the people around me and make it a point to move out of the flow of traffic.

People need to get a clue, they are not the only ones in the park.

 

[homer424]

I don't get the "suddenly stopping" thing. As a biped, I walk about 2-3 mph and do stop suddenly all the time. Are we supposed to have warning lights on our tush? Do you slow down to 1 mph before you come to a complete stop?

I am more annoyed with people who walk out in front of or literally step over my grandmother who was in a wheelchair and stop short, causing me to almost hit them. Then I get the requisite dirty look. I honestly don't know how I didnt hit some people with the wheelchair this last trip.

3. the giant brazilian tour groups, they drive me crazy every time

OT-I have to chuckle only because when we went in '89, there was the tour group-not sure if they were Brazillian, American, etc.-and the name of the groups was Stella Tours. We saw them everywhere with the little flags and red shirts. And everytime my mom saw them she would shout "hey Stellllaaaa!" lol It was a running joke on our trip and it was quite funny to us at the time.

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

I agree that not one of our pet peeves/complaints compare to what those in the Gulf states are going thru. I am keeping them all in my thoughts and prayers.

I do want to add my couple of PP.
#1 is people who smoke in a NON smoking room. We always ask for a non smoking room because my DS and DH suffer from Asthma and both use a nebulizer daily. Last December we had to change rooms at 2AM because the morons in the next room decided it was OK to smoke in there room anyways and My 6 year old DS woke up wheezing with an asthma attack. That really sucked!

#2 would be the people slapping their very young tired children because they won't stop crying.

Also I might add: The "toruists" that use tripods and tons of elaborate photo equiptment to take pictures....OMG

Why would this bother you? Photography is my DH's hobby and he enjoys going to Disney more for taking photos than riding most of the rides. He has gotten some pretty amazing shots with his tripod and elaborate eqipment. He is the one who has to lug it around. LOL

 

[philaround]

Amen on the scooters. Get ready for a flood of those obnoxious things as Americans get lazier and bigger. They aren't going to go away.
I don't get the "suddenly stopping" thing. As a biped, I walk about 2-3 mph and do stop suddenly all the time. Are we supposed to have warning lights on our tush? Do you slow down to 1 mph before you come to a complete stop?

I hope for your sake that you never find a need to use a wheel chair or ecv. As a newly diagnosed, healthy looking, MS victim I truely wish that I had no need to use either of these devices. I watch people stare at me, cut in front of me as if I wasn't there and then look over their shoulders at me with nasty looks. By no means is this any where near a majority of the people I encounter, but 1 out of 10 gets very annoying. And when, God forbid, I actually get up and walk a little with the aid of my cane to have people look at me with that "Who does he think he is" attitude I find myself wishing I was healthy enough to let them have a piece of my mind. Not being able to feel your extremities and having constant balance and vision problems is not fun. So please save your acrimony for real issues and stop atacking the hadicapped.

I am sorry if this offends anybody but this post just got to me.

 

[jellydisney]

I hope for your sake that you never find a need to use a wheel chair or ecv. As a newly diagnosed, healthy looking, MS victim I truely wish that I had no need to use either of these devices. I watch people stare at me, cut in front of me as if I wasn't there and then look over their shoulders at me with nasty looks. By no means is this any where near a majority of the people I encounter, but 1 out of 10 gets very annoying. And when, God forbid, I actually get up and walk a little with the aid of my cane to have people look at me with that "Who does he think he is" attitude I find myself wishing I was healthy enough to let them have a piece of my mind. Not being able to feel your extremities and having constant balance and vision problems is not fun. So please save your acrimony for real issues and stop atacking the hadicapped.

I am sorry if this offends anybody but this post just got to me.

I admit I also get pretty tired of the motorized scooters, and often people who use them explain to me why they themselves use them (for which I feel shame at having complained in the first place). And I think most of us who get annoyed at the scooters realize that there are indeed people like yourself for whom they are a necessity.

But the sheer quantity of scooters in the parks really begs the question, is every single person who uses one in need of it??? I would love to see some kind of statistics on the reasons why people rent the scooters. Although I doubt Disney records that kind of information before lending them out.

And even if every single scooter-user DOES have a legit reason... Are we as a society getting sicker? Why are more people in need of them now, more than ever before? Or is it simply that people who needed them in the past just didn't come to the parks because they were previously unable to?

Not trying to "attack the handicapped", but I'm just trying to explain the annoyance... It has more to do with the quantity of them than anything else... at least, for me.

 

[maxiesmom]

I think it is wonderful that we see more scooters in the parks.
It means more people who were stuck at home are now able to get out and enjoy life. And as someone who was in a wheelchair for only 2 days, I can say that it is much easier to walk, and anyone who thinks people are using them for some perk are nuts! Sure there are rude people in scooters, but there are more rude people on 2 feet! You can't make everyone in a scooter be a kind, considerate person, but you can make yourself one!

 

[jann1033]

it could be because they are more available now. it is very difficult to push a wc around all day and if you do not use one all the time your arms may not be strong enough to wheel yourself.some health problems can be handled day to day without one but not the enourmous amount of walking at WDW. i have tried using wcs in the past ( one of those invisible sick) and due to the difficulty, we just now take our time, sit down more, ect( my particualr problem can be handled that way as it is a neurologic problem that creates a stamina/endurance issue ). however depending on how i am feeling if i could go and rent an electric one it would be a huge help . so i think more people go now that couldn't in the past because with the scooters they can get around easier. it's easy to figure someone is lazy ect but in reality i doubt that normally is the case, wdw is a lot of walking and can be very hard on those with health problems. i do notice some complain about the "big " people on scooters as if they are overweight so they naturally are lazy which of course just shows the posters predjudice, not the reality of why someone is on a scooter, no matter what their size is.

 

[webmomom]

I hate seeing parnets that let their kids run in the flower gardens. Everytime we go I see this and it really irates me. They try to make WDW attractive and these people think they have the right to walk anywhere they want.

 

[LisaBi]

People who think you take a child with special needs to Disney just to be able to go directly to the front of the line )

Yep! I take my DS with special needs to Disney because it makes HIM happier than anything in the world. When my grandmother gave all her great-grandchildren money for Christmas, and told them to save it for a car (the oldest is 15, the youngest is 10) or college, and Connor said "go Dineywold" I knew that was how we would spend his money. He'll never drive. He'll never go to college. But Disneyworld is his everything. (OK - The special needs summer camp he went to this year ranks almost up there with WDW!)

So, no, I don't go to get any special assistance. You DON'T get to go to the front of the line anyway! I go with him because nothing makes ME happier than seeing the absolute joy on his face. And that is why all of us with special needs kids take them to WDW. How stupid. I can just see people saying "Yeah, give me a kid with (name your disability). It'll be the toughest job in the world to raise him/her, but boy, I might be able to go to the front of the line at Disneyworld!" I'll trade anyday!

OK - I'll step down now.

LisaB

 

[NJOYURLIFE]

I think you see more scooters because we live in a period of time where a handicap does not need to limit what you can do. I think that in years past, people with handicaps would chose to stay home. Of course, that is also the generation who probably couldn't see spending the money at Disney World in the first place.

More recent generations, myself included, would have to be pretty pretty sick before we missed our Disney fix. Those ECV's are also much easier to handle than the wheelchairs. Using a wheelchair would be almost the equivilant of walking around Disney if you didn't have an extra person to push you around. I have never pushed someone in one, but I also think that can put a toll on the pusher.

I find it interesting and telling that this is a pet peeve for some people. I hope you never need one.

Anyway, my biggest pet peeve is the children who try to waylay the characters when they are at our table during the character meals interacting with our children.

 

[Deb & Bill]

About scooters. I know a guy who works in a nursing home. More and more of the residents of that home show up with scooters - no medical evaluation that shows that they need them. They see the scooter ads on TV that tells them to call the number, Medicare will pay, won't cost them a penny.

At our hospital, we get lots of patients who insist they need a scooter. However, after evaluation, a scooter is something they don't need. They really need the exercise and to walk. They don't get a scooter, unless they call the number from the ad on the TV.

 

[jann1033]

About scooters. I know a guy who works in a nursing home. More and more of the residents of that home show up with scooters - no medical evaluation that shows that they need them. They see the scooter ads on TV that tells them to call the number, Medicare will pay, won't cost them a penny.

At our hospital, we get lots of patients who insist they need a scooter. However, after evaluation, a scooter is something they don't need. They really need the exercise and to walk. They don't get a scooter, unless they call the number from the ad on the TV.

how do they get medicare to pay for anything much less a scoooter they don't "need" tell me the secret!!!!

 

[jann1033]

I think that in years past, people with handicaps would chose to stay home.


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is this the same way (according to some recent health plan ideas in the US) that people "choose" not to have health coverage ?( forget the fact they are disabled and can't afford it just like they are disabled and can't go anywhere,) not much of a choice now is it?

just teasing njoyurlife, just the way it was worded made me laugh

 

[dizkid85]

The ScooterStore advertises on TV that if Medicaid denies you the Scooter then the ScooterStore will let you have it at no cost. Just check out the website. http://www.thescooterstore.com Anyone who can justify limited mobility may be eligible through medicaid.

I realize that many people use scooters because they absolutely need them, I do not believe that everyone that uses them, needs them. I think we have become a nation of people that eats too much, and thus health problems crop up. The added weight people carry can contribute to knee and other joint problems which would limit their mobility. I have no data to back this up but how many scooters do you see in Europe, or Asia? I would guess they are not that common because most Europeans, and Asians do not have weight problems.

I am sure I will be flamed for my comments, so let me have it.

 

[bunnysmum]

It's a lot better than letting a kid get lost.

I totally understand...I used to be one of those people who would cringe whenever I saw a child on a "leash", but I have a completely different perspective on this issue now that I am the parent of a child with ADHD.

Yeah, it might look a little odd, but I think we need to give people a little credit for being a responsible parent and loving their child enough (and being considerate enough of other guests) to make sure they doesn't get lost/hurt/in your way. Stroller? Yes, absolutely, whenever possible, but kids get antsy and want/need to walk sometimes, too.

Just a perspective from the "other side".

 

[marathonmommy]

I totally understand...I used to be one of those people who would cringe whenever I saw a child on a "leash", but I have a completely different perspective on this issue now that I am the parent of a child with ADHD.

Yeah, it might look a little odd, but I think we need to give people a little credit for being a responsible parent and loving their child enough (and being considerate enough of other guests) to make sure they doesn't get lost/hurt/in your way. Stroller? Yes, absolutely, whenever possible, but kids get antsy and want/need to walk sometimes, too.

Just a perspective from the "other side".

bunnysmum,
have you seen the cute ones that someone in the families forum posted. It looks like a stuffed monkey or dog that is worn as a backpack on the child. The monkey (or dog's) tail is the leash. It is so cute, I had to get one because my little rugrat gets very restless in the stroller, (who can blame him) and I'm not going back until April. For some reason, it doesn't seem as bad because they are so damn cute. They have them at Walmart for a little less than $10 in the infant section. I'll look for the thread and add it if I find it - there is a photo.

Here it is: http://cgi.ebay.com/Monkey-Child-Sa...10053736QQcategoryZ100224QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(I hope the link works. It will bring you to ebay, but I got mine at Walmart).

 

[jann1033]

The ScooterStore advertises on TV that if Medicaid denies you the Scooter then the ScooterStore will let you have it at no cost. Just check out the website. http://www.thescooterstore.com Anyone who can justify limited mobility may be eligible through medicaid.

I.

guess it's the fine print that gets you as inthe following quote( my italics)
Fill Out The SCOOTER Store's Pre-Qualifying Form to Start Your FREE No-Obligation Mobility Consultation.
After you complete The SCOOTER Store's Pre-Qualifying Form, a friendly and knowledgeable Mobility Consultant will contact you.

Our Mobility Consultant will help you understand the options and find the best solution for you.

You may pre-qualify for Medicare reimbursement if:

You need assistance to move around inside your home to perform activities of daily living
You are unable to operate a manual wheelchair
Your doctor determines you have a medical need
end of quote
hmm sounds like you really have to need it more rather than just be "someone who eats to much" not that you have any facts to base that on ( i'll tell my 5'6" 140 lb RA/cardiomyopathy affected mom that evidently she just eats to much btw)

 

[MickeyMouseGal]

Amen about the people in Katrina's path. It is a terrible tragedy for America. I had to add my response because one day in MK I stopped suddenly in the path and a vicious lady with a stroller rode up my leg drawing blood and said "thats what you get for stopping!" Either she didn't see or didn't care that an elderly gentleman with a cane stopped suddenly in front of me and I would never have barrelled over him!

I think I would have done a dramatic "fall" right in front of her... all the while threatening to call my attorney. Maybe that will make her stop the ramming.