New Soarin etiquette please

[FlightlessDuck]

No yelling, no screaming, no chanting, no cheering, no singing... am I missing anything?

Don't move
Don't talk out of time
Don't think
Don't worry
Everything's just fine
Just fine

Don't grab
Don't clutch
Don't hope for too much
Don't breathe
Don't achieve
Or grieve without leave

 

[GaryDis]

You can expect whatever you want. I don't expect people to be silent on Soarin like they would in a movie theater because its not a movie theater, its an attraction that uses a movie. And its not like you need to hear various actors to follow what is going on when on Soarin. You watch the screen, that is all.

Not talking in a movie isn't just about others hearing the dialogue. It's about distracting others, just like it's rude to text in a movie even though that can be done silently. Just because you may not be focusing on the visuals to appreciate them doesn't mean that others aren't trying to focus on what's happening visually.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I am an adult with specle need and no you can not tell by looking at me that there is any thing wrong with me how do you know they did not have a hearing problem and did not know how loud they were.

I think it's disappointing that anyone equates having special needs with there being something wrong with a person.

 

[Hikergirl]

This thread just shows how people think differently about what is considered rude behavior on an amusement park attraction. If you think its rude, that is okay, its how you feel. That doesn't mean that the behavior is rude to everyone on that ride though.
I don't see an issue with someone being loud on Soarin, it wouldn't bother me or even take away from my experience, obviously its a YMMV thing.

 

[TeamEvansGo]

My son and I rode the new Soarin for the first time yesterday and we sat between 2 couples who were unbelievably obnoxious Every time a new scene came up they yelled (no exaggeration) where it was and do you smell the grass and oh my gosh is that the Taj Mahal we started laughing about it when it was over but seriously peeps. It's okay to ohh and ahh but do you need to scream commentary through the whole ride. Going to ride again tomorrow so we'll see if it's any better

How about you just let others enjoy their trip in their own way? I can't believe how worked up people get over the smallest things at Disney. We all have to share the parks, someone doing something that I wouldn't do, but doesn't hurt, me is of no concern to me. They weren't being rude, they weren't being destructive. They were enjoying the ride in a manner that you didn't like. Get over it.

 

[Srbright]

I have never had a trip that didn't include idiots screaming in the HM stretching room or after the movie at Tower of Terror. That or saying "THE TWILIGHT ZONE" out loud like you're the first hilarious moron to ever come up with the idea.

My 8 year old (at the time) DD screamed in the stretching room the first time she rode. Maybe to some people it was "fake" but she was actually terrified. Don't assume that all those screams are fake.

Stacy

 

[Hibiscus]

My 8 year old (at the time) DD screamed in the stretching room the first time she rode. Maybe to some people it was "fake" but she was actually terrified. Don't assume that all those screams are fake.

Stacy

Somehow I knew there would be a defensive reply. I'm not talking about your child. I'm talking about adults and teens who think it's amusing to scream at the top of their lungs, frightening anyone who is actually scared even more, and then laugh.

 

[Srbright]

I think it's disappointing that anyone equates having special needs with there being something wrong with a person.

I think it's disappointing when people think there is nothing wrong with people when they actually have special needs.

Ahhhh.... there is something wrong with them. If your hearing doesn't work then there is something wrong with your body. If there is nothing wrong with that then they don't need hearing aids. If there is nothing wrong with them then kids with ASD don't need therapy.

By saying "there's nothing wrong with them" then you limit the choices that they have/get for help. That doesn't mean that they are inherently bad or useless but they normally do require assistance because there is something wrong with them.

Special needs isn't just autism and ADD/ADHD. It's blindness, hearing loss, cleft palate and many others.

Stacy

 

[Srbright]

Somehow I knew there would be a defensive reply. I'm not talking about your child. I'm talking about adults and teens who think it's amusing to scream at the top of their lungs, frightening anyone who is actually scared even more, and then laugh.

How could you tell, in the pitch dark stretching room, if the person yelling is a 16 yo girl or an 8 yo one?

Stacy

 

[Nancyg56]

Why can't there be a discussion about how rude some people behave without somebody interjecting how their "special needs" child does the same thing and how we all have to deal with it? Rude is rude, and even if it's something that cannot be helped, it still adversely affects the experience of the people around them. Sorry your kids has issues, but if I just waited an hour to ride and I hear your kid screaming during the entire ride, it still sucks.

I think that someone "interjecting" a comment about special needs is still necessary, which I find unfortunate. I get that we all have this notion that Disney should be experienced the way we think is appropriate, but we do not get to witte the rules. I have no idea if the people who the OP is discussing were, rude or excited. But Iwill tell you I do think this post is rude. Really rude. If a child or an adult has challenges while in an attraction, well that's life. DO we go back to the 50's when anyone who was "different" was kept in the shadows in order to prevent "annoying" others? This post is in my opinion, shameful.

This thread just shows how people think differently about what is considered rude behavior on an amusement park attraction. If you think its rude, that is okay, its how you feel. That doesn't mean that the behavior is rude to everyone on that ride though.
I don't see an issue with someone being loud on Soarin, it wouldn't bother me or even take away from my experience, obviously its a YMMV thing.

I agree. My goodness, I want my trip to be perfect too, but I am not going to get my bloomers in a bunch over noise in a theme park.

How about you just let others enjoy their trip in their own way? I can't believe how worked up people get over the smallest things at Disney. We all have to share the parks, someone doing something that I wouldn't do, but doesn't hurt, me is of no concern to me. They weren't being rude, they weren't being destructive. They were enjoying the ride in a manner that you didn't like. Get over it.

Amen! I was on another page that had one person all worked up over a guy playing Pokemon Go in DAK instead of watching the animals. She would have been ballistic with my DD's family. My family visited WDW often, and how they choose to enjoy the parks is their business. They are not walking into anyone, have managed not to fall off of a bus, and so far they have not clogged up a fountain.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

How could you tell, in the pitch dark stretching room, if the person yelling is a 16 yo girl or an 8 yo one?

Stacy

Generally you are standing right next to them. Pretty easy to tell that the woman hanging on her husband/boyfriend isn't 8.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I think it's disappointing when people think there is nothing wrong with people when they actually have special needs.

Right = positive.
The opposite of a positive is a negative.
e opposite of right is wrong (as is left, but not in this context.)
A person with special needs has special needs. It's disappointing when anyone - that person, society, anyone - perpetuates special needs as having something "wrong."

 

[GaryDis]

Right = positive.
The opposite of a positive is a negative.
e opposite of right is wrong (as is left, but not in this context.)
A person with special needs has special needs. It's disappointing when anyone - that person, society, anyone - perpetuates special needs as having something "wrong."

That's an over analysis of the English being used. It would be more helpful to suggest a better way of phrasing the intent. The best I can come up with is "there are people with special needs that you can't tell have special needs just by looking at them", which avoids the problem at the expense of repetitious wording that people were taught to avoid. But I suspect someone else can do better.

 

[DVCcurious]

On HM when it goes dark in the stretching room I always yell "who's touching me!" I apologize if I ruined your HM experience due to my yelling.

"who's touching me" is my reference to an old Married with Children episode. Al Bundy is a private detective and there is a part where he's doing an investigation with a family who's passing down a valuable jewel. Anyway the lights go out and a woman yells "who's touching my breast" and Al Bundy yells "Don't shoot, I'm a shoe salesman!" I though that was hilarious. Well I would yell "who's touching my breast" but not only is that inappropriate I don't want the CM's to take that comment seriously and ruin the ride for everyone else when they have to hold us in the room to determine who the groper is. So I just yell "who's touching me".

Sorry for the long explanation. I apologize if I have ruined your enjoyment of this thread.

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

I think it's disappointing when people think there is nothing wrong with people when they actually have special needs.

Ahhhh.... there is something wrong with them. If your hearing doesn't work then there is something wrong with your body. If there is nothing wrong with that then they don't need hearing aids. If there is nothing wrong with them then kids with ASD don't need therapy.

By saying "there's nothing wrong with them" then you limit the choices that they have/get for help. That doesn't mean that they are inherently bad or useless but they normally do require assistance because there is something wrong with them.

Special needs isn't just autism and ADD/ADHD. It's blindness, hearing loss, cleft palate and many others.

Stacy

I agree. Understanding another person's limitations also helps you to understand how to interact with them in a way that is appropriate. Pretending that people with special needs have no limitations does them a great disservice.

For example, I have an acquaintance whose family member is a primordial dwarf. She is 17, at the mental development level of an 8-10yo & this is not expected to change. Her mother insists (and often tells her) that she will one day drive a car, work a FT job, get married & have her own children, "just like everyone else!" How is that fair to this girl? How does that help her in any way?

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

On HM when it goes dark in the stretching room I always yell "who's touching me!" I apologize if I ruined your HM experience due to my yelling.

"who's touching me" is my reference to an old Married with Children episode. Al Bundy is a private detective and there is a part where he's doing an investigation with a family who's passing down a valuable jewel. Anyway the lights go out and a woman yells "who's touching my breast" and Al Bundy yells "Don't shoot, I'm a shoe salesman!" I though that was hilarious. Well I would yell "who's touching my breast" but not only is that inappropriate I don't want the CM's to take that comment seriously and ruin the ride for everyone else when they have to hold us in the room to determine who the groper is. So I just yell "who's touching me".

Sorry for the long explanation. I apologize if I have ruined your enjoyment of this thread.

That's completely obnoxious, and not funny at all, but somehow I doubt you'll stop doing it.

 

[swfmco]

But Iwill tell you I do think this post is rude. Really rude. If a child or an adult has challenges while in an attraction, well that's life. DO we go back to the 50's when anyone who was "different" was kept in the shadows in order to prevent "annoying" others?

I'd be fine with that. Bringing everybody down to the lowest common denominator instead of trying to get the greatest return on investment on our best and brightest has had profoundly bad consequences on modern day society.

 

[Nayan]

I am willing to give very young kids a pass. However past a certain age, special needs or not, they can be taught what's appropriate and what isn't behavior-wise. Adults should know better as well. I sympathize with the OP. Being excited is one thing, being obnoxious is another.

 

[Moback]

And I am equally entitled to find your response rude.

Then so be it. But it wasn't a rude comment. It was simple fact.

 

[Moback]

I am willing to give very young kids a pass. However past a certain age, special needs or not, they can be taught what's appropriate and what isn't behavior-wise. Adults should know better as well. I sympathize with the OP. Being excited is one thing, being obnoxious is another.

Well we are glad to now know what your rules of "giving a pass" are. When you have a mentally challenged child please come tell us all how those rules apply.