New to WDW, lots of rude guests? and tips to deal with them?

[awalker1015]

Agree with PPs. Adjust your expectations and don't let it ruin your vacation. Boorish people act like that in all veins of life and usually get their comeuppance eventually. Our last trip we saw plenty of line cutting (it was a 9/10 week) and other rude behavior. The only time I said anything was at RD to MK. When coming into the park a woman behind me with a baby stroller kept deliberately ramming her stroller into the back of my ankles. As if I could move any faster with a horde of people in front of me. I ask her twice to stop and she acted like she didn't understand me. When I turned to my husband and asked him to find a security guard she stopped. Crazy woman.

 

[Rommie]

I believe the more you worry about rude people the more you're likely to spot them since you will be constantly trying to find misbehaviors. Even minor unintentional and/or forgivable rudeness will pick your interest and, in the end, the problem lies within you too. When I go to Disney I'm much more friendly and social than in my daily normal life, because I'm genuinely so happy that I forget to worry about how others behave.

 

[Jennasis]

On our trip in December we were at La Cantina in Mexico and had just gotten our tray of food. The only available table was a 4 top, and it was just DH and I. We sat and began eating. About halfway through our meal, people coming and going, a family comes along and snags a table that had opened up..a 2 top. They crammed 4 of them around the little table, grateful for what they had. I called over "Excuse me...would you guys like to switch tables?" They at first looked stunned, then confused, then incredibly grateful. We were happy to make the switch and stuff like this is always how we roll at WDW. Don't worry about rudeness...there's way more of the good stuff!

 

[Planogirl]

I guess we will disagree. I don't consider it being a jerk to make the impatient jerks trying to vulture people out of their seats wait longer.

What about those who are also waiting that aren't being impatient jerks? They end up having to wait longer too.

 

[dr2004]

There are rude people everywhere….and circumstances sometimes cause it. Searching for a table or camping out for fireworks seems to bring out the worst in people. I equate it to a football game..the same people who were high fiving in the stadium become cut throat trying to inch out of the parking lots

 

[Shanti]

Hi,

I'll be going to Disney World with my family in October. Just wanted to get a gauge as to how common I would be encountering rude guests at Disney World.

The background is that 10 years ago at Hong Kong Disneyland, it was a bad experience for me because of rude guests

1) Lots of pushing in lines
2) A guests elbowing my mum when entering to see a show to "fight for a good seat"
3) People standing next to you at a counter service table waiting for your table and staring at you to make you "leave" faster

I'm a bit older and wiser now (I think) and I know I can't control other people's behaviour, and being in a crowded place, I understand I can't avoid these situations.

But what I want to control is my own reaction to these situations, I don't want to get upset when I see these behaviour, because if I get upset, my family might get upset and it might affect our vacation.

So I'm hoping to get some tips from everyone here as to how to handle these situations so i don't get upset and enjoy the vacation.

Thanks.

This kind of behavior is rare at WDW. Once in a blue moon you might have an unsavory incident, but not typically. Most guests are just normal, decent people trying to enjoy a vacation with their families. Don't worry.

 

[Skywise]

In my experience rude guests are the exception rather than the rule. I wouldn't worry.

 

[GotLabradors]

We were met with way more polite, helpful behavior than rude from both guests and CMs on our last trip. If you do come across some rude people, don't let it ruin your day because they aren't going to think twice about it after it happens. I hope you have a great trip.

 

[Mom2darlingboys]

Oh, the irony.

 

[caroline1851]

On our last trip, we literally, never encountered one rude guest. In addition, not ONE person with poor personal hygiene....which is shocking considering the 1000's of people you encounter.

 

[dreiwhit]

We were at Disney World 6 weeks ago (did all four parks), and I can only remember one person who would have acted what we would have considered rude, and that was minor. However, she was from a foreign country, so her behavior may have been perfectly fine in her home country. One thing that I have learned over the years is that behavior we consider fine may be rude in other countries, and vise versa.

FWIW, we didn't experience any of what you experience in HK Disney, so I wouldn't worry about that.

What I do myself is to relax, enjoy and not look for or expect rude behavior.

 

[rastahomie]

Re. Elbowing: By and large, Americans find the elbowing and pushing-and-shoving a bit off-putting to say the least. However, I appear to live in a community where it's commonplace. My town was settled by German miners, so most of the folks here have German ancestry. And while the people are friendly and polite, they seem to have missed out on Midwestern American norms when it comes to personal space, and have retained a more traditionally German view. My wife for example: if she is here, and she wants to be there, and you are between here and there, she won't say "Excuse me." She won't walk around you. She will shove your [butt] out of the way.

I've lost count of how many times I've been at the grocery store or wherever, and I was between someone else and where they wanted to be, and they shoved me out of the way.

Too many times I've been tempted to look them in the eye, fist clenched, and dare them to shove me out of the way one more time. But unfortunately, they wouldn't even realize they'd done something wrong, so there's no point. And also, I'm a man of peace, not violence. But still....

 

[UncleMike101]

Re. Elbowing: By and large, Americans find the elbowing and pushing-and-shoving a bit off-putting to say the least. However, I appear to live in a community where it's commonplace. My town was settled by German miners, so most of the folks here have German ancestry. And while the people are friendly and polite, they seem to have missed out on Midwestern American norms when it comes to personal space, and have retained a more traditionally German view. My wife for example: if she is here, and she wants to be there, and you are between here and there, she won't say "Excuse me." She won't walk around you. She will shove your [butt] out of the way.

I've lost count of how many times I've been at the grocery store or wherever, and I was between someone else and where they wanted to be, and they shoved me out of the way.

Too many times I've been tempted to look them in the eye, fist clenched, and dare them to shove me out of the way one more time. But unfortunately, they wouldn't even realize they'd done something wrong, so there's no point. And also, I'm a man of peace, not violence. But still....

Congratulation on your patience.
I'm afraid an incident like that would turn out a lot differently in my area of the Midwest.
Most people here have the attitude "If you're not a good friend or relative, don't touch me!!"
Pushing someone would almost certainly result in a return push, or worse.
Personal space and freedom of movement are a priority around here so we tend to say "Excuse me" if we have to walk in front of someone to get to where we want to be.

 

[Julylady]

We just returned from a 10 day visit. In my experience, much of the "rude" behavior was that of guests not familiar with Disney practices. We had one family in front of us at the fast pass touch points who didn't understand how fast pass works. The CM was trying to explain to them that they needed to scan their park tickets as their fast passes were loaded on the tickets. As the Dad was searching his pockets for their tickets, my 14-year old tried to go around them and use the "other" scanner. The Mom screamed at her to wait her turn as we were trying to cut in front of them. The cast member told her it was okay and we should "go ahead" and scan/enter since they weren't ready.

Another time was at the Haunted Mansion where you are instructed to fill in all available space. As I attempted to move up, another woman accused me of cutting the line. I said "Didn't you just hear him say to fill in all available space? Either you can fill it or my family will." She moved up.

We also had a lot of encounters with large groups just standing around blocking walkways. At one time a group of 8 stopped on the walkway from behind the castle to Adventureland. No one could move in either direction.

 

[UncleMike101]

We just returned from a 10 day visit. In my experience, much of the "rude" behavior was that of guests not familiar with Disney practices. We had one family in front of us at the fast pass touch points who didn't understand how fast pass works. The CM was trying to explain to them that they needed to scan their park tickets as their fast passes were loaded on the tickets. As the Dad was searching his pockets for their tickets, my 14-year old tried to go around them and use the "other" scanner. The Mom screamed at her to wait her turn as we were trying to cut in front of them. The cast member told her it was okay and we should "go ahead" and scan/enter since they weren't ready.

Another time was at the Haunted Mansion where you are instructed to fill in all available space. As I attempted to move up, another woman accused me of cutting the line. I said "Didn't you just hear him say to fill in all available space? Either you can fill it or my family will." She moved up.

We also had a lot of encounters with large groups just standing around blocking walkways. At one time a group of 8 stopped on the walkway from behind the castle to Adventureland. No one could move in either direction.

The last part is one of my major "honk off" situations.
People who want to discuss the weather, their children, the new pastor at church, last nights baseball, football, basketball, hockey game, or whatever topics that are of absolutely zero interest to the rest of us who are trying to get somewhere should at least have the common courtesy to get out of the middle of the walkways and discuss their "important" topics without making everyone else in the place maneuver around them.

 

[JoWilly]

What about those who are also waiting that aren't being impatient jerks? They end up having to wait longer too.

well its like they say. You cant please everyone but unfortunately for those folks they can thank the jerks for acting like vultures.