I'm old school. I believe the right to swing your fist ends at the beginning of my nose. E.g., I would appreciate not being disturbed by obnoxious, too-loud rap music that shakes the ground at the stop light. Likewise, I don't want to listen others' gossipy cell phone conversations during my mani-pedi, and I don't want to be stuck with pointless chanting in the reverberating queue at BTMRR. I do not understand why my fellow travelers can not keep their voices down in the hotel hallways and teach their children that there are indoor voices and outdoor voices and not to confuse the two. I don't understand what sort of entitlement mentality leads one to take flash photographs in rides, despite being told repeatedly not to. But, heck, I don't even understand people that can't refrain from slamming their doors in hotel hallways, or littering, or not wiping their nasty sweat off the equipment at the gym.
I believe that one should do all one can do to NOT disturb others, and to at all times practice the Golden Rule--regardless of one's culture, age, income, or lack of maturity.
For all the yipyap that goes on about tolerance and acceptance, it has been my observation that this is largely one sided; to wit, "it doesn't bother me, therefore why should it bother you?" with the implication being that if one does complain about it, the person issuing the complaint is worthy of quasi-shaming and it is thus inferred that those persons objecting must be intolerant/lacking somehow/just no fun.
Something to ponder, perhaps: Lack of sensitivity to noise/silliness doesn't make one person better than another. It just makes that person less sensitive to noise/silliness---and possibly well suited to be a middle school teacher or church youth group leader. Ha ha.
Just a thought: How about if that "tolerance" and "acceptance of other cultures" extended to that part of world culture that prefers not listening to other people's music, phone conversations, silly chants, or the loud-in-your-face- political opinion expressed in planes, elevators, ride lines and other places where people are trapped together? Just...keep yourself to yourself. We don't all agree. We are never going to. Let's accept that and move on.
Perhaps if we all tried to leave a smaller wave in our wake, we would find the world a more pleasant place.
And Disney? I suppose the 18.42 billion dollar question is: Did the person issuing the complaint about the chanting not also pay to visit your parks? Because, gee, if I didn't know better, I might be lead to believe that consideration for those that object is obviously not a priority of Disney Corp. Gosh. It's almost as if some of us are taken for granted.
If they've changed their policy, that would be a pleasant surprise--- but I somehow doubt they have. FWIW, I would NEVER visit the parks in July because of the 15's--but I doubt Disney cares.
Also FWIW, I have found the best response to rude, obnoxious behavior is to ignore it and remain pleasant. That which cannot be cured must simply be endured.
