Oh how I hate the Disney Entitled

[bumbershoot]

*Go to* the front desk. Do not call the "front desk", as that gets you to a call center offsite, possibly even out of Florida. Go to the front desk if you wish to talk to the front desk people.



But I don't think I could get annoyed at a group because a *child* told me it was a private party; who knows what they heard, or were told, or made up in their heads. From an adult, yes. But not a kid.

 

[raven69david]

I got this one time too at the quiet pool and I just laughed at them and started swimming and splashing all around them. Had there been any additional peeps from them there would have been a beat down.

I'm not a very patient person to begin with, and when I see people like this I always try to find a way to justifiably get in their face and call them out.

 

[jvptravels]

You should totally go move them back to the pool!

That's exactly what I was thinking about doing. But EMH at Epcot is more important on my last night than a bunch of losers.

 

[Sammie]

Definitely go to the front desk and let them know the room number and that it is a hazard for those trying to use the walkway.

This area is not a balcony or patio, it is a walkway for everyone to use to walk on.

 

[Sammie]

Just recently read a story like this about the Kidani pool - a guest upon entering was told by a child "This is a private party for our family."

Unless you paid Disney a bunch of cash to block off the pool it does not belong to you.

Any child that would do that, you just know what type of parent they have.

 

[pixie08]

I can't stand when people do this sort of thing!

 

[mickeye]

When I left to go to dinner, the people were gone, but the 2 chairs from the quiet pool remained. I'm just glad this happened the day before I go home. On a different note, it pleases me that so far, nobody has defended this behavior yet.

Those two chairs would have gone for a walk with us. Nobody has defended it, because it's indefensible.

I'm afraid they may say, "no need to confirm."
I would say.. "Let me ask the resort general manager to check if there are other group parties going on. Oh by the way, what is the name of your group? "

Oh, that's a good one!

Definitely go to the front desk and let them know the room number and that it is a hazard for those trying to use the walkway.
This area is not a balcony or patio, it is a walkway for everyone to use to walk on.

That's right. It's not only inconsiderate, God forbid if a fire were to break out. The hall way to the fire escape would be blocked; they'd be the first out and you know they wouldn't stop to drag those chairs out with them.

Any child that would do that, you just know what type of parent they have.

Well said. The nut doesn't fall very far from the tree.

 

[aubriee]

I once had a first floor corner room at CSR. I was asleep one night, when I heard a lady right outside my door arguing with her boyfriend on the phone. It went on for about 45 minutes and I was getting ready to call the front desk to complain, when she finally left. The next morning I saw several cigarette butts right outside my door where she's been standing. That night I again heard her right outside my door yelling at the boyfriend, saying she'd had no choice about the trip. Her mother insisted she come if she wanted her to pay her bills, and she'd rather be home with him too. After about 15 minutes of this, I'd had enough and yanked my door open. She had been leaning against it and almost fell into my room. She glared at me and said "Do you mind! I'm on the phone". I was flabbergasted and told her I knew that as I'd heard her the last two nights when I was trying to get some sleep and would she mind going to her own room, so she didnt disturb others. She showed me her lit cigarette and said she couldn't because her mom and the mom's friend were trying to sleep and she didn't want to disturb them, plus her mom couldn't stand cigarette smoke, so she had to walk down the end of the walkway and my room just happened to be there. It wasn't her fault. I almost lost it. I informed her I didn't appreciated being disturbed either and also did not like cigarette smoke and reminded her that smokers were supposed to smoke only in the smoking areas anyway. I told her that if she didn't get away from my door, I'd call security. Why this woman thought it was OK to lean right up against my door, smoking, and yelling at her boyfriend, keeping me up, just because she didn't want to disturb her mother I never did figure out.

 

[Planogirl]

I can't stand it when people hang out right outside of their room and carry on until all hours. The way the doors are configured, you have two of them basically facing each other so if you're right outside your door, you're also right outside someone else's. If someone is quiet that's one thing but so often they aren't.

 

[rainynight]

Any child that would do that, you just know what type of parent they have.

I don't really think that's fair to assume the parent's are bad because of what a child says. They could have had a large group that were the only ones in the pool at the time, the adults could have been joking about it being a private party and the kid heard thinking it really was just for their use.

But I agree about people's behaviour. It's ridiculous are entifor someone to think they are entitled to more than anyone else paying to stay in the resort or paying admission into a park.

 

[FigmentChick]

I will admit....I had problems with the "entitleds" on our last trip to POR.

Because of a blood-pressure issue, I cannot fully immerse in a hot tub; however, I am allowed to dangle my legs in and hubby enjoys going in. Well, we went to Ol' Man Island on our day off. After swimming a bit in the big pool, hubby and I wandered over to the hot tub area. There were two couples who seemed to know each other and plenty of room for hubby & myself as I would just be perching on the edge.

From the looks we received, you would have thought we ran over their cat or something. The bad vibe was palpable. No sooner did we get situated when we were asked to leave because "they were enjoying their adult time without the kids". Hubby & I looked at each other and then at the couples and said "so are we" in unison.

The looks got nasty and then the comments started. My hubby is pretty body-conscious and I could tell his anxiety was ratcheting up. So, we left. But before we went back to the room I did say something at guest services. I let them know that I was appalled by the behaviour and souldn't have to deal with that while I'm on vacation, much less expect that from a Disney resort.

Part of the fun of our vacations has been talking and making friends with people from different areas of the States or from overseas.

I are with the poster who made the "shallow head" comment....the entitlement attitude so deserves a smack in the head. It's our vacation, too.

 

[hsmamato2]

a walk to the front desk should take care of a lot of things...even if they had to find ME a new room.... as for the pool and hot tub people....really? I've never heard of such a thing....I like to smile broadly and ignore what rude people say in those situations...heck,if the hottub people had been rude,I might have asked ds2 to do a cannonball into it,just for some fun.....of course,I'm kind of an expert on annoying people who want to be left alone...

 

[bookgirl2632]

I'm so glad that I haven't encountered many rude people while on vacation at Disney. Of course, I work retail, so I'm preternaturally equipped to deal with such behavior.

 

[TDC Nala]

But I don't think I could get annoyed at a group because a *child* told me it was a private party; who knows what they heard, or were told, or made up in their heads. From an adult, yes. But not a kid.

Don't care who says it. You can't block the pool off to other guests unless you have permission to do so (usually with a hefty payment to Disney.) No matter who says it, it's getting checked.

 

[tarak]

I wish I was surprised by this sort of behavior, but it happens everywhere. The day after I had my youngest daughter by emergency c-section, I had to walk out and tell the older couple outside my door to take their conversation elsewhere. They'd moved to the end of the hall because they didn't want to disturb their daughter, who'd just had a baby. As if every patient there in the maternity ward hadn't just given birth. Some people are just self-absorbed to a grotesque degree.

Figment Chick, I'm so sorry that happened to you and your DH. That's just horrible.

 

[mccreel]

I was at Hollywood Studios a few years ago, we were in the shop at the front of the park looking at our photopass, we had turned around and waiting for the line of people to go buy and this guy came buy on a scooter and literally ran over my left foot, right across the middle of my foot. Then he said uh oh, then sped up to get out of there. Not even an I'm sorry. I had seen this guy earlier most of the day without a scooter, doing fine on his own. He had got one later that day I guess, may be cause he was tired? Anyway, Disney was great, they called the man in charge for the evening and helped me over to first aid. Kept offering me a wheelchair and I said I could hobble. We were about to go see the Osborne lights then go home. He was real persistent about the wheelchair but I just did not want the hassle. My foot was cracked so I ate advil the rest of our trip because I was determined not to have it ruined. I don't mind people on scooters that need it, my mother has had back surgery, can walk may be 45 min in the park before her back gets so bad she has to stop and at times take meds for pain. But people that get them just because they are tired and don't want to walk the parks seem to be the ones that are rude. Like the guy that broke my foot and took off.

 

[focusondisney]

I will admit....I had problems with the "entitleds" on our last trip to POR.

Because of a blood-pressure issue, I cannot fully immerse in a hot tub; however, I am allowed to dangle my legs in and hubby enjoys going in. Well, we went to Ol' Man Island on our day off. After swimming a bit in the big pool, hubby and I wandered over to the hot tub area. There were two couples who seemed to know each other and plenty of room for hubby & myself as I would just be perching on the edge.

From the looks we received, you would have thought we ran over their cat or something. The bad vibe was palpable. No sooner did we get situated when we were asked to leave because "they were enjoying their adult time without the kids". Hubby & I looked at each other and then at the couples and said "so are we" in unison.

The looks got nasty and then the comments started. My hubby is pretty body-conscious and I could tell his anxiety was ratcheting up. So, we left. But before we went back to the room I did say something at guest services. I let them know that I was appalled by the behaviour and souldn't have to deal with that while I'm on vacation, much less expect that from a Disney resort.

Part of the fun of our vacations has been talking and making friends with people from different areas of the States or from overseas.

I are with the poster who made the "shallow head" comment....the entitlement attitude so deserves a smack in the head. It's our vacation, too.

See I wouldn't have let them run me off. You were just as entitled to be there as they were. You should have just ignored them & enjoyed yourselves. I don't know what complaining to the front desk did. They may be able to do something if the other guests endangers your safety or your sleep. But they can't do anything about rudeness.

 

[smiths02]

I was at Hollywood Studios a few years ago, we were in the shop at the front of the park looking at our photopass, we had turned around and waiting for the line of people to go buy and this guy came buy on a scooter and literally ran over my left foot, right across the middle of my foot. Then he said uh oh, then sped up to get out of there. Not even an I'm sorry. I had seen this guy earlier most of the day without a scooter, doing fine on his own. He had got one later that day I guess, may be cause he was tired? Anyway, Disney was great, they called the man in charge for the evening and helped me over to first aid. Kept offering me a wheelchair and I said I could hobble. We were about to go see the Osborne lights then go home. He was real persistent about the wheelchair but I just did not want the hassle. My foot was cracked so I ate advil the rest of our trip because I was determined not to have it ruined. I don't mind people on scooters that need it, my mother has had back surgery, can walk may be 45 min in the park before her back gets so bad she has to stop and at times take meds for pain. But people that get them just because they are tired and don't want to walk the parks seem to be the ones that are rude. Like the guy that broke my foot and took off.

OMG! To be fair, some people are handicapped in that they fatigue easily. I know a girl who you could see walking, but she had a real disease/disability that limited her walking--it wasn't just "tired." So by the end of the day, she would "need" a scooter/wheelchair

HOWEVER, the person assaulted you and ran away? I would have demanded police involvement! (not just first aid)

 

[mccreel]

OMG! To be fair, some people are handicapped in that they fatigue easily. I know a girl who you could see walking, but she had a real disease/disability that limited her walking--it wasn't just "tired." So by the end of the day, she would "need" a scooter/wheelchair

HOWEVER, the person assaulted you and ran away? I would have demanded police involvement! (not just first aid)

As I said, my mother is handicapped in that her back seriously limits how much she can fiscally do, which is not much at all, before she needs help getting around. I know some people really need those scooters to get around the park. We rented a wheelchair for my mother when we went with her. But there are also some people that get them just so it is easier to get around the park.

And about calling the police, to be honest, I was hurting so bad I did not think about it and he left real fast anyway. Not sure they could have done anything. Disney was great after it happened. I just had to deal with my foot for over a month. And it still aches from time to time.

 

[hgeisler]

I don't really think that's fair to assume the parent's are bad because of what a child says. They could have had a large group that were the only ones in the pool at the time, the adults could have been joking about it being a private party and the kid heard thinking it really was just for their use.

But I agree about people's behaviour. It's ridiculous are entifor someone to think they are entitled to more than anyone else paying to stay in the resort or paying admission into a park.

My daughter says silly things all the time. She's 4,and I don't know where she gets some of it from. I would hope people don't think I'm a bad parent because of it:/

As for the rest of it,ridiculous! This is Disney, not the KOA!