Pet peeves I saw today at Magic Kingdom

[paigevz]

I hate this too, but unless you were there before it started don't be too quick to judge the parent that pushes their child up in front. My daughter is very timid and knows the wait your turn rules. Sometimes one person cuts and then it becomes choas. The CM's are either really good about making sure the kids that were waiting and in line get in or they don't care at all and let it happen. At the point where several people have cut in front of us and the line turns into a pack I push my kid up. And I tell the other people around me, loudly, you were here waiting too- go next. I hate to decend to their level, but we have been cut too many times and then had to deal with a crying child because it is not fair. The CM are the only ones that can really control this situation, if they do not do their jobs what is a parent to do?

I agree. I did this once. There were several kids standing around King Louie. We go up, there's no line, but we wait as the kids who were there before us see him. Then more come up and just jump in, when we were there before them. This wasn't even a pack, just about 5 families standing around him. Then the CM handler says King Louie will be going in, can only take about 2 more. I pushed my kid forward saying "Go".........there was another kid starting that way, and had I not pushed mine, his hesitancy would've made him wait for at least that kid, and probably he would've just missed King Louie altogether. Now, someone walking up just then might not have known he'd waited through 6 or 8 kids already and the last several had come up after him and jumped in front of him. In this case there was one handler for King Louie and Baloo, and she was just handling the line over by Baloo.

 

[BethanyF]

OT: I went to grab something we needed for after-school one day at Target during our conference period (sent by other grade-level teachers). Just as I got in line to pay, one of them called me. Now, I knew it was important or she wouldn't have called, but I am now checking out. So I told her to hold on.........left the phone on while I checked out, then resumed the conversation after I left the counter. She was all mad!

The phone people I am griping about are the ones that look at me (doing my job) like I am interupting them.
Ive had my phone ring while I am checking out somewhere and I tell the caller to hold on. Or, at the very least, I carry on 2 conversations at once. One with my caller and one with the cashier.
Having been on the cashier end of it I know how frustrating it is to try and talk to a guest that is talking on the phone. If the guest were to at least acknowledge me (the cashier) while they are continuing the call I dont mind as much.
Just dont get huffy when I am asking questions or doing my annoying add-on pitches. Im just doing my job. Your lunch plans can wait another 30 seconds.

 

[mjkaferle5]

Sorry but here is another. The group of people at least five walking toward you holding hands like a brick wall. What are they thinking. How about single file or maybe two side by side but 5 c'mon now!!!Then you walk and break up thier wall, because there is no where for you to go, and they give you the dirty look.

Red Rover Red Rover, send random Disney guest over!!

 

[Ember]

Very interesting thread! I really only have one major petpeeve:

- Taking flash pictures or using a video recorder during a ride. For heaven's sake, just enjoy it! The small screen or flasg on your camera is bright and it's ruining the ride for the rest of us.

Grrr! I can't count how many times this happened on my last trip. Annoyed me to no end.

 

[dpuck1998]

Very interesting thread! I really only have one major petpeeve:

- Taking flash pictures or using a video recorder during a ride. For heaven's sake, just enjoy it! The small screen or flasg on your camera is bright and it's ruining the ride for the rest of us.

Grrr! I can't count how many times this happened on my last trip. Annoyed me to no end.

Not really a pet peeve, but along those lines. How many flashes do you see going off at a concert, football game, fantasmic..etc.
Don't those people realize how WORTHLESS it is. From that distance your flash only makes your picture even darker. The only way to get a decent show is to turn off the flash and hold the camera very very very still...

 

[dani0622]

- Taking flash pictures or using a video recorder during a ride. For heaven's sake, just enjoy it! The small screen or flasg on your camera is bright and it's ruining the ride for the rest of us.

Grrr! I can't count how many times this happened on my last trip. Annoyed me to no end.

I have no problem with this. As long as the ride allows flash photography and videography, then it's not an issue. I will continue to take pics and use my camcorder AS LONG as the specific ride allows it. And I'm enjoying every second of the ride!

 

[wagonwheel2]

Great Thread by the way. We're on our way for my husband's and son's first Disney trip at Easter. It's my third, but it's been awhile. From reading this, here's what I learned:
1) Tape sign to son sitting in stoller, "Sorry, Mom's driving not me !"
2) DO NOT cheer, butt, stand to close, sing or forget to wear my deoderant while waiting in line.
3) While waiting at table for husband to get food, pull out leg brace and put on, and place leg on table for all to see.
4) Practice pee pee dance for bathroom line...
5) Have son practice pee pee dance for bathroom line
6) Learn how to make citizen's arrest for smokers outside of their area...course I'm not actually a citizen of the US !?
7) Learn to read, walk, talk, and navigate all at same time,and in three languages
8)Promise to not pick my toes while at WDW...no brainer
9) Avoid buses like plague
10) Put my Type A personality on "vacation" !

Seriously, all above was in jest. I'll probably get irratated at some point, but as long as I remeber my manners, and treat as I would like to be treated, no worries.
Can't wait to go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cntkg1]

I have two words for people:

USE DEODORANT!

Thank you.

 

[maddhatir]

Great Thread by the way. We're on our way for my husband's and son's first Disney trip at Easter. It's my third, but it's been awhile. From reading this, here's what I learned:
1) Tape sign to son sitting in stoller, "Sorry, Mom's driving not me !"
2) DO NOT cheer, butt, stand to close, sing or forget to wear my deoderant while waiting in line.
3) While waiting at table for husband to get food, pull out leg brace and put on, and place leg on table for all to see.
4) Practice pee pee dance for bathroom line...
5) Have son practice pee pee dance for bathroom line
6) Learn how to make citizen's arrest for smokers outside of their area...course I'm not actually a citizen of the US !?
7) Learn to read, walk, talk, and navigate all at same time,and in three languages
8)Promise to not pick my toes while at WDW...no brainer
9) Avoid buses like plague
10) Put my Type A personality on "vacation" !

Seriously, all above was in jest. I'll probably get irratated at some point, but as long as I remeber my manners, and treat as I would like to be treated, no worries.
Can't wait to go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HEY wagonwheel2 it sounds like your GOOD TO GO!

Maybe you should just print out a copy of these rules and keep them with you at all times in case you need to -refer back- OR you may need to pull them out while you are making the citizens arrest, it is NOW an official document of the DIS boards!....IT IS LAW!

HAVE FUN!

 

[Principessa1284]

In case you guys didn't know, the heelies are 100% NOT ALLOWED at the WDW Parks, but there really isn't a way to check every single kid that enters the park. Cast members who see kids skating on them are supposed to tell then to stop, and if they don't we can ask them to remove the wheels from the shoes, and in extreme cases security COULD make the kid take the shoes to the car/hotel. But lets hope it would never come to that. So, if you kids have those shoes, leave them at home or at the very least in the hotel. I've seen a good number of kids take a dive on their face and one took out a little 3 year old girl.. and that's why they're not allowed.

P.S. - Damn all those "party animals" that seaworld attracts.

 

[MadToad]

Here are some of my peeves (and a funny story tossed in)...

1) Line Leaners - I don't know you, but we're in this line together. If you're leaning on/hitting/kicking/poking me, then I don't like you. Stop it.

2) Staying at a hotel? In the bathroom, most establishments provide you with this small rectangular thing. Sometimes it's wrapped in paper, sometimes it's in a box. Take it out and rub it on your skin while applying water to the same area. It even makes bubbles for your enjoyment! Be sure to apply it to your entire body otherwise it's not effective!

3) Deodorant. Ask for help finding it while visiting a food store or a pharmacy. Lots of different types and scents to choose from - feel free to get more than one and experiment! Please!

4) Kicking the seat in front of you? Think there's some mystical barrier preventing the person sitting in said seat from feeling it? Hate to disappoint you, but Disney's magic only goes so far. Please stop.

5) And here's my funny story: I've always given up my seat to a lady, be it on a bus, boat, subway, etc. By my personal definition, a lady can be 5yrs old, 15 yrs old, 35 yrs old, or 65 yrs old. Just my own rule, I don't expect anyone else to understand. My DW and I were riding back to SSR on one of the fine Disney buses. It was packed. I surrendered my seat to the nearest lady, allowing her to sit next to DW. As we exchanged positions, it hit me. The stink was unbelievable (clearly someone who could benefit from numbers 2 & 3). There's nothing I can do, so I just watch DW's face for it to reach her. Wait for it, wait for it...
Boom! The initial facial expression of "what is that" immediately switches to "AAUUGGHH!" and she plants her face into the window, pulling her shirt up over her nose. I laughed and laughed and laughed. People thought I was insane. I am now banned from surrendering my seat if I'm next to DW. Sorry.

I always have a fantastic time when on vacation. Very little can ever bring us down. Have I ever sighed when I saw the wheelchairs or ECV's lined up for my bus? Yes. And immediately afterwards I'm ashamed of myself.

My personal advice? Deal with whatever it is/was and get over it. Life's just too darn short. Hope you enjoyed my meandering post (unless your peeve is meandering posts)!

 

[hogwartsdropout]

LOL MadToad! That was hilarious!

 

[dpuck1998]

Along the lines of that bus story...why can't people wait to get off the bus to release poison gasses from thier bodies?? I mean come on, your on a crowded bus...I know your gassy, but wait

 

[apostolic4life]

ahhh- thats so sad- poor little guy-- people are SO rude!




i agree- so i did the math (first of all i am not annoying at all- so count me outta this one...HA!
lets see, OVER 15,000 checked out this thread BUT..only 300+ replied- so lets figure the 14,700 that DID NOT post are probably the ones annoying us at the parks!!! and now that they read how they annoy us, maybe they will stop!

Pretty funny way to look at it! Can I borrow your rose colored glasses??

 

[apostolic4life]

Here are some of my peeves (and a funny story tossed in)...

1) Line Leaners - I don't know you, but we're in this line together. If you're leaning on/hitting/kicking/poking me, then I don't like you. Stop it.

2) Staying at a hotel? In the bathroom, most establishments provide you with this small rectangular thing. Sometimes it's wrapped in paper, sometimes it's in a box. Take it out and rub it on your skin while applying water to the same area. It even makes bubbles for your enjoyment! Be sure to apply it to your entire body otherwise it's not effective!

3) Deodorant. Ask for help finding it while visiting a food store or a pharmacy. Lots of different types and scents to choose from - feel free to get more than one and experiment! Please!

4) Kicking the seat in front of you? Think there's some mystical barrier preventing the person sitting in said seat from feeling it? Hate to disappoint you, but Disney's magic only goes so far. Please stop.

5) And here's my funny story: I've always given up my seat to a lady, be it on a bus, boat, subway, etc. By my personal definition, a lady can be 5yrs old, 15 yrs old, 35 yrs old, or 65 yrs old. Just my own rule, I don't expect anyone else to understand. My DW and I were riding back to SSR on one of the fine Disney buses. It was packed. I surrendered my seat to the nearest lady, allowing her to sit next to DW. As we exchanged positions, it hit me. The stink was unbelievable (clearly someone who could benefit from numbers 2 & 3). There's nothing I can do, so I just watch DW's face for it to reach her. Wait for it, wait for it...
Boom! The initial facial expression of "what is that" immediately switches to "AAUUGGHH!" and she plants her face into the window, pulling her shirt up over her nose. I laughed and laughed and laughed. People thought I was insane. I am now banned from surrendering my seat if I'm next to DW. Sorry.

I always have a fantastic time when on vacation. Very little can ever bring us down. Have I ever sighed when I saw the wheelchairs or ECV's lined up for my bus? Yes. And immediately afterwards I'm ashamed of myself.

My personal advice? Deal with whatever it is/was and get over it. Life's just too darn short. Hope you enjoyed my meandering post (unless your peeve is meandering posts)!

Beautifully said.........great post!!

 

[delilah]

i have a peeve that has to do with the bathroom thing as well. although, this is just in general.


now, i understand if your a mom and you're the only one there and you have a son who isn't old enough to let in the bathroom by himself.....i really understand that......but what i REALLY can't stand is when you see mom and son go into the bathroom, and come out and dad is coming from the men's bathroom!! why couldn't son go with the father!? this only drives me crazy because for some outrageous reason the women's bathroom line is extremely long all the time(i don't know about you all, but it takes me about 2 minutes to do what i have to do) and brining a boy in who could easily go with dad into the men's bathroom just holds up the line even more.

I've wondered about this myself, when travelling with my husband and son. My son has now declared himself too old to go into the ladies' room. Sometimes the reason for son going in with mom instead of dad is because dad won't take him (my husband has done this). It is usually because dad wants personal time to do "number two". Now, I sympathize with dad, because I have taken my son to WDW alone, and not only have had to contend with the "number two" issue, but with the monthly issue as well.

My pet peeve is why I can go into the stall with my son, both of us crammed into one, and both are able to do our business, get out, wash our hands, and the lady who was right behind us is still standing there waiting for a stall. Obviously, with 6 stalls, surely somebody else should have finished before we did.

 

[dani0622]

This bathroom talk reminded my of what happened on my last trip. Can't remember if I posted it on shocking thread or not. It was at AK and I was leaving the stall in the ladies room. An elderly lady with a really mean look on her face (maybe she really had to go!) grabbed the door as I was exiting the stall and tried to walk in the stall before I was even out! I said ma'm can I please exit first? I don't know, maybe she really had to go or needed my help! lol!

 

[TreslovesWDW]

Or worse....they let their 4 year old KID make the decision on what he's eating (I am sure it some kind of self esteem building exercise)...."Bobby, what do you want, a hot dog or a grilled cheese? Remember you didn't like the hot dog you got yesterday. Maybe you should get some carrot sticks instead of fries today. They have root beer, milk, lemonade. I don't think you should have any more caffeine. Fruit would be a nice change for dessert"

OMIGOD - just order the food for the kid and get going!!!! He's not going to eat any of it anyway!

This one is so true...

 

[MommyPoppins]

Along the lines of that bus story...why can't people wait to get off the bus to release poison gasses from thier bodies?? I mean come on, your on a crowded bus...I know your gassy, but wait

Maybe they were trying to hold it...but it seeped out.



I think my DH has been one of "those" people. He doesn't rudely "let 'em rip" at least not in a confined area with other people. But sometimes I guess you just can't keep 'em squeezed in. I'm sorry to everyone on the monorail with us that once....it wasn't me.

 

[39CINDERELLA]

1. Why do you think it is ok to just stop in the middle of a moving crowd of 1000 people?

Sometimes you have no choice but to stop right where you are, especially when you have children in a stroller and you can not see them if they are choking or whatever!

not everyone is there to inconvenience you.

my pet is people who think that the world is just for them!

I agree on the smoking one. Go blacken your lungs in your own home not in public.