Pet peeves I saw today at Magic Kingdom

[Webbie]

LOL there should be a "rude people" button in Disney. See someone being extremely rude you press the button and voila they are gone!

In 2004 we were in the Muppet 3-D movie and yes those rude people did not move all the way to the end to make room for more guests. I loved it when the CM got on the mic and directed the group in the middle to pick up there belongings and MOVE to the end! The place broke out in cheers. Made my day.

 

[plutolovr]

One other good spot is near One Man's Dream. I enjoy walking through the exibit, but skip the movie. This gives me enough time to head towards the green door, up towards the hat and make a right to the smoking area. While the family enjoys the movie, I enjoy my breather

Boy that's an oxymoron if I ever saw one.

 

[KarenP99]

I was so annoyed with people on their phones when I was there. I couldn't believe that someone would bring their child to "the most magical place on earth" and then talk the whole time on their phones!

I have to question why these people had children in the first place.

(I even saw one dad get OUT of line for an attraction to talk on the phone...leaving his wife and daughter in line.)

Just keep in mind you don't know who they are talking to. My husband and I were there with our 3 kids (4,2,1) and often split up to (one goes & changes the baby, or walks witht the sleeping baby while the others keep gong). My husband was ill, so whe would go back to the room with the baby and I'd stay out with the other two.

So we stayed in touch on the phone. It was actually a great tool to keep us "together" even though all 5 of us couldn't experience the same thing at the same time. BTW I am NOT a phone talker, I hate talking on the phone (unless it's my sister and I am home with an hour to spare). But at WDW it was really helpful for our family.

 

[mommykds]

My biggest annoyance at Disney is when people do things like...

Open the exit door during the Voyage of the Little Mermaid while the show is in progress..Hey my little kids think those fish are real & when the door opens & the light comes in you can see the puppeteers.

People taking pictures when they have been asked in several languages not to take pictures.

People who will not move all the way down at shows like American Adventure, Muppets, Hall of Presidents, Mermaid. I am surprised each time this happens. Last time we were at Philharmagic this woman refused to move. She had a pretty powerful presence & even the CM's didn't want to approach her. Well, some Dad & his family had an all out war with her in the middle of the theater asking her to move down. She didn't moved & my kids got to hear alot of new words from the Dad & his family that day.

I thought that there was a loss in general common curtisy from a small few. We are ALL there to have fun. We are ALL there to experience the magic. Some people think they are the only family there.

 

[MermaidsMom]

Sometimes people on the cell phones are talking to people back home who couldn't come due to illness or work. Or, someone can be trying to find a teenager or relative who is somewhere else in the parks, etc. When we first went to Disney I cringe when I think about how much time I wasted trying to track down other people in our group and am glad it's so easy now to find each other. Even if they have a job where they must keep in touch every day at least they are trying to give the kids a good time!

 

[webmomom]

My answer to the smoking problem is to have all smokers start using smokeless tobacco. It should still be in a "designated tobacco area" because who wants to see people spitting everywhere, but this way, the person using the tobacco really does keep it all to him/herself. There's just no way to contain the smoke when one smokes. I'm really tempted to just vomit on someone who is smoking near me and is not in a designated smoking area. If they can foul my personal space, I think I'm entitled to do likewise.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

I have SIL that uses smokless tabacco. It is disgusting. . I see can now. People spitting everywhere. Even though I agree the smokers should the go the designated area, even harder to get the smokless tabacco users to go a deignated area. Most them would spitting everywhere. I agree the person who said they should ban smoking in any form from the parks.

 

[Marseeya]

Sometimes people on the cell phones are talking to people back home who couldn't come due to illness or work. Or, someone can be trying to find a teenager or relative who is somewhere else in the parks, etc. When we first went to Disney I cringe when I think about how much time I wasted trying to track down other people in our group and am glad it's so easy now to find each other. Even if they have a job where they must keep in touch every day at least they are trying to give the kids a good time!

My husband was able to take a nice two-week long vacation last year on the condition that he take his blackberry. I didn't begrudge him one minute on that phone, because the alternative would have been him working 12 hour days and spending no time at all with us.

I'd like to know how one person being on a phone hurts anyone else? (aside from talking loudly during a show or walking around cluelessly)

 

[Alice Sr.]

People who will not move all the way down at shows like American Adventure, Muppets, Hall of Presidents, Mermaid. I am surprised each time this happens. Last time we were at Philharmagic this woman refused to move. She had a pretty powerful presence & even the CM's didn't want to approach her. Well, some Dad & his family had an all out war with her in the middle of the theater asking her to move down. She didn't moved & my kids got to hear alot of new words from the Dad & his family that day.

I thought that there was a loss in general common curtisy from a small few. We are ALL there to have fun. We are ALL there to experience the magic. Some people think they are the only family there.

I don't mind this if it's the off season and I know technically it shouldn't make a difference but if the show is no where near full it seems ridicules to have only 1/4 of the theater full and everyone sitting at the farthest seats leaving the middle open. In my opinion Disney needs to make some adjustment for this in the slower season. But when it's peak season and you know the show is going to fill up you've got to move down. The answer is to step on the feet of the adults in the party who refuse to slide all the way down as you squeeze past them. And even though this doesn't get them to move down I have rebutted their stance without saying a word, so as not to upset any children in the area.

 

[Quinn222]

My husband was able to take a nice two-week long vacation last year on the condition that he take his blackberry.

I know how that feels. I live in Florida and I don't normally take a weekend at the park when I am on call but sometimes I have no choice if I want to go (ie: Expedition Everest AP preview was my on call weekend.) I can't speak for anyone else but I promise you if I am on the crackberry at WDW is is not by choice. It's my job and if you were on the other end of the call you'd be pretty grateful to be hearing from me.

 

[Alice Sr.]

My husband was able to take a nice two-week long vacation last year on the condition that he take his blackberry. I didn't begrudge him one minute on that phone, because the alternative would have been him working 12 hour days and spending no time at all with us.

I'd like to know how one person being on a phone hurts anyone else? (aside from talking loudly during a show or walking around cluelessly)

I think but, could be wrong what the OP was really offended by was something I have witnessed many, many times also and not just in WDW. A parent completely ignoring their child so they can have normal day to day conversations with a friend or significant other (be it husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend). If technology allows you to spend time with your family that you may not otherwise been able to do - that's great. If it is used to escape/avoid opportunities with your family that is not great. It's a fine line and sometimes hard to tell which is occurring, but I believe the OP objects to the latter scenario, jmho.

 

[wdwcoltsfan]

In defense of some of the people who stand in line for thirty minutes and then study the menu: I am alot shorter than the average adult male. I cannot even see the menu when I am behind a man who is over 6 ft tall. If the line for food is 30 minutes long, it is probably really crowded, and I can't read the menu standing behind the crowd because the print is too small and I am too far away. Also, a heads-up--I was probably going to order for my whole family the entire time I was waiting. My son and husband just went for a potty break (because there was a 30 minute break to order food, and it was really crowded). So, just because husband and son join me in line after 25 minutes, it doesn't mean they are cutting in line. It means I don't have four hands to carry two trays. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

This is a perfect example of how it's not possible to know every person's situation. We are very lucky that we can go to Disney frequently, so I try to be patient with inconsiderate behavior. I have come to realize that there is a difference between rude and inconsiderate. If someone runs over my foot with a stroller, but apologizes, that's okay. If that person doesn't apologize or makes a remark to me, that's rude. Disney is an overwhelming place, especially for first timers. I think some families just lose sight of what they are doing. i.e standing at the exit of an attraction with their map. I'm sure I have done things on my visits that if I thought about it, I would have been embarassed.

On our last trip our dd7 wanted to ride RNR. She has ridden it many times, but everytime, she starts to get scared when we get in the loading area. She gets all excited about the "launch." We ask her over and over if she wants to ride. By the end of the ride she is laughing and wants to ride again. We have gone through this multiple times with her. This trip I found myself saying to dh that we should take her out of line because people on the message boards would be calling us bad parents. You just never know. However, there are some people that are just inherently rude. They should be sent to disney jail! I also think that they should play "It's a Small World" continuously while they are in jail.

Rachel

 

[Tarheel Tink]

On smoking-
I sit here typing with bloodshot eyes, broken capillaries around my eyes, and coughing due to smoke exposure over an hour ago at a drive-through. The car in front of me had the windows open with the driver smoking holding cigarette out the window before I realized it (my window was open also).

I write this to try and point out to those who don't suffer from asthma/allergies how little exposure it takes to ruin someone's day. My own husband had to watch me nearly pass out while driving when he got in the car with me after stating he had not been smoking. About 10 minutes in a bad attack- turns out he had smoked one but "it was a half hour ago!". The panic one feels when your airways close up AND fill with mucous is huge-people do die from asthma attacks and your body can react as though you are dying.

My own problem started with a lifetime of exposure to cigarettes through my father- in the home and car.

PLEASE use the designated smoking area and allow me the luxury of avoiding it! (and please don't expose your family to your smoke to try and avoid a future of health problems- it is not worth it).

 

[Sherrynny]

How about people not knowing the words: PLEASE, THANK YOU and of course EXCUSE ME. C'mon people, I think most people recognize these words in any language. I amazes me that most people don't use them. What ever happened to common curtesy? One other thing, people on crowded buses, with little kids in their own seats while there are other people who really need to be seated. I always made my kids double up or sit on my lap, or stand. Again common curtesy. Are manners so bad? Doesn't anyone show or teach their kids to be respectful?

 

[disneyjunkie]

I will never understand why people will get on a packed, bus with sleepy children, then get angry when they aren't offered a seat.

At the end of the day we're all tired. If you must sit, why not wait for the next bus or hop in a cab?

I've seen plenty of people step to the side and wait for the next bus, rather than stand.

 

[Marseeya]

I think but, could be wrong what the OP was really offended by was something I have witnessed many, many times also and not just in WDW. A parent completely ignoring their child so they can have normal day to day conversations with a friend or significant other (be it husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend). If technology allows you to spend time with your family that you may not otherwise been able to do - that's great. If it is used to escape/avoid opportunities with your family that is not great. It's a fine line and sometimes hard to tell which is occurring, but I believe the OP objects to the latter scenario, jmho.

I would object to the latter scenario as well, but how on earth can the OP or any of us possibly know that's the case by witnessing one single moment in time of somebody else's life?

I remember last year being on here talking about DH having to take his blackberry and someone had said to me that he just shouldn't go on vacation if he "was so important" that he needed to be connected to work. In most companies these days, each and every employee is that important because they just don't hire enough people to take up the slack of vacationing or sick employees.

 

[luvsmickeymouse]

I will never understand why people will get on a packed, bus with sleepy children, then get angry when they aren't offered a seat.

At the end of the day we're all tired. If you must sit, why not wait for the next bus or hop in a cab?

I've seen plenty of people step to the side and wait for the next bus, rather than stand.

 

[jann1033]

The phone thing has really gotten out of hand. Multiple times I saw one oblivious phone talker/walker almost bump into another phone talker/walker. I really love when they get all animated in their conversations while walking into people.

a number of times i've read on here how people use them to talk to others in wdw to make times to meet etc. and i know some young people use cell phones constantly so i don't think it's just business people. kind of annoying but oh well.

somethings on this list can be explained by ignorance( every guest doesn't eat sleep and breath disney) some by rudeness. my biggest pet peeve (and i hate to start something ) is rude stroller use, not the normal push the kid in the thing but the use it like a battering ram pushing which we saw over and over and over again in off season Jan when there certainly was not any need to force your way through "crowds"

 

[tinkerbell6]

How about people not knowing the words: PLEASE, THANK YOU and of course EXCUSE ME. C'mon people, I think most people recognize these words in any language. I amazes me that most people don't use them. What ever happened to common curtesy? One other thing, people on crowded buses, with little kids in their own seats while there are other people who really need to be seated. I always made my kids double up or sit on my lap, or stand. Again common curtesy. Are manners so bad? Doesn't anyone show or teach their kids to be respectful?

I think this about sums it up!

 

[jann1033]

Doesn't anyone show or teach their kids to be respectful?

since it's usually the parents who are rude, inconsiderate, how can they teach the kids something they don't even know exists
I always get a sort of funny but sad kick out of seeing people when you tell them please or thank you...they are so shocked! it's not that hard , our 18 month dgd knows to say "ta do"( her "thank you") so you'd think some seemingly intelligent 30+ yr old could figure it out!

 

[MermaidsMom]

I would object to the latter scenario as well, but how on earth can the OP or any of us possibly know that's the case by witnessing one single moment in time of somebody else's life?

I remember last year being on here talking about DH having to take his blackberry and someone had said to me that he just shouldn't go on vacation if he "was so important" that he needed to be connected to work. In most companies these days, each and every employee is that important because they just don't hire enough people to take up the slack of vacationing or sick employees.

Absolutely right on! I wonder about people who are ignoring their OWN families trying to figure out if someone else's cell phone conversation is "Disney Worthy" or not! What difference does it make if someone is talking on a phone or talking to a person? They are still talking. I always go over to a bench or away from the crowds to talk and have STILL gotten dirty looks. I promise not to give you a dirty look if you go to a bench to talk with someone face to face, why is phone call any different?

-PS, I never raise my voice on the phone and use my manners at all times. I think it's just trendy to complain about cell phones. And that "so important" remark was just rude.