Poll- Your Pet peeves

[epfootballcutie04]

I used to be a Cast Member during my college internship at Disney World, and I got 2 days off a week and worked normal 40 hour work weeks- like a lot of people do And just like most people, I worked my butt off! And some guests were pretty rude with their manners, which I just brushed off so as not to bring my "magic" level down any. HOWEVER, knowing this, and knowing that cruise line CM's don't get a day off and work super long hours, I make darn sure to say my please and thank you's and I always try to strike up a conversation with them when the time is appropriate and get to know them! It makes me sad when I see other guests just take advantage of their serving team or entertainment staff or room host. They work their behinds off to make sure that everyone has a beautiful vacation and granted, it's their job, but a simple thank you, or "how are you" or something goes SO FAR
At least it did for me when I was a CM

On the Fantasy last November, our room host actually thanked US for being so nice to him. it took me by total surprise... as if some people areNOT nice to him?!? We didn't even do much out of the ordinary... simple "hi (insert name here)" and smile when passing, asked him how his day was going, asked him where he's from and how long he's been on board and thanked him for keeping our room nice and clean for us No big deal at all, and apparently it made a big impact to him.



Other pet peeves of mine on board are just table mates that show up late. Especially if you have first seating. That's just rude. And while I'm on that subject, if you know you won't be at dinner, and if you have table mates, please tell them or your serving team so they aren't waiting for you to never show up. We have requested 2nd seating and our own table as to avoid this very thing, but that's really it as far as pet peeves for me. I try to not get worried about the small stuff as much as possible. If kids want to budge in the buffet line or people want in front of me in the shows, so be it. I've been on all 4 disney ships, i've ate the food, i've seen the shows, i've swam in the pools, i've layed in the chairs, waiting 5 more seconds and not being in the front really isn't a big deal to me

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

People complaint about things but do not have any DCL cruised booked and cruise on other lines.


I like Facebook, it can be a secure private group so people searching the Internet do not know when your on vacation to rob you.

Also you can get more personal share things honestly and make your own rules up.

No FB group Hijacks a Dis thread people are free to post where they like and there are other active places, and cruisers who do not post here.

 

[CraftyMommy]

Just wanted to know what my fellow cruisers pet peeves are?

One of my pet peeves is people not using hand sanitizers.

I like to be a clean person, but I usually do not use hand sanitizer. If I use normal hand sanitizer my hands will break out in big sores. I have eczema on my hands and can keep it under control by avoiding anything with color/fragrance/alcohol in it. I have asked in doctors offices and other public places if their sanitizer was alcohol, fragrance, and dye free and I've been told yes, only for them to be wrong. So, now I don't take my chances. If I didn't buy it, I don't use it.

That being said, I always bring my own allergy approved hand soap with me on vacation. And we always wash our hands right before eating meals. I taught preschool for several years and got in the habit of hand-washing before putting my hands anywhere near my mouth. So, please don't gawk at me if you see me not using hand sanitizer. Sometimes people have circumstances you don't see.

 

[lbgraves]

I like Facebook, it can be a secure private group so people searching the Internet do not know when your on vacation to rob you.

Also you can get more personal share things honestly and make your own rules up.

No FB group Hijacks a Dis thread people are free to post where they like and there are other active places, and cruisers who do not post here.

I have preferred using FB for these reasons as well. We have only participated in closed groups that were for DIS members only so it wasn't a privacy concern. I don't like posting specific vacation plans on an open forum. I like keeping my kids' information and pictures off a public forum for the most part due to past experience. It's also been easier to find information since you can keep information about a topic on one thread instead of having to weed through multiple pages to find out if someone answered your question on a meet thread here. I have found that the DIS meet thread has been easier to keep up with when there has been a FB page with it because the chatty stuff that didn't really have anything to do with the cruise could be done elsewhere.

 

[MPS516]

Just out of curiosity why it is bothersome to you that people link a FB page here? People link all kinds of other addresses to other sites on other forums esp on the Budget Board but it also happens on the Transportation forum, the Disability forum, etc...
There are some things that the Dis had forbidden us from doing so we have to take it off of here. Hence the need to sometimes create another way to 'network'. I guess I don't understand why it would bother someone? Not trying to be snarky at all...just honestly trying to understand.

I think others have already done a good job responding, I was not looking to debate the issue, just my own pet peeve. I have been on cruises with very active DIS groups and than on ones with very little activity. In my own experience (not anyone else's) I have seen the groups start and someone opens a FB page and all of the sudden the events get discussed, signed up and announced over there - DIS group vanishes.

Since pet peeves are unique to each person and not measurable for justness I thought I would add my 2 cents. Maybe the commercial analogy was not the best, more appropriate may have been starting a social event on e-harmony and someone posting a link to the new organizing group, same time and place, over on j-date

 

[Silverfox97]

No FB group Hijacks a Dis thread people are free to post where they like and there are other active places, and cruisers who do not post here.

I will respectfully disagree on that topic, only because it has happened to us. Once one of our DIS cruise threads moved to FB, people stopped posting on the DIS in favor of FB. God bless the folks that tried to keep those of us on the DIS only in the loop, but in the end, it made for an awkward meet on the ship, as no one knew us and referred to us as 'the people not on FB,' and the others seemed like family that knew each other for years. It was not a great feeling Now, I am fairly inactive on our upcoming cruises & haven't even gone to the thread for our March 2015 sailing. It's definitely changed how we approach cruises. I look at it as another phase, and we just cruise blissfully ignorant (although there are lots of people who recognize Scott from the blog).

In the end, you are right that it is my/our choice not to be on or be a part of FB & accept the consequences of my decisions. I just wanted to post the other point of view.

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[DesertGal]

People who are miserable everywhere. Sort of like the people in this blog: http://relentlesswandering.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/stateroom-12026-concierge-class-disney-dream/ I stumbled upon this while looking for reviews of concierge on the various Disney ship. I'd hate to have these people as dining partners. They complained about nearly everything.

Oh my gosh. I can't believe how negative this person was. What a miserable life they must have.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

I have preferred using FB for these reasons as well. We have only participated in closed groups that were for DIS members only so it wasn't a privacy concern. I don't like posting specific vacation plans on an open forum. I like keeping my kids' information and pictures off a public forum for the most part due to past experience. It's also been easier to find information since you can keep information about a topic on one thread instead of having to weed through multiple pages to find out if someone answered your question on a meet thread here. I have found that the DIS meet thread has been easier to keep up with when there has been a FB page with it because the chatty stuff that didn't really have anything to do with the cruise could be done elsewhere.

Agree.

I will respectfully disagree on that topic, only because it has happened to us. Once one of our DIS cruise threads moved to FB, people stopped posting on the DIS in favor of FB. God bless the folks that tried to keep those of us on the DIS only in the loop, but in the end, it made for an awkward meet on the ship, as no one knew us and referred to us as 'the people not on FB,' and the others seemed like family that knew each other for years. It was not a great feeling Now, I am fairly inactive on our upcoming cruises & haven't even gone to the thread for our March 2015 sailing. It's definitely changed how we approach cruises. I look at it as another phase, and we just cruise blissfully ignorant (although there are lots of people who recognize Scott from the blog).

In the end, you are right that it is my/our choice not to be on or be a part of FB & accept the consequences of my decisions. I just wanted to post the other point of view.

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Understand.

Just want to show a few examples.

For our Magic cruise this summer, I have shared a lot of private information on private tours I have organised or made enquiries on, that information I would not share on the open Internet.

Now from that and getting to know people, three other parties are joining me on for of my private tours, tonight I have posted further information to help others.


For my Baltic cruise using experience from Baltic 2010 I and a number of other experienced cruisers have posted information on private tours for example in St Petersburg, there is some confusion on visas etc so we jointly are helping the new cruisers.

On FB I have posted invoices and quotes that I would never post on the open Internet, this has led to a number of people booking with A Russian TA which I wouldn't be able to post here due to rules on the forum or on me.

I just want to help others but I do not want to share too much information here that may lead to my house being at risk during a vacation.

We are free to chat openly there in an adult way and get on fine.

Both are collective and no ownership and no one forced anyone to move to FB, we try to keep the thread up to date but private information can't be secure here.

Just recently here photos of mine were copied without any request or hot linked,
I know this is a growing trend as people get computer savvy and if it's on the net people feel it's free to use.

Silverfox your husbands Blog is copied and used by some posters so that's a drain on your website servers where people hot link, or take photos and do not credit you for it.

On FB you have more control. It works for us but no one should force anyone.

There are other forums and so FB joins cruisers who have chosen not to post here.

On both my cruises on FB everyone has posted there family photos to aide recognition on the cruise, we wouldn't post family or children photos normally here. It's safety, it's dome control, it's more sharing and helping.

 

[Silverfox97]

Ugh. Yes that's true about stuff being hot linked from the blog. Frustrating. He can address when it's found but annoying for sure. We've found pics stolen from Flickr on jewelry items listed on eBay - people making profit selling his art (photography). Boo.

We were lucky enough to get a private tour mentioned to us to join, which was great. The cruise thread was heavy into FB, but someone posted it so we could join. I did put together 2 private tours for our cruise this past March by announcing on meet thread, but took care of details via email.

Pluses and minuses to all sides, right?

In the end, I'm ok with my decision to not join FB and don't chastise others, as it's truly different strokes for different folks

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[WDWChloe]

Oh my gosh. I can't believe how negative this person was. What a miserable life they must have.

I don't know why I just read 3 parts of his full cruise review. I just had to stop now. First of all, why didn't they follow the ship's guides all around to find the exact location of the dining places they were looking to go? He complained that they were at the wrong end of the ship half the time... That's HIS fault, not DCL's

And the muster drill? It may have only been his 2nd cruise, but why didn't he follow instructions to watch the muster prep video? It answered all his questions... Or complaints :/

Ugh. People like this make me sad.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Ugh. Yes that's true about stuff being hot linked from the blog. Frustrating. He can address when it's found but annoying for sure. We've found pics stolen from Flickr on jewelry items listed on eBay - people making profit selling his art (photography). Boo.

We were lucky enough to get a private tour mentioned to us to join, which was great. The cruise thread was heavy into FB, but someone posted it so we could join. I did put together 2 private tours for our cruise this past March by announcing on meet thread, but took care of details via email.

Pluses and minuses to all sides, right?

In the end, I'm ok with my decision to not join FB and don't chastise others, as it's truly different strokes for different folks

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Pluses and minuses to all sides, agreed! Need to work inclusive of all media not exclusive and joint Ownership. The people on our groups are very nice.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Okay fair enough.... but if they aren't calling it a Dis meet (and the ones I have been a part of weren't), then what are they really doing wrong? It is your right not to 'Do FB' just like it is others rights to participate in FB. There are limitations on here that are not on FB, and I can see why people choose to go to FB...esp when you are planning on meeting one another onboard anyway.
I am trying to discuss this reasonably and not argue it, but I don't see anything wrong with posting a link... you don't have to participate.... it is totally voluntary. And apparently the owners of DISBoards don't see a problem with it or they would not allow it.

And for the record the FB page I am running for our cruise was linked on a couple of different sites not just the Dis and it has a Name completely separate from the one on the thread here on the Dis. Our FE will be independent of the one here on the Dis. It was a way for people to maximize meeting fellow passengers IMO.

I don't mind if people want to do a group thing on Facebook. What I mind is when someone on the group then comes over to a fledgling DIS Cruise Meet thread and "invites" everyone over. Or starts out a DIS Cruise Meet with a "I'm starting a Facebook page for this group, let's meet up there". So there's no opportunity for those of us who aren't on Facebook to be part of the group.

We, also, were on a fairly active and new DIS Cruise Meet for one of our cruises that someone decided needed to be moved to Facebook for "privacy concerns and better communication among the group". And they promised to keep those of us who were only on the DIS "up to date". As in "we'll make the decisions as to what's being done, and let you know". It never happened. So several of us who had been posting on the DIS meet thread wound up not being able to participate.

DIS Cruise Meet threads were successful before people decided that Facebook was "better". I don't know why those who want to do a Facebook group can't just keep it separate from those who want to do a DIS group.

I'm also on another cruise board, and we participated in FEs on both sites for the same cruise. And those of us who did both were aware that we were on both sites. I'm not saying that people can't do both. But keep them separate.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

But if no one invites, then no one knows the options.

Plus FB isn't difficult you can set up an account in seconds quicker than registering here.

In a democracy the people decide, if they do or do not, it's up to them, inviting people is being pleasant and polite.

Privacy issues is a major concern and moving conversations to a more secure area for a vacation is better.


As you get to know people more you get to trust them and trust their advice which we can't always do here.

 

[kaseyC]

But if no one invites, then no one knows the options.

Plus FB isn't difficult you can set up an account in seconds quicker than registering here.

In a democracy the people decide, if they do or do not, it's up to them, inviting people is being pleasant and polite.

Privacy issues is a major concern and moving conversations to a more secure area for a vacation is better.


As you get to know people more you get to trust them and trust their advice which we can't always do here.

I agree. One of the other reasons I like having a FB version of our cruise meets is it allows cruising friends who no longer post on the Dis boards to be a part of our group. It also gives groups a place to post more freely, the ability to share information without getting our hands slapped with points or being banned.

 

[disprincess4ever]

Ditto on the no Facebook "Dis" meets. I raised the same issue on my cruise meet, asking that the Dis meet please stay on the Disboards, too, but have been totally ignored. So no Dis cruise meet, FE on this cruise as I won't do Facebook for privacy reasons.

Same. I find FB more dangerous. On FB, people know your name and personal info. Sure they're going to be on your cruise, but you don't know them. On DIS, they just associate your plans and stories with a little icon, username, and whatever background info you choose to give them. Personally DIS is a much safer option.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

I agree. One of the other reasons I like having a FB version of our cruise meets is it allows cruising friends who no longer post on the Dis boards to be a part of our group. It also gives groups a place to post more freely, the ability to share information without getting our hands slapped with points or being banned.

Excellent post, fully concur!

Thank you.

 

[DMMarla07860]

I like having both dis group and Facebook group, with Facebook groups I've had we all knew what everyone else looked like do found them easier or meet up before getting on the ship etc

 

[kaseyC]

Same. I find FB more dangerous. On FB, people know your name and personal info. Sure they're going to be on your cruise, but you don't know them. On DIS, they just associate your plans and stories with a little icon, username, and whatever background info you choose to give them. Personally DIS is a much safer option.

FB can be as private as you choose. Your personal privacy settings determine how much of your personal information is shared with others. Posting a trip report with pictures of yourself and your family on the Dis seems more dangerous to me than posting on FB.

 

[stitchlovestink]

But if no one invites, then no one knows the options.

Plus FB isn't difficult you can set up an account in seconds quicker than registering here.

In a democracy the people decide, if they do or do not, it's up to them, inviting people is being pleasant and polite.

Privacy issues is a major concern and moving conversations to a more secure area for a vacation is better.

As you get to know people more you get to trust them and trust their advice which we can't always do here.

AGREE! AGREE! AGREE!

Plus with FB you have SO many options!!!! You can choose to only have interactions with your fellow cruisers on just the FB page (which by the way can be locked to a privacy level that only those belonging to the group can see what is posted which is WAY more private than here!) They don't necessarily have to have access to the rest of your FB account unless you choose to be 'friends' with them. A person could set up a FB page with literally nothing on it just to join a group if they wanted. It is all about choices and nobody is right or wrong. But I have been on 'Meet threads' here where I got so tired of all the personal non cruise junk and the constant EVERY DAY what is your weather like amongst 4 different posters who perpetually monopolized the thread day in and day out so that it was in the hundreds of pages over NONcruise stuff. It got OLD! Technically according to Dis rules that stuff really didn't belong on the meet thread...email, text, PM, 'chat room' that stuff to one another but don't subject the rest of the thread followers to what are really your personal conversations.
On FB that stuff can be 'sorted out'...so people can join in if they want or skip over it. SO MUCH NICER. IMO. But again all about choices and there isn't a right or wrong.

 

[DWGal210]

I'll have to go back and see if this has been mentioned, but my cruise pet peeve is:

* People talking / getting up a LOT / being loud at the movies
* People using the movie theaters on board as babysitting

I typically like to take in a few movies when cruising, but the last two I did were awful. In one movie, people were coming and going, being loud; I have no problem with having to get up to use the restroom, but if you think you're going to be up and down and up and down, try to sit on the aisle. I know I will probably have to use the restroom, so I make sure and sit in a spot where I can zip in and out if I have to.

Also, PLEASE don't let your kids go to the movies by themselves, unless you have kids who are well-behaved when they're not with you. There was a group of kids (they looked to be about 9-10 yrs old) behind us in February who were loud, rude, obnoxious, etc the whole time. More than once, an adult asked them nicely to please be quiet and they ignored it. I should have gone and found a cast member. Of course, some kids could go to a movie by themselves and be perfectly fine; the second movie I went to on that cruise also had kids in it who were by themselves, and they were great, so it's not every kid.

Maybe people aren't as courteous because unlike at home, they aren't paying $10/pp to see the movie but come on, people. Be kind to your fellow cruisers.