Poll- Your Pet peeves

[DISNEY FANTASY]

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.

Nice post.

I recall a Cruise meets thread here that had pirate runs, if you got near a thousand post count people all tried to hit the 000 post, it slowed the whole boards down and if you tried to catch up later you had to go through unless posts with nothing on them.

On FB you can talk adult to adult, keep privacy, and make your own rules up.

Far more intimate, and as your not posting on the open open Internet people are far more relaxed.

I do understand it's people's choice but I didn't have FB and started to feel left out and joined got a lot of friends and it took seconds, and you can say what you want!

 

[tinkerone]

as far as dis meets vs fb meets i'm pretty much undecided. the group from last year were great, everyone was happy and got along. this years group just keeps squabbling and getting 'offended' at every little thing. it wasn't everyone but there were a few who just wanted drama drama drama.

i can't handle that so i deleted myself from the fb group as well as the dis group. i want a happy vacation so i can do without both threads. if you need drama, i'm out! ……and thats my pet peeve.

 

[MPS516]

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 guess this is to the heart of my peeve, its a DIS Meet Thread. If people want a FB post over there, but they come to DIS to find their Friends. An earlier poster referred to it as hijacking, I have seen this too. Privacy, security and ownership concerns - well since FB uses names and DIS does not, it is difficult for me to follow that line of thinking. What is lost is that some people are precluded from participating in networks like FP due to occupational restrictions. An anonymous site like DIS is generally acceptable.

On several previous cruises we too did private tour groups and shared travel information or pictures through PM or e-mail, always worked great. No one should have to give up one for the other that was not the issue, the peeve was coming to DIS to populate a FB group.

HAPPY CRUISING

 

[stitchlovestink]

as far as dis meets vs fb meets i'm pretty much undecided. the group from last year were great, everyone was happy and got along. this years group just keeps squabbling and getting 'offended' at every little thing. it wasn't everyone but there were a few who just wanted drama drama drama.

i can't handle that so i deleted myself from the fb group as well as the dis group. i want a happy vacation so i can do without both threads. if you need drama, i'm out! ……and thats my pet peeve.

Drama in both places?? Sounds like it might be the personalities of the group!

 

[ocspartan]

I guess this is to the heart of my peeve, its a DIS Meet Thread. If people want a FB post over there, but they come to DIS to find their Friends. An earlier poster referred to it as hijacking, I have seen this too. Privacy, security and ownership concerns - well since FB uses names and DIS does not, it is difficult for me to follow that line of thinking. What is lost is that some people are precluded from participating in networks like FP due to occupational restrictions. An anonymous site like DIS is generally acceptable. On several previous cruises we too did private tour groups and shared travel information or pictures through PM or e-mail, always worked great. No one should have to give up one for the other that was not the issue, the peeve was coming to DIS to populate a FB group. HAPPY CRUISING

Not to get all technical but yes it is a dis meet thread how it's used is the difference... It still serves the same purpose if it's directing people to Facebook... Facebook offers more security bc you can set it up that it is only viewable by people you let in, secondly, just like dis boards you can also set up an alias account if you really want....What Facebook does though is that it makes passing information quicker in a more logical conversation... So you can have multiple discussions and questions at once without reading through every single post to make sure you didn't miss something.

Also bc fb strips away the veil of anonymity it seemed like people were mor honest and more courteous and it resulted in more genuine discussion instead of getting flamed and banned and all of that....

On our most recent cruise, lots of discussion and tips went back and forth and what was fun was getting the updates on your phone as people were arriving in town or on the ship. And it helped to build the anticipation.. Or when people ran into travel issues it was a very quick method to get tips and and road hazard alerts in real time., you didn't care how someone's drive went two years ago, you wanted to know why you were stuck and for how long in crazy traffic... But in general having your real name and picture viewable seemed to make it more personal and honest...

What's amazing is that there are still over 100 group members and people are still posting items occasionally after the cruise.


I guess my pet peeves are
- those who think anything that you personally don't want to do is wrong for everyone else.
- people who get mad at character handlers when they just miss the character.
- those who continue to talk and make jokes during the muster drills...
- people who have never been on the cruise in question posting like they are experts,
- parents who know it's wrong to bring kids with diapers into the pool and knowingly try to sneak the, in and try to hide it... After seeing them clean out the pool for an hour And empty it's just not worth it...
- people who don't seem to like Disney who constantly bash it on a Disney themed site....

 

[JenKatt]

I guess this is to the heart of my peeve, its a DIS Meet Thread. If people want a FB post over there, but they come to DIS to find their Friends. An earlier poster referred to it as hijacking, I have seen this too. Privacy, security and ownership concerns - well since FB uses names and DIS does not, it is difficult for me to follow that line of thinking. What is lost is that some people are precluded from participating in networks like FP due to occupational restrictions. An anonymous site like DIS is generally acceptable.

But you can make an anonymous Facebook account. I have many friends who use dummy names for their FB, so you'd never be able to find them otherwise, unless you knew their dummy name. I also have friends who have multiple accounts. One for family and one of all the crud you wind up using a FB account for.

 

[calypso726]

But you can make an anonymous Facebook account. I have many friends who use dummy names for their FB, so you'd never be able to find them otherwise, unless you knew their dummy name. I also have friends who have multiple accounts. One for family and one of all the crud you wind up using a FB account for.

Exactly! DH has a real one for family and friends and a fake one for all the other stuff.

I admin a few FB private cruise groups and have no problem accepting someone with a fake FB page using their Disboard name. I would approve the request after verifying they are DISers.

They could participate in the discussions and have no information "out there" where anyone could see. It would be even more private than posting here on the Disboards Once the cruise is over they could delete their fake FB page or use it for the next cruise.

 

[Silverfox97]

In a democracy the people decide, if they do or do not, it's up to them

Here, here!

Us not being on FB has nothing to do with privacy issues, so a 'fake' account has no appeal. Heck, our pics are on the blog. Scott live Tweets so that gives away when we are cruising & did a trip log last cruise! We are just uninterested in the entire idea of FB period. I used to get on a soapbox about it, but what good does that do?? I reflected. I am involved with the care of cancer patients. Guess what? I'm lucky. Myself & family have their health & financial stability. I'm not going to bother myself & get riled up with nonsensical issues like cruise meets moving to FB. I've decided to be thankful for everyday & embrace it because no one is guaranteed tomorrow. No more petty nonsense. I just come at DIS meet threads differently now and it's perfectly ok I really mean all of that, too. Example, we dress up nightly at dinner. No shorts. Nicely dressed. Scott wears a (different) tie every night & takes a suit and a tux. We have unlimited luggage room because we drive to PC. We used to note others and wonder why DCL didn't enforce their (old) dress code. Realization: does it matter? Does it affect us? Nope. Advice from my Mom growing up: worry about yourself. I took that advice!

Everyone has their reasons and yay democracy

And as to the title of this thread, honestly, rudeness is the worst. Our last cruise (March), was exceptionally heavy on rudeness, both parents and kids (because how will kids learn if their parents are rude??). That's not necessary.

iPad camera person cracks me up.

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[MPS516]

Here, here!

Us not being on FB has nothing to do with privacy issues, so a 'fake' account has no appeal. Heck, our pics are on the blog. Scott live Tweets so that gives away when we are cruising & did a trip log last cruise! We are just uninterested in the entire idea of FB period. I used to get on a soapbox about it, but what good does that do?? I reflected. I am involved with the care of cancer patients. Guess what? I'm lucky. Myself & family have their health & financial stability. I'm not going to bother myself & get riled up with nonsensical issues like cruise meets moving to FB. I've decided to be thankful for everyday & embrace it because no one is guaranteed tomorrow. No more petty nonsense. I just come at DIS meet threads differently now and it's perfectly ok I really mean all of that, too. Example, we dress up nightly at dinner. No shorts. Nicely dressed. Scott wears a (different) tie every night & takes a suit and a tux. We have unlimited luggage room because we drive to PC. We used to note others and wonder why DCL didn't enforce their (old) dress code. Realization: does it matter? Does it affect us? Nope. Advice from my Mom growing up: worry about yourself. I took that advice!

Everyone has their reasons and yay democracy

And as to the title of this thread, honestly, rudeness is the worst. Our last cruise (March), was exceptionally heavy on rudeness, both parents and kids (because how will kids learn if their parents are rude??). That's not necessary.

iPad camera person cracks me up.

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Every Day is a god Day when it is yesterday's tomorrow.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

I guess this is to the heart of my peeve, its a DIS Meet Thread. If people want a FB post over there, but they come to DIS to find their Friends. An earlier poster referred to it as hijacking, I have seen this too. Privacy, security and ownership concerns - well since FB uses names and DIS does not, it is difficult for me to follow that line of thinking. What is lost is that some people are precluded from participating in networks like FP due to occupational restrictions. An anonymous site like DIS is generally acceptable.

On several previous cruises we too did private tour groups and shared travel information or pictures through PM or e-mail, always worked great. No one should have to give up one for the other that was not the issue, the peeve was coming to DIS to populate a FB group.

HAPPY CRUISING

Well Hijacking is an emotive word and far too strong, that indicates ownership, sorry these boards do not own the people, people post here but they post on FB and social media people are free to choose.

The word Hijacking indicates takeover forcefully against someone's will, that is not a good use of English, ie you Hijack a plane for example, in it's most common form.

Putting things the other way around, if say there is a group of six friends, four organise on a Facebook to go to a party, then they contact their other two friends and say want to come along to?

That's, polite, that's friendly, if you do not do it you may loose friends, it certainly isn't hijacking like hijacking a plane.

In summary there is no ownership people are not owned and have free will, if there is an invite people can choose to join or not,

Back to the party, if the party, is good and fun and all the best people are there, will you not go? or stay with the one person who is always in the kitchen at parties and has " No life"

It's true some jobs stop you posting on FB at work, or they say if at home you can't mention where you work, but as far as the law and employment rules are, as long as you don't mention work, and do not post at work, you can't be told off for posting in your own time about you and not work.

 

[SeattleSuz]

I absolutely LOATHE hand sanitizer. I am all for washing hands and do it frequently, but I refuse to use hand sanitizer. I'm in the camp of "you keep killing everything and pretty soon there won't be anything to protect you!" This sanitize everything (grocery carts, the seats, etc) is getting out of hand, how will your immune system know how to protect you!

Sorry, the microbiologist in me came out!

My pet peeve is the iPAD camera, that thing is HUGE!

Agreed on the hand sanitizer!!!

 

[SeattleSuz]

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.

Yep, I wholeheartedly agree with this. I don't think that the people on our cruise meet even post on the DIS cruise meet anymore. And with FB, we can post a lot more personal stuff.
But I still do not understand why people don't have a FB account because of "privacy issues" Ya know, you can make your profile PRIVATE. Mine is private and does not show up in any internet searches and my postings on private FB groups also do not show up...

 

[SeattleSuz]

Having never been on a Disney cruise, y'all are making me realize how rude people's children can be and I hope to keep my little one in check, so as not to annoy other guests. Though, she is pretty friendly, so she'll probably try and talk to everyone she meets.

 

[svbundy]

Yep, I wholeheartedly agree with this. I don't think that the people on our cruise meet even post on the DIS cruise meet anymore. And with FB, we can post a lot more personal stuff.
But I still do not understand why people don't have a FB account because of "privacy issues" Ya know, you can make your profile PRIVATE. Mine is private and does not show up in any internet searches and my postings on private FB groups also do not show up...

Correct, FB is a heck of a lot more private than DIS boards are. I'm actually quite surprised of the amount of personal info that people post on the DIS Boards.

But, there is no harm if someone does not want to use FB.

 

[SeattleSuz]

Yep, and you are making me realize that I should probably check my Meet Thread, to make sure that no one is getting left out.

 

[JOANNEL]

My biggest one is the people in the terminal who don't sit. Everyone stands by the entrance and blocks it. We had a number one and took us to number three to get past all the people crowded around the entrance. Crazy!! Just relax and have a seat until your number is called.

 

[JOANNEL]

Having never been on a Disney cruise, y'all are making me realize how rude people's children can be and I hope to keep my little one in check, so as not to annoy other guests. Though, she is pretty friendly, so she'll probably try and talk to everyone she meets.

WE have been on twelve and I think some adults are way worse than the kids. Kids are excited, adults should know better!!

 

[Tomlyger]

I really do not understand the fact that I put in some extra effort, you chose not to, and them maybe I get something better.... it is not fair. You probably put in the effort to exercise, I don't, and my belly is much more pooh sized that most. Is that not fair too?

This This Is perfect... This is why i Call Disney the Playground of the Prepared

 

[mab2012]

I absolutely LOATHE hand sanitizer. I am all for washing hands and do it frequently, but I refuse to use hand sanitizer. I'm in the camp of "you keep killing everything and pretty soon there won't be anything to protect you!" This sanitize everything (grocery carts, the seats, etc) is getting out of hand, how will your immune system know how to protect you!

Sorry, the microbiologist in me came out!

My pet peeve is the iPAD camera, that thing is HUGE!

Let's be sensible here. It is for only a few days of your life, you can go back home and use water and soap there. It's a lot easier to have hand wipes than have a sink outside the ship or restaurants and they are only trying to do if for everyone's benefit. After all the people that complain about using them would be the first people to complain about getting any bug on the cruise.

Really? On what evidence, exactly, do you base that assertion? I'd guess that those who make a considered choice not to use sanitizer - particularly on the reasoning that our over-sanitized world is not in the long-term best interests of our immune systems - are exactly the same people who are most likely to realize that allowing our immune systems to develop does occasionally involve being sick.

I'm in the "no thank you to hand sanitizer" camp, preferring soap and water. Incidentally, the CDC agrees with me: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/pub/handwashing/handwashingtips.htm.

That said, if I'm the cruise line, and I'm facing a large number of people who probably won't wash their hands regularly, but might be induced to use sanitizer - I can see why they offer it, on the argument that it's better than nothing. Still, I just wish that staff was trained to recognize a polite "no thank you, I've just washed my hands" as a reasonable alternative. On my recent cruise I gave up declining after the first couple of days. I ended up just accepting the wipes and immediately discarding them. I hated to create the extra garbage, but I got tired of trying to explain that "no, really, I just washed my hands".

 

[mab2012]

Yep, I wholeheartedly agree with this. I don't think that the people on our cruise meet even post on the DIS cruise meet anymore. And with FB, we can post a lot more personal stuff.
But I still do not understand why people don't have a FB account because of "privacy issues" Ya know, you can make your profile PRIVATE. Mine is private and does not show up in any internet searches and my postings on private FB groups also do not show up...

Of course! If you make your profile private, your data is only available to Facebook itself (and 400 of your closest friends). The question is, do you trust Facebook? Ever wonder how Facebook decides that you "might know so-and-so"? Often it's obvious enough, but on occasion I've found it downright disturbing.

They're no worse than Google, I suppose.

At least on a public message board, there's no misguided illusion of "privacy".