Rude adults

[Master Mason]

My family had an "incident" (I guess you could call it that) when we went last August. We were on Indiana Jones, the four of us in the back row, and there was a group of 7 in the first two rows - the father, mother, and one child in the front, and 2 teenagers and 1 girl (5ish years old) in the middle. I guess it ws the little girl's first time on the ride and the father insisted on taking flash photographs of her during the entire ride! He was literally turned around the entire ride taking pictures and everytime the flash would blind us! My mom said something after about the 2nd or 3rd time but apparently this didnt' phase him. When we got off the ride we told the CM at the exit and she said that there are cameras throughout the ride but she guessed the CM watching those cameras wasn't paying enough attention. She apologized for this man's very rude behavior and very kindly told us how we could ride again without waiting. We did and our second ride was thoroughly enjoyable!

I wish DL would start ejecting a few of the people that behave like this, If you get caught taking flash pictures when your not supposed to, or putting your hand out side the ride when your not supposed to. If security was there to meet a few of them and escort them from the park, it would make the rest of them stop.

It would no longer be don't, it would be don't or you will be removed from the park. Word would spread quickly, and people would stop just as quickly.

The reason so many folks do stuff their not supposed to do, is they are never called on it, and there are never consiquenses to their actions.

As to the guy that touched the one ladies kids, I have found that a simple, you touch my kid again and I'll break your hand tends to stop them. Never in my life have I had to speak to someone a second time about it.

 

[XTinabell]

I wish DL would start ejecting a few of the people that behave like this, If you get caught taking flash pictures when your not supposed to, or putting your hand out side the ride when your not supposed to. If security was there to meet a few of them and escort them from the park, it would make the rest of them stop.

It would no longer be don't, it would be don't or you will be removed from the park. Word would spread quickly, and people would stop just as quickly.

The reason so many folks do stuff their not supposed to do, is they are never called on it, and there are never consiquenses to their actions.

As to the guy that touched the one ladies kids, I have found that a simple, you touch my kid again and I'll break your hand tends to stop them. Never in my life have I had to speak to someone a second time about it.

I wonder if they don't do this because people would claim ignorance that they didn't know. Because it happened to me where I really truley didn't know.

The first time I saw fantasmic I was so excited, we had front row seats and I was visiting with everyone, bla bla bla. Anyways, part way into the performance these two guys next to me asked if I knew if they were allowed to take pictures, I said "I don't see why not" so they did. I then told them to turn on their flash for a better picture Then I told the guy he could stand to get better pictures Anyways, he only took about three and that was that.

I saw the show again the next night, considering I wasn't as excited I actually listened to the voice over guy clearly say "NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY, AND IF YOU'RE IN TEH FRONT SECTION NO STANDING!" I was soo horrified that I told those guys to do EVERYTHING they weren't allowed to do Now if the three of us had been kicked out of the park I probably would have burst into tears.

So it would be difficult to associate the difference between people who honestly didn't know and those who claim to not know. HOWEVER - I think those that get caught after being told by a cm and they continue to do it should be removed from the park.

A guy on BTMRR was turned around taking pictures of his daughter and they kept coming over the speakers saying "MAN IN RED SHIRT IN CAR TWO TURN AROUND" he didn't listen through the whole ride. He got off the ride and nothing. And they KNEW he wasn't listening, and they told him more than once and STILL did nothing when he got off the ride.

 

[Master Mason]

I wonder if they don't do this because people would claim ignorance that they didn't know. Because it happened to me where I really truley didn't know.

Ignorance is not a defense, do you think if you were driving 50 down the street in a 25 zone that you wouldn't have to pay the fine, because you didn't know it was a 25 zone??

But my point was more to the example you gave of the guy on BTMRR. I was there last week, and this lady was taking pics during the section of the Railroad between Tomorrow land and Mainstreet, they told her no less than 10 times no flash photography, and she just kept snaping away. If they had pulled her aside and escorted her out of the park, I think they would have gotten a standing ovation form the other 200 or so folks that were sitting on the train.

 

[XTinabell]

Ignorance is not a defense, do you think if you were driving 50 down the street in a 25 zone that you wouldn't have to pay the fine, because you didn't know it was a 25 zone??

But my point was more to the example you gave of the guy on BTMRR. I was there last week, and this lady was taking pics during the section of the Railroad between Tomorrow land and Mainstreet, they told her no less than 10 times no flash photography, and she just kept snaping away. If they had pulled her aside and escorted her out of the park, I think they would have gotten a standing ovation form the other 200 or so folks that were sitting on the train.

Oh I completely agree with you, I was just trying to guess why they don't do that because it does happen (and claiming ignorance on the road is different, you have a license that says you know the rules, DL doesn't make you sign a contract stating you know the rules). But you know that's the thing, if they see it happen and the CM's are the one's telling them to stop and they DON'T stop, come on. They should be removed from the park.

 

[tynkrbell1977]

Sadly I hear this stuff all the time. It is so not cool and I dont know who these adults think they are. I dont have kids and I love to have fun in Disneyland. But there is no way I woudl EVER remove a kid from a ride car that they got in 1st! And as for the monorail issue, that woman has issues. It does not matter what car you sit in. Her poor family will now think of that everytime they get on the monorail! NOt cool at all.

 

[Master Mason]

And as for the monorail issue, that woman has issues. It does not matter what car you sit in. Her poor family will now think of that everytime they get on the monorail! NOt cool at all.

Actually the sad part, is her kids will grow up and think that that is how one is supposed to behave, so 20 years from now, you'll see them standing on the monorail platform pitching a fit.

I often think that it is strange that we require someone to be prove profienceny before they can drive a car, but just about anyone can have a kid, regardless of if they know what they are doing or not.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

We've been to WDW many, many times, and I have to say, the guests at DL take the prize for rudeness. We were there about a year ago, my daughter's dance team was performing. Something outlandish happened to us every day, but this one actually still bothers me.

Um. Can we have MORE hasty generalizations please.


Let's see. Scanning recent headlines.
Tempest on the teacups. Lady chokes another from behind.
Kids spit on guests, try to beat up security and cop.
Both of these happened at WDW.

And of the things I've seen, nothing I've seen in my many years at DLR approaches the guy I saw berating his wife and kid over someone else spilling a little mustard on him by accident. And she was screaming right back at him. Kid balling all over the place because the grownups in her life were acting terribly.

But you don't see me posting things like "The guests at WDW take the prize for domestic abuse," here let alone on a WDW forum.

There are bad people everywhere. WDW, Disneyland, Universal. You name a place where there are a lot of people, and there are going to be some bad ones.

 

[arliepooh68]

perhaps if they had more complaints with solutions they might start doing it again. . . I've seen them take people away though, mind you it was over an almost fist fight, but I have seen them take people away. . .

I'm THAT person that when I see something fishy I am not afraid to find a security person and say something. about 8 years ago we were attempting to have a liesurely walk at the zoo and this man kept harassing this other man, i'm talking hair standing up on your neck scary harassing, which was one thing, but then he started using all sorts of colorful words. . . and this was on a weekday when groups of kids were there for schools. . . I stopped a security person, explained what we had witnessed and told them I felt the other guy was at risk of his own safety from this idiot. . .

but normally what I see at DL are the idiots that think it is freakin hilarious to "accidentally" bump into you and not apologize. . . we had a group that did this a couple of times. I lowered myself and "accidentally" stretched my foot from a muscle cramp all of a sudden. put a stop to it. . I know BAD. .