Rude Behavior At Disney

[disneynewbee]

The rude behavior I witnessed was from one of the cutest little girls ever who couldn't have been more than 5yo. I was waiting for my oldest dd and dh at MGM, they were getting on the ToT. I was sitting on the curb and I saw the little girl sitting in the stroller looking super sad. I felt so bad for her. Her mother was standing with her but was preoccupied with yelling and cursing at her teen children. I looked over at the little girl and smiled hoping to brighten her day some. She gave me the nastiest evil eye I had ever seen then proceeded to give me the middle finger. I was in shock but managed to give her a firm look and mouth that wasn't very nice. She did look ashamed after so maybe she won't do it again any time soon. She was an adorable little girl but it was obvious that the parenting skills were lacking in that family.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Not rude so much as inconsiderate, or just not thinking...
I went to see "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" at Disneyland. Midweek in November a few years ago, so the park wasn't especially busy.

I got to enter the theater first because I use an ECV when I travel. I moved about 2/3 of the way across the theater because, well, just because. I guess I'm a well-programmed Disney visitor

I left the ECV and moved to a seat because I'm aware of the special effects. Then the rest of the Guests were let in.

There could not have been more than a dozen people, total, in the entire room. The Cast Member directed everyone to sit 'anywhere'.

One party of three chose the row directly in front of the wheelchair row, then, after looking directly at me, chose the seats directly in front of me.

Like I said - inconsiderate, not quite rude. I did have to get back on the ECV and move to the end of the row, where my view was slightly skewed but unobstructed.

 

[koolaidmoms]

I love the people who push to get in front of you in the fast pass line and then run to the other end. We had a husband and wife go into the Safari ride the same time as we did near the end of the day and this poor woman was tired and her husband was dragging her as he ran. We looked at her and said, "You know, they let you in there is going to be a seat for you. You don't need to run." She shook her husband off and said, "You're right!" She walked with us to the other end and met her husband standing in line right ahead of us.

We had an incident that could have ended very badly if we had not been thinking. We were waiting for the monorail and it was a very hot and long day for us so we waited for the next monorail to get seats. We were then the first people in line against the gate and the area was filling in quickly. Out of the corner of my eye I could see a woman pushing her daughter about 7-8 through the crowd ahead of her like a battering ram. The little girl was tiny. Just as the gates opened the woman pushed the little girl between us as hard as she could to get the girl on the monorail first. DP and I are NOT little people and the mother pushed her so hard she was falling out of control forward she could have seriously gotten hurt tripping on us or falling getting into the monorail. Instead she just ran into our backs as we moved together to protect ourselves from her and her mother and her from falling in front of us. The mother was upset! Some people.

The others that get me are the people that do not realize the fences are up to keep people out of certain areas. They think they can climb up on that railing to get a better picture of the castle or show. They put their children over the railings to stand next to the topiaries or bushes to watch a show, have their picture taken, etc... The railings are just a momentary impediment to them not for them to take heed of.

 

[pixiefairy]

Unfortunately, Disney isn't exempt from rude behavior just because it's Disney. Would be nice though, wouldn't it? I'm sure there was alot of bad behavior the last few times we've been to WDW...but most of it went unnoticed by us, at least.

On our honeymoon, 10 years ago....the only stand out moment was while we were in line for Splash Mountain. We heard some commotion behind us when a teenage boy jumped over the barricade and into the line. The first two groups of people behind us let him go...but when he got to my dh and I, dh said "no way"...and told him to go to the back of the line. I looked over dh's shoulder and saw a group of teenagers and an adult waving him forward. Um...no..sorry. We've all been waiting out in the hot sun...just because you decided not to get in line with your group doesn't give you an instant pass to jump. What really irritated me was some guy behind us started getting all mouthy with MY dh for not letting him go..reasoning "C'mon man...haven't you ever been excited while at WDW?" My dh said yes, but he at least had manners at that age. I finally had enough...and just said...let the kid go. I didn't want my honeymoon ruined by some kid and his group with no manners. I made a joke about it being the happiest place on earth and my dh reluctantly let him through and cracked a smile. We said something to the group guide and she ignored us! Not a thank you or an apology...nothing. They ended up in the same log as us..and this same idiotic kid dunked his head into the water next to the boat! And once again...the guide said and did nothing (she was sitting next to him)..in fact, she laughed. So glad we didn't get to see a decapitation that year.

We were just there this past June...and we had a few run-in's with some rude guests. One group barged in front of us on our way into a monorail car. And I mean...literally pushed our group of 7 out of the way and ran into a car....the next opening over had a group of people motioning us who made room and were VERY verbal about the rudeness of other guests...lol.

I got rammed into by a lady with a rental stroller after Spectro one night. It was a bottleneck of people..we were fighting upstream to get to PoTC and couldn't move too quickly..plus we had a stroller of our own...albeit a bit smaller than the rental. She did it twice and I turned around and gave her a stink eye...the third time I told her if she did it again, I was taking it and her license away. She stopped hitting me and ran into my 13 year old instead.

Those were the ones that stood out over a week...I'd say that's not too bad. Hoping all the rude ones stay home later this month!

 

[Suellen]

Your story reminded me of the other I was thinking of. We were standing in line for the bus and I was first in line. A couple came up and one was in a wheelchair. I happened to be looking their way.... I don't see very well (long story but I completely lost vision in one eye for an entire summe and while the sight came back it stinks) anywho... so sometimes it takes me a little longer to focus or see what I am actually looking at.

The lady (not in the wheelchair) started screaming at me that they weren't cutting the line because they get on first and it was just too bad if I didn't like it. I was like... "What? I was looking at that (blah) over there I wasn't even looking at you!" and she was all huffy and puffy.

I felt like saying "Look lady ~ if I thought you were cuttin ~ I would have said something" ||okay so I wouldn't really have said anything but the whole attitude really ticked me off||

End of rant.

**No offense to those that need a wheelchair ~ like I said ~ didn't even really notice the wheelchair thing to begin with until the lady started to yell at me**

 

[bobbieh76]

Boy, I thought line jumping was the "norm"! Our first trip was last year and I had seen so many people "making their way" up a line I thought wow disney must allow this!!

one time my Dh and I got seperated I was ahead of him so I put myself in a corner and let 30 or so people go ahead of me till I found DH those people were looking at me like I was crazy!!

On our last day we were in line to see one of the 3d movies and I had enough of the line jumpers by this point.... well, we were standing in line and this woman comes up behind us pushing her way through the line... and my husband nudges me and told me she was trying to get around us I held my ground and said to him.. well, let her try then DH moves so she can go... (sometimes he is too nice!!) Well, when we were in the room waiting to go in to the theater she was really close to us and I glared at her when I noticed it was just her and her DH there and she started pointing at me and said "thats her" I just kept on glaring!! We had two kids with us.. try explaining to your kids why certain people get to go ahead of you!!

I am for sure going to stand my ground more this next trip!!!!

Next.. we were first in line to ride stitches great escape..well a CM came up and told DS he was going to the honorary space ranger and told him his job was to hold this red flag up as high as he could and be the line leader.. DS was so excited and held that flag for what seemed like forever... when they got ready to open the doors they announced DS as the leader and told everyone to stay behind him and the flag they opened the door to the next set of doors and all of these teenagers ran past... DS he looked at me and said they are supposed to follow me mom... with a sad sad look in his eyes... well, the CM then repeated about DS being the leader and when that door opened they were pushing DS out of the way to get past him! So sad but he got a certificate and he was happy when it was all said and done but I thought HOW sad some people listen to nothing...

One more thing that irrates me... if you are sitting in a seat on the bus and there is a mother holding her sleeping child standing right next to you GET UP and give that poor woman your seat JEEZE! Manners... anybody?!?!

 

[Suellen]

Haha... good luck with the giving a mom holding a sleeping child a seat thing.

We went in April 2007 when DD was 18 months old and I was 7 months PG. DH and I got split up on the bus and I happened to be the one holding DD asleep at the time. Did anyone offer me a seat??? Nope! I was trying to hold on to a bar thing and hang on to DD sound asleep.

That was a hard trip because we had to get DD out of the stroller to fold it up and sadly DH is the only one who knows how to fold it so I would always be the one holding her.

Anyway... sorry OT rant.

 

[disneyfantotheend]

My second one was involving my youngest child during the story time with Belle. Even though it says no strollers allowed- we spoke to a CM because our child had his feeding pump attached to the stroller as well as his oxygen tank. They said it was just fine as long as we tried to keep the stroller out of the way. Well this crotchety old man proceeded to say extremely loudly right behind me that "some people obviously can't read because it says no strollers" I turned around and I politely told him that we had already discussed it with the CM and they said it was okay since he needed his feeding pump and oxygen. he then told me "that no one here cares about your stupid little brat and his d**n problems- if he's that sick you should have never brought him" the CM escorted him to a different area. Well dh and my father met up with the rest of us and my dad wanted to hunt him down and have a few words with him. DH was livid as well.

Ok normally I am a "just ignore them and let them be rude" type of person, but this would have made me say something. I am very sorry for you and your family. People can be so cruel!

 

[Suellen]

People can be so cruel!

And Stupid.

 

[tinkerbell34]

I have witnessed all the aforementioned annoying things and people being rude. Not to just one another but what about those people you see that are rude and obnoxious to the CM's and character's? I always wonder why they are there if they don't want to partake in the magic.....which includes characters?! Like the people who heckle or loudly announce something is stupid as people are trying to play along. I actually know of an incident of a teenager that tackled Mickey and Mickey hit his head against the wall....hard enough to cause a concusion (my friend's daughter at the time was Mickey). Can you imagine all the horrified children that witnessed this? It is amazing to me that people think this sort of thing is funny.

 

[goofyernmost]

A couple of things came to my mind while I have been reading these things. The first is that what some of you are describing as rude isn't really rude, it's stupid. Someone standing on the wrong side of the fence is one example of stupid.

Another thought I have is about line cutting. There is a difference between large groups cutting in front and one or two trying to catch up with their group or one other person. It has happened a few times to me but I will not let them bother me and ruin my vacation. If they have no class and feel that pushing in front is their right, I refuse to let myself be concerned enough to react. It's just a theme park. It's not like your lining up for the last 100 one million dollar checks. For clarification, I will not let a large group do it. That's to much.

The story about the kid with the flag. I do feel bad for the kid, but there really is no law either political or ethical that says that we all have to be in the herd. If someone chooses not to "play" the game, well it's their loss not mine. Instinctively, I am not a herder. Sometimes I like to play along, other times, it just makes me uncomfortable to always follow frivolous rules.

Please understand, I am not putting people down that do. I just understand that not everyone wants to play the game, and there really is no reason why we should think they have too.

I get annoyed by flash camera's on dark rides just like everyone else and will do what I can to make it stop, but I hold Disney responsible if it continues. They need to stop it whatever way is possible for the benefit of everyone else. Disrupting others enjoyment is indeed rude. Again, as I said originally sometimes it is not rude it is just stupid.

 

[bytheblood]

Originally Posted by abarnold
My second one was involving my youngest child during the story time with Belle. Even though it says no strollers allowed- we spoke to a CM because our child had his feeding pump attached to the stroller as well as his oxygen tank. They said it was just fine as long as we tried to keep the stroller out of the way. Well this crotchety old man proceeded to say extremely loudly right behind me that "some people obviously can't read because it says no strollers" I turned around and I politely told him that we had already discussed it with the CM and they said it was okay since he needed his feeding pump and oxygen. he then told me "that no one here cares about your stupid little brat and his d**n problems- if he's that sick you should have never brought him" the CM escorted him to a different area. Well dh and my father met up with the rest of us and my dad wanted to hunt him down and have a few words with him. DH was livid as well.

That just breaks my heart. Honey, I am so so sorry.

 

[ScrapperBelle]

One more thing that irrates me... if you are sitting in a seat on the bus and there is a mother holding her sleeping child standing right next to you GET UP and give that poor woman your seat JEEZE! Manners... anybody?!?!

This happened to us on our last trip. We get on the bus at DHS to return to the hotel and DGD is asleep in DD's arms (she's 14 mos. old...so she's heavy enough to be uncomfortable). I know that a lot of people have gotten on the bus before us, so I say lets wait for the next one. Bus driver calls us onto the bus and says, "Surely someone will let mother and baby sit down." NO ONE did. There is actually a man sitting right beside her with a smirk on his face. I tell her we can get off and catch the next bus, but she's getting tired of holding her and just wants to go back to the hotel. There is another man sitting across from us and his very small little boy is taking up 2 seats...he has his feet in one. I look at him and say, "Maybe your son could make a little room for my daughter." and he goes ballistic on me about how we shouldn't have brought a child so young that they can't even stay awake during the day (sometimes I don't stay awake all day at WDW!). DD didn't want DGD to wake up because she knew she would cry, but we woke her up. I said right out loud, "They didn't care enough to make her comfortable enough to stay asleep, they can listen to the crying." Usually DGD is pretty good, but she WAILED the entire way back to hotel. So I guess we were the rude people on the bus with the screaming baby.

 

[toocherie]

My second one was involving my youngest child during the story time with Belle. Even though it says no strollers allowed- we spoke to a CM because our child had his feeding pump attached to the stroller as well as his oxygen tank. They said it was just fine as long as we tried to keep the stroller out of the way. Well this crotchety old man proceeded to say extremely loudly right behind me that "some people obviously can't read because it says no strollers" I turned around and I politely told him that we had already discussed it with the CM and they said it was okay since he needed his feeding pump and oxygen. he then told me "that no one here cares about your stupid little brat and his d**n problems- if he's that sick you should have never brought him" the CM escorted him to a different area. Well dh and my father met up with the rest of us and my dad wanted to hunt him down and have a few words with him. DH was livid as well.

And if that crotchety old man is so mean-hearted he probably shouldn't go to WDW.

Your story reminded me of the other I was thinking of. We were standing in line for the bus and I was first in line. A couple came up and one was in a wheelchair. I happened to be looking their way.... I don't see very well (long story but I completely lost vision in one eye for an entire summe and while the sight came back it stinks) anywho... so sometimes it takes me a little longer to focus or see what I am actually looking at.

The lady (not in the wheelchair) started screaming at me that they weren't cutting the line because they get on first and it was just too bad if I didn't like it. I was like... "What? I was looking at that (blah) over there I wasn't even looking at you!" and she was all huffy and puffy.

I felt like saying "Look lady ~ if I thought you were cuttin ~ I would have said something" ||okay so I wouldn't really have said anything but the whole attitude really ticked me off||

End of rant.

**No offense to those that need a wheelchair ~ like I said ~ didn't even really notice the wheelchair thing to begin with until the lady started to yell at me**

Suellen--I suspect that these people had been harassed previously by other guests about the wheelchair and so were feeling sensitive about the issue. Unfortunately, they probably reached their breaking point with you and imagined something that wasn't there.

Next.. we were first in line to ride stitches great escape..well a CM came up and told DS he was going to the honorary space ranger and told him his job was to hold this red flag up as high as he could and be the line leader.. DS was so excited and held that flag for what seemed like forever... when they got ready to open the doors they announced DS as the leader and told everyone to stay behind him and the flag they opened the door to the next set of doors and all of these teenagers ran past... DS he looked at me and said they are supposed to follow me mom... with a sad sad look in his eyes... well, the CM then repeated about DS being the leader and when that door opened they were pushing DS out of the way to get past him! So sad but he got a certificate and he was happy when it was all said and done but I thought HOW sad some people listen to nothing...

I feel really bad for your little guy.

The story about the kid with the flag. I do feel bad for the kid, but there really is no law either political or ethical that says that we all have to be in the herd. If someone chooses not to "play" the game, well it's their loss not mine. Instinctively, I am not a herder. Sometimes I like to play along, other times, it just makes me uncomfortable to always follow frivolous rules.

Please understand, I am not putting people down that do. I just understand that not everyone wants to play the game, and there really is no reason why we should think they have too.

I guess I disagree with you on this point--when in Rome . . . . you know? Aren't we all there for the "magic"? And why ruin the magic for a little guy (or girl)?

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

Well like everyone else there have been countless times where people have cut in line and done some such thing - rude yes - going to ruin my vacation - no!

What gets me are all the adults that feel they can yell and correct other peoples kids.

Once extreme example:

There was one incident that has forever soiled the carosel (sp??!!) for my dd and I. As you know the area before you get on is a pen holding type area. Well dd (5 at the time) and I got in line and were the second family there. A man with his dd were there first.

As the ride went around more people came in. Well when it was our turn to go I made sure my dd let the other girl enter first. They went right and we went left.

Well dd got a couple of steps ahead of me. She started to climb on her horse when the man and his dd came from the other direction. DD was still trying to climb on when that man picked up his dd and put her on the horse dd was trying to get on effectively knocking my dd off. Then the man turned and yelled at my dd to get off his kids horse making dd cry. This happened in like 10 seconds.

Well I get dd who is now terrified and sobbing. The man starts yelling at me that his kid the first one in line and she saw the horse first. Now this man must have been several inches over six feet and heavy set. His booming voice had dd shaking all over while she was saying that no one was on the horse when she tried to climb on.

While trying to reassurre dd a CM comes along. I explain what happened with an emphasis on the fact I could care less about the horse (they all go up and down and round and round) but I was greatly upset at the way this man spoke to and treated my dd.

The CM did not see the event and really did not do anything about it. Well this had me furious. I followed the CM. The CM called his boss or whomever to talk to me. Meanwhile the ride is going on.

I explain everything again to the CMs boss. Once again I emphasized how he treated my dd and how his action shoved my dd off the horse.

The boss CM talked with dd and asked what ride she wanted to go on next. She said Peter Pan. He then walked us over and let us get on right away. He said he would talk with the man.

After we got off Peter Pan we saw that the talk was still going on and now involved two security guards who ended up escorting him and his dd out of Fantasy Land.

 

[abarnold]

Well like everyone else there have been countless times where people have cut in line and done some such thing - rude yes - going to ruin my vacation - no!

What gets me are all the adults that feel they can yell and correct other peoples kids.

Once extreme example:

There was one incident that has forever soiled the carosel (sp??!!) for my dd and I. As you know the area before you get on is a pen holding type area. Well dd (5 at the time) and I got in line and were the second family there. A man with his dd were there first.

As the ride went around more people came in. Well when it was our turn to go I made sure my dd let the other girl enter first. They went right and we went left.

Well dd got a couple of steps ahead of me. She started to climb on her horse when the man and his dd came from the other direction. DD was still trying to climb on when that man picked up his dd and put her on the horse dd was trying to get on effectively knocking my dd off. Then the man turned and yelled at my dd to get off his kids horse making dd cry. This happened in like 10 seconds.

Well I get dd who is now terrified and sobbing. The man starts yelling at me that his kid the first one in line and she saw the horse first. Now this man must have been several inches over six feet and heavy set. His booming voice had dd shaking all over while she was saying that no one was on the horse when she tried to climb on.

While trying to reassurre dd a CM comes along. I explain what happened with an emphasis on the fact I could care less about the horse (they all go up and down and round and round) but I was greatly upset at the way this man spoke to and treated my dd.

The CM did not see the event and really did not do anything about it. Well this had me furious. I followed the CM. The CM called his boss or whomever to talk to me. Meanwhile the ride is going on.

I explain everything again to the CMs boss. Once again I emphasized how he treated my dd and how his action shoved my dd off the horse.

The boss CM talked with dd and asked what ride she wanted to go on next. She said Peter Pan. He then walked us over and let us get on right away. He said he would talk with the man.

After we got off Peter Pan we saw that the talk was still going on and now involved two security guards who ended up escorting him and his dd out of Fantasy Land.

It's sad to see an adult do this to a child. I feel bad for the other child involved- due to her father's actions, her day was ruined as well. I just really wish that EVERYONE would realize that everyone there is for the same reason to have fun in such a magical way- and if you can't deal with that then just don't come!!

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

It's sad to see an adult do this to a child. I feel bad for the other child involved- due to her father's actions, her day was ruined as well. I just really wish that EVERYONE would realize that everyone there is for the same reason to have fun in such a magical way- and if you can't deal with that then just don't come!!

It was sad to see her. She did not seem to be enjoying herself on the ride.

 

[mimi'sgirl]

While waiting in line for the Jungle Cruise the two preteen brothers behind us decided to have a spitting contest. There was an area with rocks and plants. A little lizard was on top of the rock and they tried to see who could get him first. All while their parents watched and laughed. YUCK! I was so glad to see my 3 and 5 yr. old behave better than that.

 

[anonymousegirl]

This incident just happened last week at WDW. We were coming back from a full day at the park, pretty exhausted since we had just come in on the redeye that morning. The bus is full with some people standing at the front, but everyone having a seat at the back. There is a mother with two kids probably around 5-6 and there is another family with some kids, one of about the same age sitting near the other family.

Well, those three kids proceeded to scream and shout and jump all over the back of the bus. And I don't mean a little noise, I mean playground at recess noise. No one else was amused and the single mom could certainly see that we would all have appreciated it if she'd quieten the kids down, but she seemed amused by their bad behavior. Now I understand that it is sometimes hard to keep kids sitting quietly, but to let you kids "run wild" on a public bus filled with tired passengers just seemed really rude. To be fair, no one did actually say anything to her, but really, what could we say? "Hi, any chance you could control those unruly brats for 15 minutes?"

 

[JimmyJr'sMom]

About 4 or 5 yrs ago, my sister and I took our three kids to WDW, and encountered the strangest thing I've ever seen- at Chef Mickey's. It was a mom & dad and maybe 4 kids. We were not sitting far from their table when we hear the son tell his Mom, "I don't want pancakes....." and more whining ensues. Well, she must have been at the end of her rope, because next thing you know she is lifting and tossing plates of food from her table right at the kids head. Then she begins tossing plates more indiscriminately. AND she's cursing and yelling. Everyone around us was frozen in shock. Out of the corner of my eye, I see two Disney CM's quickly advance from the back area/kitchen with walkie talkies and they are saying things like, " We have a 3-7, 3-7......" They proceed to just come up to Crazy Lady's table and scoop up her kids and take them right out of there. I think they went into the back area or another room. Once Crazy Lady Mom realized all the kids were no longer sitting at the table, she stormed off- out of the restaurant. The CM's escorted the Dad to rejoin the kids. Over the next 5 minutes the other restaurant staff made the place spotless- you would never know they had to clean up food from the walls, from other diners and other kids that were caught in the overspray. You know there had to be several meals comped and then some. We saw kids in highchairs at other nearby tables that had food on them or had just been missed by flying plates. And those buffet plates are HEAVY. They had a new family seated before we were finished our meal. And it didn't seem to faze them (the CM's) at all- it must happen somewhat routinely. SHOCKING!!