So what bothers you at WDW that may not bother anyone else???

[5DisneyNuts]

As you see by my signature I have 3 boys. Thank God we are all lucky enough to be healthy. I think the way to look at it, regardless of boy or girl, man or woman, older person or younger person, is to say, can I help by giving up my seat? Is this a parent with a young child in their arms, is this an older person that is exhausted, whatever...For those of us to be lucky enough to walk miles at the parks we can and should decide when we can give up seats. And it is a choice, so folks waiting for buses to just have a seat deserve a seat, and those wanting a seat on a full bus should probably wait.

Seems to be common sense/common courteousness to me.

 

[Maleficent Dragon]

3 Things -

2) When people are standing in line at a food place (QS) and you have been standing there for like 5 or 10 mins, and its only when they get to the front they decide to look at the menu and figure out what to order ...

OH...MY...GOSH...YES!!! Reminds me of that Spongebob Kusty Krab Training Video episode where Squidward asks Patrick what he wants to order and he just stands there drooling.

 

[marciemi]

I'm old enough that I am frequently offered a seat on the bus, but young enough to be (mildly) insulted by this kindess and usually decline , and I will always offer my seat to a parent holding a child, whether it's Mom or Dad.

Guess I must be about the same age because that's starting to happen to me too and I was kind of shocked the first time, especially by an overweight, middle-aged guy who looked like he needed the seat more than I did!

I see flash photography mentioned a lot - I think this one can go either way. If you're taking a picture of your kiddo sleeping on grandma's lap or pointing excitedly at the scenery, I'm fine with this even on something like Pirates. However, if you're taking pictures OF the scenery, all I can say is...GOOGLE! I have no problems then tapping you constantly on the shoulder and telling you to knock it off!

 

[smidgy]

These posts are HILARIOUS!!!

OK, I got one for the buses, too! So I'm a guy and I only have two sons. We're Southern, so if we're sitting on the bus and a lady is standing, we would offer our seats. That's the polite thing to so. ...

we're Northern, so if we're sitting on the bus and a lady is standing, my hubby would offer his seat. but now he has numerous disabilites and cannot (even though you can't see them) there are as many polite people in the north as in the south.

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I try to stay pretty chill at WDW, but there may be a couple of miscelaeneous things that brown my onions...
1) People filming shows and attractions with their tablets
2) larger groups who persistently dawdle shoulder-to-shoulder, effectively blocking an entire walkway
(The common thread with me seems to be folks with a certain sense of being oblivious or uncaring toward fellow guests)

As for things that don't register with me...
1) I never much cared much when I saw people using old mugs under the old refillable mug program
2) Food quality. I read lots of less than glowing reviews about some places, but just about everything at WDW is edible at worst and tasty at best.

 

[themommy]

I just thought of something else that makes me go nuts. When you are waiting for a theater attraction and the CM states that you need to go to the end of the row to accommodate everyone, yet some people will still stop in the middle of the row and just sit down. We all want those seats, but for the sake of being polite, you could move down so everyone doesn't have to crawl over you.

I started reading this thread and wondered when this would show up! I hate when that happens but, I think the people that do it hate it even more than I do after I have passed them. I always "accidently" step on their feet, which gives me great pleasure.

 

[smidgy]

I see flash photography mentioned a lot - I think this one can go either way. If you're taking a picture of your kiddo sleeping on grandma's lap or pointing excitedly at the scenery, I'm fine with this even on something like Pirates. However, if you're taking pictures OF the scenery, all I can say is...GOOGLE! I have no problems then tapping you constantly on the shoulder and telling you to knock it off!

even if you are not taking a picutre of the scenery, your flash of child sleeping on grandma's lap, just blasted out the eyes of someone near you.. esp. for those with low vision at night. by the time their eyes adjust again to the dark, half the ride is over.

the rule is NO flash photography. at all. on Pirates.

 

[themommy]

Ok here is mine. When my son or I offer our seat to a woman and they become offended. last Summer my son offered his seat to a woman, and she said "why, do I look to old to stand to you?", my son looked at me, so I replied, "No, but you do look like a lady, and my son has been taught to always offer his seat to children and women, he did not mean to offend you."

Obviously she was a woman and not a lady. I hope this did not turn you son off too much. Rude people just bite sometimes.

 

[TinkFan74]

These posts are HILARIOUS!!!

OK, I got one for the buses, too! So I'm a guy and I only have two sons. We're Southern, so if we're sitting on the bus and a lady is standing, we would offer our seats. That's the polite thing to so. So the pet peeve that I have is when I see men sitting while ladies stand. I would try to make up excuses in my mind like 'Perhaps the guy is injured' or 'He may feel like he would pass out if he stands' or something. But I have been on buses where old ladies would stand while grown men sits. I mean, Yikes! But maybe people weren't taught that or womens' lib requires them to stand. I don't know...

This is also my pet peeve! I hate seeing able bodied teens and adults sitting down while the elderly and small children are left to stand. I taught my daughter early on that we will stand if there are other people on the bus who need the seats more. Our day will come when we need those seats, and right now we should feel blessed for having the ability to stand and keep our balance.

 

[Angc77]

It bothers me when I see someone bring a brand new newborn, that seems to be less than a month old. I just keep thinking why??? And second as an OB nurse I am thinking this place is way to germy for a newborn! None of this effects me but yet it still bothers me?

 

[hakepb]

These posts are HILARIOUS!!!

OK, I got one for the buses, too! So I'm a guy and I only have two sons. We're Southern, so if we're sitting on the bus and a lady is standing, we would offer our seats. That's the polite thing to so. So the pet peeve that I have is when I see men sitting while ladies stand. I would try to make up excuses in my mind like 'Perhaps the guy is injured' or 'He may feel like he would pass out if he stands' or something. But I have been on buses where old ladies would stand while grown men sits. I mean, Yikes! But maybe people weren't taught that or womens' lib requires them to stand. I don't know...

Ha
It kinda annoys me that people standing in a bus rarely ever stand farther back than the back door of the bus, even when the bus driver try's to tell them to move back.

On the other hand, because no one ever stands in the very back of the bus, I try to sit back there...it's a guilt-free seat if no one is standing within 5' of me

 

[hakepb]

It bothers me when I see someone bring a brand new newborn, that seems to be less than a month old. I just keep thinking why??? And second as an OB nurse I am thinking this place is way to germy for a newborn! None of this effects me but yet it still bothers me?

As a parent, that was the best time to go to a restaurant because the infant is mostly in sleep mode . It's the most "normal" a parent will feel for years!

 

[ProTraderColin]

One time, two kids were running around screaming in the lobby of the Grand Floridian. The parents ignored it and I looked at them like, "Uh, excuse me, but your animal kids are throwing off the whole vibe in here!"

Something that might get under people's skin that I do: I still say MGM and Downtown Disney...on purpose. Some people get it and it almost turns into a secret nod like, "yeah, this guy is a disney vet and know's what the deal is" while other people are like, "MGM? Um, its called Hollywood Studios."

 

[Maleficent Dragon]

After reading through these, I have to admit I never cared when I saw people reusing their mugs from previous trips. Their dishonestly is something they have to live with, not me, and therefore I never gave it a 2nd thought.

I hate the whole "let me vacation through my ipad" thing. Mostly because it is a distraction to everybody around the ipad owner. It never bothers me when people do that any other place. We were just on a cruise and I was like "oh that's nice" - in Disney I think, "put that thing down, you are blocking everybody's view". LOL

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Okay, so I understand at Disney that "kids will be kids". They'll run around and be loud and have fun. Once a kid ran into me going full tilt and when his mom corrected him I said, "It's okay, if you can't run crazy at Disney, then where can you?" But for the love of all that's good people, don't let you kids torture/chase/antagonize the wildlife! It is not cute when your little darling is chasing after that momma duck and trying to stomp on her lone duckling; not to mention an early sign of psychopathy. I have seen this sort of behavior more than once and I really do not know who these parents are that think it is okay.

As for both leaving CS tables messy and "not walking on the right", these are actually American cultural trends that foreign visitors might not pick up on. For example, in England people expect everyone to walk on the left, and they do not self-bus fast food tables.

 

[goofy4tink]

I'm one of those that hates to be the one that always, and I mean always, has to move way over to the right to allow large groups of shoulder to shoulder people pass, coming from the opposite direction. If you overhear a woman saying, sometimes very loudly, stay to the right people, stay to the right...it's probably me.
Yes, I 'get' that it can be cultural...but, after getting a disapproving look from one man, with a somewhat snappy 'excuse me', on an escalator in London...yep, I moved way over to the side. I found out later it was considered rude to stand to the left on an escalator there....if you aren't actually walking up, or down, that escalator, you should be standing to the far right. So, I kind of expect those from abroad to figure out what it culturally acceptable here. Seriously....do we think it's okay for a foreigner to drive on the opposite side of the roads here because that's what they're used to in their country? I think not.

But in all reality? It's just rude Americans that feel they need to be able to walk right down the center of a sidewalk, strollers side by side. I tend to start to feel invisible after a day or so in the parks. I have refused to move off to the side of the sidewalk in order to allow such a group to pass by. And after they smash me in the shoulder, I hear "can you believe how rude people are? Can't they see we're walking here?' Sure I can see you...but I fail to understand why your family gets to have 9/10 of the walkway, while I stand along the side waiting for you all to pass!

Then there are the families on the buses!!! When the bus is filling up, mom and the kids tend to board the bus while dad folds up the stroller. When he boards, where does he go? To stand right in front of his particular family. Doesn't matter that no one can now get past him and the gigantic stroller. Heaven forbid he move to the back door area, where there is much more room for that stroller. When the driver yells to keep moving back, dad just stands there. Another guest asks him, politely, to move so they can pass. His answer? 'I need to stay with my group'! So now.....although there is room for about 15 more people on that bus, no one can get on because dad has prevented anyone from moving. And those with strollers just can't seem to understand why some groan when they see the stroller family coming!!!

 

[scrhsa]

Not sure if this has been brought up yet but I'm not quite finished reading yet But when a friend knows you have been to Disney and asks "what do I do?" and "how much do I have to pay for FP+" and "hold my hand and do it for me". I just cringe because its like they don't even know what Google is or how to use the internet. I mean come on....you had to get on the internet to book your trip... don't stop there!!! I always just refer them to this place Part of the fun for me was figuring it all out for myself. And I was completely clueless when I started!

 

[Texas Mickey]

How do I put this? I'll just say that there are some people walking around WDW that wear clothes that would be better suited to someone at least half their age. Some of these images are not pleasant at all and some are entirely not appropriate for a family oriented destination like WDW.

 

[ELSA711]

It bothers me when I see someone bring a brand new newborn, that seems to be less than a month old. I just keep thinking why??? And second as an OB nurse I am thinking this place is way to germy for a newborn! None of this effects me but yet it still bothers me?

You would have loved seeing my 5 week old camping then. I took her camping, tent camping at 5 weeks. I didn't see anything wrong with it. And to an amusement park everyday of our trip. She was fine and by far my healthiest kid. She already had her older siblings bringing their damn germs home from school everyday...nothing a little dirt can't hurt.

 

[darrengs]

People that don't shower and or use deodorant.