Teacup Ettiquite

[Mommaof3]

Years ago, I was riding Dumbo with my preschooler. We were in and about to taxi for take-off when suddenly a 3 year old was crawling in with us. We were right at the exit and she had come through there I think. This was when Dumbo was in the old location. We started moving so I moved over and rebuckled to include her. As we made our first circle, I saw 2 parents running toward Dumbo with 2 elderly folks bringing in the caboose. I figured my little stow-away belonged to them. My husband witnessed it all and informed that parents that I was a teacher and would hang on to the child until parents or proper authorities were found. The little one took turns piloting Dumbo with my daughter and fun was had by all....except maybe the parents and grandparents! They were a little winded!

 

[pork]

At DL they ask how many elephants your party needs and you get one feather per elephant. It means they only let people or groups with a feather in and there are only as many feathers as elephants. You can go pick your elephant, but if there are 4 of you they know if you're taking 2 elephants or 4.

oh that makes sense. That's how the tickets work for Astro orbiters at WDW.

 

[nono]

Years ago, I was riding Dumbo with my preschooler. We were in and about to taxi for take-off when suddenly a 3 year old was crawling in with us. We were right at the exit and she had come through there I think. This was when Dumbo was in the old location. We started moving so I moved over and rebuckled to include her. As we made our first circle, I saw 2 parents running toward Dumbo with 2 elderly folks bringing in the caboose. I figured my little stow-away belonged to them. My husband witnessed it all and informed that parents that I was a teacher and would hang on to the child until parents or proper authorities were found. The little one took turns piloting Dumbo with my daughter and fun was had by all....except maybe the parents and grandparents! They were a little winded!

The ultimate seat crasher! Kudos to your family for handling it so all were safe and calm.

 

[Baklava]

oh that makes sense. That's how the tickets work for Astro orbiters at WDW.

Yeah, I have often wished they'd to it at the teacups. At DL at least it's kind of a free for all.

 

[kittyab]

I would had said something myself. Me & DD are not big on having the teacup to do the fast spinning (motion sickness).

 

[GaryDis]

I live in New York City and ride the subway every day. I'm not sure what this has to do with it. Being next to strangers doesn't bother me, and I will make space for others if there is space to make. If there is no space, or not enough space, there's not much I can do about it.

I was thinking that the urban subway/bus issue is relevant mostly to the Jungle Cruise comment from one PP. The JC seating calls for making contact with the adjacent stranger, because if everyone leaves a small amount of space between the next person, it can all add up to one or two people missing the boat.

 

[danny1649]

Fellow Disers I am seeing many posts that have no input on OP's post. Lets answer post and posts on Dumbo,Safari,and other attractions for another thread Thanks Danny . .

 

[phtktz3]

rode the teacups this morning. There was a less than 5 minute wait, you could walk straight on. We had another family though crash our teacup. They jammed the three of them in to the point where you could not move and the attendant struggled to get the door closed. I was pretty ticked off. I would never dream of jumping in a cup others were already in. Is this the done thing, or were these people just rude?

This happened to us too.
Last year when I was there with a friend and her 11 yr old daughter, my friend couldn't ride as it made her sick and I agreed to ride but didn't want to spin.....of course the 11 yr old wanted to spin like crazy....so we each took a seperate tea cup, then just before the ride started a man and his daughter got into the tea cup with my friends daughter....who...BTW is anti social....but she ended up loving the ride and we joked the whole rest of the trip about her new " family".