Teenagers/Adults Screaming on Rides

[arliepooh68]

the comment about the t-shirt, I saw an even worse one last time we were there. we were leaving the park so I do not know if they actually let him in, but gone are the good ole days when you had to dress a certain way or at least have things covered. . . but then those were the days we paid less than a buck for gas. . . EEEKKK. . .

as for the screaming. . . we were in line with a bunch of young girls and my husband commented that he just knew they were going to scream and scream. . they must have heard them because they were AWESOME, did not scream at all! i have been in HM many times and i really do not know why they do it at that point in time in the elevator, "of course there is always my way". . . mwa ha ha . . . the first few times my kids rode it i forwarned them . . now they get in and plug their ears . .

as for pirates, after my last ride nothing shocks me cuz certain CMs that seem to be runniing that ride seem to not care that other guests are having the experience ruined.

the positive to this behavior is it gives great examples to teach our kids what NOT to do. . .

 

[ironpig70]

I'm curious- what do you confront them with?

Give me some tips for next time this happens!

i just politely ask them to stop screaming if on a ride after a ride i explain to them that their screaming is not nessecary and it is ruining others trips. now on rides like mentioned california, tot or the like i expect it but on say dumbo it's not nessecary.

 

[mikayla73]

I agree with every one else. The obviously not necessary screaming to horrible! Last time DH and I rode the HM it was late and the ride was walk on. There was another couple with smaller children that were waiting in the lobby with us and about 10 teens, probably 14-15 years old, came into the lobby. I looked at DH and said oh great ... you could just tell they were going to be screaming. The other couple were already holding their kids, who were looking around a lot but didn't seem scared. Of course we headed into the elevator and I told DH the kids were going to scream and scare the little kids that were with their parents. I looked at the mom and she knew too. Of course they screamed and carried on like fools. The little kids just had their faces buried by the time we were let out into the hall. DH and I hung back to let the teens get ahead and put some empty buggies between us so they wouldn't ruin the ride too.

Now DH and I love the HM and we sometimes do talk along with the elevator speal, but in low voices to each other so we don't bother anyone else. They would have to be paying attention to us and not looking up at the pics listening to the narrator to notice it. I don't want to be someone who ruins the experience for others

 

[bennyb98]

I know what you mean but I have to admit that I did scream at the top of my lungs the very first time I rode Space Mountain! (Resulting in a dirty look from the family in the second rocket behind me when I got off) But I honestly was screaming because I was scared not because I was trying to ruin it for everyone.

 

[issapowers]

Well there is a difference between screaming on rides that are actually scary like space mountain, even splash Mountain's drop. Those rides have height limits and ment to be scary, but the teenagers who scream on HM and POTC are ridiculous! The rides with no restrictions are suspose to be user friendly for all, I think it's pretty bad that my DD and DS get their experience ruined, and even traumatized by the guests not the ride it self. I won't let my husband take my 17 month old daughter on the Autotopia's cause I remember when I was a kid people would bash the other car in front of them on purpose. I'm afraid she might get hurt.

People are rude now a days, and most teenagers think that the world revolves around them, it makes the experience for the little ones hard. Even in the Ticki Room, they say no flash photography, obviously cause your in a round room and it's annoying to the people in front of you, well of course when we were in there, at least 5 or 6 people were taking pictures with their flash on, and no CM to say anything to them.

 

[Pinkstarblm]

When i was there in April... My mom and i were on haunted mansion and the car behind us had abnoxious girls in who kept screaming when the cars stalled for a min they did it and i yelled out at the top of my lungs "SHUT THE H*LL UP!!" They were quiet for the rest of the ride.

 

[JDBlair]

The park was really crowded yesterday with the early teens (they had to be 13 - 14, my DS's age). The park seemed to fill up with them around 10 am and then they seemed to leave (a lot of them) around the 5/6 hour. we took an afternoon break so avoided a lot of it - also stayed away from Tomorrowland during these hours as this seemed to be their stomping ground, for the most part. I was so excited to see them leave the park. They were really obnoxious. We didn't have too many screaming ones but a lot of stupid stuff in lines and blatant disregard for anyone else in the area. While walking to an attraction, a group of them were behind DH and one of the boys thought it hysterical to bark, loudly, like a dog until we moved to the side and let them pass. I don't know how many school groups were there but there were a lot, judging by the t-shirts they were wearing.

 

[remain seated please]

I agree that the screaming in the HM elevator is a bit annoying, but it has become a regular thing.

I also agree that many people are just getting old and cranky. They probably acted in a similar way when they were younger. I know I did when I visited the park with my friends.

Screaming teens are one thing. How come nobody is complaining about all the crying babies and younger children that parents aren't able to control. Or what about the self-proclaimed tour guides on POTC who point out everything. "Okay, Okay, Look at the well. A man is going to get pulled up and spit out water." "Now look at the woman chasing the man."

If we are going to complain about screaming teens, then maybe we need to complain about all the ones I mentioned and ruin everyone's fun. If you want peace and quiet, go to a library. It's cheaper too.

 

[JenDisneylandlver]

the positive to this behavior is it gives great examples to teach our kids what NOT to do. . .

Oh yes, that is true. I will usually make a point to let my son know these thing IN front of them as well. Like on Nemo we had two kids sitting next to us talking and yelling through the whole ride. You know how hard it is to get on that darn thing. The Mom was no better, no only did she allow them to ruin the experience for everyone else, she was loud as well.

So as we were getting off I made a point to thank my son for being good, nice and quiet unlike some other people on the sub. LOL So that's how I confront them. It drives DH crazy, he says "You know they can hear you!" Uh yeah good! LOL

 

[kaity230]

I do agree with the annoyance of teens screaming for the sake of screaming - BUT I want to remind everyone that not all "unsupervised" teens behave like this. Both my kids are teens, and they hate it when people give them that "oh no we have teens sitting next to us" look. They have gone to Disney in large groups, but they have never behaved disrespectfully. So while I completely agree with this thread for the most part, to the posters grouping all teens together, please keep in mind that they're not all the same.

 

[JenDisneylandlver]

I agree that the screaming in the HM elevator is a bit annoying, but it has become a regular thing.

I also agree that many people are just getting old and cranky. They probably acted in a similar way when they were younger. I know I did when I visited the park with my friends.

Screaming teens are one thing. How come nobody is complaining about all the crying babies and younger children that parents aren't able to control. Or what about the self-proclaimed tour guides on POTC who point out everything. "Okay, Okay, Look at the well. A man is going to get pulled up and spit out water." "Now look at the woman chasing the man."

If we are going to complain about screaming teens, then maybe we need to complain about all the ones I mentioned and ruin everyone's fun. If you want peace and quiet, go to a library. It's cheaper too.

Oh yes, screaming crying kids that are running out of control are just as bad. Only I guess I'm a little more understanding of a little kid acting out, since teenagers are old enough to know better. But trust me, I got plenty annoyed with people of all ages last week.

However no, when I was a teen I didn't scream at the top of my lungs in the HM, or any of the other really rude behavior I saw at the parks last week. Personally, I think the attitudes of entitlement have gotten worse as the generations go on with people in general. I'm far from old and cranky. LOL I just expect people (of all ages) to have a little respect for others. I know, asking for too much these days!

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Oh, there are plenty of people who are highly inconsiderate. I think the screamers get all the attention because they're the most obvious and because oftentimes their antics end up traumatizing some poor little child. I have no problem with people wanting to visit the parks and have fun with their friends. In fact I've seen many teens and tweens having a great time in the park without being obnoxious and possibly ruining the experience for other guests.

Being frustrated with the screamers is not a matter of wanting "peace and quiet" at Disneyland. It's a matter of not wanting your eardrums to split because somebody feels the need to act like they're in severe physical danger. It's also a matter of parents not wanting to have to calm down a traumatized child because of the inconsiderate and immature actions of another guest.

 

[tortugaverde]

I think teenagers scream everywhere they go. Since I teach high school, I get to observe the teenager on a daily basis. When I announce something exciting in class they scream. When they leave on a Friday afternoon, they scream. When they hear something they don't like, they grunt, screech and whine... I am not sure which one is worse.

With all of the teenagers I work with, I think there is probably just a small handful of them who could care less if they were bothering someone. In fact, that small bunch probably WANT to bother someone (their teachers included )!
Almost ALL of the teenagers I work with are good kids that are just VERY self absorbed. They are completely focused on themselves... which is NORMAL for their age. They are still growing up and even at 18... are learning how the world does NOT revolve around them.

Just tell them nicely, "Hey, I got little kids here... could you scream a little quieter please? (insert sarcasm and a bit of a chuckle)!" I would guess that MOST teens would get the hint quickly. They are not heartless... just clueless!

 

[bumbershoot]

I think teenagers scream everywhere they go. Since I teach high school, I get to observe the teenager on a daily basis. When I announce something exciting in class they scream. When they leave on a Friday afternoon, they scream. When they hear something they don't like, they grunt, screech and whine... I am not sure which one is worse.

My mom blamed all of it on Elvis. And TV.

She said that before Elvis, people (not just teens, but people) didn't scream while listening to music, they listened to music. Then he showed up, he was on TV, and life as she knew it ended.

Drove her nuts.*



I do want to mention that I have NO idea if it was teenagers screaming or 80 year olds. All I know is that they acted as though they were being tortured, and it freaked out my little kid who didn't know that they were just being stupid, er, silly.

(and the title of the thread says "teenagers/adults" not just teenagers)



*I feel compelled to edit something in here. My mom was born in '44 and she got married and moved to San Francisco, by way of Boulder CO, at 17. She was a true hippie; I was born in 1969 in SF, and played with the daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner a few times. My dad once met Neal Cassidy and gave him keys to a van that wasn't his, that ended up in a ditch (Neal was a buddy of Kerouac). She knew Grateful Dead before they were Grateful Dead. She wasn't a fuddy duddy (unlike my oldest friend's mom who was just a couple years older, but was waaaaay into Sinatra and everything else was just noise), she loved music, loved current music (even my brother's metal when he got into Megadeth and Queensryche, etc). She just hated that people SCREAMED over the music and about anything else. When she took me to see Billy Idol, Wham, and Duran Duran, as well as backstage to the last show of Jefferson Airplane, she loved the music, but disliked the fellow fans. She really didn't like screaming. And, as I mentioned, put it all in Elvis's lap. Beatles, too, but Elvis mainly.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Now, that's good perspective and good advice.

 

[quest4dl]

Oh my - yes the obnoxious screaming teenagers! We just returned to and my son I were so upset after Splash (they screamed so loud the entire ride, they drowned out the soundtrack completely!) that I asked for a do-over. The CM was very nice about it, took us aside and made sure we got on with another family.

This needs to also go down as a difference between WDW and DL - at least during certain seasons.

 

[Disneylvrforever]

Okay, now is the time to hear the story from the other point of view. (I color coated my sections so readers won't get jumbled up in the black & white txt) Yes I am a screamer, BUT I only do it at certain times or when appropriate. Yes, I do scream in the Stretching Room but I'm not like a lot of ppl who will scream every 5 sec. or at a random time like in the Seance Room. I merely scream for tradition. I will only scream ONCE and during a certain part only (can't tell you when)! I have actually heard guests complement my scream (I do know which one is mine [they are from mature adults and children, sometimes theirs]) because I know when it is appropriate and when it isn't.
Yes I know that there are small children. I do make sure that they are not around me just in case if they get scared, and when the lights come on, there aren't any crying kids. I do notice those certain ppl who act inappropriately like if they're talking loudly or goof off or whatever. When I am w/ my mom, she will pruposely place me right by them so I can scream at them for acting immaturely. Other than that, I will usually just scream up into the air so that my voice isn't directly aimed at anyone and the sound just travels upwards.

I believe that screaming should only be done when it is appropriate. In the HM, I only scream in the Stretching Room once and that's it. As for Pirates, I only scream down the hills (usually just the first 1) if someone else is screaming. But I don't scream like I would in the HM. It's more like a "Whoo!" lol. Screaming on BTM, SM, Splash, HTH, Cali Screamin', etc. are a given. For me, screaming on rides like those are just for fun like going down a hill or turning really fast. But as for the HM, like I said, it's merely a tradition.

I do notice when behavior becomes out of hand. I see it too often when visiting the parks and screaming is a part of it. Like I said before, I think screaming should be done appropriately. I would just expect ppl to scream in the Stretching Room of the HM, but of course they should be aware of young children. I think that doing it in the other parts of the ride is annoying because of how close everybody is riding.
And then there are other things that ppl like to do for the sake of the unknown. One time when I was riding the HM w/ my mom, these girls in the doombuggy infront of us would bang on ours when ours would face them. We didn't do anything to them and they did it more than once. Then there's those ppl who take flash pics during a dark ride like Pirates or HM. For one thing, CMs will tell them to not take them and they'll still do it anyways. And then it also hurts other ppl's eyes which is not very considerate.

You must understand that there are ppl like me who scream, but I know when to do it and when not to, so I just wanted to share my experiences and points of view. You might think that I don't think like a typical screamer or you might think that my behavior is unappropriate as well, but you must know that I am a person who thinks a lot about others and can sometimes also be self-concious about myself, so I obviously think about how others will feel about the way I act. So plz don't judge all screamers bc those like me have feelings too.

 

[scooter15]

IHow come nobody is complaining about all the crying babies and younger children that parents aren't able to control.

I take offense to this just because teens and adults have the capacity to know what is right and what is wrong. They have the ability to act appropriately while babies and little kids don't. Babies only way of communicating is through crying. As for little kids that parents aren't able to control.... I am the parent of an autistic child and another with ADHD. They usually are good BUT when they get excited about something all bets are off to get the both under control at the same time. Yeah its frustrating but I am not going to shield my kids from people but I am considerate enough to others around me that if they act that way, we leave.

 

[PigletGurl]

Sorry about those screaming teens. Now I'm embarrassed. I'm a teen myself (18) but I dont go about wild and crazy like that. On those passive rides I like to enjoy the theming and laughs some, but scream like your being murdered? I know that disrupts other passengers and dont let you really enjoy the ride. Sorry about your experience, hope the next one you dont encounter screaming teens.

 

[**Tinker*Bell*7**]

I do agree with the annoyance of teens screaming for the sake of screaming - BUT I want to remind everyone that not all "unsupervised" teens behave like this. Both my kids are teens, and they hate it when people give them that "oh no we have teens sitting next to us" look. They have gone to Disney in large groups, but they have never behaved disrespectfully. So while I completely agree with this thread for the most part, to the posters grouping all teens together, please keep in mind that they're not all the same.

I really APPRECIATE the kids who know how to behave on their own. Unfortunately they are becoming a smaller and smaller group and are suffering from the bad rep that others are giving them

Yes I agree the obnoxious, fake screaming drives me nuts but another thing I really hate is people who feel the need to commentate every second of every ride. I rode POTC in 2006 on my FIRST trip to DL & the lady behind me absolutely RUINED IT!!!

that ride is nothing like the one at WDW and I really wanted to enjoy the experience but she spent the WHOLE ride talking to the 2 people (not children) who were with her going "here comes davy jones. it looks like you're going through the waterfall but your not" or "here's a drop" or "look at the skeletons" or "we're going to see some pirates up here" or "here's the ship" or "see the fake fire" etc. etc. Please assume that the people AROUND you have never ridden the ride before and want to experience it MINUS your commentary. It will be greatly appreciated.

Before anybody heads for the flamethrower I'm not talking about people who point out a detail or two to someone during the ride, I'm talking about a loud blow by blow, second by second preview of what you are about to experience.