What are the "must-not do's" at WDW? (unDisney like)

[mickeyluv'r]

When you are in a long line at a CS resturant, don't wait until you get to the cashier to look at the menu and decide what you want. Make up your mind while you're waiting in line please!

Also, if you have a large group, don't walk in a line that stretches all the way across the walkway. The walkways are two way streets so there has to be room for people going the opposite direction.

Get your wallet out before you're at the head of that CS line too - especially if it's deep in a bag somewhere!

For that matter, anytime you are on a pathway, especially if you are a SSSSLLLLOOOWWW walker - try to leave a little room for people to pass you. I promise, if I was walking fater than you when I was behind you, I will continue to walk faster than you when I'm in front of you. STAY TO THE RIGHT! It's a simple concept that saves so much trouble.

Do not hate me because I prefer to walk faster than you, espcially if I'm polite about trying to pass you. I go to WDW for the exercise.

 

[JulielovesDisney]

Don't GLARE at the guests in the FastPass line.

I do that sometimes!! Hehehe!

(Don't know if this has been said or not...)

If you need to plan where you are going next or need to stop for any other reason, DON'T do it in the middle of the pathway! Move to the side, please!

 

[Simba22]

Don't take FLASH PICTURES in Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Little Mermaid...well, just about ANY indoor attraction...except for Festival of the Lion King... where its A-OK!

I agree with this one! Some tool ruined my first experience on the new PotC
by taking 500 pictures. I wanted to fake a sneeze and bump him "accidentally" so his stupid camera fell in the water! But I was nice and did not. But seriously, please don't do this!!

And please don't be a slob! If you spill something, or drop something, clean it up!

 

[cherokeemamma]

Do not wear new shoes to WDW...break them in first!

My friends went to WDW for the first time and her DD wore brand new sneakers. The poor child had blisters on her feet and then they put her in flip flops Her poor feet were killing her and it made her trip rather miserable. That is what she remembers most...the pain she was in all day for 4 days.

Do not drink soda ... drink water! You can dehydrate very quickly.

 

[tinkgurl]

Don't get all touchy-feeling with your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife in front of us! Get a room!

 

[doug65]

Having a member of your party grab a table at a CS restaurant while you order is one thing...having a member of your party grab a table at a CS restaurant so that the rest of you have a place to sit & eat 40 minutes later after you get off Space Mountain is something entirely different.
Shift it sister! If you ain't movin', I'm callin' the morgue.

Yes, it's a "magical" place. But that doesn't mean you have to stand gape-eyed and drooling in a state of total cognitive surrender in the middle of a walkway.
It's a small world, make some room!

If you're willing to step, without warning, directly in front of a moving stroller, don't whine about the consequences or pretend to be shocked if you require surgery. After all, I sharpened the leading edge of the toddler foot-rest myself.
Don't take it personally, it's just physics.

Don't ever wear patchouli in public. Ever. It smells like the bottom of a port-a-john at a Grateful Dead concert, but without the charm.
Perfumes and scents are intimate things, let's keep them that way.

Likewise, you've spent who-knows-how-much to get here. No amount of WalMart perfume is going to sear one's nasal passages enough so that we don't notice you forgot the deodorant. Spring for it princess, it a good thing.
Personal hygiene is always in good taste.

Wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the stylized picture of a murderous commie pig like Che Guevara to Disneyworld (of all places) is, I believe, punishable by death, or at least imprisonment in Sounds Dangerous.
No Foul Shirts, including one's with pictures of mass-murdering, commie pigs.

 

[ktturner]

Don't strangle anyone who is singing "It's a Small World afterall....it's a Small World afterall...it's a Small World afterall....it's a Small World afterall....it's a small, small world....

don't put this into the heads of unsuspecting DISers. . . now I'll be singing it nonstop until July when i can hear it and get it out of my head!

 

[Cool-Beans]

Magic Kingdom - Stitch.

I don't like Peter Pan or PotC, but that's me. Lots of folks do. If you live near an amusement park, skip BTMRR, because it is a snoozer...if you don't ride lots of rollercoasters, have at it.

Epcot - movies in Canada or Norway, unless you need a nap.

MGM - Sounds Dangerous.

Also Little Mermaid, unless you really like the Little Mermaid.

AK - the bird show, unless you really like bird shows.

Stitch and Sounds Dangerous are, IMO, the most pathetic offerings WDW has.

...and if you have stinky armpits, PUHLEEZE don't stand under the blower on the monorail and subject us all to it. Thanks.

 

[2manypets]

Don't allow your DD's boyfriend, hungry teen to skip lunch in anticipation of an all you can eat buffet dinner. You could be there for HOURS.

 

[Praying Colonel]

Don't call Chip and Dale "Squirrels."

Or the crocodiles at Kilamanjaro Safaris "alligators"--unless you want the driver to make fun of you the rest of the way. (I know from personal experience. )

 

[princess22]

While eating outside with other Disney guests...do not feed the birds!!

DON'T FEED THE BIRDS PERIOD! That is why they are getting more and more aggressive! I saw one bird fly down and take a cookie out of a littler girls hand who was innocently sitting in her stroller! She was only 3 or so! How sad. I have also seen them get on top of a stroller, open a bag of crackers with their beak and eat away! EEWWW!!


Someone else asked about the ketchup, and I'm curious too!

 

[bedgraynexl]

Someone else asked about the ketchup, and I'm curious too!

I just read in another forum that if you ask for ketchup they will make sure you get enough (like 20 bottles)

might have to try it

 

[Ladybugsy]

Don't take 45 pictures of your child with Baloo. (or any other character for that matter ) they'll all look the same. And after you take the pictures, don't search in your bottomless backpack for a pen and autograph book for you little one to give to the character. People are waiting patiently behind you, and the characters are only there for so long.

 

[MiniGirl]

Don't forget to wear a hat and reapply your sunscreen often -- especially on your infant. I see too many sunburned babies at WDW. Ouch!!

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

...and if you have stinky armpits, PUHLEEZE don't stand under the blower on the monorail and subject us all to it. Thanks.

 

[luvthephunk]

Don't EVER make a comment that there is a person inside a costume that make up the characters. They ARE real, even the CMs will make sure you are aware of that!

I was actually in front of some lady in the Judge's tent that kept asking the CM if it was a male or female in the costume! Wow, that CM gave it to them! But they wouldn't stop! And there were so many kids around, little ones too.

THANK YOU!!!! Really, don't ask this question. You are not going to get the answer that you want, so don't bother. Also, don't ask about the logistics of characters (ie. how long are they out, the number of the same characters (there is only 1!!!))

 

[Mickey28]

I agree, WDW is not the place to all of a sudden go au natural. I understand other cultures have certain customs about personal hygiene, but "when in Rome do as the Romans do". Shower and invest in deodorant.

Don't tell me how much fun you had at Disneyworld and that you really loved the Hulk Coaster and Spiderman ride.

Don't eat at San Angel Inn

Don't meet first timers and then elect yourself to be their personal tourguide, it's annoying. Yes, we know you are a WDW veteran, but part of the fun of WDW is discovering things for yourself. There was a time you didn't know much either. ( I may get flamed for that one)

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

Don't let other people (who may break the rules) ruin your vacation!

 

[tttessa]

Whilst thinking of all the things other people get riled about -

DON'T FORGET TO HAVE FUN

Tessa

 

[Andy B]

Yes, it's a "magical" place. But that doesn't mean you have to stand gape-eyed and drooling in a state of total cognitive surrender in the middle of a walkway.
It's a small world, make some room!

If you're willing to step, without warning, directly in front of a moving stroller, don't whine about the consequences or pretend to be shocked if you require surgery. After all, I sharpened the leading edge of the toddler foot-rest myself.
Don't take it personally, it's just physics.

So don't stop and wonder just keep moving, Just what warning do you require for stopping lights or a horn?