What do people do that irks you related to WDW

[EvilinaDM101]

After reading all these post I finally thought of another! Actually it's kinda funny and kinda not funny . . . . .

It was a hot summer day and we were at WDW waiting in line for Splash Mtn. The family in front of us consisted of 1 mother 1 father and 2 STICKY (yes, I said STICKY) little boys. It was kinda cute that they were eating big BLUE lollipop's and were COVERED in the BLUE STICKY mess but then they started coming closer to us, and then the family behind us because we shifted away then to the family in front of us. They apparently thought it would be funny to touch someone with their stickiness. The mom and dad just laughed along and pointed. hmmmmmm yes that irked me.

 

[croach]

This may be prudish but people who go to Epcot to get drunk. Doesn't really seem like the appropiate place and I am sure several of them are cast members.

My and wife go to Disney, we don't have any children. What we seem to notice is that people just seem to forget that there are other people around them who are also trying to enjoy themselves(there are some that are just plain rude too though.) They are so wrapped up in their familie's vacations that manners sometimes get left at the exit off I-4. We just try to have fun and enjoy ourselves and not let it ruin our vacation. It can be tough and usually by day six or seven we find ourselves bringing up the things that annoy us. Like someone said its that entitlement mentality people have.

What a great post. It has been fun to read.

 

[MinnieM3]

Hmmmm I'll go with.....

Half nekkid park goers

People who stop in the middle of the "road"

Really strung out groups of like 8 or 10 or more (who usually then stop)

Foul language aaround kiddies

 

[woody1967]

I am in total agreement with you about people who feel they can come to a parade or fireworks show at that last minute and think they can push their way up to the front. One year I was with my wife and 2 children and we were at MK and wanted to see the fireworks show. I decided I would "stake" out a spot on top of the RR 1 1/2 hours before the show and allow my children and wife to ride a few extra rides before the show. Well, they did and I got a spot and had no problems for the first 80 minutes. Just before my wife and kids got there a woman with her husband came and she thought she was going to barge her way in and take the spot. After speaking politely to her letting her know I had been saving that spot she ignored me and told her husband to come up there with her. Well, that was all it took and I more "forecefully" let her know that I was not about to give up that spot and if she thought I was she was in for a BIG disappointment. Her husband could see I was serioius and knew she was wrong and led her away. I am as polite as can be, especially with woman, but when you do not have any manners then sometimes you have to be dealt with in a more stern way.

 

[Stiff]

"reading the last couple of posts made me think of this one. People who pretend not to speak and understand English (after you heard them plain as day speaking English) when asked not to skip, push, sit in the middle of the row, etc. etc. etc. All of ya'll who have been to Disney a few time know exactly who I am talking about."

I was afraid to say something about this for fear of getting flamed....but I COMPLETELY agree....I would word it as "those who hide behind their language"

 

[welovedis]

3. People who park their heinies in the middle of a row and do not the follow the cast member's directive to 'move all the way down to the end of the row.'

reading the last couple of posts made me think of this one. People who pretend not to speak and understand English (after you heard them plain as day speaking English) when asked not to skip, push, sit in the middle of the row, etc. etc. etc. All of ya'll who have been to Disney a few time know exactly who I am talking about.

ITA that there are a number of people who do this for no reason, on the flip side, many people use this circumstance to use foul launguage or call our family stupid, ignorant, deaf or dumb when they enter an auditorium & find me, my DS & my deaf DH sitting in the center of a row. WDW offer reflective captioning at many of their attractions, but in order to use this feature you have to be seated in an area where the screen can capture the reflection-unfortunately this is often in the middle of a row.

Also, my DH is extremely good at lip-reading and speaks with little affectation so he appears to be "normal" but really cannot follow the show/attraction, etc.. without this feature. One woman said loudly to her companion "well, he can't be deaf because he's talking & deaf people don't talk".

I'm not suggesting your comments are toward us, but there are plenty of people we have encountered in our 5 trips who think nothing of using some pretty nasty name-calling or commenting on our seats. Just wanted to bring this up as most people who have no use/need for this service would not have any idea it existed.

My pet peeve is when parents/grandparents/who is in charge allow children in their care to run/scream/tap-tap-tap or bang on the hotel hallways while they are traveling down them. I know everyone's excited but give me a break!

 

[Minky]

Oh WHERE TO BEGIN!!!
Okay

1. Strollers, they are to push your children with not barrel over people!!!!!
2. Parents who cant pay attention to their children when they are pulling on the strangers legs in front of them in line (that would be me), and refuse to notice when you turn around and look at them.
3. People who RUN to an attraction entrance and stand there blocking you while they are yelling for the rest of their family 500 feet away to COME ON! (guess whos getting shoved out of the way )
4. Rude people who stand there and make stupid comments about how slow the people working there are (loud enough for CMs to hear them)when theres an obvious mob in front of them, and they are trying the best they can.
5. The other rude people that run ahead of you and break up your parties when going from one waiting area to another in rides like RNR and Dinosaur.
6. Im sorry but I do not subscribe to the theory that just because you have a child you are more entitled than I am, if I show up at a parade an hour before it starts just to get a great spot, dont come up while its in progress and smile at me while your family pushes its way in front of me. Its not gonna fly.
7. When you are waiting to check in at a podium and you are clearly next, the people that will run up right in front of you and act like youre not there. WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT????

Dont get me wrong I love Disney, and have met so many wonderful people there and other DISers, its just the people that have no courtesy or manners that can really irk me
AHHHHHHH I feel better now

 

[Took]

ITA that there are a number of people who do this for no reason, on the flip side, many people use this circumstance to use foul launguage or call our family stupid, ignorant, deaf or dumb when they enter an auditorium & find me, my DS & my deaf DH sitting in the center of a row. WDW offer reflective captioning at many of their attractions, but in order to use this feature you have to be seated in an area where the screen can capture the reflection-unfortunately this is often in the middle of a row.

THanks for telling me this--I never knew and may have, in ignorance, been rude to a middle-of-the-row individual. I wish WDW could fix this issue or put those who need the service in a special area where they could use it easily.

Took

ps I agree with those that hate the "mean" people, those that are not just correcting kids (I have one, too) but really being terrible to them. These are the worst type to meet at WDW and they're often hard to ignore. I do not care for undisciplined kids, but I can't stand undisciplined parents who mistake humiliation for correction.

 

[Tinkaroo]

Here are mine:

1. People that push their way to the front of ANYTHING - ride, parade route, rope drop, etc. - it doesn't matter. I never understand those who think they are entitled to do this - and the people that let them get away with it!

2. Trash - I just got back from the world, and I can't count the amount of trash that was not my own that I picked up in ride queues. It's Disney - there's a trash can everywhere you look - and no, that's not what the custodial CM's are there for.

3. Strollers!!! There should be some sort of stroller ettiquette implemented, from holding up buses to clogging up sidewalks. The worst is when the kid is either walking or is being carried by someone, and the stroller is serving as one huge shopping cart!!! I was in one of the worst human knots on the Tomorrowland bridge after SpectroMagic last week, due to 4 double strollers stretching all the way across - and they wouldn't move!!

4. Unacceptable behavior/manners of parents in front of their kids - I saw so many instances where the parents were acting so badly, how the heck did you think their kids were going to act?? In the human knot I mentioned above, one woman was so convinced that we were all not moving as a conspiracy against her, she proceeded to keep subtly kicking the back of my heels, and press her son's face literally into my bottom! It was some of the worst behavior I have ever experienced at WDW, and I was 3 seconds from turning around and giving her the "what for." Of course, then she would play the child card, I'm sure.

Off the soap box now, donning my flame retardant suit!

 

[welovedis]

THanks for telling me this--I never knew and may have, in ignorance, been rude to a middle-of-the-row individual. I wish WDW could fix this issue or put those who need the service in a special area where they could use it easily.

Took-I'm sure it wasn't you, I just know that most people have no clue this exists (or handheld captioning, etc..) and just get aggravated climbing over us. Usually DS & I let DH take his seat and save the 2 next to him for us. We then wait to let others in the row to fill it up to his seat and then enter. Other times the CM makes us all sit down-weird but true!

A tip off to this is when you enter the theatre and already see people sitting in the middle of the row-look to see if they have a plexiglass screen on a small stand in front of them-that is the reflective portion.

Thanks for letting me explain about this!

 

[bavaria]

7. When you are waiting to check in at a podium and you are clearly next, the people that will run up right in front of you and act like youre not there. WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT????

HA! I have actually asked CMs if I am wearing my 'invisible suit' on some occassions! And I often seem to be wearing it at the airport, standing in the premier check in line, because ppl constantly butt in front of me!

 

[DisHubby]

People who nudge/push/squeeze/and otherwise crowd you out at the last minute before a parade, after you've been standing in your spot for the last 30 minutes.

Deb,
Easy.. Just do what I do... Stand there with a "Don't trifle with me" look and most people don't. hahahaha

 

[Mysteria]

That this thread is far longer and has been viewed far more than the happy at WDW thread.

Myst

 

[Ducky4Disney]

It's interesting to see how people fall on different sides of these issues.

One person says that they feel less important then other guests because they don't have kids, and then someone farther in this thread suggests that people without kids waiting in character lines should give up thier spot for the child behind them. Didn't the childless person pay to get it and wait in that line just like you? They have the character appearances scheduled, this falls under the "plan and research" category.

PI - here's a touchy subject. PI is the only place created with adults solely in mind, let us have it! Do you go into bars and night clubs with your kids and get disgusted that people are *gasp* drinking? OK, Adv. Club is fun, I love it, but after 9 or 9:30 pm take you kids back to the resort. I have seen parents drinking out of buckets well past midnight with young kids (7-11 y/o) that were very cranky, well duh!

I must admit, I'm one of those "stoppers" , I really don't mean to and I try to sideline myself quickly after stopping, but c'mon - that can be hard to do sometimes!

D4D

 

[robinb]

Let's see ... I came up with 10 without reading other comments .

(1) People who won't put their small child in their lap on a standing-room only bus.
(2) People who bring rolling backpacks that can trip other people.
(3) People who send one person in line for their entire family of 5 and then have the rest of the family "catch up" through the line.
(4) People who refill non-Disney mugs (aka Big Gulps ) at WDW resort drink fountains.
(5) People in ECVs who can't drive or pay attention properly.
(6) People who "cut" in front of ECVs and wheelchairs.
(7) People who put their stuff (or their feet) on the bench in front of them in the shows/Fantasmic!
(8) People who can't seem to accept normal kid behavior in the parks and restaurants.
(9) People who bunch up at the Fast Pass entrance waiting for their time slot making it impossible for those who are eligible to get through.
(10) People who bring their kids to Victoria and Albert's.

FWIW, I am sure I have been guilty of other's peeves. I'm going to go take a look .

 

[DisHubby]

Adults who expect me to deny my children, who carry an adult pass at my expense, the enjoyment of PI because the presence of minors upsets their delicate systems, or worse, because they know better than I how I should raise my brood. There, I feel much better now.

Bill From PA

I have to strongly disagree with this statement. I have no problem with kids in PI, after all Adventurer’s Club is one of my all time favorite places. But after 9pm it begins to get a bit unreasonable. For example with the exception of the shops, there is a bar in every location. (Adventurer’s Club has two!) Myself and my DW were in AC one night and there were two parents with two daughters. The oldest could not have been more than 8 or 9. The other was in the realm of 5 or 6. The youngest was asleep in the mother’s arms and the older was obviously tired yet awake sitting on the floor while both parents were sipping on mixed drinks out of the mini buckets. Simple question here... and it’s in the form of a single word... WHY?!?!?!? It’s your prerogative to take your kids to PI whenever you want, but it’s not realistic to think that you won’t get looks. And just because you buy an ‘adult’ ticket for your kids this doesn’t make them adults. The best thing I could liken this to would be walking your kids down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, LA. In both locations you can purchase beer, mixed drinks etc and walk around, the exact same as PI!

 

[DisHubby]

I know this next irk will probably irk a few people, but people who use the term "ressies" to refer to reservations drive me crazy. How hard is it to say "I made a reservation" or "I booked a room" and not mangle the english language?

AMEN!!! I bug my DW about this all the time. But I know it's just her way. I just live with it...

 

[Miller1412]

Here's Mine...

We stayed at the AKL over spring break and got up extra early one morning to get to EMH at the MK. We arrived at the AKL bus stop at 6:20 am and no bus. No bus at 6:30, 6:45, or 7 either. FINALLY- at 7:15, the bus pulled up. By this time, Huge numbers of people had shown up at the bus stop. Most around 7:00...Everyone was pushing and shoving their way trying to get on to the bus.

Luckily, we made it on, but had to be pretty aggressive to secure a spot. I didn't feel too badly about it though, being as we'd been the first family there and waiting for almost an hour. Not to mention...we missed most of the EMH time.

I know that a bus not showing up earlier was a fluke thing....but it amazed me time after time that a family would stroll right on up and hop on a crowded bus in front of people who had obviously been waiting longer. I'd feel terrible doing that to someone.

 

[bucky1023]

People who don't do any research and then complain because

1) "Disney is too expensive" - don't pay rack rate then!
2) "We had a terrible time. The lines were too long. The food was too expensive", etc, etc PLAN! RESEARCH!

OK, off my soapbox

I totally agree. If they would just put in a little time doing research they would have a 100% better time.

If I'm going some place I at least go to a few websites so I'm not out-of-the-loop!

 

[Laurajean1014]

People that complain!