What has happened to manners in Orlando

[tashasmum]

We have been going to Orlando for a few years now and it is noticable that things are going downhill in term of manners.

When did it become acceptable to

Let your kids run up and down the hotel corridors at all times of night, shouting and knocking on other peoples doors. Whilst you sit in your Hotel room.

Cut drivers up because you are either permanently driving with the phone to your ear or feet on the dashboard. (yes that was a driver) I the past I used to think it was UK drivers not used to the roads etc, but it certainly not anymore.

Use either an Electric Wheelchair or Stroller as a weapon, this seems to be the weapon of choice for moving people out of the way or cutting across a line of people.

I know the form for the parades is that the British sit down get a good spot and wait and then 5 minutes before it starts you are descended on by others who want to push their way to the front, but this year we had one who came to sit behind us have the cheek to ask a CM to make us sit down so they could see. Even though the rest of the people along the line were standing.

Perhaps it was because it was Christmas and busy, but I have never seen it like this before, still we are back there in August.

Hopefully with a nicer crowd

 

[AlanUK]

I would agree with you that the standard of peoples manners has deteriorated in recent years

We had a couple of incidents on our last trip in Oct/Nov that were none to pleasant.

I know Kev was also there at the same time and had a couple of issues as well.

It's sad that it is happening but I always try and make sure it doesn't affect my own behaviour towards others. Having good manners is important to me and something that I want Joseph to grow up with

 

[jockey]

We also had a few experiences on Orlando that shocked us! At MVMCP it was raining so we had to keep DS in his stroller with the rain cover on during the parade and right before the parade started this lady stood right in front of him so that he could not see a thing! Then on the monorail I was carrying DS as he would not get in his stroller and I was made to stand!! Not one person offered me a seat!

I must say though we met twice as many nice people than rude people!

 

[4evryoung]

We had the strangest experience this December -- youngest son, 12, offered his seat on the crowded bus to two people (the first declined). Then as he began to leave the bus when we got to our hotel, an elderly lady patted him on the shoulder and gave him $5 for being such a young gentleman. needless to say his manners for the duration of the holiday were exemplary.

 

[GrumpyUK]

I saddend that I have to agree with you!

I am paranoid about manners - I'm one of those people who thanks shop assistants continously throughout the transactions. In fact I'm downright lovely, I am!

I did wonder if it's a cultural thing. I've noticed that they will take the first seat they can get, regardless of who is right behind them. It's a me me me thing.

A friend of mine is a very big tv star in the US (nobody's heard of her here). Whist filming her show they had to stop as some woman was lifting her legs above her head and standing up. Her excuse was ' I have a cramp'. Right, everybody else has to suffer because you only consider yourself. (A bit off topic I know but it provides an example of consideration).

I've often stood for 45 mins - an hour waiting for a parade to start. Now I'm tall, so I always stand directly behind my partner rather than beside so we only take up a little room. The number of times someones considered it their right to push in front, or push me with what seem to be hypodermic elbows.

At the Hollywood Holly-Day parade a family put three strollers right across the path where pepole would stand and then went away, rolling up just before the parade started. I know that waiting is awful for children, but there were about 7 adults, some of whom could have waited and saved a space.

moan, moan, moan, mutter, mutter, mutter, whinge, whinge, whinge,

I'd better stop.

Great country - mostly great people but some of them agragaargarararagagrgarahhhhhhh

 

[jockey]

We had the strangest experience this December -- youngest son, 12, offered his seat on the crowded bus to two people (the first declined). Then as he began to leave the bus when we got to our hotel, an elderly lady patted him on the shoulder and gave him $5 for being such a young gentleman. needless to say his manners for the duration of the holiday were exemplary.

That's so sweet!

 

[stenickar]

Great country - mostly great people but some of them agragaargarararagagrgarahhhhhhh[/QUOTE]


Yes I too agree that manners are lacking at WDW. But you must also remember that many of the people there are visitors from other countries. I have a child with special needs, it was her first trip to WDW . We got to the parade 30 minutes early, I got a place with no one around for 10 feet either side . My friend took my dd to bathroom and while they were gone a lady, and 2 other adults with electric scooters came to sit by me. I layed down my lanyard to save room for my dd and friend. With in 5 minutes about 6 other adults joined their party and tried to squeeze me out of my spot. These people did not converse in English, never asked me if anyone was sitting there(obvious from my lanyard). Just not pleasant at all !!!
They kept scooting up closer to the rope and by this time my dd could not see at all, finally a cm came by and told them to move back. We did get to see a nice parade

 

[Carrickdisfan]

Hi

I have read in posts before that a lot of these people pretend not to speak English however one girl posted that her family asked some people from another country to move and they responded in a Spanish language which the girl in fact understood. What they were in fact saying was ' if we pretend we don't understand they will leave us alone'. They got a shock when the girl replied back to them in Spanish as she understood everything they said. I also find that people realise the Disney stewards have very little authority. I noticed this last year when I was standing beside a lady in a wheelchair and a person stood in front of her with a video camera. When asked to move by a young disney steward during the parade the person just ignored them and continued on. Nothing was done and no-one seems to care as long as they get what they want. Security should be called to escort these people out of the park. We also experienced this in DLP and when the family eventually moved from in front of people beside us everyone nearby clapped and cheered.

 

[Kevin Stringer]

It's unfortunately true, manners seem to be declining every year.

Despite what I sometimes say, I still intend to offer my seat to those that require it more than I do even if I am sometimes rudely rebuffed. (Can you be re-buffed if you haven't been buffed in the first place?)

I also agree that you meet many more kind and courteous people over the length of a holiday than rude ones.

Kev

 

[UKDEB]

Then on the monorail I was carrying DS as he would not get in his stroller and I was made to stand!! Not one person offered me a seat!

Ironic, Kev, that you were rebuffed by a person in this very situation.

All the experiences here are the very reason I can't be doing with parades. I love the parades, but not all the argy-bargy that goes with them.

 

[misspickle]

i agree with you it was my first visit and i always thought americans were so full of joy happy go lucky, i was gob smacked i found alot of them obnoxious,rude and discourteous. and it all began in customs at the airport (that was an experience), and on the disney shuttle bus to the parks where people wouldn't move to let people with young children to sit down, and general lack in excuse me !!! people just barged through.
thats not put me off as i met alot of really nice people .

 

[wayneg]

I am one of the easiest going people around and will put up with a lot but twice this Xmas trip I got mad with people in the parks, Once New years eve waiting for the fireworks at 7:30 there was no room in front of us but a girl decided to push in, and stood on a bench, I let it go, until the rest of the family tried to follow, the mother started pushing in I said "where do you think your going?" she said to me "scuse get to daughter" I said "I dont think so its bad enough your daughter pushing in no way are the rest of you going in." They just started talking in spanish behind me but I would not let them in.
Similar thing happend at MGM parade they sent the little ones to the front of everyone just before the parade started then tried to get in after them.
I have never seen as many people from Peru and venesualea (is that how you spell it?) alot of tours with CVC flags also.
Had no problems with Americans or British thankfully but the spanish speaking guests were really rude and ignorant.

 

[TracyK]

I'm also sad to say that we noticed the same thing during our New Year visit.

Tracy

 

[natalielongstaff]

Having good manners is important to me and something that I want Joseph to grow up with

unfortunatly you seems to be a dying breed of parent alan i think manners are extremly important and as my mum always said...they cost nothing

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

On monorail had no problems, quite a few offered spaces for MIL & me!! I don't think I look that old!!! At one parade a foreign family did push in & kept leaning over my daughter. I did ask their daughter to watch where she was stepping and a few foreign words were muttered. Luckily I couldn.t understand them.
Generally I found WDW to be a lot cleaner this time then when we visited last Aug.

 

[sandshal]

Another thing I found extremely irritating in May last year was the number of large groups of school kids who insisted on pushing their way through the line to their one friend some 100 people ahead (often with some excuse or another), the first time I let it go and just huffed and puffed a little, then Im afraid the "fire in the belly" took over and I grabbed each side of the rail and refused to let them go any further. (OK I was a teenager once but somebodys gotta do the job!!!) and lines take long enough

 

[jen_uk]

Unfortunately I agree as well! On our trip at Christmas there were loads of times when people were rude to us, I lost count of the times I held the door open at the hotel food court and an entire family would walk through and not one of them would say thanks.

Every year when we wait for the parades/fireworks we always have families try to push in front of us. I dont mind having letting someones kids stand in from of me but I will be damned if the whole family is going to push me out of the way!! Last year this woman and her friend tried to push in front of us at the MGM parade and I refused to budge and they kept tutting! Im sorry but if it is so important to you then get there earlier!!

Also, this year a couple of times I had kids run into me and one time one hit me staright on pretty hard and not so much as a sorry from child or parent!!

 

[angel659]

Hi

I had noticed this on my last holiday to WDW. To be honest all the visitors seemed like gems when we went to DLRP. I was so shocked with the guests in DLRP. It seems to be normal to push and shuve your way through the line and no lines for certian characters. Bombard the poor characters and no personal space. Smoke in lines as well. I thought the guests were appalling. Many times I said excuse me your in my way or I was there first. If they did not understand I would use gestures to show them what they had done. I would simply push back into where I was first. I thought no my children have been waiting patientlly for this ride your not about to come along and push in front. Perhaps not a great example, but I thought no we will not get anywhere in the lines if we did not get our space back.

WDW was a little bad when it came to bus rides from the resort. My dh had to carry both the boys who were 23 months on the bus standing up, whilst I held the buggy and had Casey with me. It was a rare for someone to offer thier seat so many children standing. When we did get seats I would offer my seat straight away to a child and hold onto the buggy whilst standing up. Sometimes in the lines I would be collapsing the buggy when the bus arrived. Sometimes it would stick and it would be hard to collapse it people just started walking past me and in the end I could not get on and my dh and the kids came off. I said I would meet you there, but he wanted my help at the other end. In the end I would say can you please wait I will not be a moment. That night at Epcot really annoyed me.

I love the Americans they really tried helping us out on the bus and trying to entertain the kids on the buses. They were great.

 

[angel659]

Another bug bare. When people used to literally turn up in thier motor vehicle and get straight on and use 3 seats up. Then get off it and take up another seat or two I know I am overweight, but I will still walk the parks. This lady was boasting that she had hired the vehicle so she could get around the parks quicker and there would be no waiting time for rides for her. I thought take the mick out of the system why dont you. She was large, but still didnt think this was a good excuse in my eyes. She said I dont need one back home