What have you seen is a Disney park that made you shake your head?

[dpuck1998]

What it comes down to is does it really matter. Let's enjoy ourselves, our in our own way. I am sure people could find thing's about us to complain about. Like those board people need to get a life. They spend too much time on them.
Well, I guess to each his own. Let the clowns be clowns and the tacky be tacky. If you think about it, is it really worth wasting time looking for faults and thing's to complain about or should we just live our lives and have fun.

Here's a idea. Let's talk about the Make-A-Wish child I saw laughing at Disney World and the tears of joy I saw in the parents eyes seeing their child enjoying life. Yes, Mom was in a bikini top and Dad really needed fashion help.
Keep smiling!

Sounds like someone who complains about violance on TV. This post is about pet peeves, read them, laugh, come up with your own...or just don't click on it if it bothers you that much. Just like TV you can choose.

Complainers who complain about complainers...so that makes me my own pet peeve.....whew....I hate me....

 

[Rafikifan]

Last summer we ate dinner at Beaches and Cream and I went into the restroom that has an outside entrance. I went in and there was a woman there with her young daughter near the sinks. PLEASE don't flame me for this, I'm just trying to let you know what happened..but she spoke broken English(which is fine but it has relevance to the story). I came out and went to wash my hands and the daughter was naked and the mother had nothing on but a thong. Trust me, it is not a sight I wanted to see and after I glanced and unfortunately saw her I immediately hit the door. She was saying "We go to pool" to her daughter and I knew my sons, daughter, and dh were waiting just outside so I went out and I basically told them "Let's go!" . I knew not to say "don't look bacK" because then they would have all looked back and I don't mean to seem like a prude and my dd and dh wouldn't be traumatized but I just really didn't want my sons (8 and 10 at the time) to see that. I guess some in some places it's fine to be "free with the body" but I just wasn't expecting it at WDW. I often wonder what happened if she indeed went out and into the pool like that like I truly believe she intended to do. Trust me, if I didn't see and hear this myself I might not believe it but it's true!

 

[taximomfor4]

good for you evil queen on your smoking rules.. i just wish everybody that smokes took your attitude.
but as for gameboys in line if a child does not like crowded parks ie because of autism etc then to take them to parks is no better than the lady tinkim was talking about..

With regard to my most recent trip I would have to say the thing that bothered me most was the woman who was being so mean to the little girl with her on Test Track who did not want to ride. My DD is 7 so I am guessing this little one was maybe 5 or 6 and she was crying and just didn't want to go.

if you care about somebody then do not put them into a situation that scares or worries them.if you do that to me is not being compasionate toward anothers feelings. just because a parent wants to go there doesnt mean its best for the child...

I am going out on a limb here, and thinking the OP's post was not the one that raised mommy-hackles. Just guessing, but this one seems more likely to have done so.

Not that it really matters, though, since these are all opinions and what might be a pet peeve for one might NOT be a pet peeve for another! As for myself, I tend to dislike the scantily dressed. When it is really severe, though, like bikini tops in the parks all day. I try not to judge, , but it is hard sometimes. Especially when it's people who SHOULDN'T be dressed that way . I can say this, because I know I shouldn't dress like that, hehe...the 4 kidlings had this effect on me, see!

Beth

 

[teachingmykids]

Just remember:

Spandex is a privilege, not a right!

 

[joliesmom]

How about the little girls in princess costumes in cold weather (40's-50's)in Jan with their plastic open princess shoes and no socks. I know every girl wants to be a princess but how about some common sense. Also, I know it's been said but after waiting in line to see a character and the family that bypasses the line and just walks up. Don't flame me for this but usually they are foreign or act foreign like they don't understand when you try to redirect them.

 

[DLKT]

A 2 hour wait time for Peter Pan always makes me shake my head.

 

[lagunn]

How about the little girls in princess costumes in cold weather
(40's-50's)in Jan with their plastic open princess shoes and no socks. I know
every girl wants to be a princess but how about some common sense.
Also, I know it's been said but after waiting in line to see a character
and the family that bypasses the line and just walks up. Don't flame me
for this but usually they are foreign or act foreign like they don't
understand when you try to redirect them.



very funny joliesmum i know exactly what you mean

 

[lagunn]

Just remember:

Spandex is a privilege, not a right!
__________________
~~Georgia, Homeschooling Mom~~


also funny georgia.
(i homeschool too)

 

[mndisfam]

We had a funny one on President's weekend. We were watching the American Experience, and a cell phone rang right behind us. I didn't think too much of it - we use our cell phone in the parks when we split up. I ASSUMED the user would just shut it off. (You know what happens when you ASSUME). Anyway, she starts talking really loudly into it - has to bcs the sound track is pretty loud. Well, then I thought maybe an emergency - she will move away - keep it really brief. No! She starts a long ridiculous conversation - almost shouting. "Hi - how are you? Oh Really - no just sitting here. WHere should we go to dinner? Oh - thats a great place, - what's so-and- so up to?" And on.

My DH finally hissed "sssh" at her. Funnily, when the lights went up, we had to turn and see what kind of idiot would scream into a cell phone during a show - I mean she coould have easily left. The caller bolted up out of her chair and ran to the door - she was completely coiffed perfectly from head to toe - very high heels - and she tripped on them as she tried to run full steam out the exit. You should have seen her run down the exit ramp in her heels. I guess she thought we might beat her up.

It really takes all kinds.

 

[dpuck1998]

A 2 hour wait time for Peter Pan always makes me shake my head.

OMG, I couldn't agree more. The ride is okay and all, but I won't wait more than 15mins for it.

 

[WorldlyWise]

We were taking the launch from TTC to MK when we saw a young man, probably 16-17 wearing a t-shirt that said TURBO F*****G CHARGED in about 3 inch block letters. I was telling my wife that they probably had already spotted him and wouldn't let him in the park , but he made it all the way off the boat and through the turnstiles before being stopped and then it was only becasue the family in front of us commented to a CM about it. He must have known he was wrong because he had an overshirt in his pack. I guess he was just seeing if he could punk everyone at the park. Worst of all, what appreared to be his mom was right there with him.

 

[chicago641]

I think the crazys wait fo the pararade times to really show themselves. There is always the pushing and shoving...but last trip I saw a lady take out chalk and mark of her family's space about 45 min before the afternoon parade at the MK.She then stood guard of the square until her family joined her 10 min before the parade!

 

[Rachie0507]

When we were at MK last month, we had an "interesting" group sit next to and behind us during SpectroMagic. My DH and I choose our viewing place early, in Frontierland (where I always watched it as a kid!) Across from that sitting area for the counter service restaurant (I'm sorry I don' know the name). We sat and just people watched for ahwile and this group came over. It appeared to be two women, one with a son (11ish) and daughter (16ish) and daughter's boyfriend. The boyfriend had quite a mouth on him but we ignored it since we didn't have our kids with us. Well, they decided they didn't want to sit on the ground like the hundreds of people around them, so the boyfriend went across the street and got stools from the restaurant seating area, one by one, for their group. I kept watching for a CM to spot them but their were none around. This group continued to complain about everything about the weather, park, and even SpectroMagic. We ended up getting up and walking away half way through the parade. I couldn't take it anymore. BTW, I was not eavesdropping either, they were VERY loud.

 

[NeverlandClub23]

This is in response to all the posters who complain about parents yelling at their children. I'm 23 now but one of the times we went to WDW I was 13. We went with my aunt and uncle and three cousins as well as my parents and brother. One of the times I left to go on a ride with my aunt and two of my cousins but my family apparently didn't know I had gone with them. They thought I was lost and when we finally met up again my dad (who has an extremely short temper) went OFF on me for about 15 minutes and everyone around us was just staring. I barely remember this happening but my dad brings this up everytime we go to WDW and he keeps apolgizing for something that happened 10 years ago. He had to live with the regret of his poor judgement and temper, I didn't.

 

[Chicago526]

This is in response to all the posters who complain about parents yelling at their children. I'm 23 now but one of the times we went to WDW I was 13. We went with my aunt and uncle and three cousins as well as my parents and brother. One of the times I left to go on a ride with my aunt and two of my cousins but my family apparently didn't know I had gone with them. They thought I was lost and when we finally met up again my dad (who has an extremely short temper) went OFF on me for about 15 minutes and everyone around us was just staring. I barely remember this happening but my dad brings this up everytime we go to WDW and he keeps apolgizing for something that happened 10 years ago. He had to live with the regret of his poor judgement and temper, I didn't.

That's a good point! A parent may have a good reason for yelling at their kid, for all you know, they were terrorizing a character, ran off, or one of a million other things. Of course, it doesn't excuse swearing or hitting but otherwise the kid really may have it comming to them! I wonder if your fathers 15 minute rampage was due to his being frightend that something bad had happend to you? Not that it excuses it, but it could be a reason.

As an aside, I must be either oblivious or very lucky, because in all my trips, I've never witnessed really bad behavior from ANYONE, and have had some pretty cool moments on top of it!

 

[bytheblood]

Isn't the rule sort of "first on, last off" at least that's why I always want to sit up front on the plane. get onlast, get off first! It's mind-boggling how people can be so completely self-absorbed.

Elise

Yep!!!

 

[pampam]

At AK I saw babies being changed out in the open 3 times in one day. One father changed the baby on a table at Tusker House. I imediately notified a CM. Why these babies were not changed in a washroom, where one could wash their hands and dispose of diapers properly is beyond me.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

Men walking around with cell phones, doing business on the phone, yelling at secretary back in office - while in the men's room at Disney!! and in the parks too....

That is funny that you say that. I am a nurse, and one time, I paged a Dr., and he returned my call, from the parade at MK. I recognized the music, and asked him if that is where he was. I was laughing the whole day after that.

He wasn't yelling though. Actually he was nicer than normal. Usually he is yelling, but WDW must have softened him.

 

[Evil Queen]

Oh, for godssakes, lighten up! Clearly the OP meant this thread to be an amusing "vent," but you are turning it into something else. These "game boy posters" aren't attacking you, but it sure seems like you're starting to attack them, and it's really getting wearisome. NOBODY MADE A JUDGMENT HERE; they made an OBSERVATION and they expressed their OPINION, both of which they're entitled to, esp on a message board. Had nothing to do with being purposefully insensitive or politically incorrect. And they certainly weren't being nasty in their posts. Nonetheless, they acknowledged your point, and even though they didn't have to, they apologzied--and you're still hammering!

And, as far as a lesson goes, she taught her kid a very good lesson (and NOT the one you claim--very mean-spirited): she told her son that she certainly would not tolerate a particular scenario that they OBSERVED, as it is counter to a belief/value system she has about a particular family experience--one, I might add, that I perceive to be quite appropriate for the circumstances at play, i.e., being at WDW. She told her son this in the context of the fact that HE is not "special needs"; she did NOT run over to the other family to chastize anyone there and impose her value assessment on them.

Sorry, but you simply cannot expect the entire world to think and do in terms of "special needs" every time they take a step or breathe a breath or formulate a thought, when it's not even a part of their everyday, personal reality. And that's an opinion--a reasonable one--not a judgment; and, quite frankly, it's really a fact of life for the majority of the populace.

TT

And THANK YOU for your opinion to me!!! Have a magical time, MY Friend!!!

 

[ms4getful]

A 2 hour wait time for Peter Pan always makes me shake my head.

I couldn't agree more.