What is the most annoying thing you have experienced another guest doing at Disney?

[JennaDeeDooDah]

I'm 99% sure I must have been sitting right next to you. I witnessed the same thing, I saw a kid chugging hot chocolate and eating cookies like they going to run away. He complained his stomach hurt and very soon after he set the cookies free!

If it was December 11th, the first parade, and you were in Frontierland, then yes, we were likely neighbors.

Parents not supervising their kids – While waiting in a very long bus line after MNSSHP, there was a young boy in the row next to me that hit me multiple times (including twice in the head) with a light-up toy sword. The parents saw him waiving the sword around as well as him hitting me with it and said nothing. I understand kids will be kids and that is why I let the first few times slide, but I was not happy by the time I got to board the bus.

Photo sessions at M&Gs – Like another poster said, it is rude to spend 10+ minutes with a character when there are other people waiting in line. In my case, I had been waiting about 25 minutes to see Pocahontas at Camp Minnie Mickey. Ahead of me was a group of 5 people dressed up in Pocahontas costumes. It was very obvious that they knew the friend of Pocahontas and the people working the M&G as they spent 15 minutes with her and must have taken at least 30 pictures with different poses and people in them. There were people in line that didn’t get to meet her during that set because of this.

Another interesting incident was after Wishes when a family traveling in the opposite direction of the guests trying to exit the park loudly exclaimed “COMING THROUGH! MOVE ASIDE! I’M COMING THROUGH! YOU NEED TO MOVE NOW!” and then started yelling at people when they didn’t move even though we were all gridlocked and had nowhere to move to.

Finally, I had a very interesting ride with my father on Kali River Rapids when the lady across from us decided to take off her shirt because “she didn’t want it to get wet” and rode TOPLESS. The real kicker is she dropped her shirt in a puddle of water as we were nearing the loading dock, so it was all for nothing.

All in all though, I am on vacation and I try not to let things bother me

Those people crack me up. Oh, YOU have somewhere you are trying to get to. YOU have a ride you want to go on, a show you want to see, or a restaurant reservation. How unique. You see, all the rest of us just come to WDW to wander aimlessly through the parks.

 

[Mouse Daddy]

I tried not to watch but really couldnt believe what i was seeing

 

[cindyfan]

haha.... so many of these are so true for me too!

You really have to learn to "let it go". haha

The whole step in front of people 5 minutes before parades or fireworks really is just rude!
So what I do is..... I will purposely step in front of someone that I just saw do it to a family with young kids.... then motion to the kids to stand in front of me... giving them their spot back! The rude people can yell all they want at me!

 

[MIGrandma]

Standing in line for a ride/attraction next to someone who didn't take a shower that morning. Had a guy in front of us waiting for It's Tough to be a Bug and he had terrible body odor, plus stinky cologne trying to cover it up. Gag.

And I agree about the chanting groups. We were getting on Soarin' and there was a LOUD group of 20 or so that were chanting and the CM actually encouraged them to be louder.

People who don't shut up on attractions that have narration. If you're not interested in listening then don't get on, or at the very least have the common courtesy to SHUT UP so others CAN hear.

Plus the guy sitting next to us on a bench at one of the bus stops at Port Orleans who blew his nose. Into his HAND!! Maybe it wasn't so much "annoying" as it was "shocking." I mean, what was he going to DO with THAT?! I have no idea what he "did with it" as I quickly turned away, pratically gagging!!

 

[cindyfan]

another thing I find annoying is poel who say the attraction spiel along with the ride. All they end up doing is spoiling it for someone who doesn't want to hear them, plus it's kind of annoying too.

I am going to apologize to you now!
It has become something that a lot of people do.... including my kids.

Actually one of our best memories was on TOT and EVERYONE in the room recited the entire spiel together!! All strangers enjoying the same experience was AWESOME!!!
Then most of us got on the same elevator and kept the fun going! all screaming together and laughing!!! The picture was amazing with everyone --- none of us had ever met before! -- with our hands up and laughing together!!!

 

[tjevans]

Oh my gosh! Totally forgot this one from our recent trip... Parents forcing children onto rides they don't want to ride or outright lying to them about what the ride is like. A minor example... we were at the loading point for Space Mountain, and there was a little boy next to us, visibly afraid. His mum was telling him it was "just like big thunder mountain - but there aren't any drops". I get wanting to encourage your child to try new things (both my SO and my middle niece dislike fast rides), but you have to respect their boundaries!

Guilty if this one, but you know what? DD loved the ride just like I knew she would.

 

[missnic]

People with children who think it gives them priorities and rights over everyone else. people who don't get their own way from either a CM or other guest moaning 'That's hardly Disney spirit' or the old chestnut 'Disney is for kids'. I think all potential Disney guests should take time to listen to Walt's speech on the opening day of Disneyland. He built it for everyone, not certain specific groups.

This! We were in the queue for Star Tours last year, and there was a young couple and a little girl (7-8?) behind us. The girl had one of those tall, pointy princess hats on, and was literally bouncing around the queue smacking me in the head with this hat. I finally turned around and asked her politely if she could maybe not do that anymore. The 'mother' spun around and gave me the death look and I got the whole "She's a child! What do you expect from her?!". I replied that I expected her parents to do some parenting and not let that sort of thing happen. The woman then told me that she wasn't the parent, turned around, and made rude comments about us 'idiots for coming to Disney without kids' for the remainder of the wait. I had to physically stop DH from turning around and smacking them. At the loading dock, I asked the CM to place us as far away as possible from that group.

At Aloha Isle, one group decided that they needed to make a 3rd line to come straight towards the register. And they also decided that they needed to get very angry at me when I was next in the proper line. I know they're not clearly marked lines, but when there are 10 people in a distinctly line shaped array, perhaps ask?

 

[alvernon90]

Things I have learned from this thread:

1. WDW is a giant dumping ground for human garbage.

2. Parade and fireworks waiting areas are like fences that catch and collect large piles of human garbage that otherwise would be blowing around the parks.

3. A large part of the "magic" in the parks is consumed for the purpose of restraining regular people from getting physically violent with the human garbage.

4. It would behoove anyone planning to visit WDW to learn to speak a little Portuguese, at least a couple of phrases describing maternal promiscuity or (even more insulting) commenting on Brazil's most recent World Cup performance. Bonus points for pretending like you are trying to translate a polite request using your phone but just cannot get the pronunciation correct.

5. It seems quite a bit of these problems would be cut down if Disney did more high-visibility enforcement of the rules (throwing out smokers, line cutters, and parade spot jumpers) but garbage dollars are worth the same amount as normal human dollars. In fact, that should be our new national motto.

6. Best bets for avoiding human garbage at WDW: rent a car and skip the parades.

 

[DisneyHardin]

Last fall DH and I were eating dinner at 'Ohana. Our table was on the aisle right by where the kid games were. When the kids came up and did their little parade, there was a mom that literally leaned across our table while we were eating to take pictures of her little snowflake. The Lady running the games asked parents to "please be considerate of other diners" when she saw what was going on, but I guess that mom didn't think it applied to her.

We have ADR's for 'Ohana again this fall and DH said to make sure when I check in to tell them we DO NOT want a table on the aisle.

 

[WuvEeyore]

Last fall DH and I were eating dinner at 'Ohana. Our table was on the aisle right by where the kid games were. When the kids came up and did their little parade, there was a mom that literally leaned across our table while we were eating to take pictures of her little snowflake. The Lady running the games asked parents to "please be considerate of other diners" when she saw what was going on, but I guess that mom didn't think it applied to her.

We have ADR's for 'Ohana again this fall and DH said to make sure when I check in to tell them we DO NOT want a table on the aisle.

Should've poked her with a fork or asked her to pass the salt. Lol. Super rude!

 

[TheLittleKatie]

Things I have learned from this thread:

1. WDW is a giant dumping ground for human garbage.

2. Parade and fireworks waiting areas are like fences that catch and collect large piles of human garbage that otherwise would be blowing around the parks.

3. A large part of the "magic" in the parks is consumed for the purpose of restraining regular people from getting physically violent with the human garbage.

4. It would behoove anyone planning to visit WDW to learn to speak a little Portuguese, at least a couple of phrases describing maternal promiscuity or (even more insulting) commenting on Brazil's most recent World Cup performance. Bonus points for pretending like you are trying to translate a polite request using your phone but just cannot get the pronunciation correct.

5. It seems quite a bit of these problems would be cut down if Disney did more high-visibility enforcement of the rules (throwing out smokers, line cutters, and parade spot jumpers) but garbage dollars are worth the same amount as normal human dollars. In fact, that should be our new national motto.

6. Best bets for avoiding human garbage at WDW: rent a car and skip the parades.

 

[Dug720]

I will agree with the chanting groups. ANNOYING!!! (And sadly they've invaded New York as well!!)

A couple of things I've seen:

1) The father who left his folded up double stroller right in the back doorway on a bus while he went to the very back to sit with his family and then proceeded to yell at the people who moved it off so they could get off the bus because he couldn't be bothered to stand with it on a crowded bus and made no effort to get to it before the bus arrived at the stop.

2) A group (who wasn't chanting when I encountered them, but I'm sure they had been before and were after) who felt it was their right to leave all their pink backpacks in a pile in front of the ToT sign UNGUARDED other than by someone who I guess was the group leader who had gone to get a turkey leg. A CM came up and asked whose they were and we all said honestly we didn't know. (You only knew it was a group because they all matched.) He started to call someone when the person who was to be guarding them came running up, turkey leg in hand. When told the bags a) could not be left there and b) could not be left ANYWHERE unattended proceeded to fuss about having to move them all himself. Said group then came running up with another leader who had paper FPs (this was before FP+) for all of them, and they were literally sprinting through the FP line with the CM there begging them to slow down and be patient. He apologized to those of us who couldn't get to the regular line because of their overcrowding and we ALL said "That's fine. We'd rather let them get through before we're in there."

 

[ashlyn721]

Adults frequently passing gas loudly in line in front of us. They thought it was hilarious while I was literally gagging. It was incredibly rude and crass and when another man in line confronted them they got aggressive. Couldn't the behavior of those "adults"

 

[bradiblue27]

I'm gonna hop in with another story about parade line jumpers. I've never had such a horrifying experience with two human beings again in my life.

It was MNSSHP in 2011 and my parents and I had scouted spots so very long in advance for the parade. The front had already been filled and we were just sitting waiting and I see out of the corner of my eye this couple with their seven year old son approaching me. I look up from my phone, curious and the mother says this to me, word for word:"Sweetie, I need you to move now so my son can see this parade coming by."

Not a request. Not asking. She was ordering me to, basically. I'm in shock and wasn't sure why they were approaching me out of everyone else. I was 17, almost 18 and I guess my parents didn't feel the need to step in so I promptly told them that actually, I had been here a very long time and my parents (at this point, I gestured to my mother and father) and I weren't going to be moving. The man very snidely comments that they thought I was alone and wouldn't mind giving up my parade spot for their poor little son.

My mother at this point loses her temper and tells them in no uncertain terms to leave and find another spot as they wouldn't be sitting here. They walk off mumbling about who knows what while my parents and I are still in shock.

Who honestly thinks it would be okay to bully a teenage girl who they thought was by herself into giving them her seat? I tried not to let it ruin my night, but I was really upset until Donald waved at me.

 

[ellone]

As we were waiting for Wishes a few years back a large woman in an ECV ran over my foot. I was pregnant at the time and showing. I screamed and started crying I was in so much pain - I was actually afraid something was broken. She looked back and saw she had run over a pregnant woman, didn't apologize or say anything and just zoomed off.

 

[Jaybird6]

Standing in line for a ride/attraction next to someone who didn't take a shower that morning. Had a guy in front of us waiting for It's Tough to be a Bug and he had terrible body odor

This - We went in August for our last trip, and I understand that it is hot and people sweat, but YUCK. Between that and the lack of personal space, attractions like ITTBAB and Captain EO (with a giant holding room) make me queasy...

 

[wendybeth75]

In June we were at POR and there was a couple of dance and cheer squads who decided to practice in the food court. They had moved several tables and made a space and were practicing LOUDLY. We heard the coach yelling "5-6-7-8" etc etc during the whole meal. I don't know if POR told them they could do this or not. There were several people standing around watching and then other people like ourselves that seemed annoyed. My other peeves have been documented here. Flash photography on dark rides, princes and princesses on the shoulders, and trying to ninja your way to the front right when the parade starts.

 

[Goofyuk]

Finally, I had a very interesting ride with my father on Kali River Rapids when the lady across from us decided to take off her shirt because “she didn’t want it to get wet” and rode TOPLESS. The real kicker is she dropped her shirt in a puddle of water as we were nearing the loading dock, so it was all for nothing.

I know different people and cultures use "topless" to mean slightly different things so I must ask. Do you mean the girl was just wearing a bra style top? In which case I don't see the issue, or was she naked from the waist up, in which case the CMs would surely have noticed and she would have been escorted out of the park.

 

[DawnM]

I am surprised they let her ride.

When my oldest was about 5, I tried to get him on Splash Mountain. He ONLY saw the drop at the end, so he thought the entire ride was like that.

He didn't scream until he go IN the ride. They made us get out.

He rode it just a few months later and wanted to go again and again, but the CM wouldn't let us ride with a child who was afraid.

Dawn

Oh my gosh! Totally forgot this one from our recent trip...

Parents forcing children onto rides they don't want to ride or outright lying to them about what the ride is like.

A minor example... we were at the loading point for Space Mountain, and there was a little boy next to us, visibly afraid. His mum was telling him it was "just like big thunder mountain - but there aren't any drops". I get wanting to encourage your child to try new things (both my SO and my middle niece dislike fast rides), but you have to respect their boundaries!

More concerning though, was what we witnessed whilst waiting in line for Expedition Everest. A little girl, maybe 7 or 8, was screaming and clinging to the railing. The CM's tried to convince the mum that she could wait for her by the exit, but she was having none of it. She picked her child up and physically held her into the seat (next to grandma I presume), whilst she pulled the harness forwards. That poor poor girl didn't stop screaming and crying the entire time they were holding her in the seat.

I'm pretty sure that's how future ride phobias begin.

 

[Toffeewoffy]

We had some over-excited girls in our lift at ToT. They started screaming (loudly) before we'd barely even started to go forwards through the blue star lights. I turned and shouted, "We haven't even started yet!" which got a lot of laughs. I was by the wall with DD next to me, and a very over-exicted young man sitting the other side of her. He was really OTT and must have thought we wanted him to 'join in' with us. We were in the front row (which I find scary as it's so open) and he had his feet up against the low wall, waving his arms around and whooping. DD told me he was really creepy and ruined the ride for her! It was all very good natured, though.

I hate when people don't see the ECVs and just walk in front of you in queues as if you're not there. So rude!

I had a teenage girl in the row in front of us in the Mexico boat ride who had her arm out the entire way round, brushing her fingers against everything within reach. Totally ruined my experience of the ride: I just hope she got something nasty from touching everything!

Kids who play with the barriers while in queues, rocking the chain ones, or older children who climb up and sit on them when they're in the next row along so their packpack is in your face.

Or people who leave HUGE gaps in queues and don't keep the lines moving.

The one that has been said before - people who keep up their loud conversations all the way round rides: we were the row behind a foreign family in Living With the Land, and they jabbered loudly and continuously the whole way round.

Or those ruddy light up and flashing accessories they sell at shows. The kid in front just has to have one and then all you can see is the flashing lights the whole show.

Also people who strip tables in CS restaurants of all the chairs so they can sit 9 round a table meant for 4. We finally found a table at Electric Umbrella after walking around with our tray for a while, but there were no chairs. By the time we (and the nearby CM who'd hitherto been sorting out the bin) found 3 chairs our food was stone cold. Bless her, but she took the tray, saying she'd get us fresh food, and was back within 5 minutes with piping hot, freshly cooked burgers and fries - probably fresher than the pre-made ones we'd been given in the first place. So, I for one am glad that Cosmic Rays now won't let you into the main dining room unless you have a tray in your hand.