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

[tjevans]

This certainly isn't a "Disney thing" - I just think people are more rude now in general. Class and manners are an "old fashion" kinda thing, now.

On another topic going on right now, I have just learned that I have been rude and demeaning to women, older persons, and parents (of either sex) holding children by offering them my seat on the bus.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Uh oh, now it's going to morph into a bus thread.

 

[justussix]

Having been a stroller user my last four visits over six years, I'd like to speak in defense of all ankle ramming stroller users.

"Just moving with the crowd" as many non-stroller users like to say, they tend to go a little to the left or a little to the right as space appears to open. However, the front of a stroller is often below their line of sight. I can't tell you how many times as I'm following my family out of the park pushing a stroller when people jump into the little bit of space I leave so I don't ram my wife or older children in the ankles. I'm just trying to stay with our group. So the person that jumps in that space didn't see the front wheel of the stroller, they trip over it or I can't stop in time, and they get bumped. Then I get the look as if somehow I did it on purpose. So it goes. I apologize and move on.

Only one time did I "use my stroller as a weapon". We had staked out a spot right up against the tape for the Frozen Fireworks well before the show started. This family sees the fireworks that they apparentely didn't know were coming, and backs into my family's spot. Either did not speak english or willfully ignored my attempts to let him know we were already there. So he got to watch the show with the front end of a stroller firmly wedged against the back of his legs. With pressure I might add. And the occasional extra nudge. I'm guessing he knew he was in the wrong because he took it the whole show, never turned around, and didn't say a word after it was done.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

Just remember that most people pushing those big strollers would much prefer to not be pushing those big strollers. Its not like they're doing it for fun. Or to ruin your day.

So freaking true! Try lugging a stroller with a 40 lb. kid in it up the monorail ramp to the Contemporary at the end of a long 100 degree day. Absolutely brutal!

 

[MakiraMarlena]

must be harder when it's a 40 lb kid plus 80 lbs of stuff.

 

[tjevans]

Then she started talking about how her neck always hurts when she gets off of RnRC ... I took another shot at being friendly and said "you should ask to sit toward the front of the cars ... It's a smoother ride" .... To which she rolled her eyes and said "yeah - but the back goes much faster", lol. I kept my mouth shut .... But in my head I was thinking "hmmm / I think I missed that day in physics class".

Actually, it does, at least going over hills. Since most of the mass of the vehicle will then be on the downhill and accelerating, the last ride car experiences a greater velocity going over the top of hills than the others.

 

[Disneyliscious]

So freaking true! Try lugging a stroller with a 40 lb. kid in it up the monorail ramp to the Contemporary at the end of a long 100 degree day. Absolutely brutal!

Wait and go when your kids are big enough they don't need dino sized strollers? Not trying to be snide but seriously. YOU are making the conscious choice to do that.

 

[Miss Whimsy]

Uh oh, now it's going to morph into a bus thread.

 

[Holstar]

Actually, it does, at least going over hills. Since most of the mass of the vehicle will then be on the downhill and accelerating, the last ride car experiences a greater velocity going over the top of hills than the others.

This! It often feels like a totally different ride when sitting at the back, when compared to say the front... we like to do both The back on Big Thunder Mountain is amazing and Expedition Everest is totally different from the very back... you really feel it going over those hills!

 

[SarahDisney]

Re: strollers, here's what I don't understand:
Do people not use umbrella strollers anymore? Because to me that seems like a much easier way to travel - lighter, takes up less space, etc. I'm sure there's an age where the kid is too young for an umbrella stroller (and while I, personally, wouldn't take a kid that age, I know some people do), but once the kid's a year old, why would you not want to take a lighter stroller? (which also serves the purpose of getting in other people's ways less and taking up less space)

People complain that the stroller they bring is too heavy (or I've seen people who can't figure out how to fold it to get it on the buses) ... bring a lighter stroller!

 

[hollypoast]

We were seated behind a man holding an infant (maybe 4 months old) on the Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios. Throughout the whole ride the man kept snapping his fingers in the air to try to get the infant to look at the various props and animatronic characters you see on the ride. Meanwhile the baby seemed most interested in the fans on the ceiling.

Drove me CRAZY! I really wanted to scream.... its an infant, as long as they are content who cares what he/she is looking at!!! (but of course, I didn't )

 

[Holstar]

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.

 

[BigW]

I made it through 2 pages of this thread before I had to stop reading. I somehow manage to push all the negatives out of my mind (especially when we're leaving in a week). Manners are EXTREMELY important to my family and I. When I see the rudeness on display it makes my blood boil. I'm going to go look at pictures of happy families at WDW now to take my mind off this.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

Re: strollers, here's what I don't understand:
Do people not use umbrella strollers anymore? Because to me that seems like a much easier way to travel - lighter, takes up less space, etc. I'm sure there's an age where the kid is too young for an umbrella stroller (and while I, personally, wouldn't take a kid that age, I know some people do), but once the kid's a year old, why would you not want to take a lighter stroller? (which also serves the purpose of getting in other people's ways less and taking up less space)

Yeah keep that 3-5 year old set out of the children's amusement park, the way Walt intended.

 

[Sarahgraci]

Re: strollers, here's what I don't understand:
Do people not use umbrella strollers anymore? Because to me that seems like a much easier way to travel - lighter, takes up less space, etc. I'm sure there's an age where the kid is too young for an umbrella stroller (and while I, personally, wouldn't take a kid that age, I know some people do), but once the kid's a year old, why would you not want to take a lighter stroller? (which also serves the purpose of getting in other people's ways less and taking up less space)

People complain that the stroller they bring is too heavy (or I've seen people who can't figure out how to fold it to get it on the buses) ... bring a lighter stroller!

I totally agree! We didn't have a stroller for DD yet, and we decided to go to WDW when she was 6 months old. We searched for a small but sturdy stroller that she could be comfortable in for a few years. Some umbrella strollers don't have much "body" to them at all and aren't good for small kids. Our Cybex Onyx stroller was one of the best splurge purchases we made. DD (3) now still uses it every once in a while. It's small, nimble, and doesn't weigh much.

 

[justussix]

Re: strollers, here's what I don't understand:
Do people not use umbrella strollers anymore? Because to me that seems like a much easier way to travel - lighter, takes up less space, etc.

Easier to travel with, I concur. Easier to use, not so much. Put a big 2 year old in one, and the wheels find every little groove in the pavement, tracks on Main Street, etc. to get stuck in. Plus, they're so small it's harder to navigate walking while hunched over pushing one of those. Finally, a child can't get a nap in an umbrella stroller. A jogging stroller with a swivel wheel is much easier to navigate. Most of the strollers I've seen aren't any bigger than the ones Disney rents out anyway.

Having kids between 2 and 12 - we have a few different interests we're trying to accommodate. Not your sugguestion, but another poster said wait till their older. While the point is fair for one child - there's something about experiencing Disney in that sweet spot between 3 and 9. We chose not to wait until our oldest was a teenager, just to get other kids into that age group. It meant travelling with infants a couple times as well as repeat visits.

 

[slickpoetry]

Re: strollers, here's what I don't understand:
Do people not use umbrella strollers anymore? Because to me that seems like a much easier way to travel - lighter, takes up less space, etc. I'm sure there's an age where the kid is too young for an umbrella stroller (and while I, personally, wouldn't take a kid that age, I know some people do), but once the kid's a year old, why would you not want to take a lighter stroller? (which also serves the purpose of getting in other people's ways less and taking up less space)

People complain that the stroller they bring is too heavy (or I've seen people who can't figure out how to fold it to get it on the buses) ... bring a lighter stroller!

Most "umbrella" strollers I've seen/used are too short for me to use. The handles you need to grab onto to push are too low. So the whole time I'm pushing it I'm hunched over. You could imagine how one feels after doing that for 7 or 8 hours straight.

 

[Fanboy]

Yeah keep that 3-5 year old set out of the children's amusement park, the way Walt intended.

You think 3-5 is too young for an umbrella stroller? I'm pretty sure the poster meant infants.

To try to divert this from becoming a stroller thread, I'll post my answer to the OPs question:

The most annoying thing to me are the people who cannot handle their alcohol yet insist on tanking up as much as possible.

We hit F&W in 2010 (unknowingly, it was our first family trip) and nothing can take you out of the Disney bubble faster than watching some liquored-up stumblebums vomiting in the carefully groomed boxwoods.

I don't have a problem with alcohol in the parks but as the gaming commission here says: Know your limit, play within it.

 

[Drusilla]

Oh my word - THIS! Or recording it with their phones. I have so many pictures of people holding their phone/ipad/etc up recording the entire wishes in my pictures of the castle during Wishes. There was no way to get away from them because if you tried to shift a little (assuming there was any room to shift) you just ran into 3, 4 or 5 other people doing the same thing! It drove me crazy. It wasn't just one night/spot either, it was every night and every spot. t don't mind people taking pictures because it's not a constant thing and they put their cameras down, but does everyone have to record the entire show and hold their device way above their heads?!

The kids on the shoulders don't bother me really because at least it's someone actually watching the show and honestly I don't have a single picture (or had a single show) obscured by kids on shoulders, but tons of pictures obscured by people recording on their devices.

I wonder if anyone actually watches all of the things they recorded while obscuring my view?!

I have had this happen to me and have politely asked them to hold their ipad down lower, like in front of their face, so as to not block my or my kids view. Some oblige, some don't. For those that don't, I just sing a nice silly little song about fireworks over and over so that is what they hear when they watch the video of the fireworks (and I don't have a good singing voice either).

 

[GovieMom]

must be harder when it's a 40 lb kid plus 80 lbs of stuff.