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

[Groomer Gal]

Last year at MVMCP ...we were seated on the curb.....waiting to watch the fireworks etc....and a family pushed their way right behind us...which was fine...but the baby in the stroller was fussy...which also didn't bother me....late night...baby.....ok......BUT the Mother kept rocking the stroller back and forth...INTO MY BACK....I politely told her she was hitting me....it stopped for a second...baby fussed...and bam....into me again.....we ended up standing and then they were mad they couldn't see past us. OMG.

But the worst thing was a couple years ago....we were at AK looking for a spot to watch the parade....(not last minute either) so we find a spot....it looks totally open....huh....there is a family and they have a blanket....but none of the kids are actually on the blanket they are sitting with Mom and dad....huh....so we happily stand right behind the blanket thinking the kids will get in it when the parade starts.....
Nope...never got on....so I asked the parents if it was their blanket....they say no but they are saving the spot for another family.....so we wait....in the meantime...a little girl and her family came up behind us....the little girl was deaf....using sign language.....so I let her come up and stand in front of me with my kids.....we were crammed behind this empty blanket
Well after a couple minutes of waiting and the parade coming around the corner....I couldn't take it anymore and I picked up the empty blanket and folded it handed it to the Mother and let all the kids sit.
3/4 of the way through the parade...here comes the other family...oh well....too bad....so RUDE!

 

[luvmylatte]

Last year at Via Napoli we were seated next to a Mom, Dad, small child combo. The child kept getting up and jumping on the booth type seating while Mom and Dad enjoyed their wine. Then when Jr. wasn't getting the desired level of attention, he proceeded to take the bread plates and throw them to the floor...1 ay a time. At this point, they should have gotten the bill and high tailed it out, but no they stayed as Jr. Started screaming and ate their pizza.

Ruined my dinner...obviously this is the routine in their home, because they finished the meal and even got dessert.

 

[wilkeliza]

Last year at Via Napoli we were seated next to a Mom, Dad, small child combo. The child kept getting up and jumping on the booth type seating while Mom and Dad enjoyed their wine. Then when Jr. wasn't getting the desired level of attention, he proceeded to take the bread plates and throw them to the floor...1 ay a time. At this point, they should have gotten the bill and high tailed it out, but no they stayed as Jr. Started screaming and ate their pizza.

Ruined my dinner...obviously this is the routine in their home, because they finished the meal and even got dessert.

I never understand this. DBFS niece gets away with stuff like this and mom just says well she too little to be punished or understand. Um no she is 1.5 years old and knows what no, don't, stop etc means because she uses the words herself. I finally told her one day maybe her daughter would learn to sit through dinner if her bad behavior caused her to be removed every once in awhile. She also has a full time nanny so it isn't even like mom would miss out only the kid

 

[Northernlites]

During our last visit we decided to view the parade in the Frontierland viewing area. We waited for about 45 mintues. Beside us waiting patiently was an elderly couple. She was in a wheelchair and he was in a scooter. They told me they were AP and had been to MK every year. They said the parade was their favorite attraction and sat in Frontierland because there was less people and easier for them to get around.

Well just when the parade was in view a family five including a kid in a stroller pulled up and decided to park right in front of these seniors. I could tell the couple were frightened to say anything so I did.

I told the rude family "Hey these people have been waiting over an hour and can't you see you are blocking their view" They left but I am sure that is their game plan and always has been.

It is the same people who cut in line at other events and at the grocery store....;

 

[Flamingeaux]

I think we were staying at Sports and we had just missed the AK bus so we were first in line for the next one. at that time they didn't have a chain (do they have one now?). Naturally people don't like to wait so a few people started a new one. This was pretty aggravating. Then this elderly couple decided that two lines weren't enough so they started a third line. I could see it in there body language that they expected to get on the bus first. I couldn't help myself and I basically pushed them out of the way when the bus finally came.

 

[AlexLovesCats]

On my last trip, the first day I went to go to HS first thing to ride Tower of Terror, since it is my favorite ride and I hadn't been back to WDW in 9 years!! I was so excited to ride and waited about a half hour to get on in the FP+ line. Finally we were loaded in the elevator and a group of teenagers taking up the entire back row began screaming chants in another language as soon as the ride began. This continued the entire ride, and made it totally un-enjoyable as it was extremely distracting and you couldn't hear anything but them. Talk about not caring about anyone's experience but your own!! Completely selfish.

 

[ToodlesTime]

I generally expect people to be polite and courteous and, during our last trip to Disney, I found folks to be fairly un-annoying. That said, I do think that, as a whole, our society has become much less polite and chivalrous and much more absorbed and self serving.

One thing that REALLY gets under my skin happened the last time we were at WDW. We were at Casey's Corner grabbing a quick bite to eat (dinner) and, after coming out with our food we couldn't find a seat/table to save our lives. There were several tables of adults just sitting there, waiting on the parade (which was still 1-2 hours away from starting). We roamed and stood there for 10+ minutes looking for a table (with a 3 year old), waiting for someone to leave, until one older couple finally took pity on us and invited us to join them at their table. They admitted that they had already eaten and were just sitting there waiting for the parade. We were thankful that they shared the table and enjoyed a lovely conversation with them, but the tables at restaurants are there for patrons to EAT at. Not for you to loiter for hours so you can get a good parade spot.

And, as someone who was 7+ months pregnant last trip, I want to thank all the thoughtful people who gave up their bus seats so I could sit. I'm not going to start that convo *again* (there's quite the thread on that already), but I am quite appreciative - not offended - when a man gives up his seat!

 

[wilkeliza]

Big pet peeve I just remember is peoplw who block exits.

We were trying to exit the Starbucks on main street about 20 minutes before the parade. This mom put her massive
stroller right in front of the exit door and walked away from it to sit on the curb. We tried to push the door open but she locked the wheels. We tried getting her attention to no avail. We finally gave up and back tracked to go through the main does and told the cm there why we couldn't use the exit door. CM who we talked to saw the stroller and mother and told her she would have to move the stroller at that point the mother lost it amd started yelling at us for not mind our own businesses and dining get families vacation even though we had walked away from her. I couldn't believe she was upset for being told due to fire safety reasons she couldn't leave her stroller in front of an active doorway.

 

[Rekenna]

when people block the WHOLE entrance to an attraction because they can't decide what they want to do and when you try to go around them they look at you like you cut them JUST MOVE TO THE SIDE AND DECIDE!!

This should be a mantra, maybe on a t-shirt:

MOVE TO THE SIDE TO DECIDE

 

[kittyab]

I had my foot ran over by a scooter. At the Xmas party someone pushed me down on my DD. No apologies for either incident.

At one of the firework shows, a child pushed in front of me (while I glared at his mother). He jumped up and down during the whole show and kept bumping into me. (I was at the fence by the hub). My dh still says I should had pushed him away.

While I was in line for a ride someone walked past me with a back pack and some long item (maybe a rolled up poster?) and hit me in the face with it. (very close to my eye).

 

[tessiesevin]

Just got back from a wonderful trip !! I am so surprised at the lack of supervision by some parents! We were on POTC and a woman sat her child on the end (he was about 5 or 6 yrs old) the entire time he was leaning on the side of the boat.
At on point he even tried to stand up to reach into the water. The mom never saw or didn't care! I was so terrified I could not enjoy the ride.

In almost every line there are kids tying to sit on the chain links or the railings and the chains come undone and the child falls head first to the ground!!! I see it coming every time and the parents let them us the railings as monkey bars!

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Giant sized enormous cadillac sized strollers. I don't get it. Usually filled with multiple luggage sized "diaper bags." So I think they need these strollers because of all the stuff they carry into the parks.

I don't get carrying that much stuff to a Disney park. You're in Disney. Not a 3rd world country or braving the elements on a deserted island.

These strollers take up so much room when you are trying to walk and I've been knocked into with these jumbo sized bookbags.

I have two kids. I've done Disney with a stroller 3 times. I'm a minimalist when it comes to clutter and space so we always had small strollers (even an umbrella stroller once when DS was 3) and carried the least possible stuff into the parks. Now that the kids are 14 and 8 we go completely bagless.

***If you have to carry a lot of stuff because of medical issues this does not pertain to you.

 

[Jarmo]

Most annoying thing for me was all the nasty looks I got when I was changing the battery on my taser.

 

[sets14]

Most annoying thing for me was all the nasty looks I got when I was changing the battery on my taser.

People must have thought it was a weapon and not a defensive device

 

[kittyab]

Most annoying thing for me was all the nasty looks I got when I was changing the battery on my taser.

LMAO!!!

 

[lostmypooh]

I won't talk about stollers. That topic has been covered. What I will mention is smoking areas. While at the Grand Floridian this past August, sitting in the designated smoking area, like the rule-abiding good girl I am, I was verbally accosted by some woman. I get people don't like smokers. I fully understand the lack of appreciation our dirty habit getting in the way of your magical vacation. I get that some smokers don't follow the rules and light up in places that are inappropriate. However, when I am following the rules, and you as a non smoker, invade the very limited places that I am allowed to indulge in my nasty habit, screaming that I can't smoke because little Johnny needs to be seated on the bench next to the ashtray to watch Wishes, then don't act surprised and bent out of shape when I turn and give you the "what-for" you deserve. There is clearly an ashtray in plain sight with smokers all around. Little Johnny can watch Wishes with the same view 200 yrds away smoke free. You also don't need to keep sending little Johnny over to us after you finally move to tell us how ugly smokers are and that he hopes we die of lung cancer. You have a magical vacation yourself

 

[DisneyMom]

A few years ago I was at MK with my three adult children, daughter in law and toddler grandson. We had purchased treats at Sleepy Hollow and were up against the short brick wall between Sleepy Hollow and the castle waiting for the fireworks to start. A young woman with one of those monster strollers was trying to make her way through the crowd waiting for the fireworks and was continually (and quite forcefully) ramming her stroller (containing a sleeping child) into the crowd in an attempt to get through. As were up against the wall, I thought we were safe, but no, she rammed into my grandson (who wasn't hurt) and then into me, knocking me down. As my son picked me up, the woman screamed obscenities at us for being in her way. My son looked at me and said, "Feel the magic."

You have to laugh. From then on, "Feel the magic" has become our mantra when things aren't going exactly according to plan!!

 

[JoeA]

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.

Isn't there a post on this thread where somebody said they thought it was rude to NOT offer a seat?! Guess you can't please everyone!

And I always offer my seat so I guess I am rude, as well

 

[tinkerbellybutton]

The people in front of me that put kids on shoulders as parades or fireworks start. Since I'm short now I can't see a thing

Yep! This is my number one also.

I am also not a fan of the ipad being used to capture every waking moment. Guess they don't realize the people behind them don't want to watch the parade/fireworks/show through their ipad screen.

 

[tiggerdad]

People who hold up big screen ipads to take hazy pictures...