What is YOUR Pet Peeve When Traveling @ WDW??

[Donna]

If anything, this thread has made me ALOT more aware of others needs and sensitivities! so it DID do alot of good to read these!
ok, i thought of another pet peeve....two of them actually. One is THE BIRDS that attack after you sit down with your food (sometimes they don't WAIT til you sit down, lol). The other thing is, a few weeks ago, it was very windy a few days and alot of people had their babies out with NO HAT and NO SOCKS on! i know it's FL and you're on vacation, but c'MON! I hope they heard my audible gasp!

 

[Metallicat]

I have another that may sound quite silly, but I wish I could find something else to eat in the parks in the A.M. besides pastries, muffins, cereals or eggs or sweets. I have never liked traditional breakfast foods and and when it gets to be around 10:30 AM, I am sometimes starving to death and want something warm like a pizza or a burger. surely I'm not the only one who would buy a slice of pizza in the mornings or am I?

oh, and the birds! not so much as stealing food (thats bad too) but when they fly over and well, you know!

anyway, a bad day at Disney is better than a good day at home!

 

[SueM in MN]

Let me RE-EMPHASIZE that if there are family accessible restrooms, I would MUCH prefer to use them than take my son in the ladies room. When we go this time, I will make it a priority to find out where family friendly restrooms are and plan accordingly. I thank everyone who confirmed their existence.

What people are referring to as Family Restrooms in WDW are not listed on the park maps because they are not really meant as family restrooms and there are not enough for everyone to use them as such. They are listed in the Guidebook for Guests with Disabilities as Companion Restrooms. They are the only restrooms/stalls in some parks (especially MK and Epcot, which are older parks) that are accessible for someone who needs to bring their wheelchair or an assistant into the stall with them. The handicapped stalls in the bathrooms may look large, but most are not large enough to bring a wheelchair into the stall and close the door. Often, the ones that are large enough to bring a wheelchair in can only have the door shut if the wheelchair is pulled up so the front of the wheelchair actually hits the toilet. That makes it unsafe for someone who needs assistance to transfer from the wheelchair to the toilet to use it. An alternative is to keep the door open, but my DD refuses to use a public restroom with the stall door wide open (and I certainly don't blame her a bit). I'm not saying that they are reserved for people with disabilities, just to keep in mind that -for example, in MK, there are only 4 of them in the whole park, which means certain people have only 4 stalls in the whole park that they can use.

ECV's when a person has no control what so ever a lady the other day at Seaworld ran over my brother's feet knocked a guy over and gave another gal a huge bruise. Dangerous if you ask me I wish someone would show everyone how to use emergency stops on those. Someone could be seriously injured.

I do agree that there are some people driving ecvs that don't really know how to control them. Everyone who rents one should practice for a while in quiet place so that they are able to control them. But I wanted to mention that most people think they have emergency brakes or can stop like a car. They actually don't have any brakes and can't stop on a dime, so if the person driving it or the people around them are not attentive, accidents can occur.

My own pet peave is people who feed the birds. Sometimes they are sitting right in front of a sign telling people not to do it, but I guess they think the sign only applies to other people. On our last trip, we were next to a familyy who were feeding the birds french fries. When they left and the food was no longer there, the birds started coming around to everyone else for handouts.

 

[Donna]

Originally posted by SueM in MN

My own pet peave is people who feed the birds. Sometimes they are sitting right in front of a sign telling people not to do it, but I guess they think the sign only applies to other people. On our last trip, we were next to a familyy who were feeding the birds french fries. When they left and the food was no longer there, the birds started coming around to everyone else for handouts.

geez, i hope this wasn't us! My son dropped a fry and a bird came over and he was loving the attention they gave him and he kept feeding them. i saw the sign and i told him to stop and we've since been more careful. I know from personal experience how aggressive they can be
I always said if i were a bird, i'd want to be a disney bird, they get to LIVE in the MK!

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by Talking Hands
Disney has Companion bathrooms. These are for people who need to accompany a handicapped person to the restroom. Perhaps this is where mother's who insist their son's over the age of 6 or 7 ought to go. My brother never accompanied Mom and I to the restroom after the age of 6 and we travelled all over the world.
My daughters are victims of rape and molestation and are both extremely uncomfortable with boys in the women's rest room. In fact, they are so much so that my oldest will leave and find a companion restroom to use rather than be in the same restroom with one. She will also tell one to get the HELL out of the ladies room and tell he has no business in there and he should be ashamed. She can get quite nasty in such a situation and I wouldn't want to be the boy's mother or the boy. And no I will not stop her because I agree with her attitude completely and she has good reason for it.

There are a lot of people who have suffered what you daughters have suffered and many manage to get past the idea that a young boy would harm them. Perhaps some counseling would help them.
If I were in the situation where I encountered one of your daughters and she screamed at my son, you can bet your booty security would be called and for swearing I would try to have her ejected from the park. There is no place for mouthy young people anywhere and most especially cussing.
Perhaps these moms bring their young boys into the ladies room to AVOID having their sons experience what your daughters did.
I am all for protective parenting and see absolutely NOTHING wrong with moms bring their sons into the ladies room. Without companion rest rooms, they have little or no choice.
Perhaps if you had been more vigilant as a parent, your daughters would not have experienced their terrible ordeals.

 

[isyne4u]

Glad I'm not the only one who could relate to some of these peeves on the offending side. I think too often when we go on vacation or to a magical place we forgot to bring along our brains. We get so caught up in the fun we jsut forget!

Thanks for starting this thread its fun to read!!

tara

 

[ChairborneRangr]

WOW, I need to catch up!

My DIS-ney secrets file will have a lot more material for the "advice from the Pet Peeves thread" section. I try to glean the positive sides of the pet peeves as reminders.

As far as use of bathrooms go... I think I will limit it to "be polite, kind, and thoughtful... and don't use the handicapped stalls unnecessarily."

I am glad this thread is back on track. Even though the tone can be a little strong in a thread like this, I find it very interesting and educational. I'll have plenty of material to brief my groups in with, that's for sure!

 

[mommie2angels]

Originally posted by SueM in MN
My own pet peave is people who feed the birds. Sometimes they are sitting right in front of a sign telling people not to do it, but I guess they think the sign only applies to other people. On our last trip, we were next to a familyy who were feeding the birds french fries. When they left and the food was no longer there, the birds started coming around to everyone else for handouts.

This could have been us. However, we weren't feeding them by choice. DH and DD were sitting on the side at the fence at Epcot. The birds were behind them. I was taking pictures and all of a sudden dd hopped up. The bird had snatched her fry and scared her to death. The french fry container was sitting next to her so when she hopped up the other birds came running. DH was still sitting there being attacked. He couldn't get up to quick because he had a tray in his lap with other food and drinks. It was so funny! The pictures are great because I took one right before dd got up and then one of dh and the birds attacking. It all happened so fast we weren't sure what was going on. When we got up to leave the fries were every where. I guess we should have picked them up but we were afraid of being attached again. The birds were not at all concerned with us. LOL!!! We did pick up some coffee stirers that someone had dropped in the grass.

 

[kevind65]

Sue M in MN:
The restrooms I was referring to were definetaly designed to be "family" restrooms. They had the three symbols showing mom, dad, and child....they had changing tables and diapers for babies.....the only thing i'm not sure about is whether these restrooms still exist or if they've been changed over to "handicapped" only since the days when we used them.....

 

[SueM in MN]

Originally posted by Donna
geez, i hope this wasn't us! My son dropped a fry and a bird came over and he was loving the attention they gave him and he kept feeding them. i saw the sign and i told him to stop and we've since been more careful. I know from personal experience how aggressive they can be
I always said if i were a bird, i'd want to be a disney bird, they get to LIVE in the MK!

No, I'm sure it was not you. The case I was talking about, the people were actually shown the sign by a CM who was cleaning tables. They quit while he was around and then started again as soon as he left. Definately not talking about people who fed the birds by accident or were not aware it was not a good idea.

Sue M in MN:
The restrooms I was referring to were definetaly designed to be "family" restrooms. They had the three symbols showing mom, dad, and child....they had changing tables and diapers for babies.....the only thing i'm not sure about is whether these restrooms still exist or if they've been changed over to "handicapped" only since the days when we used them.....

Some of the Companion Restrooms get re-signed and had the changing tables added a few years ago when people started expecting to see Family Restrooms. They didn't change the number of them though. DD still only has 2 that I know of. Epcot added a few next to the mens rooms and ladies rooms in the countries, but that was because they didn't have any wheelchair accessible stalls in some areas. The problem is that they need more of those large bathrooms than they have.
I would never judge anyone who uses one of the Companion/Family restrooms because I don't know why they are using it. My advice would be to remember that for some people it is a choice to use it and for some people it is a necessity. Only the person using it knows what category they fit into and if they made the choice to use it, what their other possible choices were at the time.

 

[Keggy]

Most of my pet peeves have been mentioned here. The words on the rear ends of girls shorts - hate it! Hate it, Hate it, Hate it! Oh well!

I hate that smokers smoke in non designated areas and also that a lot of smokers throw their butts on the ground, bushes, trash cans, etc. Yes, trash cans - cigarettes should be disposed of in proper receptacles. You would not believe how many trash can fires there are.

We had someone cut in front of us at the contemporary yesterday with her son! Nice teaching your son to lie, lady! It was so blatant - we were laughing so hard we couldn't even say anything to them - they were waving to someone who was obviously not in line (we were only a few people back).

Also, New Year's Eve - a man was on his cell phone screaming - I Love you - Happy New Year - over and over and over during the entire fireworks show - totally took away from the experience.

So, my general pet peeve is just people who are inconsiderate of others. I do not get mad by people stopping because some people just get so overwhelmed by being at WDW. I can't get mad at them for that. But I can walk around them.

Kelly

 

[CheshireVal]

I think most of my pet peeves have been mentioned here but I just can't resist adding my two cents anyway.

-- My biggest one is people who talk through rides, shows, and attractions. I've had SO many rides ruined for me because of this. For instance, last time I rode Living with the Land, I couldn't hear any of the narration because of the woman behind me who was LOUDLY talking to her son the whole time: "ooooh, look at the big squash," "ooooh look at the pumpkin." Ugh. If she had whispered or talked quietly it wouldn't have bothered me at all.

-- People who break in front of you or squeeze you out of a parade spot you've been sitting in for 2 hours.

-- Strollers in stores with not much aisle space. Also, strollers and ETVs who nip at your heels.

-- People who stop in inconvenient places!

-- This one may be just me, but I guess being a Georgia girl born and bred, I like to see a certain amount of chivalry among men. Call me old-fashioned, but I HATE it when I see a mother standing up on a bus juggling an infant and diaper bag in her arms while healthy young men are sitting in seats all around her.

-- Parents who let their children run around restaurants or make general nuisances of themselves. Or parents who keep their screaming babies in restaurants while the rest of us are trying to enjoy dinner.

Of course, I realize at Disney people are all tired and sometimes grumpy. so some of this is to be expected. I've learned to generally shrug most of it off (except for the parade thing!)

 

[pampam]

That's a terrible thing to say! The victim is never to blame for such an assault, and I'm sure the whole family was victimized when it happened. That is soooo nasty! Talking Hands, I apologise for Gail Hayden. I'm so sorry things were said that caused hard feelings. I may be out of line, and if I am please forgive me. I just feel terrible when hurtful things are said.

 

[Donna]

Maybe i read gail's post wrong, but i didn't interpret it to mean she was blaming the victims at all.

 

[WhispyPixie]

I am ONCE AGAIN going to ask that the subjects be dropped....if this topic needs to be debated, that it to the debate board!! This thread is to list pet peeves.......

Thanks to the many people that have tried and continue to try to keep it on topic! We may actually have to form a family..

Another one of mine....

closing time!!!!!!!

Pixie

 

[tiggerzpalz]

When the line at the Dole Whip Stand is long! I love them so much waiting for them is awful.

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by pampam
That's a terrible thing to say! The victim is never to blame for such an assault, and I'm sure the whole family was victimized when it happened. That is soooo nasty! Talking Hands, I apologise for Gail Hayden. I'm so sorry things were said that caused hard feelings. I may be out of line, and if I am please forgive me. I just feel terrible when hurtful things are said.

Please, reread my post. And, please, never apologize for me again, I am more than capable of doing that all by myself. I would never blame the victim, nor did I in the post. I am annoyed that a parent who had that happen to her child would get twisted because another parent is trying to protect her child.
I am sorry you could not see the connection.

To the OP, I am sorry I took this off the topic again, but, there was no PM to respond to for this poster.

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Parents who let their children run around restaurants or make general nuisances of themselves. Or parents who keep their screaming babies in restaurants while the rest of us are trying to enjoy dinner.

Oh, I totally agree with that one.

 

[MELSMICE]

Originally posted by CheshireVal
-- Parents who let their children run around restaurants or make general nuisances of themselves. Or parents who keep their screaming babies in restaurants while the rest of us are trying to enjoy dinner.

I must agree with this one also.

I have 3 DD's & they are not perfect by any means. They are 14, 11 & 11 now so they have learned and use their manners, however, while teaching them manners they never stood on chairs, crawled under tables, ran around the tables or went "visiting" other diners tables.

I can remember the time we dined at WDW w/ 2 other families at the Cape May Buffet Clam Bake. The other 2 families let their children (4 total) do everything mentioned above. DH & I were so horrified and embarrassed we ate, left our share of the bill & left the restaurant. The moms practically ate standing up trying to control their kids.

After leaving our DD's all asked "why didn't the other kids sit down to eat & behave like they should have". So, even other kids notice when children don't behave.

It is just so rude & uncalled for. If you're going to let your kids do that, take them to the McDonald Land Fun Center!

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by MELSMICE
I must agree with this one also.

I have 3 DD's & they are not perfect by any means. They are 14, 11 & 11 now so they have learned and use their manners, however, while teaching them manners they never stood on chairs, crawled under tables, ran around the tables or went "visiting" other diners tables.

I can remember the time we dined at WDW w/ 2 other families at the Cape May Buffet Clam Bake. The other 2 families let their children (4 total) do everything mentioned above. DH & I were so horrified and embarrassed we ate, left our share of the bill & left the restaurant. The moms practically ate standing up trying to control their kids.

After leaving our DD's all asked "why didn't the other kids sit down to eat & behave like they should have". So, even other kids notice when children don't behave.

It is just so rude & uncalled for. If you're going to let your kids do that, take them to the McDonald Land Fun Center!

I got a chuckle at the mention of Mickey D's. I was thinking if I wanted to dine with loud ill mannered children who screamed and who had parents with no control, I could go to MCDonalds.
From one parent who spent a LOT of time teaching my kids manners, I appreciate the time you spent on yours. It makes life so much more pleasant for us and for others.