What not to do at Disney?

[Evi]

We saw a Mom breastfeeding her child - not so descretely on a bench by the large fountians in EPCOT. We thought she and her baby could find a more secluded place to breastfeed her child. This was during the Flower and Garden festival in EPCOT.

I was surprised when I read this I don't see it as offensive.. its natural to breast feed.. you don't hide when you eat...

 

[Mom2adisneybaby]

"I agree with some others...Don't yell, scream, hit or threaten your child in public. I do NOT tolerate abuse. Sorry, but I will step in if abuse if apparent."

Musclemouse, I agree that abuse is a terrible thing to see happen to a child. I have a sister that abused her children physically and verbally. So I know what abuse looks like, but that word means different things to different people. I am a parent that will smack the bottom of my child and find nothing wrong with it. I do not BEAT my child, but I do try to go out of the site of others and DISCIPLINE my child. However if my child is screaming and throwing a tantrum for not getting their way (and not just because they are tired) I will smack their bottom in front of others if I can not get to an area to do it (if we are in line or something). I would rather see someone correct and discipline their child than see a child throw a tantrum because they are spoiled and not getting what they want and making everyone else suffer for it! I don't care to hear your child scream and cry DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I find it funny that my child when seeing another child being a brat will say..."boy Mom, that mom needs to spank that boy/girl. They are a brat!" They know it works for them and I have well behaved children...no...not perfect, but respectful and obedient.
OK...rant over.

 

[bdoyledimou]

Don't forget your bra and wear a white tshirt, and then go on water rides, and please tuck in your thong.

Please pay NO attention to this poster. Nothing to see here folks...move along.

Do you have an issue with my post Fers?

LSB -- I think Fers was looking for a little more "Magic" and a few "shows" that arn't on the Disney Schedule -- if you know what i mean

 

[fers31]

LSB -- I think Fers was looking for a little more "Magic" and a few "shows" that arn't on the Disney Schedule -- if you know what i mean

Exactly, I wasn't attacking you....I'm just a normal 32 year old guy. I'm sorry if it was interpreted the wrong way.

 

[tiggerfan9984]

Do you have an issue with my post Fers?

LOL. He's just a perv, like most of us guys.

 

[DisneyDorkORama]

Yes bresatfeeding is natural and a beautiful experience to between mother and child..not the rest of the world!! Just saying..keep it covered!!!

If breastfeeding offends you feel free to put a blanket over YOUR head.

 

[DisneyDorkORama]

what NOT to do?

If you go to Animal Kingdom with young children DO NOT DO the It's a bugs life 3-D movie, if you do your kids wont want to ride anything else for the rest of the day. We learned this the hard way...

 

[LockShockBarrel]

Ok I took the post in a different way. I thought you were trying to be like "Don't look at this post because it's offensive" not "Please continue to do those things because I enjoy them"

I reread the post thinking "How did I manage to piss someone off with this?"

Having a stressful few days, definitely had my hackles up. Sorry

 

[dzneelvr]

If you see any large tour groups with leaders hoisting flags, RUN, don't walk, to the opposite side of the park to make sure you are not going to "bump" into them on any ride or attractionIn all our years of enjoying the parks, the only bad moments centered around the rude and inconsiderate behaviours of the members of said group. We've observed them to be quite unmanageable

 

[Brit_Jude]

what NOT to do?

If you go to Animal Kingdom with young children DO NOT DO the It's a bugs life 3-D movie, if you do your kids wont want to ride anything else for the rest of the day. We learned this the hard way...

You made me laugh - my now 16 year old Niece will still not go to a 3D or 4D anything after we took her to this show when she was 7. We and she can laugh about it now but yes it has scared her and when we returned last year she and I had a lovely walk around the Tree of Life while the others went in. I think if we had taken her to Muppet 3D first it might have been different but none of us had been to Bugs Life so did not know what to expect.

 

[mousebymarriage]

1) Please DO NOT spank, belittle or freak out on your child because they are afraid to go on a ride( I have seen this more than once).

2) Please don't smack your child and then slam them into the stroller seat because you are tired, angry or cranky. (I have seen this a few times)

3) Please don't freak out on the CM's, they are hot and tired too. I know you paid a lot for your vacation and that pays the CM's salaries but, treat them like you would want to be treated.

4) Please don't use a dark theater show as your private make out session. If you can't control yourself and stop groping each other then maybe it's time for a "nap" back at the resort.

5)NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY means NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY!!!!!

6) Please don't scream repeatedly on haunted mansion because you think it's funny because it's not.

 

[mousebymarriage]

If breastfeeding offends you feel free to put a blanket over YOUR head.

Amen!

 

[DisneyDorkORama]

You made me laugh - my now 16 year old Niece will still not go to a 3D or 4D anything after we took her to this show when she was 7. We and she can laugh about it now but yes it has scared her and when we returned last year she and I had a lovely walk around the Tree of Life while the others went in. I think if we had taken her to Muppet 3D first it might have been different but none of us had been to Bugs Life so did not know what to expect.

Its funny because at the time we did it my son was 5 but he went to D.W before with his grandparents when he was 3 almost 4....when I had mentioned to him about doing the bugs life 3-d he was all for it because he loved it...when we got in and got seated and got our glasses he leans over to me and whispers "I forgot..I dont like this."

 

[DisneyDorkORama]

Do NOT FART when in tight spaces or small rooms. Please oh please clinch your butt cheeks with all your might!

 

[PureTcrazy]

Please remember that everyone does not have Disney OCD lke us Dis'ers! They don't always know that you have to make ADR's ahead of time, or that the food in the parks is going to cost so much or that there is not way to see everything at the parks in 4 days. Take a minute to help them out if possible, share information with them!

Don't steal a wheelchair. Believe it or not, this actually happened to one of my students on senior trip. He had bone cancer and while he was in a ride, someone stole his wheelchair (I guess they thought it would let them get ahead in line). It was HORRIBLE, when I got out to the bus he was lying out on the pavement. His friends had helped him back out to the bus and called me to come. I still tear up when I think about it. He passed away 4 months later, but wanted everyone to remember that he was a fighter. An awesome young man!!

Take lots of breaks, relax and enjoy the magic! Spend time at your resort and enjoy the pool and the scenery, most of them are an attraction of their own.

 

[starrysky]

Please remember that everyone does not have Disney OCD lke us Dis'ers! They don't always know that you have to make ADR's ahead of time, or that the food in the parks is going to cost so much or that there is not way to see everything at the parks in 4 days. Take a minute to help them out if possible, share information with them!

Don't steal a wheelchair. Believe it or not, this actually happened to one of my students on senior trip. He had bone cancer and while he was in a ride, someone stole his wheelchair (I guess they thought it would let them get ahead in line). It was HORRIBLE, when I got out to the bus he was lying out on the pavement. His friends had helped him back out to the bus and called me to come. I still tear up when I think about it. He passed away 4 months later, but wanted everyone to remember that he was a fighter. An awesome young man!!

Take lots of breaks, relax and enjoy the magic! Spend time at your resort and enjoy the pool and the scenery, most of them are an attraction of their own.

First of all let me say what a terrible thing to have happen. My deepest sympathies. We have recenlty lost a family friend to cancer and it was so horrible to see him go through that.

A pp talked about having people move them out of the way when in a wheelchair. I have had this happen to me and it was the most degrading and horrible experience to have to go through. Just ask the person in the chair politely if you can get in to see the item. DO NOT Reach over them or push them out of the way.

Another pet peeve of mine is if you do see a person in a chair and they have someone with them don't automatically asume that the person in the chair is unable to talk or understand you. That is not always the case and talking to the person pushing the chair over the head of the person in the chair is just plain rude. They are a person like everyone else and deserve to be treated as such.

Sorry for the rant that just really gets on my last nerve.

 

[MurphyJoe]

Well here's mine " What not to do at Disney" - .
My DH, DD, DD-Bff, DBL, DN, and myself where at typhoon lagoon and this woman was playing with her children as they came off the slide near the wave pool. No problem there, My husband and I were being lounge chair lizards and noticed a group of men, young men and boys intently watching the slide, I said to my husband I wonder what they are watching, well about that time she gave us a "rear end" view the string that covered her "rear end" was about the size of a thread.( very south beach) First let me say that she had a very nice shape, and did look great in the suit. But the show that she was putting on was really not family oriented. I know that everyone has the right to wear whatever, but it should be appropriate. The lady next to me looked up to see what we were talking about and found her DH and 2 sons staring. Needless to say she was not happy. The crowd of men was so noticeable that one of the CM came over and asked what was going on? The poor young girl turn about 3 shades of red, she walked off then about 2 minutes later a other CM came out and spoke to her and she went and put on some bottoms.

I haven't read through this thread (if this has already been said) but under Florida state law (unless something has changed) swimsuits must cover at least 2/3 of the bottom in a public place. So, feel free to point out exposed patrons to Disney cast members, they will take care of it. It's the law.

 

[tpholland]

in the words of the great william shakespeare.. "i am an a**" i honestly never thought one whip about the bigger kids in strollers other than to think to myself (in my head), shouldn't that kid be walking. Well i am an a** and i apologize for that very blind thinking.

I guess unless your dealing with the situation, you cant see that it is a situation.

So thank you for the insight, no more rude thoughts from me. Just thankfulness that i don't need think about such a situation.

*(kissing my dd when i get home from being a happy healthy well adjusted pain in my butt)

ditto!

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

Don't toss garbage on the ground or even worse JAM popcorn boxes and sticky cups into small places in the well-designed queue of Toy Story Mania. It is there to look like an overgrown kids room, not a garbage dump.
Don't write or engrave graffiti anywhere especially the railings of Soarin'.

It is a SHAME that the two BEST rides have the nastiest dirtiest queue lines! I hate seeing someone's scratched in curse words and french fry leftovers while waiting for my favorite rides!!!

These are the ones that bother me the most! I wish Disney would take care of that graffiti, though. There's not much they can do about people who shove garbage in the crevices except keep cleaning up after them

I would also say-

Don't allow your children to scream and throw fits or play hide and go seek in the middle of crowded stores, tossing stuffed animals to the ground. I know kids have meltdowns, but it is when a parent ignores it that it annoys me.

Don't wear a wet bathing suit and cutoff jean shorts to California Grill.

Don't sit in your hotel room leaving a towel on a chair at the pool and come running out to curse at the people who sit there and expect them to move. (Yes, this really happened. We sat at an EMPTY table and all of a sudden some crazy woman came out pointing to the pool towel yelling at us that she needed the table and all six chairs for her family who were inside her room. She kept saying her room was "right there". Um, good, then, go in the room! Or sit and the table NEXT to us. No, she wanted the table we were sitting at. So, she pulled a chair up and took another to put her feet on and put her shoes on a third, so she could try to "stake" it as her own. To this day, I have no idea what that was about! )

And I can't believe someone would steal a wheelchair. Although, in my town, we had a mom leave the chair outside on the porch and someone stole it right off her porch, so I shouldn't be surprised!

 

[drgreene1096]

Don't judge someone that is using an ECV just because they don't look like they should be on one. I am a 35 year old woman with fibromyalgia and lupus. I have good days and I have bad days. I don't want to have bad days at WDW so I utilize an ECV. I don't know how many negative comments I have received about my using an ECV. I don't use it to get special treatment, just to get around so my 7 year old daughter can experience WDW and so that I can get to share in her joy. Just because I appear healthy doesn't mean I am!

And as far as breastfeeding goes, it is a wonderful beautiful thing. However, it is still wonderful and beautiful in private. Yes, a baby should be able to eat when he/she is hungry, but in the center fountain at Epcot during a festival? Come on! That's tantamount to sitting at the dinner table at Crystal Palace at the prime dinner hour. Of course people are going to object! I'm certain that there are more appropriate places for breastfeeding than that.