What not to do at Disney?

[DisneyMomm]

I've seen posts along that line before too. One poster said it was because she was a germaphobe, and would rather her child use a portable potty than the regular Disney bathrooms. It is just beyond gross when you think about it.

I'm a bit of a germaphobe sometimes, but I have less of a problem with my kids behind on a toilet seat then I do with a used potty going back into the backpack with our bottled water, snacks, and sweaters. EEEWWW!!!

 

[ozvisiter]

Don't touch my kid because you think he is cute he is not in a little animal he is a little kid this acctually happened several times last year when we went.

I am with you on this one, I took my daughter to Disneyland, she has a head full of blonde curls and everyone seemed to want to touch her. You can smile at her, even talk to her but please don't touch her! By the end of our trip it was really beginning to freak me out!

 

[LockShockBarrel]

I have to say if you think people want to touch your kid..try taking a big old happy looking yellow lab to Disney and see how many people want to touch!

 

[JoShan1719]

Even if you're a germaphobe, you can take your portable potty some place less public! Guess she's a germaphobic exhibitionist.

We used one of those folding toilet seat covers, a little easier to carry and more private too.



Not at Disney but at Knott's Berry Farm, some lady reached down the front of her pants, pulled out what I think was a Poise pad, and threw it in the garbage.

Seriously people, take care of your toileting needs in a bathroom!

Ew. Ew. Ew.

 

[Ashton7]

Lots of "don'ts" already posted so I'll add these that I've personally found out of line:

Don't lean on the front or back of someone else's ECV. It's not your private fence to lean on. And I'm sitting in it and don't really want you leaning all over me. (Yup, it's happened to me -- many times.)

Don't just appropriate someone else's ECV as a seat. If I've left it parked to go to the restroom or into a restaurant or to shop, it is still my private property not a public bench. (Yup, it's happened to me -- many times.)

Don't leave your trash in the basket of my ECV (yup, it's happened to me).

Don't let your kids climb all over the back or front of my ECV. Not only does the jostling disturb me but I don't care to have my property damaged. My ECV is not your kid's jungle gym (Yup, it's happened to me.)

Don't stop on a dime in front of me in a crowd or dart in and out in front of me and then get annoyed when I can't stop quickly enough. Sorry, buddy. I'm not doing it on purpose. I actually had someone at Busch Gardens once who was so intent on chasing a terrified squirrel that he literally flung himself sideways into me, I ran over his foot (it was unavoidable) and then he hopped around screaming like a little girl while his friends pointed and laughed at him. At least the squirrel got away!

Don't demand I move out of your way when the park lights are down for the fireworks and the crowds are arm to arm and then ram your kids' stroller into my ECV and me repeatedly because I *cannot move out of your way*! Yes, it happened. And I was told if I would just "move your fat *** I could get by." In fact, it's happened more than once and the last time it happened I was standing up next to my ECV using my cane and the woman in question literally SHOVED me, almost knocking me down so she could have her way and get past where there was no room. The funniest incident was at Christmas one year when a lady also on an ECV kept trying to cut me off in a big crowd exiting the Candlelight Processional. She was yelling at me that she was trying to stay with her party. I pointed out to her that we were ALL trying to stay with our parties and there was literally no room to move. I couldn't possibly get out of her way. She RAMMED me with her ECV and told me "Merry Christmas to you." LOLOLOL. Ooookay, then.

All that being said, I've met some of the kindest people at WDW, many helpful people, many friendly people. Lovely children and families mixed in amongst the badly behaved and ill mannered.

 

[gules]

I'm a bit of a germaphobe sometimes, but I have less of a problem with my kids behind on a toilet seat then I do with a used potty going back into the backpack with our bottled water, snacks, and sweaters. EEEWWW!!!

I had one memorable experience where a mother allowed her young girl to pee in the bathroom sink at Cinderella's Castle. The sink. I had just left my stall and she had plenty of time to get the girl there, but she just shook her head at another woman (who was gesturing to my stall emphatically) and calmly picked up the girl and set her in the sink. On top of that, she had her at LEAST 10-year-old son in the women's bathroom with her. I was freaked out to say the least. It convinced me not to go back to Cinderella's Table, which is a shame since we didn't get a window seat and I wanted to see the view.


From personal experience, though, don't take a peek at the "don't ride this ride if" list and decide something silly like "awwww, I haven't had motion sickness in at least a year, I'm fine!" I tried to do the Mission to Mars on hard so I could be with DH and ended up having to sit out the rest of the night. I didn't get sick, but the ground didn't stay still til morning!

 

[ArmandXG]

As some have posted before, I hate to see couples fight or parents yelling at their children. This really isn't the place to do this.
We were visiting WDW and had just entered the park when we witnessed a father fussing at his young daughter (about 7 years old). She was crying and kept saying she had to go but Dad wasn't listening. She proceeded to wet herself, right there on Main Street within a few yards of the bathroom. When he finally saw what happened, he yelled at her to "move" and said "just for that, you'll stay like that for the rest of the day!" They both walked off into the crowd. I felt so sorry for the little girl. This was early in the day and in the Fall, so Dad can't have the excuse that he was hot and tired. Parents need to learn how to discipline their children quietly and discretely when out in public.

 

[averysmom]

Casual swearing! I am a middle school teacher, so I have heard (and have said) most of the bad words out there - but it drives me CRAZY to hear f this and f that with my kids standing right there. Disney is a FAMILY park - watch your mouth!

 

[livndisney]

Casual swearing! I am a middle school teacher, so I have heard (and have said) most of the bad words out there - but it drives me CRAZY to hear f this and f that with my kids standing right there. Disney is a FAMILY park - watch your mouth!

And also if you are standing in line or near a character with kids around, don't loudly announce "It's just someone in a costume" or "I bet they get hot in that costume".

 

[daisyduck123]

Don't let your kids cause the pool to be shut down like in Caddyshack. At AKL last year and happened twice.

Happened last week while we were at BCV & last year as well!

 

[bdoyledimou]

Happened last week while we were at BCV & last year as well!

I don't get the reference.. or did some kid turn into a beaver and drop some logs into the pool?

 

[daisyduck123]

I don't get the reference.. or did some kid turn into a beaver and drop some logs into the pool?

Yep! It was a "Code Brown" situation.

 

[kaileighbug]

The code brown situation happed at the POP several times during the week of July 3-11th. One day it was 3 times. There is no excuse for that the bathroom is right there.

 

[perfectparanoia]

The code brown situation happed at the POP several times during the week of July 3-11th. One day it was 3 times. There is no excuse for that the bathroom is right there.

I'll try and keep good track of my son's BMs while we are there. He likes to wait until the last possible moment. I suspect if we were in the pool there might not be enough time to get out (though I would lift him out as soon as I knew).

It's a new phase he is going throgh. Maybe it will end before we go (my laundry certainly hopes so).

 

[bdoyledimou]

The code brown situation happed at the POP several times during the week of July 3-11th. One day it was 3 times. There is no excuse for that the bathroom is right there.

Ohh lovely.. glad those folks won't be there while i am there

At least POP has three pools. so if one is down there are two others to relax in.

 

[Shih-Tzu]

I'll try and keep good track of my son's BMs while we are there. He likes to wait until the last possible moment. I suspect if we were in the pool there might not be enough time to get out (though I would lift him out as soon as I knew).

It's a new phase he is going throgh. Maybe it will end before we go (my laundry certainly hopes so).

We had two or three "Code Browns" while at CBR last year - I was never at the pool when it happened, but a couple of times the "quiet" pools got a little less quiet and people said that was the reason). I think that the kids are just so over excited that they don't want to leave the pool or are having such a good time, that by the time they realize that they really had to go, it was too late....

Of course, I also suspect that some of this could be the parents - I did hear one little fellow at the pool one morning say "Mommie, gotta go poo" and mother said "Well, if you have to do that then we will have to go back to the room and swim time will be over." Well, if ya gotta go, then you gotta go and sometimes kids can't hold it in....but that situation almost made it seem like it was punishment to have to run to the bathroom (and there is one there near the pool - why they would have to go back to the room I'll never know). If I try to put myself back 50 years when I was that age, I probably would have tried to stay in the pool as long as possible and never said a word to my parents again if I had been told that....

I suspect that the "Code Brown"s are kids a little bit past the swim diaper stage, otherwise they would have been in one....which is supposed to "capture" the offending object.

Perfectparanoia - if all parents were as viligant as you, pool closures would probably be a rare occurrance. Kudos to you for doing what you can!!! We appreciate it

 

[DMass]

Even if you're a germaphobe, you can take your portable potty some place less public! Guess she's a germaphobic exhibitionist.

We used one of those folding toilet seat covers, a little easier to carry and more private too.



Not at Disney but at Knott's Berry Farm, some lady reached down the front of her pants, pulled out what I think was a Poise pad, and threw it in the garbage.

Seriously people, take care of your toileting needs in a bathroom!

Wow! Pads,Code Browns,kids taking a dump in line...oh the humanity.
This gives me something to look forward to.

My face hurts from laughing.

 

[ratlenhum]

Wow! Pads,Code Browns,kids taking a dump in line...oh the humanity.
This gives me something to look forward to.

My face hurts from laughing.

If you like that, you'll love watching some guy clear his nose in the wave pool then splash what landed onto the rock wall on the side. At least he didn't leave it floating around in the water.

 

[moepanz]

Casual swearing! I am a middle school teacher, so I have heard (and have said) most of the bad words out there - but it drives me CRAZY to hear f this and f that with my kids standing right there. Disney is a FAMILY park - watch your mouth!

I have to agree with you and also apologize. I let the f bomb fly once last Sept. by the bathrooms behind Peter Pans Flight. Long story (my mom was sick ended up in hosp on trip and eventually passed away) Kids were crazy and my tolerance was low. I still feel awful and the looks I got from people (totally deserved) YIKES!!

I said to my husband I am sure I will be reading about myself on the Dis.
So here is my apology!! I still get queasy when I think about it.

I am sorry

 

[DisneyMomm]

We had two or three "Code Browns" while at CBR last year - I was never at the pool when it happened, but a couple of times the "quiet" pools got a little less quiet and people said that was the reason). I think that the kids are just so over excited that they don't want to leave the pool or are having such a good time, that by the time they realize that they really had to go, it was too late....

Of course, I also suspect that some of this could be the parents - I did hear one little fellow at the pool one morning say "Mommie, gotta go poo" and mother said "Well, if you have to do that then we will have to go back to the room and swim time will be over." Well, if ya gotta go, then you gotta go and sometimes kids can't hold it in....but that situation almost made it seem like it was punishment to have to run to the bathroom (and there is one there near the pool - why they would have to go back to the room I'll never know). If I try to put myself back 50 years when I was that age, I probably would have tried to stay in the pool as long as possible and never said a word to my parents again if I had been told that....

I suspect that the "Code Brown"s are kids a little bit past the swim diaper stage, otherwise they would have been in one....which is supposed to "capture" the offending object.

Perfectparanoia - if all parents were as viligant as you, pool closures would probably be a rare occurrance. Kudos to you for doing what you can!!! We appreciate it

As a parent I've always resisted the urge to hold my kids off when they say they have to go to the bathroom, even if it seems really inconvenient at the time. There was a poster a page or so back telling of a father who caused his daughter to pee herself on Main Street because he ignored her begging him to go to the bathroom, and then got mad at her. When my kids say they're hungry, thirsty, or have to use the washroom, even if I might like to say.. "not right now, wait a little while" I always think about what it would be like to have to meet such a basic need, and be at the mercy of an authority figure who doesn't care because it's not them that has the need. As an adult nobody tells me I can't go to the bathroom when I say I have to go, nor do I ask permission to get a drink if I'm thirsty, so when my kids say they need to go... I respect the need and find somewhere immediately.