What not to do at Disney?

[bdoyledimou]

What you choose to do to yourself is one thing. But when you inflict something unhealthy and unpleasant on others, it's quite another.

That's why there are DSA's in out of he way off the beaten path locations.
On a serious note.. while i DO smoke, i do NOT

Smoke inside my home.
Smoke inside my vehicle
Smoke within 15 feet of my children.

I seek out and utilize the DSA's. And even then , i generally stand away from other smokers, because I don't like the smell of smoke.
how odd is that!?!?

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

Don't let your kids strip down naked and play in the fountains. While eating at Morocco last week, we watched a girl go from splashing in the fountain to completely nude without any parents stepping in to stop her for a good five minutes.

Also don't let your kids go to the bathroom outside of the restrooms. We saw a boy wizzing away in one of the dining areas at AK. Uncrowded restrooms were about two feet away.

Okay, the public urination thing is NASTY. There are over a thousand bathrooms in WDW, find one, or use a diaper. I would have gotten a CM so fast. . .

 

[steph73]

I choke and gag and wave my arms around because I am allergic to the smoke. I don't have the patience to map out the smoking areas and I know full well that I take a chance of walking through it. I'm not being dramatic to piss you off, the smoke just bothers me.

Wait... you're allergic, so allergic you can't help but to wave your hands and cough when walking past someone smoking outdoors, but can't be bothered to glance at a map and avoid the very few (there's not many) DSAs in the parks?

 

[2luvmickey]

What do you mean? Did she pull her top off over her head and let the girls hang free, or does "not discretely" mean that you were able to surmise she was nursing? As a woman who nursed for a WDW trip, I can tell you the only "secluded" place is your room. Without fail, what ever corner you tuck into [as though you are doing something shameful, rather than feeding your child] inevitably someone will find you....and funny enough give you the stink eye because you are doing that right here!

The girls were both wide open, al a no shirt on, then you'v got me that she was inappropriate. If it was simply the fact that you could tell she was nursing other than somewhere in a dark corner with a quilt smothering the both of them, then.......

Disney is very sensitive to decency issues. Last year, at Typhoon Lagoon, a little girl was running around with just a bikini bottom (she had to be about 7-8 years old, and European. Now, I'm not slamming Europeans, I know this is the culture, we Americans are pretty uptight!).

Anyway, here comes a CM with the parents, and the little girl is covered up in a towel. I assume the CM explained that she needs to be covered up on top. She was an adorable little girl, with an itty bitty bikini bottom so I could see the issue.

Please, don't ask a nursing mom to feed the child in a bathroom or throw a blanket over the baby's head. Would you want to eat in a bathroom (ewww) or under a blanket in the Florida heat? Just look the other way, it's the way nature intended babies to be feed. Besides, all of the animal moms do this at AK

What not to do at Disney? Don't stop in the middle of the walkway to chat with your group. Pull it off to the side people!

 

[disney_mommy]

Wait... you're allergic, so allergic you can't help but to wave your hands and cough when walking past someone smoking outdoors, but can't be bothered to glance at a map and avoid the very few (there's not many) DSAs in the parks?

Yep.

 

[steph73]

Yep.

Well then I have no sympathy for you being around smoke, if you are indeed allergic (which I'm starting to doubt). Allergic people tend to avoid their triggers, especially if they are easy to avoid (DSAs).

 

[danagirl]

Just my two cents...but no one is actually "allergic" to smoke. Smoke is not an allergen its an irritant. An allergen is a small particle that is made up of proteins that the body mistakes for a dangerous intruder like a virus or other germ. Smoke contains tiny tar ash particles which are not the same as a true allergen because they are not protein based, but a form of carbon. So you can be irritated by smoke (which some of you obviously are) but you are not allergic. I don't smoke but my parents do. The cool thing about so few smoking areas was that we would run into the same people all day and sometimes all week. It was kinda nice seeing a familiar face once in awhile!

 

[tinkerbell198530]

I have to say that there are those who smoke outside of the smoking areas

 

[Chloesmom]

Just my two cents...but no one is actually "allergic" to smoke. Smoke is not an allergen its an irritant. An allergen is a small particle that is made up of proteins that the body mistakes for a dangerous intruder like a virus or other germ. Smoke contains tiny tar ash particles which are not the same as a true allergen because they are not protein based, but a form of carbon. So you can be irritated by smoke (which some of you obviously are) but you are not allergic. I don't smoke but my parents do. The cool thing about so few smoking areas was that we would run into the same people all day and sometimes all week. It was kinda nice seeing a familiar face once in awhile!

While you cannot be allergic to the actual smoke you can be allergic to the many chemicals and toxins found in cigarette smoke. It can also cause what is basically an allergic reaction in people who are sensitive because all the body knows is that something irritating is in my body... ALLERGY ATTACK. My daughter is allergic to nicotine and has been diagnosed by an immunologist after a severe attack at her fathers when she was 7. It put her in the ER and was very very scary. As a result I had to get a court order to prevent my ex and his wife from smoking around her because they wouldnt stop and she would come home very sick every other week... She can even have reactions if we are behind a car with people in it smoking.
My mom smokes and so did my dad... I fully understand people smoke.. and as long as they stay in thier areas while they do it I could care less.. and yes we avoid those areas.. no big deal really... but yes.. people can be allergic to whats in the smoke and even if they arent there are people who can have asthmatic reactions and allergic reactions to smoke...

 

[danagirl]

While you cannot be allergic to the actual smoke you can be allergic to the many chemicals and toxins found in cigarette smoke. It can also cause what is basically an allergic reaction in people who are sensitive because all the body knows is that something irritating is in my body... ALLERGY ATTACK. My daughter is allergic to nicotine and has been diagnosed by an immunologist after a severe attack at her fathers when she was 7. It put her in the ER and was very very scary. As a result I had to get a court order to prevent my ex and his wife from smoking around her because they wouldnt stop and she would come home very sick every other week... She can even have reactions if we are behind a car with people in it smoking.
My mom smokes and so did my dad... I fully understand people smoke.. and as long as they stay in thier areas while they do it I could care less.. and yes we avoid those areas.. no big deal really... but yes.. people can be allergic to whats in the smoke and even if they aren't there are people who can have asthmatic reactions and allergic reactions to smoke...

I understand that you can be allergic to nicotine and other chemicals in cigarettes (just like I could be allergic to the ingredients in your perfume and believe it or not some types of laundry detergent)but the point that I was trying to make is that no one is ALLERGIC to smoke. It may irritate a condition that you already have but by itself it is not an allergen. I don't think people should be allowed to freely run around smoking wherever they please but there will always be someone somewhere allergic to something and I think Disney has done a great job of trying to please everyone as far as smoking goes. If you have a true allergy like your daughter does I would assume that you would do everything possible to avoid the smoking areas. I just have to roll my eyes at people who walk through the smoking area being all dramatic because they are "allergic". Especially when they don't have "the patience" or "can't be bothered" to try and avoid smoking areas. These people are not "allergic" to smoke...they just don't like it.

 

[disney_mommy]

Well then I have no sympathy for you being around smoke, if you are indeed allergic (which I'm starting to doubt). Allergic people tend to avoid their triggers, especially if they are easy to avoid (DSAs).

I just have to roll my eyes at people who walk through the smoking area being all dramatic because they are "allergic". Especially when they don't have "the patience" or "can't be bothered" to try and avoid smoking areas. These people are not "allergic" to smoke...they just don't like it.

I wasn't asking for your sympathy nor do I care if you believe me or not. I was letting a pp know why he might see me walking through a DSA waving and coughing. And because my allergic reaction is not severe, I do not bother avoiding the DSAs.

 

[gatormommy07]

I wasn't asking for your sympathy nor do I care if you believe me or not. I was letting a pp know why he might see me walking through a DSA waving and coughing. And because my allergic reaction is not severe, I do not bother avoiding the DSAs.

If your allergic reaction is not severe enough to not avoid the DSAs why make the show of waving your arms and coughing? It seems to me you are just out to cause trouble.

 

[marmalade]

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 have not read this entire post, I couldn't get past the first one. So I am sorry if this has been addressed. But I am appaled that anyone would think that feeding a baby was offensive.

But besides that, I would just say be considerate to the people around you, and remember that kids are kids, you can teach them to be polite and well mannered, . But, you know what they do.

 

[scarlet_ibis]

I think I'm going to make a concerted effort to get DH to take a picture of me every time I breastfeed our son on this trip. Then I'm going to post them and y'all can be appalled. Or not. I care not.

 

[disney_mommy]

If your allergic reaction is not severe enough to not avoid the DSAs why make the show of waving your arms and coughing? It seems to me you are just out to cause trouble.

I'm not making a show, I'm clearing the air around my face. I have every right to walk through that space and act as I please. My alternative is to hold my breath and I choose not to do that.

I posted my original response to a pp so they would at least know why I do that; it's not to be dramatic or make a scene, it's because I chose to walk through the DSA and now need to wave the smoke out of my face.

I did not post to start some sort of argument. As such, I will not be visiting this thread or sparring with anyone about this anymore.

 

[gatormommy07]

I think I'm going to make a concerted effort to get DH to take a picture of me every time I breastfeed our son on this trip. Then I'm going to post them and y'all can be appalled. Or not. I care not.

That is AWESOME!!! I wish I would have thought of that when we took our 4 month old(at the time) to EPCOT 2 years ago!!!

 

[gatormommy07]

I'm not making a show, I'm clearing the air around my face. I have every right to walk through that space and act as I please. My alternative is to hold my breath and I choose not to do that.

I posted my original response to a pp so they would at least know why I do that; it's not to be dramatic or make a scene, it's because I chose to walk through the DSA and now need to wave the smoke out of my face.

I did not post to start some sort of argument. As such, I will not be visiting this thread or sparring with anyone about this anymore.

Whatever, if you did not want to be dramatic or make a scene or cause a fuss, you would take 2 seconds to look at a map and walk around the VERY FEW DSAs that are available to smokers.

 

[ophelia2002]

I think I'm going to make a concerted effort to get DH to take a picture of me every time I breastfeed our son on this trip. Then I'm going to post them and y'all can be appalled. Or not. I care not.

 

[LovesTimone]

I was just making my list for our upcoming trip and I got to the personal items,
Here another of what not to do.
Don't forget your deodorant(lots of deodorant), Please oh please use it and if you perspire heavily please bring an extra shirt and deodorant into the parks with you. Its no fun being in a cramped line with someone smelling like last weeks fish or garbage,
Its hot and humid and yes everyone needs it.
I don't know how many times we have gotten out of line because the smell was so potent. I know that some cultures do not use it. But when in Rome do as the Romans do or when in Florida do as the Floridians.

 

[jkstewart1800]

I think I'm going to make a concerted effort to get DH to take a picture of me every time I breastfeed our son on this trip. Then I'm going to post them and y'all can be appalled. Or not. I care not.

Actually that is a good idea.... we should start a breastfeeding thread of moms nursing .... I think other moms would benefit in seeing.... where the good nursing spots are, and how other moms handle nursing in the parks... like what (if any) kind of special shirts or things like that they might wear.

I remember being at the pool at night at WL in 2004 and a woman was sitting on the steps in a bikini nursing her toddler while she watched her older daughter play.....

we should totally start a thread!!!