What not to do at Disney?

[LuluLovesDisney]

I like to see parents disciplining children out, teaching them manners. I will never forget the lecture I heard once in a Red Lobster bathroom, I wanted to give that mom a hug. (To paraphrase-"You will not make a scene like that. People are trying to enjoy their dinner. I did not raise you like that and you better act like you know better.") I do hate to see cursing, hitting and name calling of a child in WDW, though. Thank goodness that is rare. And yes, those parents do get my judgmental stare.

 

[terri01p]

When waiting in line for Honey I Shrink The Kids we seen a father totally lose it and slap his small son in the face, it was hard enough to send the boy flying into the floor. It ruin our whole day.

In line for Peter Pan there was a women ahead of us who decided to change into her newly bought t-shirt, it embarrassed everyone around her except the men, she wasn't wearing a bra either, albeit if I were her I would have kept those ugly babies covered.

We were staying at FW and taking the boat to MK a small gator reached up and ate a duck. Another day ruin.

These didn't happen all on one trip these were over a period of 8 trips. Thank goodness!

 

[DisneyMomm]

EXACTLY this!

I discipline my child very differently from what my husband does. Most of the time, I am a soother and seek to find out wherr my husband and daughter are having conflict. He's a LOUD VOICE, STERN LOOK, threaten with a spaking kinda guy (DD is 3). However DD knows that if I break out into a stern voice then MOMMY MEANS BUSINESS and note that's a stern voice, not yelling, humiliating her, etc.....

And, to agree with the poster above, if we didn't do anything, then you'd complain about that too.

Your post makes me laugh because this is my house exactly. My kids are older than your child and they've learned to just ignore the loudness of their Dad. That probably frustrates him more haha. He doesn't get that same deer caught in the headlight look from them that he used to when he'd start up with the stern, loud, you better listen to me voice. I have to laugh

But like you, when I loose it they know I'm serious. In public I try to pull them aside and do the stern talking to so that they can collect their manners with some dignity, but sometimes that doesn't always work out and you have to take care of it right there. Otherwise like you said, then people would complain that we were letting them run wild. I have to say though, I really don't like people screamimg and yelling at their kids, especially in public. It can be done in a grown up mature way.

 

[mickey&minniealways]

I got the feeling from the op that is thread was to be about what you learned not to go. You know the mistakes we all have made. Not our complaints about other peoples bad behavior.

 

[perfectparanoia]

I got the feeling from the op that is thread was to be about what you learned not to go. You know the mistakes we all have made. Not our complaints about other peoples bad behavior.

In that vein, don't try to jump over any barriers. My husband decided he would take a 'shortcut' by going over the chains while we were waiting for a bus (we changed our minds as to where we were going) and caught his sandal and fell on his face. He skinned his arms and both his knees.

Luckily I carry lots of bandaids and tissues and antibiotic cream.

(I, of course, was walking around the chains and so wasn't there to catch him. Which is probably good since I would have probably gotten hurt, too.)

 

[AlyJoy716]

In that vein, don't try to jump over any barriers. My husband decided he would take a 'shortcut' by going over the chains while we were waiting for a bus (we changed our minds as to where we were going) and caught his sandal and fell on his face. He skinned his arms and both his knees.

Luckily I carry lots of bandaids and tissues and antibiotic cream.

(I, of course, was walking around the chains and so wasn't there to catch him. Which is probably good since I would have probably gotten hurt, too.)

No offense, but if I were standing in line, I probably would have been laughing hysterically at your husband.

 

[perfectparanoia]

No offense, but if I were standing in line, I probably would have been laughing hysterically at your husband.

Don't worry, I laughed, too (after I asked if he was okay, of course).

 

[kaileighbug]

What not to do......
Do not put your hands on someone else.

We were in downtown Disney and my husband went to sit down at a table that was just vacated and an older lady put her hands on him telling him he couldn't sit there because they were a group of 4 even though he got to the table first and already had his hands on the chair and would have gladly shared the table with them. One of the gentlemen in the group of 4 even offered to stand but the lady refused. Needless to say hubby wasn't too happy about her putting her hands on him. He really didn't appreciate the nasty looks or comments the lady made after either.

 

[Liberty Belle]

When waiting in line for Honey I Shrink The Kids we seen a father totally lose it and slap his small son in the face, it was hard enough to send the boy flying into the floor. It ruin our whole day.

In line for Peter Pan there was a women ahead of us who decided to change into her newly bought t-shirt, it embarrassed everyone around her except the men, she wasn't wearing a bra either, albeit if I were her I would have kept those ugly babies covered.

We were staying at FW and taking the boat to MK a small gator reached up and ate a duck. Another day ruin.

These didn't happen all on one trip these were over a period of 8 trips. Thank goodness!

When we were in Philharmagic, there was a man with a little girl (probably 3) who slapped her hand and when she started crying, he yelled at her to stop or he'd "really give her something to cry about." I couldn't help it. I know I shouldn't have but I murmured, "Oh, that will really help." He turned around and glared at me, but didn't say anything else to the little girl.

 

[Liberty Belle]

God bless you. They will remember you forever! And thank you. I have good days and bad days, but they're all alike in one way. I miss him with every breath I take.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

My son's disability is not apparent, but it causes us to treat him with kid gloves at times when we wouldn't with our typical son. We get looks and eye rolls there, too. People just don't get it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I have a question. Why do people use ponchos?

Really, it was 100+ freakin degrees. EVERYONE looked like they just climbed out of the pool with their clothes on because of sweating. Yet the minute it started raining, everyone was walking around with ponchos on.

Is getting wet from rain really that much of an issue when you are already soaking wet from sweat? Does it feel better to be disgustingly sweaty, yet feel horrible to be wet from the rain?

The rain felt fantastic. It cooled us off and rinsed the sweat off us.

There's my "what not to do", don't bother with ponchos when it's 100 degrees out. You're not going to melt, and you may just find it refreshing.

So don't wear a poncho. I'm assuming people who do, do so because that is what they prefer.

I don't know what your body does, but I don't get "soaking wet" from sweat. Eww. I don't like walking around with wet clothing. I wear a poncho if it's raining hard.

 

[4 mickey]

Hi
well I read most of this entire thread I would like to had
what not to do in WDW or elsewhere for that matter
2 years ago while waiting in line to go get seats for fantasmic I saw a toddler ( maybe 3 years old or 3 1/ 2 ?) who began screaming I need to go potty ...the mother reach out in her backpack for a little potty pan sat the little boy on it who began to do *** on the thingright there and then ...after he finished she wipe his behind . then ask her husband to go empty the potty pan I was mad beyond believe ..why couldnt she send her husband with the kid to the bathroom and being she had that thing inside her backpack I would guess that this was not the only time she planned on doing this .....OMG to this day I am freak out when I think of that one ..
granted you don't want to loose your place in line ...but to all of us to see your kid doing is thing right there in front of us and to see you wipe his behind is another thing ..
so for me this one is absolutly a no ..no..at disney

 

[kamik86]

When we were in Philharmagic, there was a man with a little girl (probably 3) who slapped her hand and when she started crying, he yelled at her to stop or he'd "really give her something to cry about." I couldn't help it. I know I shouldn't have but I murmured, "Oh, that will really help." He turned around and glared at me, but didn't say anything else to the little girl.

I had to reply to this because I wasn't there so I'm not really defending this guy, but my dad would give the same line about stop crying or he would give me something to cry about.

That said my father spanked rarely and never actually hit us kids in a way that would hurt, (ok he did hit my 20 something year old sister one time after catching her hitting me who was less then 10 but even that wasn't very hard). It was basically just a line that meant "Oh will you just shut up already!"

 

[tigger51276]

Hi
well I read most of this entire thread I would like to had
what not to do in WDW or elsewhere for that matter
2 years ago while waiting in line to go get seats for fantasmic I saw a toddler ( maybe 3 years old or 3 1/ 2 ?) who began screaming I need to go potty ...the mother reach out in her backpack for a little potty pan sat the little boy on it who began to do *** on the thingright there and then ...after he finished she wipe his behind . then ask her husband to go empty the potty pan I was mad beyond believe ..why couldnt she send her husband with the kid to the bathroom and being she had that thing inside her backpack I would guess that this was not the only time she planned on doing this .....OMG to this day I am freak out when I think of that one ..
granted you don't want to loose your place in line ...but to all of us to see your kid doing is thing right there in front of us and to see you wipe his behind is another thing ..
so for me this one is absolutly a no ..no..at disney

OMG that is just beyond unnecessary. I just can't imagine someone thinking that was ok?!?! If you child is not able to hold it until getting to a bathroom (and I realize that it can be a bit of a walk to a bathroom and then you may have to wait) then perhaps this is when pull ups come in handy. You should not just allow your child to go to the bathroom IN line...Ewww!

 

[tigger51276]

So don't wear a poncho. I'm assuming people who do, do so because that is what they prefer.

I don't know what your body does, but I don't get "soaking wet" from sweat. Eww. I don't like walking around with wet clothing. I wear a poncho if it's raining hard.

I agree, no matter how hot it is, I would not want to walk around soaking wet from the rain. How gross to walk around in underwear that is soaking wet all day and if you are wearing jean short they will most likely stay wet all day...just not my idea of comfortable especially if it is raining hard. If it's a light drizzle and I will only get mildly wet then I'm usually okay without the poncho unless I am on my way to eat... I don't like sitting down to a meal all wet.

 

[ccgirl]

Hi
well I read most of this entire thread I would like to had
what not to do in WDW or elsewhere for that matter
2 years ago while waiting in line to go get seats for fantasmic I saw a toddler ( maybe 3 years old or 3 1/ 2 ?) who began screaming I need to go potty ...the mother reach out in her backpack for a little potty pan sat the little boy on it who began to do *** on the thingright there and then ...after he finished she wipe his behind . then ask her husband to go empty the potty pan I was mad beyond believe ..why couldnt she send her husband with the kid to the bathroom and being she had that thing inside her backpack I would guess that this was not the only time she planned on doing this .....OMG to this day I am freak out when I think of that one ..
granted you don't want to loose your place in line ...but to all of us to see your kid doing is thing right there in front of us and to see you wipe his behind is another thing ..
so for me this one is absolutly a no ..no..at disney

OMG!!! That is gross!! Where did he go to empty it? Did he sanitize it before it went back into the backpack? That whole thing is just unbelievable and unecessary...ewwww!!!

 

[4 mickey]

hi ccgirl
My toughts exactly

 

[livndisney]

Hi
well I read most of this entire thread I would like to had
what not to do in WDW or elsewhere for that matter
2 years ago while waiting in line to go get seats for fantasmic I saw a toddler ( maybe 3 years old or 3 1/ 2 ?) who began screaming I need to go potty ...the mother reach out in her backpack for a little potty pan sat the little boy on it who began to do *** on the thingright there and then ...after he finished she wipe his behind . then ask her husband to go empty the potty pan I was mad beyond believe ..why couldnt she send her husband with the kid to the bathroom and being she had that thing inside her backpack I would guess that this was not the only time she planned on doing this .....OMG to this day I am freak out when I think of that one ..
granted you don't want to loose your place in line ...but to all of us to see your kid doing is thing right there in front of us and to see you wipe his behind is another thing ..
so for me this one is absolutly a no ..no..at disney

I think I saw something like that posted on another Dis thread as a suggestion of what to do when your child needs to use the restroom. Grossed me out then and still can't believe someone would think that is ok.

 

[maxiesmom]

I think I saw something like that posted on another Dis thread as a suggestion of what to do when your child needs to use the restroom. Grossed me out then and still can't believe someone would think that is ok.

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.

 

[ratlenhum]

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.

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!