What not to do at Disney?

[brenalexacamp]

Ok, my 2 cents worth.

As a mother of a child with a disability... Don't say mean things about people in the disabled section for parades and cause a scene because you don't believe they belong there. We have a special pass that allows us to use that section for parades and we use it. Just because you can't see my DS's disability is no reason to verbally assault and berate us. IF the CM has okayed us, what's your issue. Sorry, I will get off my soap box now.

I agree-I have a child with a visible disability and we wait in our spot like everyone else. Depending on the crowds- those sections can fill up fast too. It is NOT a guaranteed spot. I like those spots because the cast members look right at the kiddos and come over to them. Disney is the ONE place we can go and feel "normal". I would give anything for my child to have the same life as my other kids. he won't. And yes- that wheelchair is heavy! with a 170lb kiddo in it! So if a cast member wants to give me a seat on the bus or let me wait in the shade-or help me avoid steps- THANK YOU a MILLION times over!

 

[DisneyMomm]

Seriously. If the seat is dry when you go in, and you tinkle on it, wipe it off before you leave.

Also, if a toilet doesn't have an automatic flusher (or the auto one doesn't go off) you can flush with your foot if you don't want to touch the handle. Just please, flush!

I totally agree. Now I don't know if I'm just overly easy going in a public washroom, but I actually sit on the seat, making it pretty physically impossible to tinkle on the seat. I just don't get why so many toilets in womens washrooms are soaked. I'll do the hovering without sitting manouver if a washroom is really gross, but come on.. if your hovering and peeing on the seat, and then not wiping... then you are the type of person that you are hovering over the seat because of.

 

[ilandrazdsw]

Haven't read all the Don'ts, so not sure if this has been added...

DO NOT forget to take a picture of EACH of your photopass cards (or card if you just have 1)!!! If you loose the card you will still have a picture of the number to retrieve you pics.

 

[crzy4my2]

Don't make comments about other guests in a foreign language assuming they won't understand..
SO is Portugese, speaks Portugease, English, French and Spanish. She is also very waspish.. (She looks like a barbie doll)

When entering "HISTK" the family in front of us stopped in the middle (another peave-ish thing to NOT do). When SO asked them to move on, the mother made some very unflattering comments about SO's mother in Spanish.. Well SO just responded right back in spanish.. the look of shock on the ladies face was priceless, and she actually had her family LEAVE the theatre completely..

(I also had something similar happen to me while in Sau Paulo Brasil on business, at dinner, where two ladies at the table beside me and my travelling companion thought we were local and did'nt understand english..

LOL..Off Topic..DH, BIL, SIL and I were on a bus in Vegas coming from the airport going to our hotel. Two other couples got on and started talking French. I could tell DH was listening...as we got off the bus he turned around and said something back to them in French. the look on their faces were priceless...My DH said "have a wonderful vacation" but he wouldn't tell me what they were talking about.....

Or where I used to work....I can't speak Italian but I can understand most of it when spoken (I know, odd) and some Italian sounds like spanish. I used to work with 2 people that would speak over me in spanish (one sat in front of me and the other next to me) One day they were talking and I started to laugh..they were like OMG. They were careful after that.

 

[crzy4my2]

My Don't: Don't go with my MIL!!!

next trip we are NOT!

 

[Disneyadore]

Please men, do not wear European bathing suits at the water parks. Especially if you are over 40. I still have nightmares.

Only I you promise to keep all those "silicone" ladies that try to look like eighteen out of Europe. Especially if they are over 70. I still have nightmares. It looks like "Haunted Mansion " has a European vacation.

 

[Disneyadore]

Don't lie about the age of your children. Cheating them into the parks or free food as underage is only making the prizes go up.

Stop complaining when the shared photo pass wend wrong and "others"cheated on you. Buy your own.

Don't hog chairs at the swimming pool in the morning while you go to the parks and return late afternoon.

Don't lie and cheat your way into a popular restaurant by lying and yelling at the CM that you have a reservation and than come over to this board and tell everyone very proudly that you had a very good dinner.( actually happened a few months ago)
Please leave the chairs at the restaurants and terrace's for paying guests and not as a picnic place for the food you brought with you.

 

[Disneyadore]

Disney doesn't allow it. They have signs posted saying mugs are only good during the trip in which they are purchased. Some people just choose to ignore the sign. It is pretty sad that Disney can't rely on their guests to be honorable.

I'm always stunned that people are moaning about the fees they have to pay for there luggage and try to avoid them by taking only carry ons but still have place enough to lug those mugs across the country.

 

[ccgirl]

I totally agree. Now I don't know if I'm just overly easy going in a public washroom, but I actually sit on the seat, making it pretty physically impossible to tinkle on the seat. I just don't get why so many toilets in womens washrooms are soaked. I'll do the hovering without sitting manouver if a washroom is really gross, but come on.. if your hovering and peeing on the seat, and then not wiping... then you are the type of person that you are hovering over the seat because of.

THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU.... YOu hit the nail on the head with this one. I actually confronted my coworker once on this. I went to go in the stall after her and there was urine all over the seat. I asked if it was hers and she said; yes. I told her she was the reason people had to squat on the seats. Drives me crazy!!!

 

[OceanAnnie]

I totally agree. Now I don't know if I'm just overly easy going in a public washroom, but I actually sit on the seat, making it pretty physically impossible to tinkle on the seat. I just don't get why so many toilets in womens washrooms are soaked. I'll do the hovering without sitting manouver if a washroom is really gross, but come on.. if your hovering and peeing on the seat, and then not wiping... then you are the type of person that you are hovering over the seat because of.

That is so true!!

It's just so gross. Some people just do not think of others at all. It doesn't take a lot of time to put yourself in someone else's place. Would you (general you) like to come across something like that?? Eww. But like you stated, DisneyMomm, people that do this would be the first to complain when they found such a mess.

And what is with all the paper on the floor of the bathrooms? Do people miss the target or what? Is that how they leave their restrooms in their homes?

 

[crzy4my2]

Ah, I knew parents would be offended by my post. I am very conscious about my behavior when I'm around crowds of people. I would never do anything I can control that someone else might consider irritating. All I ask is that parents extend that same courtesy, not only to me (or other people without kids) but to everyone. I completely agree that Disney is a fun place for people of all ages, but I don't think it's OK, as a parent, to turn a blind eye when their kid is acting up and expect that everyone just accept it as par for the course. It's parenting! Those rules don't go away because you're at Disney.

All I'm saying is that parents know when their kids have had enough, or are over tired or are acting bratty, just like I know when I am. I am an adult and can put myself to bed when it happens. I expect the same from parents.

Well I am a parent of 2 and no offense taken. but you will see us once in a while at restaurants later at night..like 7 or 8. this is just how we are even at home. We are late starters. you will NEVER see us at any rope drops EVER. so If you see us at a restaurant later at night, we most likely didn't start our day until late morning or early afternoon. Yes we are at Disney but it is still vacation(hence the sleeping in).

 

[tigger51276]

That is so true!!

It's just so gross. Some people just do not think of others at all. It doesn't take a lot of time to put yourself in someone else's place. Would you (general you) like to come across something like that?? Eww. But like you stated, DisneyMomm, people that do this would be the first to complain when they found such a mess.

And what is with all the paper on the floor of the bathrooms? Do people miss the target or what? Is that how they leave their restrooms in their homes?

OMG yes I completely agree. Women are just disgusting creatures in bathrooms and it floors me. I have a feeling most of the toilet paper is from people putting it on the seats and then not removing it from the seat. I mean seriously people, if you tinkle or the darn seat then clean it...it's your tinkle!!! I do not hover, I sit on the seat and I have yet to contact any type of disease, people are not going to die from sitting and an alligator is not going to come up and bite your *** or any suchness. I am also amazed at the people who don't even know how to flush a toilet if it doesn't flush itself. I mean really, I do not want or need to look at what you've done .

 

[AlyJoy716]

THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU.... YOu hit the nail on the head with this one. I actually confronted my coworker once on this. I went to go in the stall after her and there was urine all over the seat. I asked if it was hers and she said; yes. I told her she was the reason people had to squat on the seats. Drives me crazy!!!

Pee on a toilet seat is disgusting, but I've noticed that sometimes the force of the flushing cause sprinklettes of water to come up out of the toilet and land on the seat. It may not always be pee. I will say, however, that if I see this happen with a toilet I've just flushed, I always wipe down the seat because I don't want the person that comes in after me to think I peed on the seat.

 

[AlyJoy716]

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.

Um...even if your child is potty trained but still has issues with pooping their pants, that's what swim diapers are for!!!! It may be embarassing for the child to have to wear one, but maybe that will make them not want to do their business in the pool. Absolutely disgusting! Plus, it puts quite the damper on other people's vacations when kids are pooping in the pools left and right.

 

[AlyJoy716]

Just to give you my $0.02 on the BF/urinating thing- Urinating in public is completely unhygienic and usually results in leaving nastiness around where it ruins something others are trying to enjoy- a fountain, sidewalk, whatever. Unless a breastfeeding woman is squirting milk on the ground, it is totally different. Also, BFing in public is legal while urinating in public is not. BFing can be done discreetly. If someone is peeing in public, I am pretty sure it would cause more attention than a baby being fed.

Actually, urine is completely sterile. However, people should still take their kid to the restroom and not use a bush.

 

[SteamboatWillie28]

Disney doesn't allow it. They have signs posted saying mugs are only good during the trip in which they are purchased. Some people just choose to ignore the sign. It is pretty sad that Disney can't rely on their guests to be honorable.

Actually when you go to Blizzard Beach they have stickers with barcodes on them that you can buy to put on your old mugs so you can use them again.

 

[ccgirl]

Pee on a toilet seat is disgusting, but I've noticed that sometimes the force of the flushing cause sprinklettes of water to come up out of the toilet and land on the seat. It may not always be pee. I will say, however, that if I see this happen with a toilet I've just flushed, I always wipe down the seat because I don't want the person that comes in after me to think I peed on the seat.

I've noticed that too but in this instance it was yellow. Definitely not water.

 

[maxiesmom]

Actually when you go to Blizzard Beach they have stickers with barcodes on them that you can buy to put on your old mugs so you can use them again.

Yes, you are right. You can resuse the mugs at the water parks, but no where else.

 

[jlhill4444]

One pet peeve I noticed is when a large group of people have one person is using an ECV and there is a large crowd waiting for a bus the entire group gets on and takes the bus seats. The chair is always loaded first and then those with that person get on the bus. I have seen 16 people get on with that one person and take up most of the seats on the bus rather than waiting in line like everyone else at the front of the bus. I understand wanting to stay together, but when you arrive at a bus stop and there is a large crowd, wait for the next bus so you are not cutting in front of people who have been waiting 20 min for a bus. I am not saying this happens all the time, but I have experienced it.

In May we had been waiting for a bus for almost 20 min with a rather large crowd. Right as the bus was pulling up a large group with a person in a mobility chair arrived. The bus driver began loading the chair and the entire group got on the bus with him. When the driver opened the door for the rest of us, there were very few seats left and what was left was taken by those in front of us. We stood, but there were many that were waiting with us that had to wait on the next bus due to the large group with this one man in a chair.

Be respectful of others and don't think you have more of a right to be there than anyone else!

 

[maxiesmom]

One pet peeve I noticed is when a large group of people have one person is using an ECV and there is a large crowd waiting for a bus the entire group gets on and takes the bus seats. The chair is always loaded first and then those with that person get on the bus. I have seen 16 people get on with that one person and take up most of the seats on the bus rather than waiting in line like everyone else at the front of the bus. I understand wanting to stay together, but when you arrive at a bus stop and there is a large crowd, wait for the next bus so you are not cutting in front of people who have been waiting 20 min for a bus. I am not saying this happens all the time, but I have experienced it.

In May we had been waiting for a bus for almost 20 min with a rather large crowd. Right as the bus was pulling up a large group with a person in a mobility chair arrived. The bus driver began loading the chair and the entire group got on the bus with him. When the driver opened the door for the rest of us, there were very few seats left and what was left was taken by those in front of us. We stood, but there were many that were waiting with us that had to wait on the next bus due to the large group with this one man in a chair.

Be respectful of others and don't think you have more of a right to be there than anyone else!

Disney actually allows a person in an ECV and up to 5 guests to board the bus together. Any more than that, and they are supposed to wait in line.

Please keep in mind that the person who cuts the line with the ECV also has to be the last one off of the bus. And while in the parks usually has a longer wait for rides than able bodied people.

I'm sure most people in the ECVs would give anything to be able to walk thru the parks. And wait in line for a bus with everyone else. I don't see it as a huge hardship letting them stay with their family while boarding a bus. I wouldn't like to be told I had to seperate from mine, why should someone in an ECV have to accept it, just because they are in an ECV?