What would you do?

[DreaGirl]

We decided to brave the crowds yesterday at MK. We were at TTC at 7:15, but they were only allowing resort guests on the monorail. So around 7:45, they open the gates for the rest of us. You can imagine the rush of the crowd. There are 4 of us 3 walking, 1 single stroller.

We make our way up the ramp and on the monorail. Everyone is being surprisingly polite, just wanting to get to MK. While on the ride, there is a group of 18 in the 2 cars with us. As we exit the monorail, they all grab hands and proclaim "We are all here! We are walking down the ramp together!" So for the rest of us behind them that means a very slow walk. My husband and one child had made it in front of the group and so I said excuse me, and one woman said, "WOW! Have some patience!" So I said excuse me my family is up ahead. To which she says, "We are having a magic moment walking as a family!" At this point I just squeeze my stroller through on the side. I was so annoyed! ThenWas I wrong here???

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[chirurgeon]

No, you were not wrong. Their "magical moment" shouldn't separate you and your family.

 

[Quicklabs]

We are having a magical moment as a family! Our magical moment is more important than anyone else's magical moment!"

It is a pet peeve of mine when a group decides to fan out across an entire walkway, oblivious to the pace of others. Easy enough to hold hands and walk single file, just like we all learned in kindergarden.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

I don't know if anyone has enough information about the situation to make a judgment call. It's possible the family had some special needs children, or any other dozens of reasons it would be a feasible solution for them to try to stay together in such a huge crowd.

I think you were probably in the wrong for sneaking your stroller through. Five extra minutes on line is not a big deal.

 

[mdvlprof]

Can't tell you the # of times we've been separated. One of my pet peeves, too, is follks who walk several people wide. DS is wheelchair, and I have mobility problems. Having to walk super slow and stop suddenly is way more difficult than walking at a normal rate.

 

[15isto2]

I don't know if anyone has enough information about the situation to make a judgment call. It's possible the family had some special needs children, or any other dozens of reasons it would be a feasible solution for them to try to stay together in such a huge crowd.

I think you were probably in the wrong for sneaking your stroller through. Five extra minutes on line is not a big deal.

Having special needs kids would require a group of 18 people creating a moving obstruction of an exit???????????? why not two rows of 9 so as not to inconvenience others?

I cant disagree more strongly with your comment about sneaking through, the OP was correct and having asked nicely and been given the response she did I would have used it as a battering ram not been sneaking past those with no consideraton for others

 

[WorldWacky]

We are having a magical moment as a family! Our magical moment is more important than anyone else's magical moment!"

They could of been patient and let you through to be with your family!

 

[SamSam]

They could of been patient and let you through to be with your family!

This.

 

[sayhello]

We are having a magical moment as a family! Our magical moment is more important than anyone else's magical moment!"

This x 1000!!

I'm sorry, but LOADS of other families had just arrived at the MK for the first time, and those other families' magical moments did not disrupt or inconvenience other people. Folks who think they are the only people in the world really peeve me off! It would have been bad enough if they were just causing all the people behind them to have to crawl down the ramp, but insisting that their "moment" was so important that they couldn't allow the OP to catch up to her family is just ridiculous.

OP, what you did was the reasonable response in that situation. I'm not sure I would have been reasonable enough to have only "sneaked" past them!

Sayhello

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Having special needs kids would require a group of 18 people creating a moving obstruction of an exit???????????? why not two rows of 9 so as not to inconvenience others?

I cant disagree more strongly with your comment about sneaking through, the OP was correct and having asked nicely and been given the response she did I would have used it as a battering ram not been sneaking past those with no consideraton for others

All I'm saying is we only have OP's point of the story. There's probably another family who could write about being hit in the back by a stroller.

 

[sayhello]

All I'm saying is we only have OP's point of the story. There's probably another family who could write about being hit in the back by a stroller.

I'm sorry, but in most of life, you don't have the other person's story when you're trying to decide on a course of action. Given what the OP experienced, and the fact she had been separated from her family, I think her actions were perfectly reasonable.

Sayhello

 

[MouseBrayden]

I believe the definition of "Magical Moment" is not "Be selfish and ruin another person's 'Magical Moment'." You did the right thing, and shame on those inconsiderate people.

 

[AndyPok1]

I have no problem with a bunch of people holding hands to have a magical moment... if they waited for everyone else to leave the station first.

 

[DEA]

I do not think you were out of line, OP. I would have been tempted, because most of them were holding hands on both sides, to give them wedgies. That would have been my magical moment.

Okay, not really, but that would have really busted up the rolling roadblock, right?

 

[jcb]

I wasn't there but I have found the best way to diffuse any situation at WDW is to ask the party if they want me to take their picture. So far, I have never had anyone ask me to take a photo of their bum (and I have yet to have a "wow" moment, as a result).

 

[mytripsandraces]

I wasn't there but I have found the best way to diffuse any situation at WDW is to ask the party if they want me to take their picture. So far, I have never had anyone ask me to take a photo of their bum (and I have yet to have a "wow" moment, as a result).

That's a great idea, Jack! Even if they declined, she could have used the distraction to move past them and join her family.

 

[AWHOFAN]

You were not wrong.

 

[Cherinva]

You were not wrong...everyone that goes to WDW at some point has a magical moment....just don't disturb others while having it.