What would you have done?

[Comicbookmommy]

I would have politely asked them to keep it down. When a person's actions severely reduce your enjoyment of the rides, then I think it's right to say something. You pay good money to be there, and you wait in line to experience the ride. That's why they tell you not to use flash photography, it bothers the other guests. I haven't found talking on rides to a common issue in DL, so I'm guessing that's why they don't ask you to not talk loudly ahead of time.

 

[mgd]

I think there was a similar thread complaining about talking on pirates a few weeks ago. Must be something about this ride for some of you. But I was on it recently and thought of that thread to see if it would bother me, and I can't really say I would even notice much talking aside from the first quiet part before the dips. A lot of it is loud to the point there is nothing much to hear except ambient water noise, shooting and yelling, so I can't really see how the experience gets ruined by some (reasonable) talking.

 

[chickapin parterre]

.....okay then, so we will all talk loud and shout and flash before the attractions noise drowns us out.......Will the restaurant still be a place to eat because folks just love the rambunctious of the crowds as they prepare to socialize during the attraction........ until a I lived in new York and encountered fields of firefly, that bayou scene was all I had, the mystery of the deep south and all its crickets, fireflies, mosquitoes. It is a quiet of doom, that ambiance of the bayou not a screaming elevator!!!! ( which because no one polices the elevator, it is now part of the HM ambiance)

 

[VandVsmama]

Your daughter did the right thing.

 

[paradesintherain]

Kind of on a similar note; I rode Splash Mountain single rider, and ended up in the back of a log full of four teenage girls and their father/chaperone. I love Splash Mountain but I never particularly want to get wet, so when the drops were over I was relieved that I was dry. Until the girls started splashing each other, and me, in the process. I thought their dad would say something but he didn't. I asked several times for them to stop, and still the dad didn't speak up. I finally got splashed directly in the face by them, and I ended up yelling at them to stop. I do understand that it's a water ride and you might get wet, but I feel they were just plain rude; not to mention they could have gotten their fingers smashed or worse!

 

[Kittyskyfish]

My daughter turned around after the 2nd drop and asked them politely to please keep it down.

I believe your daughter's request was polite and reasonable. All she did was ask them to lower their voices, not stop talking altogether. I've done this when people behind me were loud and clear about their personal lives, in voices that were near the same decibel level as the animatronic characters and theming sounds. It takes away from the attraction to hear a cacophony like, "Strike yer colors, ya bloomin' cockroachers! OMG did Ethan REALLY say that to you? Fire at will!"

 

[mom2rtk]

Kind of on a similar note; I rode Splash Mountain single rider, and ended up in the back of a log full of four teenage girls and their father/chaperone. I love Splash Mountain but I never particularly want to get wet, so when the drops were over I was relieved that I was dry. Until the girls started splashing each other, and me, in the process. I thought their dad would say something but he didn't. I asked several times for them to stop, and still the dad didn't speak up. I finally got splashed directly in the face by them, and I ended up yelling at them to stop. I do understand that it's a water ride and you might get wet, but I feel they were just plain rude; not to mention they could have gotten their fingers smashed or worse!

That wasn't just rude, it was dangerous. I'm surprised a CM didn't notice and say something. Someone lost some fingers putting their hands in the water on Pirates a year or so ago.

 

[ronandannette]

It is a THEME park, not an amusement park. The music and dialogue are integral parts of the show. If someone is talking loudly enough for you to hear what they are saying, it is too loud and disrespectful.

No one has said complete silence or hallowed silence, but talking quietly enough that it doesn't disturb others.

It isn't a movie theater, but it is a theater, that is the whole point. It is a theater where the guests move through it and the actors are the audio-animatronic figures. Walt wanted it to be a theatrical performance, but one where the actors were always the same (consistent). It was why A-A was invented.

Your lofty view of DL is perhaps beyond the grasp of most people. It's good to be polite and considerate of those around you regardless of the circumstances and mannerliness should always prevail, but the idea that people should be bound by "what Walt wanted" is grandiose and silly.