piccolopat
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2014
Mmmmm we pay the extra to be seated together... but if equipment changed and the flight crew had to ask someone to switch with me, and the other passenger refused to allow me to sit by my child, it would be a very, very unpleasant flight for them. I'd be hovering all over them whenever the seatbelt light was off, I'd be handing lots of messy snacks to her, I'd be kicking the seat or playing "bounce my laptray", or not letting them recline, or any number of fun things that bug the crap out of people on planes. I'm awesome at Being Considerate To Others - when Others are Considerate to Me. Please please please follow some basic courtesy!
My child knows the secret Look from Mommy that means, "This random stranger is being a jerk on purpose, by all means, this is your Magical Moment to be the hugest brat in all existence." She has one of those eardrum piercing screams and she has great aim when she throws things. Fair warning y'all....
I am sure there are people who would want us thrown off the plane once that started... but who can deny that it's really stupid to force young children under 6 into a situation where they are trapped and can SEE and HEAR their parent/s but not able to be taken care of? That's a level of fright and torture for some kids that not the Tower of Terror nor the former Alien Encounter ride even comes close to...
really, we're all travelling to Disney with our families on this plane! who is that heartless, and who really WANTS to spend a flight trying to block out the frantic screaming of "Mommy! Where are you!? MOMMY I AM SCAAAAAAARED! MOMMYYYYYYYYYYYY!" You wanna sit with your young children, I wanna sit with my young child, we can shuffle the older kids and the spouses around wherever in this stupid plane. Use some rational thinking people, it's a small container thousands of feet above the ground, hurtling a hundred or so of us to Orlando, it cannot be the Worst Thing Eva to sit in a different seat on a 3-4 hour flight!
How about you offer to take the seats at the back of the plane, next to the lavatory, so you and your child (the one that you think is entitled to far more than anyone else and that you encourage to be obnoxious (brat in your words) when you don't get your way) can sit together?
Edited to replace the reference to snowflake due to the discussion in another thread.
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