RANT ALERT Park Manners

[3Gsandme]

Here's a good pet peeve. People that overbook the top ADR's, then don't have the nerve to cancel until about an hour or so before the reservation. Or they lie about their party size to gain a reservation if the actual party size isn't available.

Well, shouldn't new credit card requirements be doing something about the first problem?

 

[ronandannette]

Prepare for epic ranting because I'm in the parks twice a month at least and I see quite literally the WORST of people every time:

--A stroller is not a battering ram, a free pass into a line, or an object that gives you the right of way everywhere.

--Do not show up to a parade/fireworks show/any kind of show mere minutes before it starts and expect a front row seat or try to wrestle your way into one.

--CONTROL YOUR FREAKING CHILDREN!

--The chair next to me with my backpack on it is NOT a jungle gym, your three year old does not need to run twenty feet away with you while you smile and say 'aww', and your eight-year-old does not need a pacifier....

Waiting for someone to post a list of reasons why some 8 y.o.'s DO need pacifiers...

Threads like this literally always turn into people making horrible comments about topics they know nothing about and making assumptions about people they don't know and will probably never see again. The things I want to say would get me banned, so I'll contribute to the thread topic instead.

Here's some manners guidelines: Don't assume you know everything about everyone. Mind your own business and don't be a jerk. These can apply everywhere in life, not just at Disney!

Really, this is the best advice possible for surviving life day-to-day, Disney or not. We may each be the centre of our own universes, but then again, so is everybody else. Let's just all do our part to get along.

 

[stasijane]

Maybe its just me not letting stuff get to me, or the fact that my 4 weekly trips a year have just been super lucky but I never experience half the stuff people mention. I do believe they happen I guess I just am just so excited about where I am I fail to see everything around me

 

[EsmeCullen]

Please don't force your terrified child to ride rides like Tower of Terror. I witnessed this when I went to Disneyland last March. The girl was maybe 9 or 10 and was bawling her eyes out in the line and making a scene. Her dad was basically telling her to suck it up. They were directly behind us. If the poor kid isn't ready, don't ride it or do the rider swap. Forcing them only leads to panic which can traumatize the child and disturb the other guests.

 

[intheshadows]

If I book a special dinner at one of the top restaurants to celebrate something, and that table has a fantastic view, that is MY space.

DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILDREN TO STAND AT MY TABLE.

Seriously, my partner and I had three kids standing next to our table--one even leaning on it--while we tried to eat and enjoy each other's company. Their idiot parents were drinking and ignoring them. I told the kids to please return to their parents, and one said, "They said we could be here."

I fetched a manager who escorted the kids back to their table, but REALLY!?!?

 

[dowchick]

Sometimes they would dance and twirl, but only in open areas where people were not walking.

I sometimes dance and twirl at Disney. I also bounce like Tigger. I'm almost 50.

 

[dowchick]

I understand the phones being with you in the parks incase you need them. I just don't understand the desire to carry an iPad or tablet around. They are so much larger then a phone. I don't like taking anything into the parks though. A water bottle and that's it. We do also being in our camera. We have a really nice camera but it's to large for me to want to carry around so I usually just bring a small point and shoot. That I can fit in my pocket.

When we went in October my camera broke the first day. I was so bummed! So all we had was a tablet and cell phone to get photos. I hate using the tablet for photos because it is kind of awkward to hold, but it took better quality than the cell phones. So I fess up, I was the dork taking photos with the tablet.

 

[becpee]

Please do not fart while waiting in an enclosed area queue eg Soarin', or I will be forced to ask you as loudly as possible if you sharted your pants...

 

[Precmom1967]

Please do not SIT on my child at the parade route and then accuse her of taking your "spot." We were waiting for 2 hours at the same location on July 4th and another guest literally sat on her. The same person tried to squeeze their whole 5 family members into one tiny spot along a crowded Main Street location by the Emporium. We got a CM and they were kindly escorted elsewhere.

 

[tiggeraholic]

Please do not ram your Stroller with a toddler in it over my teenager instead of asking nicely to move PLEASE!

 

[Kpskyman]

Ok more random rants...
If you are told to move the entire way down the isle and fill every available seat, do it. You pushed and shoved to get up front, so deal with it

When eating at a buffet, if you have young ones, help them get their food. Too many time I have seen kids that can barely see the buffet table trying to get food themselves and spilling food everywhere while parent is no where to be seen

I really don't mind if your children sit in front of me for the parade, I was here first, but I will accommodate young kids. That being said, if your child is whiny and crying, I don't want you in constantly getting in my way to accommodate your kid, take them back behind me and my kids

Do not let your kids sit, pull on, stretch, play with queue lines. I have seen too many kids get hurt this way.

Don't get upset if my kids are getting better character interaction then yours, just wait your turn and let me enjoy my children without having to hear you trying to push them along.

Finally if you have your child on a leash, you are not a parent, you are a failure.

 

[FairestOfThemAll37]

For so many people obsessed with manners and propriety, how about a little tolerance?

It must be really something to have been elected as the ultimate judge of all people and exactly how everyone should behave and when. I can't imagine the pressure.

Too bad, it seems, that you missed a couple lessons in humility and humanity yourselves.

 

[3Gsandme]

Ok more random rants... If you are told to move the entire way down the isle and fill every available seat, do it. You pushed and shoved to get up front, so deal with it When eating at a buffet, if you have young ones, help them get their food. Too many time I have seen kids that can barely see the buffet table trying to get food themselves and spilling food everywhere while parent is no where to be seen I really don't mind if your children sit in front of me for the parade, I was here first, but I will accommodate young kids. That being said, if your child is whiny and crying, I don't want you in constantly getting in my way to accommodate your kid, take them back behind me and my kids Do not let your kids sit, pull on, stretch, play with queue lines. I have seen too many kids get hurt this way. Don't get upset if my kids are getting better character interaction then yours, just wait your turn and let me enjoy my children without having to hear you trying to push them along. Finally if you have your child on a leash, you are not a parent, you are a failure.

No. No, I'm not. What I am is a parent who understands both my own limitations and my child's needs. I've used a harness for each of my three at different times throughout their toddler years and considered one for my four year old this year for our trip. It is more important, to me, to insure my child's safety than it is for me to impress judgmental people I'll never meet again.

 

[tiggeraholic]

For so many people obsessed with manners and propriety, how about a little tolerance?

It must be really something to have been elected as the ultimate judge of all people and exactly how everyone should behave and when. I can't imagine the pressure.

Too bad, it seems, that you missed a couple lessons in humility and humanity yourselves.

I am tolerant to a lot of things but NOT when you physically hurt my child when a simple please can I get by would have worked.

 

[siskaren]

Well, shouldn't new credit card requirements be doing something about the first problem?

That's supposed to be exactly why they were instituted. And with regards to the second problem, I've often heard it recommended that parties of 1 or 3 book for 2 or 4 because for some reason, the system doesn't always show availability for 1 or 3. And since a party of 1 is going to get seated at a table for 2 and a party of 3 is going to get seated at a table for 4, I don't see what the issue is.

 

[alicat8]

No. No, I'm not. What I am is a parent who understands both my own limitations and my child's needs. I've used a harness for each of my three at different times throughout their toddler years and considered one for my four year old this year for our trip. It is more important, to me, to insure my child's safety than it is for me to impress judgmental people I'll never meet again.

How dare you allow your child the freedom to walk at a safe distance in a busy place?!?! You are clearly a failure. Get a stroller and force your kid to sit in it all day like the other successful parents!

 

[seenellie81]

When we went in October my camera broke the first day. I was so bummed! So all we had was a tablet and cell phone to get photos. I hate using the tablet for photos because it is kind of awkward to hold, but it took better quality than the cell phones. So I fess up, I was the dork taking photos with the tablet.

Oh what a bummer your camera broke! It would make me crazy to have to carry around a tablet. In your situation, that was your only option. Hopefully you have a new camera for your next trip! I don't think your a dork, I think your dedicated. To take a tablet to the parks because it's the only way to get pictures, that's dedication to the mouse

 

[seenellie81]

I sometimes dance and twirl at Disney. I also bounce like Tigger. I'm almost 50.

Dance it up! Live the moment and love the memories!

 

[Teacher Princess]

For so many people obsessed with manners and propriety, how about a little tolerance?

It must be really something to have been elected as the ultimate judge of all people and exactly how everyone should behave and when. I can't imagine the pressure.

Too bad, it seems, that you missed a couple lessons in humility and humanity yourselves.

 

[HuntandFisch]

No. No, I'm not. What I am is a parent who understands both my own limitations and my child's needs. I've used a harness for each of my three at different times throughout their toddler years and considered one for my four year old this year for our trip. It is more important, to me, to insure my child's safety than it is for me to impress judgmental people I'll never meet again.

THIS! I've never had to use a harness on my children, but my sister in law has one for my nephew because he doesn't want to sit all day and he's 3 so he can get a little stir crazy. I know that no child has ever been abducted from Disney (that I'm aware of) but I can't imagine how scary it would be to have one of my kids wander off. It only takes a split second, and in that second they're scared, you're scared, and they could possibly get hurt at a place with all those rides and people! You go ahead and use your leash! You're not a failure as a parent, you're a responsible parent! I bet you that some people that give you the "omg her kids on a leash" looks are the very same people that get angry that kids are wandering or running off! Forget them and do you thing