Hey all,
I just returned from a fabulous vacation at the WDW resort in Orlando and I noticed a change in the behavior of the guests at the theme parks. The last time I was in WDW was in the summer of 2001 and I can not remember such horrible behavior by children. Do you guys think that kids are behaving poorly lately? Many children under the age of 6 were just plane obnoxious, running wild at the parks, running into other people screaming, complaining, and just throwing fits. I happen to love children and how they are fascinated by Disney but lately I am dismayed at the rudeness and lack of control that kids exhibit these days.
Parents seemed to not care that their kids were being distructive or obnoxious. Kids were running into cast members and even trying to topple a robotic tree at Animal Kingdom. The robotic tree was a nice feature, it greats guests at the entrance to the park and it moves by istelf all around talking to guests welcoming them to the park. The tree moves under it's own power and would remind children not to push on it. Kids mobbed the poor tree and continued to try and topple it despite it's please to stop. While the attempted deforestation was taking place, the parents of the 6 or 7 children just stood there smiling. (all the mini lumber jacks involved here were atleast 6 years old, english speaking and capable of understanding the please to stop pushing.)
One thing that realy bothered me was the amount of older kids being pushed around in strollers. When I first went to the WDW resort, I was 4 years old and my parents made me walk the whole park. It wasn't long ago that I was 4, I am 22 now, and I just dont remember being in a stroller and being tall enough to ride Space Mountain. It was rediculous how many kids that were tall enough to ride Space Mountain (44" Tall) were still riding in strollers. Am I missing something folks? Perhapse if parents made their perfectly able children walk they would become more exhausted and would therefore be too tired to be anoying. Not to mention that just dealing with strollers is a pain in the butt.
I was on The Haunted mansion only 2 days ago when it broke down. As we waited in the dark, the ghost host's voice kept reminding people to stay seated, and despite these warnings kids kept trying to climb out. After only 10 minutes of being stuck on the ride, the Cast members were forced to walk out to the doombuggies and let some people off because of unrully behavior. After 10 minutes of being stuck in the airconditioned atraction kids began banging on the doombuggies, stomping around and barking at their parents to fix the ride. No question that kids are in controll these days.
As the Disney Cast members directed us off the vehicles I asked one about the unrully children. I asked the man if he thinks that kids are becoming more out of controll, and the man replied "in 15 years of working at WDW I've never seen it this bad." I agree, and I want to know what you all think.
Thanks...
I just returned from a fabulous vacation at the WDW resort in Orlando and I noticed a change in the behavior of the guests at the theme parks. The last time I was in WDW was in the summer of 2001 and I can not remember such horrible behavior by children. Do you guys think that kids are behaving poorly lately? Many children under the age of 6 were just plane obnoxious, running wild at the parks, running into other people screaming, complaining, and just throwing fits. I happen to love children and how they are fascinated by Disney but lately I am dismayed at the rudeness and lack of control that kids exhibit these days.
Parents seemed to not care that their kids were being distructive or obnoxious. Kids were running into cast members and even trying to topple a robotic tree at Animal Kingdom. The robotic tree was a nice feature, it greats guests at the entrance to the park and it moves by istelf all around talking to guests welcoming them to the park. The tree moves under it's own power and would remind children not to push on it. Kids mobbed the poor tree and continued to try and topple it despite it's please to stop. While the attempted deforestation was taking place, the parents of the 6 or 7 children just stood there smiling. (all the mini lumber jacks involved here were atleast 6 years old, english speaking and capable of understanding the please to stop pushing.)
One thing that realy bothered me was the amount of older kids being pushed around in strollers. When I first went to the WDW resort, I was 4 years old and my parents made me walk the whole park. It wasn't long ago that I was 4, I am 22 now, and I just dont remember being in a stroller and being tall enough to ride Space Mountain. It was rediculous how many kids that were tall enough to ride Space Mountain (44" Tall) were still riding in strollers. Am I missing something folks? Perhapse if parents made their perfectly able children walk they would become more exhausted and would therefore be too tired to be anoying. Not to mention that just dealing with strollers is a pain in the butt.
I was on The Haunted mansion only 2 days ago when it broke down. As we waited in the dark, the ghost host's voice kept reminding people to stay seated, and despite these warnings kids kept trying to climb out. After only 10 minutes of being stuck on the ride, the Cast members were forced to walk out to the doombuggies and let some people off because of unrully behavior. After 10 minutes of being stuck in the airconditioned atraction kids began banging on the doombuggies, stomping around and barking at their parents to fix the ride. No question that kids are in controll these days.
As the Disney Cast members directed us off the vehicles I asked one about the unrully children. I asked the man if he thinks that kids are becoming more out of controll, and the man replied "in 15 years of working at WDW I've never seen it this bad." I agree, and I want to know what you all think.
Thanks...