Bad Experiences

[Sumshine 904]

I'm sure it was all well and good until she saw that letting your family member come back with that second scooter was going to result in her having to wait for the next bus.

People get impatient waiting for the bus transportation, and that's regardless of whether they have scooters to load or not. :shrug:

That's no defense for her horrible conduct. And by the way, from your description is sounds more like she attempted to put a curse on you than to make a death threat. But her curse had no power. . . the bus safely arrived at its destination and everyone went on with their lives.

Don't get hung up on the one thing that was unpleasant. Focus on all the good experiences you had on your vacation. :wave:

To be honest, I think it might have been because she was getting hot. :shrug: We were staying at Pop Century, so we had to stand out in the sun. She was also very heavy set, and her face was pretty red, even before she got mad. I mean, I get a little cranky and fidgety when I have to wait in the sun, too, but I think she was acting extremely irrational.

Thank you for replying, and I sure will. :wave:

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

No, need to apologize, and it's not up to me if the thread gets shut down. It just seems there's been an inundation of negative threads around here recently. And as you stated, in the end the bus driver was very nice about the entire situation.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but everything is not always roses and sunshine... EVEN IN WDW.

 

[Sumshine 904]

We had an experience something like this while we were passengers on a bus going to DTD just a few weeks ago, only the bus driver acted rude to a guest in a chair and that set things in the wrong direction. IMHO.

A family was waiting at Music, our bus stops, a girls looks in a says something to the driver, he huffs, lowers the bus and opens the back door. This family had been waiting there, it is not like they came out from the building at the last second. I saw them when we pulled up. A husband then assists his wife onto the bus, she gets up and transfers to a bench seat while the husband struggles with her scooter. He then begins to mumble, the wife says something to him that made him respond in an angry matter back at her (mostly things like "I AM" and grunts), and he continues to struggle to get the scooter in a good place. Finally, the scooter is in place however, the driver cannot get the back door to close properly so he huffs and puffs for a few trys. The daughter walks on the bus, apologizes to the driver, I guess for the extra hassles of picking them up when he was going to ignore them waiting...possilbly? By then it was obvious there was tension between the family themselves, and between them and the driver. Anyway, the husband sits down (way away from his wife, even tho the bus was essentially empty) and says "34 years of marriage and this may be my last" then looks at us, and sees our "Happy Anniversay" buttons and then says to us "happy anniversary", I look at him and he is wearing a button too! We told him happy anniversary back. I later said to my DH, wow, that could be us years from now, one of us in a chair and the other angry that he/she has to deal with it. He said, "no, it won't be us, we would never treat each other that way."

I do have to wonder if the bus driver had been more helpful and less huffy if this guy would have been so rushed and messed up so many times trying to get the scooter in place so the bus could go. We all have bad days, most of mine take place outside of a public area. For that I am grateful. However, while I am at work, I hope to treat each person I come in contact with ( I work in a public building) respect, even if they can't or won't treat each other with some respect.

Long story short, sorry that people were rude to you. I am glad it did not ruin your visit and at least your family loves you!

That is sort of sad to hear. Hopefully they both made up later that day and had a good time. It would be an awful shame if their marriage had ended, at Disney World no less. It's supposed to be a place where dreams come true, not where dreams fall apart.

I'm sure you and your husband will never act like that. ^^ You may have your fights and differences sometimes (what couple doesn't?) but if you two love each other as much as you do, hopefully it'll never end.

 

[MagicMegan]

So, the bus driver was nice, even apologized for the actions of a complete stranger (and someone not even associated with WDW), and we're still looking at a thread for negative stories and confrontations? :shrug:

I don't think the OP was saying that ALL bad experiences are the fault of WDW and it's employees.

 

[MagicMegan]

I would have had a few very unmagical words for the women if she had done something like that to my family. We don't use scooters, but who knows what else she would have a screaming fit over.

 

[wvdisneyfamily]

Wow. If that'd been my kid she said those things in front of or my family shed said them to, I'm not sure I'd have been able to gather enough Christian goodness to keep from cutting her down to size.

 

[Krack]

I don't know. Maybe I'm a horrible person, but I think you should have split your party or went to the back of the line. Her reaction, however, was completely out of line. I think you were both wrong.

 

[Sumshine 904]

Wow. If that'd been my kid she said those things in front of or my family shed said them to, I'm not sure I'd have been able to gather enough Christian goodness to keep from cutting her down to size.

:lol: I'm can guarantee you that she'll have to answer to someone much higher up than any of us, and I'm almost positive that it will be brought up in the future.

 

[Sumshine 904]

I don't know. Maybe I'm a horrible person, but I think you should have split your party or went to the back of the line. Her reaction, however, was completely out of line. I think you were both wrong.

My father gave her fair warning that there was a scooter coming right back, if she wanted to complain, she should have done so when he told her the moment she approached. We most certainly would not have split our family apart, especially for someone like her. Opinions are opinions, I guess.

The day before the incident, actually, we allowed a scooter behind us to go in front because a wheel chair that had been in line first had already loaded, and we didn't want to split our party. :shrug:

 

[Raven66]

We had an experience something like this while we were passengers on a bus going to DTD just a few weeks ago, only the bus driver acted rude to a guest in a chair and that set things in the wrong direction. IMHO.

A family was waiting at Music, our bus stops, a girls looks in a says something to the driver, he huffs, lowers the bus and opens the back door. This family had been waiting there, it is not like they came out from the building at the last second. I saw them when we pulled up. A husband then assists his wife onto the bus, she gets up and transfers to a bench seat while the husband struggles with her scooter. He then begins to mumble, the wife says something to him that made him respond in an angry matter back at her (mostly things like "I AM" and grunts), and he continues to struggle to get the scooter in a good place. Finally, the scooter is in place however, the driver cannot get the back door to close properly so he huffs and puffs for a few trys. The daughter walks on the bus, apologizes to the driver, I guess for the extra hassles of picking them up when he was going to ignore them waiting...possilbly? By then it was obvious there was tension between the family themselves, and between them and the driver. Anyway, the husband sits down (way away from his wife, even tho the bus was essentially empty) and says "34 years of marriage and this may be my last" then looks at us, and sees our "Happy Anniversay" buttons and then says to us "happy anniversary", I look at him and he is wearing a button too! We told him happy anniversary back. I later said to my DH, wow, that could be us years from now, one of us in a chair and the other angry that he/she has to deal with it. He said, "no, it won't be us, we would never treat each other that way."

I do have to wonder if the bus driver had been more helpful and less huffy if this guy would have been so rushed and messed up so many times trying to get the scooter in place so the bus could go. We all have bad days, most of mine take place outside of a public area. For that I am grateful. However, while I am at work, I hope to treat each person I come in contact with ( I work in a public building) respect, even if they can't or won't treat each other with some respect.

Long story short, sorry that people were rude to you. I am glad it did not ruin your visit and at least your family loves you!

My husband and I have been married for a long time and I do love him but sometimes you think to yourself if I have to hear his loud breathing one more time I'm going to scream. It happens, you could be sitting at home watching TV or on a bus at WDW. :lol:



I was already separated from my family on the bus and there was this other lady sitting there with her family. We were all the way in the back of the bus. I heard her saying that they got to hit Disney once a month. I'm happy for them really but we only get to go every couple of years. Well anyway, the bus stopped and my family is off already and walking away. The lady was messing around with her stroller and she let her daughter stand in the space where you get off. She didn't ask the child to move and let us by. There was about 10 of us back there. The kid finally moved enough for us to get off so I walked by her the mother started screaming at me. She told me I could wait and how dare I "push" past her daughter, (I would never push a child). I tried to explain that is not what happen but she just kept going. I told her that I would love to sit here and debate it but my family is already gone and she said I'm sure they waited and I said oh really? We come once every couple of years not once a month so we don't wait we just go and I told her to get over it and I left. I started off nice, but she jumped on my last nerve!! Guess who was in front of us at the end of the night with her huge stroller?? You guessed it!!!

 

[TRONorail10]

If anyone ever has to deal with a situation like the one with the screaming crazy lady, have a cast member contact Disney Security immediately. That type of behavior is not tolerated at Disney World, especially when somebody is imposing a death threat on other guests in any form. That lady should have been red flagged so that if there was any other incident with her, she would be escorted off property - permanently. Forgive me if i seem harsh, but people today have no manners, are disrespectful, and flat out rude. Examples need to be made to remind people that certain behavior is not tolerated in public places.

 

[smk]

My husband and I have been married for a long time and I do love him but sometimes you think to yourself if I have to hear his loud breathing one more time I'm going to scream. It happens, you could be sitting at home watching TV or on a bus at WDW. :lol:



I was already separated from my family on the bus and there was this other lady sitting there with her family. We were all the way in the back of the bus. I heard her saying that they got to hit Disney once a month. I'm happy for them really but we only get to go every couple of years. Well anyway, the bus stopped and my family is off already and walking away. The lady was messing around with her stroller and she let her daughter stand in the space where you get off. She didn't ask the child to move and let us by. There was about 10 of us back there. The kid finally moved enough for us to get off so I walked by her the mother started screaming at me. She told me I could wait and how dare I "push" past her daughter, (I would never push a child). I tried to explain that is not what happen but she just kept going. I told her that I would love to sit here and debate it but my family is already gone and she said I'm sure they waited and I said oh really? We come once every couple of years not once a month so we don't wait we just go and I told her to get over it and I left. I started off nice, but she jumped on my last nerve!! Guess who was in front of us at the end of the night with her huge stroller?? You guessed it!!!

My DH has the tendancy to stop and look at a map, list etc...right in the middle of a walk way. I gently take his arm and we move out of the way. This happens in the grocery store, the mall, WDW, on the street....you get the picture! I have seen it happen there too, more often with kids and distracted parents. I understand people going around and would never fight with anyone who did!

 

[WDWmazprty]

If anyone ever has to deal with a situation like the one with the screaming crazy lady, have a cast member contact Disney Security immediately. That type of behavior is not tolerated at Disney World, especially when somebody is imposing a death threat on other guests in any form. That lady should have been red flagged so that if there was any other incident with her, she would be escorted off property - permanently. Forgive me if i seem harsh, but people today have no manners, are disrespectful, and flat out rude. Examples need to be made to remind people that certain behavior is not tolerated in public places.

Totally agree!:sohappy:

 

[sublimesting]

I don't know. Maybe I'm a horrible person, but I think you should have split your party or went to the back of the line. Her reaction, however, was completely out of line. I think you were both wrong.

So, if a family is standing in line and a kid forgets his Mickey doll in the room and Dad runs back and gets it and makes it back before the bus comes, you say he should have to get in the back of the line? That's ridiculous! It's not like one person waited in the bus line while the whole family was eating and then they all came ou right before the bus arrived and cut.

 

[Mickey is King]

It sounds like that guest was having what I like to call: I have to be first syndrome.

I see this in so many areas of the parks. push and shove @ attractions, the dirty looks, and sometimes what you experienced. Why do people get this way sometimes at the World? is it the long hot days? waiting in lines all day? hunger? thirst? to much of a good thing? what?

 

[Krack]

So, if a family is standing in line and a kid forgets his Mickey doll in the room and Dad runs back and gets it and makes it back before the bus comes, you say he should have to get in the back of the line? That's ridiculous! It's not like one person waited in the bus line while the whole family was eating and then they all came ou right before the bus arrived and cut.

Yes. The person who went back to the room should have to go to the back of the line when they return, just like everyone else. I would have. Sure, it may seem unreasonable when it's one person, but what if it were 5 people (joining one person who had been waiting in line)? What if that group of 5 people consisted of both scooters (now leapfrogging the woman who had been waiting and causing her to wait for another additional bus)? It's a slippery slope.

The fairest and most reasonable way to approach the situation is for everyone to wait on line in the order that they get to the bus stop prepared to get on the bus. If the party wanted to travel together, they should have all moved to the back of the line.

The OPer's brother in law cut in front of that belligerent woman causing her to have to wait for another bus (which, lately, on Disney schedules could be lengthy) - I don't blame her for being aggravated. She handled the situation about as badly as she could and in a completely unacceptable manner, but I still think she had a good reason to be unhappy with the situation.

 

[Tom]

Yes. The person who went back to the room should have to go to the back of the line when they return, just like everyone else. I would have. Sure, it may seem unreasonable when it's one person, but what if it were 5 people (joining one person who had been waiting in line)? What if that group of 5 people consisted of both scooters (now leapfrogging the woman who had been waiting and causing her to wait for another additional bus)? It's a slippery slope.

The fairest and most reasonable way to approach the situation is for everyone to wait on line in the order that they get to the bus stop prepared to get on the bus. If the party wanted to travel together, they should have all moved to the back of the line.

The OPer's brother in law cut in front of that belligerent woman causing her to have to wait for another bus (which, lately, on Disney schedules could be lengthy) - I don't blame her for being aggravated. She handled the situation about as badly as she could and in a completely unacceptable manner, but I still think she had a good reason to be unhappy with the situation.

Along these same lines, I wish they'd install queue posts and ropes at the resort bus stops like they do at every single park bus stop. They would eliminate 99% of the "who was here first" problem.

 

[MKCP 1985]

Whether the brother should have taken the scooter to go get his wife's medicine before the bus arrived is beside the point. Screaming and putting a death curse on someone is way beyond defensible.

Any sympathy for the lady who showed up in her scooter only to find she would have to wait for a second bus went out the window when she acted the way she did.

The fact is, Disney does not put a rope up at the resort bus stops and if a group arrives and one person leaves but returns before the bus arrives, there are no laws or posted regulations to govern the outcome. Nobody knows when the bus will arrive and if the brother doesn't make it back before the bus arrives, the lady who showed up second gets to go ahead of the family that arrived before she did and then the family gets to sit in the sun and be hot and angry that the sister left without her medicine and made them have to wait. Over the course of a vacation, it all kind of evens out. :shrug:

 

[sublimesting]

Yes. The person who went back to the room should have to go to the back of the line when they return, just like everyone else. I would have. Sure, it may seem unreasonable when it's one person, but what if it were 5 people (joining one person who had been waiting in line)? What if that group of 5 people consisted of both scooters (now leapfrogging the woman who had been waiting and causing her to wait for another additional bus)? It's a slippery slope.

The fairest and most reasonable way to approach the situation is for everyone to wait on line in the order that they get to the bus stop prepared to get on the bus. If the party wanted to travel together, they should have all moved to the back of the line.

The OPer's brother in law cut in front of that belligerent woman causing her to have to wait for another bus (which, lately, on Disney schedules could be lengthy) - I don't blame her for being aggravated. She handled the situation about as badly as she could and in a completely unacceptable manner, but I still think she had a good reason to be unhappy with the situation.

But if that's the route you want to go then the lady who just pulled up in the scooter had no gripe at all because she was cutting in front of everyone who was standing in line since scooters always go first. She had no room to say anything in the slightest. A person leaving a bus line for a few minutes is not cutting. The line did not get any longer because of his actions. Had he stayed in line or left and came back the line length did not change, only the PERCEPTION that people had as to how long they thought they might have to wait changed, which is inconsequential. No matter had he left the line or not the second lady was waiting for the next bus and she was told this. And whether she knew she had to take a second bus or the first bus wouldn't have changed the fact that she WAS in fact going to get into that line.
I also do not have a problem with a parent taking a chil to ______ and returning to a ride line. It really only becomes an issue when people hold a place in line for people who were never there in the first place.

 

[DisneyMusician2]

I would have had a few very unmagical words for the women if she had done something like that to my family. We don't use scooters, but who knows what else she would have a screaming fit over.

I have been known to ignore people who do stuff like that completely. It tends to make them more irate or embarrassed when you refuse to engage their stupidity.