So is there anyone you ever give your seat up for? Or is it first come, first serve regardless of the situation. We've had mixed reactions while carrying our sleeping kids where some people will be kind and offer their seats and then some others will just keep their seats and make you hold your child and stand up the entire trip back to the resort. We'll never complain, but it is nice when some people recognize the situation and are helpful.
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Bus etiquette
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Tigger1988
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I don't really think anyone is more entitled to a seat than anyone else (excluding those in wheelchairs, there's no choice but giving up seats in that case). If I spent all day in a park and then stood in line for the bus for 20+ minutes...sitting on the bus is a piece of heaven. I don't think I should be guilted into giving it up for anyone else. Conversely I don't expect anyone to offer me a seat for any reason.
As for etiquette I don't think people should be allowed to use seats for their strollers or in some cases take up seats for sleeping children who could easily be placed on a parent's lap. But that's just me...
As for etiquette I don't think people should be allowed to use seats for their strollers or in some cases take up seats for sleeping children who could easily be placed on a parent's lap. But that's just me...
invader
Well-Known Member
It's like this for me.. If you look like you deserve a seat, I'll offer it to you. If you don't, it's all fair-game. If you tell me you need my seat and to get up (which has happened before) I'll keep on ignoring you no matter who you are. It's just like anywhere else where there is limited seating.
cymbaldiva
Active Member
The bus transportation has gotten ridiculous - I rent a car now so I don't have to fool with it.
mousehockey37
Well-Known Member
You're a piece of work. You'll disagree with me about the things with fastpasses, but yet, you don't think people should be allowed to use seats for sleeping kids. If you take all the FPs but my kids asleep on a seat on the bus between me and my wife, you're gonna complain? I'm not breaking any rules....
Jimmy Thick
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This is a loaded topic.
I always rent a car, but when I used the busses, if there was an elderly person, small child, person with an injury, mother with kids, I always gave up a seat, always. I went to Disney with a bad kneee and people gave me their seats all the time. Unfortunately, I have seen elderly people be forced to stand when others could have gave them a seat, its hard not to be rude so I really don't want to take busses because of it.
Jimmy Thick- Rent a car=win win.
I always rent a car, but when I used the busses, if there was an elderly person, small child, person with an injury, mother with kids, I always gave up a seat, always. I went to Disney with a bad kneee and people gave me their seats all the time. Unfortunately, I have seen elderly people be forced to stand when others could have gave them a seat, its hard not to be rude so I really don't want to take busses because of it.
Jimmy Thick- Rent a car=win win.
the-reason14
Well-Known Member
If I get a seat then I sit and stay seated until i arrive at the other park or resort or wherever it is the disney transport is taking. And I usually always get a seat.
HouCuseChickie
Well-Known Member
Like a pp noted, this is a bit of a loaded question. What's right to one is offensive to another. We all know there are no rules about giving up your seat...so it's really about whether or not you think it's right or wrong to give up or not to give up a seat in certain situations. So, while one may think it's in poor taste to hold your seat while a parent struggling to stand while managing a sleeping child is situated right in front of you...you're not doing anything against the rules either. Plus, there are plenty of times when there are people who are sitting who don't look hurt or incapacitated to any degree, yet they may have a more legit excuse to sit over you. There is no win/win here. Do I appreciate it when someone gives up their seat for my girls...most definitely. Do I expect it... never. Would I give up my seat to someone who appeared to be in need...certainly! But- I also try not to judge when others don't b/c I don't know their situation.
bubbles1812
Well-Known Member
I don't think having a sleeping child in your arms entitles you to a seat (though I know the OP wasn't saying that). That being said, my brothers and I were always willing to give up our seats to those with kids, like in the scenario the OP was talking about. The rides to the resorts or to the parks aren't so long that a few extra minutes on our feet was going to kill us. I know after a long exhausting day even the smallest children can feel like heavy sack of potatoes. It was always nice to see the smile on a lot of parents faces when they can get a seat.
But that was just us. There aren't any rules and I don't judge people for not giving up their seats even if it is something I would personally do.
Also, bus seats should NOT be used for strollers when a bus is packed. If there are enough seats for everyone plus said stroller then I don't care. But if not, your stroller does not belong in a seat. That goes for shopping bags too. And I've seen both of those things happen.
But that was just us. There aren't any rules and I don't judge people for not giving up their seats even if it is something I would personally do.Also, bus seats should NOT be used for strollers when a bus is packed. If there are enough seats for everyone plus said stroller then I don't care. But if not, your stroller does not belong in a seat. That goes for shopping bags too. And I've seen both of those things happen.
mousehockey37
Well-Known Member
Different strokes for different folks there flynniboy... Not everyone is brought up the same way. Some people scratch and claw their way through life and they take what they get. Others are used to having things handed to them and EXPECT it, and get offended when it isn't.
Besides, I'd love to see you get on the bus/monorail with the Brazilians and tell them that they aren't being courteous when they don't give you a seat! (remember, you'll hear them speaking English, but when you ask for the seat or think that they should be courteous and offer it, no habla ingles!!!)
flynnibus
Premium Member
And neither extreme will get the most out of life in the end. Courtesy is about co-existance and moving the whole forward.. not self preservation.
Racism - for the win ??
mouse_luv
Well-Known Member
No not racism, just the truth, but then again..you don't have to deal with Brazilians on the SOG bus, do you?
flynnibus
Premium Member
I've been going to WDW for 32 years... long before I ever stayed at SoG.. so your petty attempts at pigeon holing really don't reflect on you well.
mouse_luv
Well-Known Member
Good for you, so have I. You want a cookie?
flynnibus
Premium Member
Sure.. throw it up to me from that hole you've dug yourself. You're the one who jumped in the thread with no purpose except to attack me. Move along troll.
mouse_luv
Well-Known Member
yeah I'm such a troll! Hah! If you ever did your research, before tonight and that thread a few weeks ago that you decided to make ridiculous, I have peacefully and nicely posted here for four years. So just stop already.
If you want to talk about trolling, you do your fair share yourself. You are always showing up on posts here calling out people that you have NO clue about. And for the record, it can be argued that you jumped this thread for the same reason.
dave&di
Well-Known Member
I would give up my seat for the elderly and someone holding a baby.
I'm a 35 year old woman who looks capable of standing on a crowded bus BUT actually I suffer from claustophia which can lead to panic attacks, I will not be able to stand on a crowded bus, I also had knee surgery several years ago and still suffer badly. I don't look like I need to be offered a seat! If the bus looks crowded before I get on I just don't get on!
I'm a 35 year old woman who looks capable of standing on a crowded bus BUT actually I suffer from claustophia which can lead to panic attacks, I will not be able to stand on a crowded bus, I also had knee surgery several years ago and still suffer badly. I don't look like I need to be offered a seat! If the bus looks crowded before I get on I just don't get on!
Marco226
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That actually happened to me last year on the bus. I was standing next to a group of Brazilian teenagers. I politely asked a boy, who I knew spoke English, if he could allow this elderly woman that was next to me to sit in his seat. I was upset that no one else was moving for her. She looked like she could break in half if someone breathed on her. The boy's group of friends all replied that they did not speak English in their version of broken English, and then they laughed at me. They laughed at me. So, I asked them very politely in Spanish to let her sit. They all gave me the "Oh, s*** " look. Thinking they could fool me, they told me in Portuguese that they did not understand English, so I asked them again in Portuguese. One finally got up for the woman. Yeah, that's right. This Italian-Malaysian boy is multi-lingual. Don't mess with me.
As much as I enjoyed that, I still realize that people are raised differently, but I will not hesitate to teach someone common courtesy if their actions are causing me or someone else physical harm or mental grief. I won't go out of my way for no reason, but for this specific example of Disney buses, I believe that people who run the high-risk of enduring additional injury while standing on a moving vehicle should be allowed to take someone's seat. For example, pregnant woman, elderly people, guests with broken bones, etc. If you don't agree with me on this, then that is your right to do so. Just realize this: One day you're going to be old and crippled, or maybe have some debilitating disease, and I'm sure then that you'd wish for someone to give you their seat on the bus.
FYI, I don't have anything against Brazilians. I just happened to be standing next to a group of them on the bus.