Chanting at WDW Banned?

[ToTBellHop]

I cannot verify this but Orl Passholders is reporting that WDW has banned chanting (the type we complain about around here). Anyone have details?

 

[YodaMan]

This isn't particularly new. Cast members are always expected to help discourage guests from being disruptive to other guests. Chanting is usually included in that. It's just a matter of whether or not a cast member is capable of getting an entire tour group to stop chanting (or even wants to bother).

 

[Prince Thomas]

why does this sound so redic to me?

 

[Disneydreamer23]

Honestly- I have never seen any chanting except at Fantasmic I think The were chanting Spain? I think it was around the time the Soccer finale was that day or the next.

 

[sheriffwoody]

I will never understand why this bothers people so much. Maybe if it's in an indoor area it would be too loud and annoying, but out in the walkways, why let it bother you? They're just having fun! It's nice to see people having fun.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

When a chanting group passes you out in a walkway, it's fun. When you are stuck near them in a queue for an hour, not so much.

 

[PlaneCrazy1978]

Does this include cheerleading chants? On buses? Or in line? Or on a ride? Or in a restaurant? Or in the middle of Main Street?

Cause as much as I don't have a problem with cheerleaders having fun together in their group, a 10 PM bus ride with a chant/cheer is never appealing.

 

[drew81]

"Daniel Bryan" clap clap clap clapclapclap

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I prefer hearing the carefully selected atmospheric sounds and background music over what boyband, football club, or country you and your sixty obnoxious friends feel you must support by screaming it in my ear.

 

[The Duck]

One night while at MK, one of the Chantleaders on Main Street was shouting through a BULLHORN and security was standing only 20 feet away. Why was this allowed?

 

[NMBC1993]

For the love of Galactus I hope this is true!

In honor of this potential new rule, I'll go a head and re-post this.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Not sure any "ban" will accomplish much.....

 

[AdventureHasAName]

I will never understand why this bothers people so much. Maybe if it's in an indoor area it would be too loud and annoying, but out in the walkways, why let it bother you? They're just having fun! It's nice to see people having fun.

Three years ago, I was stuck in the queue for Big Thunder Mountain in the dead center of a Brazilian Tour Group (25 kids in front of me, 25 kids behind me) for about 45 minutes. If you had been with me for that 45 minutes, you'd understand why it "bothers people so much".

You know how a common joke about people being stuck in miserable circumstances is being on It's a Small World when the ride breaks down? How miserable it is to hear that song over and over and over again? Okay, now picture being in an enclosed area (a claustrophobic hallway) where people are screaming the same chant over and over and over again in a language you don't speak for close to an hour. Sure, it's a product of cultural differences ... but in American culture (where the WDW is), it's considered rude behavior.

 

[BaconPancakes]

I will never understand why this bothers people so much. Maybe if it's in an indoor area it would be too loud and annoying, but out in the walkways, why let it bother you? They're just having fun! It's nice to see people having fun.

No.

 

[mitchk]

Hey.., look I'm all for everyone enjoying themselves, but any type of loud chanting is inexcusable. I don't care if your foreign, cheerleaders, or just plain ignorant ... Shut your mouth, it is extremely annoying .. Please show some class, and to those who think is ok to chant, and act like a idiot, stay on a bus with them for a hour. I promise you, you will change or mind, unless your ....... I'm gonna stop. Have a magical day everyone

 

[MonorailLover]

I will never understand why this bothers people so much. Maybe if it's in an indoor area it would be too loud and annoying, but out in the walkways, why let it bother you? They're just having fun! It's nice to see people having fun.

When there's a South American tour group of 50+ people screaming as loud as they can countiousuly chanting, even outside, it's annoying.

 

[PhotoDave219]

When there's a South American tour group of 50+ people screaming as loud as they can countiousuly chanting, even outside, it's annoying.

When there's an American tour group of cheerleaders screaming as loud as they can countiously chanting, even outside, its annoying.

 

[hokielutz]

Does this include cheerleading chants? On buses? Or in line? Or on a ride? Or in a restaurant? Or in the middle of Main Street?

Cause as much as I don't have a problem with cheerleaders having fun together in their group, a 10 PM bus ride with a chant/cheer is never appealing.

It especially includes cheerleaders.

 

[MonorailLover]

When there's an American tour group of cheerleaders screaming as loud as they can countiously chanting, even outside, its annoying.

fortunately, I have yet to be there for cheerleaders chanting. Only experienced the tour groups, hence why I made such a specific statement.

 

[ChrisFL]

I've witnessed a large tour group (most likely Brazilian) basically take over town square and they walked around it (enough to encircle the whole road around the center) and chant for about 30 minutes.