Cheerleaders: Respect the Guests!

[should-be-BELLE]

But the OP was complaining about cheerleaders, so about cheerleaders we all complained.

Something else to consider is WHY it's easy to target cheerleaders for scorn and derision.

That's fine. Complain about a group of cheerleaders that ruined part of your vacation. I'm sure I'd do the same. I spoke up on behalf of the respectful cheerleaders and parents because I found some of the posts that targetted all cheerleaders very unfair. I thought better of some of the people on these boards then to stereotype.

 

[palmage]

This will be beaten to death and they'll never get it.
Let's face it.....................they're all little angles.

I'm done here.

 

[should-be-BELLE]

This will be beaten to death and they'll never get it.
Let's face it.....................they're all little angles.

I'm done here.

Oh no no, I get it. There are some groups of cheerleaders who are obnoxious during trips. I understand.

I was just saying, please, don't assume it's every cheerleader. Some are nice. :wave:

 

[bhg469]

Oh no no, I get it. There are some groups of cheerleaders who are obnoxious during trips. I understand.

I was just saying, please, don't assume it's every cheerleader. Some are nice. :wave:

I agree there are some cheerleaders there that were really nice. Im too old to enjoy it anymore.

 

[MickeyTigg]

For the sanity of the rest of you: We will be in WDW for the UCA Nationals, March 9-11, 2007. Competitions to be held in the Milk House and at Indy in MGM.

That did it....going in February instead of March.

 

[RKENNEDY]

here's an interesting thing that happened to us last week. My wife and i were staying at the French Quarters, fortunately we seldom had to share a bus with any groups from Riverside. We were leaving MGM on thursday evening. There were a large group of cheerleaders hanging out by the railings outside the bus line. When the bus pulled up the driver proceded to load a couple one of whom was in a wheelchair.
After they were in the group of cheerleaders ran over and said they were all with the couple. The bus driver allowed all the girls on through the back door.
i don't normally have a problem with letting an entire party on. However i fell a party of 20 should have to wait in line like everyone else. ther filled up three quarters of the seats and not one voluntered to stand to let and elderly person or small child sit down.
Does anyone know if Disney has a policy about this type of situation? I wrote Disney but have not received an answer.

 

[Vernonpush]

Gee, this thread is as responsive as Smokers vs. Non-somkers:lol: .

 

[wherewhy]

Ummm, the talent that lilclerk was talking about CANNOT be performed on a bus or in a line -

again don't blame ALL the cheerleaders for one set of mis-behaving, over-excited kids.

That's the problem though, it's not just one group it's a majority, not all, but a majority. We've been down on 4 seperate occasions and have had at least one negative experience a day. The most annoying trait is when they send 1 or 2 girls in a line and then (after you've waited 20 minutes) 20 some odd cheerleaders push their way in front of you. It's no wonder people get so upset.:brick:

 

[slappy magoo]

Well, I have no way of knowing if it's a majority, but like I said before, with so many tales of woe, these aren't isolated or rare instances.

 

[Damien666]

My High school Marching band went on a 11 day trip to Flordia on Spring Break and we know to act nicely to everyone else. If we did something stupid we would have to pay for the flight back to Washington!

It's pretty sad reading all the stories of the cheerleader incidents since it makes the ones that do behave look bad.

Some stories I just can't believe why some of them would act up. Doing Pyrimids in the food courts is just plain dangerous to everyone. One time a group decided to perform in the middle of main street by the train station. I'm not talking about cheering but lifiting girls up and whatnot that could really hurt someone. A CM asked them nicely not to do that but was replied with some very nasty comments. That group was quickly escorted out by security. I've even herd some schools have been banned or kicked out of certain hotels.

It just takes one stupid group of people to make all the others look bad. Sadly sometimes it's not the cheerleaders, but their crazy parents!

I just wish WDW would give the groups a nice set of behavior rules to the schools.

On a random note, Marching Band is more of a sport then Cheer. :lol:

 

[palmage]

On a random note, Marching Band is more of a sport then Cheer. :lol:

I'm not saying this to degrade anybody or any group, but neither is a "sport", it's more like an exhibition. Call it a competition if you like, but don't call it a sport.

Just like figure skating and gymnastics. It's not a sport when you have arbitrary judging telling you how well you did.

Hockey is a sport, football and baseball are sports.
Nobody's sure what soccer is.....

 

[Connor002]

I'm not saying this to degrade anybody or any group, but neither is a "sport", it's more like an exhibition. Call it a competition if you like, but don't call it a sport.

Just like figure skating and gymnastics. It's not a sport when you have arbitrary judging telling you how well you did.

Hockey is a sport, football and baseball are sports.
Nobody's sure what soccer is.....

Technically...

sport [ spawrt ]

noun (plural sports)

Definition: 1. competitive physical activity: an individual or group competitive activity involving physical exertion or skill, governed by rules, and sometimes engaged in professionally ( often used in the plural )

2. pastime: an active pastime participated in for pleasure or exercise

3. somebody cheerful: somebody who remains cheerful when losing or in an unpleasant situation ( informal )

4. somebody who plays fairly: somebody noted for abiding by the rules in a game or for generally honorable behavior ( informal )

5. good companion: a good-natured, easy-going, or sociable person ( informal )

 

[Wilt Dasney]

I hate it when you go to a football or basketball game and the cheerleaders can't keep their pieholes shut. Do they think anybody wants to listen to them while they try to watch the game?

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(I am of course joking. Props to the OP for telling the little dears to pipe down. I'd have done the same.)

 

[Skippy]

Technically...

sport [ spawrt ]

noun (plural sports)

Definition: 1. competitive physical activity: an individual or group competitive activity involving physical exertion or skill, governed by rules, and sometimes engaged in professionally ( often used in the plural )

2. pastime: an active pastime participated in for pleasure or exercise

3. somebody cheerful: somebody who remains cheerful when losing or in an unpleasant situation ( informal )

4. somebody who plays fairly: somebody noted for abiding by the rules in a game or for generally honorable behavior ( informal )

5. good companion: a good-natured, easy-going, or sociable person ( informal )

Now THAT is a good argument for the matter. But it does bring back memories of a middle school presentation where a classmate tried to prove nascar was a sport because he found an article calling it "America's Motorsport" sigh..

 

[Wilt Dasney]

Definition: 1. competitive physical activity: an individual or group competitive activity involving physical exertion or skill, governed by rules, and sometimes engaged in professionally ( often used in the plural )

Is political campaigning a sport, then? I've always thought of politics as a sport with ties and reallllly long games, anyway. :xmas:

 

[GoofyFan1]

Nobody's sure what soccer is.....

The most popular SPORT in the world! (Usually cheerleaderless to boot)

 

[claning]

As I mentioned in another thread, we were at POR when the Pop Warner folks came in. There were several groups there, and, with the exception of some line cutting while waiting for the PO bus from MGM, we had no problems with the cheerleaders. Their PARENTS on the other hand were a serious problem.

Nearly ever night as I was returning to my resort with my children at a fairly reasonable hour, the parents were sitting in the courtyard of our building "Magnolia Bend" smoking, drinking, and cussing up a storm. The F bomb along with several other innappropriate words were used in casual conversation as I walked by then (two feet away) with my 7 and 4 year olds. They saw me and the kids, but just didn't care. I was appalled. They were absolutely classless!
I am surprised that we didn't have more problems with the girl's themselves based on the bad behavior of the parents.

 

[tink rules]

Ok... I'm going for the "lots of groups get obnoxious" stand... and they do...

What I noticed as well, and I feel really bad for Mousekeeping and the grounds crews are the messes that these kids leave around and what they do to the rooms... all of them decorate the windows -I know they use window paint, but I doubt they clean it off themselves... and after having 4 teenagers in a room for a week - I can't imagine the work that has to be done for the next guests.

Disney needs to plan these things out better and have them better supervised. It's their liability - if just one of these kids gets hurt or God forbid killed... guess who will get blamed... and sued....

 

[bhg469]

Now THAT is a good argument for the matter. But it does bring back memories of a middle school presentation where a classmate tried to prove nascar was a sport because he found an article calling it "America's Motorsport" sigh..

Ugg driving a sheetmetal skinned heavy POS is never going to be a sport. Did nascar ever start with the driver outseid of the car? cause that little bit of running could be considered sport.

 

[Master Yoda]

Ugg driving a sheetmetal skinned heavy POS is never going to be a sport. Did nascar ever start with the driver outseid of the car? cause that little bit of running could be considered sport.

I am not a NASCAR fan at all. I have never deliberately watched a race on TV and have only been to 1 NASCAR race in my life but I have driven a stock car before and let me tell you I did a few laps at about 160 and I was physically wiped out at the end. Turning a 4000 lb car with no power steering into a corner at 160 mph is not exactly an easy thing to do. I can imagine doing that same thing for 500 miles.