Conversations disrupting attractions

[Vegas Disney Fan]

We once had the whole shebang at once: seated in the middle of the boat with our fifteen-year-old daughter, with a man in front of us who held up his camera up in front of our faces to take non-stop videos and flash photos for the entire ride, and two adult men behind us, loudly discussing explicit details of their [alleged] sex lives, beside a lady who we'd initially assumed was the partner of the older man, but seemed strangely unperturbed by their expletive-drenched descriptions of exploits with various other women.

I think the photo says it all! If you've ever wondered what it looks like, the instant that all hope in humanity fades from someone's eyes and they can no longer see anything ahead of them but an endless vortex of disappointment and despair, just look at my face.

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That’s horrible and hilarious at the same time.

Your face says it all.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

Re-watching The Imagineering Story and seeing all the footage of people at the park in suits and dresses really makes you realize how different things are today.

 

[LittleBuford]

Re-watching The Imagineering Story and seeing all the footage of people at the park in suits and dresses really makes you realize how different things are today.

I for one consider the move away from needless formality a good thing.

 

[Chef Mickey]

It's not new. People have always been people.

They are worse now, for sure. Everything is OK here.

It's better in Japan - they are people too. It's better, by a lot.

 

[Chef Mickey]

I for one consider the move away from needless formality a good thing.

Look closer. Some of it isn't just needless formality. It's having a standard, self respect, respect for others, respect for the occasion, etc. I don't think you need to wear a suit, but people caring about how they look speaks to a deeper reality.

 

[fgmnt]

Look closer. Some of it isn't just needless formality. It's having a standard, self respect, respect for others, respect for the occasion, etc. I don't think you need to wear a suit, but people caring about how they look speaks to a deeper reality.

If you had half the park guests in suits in central Florida in the summer, you would need to open up an ER in each other parks.

 

[LittleBuford]

Look closer. Some of it isn't just needless formality. It's having a standard, self respect, respect for others, respect for the occasion, etc. I don't think you need to wear a suit, but people caring about how they look speaks to a deeper reality.

Yearning for the days when people wore their Sunday best to a theme park strikes me as a rather extreme form of rosy retrospection, and one that I suspect very few of us reflect in our own sartorial choices when visiting Disney. These threads about poor behaviour always descend into sweeping hyperbole about a supposedly ideal past. Legitimate complaints about people talking on attractions needn’t lead to such generalised lamentations.

 

[WondersOfLife]

They are worse now, for sure. Everything is OK here.

It's better in Japan - they are people too. It's better, by a lot.

It's not worse now. Except for the sense that there might be more people in general. People have always been rude.

 

[TalkToEthan]

It's better in Japan - they are people too. It's better, by a lot.

Japanese culture:
‘the nail that sticks up gets pounded down’


Over there society discourages boorish behavior

 

[Chef Mickey]

It's not worse now. Except for the sense that there might be more people in general. People have always been rude.

No, it’s worse now.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Japanese culture:
‘the nail that sticks up gets pounded down’


Over there society discourages boorish behavior

Vastly different from our own
"Squeaky wheel gets the grease" mentality

I blame parenting, Disney's lack of enforcement, a growing inability to be empathetic toward others and continued generational decline from narcissistic behaviors encouraged thru social media.

 

[WondersOfLife]

No, it’s worse now.

No it's not

 

[WondersOfLife]

2016- https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/rude-guests-rant-sorry.912385/

2013-

How do YOU deal with that rude park guest?

I just got back from a short trip and aside from all the perfect, magical moments, I noticed more and more this trip than ever how generally horrid many of the other guests have gotten. Now , I know when we go to WDW we expect the "this is MY vacation" tourists who want everything their way, but...

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2008-

Anyone have any stories about rude guests getting their "just desserts"

I would like to hear some stories of guests getting their just desserts for rude, obnoxious, rule-breaking behavior. Here's mine: A Brazilian group tried to break through the RnRC line from the back. They just came barrelling through shoving. They made it to the DW and I and a few other...

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2005-

Rude Guest In Pre-shows

I Am Not Sure If Anyone Else Has Encountered This. We Were In The Pre-show For The Haunted Mansion And We Had A Group Of Teens - Average Age Appeared To Be 15 - 16, Who Would Not Be Quiet For The Pre-show. They Were Talking Loudly, Pushing And Had A Cell Phone They Were Calling Friends To See...

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There are literally so many threads. Nothing is new. People have always been people.

 

[TalkToEthan]

here are literally so many threads. Nothing is new. People have always been people.

Wait a minute……..the question at hand is:
“is it worse now than before”; not “did it exist before”

It(contemptuous/boorish/narcissistic/inconsiderate behavior), I feel, is worse now.

 

[LittleBuford]

Wait a minute……..the question at hand is:
“is it worse now than before”; not “did it exist before”

It(contemptuous/boorish/narcissistic/inconsiderate behavior), I feel, is worse now.

I think these things are really difficult to quantify. Perhaps people did say “please” and “thank you” more in the past, but they also smoked without consideration for others and were likelier to say and do discriminatory things. There can only be so much truth to the idea of “the good old days” given that pretty much every generation indulges in it.

 

[Chef Mickey]

2016- https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/rude-guests-rant-sorry.912385/

2013-

How do YOU deal with that rude park guest?

I just got back from a short trip and aside from all the perfect, magical moments, I noticed more and more this trip than ever how generally horrid many of the other guests have gotten. Now , I know when we go to WDW we expect the "this is MY vacation" tourists who want everything their way, but...

forums.wdwmagic.com

2008-

Anyone have any stories about rude guests getting their "just desserts"

I would like to hear some stories of guests getting their just desserts for rude, obnoxious, rule-breaking behavior. Here's mine: A Brazilian group tried to break through the RnRC line from the back. They just came barrelling through shoving. They made it to the DW and I and a few other...

forums.wdwmagic.com

2005-

Rude Guest In Pre-shows

I Am Not Sure If Anyone Else Has Encountered This. We Were In The Pre-show For The Haunted Mansion And We Had A Group Of Teens - Average Age Appeared To Be 15 - 16, Who Would Not Be Quiet For The Pre-show. They Were Talking Loudly, Pushing And Had A Cell Phone They Were Calling Friends To See...

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There are literally so many threads. Nothing is new. People have always been people.

What does this prove about it being worse? You have examples of it happening before and I never said it didn't. It's a lot worse now. Think what you want.

 

[Horizonsfan]

There are literally so many threads. Nothing is new. People have always been people.

The question isn't "Are rude guests a new phenomenon?", though you seem bent on making it that.

What I'm saying is that post-pandemic, the probability of encountering someone being loud and talking constantly on non-thrill attractions & non-interactive shows seems to be greater than ever. I was curious if anyone else had noticed the uptick. It would seem they have based on the responses.

I'm not saying there weren't loud talkers before 5 years ago. I'm also not saying there weren't rude people before 5 years ago. I'm saying this seems to be a growing, but not new, way people are rude in attractions.

 

[erasure fan1]

As a 40 year plus guest, I can say it is worse in my opinion. There's always been obnoxious people, rude people... What makes it different for me is a few things. First, there's just a much greater sense of entitlement now. It's much more of a me first society now. Now add in that everyone from 5 years old to 80 plus has a cellphone with the ability to disrupt everyone and it's a recipe for total annoyance. People just don't care anymore, they have no shame. Look at most of the vloggers and tick-tockers, they don't care, they just want their shot. All you really need to do is walk around any retail or grocery store to see the nonsense. It's actually fairly amazing that people care so little.

 

[Chef Mickey]

As a 40 year plus guest, I can say it is worse in my opinion. There's always been obnoxious people, rude people... What makes it different for me is a few things. First, there's just a much greater sense of entitlement now. It's much more of a me first society now. Now add in that everyone from 5 years old to 80 plus has a cellphone with the ability to disrupt everyone and it's a recipe for total annoyance. People just don't care anymore, they have no shame. Look at most of the vloggers and tick-tockers, they don't care, they just want their shot. All you really need to do is walk around any retail or grocery store to see the nonsense. It's actually fairly amazing that people care so little.

Exactly my thought. It's not even close.

I can point out people act like they care more, usually only for selfish reasons to promote their own brand and/or appear benevolent. You'll see people posting how much they care about people they've never met in another country (as long as it's the popular thing to care about). "My thoughts and prayers are with the people of _____." Yeah, sure!!

See them in real life? Totally different person.

 

[NelleBelle]

Exactly my thought. It's not even close.

I can point out people act like they care more, usually only for selfish reasons to promote their own brand and/or appear benevolent. You'll see people posting how much they care about people they've never met in another country (as long as it's the popular thing to care about). "My thoughts and prayers are with the people of _____." Yeah, sure!!

See them in real life? Totally different person.

That’s a really broad generalization.