WDW Pet Peeves

[DanStat]

Originally posted by Married@WDW
<quote><b>Then they said they received wine on the airplane!
HELLO! They don't serve alcohol on air planes anymore! </b></quote>

Is this new? Delta and Virgin Atlantic both served alcohol this past summer. I had a nice Bailey's Irish Cream on the way to the UK in May and the lady next to me had a red wine on the way home from Florida in August.

I don't remember what airline it was....my father said they wouldn't serve drinks.....it was a pretty long flight too.....let me clarify.....he said they gave him a bottle of wine.....that's what they don't do anymore.....maybe they do it by the glass, but not by the bottle....

BTW...I knew I had mispelled conceited...I still can't spell it....oh well.

 

[DisneyPhD]

Waiting for a spot for a show or parade and have someone (it happens every time) shove their way in front of and in between you and your group at the last minute.


People who smoke and walk. There is no way to avoid them, it is dangerous and I almost had a women flick her cigarrete in my baby's face (yes children are just at the same level as most peoples hands.)


BTW, we took our daughter when she was 8 months old in Dec (pre-Christmas season.) Disney is a great place to take young children, if you accomodate for them and take their needs into account before yours. That is the basic rule of parenting, and it is sad when you witness first hand how some people forget all about it when on vaction, like having fun is more important than your childrens basic needs.

 

[Just A Big Kid]

On the topic of smoking,

I've read here where some of you think smoking should be banned from all the parks. Well consider this, if all the smokers didn't go to the parks, true, you wouldn't have to smell smoke, you wouldn't have to see as many people, and Disney would probably have to close some of the parks due to lower attendance since they are having money troubles as it is. So let all run out and gripe about the smokers. Let's all run out and gripe about life. Well considering i'm a smoker, always smoke in designated areas out of consideration of others enjoying their vacations the same as I am, let's make a deal. Give up driving your cars. Cars just like cigarettes are a LUXURY. But i for some strange reason can't remember reading any reports of cigarettes causing smog, and generally making all the air we breathe dangerous. Now don't get me wrong. I understand people drive cars for convience, fine. But don't come on here acting holier than thou when your damaging MY air more so than i'll ever damage yours with my cigarette.

 

[SilentRascal]

Originally posted by GaryT977
BTW - What about alcohol? There's certainly nothing about healthy about that.

Actually there have been scientific studies documenting the benefits that a little wine has on the heart. There are none that state there are benefits to tar and smoke filling the lungs.

 

[SilentRascal]

Originally posted by Just A Big Kid
On the topic of smoking,

I've read here where some of you think smoking should be banned from all the parks. Well consider this, if all the smokers didn't go to the parks, true, you wouldn't have to smell smoke, you wouldn't have to see as many people, and Disney would probably have to close some of the parks due to lower attendance since they are having money troubles as it is. So let all run out and gripe about the smokers. Let's all run out and gripe about life. Well considering i'm a smoker, always smoke in designated areas out of consideration of others enjoying their vacations the same as I am, let's make a deal. Give up driving your cars. Cars just like cigarettes are a LUXURY. But i for some strange reason can't remember reading any reports of cigarettes causing smog, and generally making all the air we breathe dangerous. Now don't get me wrong. I understand people drive cars for convience, fine. But don't come on here acting holier than thou when your damaging MY air more so than i'll ever damage yours with my cigarette.

I hardly think any parks would close if smokers were no longer welcome. By far there are more non-smokers than there are smokers in this world. "Designated areas" for smoking is an oxymoron. No matter where smoking areas are, the smoke and stench still has a way of getting over to non-smokers, it's just how it is. That's why it's a laugh for restaurants to claim to have smoking and non-smoking sections. It just doesn't work. Cars are NOT a luxury....they're a necessity. Cigarettes are just disgusting, life and health-endangering pieces of trash. Smokers are more concentrated around people and have more of a chance of affecting non-smokers than do those driving cars.

 

[DisneyPhD]

Originally posted by YankeeFan


I hardly think any parks would close if smokers were no longer welcome. By far there are more non-smokers than there are smokers in this world. "Designated areas" for smoking is an oxymoron. No matter where smoking areas are, the smoke and stench still has a way of getting over to non-smokers, it's just how it is. That's why it's a laugh for restaurants to claim to have smoking and non-smoking sections. It just doesn't work. Cars are NOT a luxury....they're a necessity. Cigarettes are just disgusting, life and health-endangering pieces of trash. Smokers are more concentrated around people and have more of a chance of affecting non-smokers than do those driving cars.

:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:

Well said.

 

[JoeZerboy]

Originally posted by YankeeFan


Cars are NOT a luxury....they're a necessity.

Ok, YankeeFan. You had me along with you until you wrote this simple statement. "Depending on where you live" should be added as an explanation for this viewpoint. In some areas, yes you need your own vehicle to be able to get around. But in other areas, usually more urban or with really good public transit [like Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, etc] cars aren't as necessary.

For me, I could take the bus to the nearest subway, take that right to Atlanta Airport, check in my bag, fly to Orlando, catch or arrange a shuttle to my hotel onsite and use Disney buses to get around. No car started...no car parked...one less car being used and polluting the air.

 

[Yellow Shoes]

I hate that! We were waiting in line on Test Track, and this group of people had about a million other people with them, and this girl was standing in line for them and as soon as it's our turn to get on, they all run in front of us! argh

I am surprised that this is allowed (if the CM catches you).

At our sub-par amusement park (Worlds of Fun), there is a warning that line jumpers will be escorted from the park. This warning, printed on the park map, also defines line-jumping. Saving a spot for friends qualifies.

But I don't think I have ever seen this issue specifically addressed at WDW. Have I just missed it?

 

[MKingdom25]

>>6. People assuming I work anywhere in WDW when I'm just standing around in my free time. Last time, I was wearing a wife-beater, an unbuttoned white dress shirt, khaki shorts, and sandals, drinking a coke, and I swear to you, no lie, I was asked if I worked at the O Canada! show. Jodi was standing right next to me in full costume and they went to me!

If you are not in Disney attire/uniform, why do people come up to you? Were you wearing a Disney name tag? I am curious.

>>8. People who complain about prices at restaurants while in >>them, its jsut tackey.

I agree. Prices are going to be a little higher at WDW. Deal with it. :lol:

>>10. People who complain about rain.

Bravo! I feel this way about rain at WDW and when I was in college. You can't do anything about it. Just walk faster or if needed just enjoy it. Besides, it just water! You will dry off before long.

 

[The_CEO]

Parent's with strollers.

Flash Photos when not supposed too..

Smart A$$'s in the attractions.

 

[homer424]

Originally posted by Yellow Shoes

Yet here we are, talking about bad experiences with kids who are too young, tired, or overstimulated to behave. They are with parents who are unwilling to let the kids have down time because of the big $$ they are paying to be at WDW.
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I can;t agree with you more-that is when the kids are usually out of control-they are tired, overwhelmed and overstimulated. I always give ample amount of time when I am down there with my daughter-she went at 1 and 2. We would wake up when we would wake up, eat breakfast, get to the park when we wanted to and do whatever she and I were in the mood for. When she got ansty, back to the hotel for some swimming and nice R&R. Jamie is a rare breed though-she sleeps better in the stroller than in the room-LOL So we either stroll through the park or around the gorunds at the hotel.

When you push them you get unruly kids. I was referring to people who allow their kids to run rampant in stores and activity areas and just sit back and let them knock other kids down and tear the place apart because "we are on vacation, let them have fun"...sigh!

 

[Main Street USA]

Originally posted by sandjhooker
people with small babies in 90+ degree weather, carting them around to all the parks and they are crying and dripping with sweat. Stay at home until your kids are old enough to enjoy it, please.

I know you aren't the only one who posted about small babies, but I'm using yours as a quote because it was the first one I found.

I think that all of you who are saying people simply shouldn't go with a small baby is absolutley ridiculous! HELLLLLOOOOOOO.

Hypothetical situation:

My wife and I, newlyweds, traditionally go to Disney every year for a weeks vacation. She recently became pregnant and will be giving birth to a brand-spankin' new baby boy about 4 months before our next trip. "Well, dear, I guess we can't go to Disney World for another 4 or 5 years."

Seem a little stupid? I think so. I think most of you are upset with how people have little regard for the child when in Disney. If the parent is well aware of the child and takes good care of him/her while there, it doesn't make one bit of difference if the kid will remember it. A trip this early in the child's life isn't for the child. It's for the parents.

 

[RobFL]

Originally posted by MKingdom25


If you are not in Disney attire/uniform, why do people come up to you? Were you wearing a Disney name tag? I am curious.

I really have no idea why they do it. I've been asked at Mousegear while I was buying an Eeyore clock, and several times by the Fountain of Nations as I walked through the plaza.

Wearing a nametag while off-duty is big giant no-no. We're not even supposed to wear our ID's outside of our shirts on the ID holder/lanyard/thingies while in the parks.

I purposely avoid my common CM gestures and standing positions while in the parks for fun.

*shrugs*

The other day I did two finger point and did the arm "roll" to get people to move into the other side of the Register at the electric umbrella because I felt bad about cutting infront of them all in the same line.

-Rob

 

[homer424]

Originally posted by YankeeFan
More pet peeves....
- People who bring infants and toddlers to the parks and act as if they're doing them a life-changing favor despite their being too young to even know where they are or what's going on around them.

I disagree. My first trip was when I was 3 and I still remember vividly many aspects of the trip, it is my earliest memory. I brought my daughter when she was 1 and 2. I don't think I am doing her a "life-changing favor" but my daughter knew exactly what was going on around her this past April when we was 2 and still talks about it. (when she was 1 was a different story, that was a trip for me and my grandmother and we took her with us, but we still followed her schedule). I think people who run their children into the ground to "get what they pay for" no matter the age are the ones to be concerned about.

Donna

 

[Talsonic]

It's for the selfish parents!

Originally posted by Main Street USA


I know you aren't the only one who posted about small babies, but I'm using yours as a quote because it was the first one I found.

I think that all of you who are saying people simply shouldn't go with a small baby is absolutley ridiculous! HELLLLLOOOOOOO.

Hypothetical situation:

My wife and I, newlyweds, traditionally go to Disney every year for a weeks vacation. She recently became pregnant and will be giving birth to a brand-spankin' new baby boy about 4 months before our next trip. "Well, dear, I guess we can't go to Disney World for another 4 or 5 years."

Seem a little stupid? I think so. I think most of you are upset with how people have little regard for the child when in Disney. If the parent is well aware of the child and takes good care of him/her while there, it doesn't make one bit of difference if the kid will remember it. A trip this early in the child's life isn't for the child. It's for the parents.

Yes, and the rest of us have to suffer for your poor judgement. Just between you and me, I'll let you in on a secret. It's called a "baby sitter".

 

[cymbaldiva]

My goodness! So many things on this thread! My pet peeves are (in no particular order :lol: )....

1) People using strollers as ramming devices

2) Unsupervised kids raising cain on rides

3) The whole smoking issue in general.

This one I will go into a bit of detail about. I smoke - as the person I was raised to be, I have always been so careful to only smoke where I was allowed to, never thrown my butts down to be picked up by others, and have even been a bit testy to fellow smokers who were not being as courtious as they should be. What bugs me about it now is when non-smokers do venture into the terribly few smoking areas in the parks and get angry that there are people actually smoking there! The other thing is over - zealous CM's trying to protect the rights of the non-smoker. The last time we were at Epcot, I was in line at some souvie stand to buy a car tag, and DH was already so annoyed that he had cig in mouth, ready to light up. Note I said ready to, NOT lighting up. About 2 seconds after the cig hit his lips, a CM was saying "Excuse me, this is a non-smoking..." etc, etc. I thought DH's head would actually explode!

Since that last visit, DH has quit smoking (I'm so proud of him! )- I however do still smoke and all of these rules still bother me. When the rules were a bit less harsh, I really did follow them - I wish that CM's had enforced those rules at the time. Maybe the rules wouldn't be so terribly harsh now if the old rules had actually been enforced.

Ya think?

 

[homer424]

Re: It's for the selfish parents!

Originally posted by Talsonic


Yes, and the rest of us have to suffer for your poor judgement. Just between you and me, I'll let you in on a secret. It's called a "baby sitter".

I an curious-how is it that you have to "suffer"? I have found the most poorly behaved people are older children and adults. If you follow your child's schedule or go with your child there should be no problems at all. I do think that anything under 2 is a little young. I brought my daughter at 1, but I think that was pushing it. Anything under 1 would be absolutely out of the question for me. Personally, I think it is selfish to go on a vacation to someplace like WDW and say "Bye little Johnny! See you in two weeks when we get back!"
And yes you can stay home rather than leave them home while you go away, I was just commenting on your point of leaving the kids at home if you are going on vacation anyway. If I was made to chose between leaving my DD home and or not going at all, I wouldn't go at all.

Donna

 

[Talsonic]

It's for the selfish parents!

Originally posted by homer424


I an curious-how is it that you have to "suffer"? I have found the most poorly behaved people are older children and adults. If you follow your child's schedule or go with your child there should be no problems at all. I do think that anything under 2 is a little young. I brought my daughter at 1, but I think that was pushing it. Anything under 1 would be absolutely out of the question for me. Personally, I think it is selfish to go on vacation and say "Bye little Johnny! See you in two weeks when we get back!"
And yes you can stay home rather than leave them home while you go away, I was just commenting on your point of leaving the kids at home if you are going on vacation anyway. If I was made to chose between leaving my DD home and or not going at all, I wouldn't go at all.

Donna

I just got back from WDW. Many, many young parents had 4 month old children on the buses! Sick, sick and sick IMHO. I raised 3 of my own and I would never have even considered bringing a 1 year old child to WDW. IMHO, shame on you. You totally disrupt the baby's life so that "YOU" can get your WDW fix! Shame, shame, shame! Plus, all the visitors at WDW get the great honor of listening to your little baby as it crys and screams while it is attempting to draw your attention to the fact, "Please Mom and Dad, you never should have brought me here!". Maybe when your child is 3 years of age a trip to Alaska would be cool. He/she could see the bears up close! And I agree with you 100% when you stated "If I was made to chose between leaving my DD home and or not going at all, I wouldn't go at all.". That shows responsiblity. Good for you!

 

[tybroid59]

Originally posted by YankeeFan
More pet peeves....

- People who walk around the park all dressed up in gawdy, tacky jewelry and in attire like they're at a fancy country club.

- People who bring infants and toddlers to the parks and act as if they're doing them a life-changing favor despite their being too young to even know where they are or what's going on around them.

- Waiting in line with idiots who feel the need to sing (very loudly) "zip-a-dee-doo-dah" even though they can't sing and aren't being amusing.

As a VERY excited first timer who has just removed all jewelry...nose ring and all other gawdy piercings and swapped my goth look for stepford wife ..........please forgive me when standing in line if I break out into excited song.
"Its a small world la la la la "(to scared to use caps lock )

Thank good ness I dont smoke ..

My children are over 4 months but I cant guarentee they will behave anything other than like children noisy excited looneys not small adults.

 

[homer424]

Re: It's for the selfish parents!

Originally posted by Talsonic


I just got back from WDW. Many, many young parents had 4 month old children on the buses! Sick, sick and sick IMHO. I raised 3 of my own and I would never have even considered bringing a 1 year old child to WDW. IMHO, shame on you. You totally disrupt the baby's life so that "YOU" can get your WDW fix! Shame, shame, shame! Plus, all the visitors at WDW get the great honor of listening to your little baby as it crys and screams while it is attempting to draw your attention to the fact, "Please Mom and Dad, you never should have brought me here!". Maybe when your child is 3 years of age a trip to Alaska would be cool. He/she could see the bears up close!

Firstly, you have no right to speak to me this way. Secondly, you have no idea how my child acted while we were in Disney. Jamie did not cry or scream(which isn't what I could say for older children that I saw on that trip). We didn;t just do WDW while we were there. When she was ansty or acted out we knew it was time to move on NO MATTER where we were-just as if we were home-so no, it did not disrupt my child's life. Maybe I should post the pictures of her laughing in the pool, clapping during a parade and pointing with glee at seeing Donald Duck. Wow, shame on me.

Yes, I agree, bringing a 4 month old to WDW is a bit much in my opinion. If you actually read my post instead of jumping to chatise me maybe you would have seen I agreed with you. Which almost makes me laugh at your Alaska comment.

Donna