What is WRONG with people????

[Monkee Girl]

A couple years ago while at Disneyland with my niece, a woman and her 3 daughters of various ages were ahead of us in line for Indiana Jones. They stopped at every turn to take pictures, holding up the entire line. Ma near had a coronary when we tried to pass them during one such "photo shoot".

OMG this happened to me and my sister! We were on Pirates and we had a woman and her kids taking pictures of everything in the que line. Granted, the que is designed really cool so i can see wanting to take pictures. I have no problem with that but be polite about it. Move out of the line off to the side and let people go in front of you if you are gonna stand there for a modeling shoot.

My sister, who is much more out going then myself, finally got passed her when the line was literally around the corner and there was this huge gap. She got so fed up and tired of waiting, she just went. I followed and the woman accused us of line cutting. My sister fought back saying she can't be tying up the line like she was. I wish I could remember the whole conversation but it was a few years ago.

I was partly embarrassed because I try not to make waves and I am just waiting for my sister to say something to cause her to get shot or punched or something. People can be so ignorant about things.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I quiet down a bit, I'm to old to be doing that now, I mostly yell to other ride cars and people in the que on Space Mountain, socialize with people on the bridge at Splash Mountain, and I start a scream your brains out like your at a concert massacre for the Electrical Parade like they used to do in Disneyland, the Disney World audience for the electrical parade is to quiet.

You'd fit in perfectly at Disneyland lol.

 

[ddbowdoin]

So I'm watching the Star Wars Symphony in the Stars video on WDW Magic...and I'm wondering, "Why the heck can't the people in that crowd shut up for one minute???" The show is starting, Yoda's talking, and all I can hear on the video is yap yap yap yap jabber jabber blah blah blah from the crowd. I notice that a lot at WDW - that during ANY event or show or attraction, there are always some people who can't keep their mouths closed for one second! It's like "Screw the people around me, who cares if they can't hear, I got something to say, and I got to say it NOW!" If such people are so in love with the sounds of their own voices that they can't be silent for ANY reason, why don't they just stay home and talk to themselves and spare the rest of us the sound of their big fat mouths????

End of rant.

I'd say it's pretty simple... it's usually someone who doesn't care about Disney and is only their because the kids wanted to go or someone else in their family. You can tell a real fan, they stare and are memorized, as if they've never seen the show or parade before, despite it being the 40th time.

 

[MRGEFF]

BINGO!!!!

Let's not forget about the flash photography!!!

Common courtesy is a thing of the past. In today's world, it's all about me, me, me, and yes, me. Why do you think magical moments don't happen as much. The CM's are able to choose who they do those moments with and frankly, it seems they have a harder time everyday finding those people.

As far as talking during music for fireworks and stuff like that, I watched the feed from DHS the other night and right when Yoda went on stage, all I heard was a lady yelling at the top of her lungs that "could you please move, we've been standing here for 2 hours, you're so rude, we have little kids that want to see, etc..." I have 2 schools of thought on this. If the guy jumped in last second, this fits this thread. If the guy was there all along and just stood up? Lady, you had 2 hours to realize that this guy was there and you did nothing.

I partially blame all the social media and technology for the lacking of common courtesy. People aren't used to dealing with others in person, they now talk to them on message boards, AIM, Skype, texting. The days of actually meeting up with people are winding down. Sure, are these methods good, yes, for large groups across a broad area, but when you and your family are in WDW, there's no need to be iPad-ing your progress of vacation to facebook or twitter. Nothing ruins a persons photo than a glare of an iPad screen recording the fireworks, lol.

THANK YOU!!! YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON TARGET.

 

[MRGEFF]

THE HAUNTED MANSION STRETCHING ROOM. It takes the cast member yelling as loud as they can after the door closes to just get nnoise to tolerable levels!

totally agree. even though we all have heard the annoucements for all the attractions before, it's still part of going on vacation to WDW and part of the whole experience too.

 

[Monkee Girl]

totally agree. even though we all have heard the annoucements for all the attractions before, it's still part of going on vacation to WDW and part of the whole experience too.

I am half and half with the whole holding room spiels. To me, it all depends on the crowd and timing. Like going to see a midnight movie:

If you go the opening weekend/midnight shows to say a Star Wars, Avengers, Iron Man thing, you are gonna get the uber fans that talk during the film. This is actually fine with me because it's part of the experience of the opening night. Excitement and group geek bonding. HOWEVER, if you are going to go at a 12pm, 5pm 10 pm showing, I believe you should have some more manners and know that the crowd is completely different and will not want to hear your chatter.

Same goes for the holding rooms. If I am staying for Extra magic hours and it's 1am/2am in the morning, I know that most people there are the uber fans who do know everything by heart and there is a more of a 'midnight showing' atmosphere. But if you do it at 5pm in the afternoon, you are just being rude and you know you are going to be the only one doing it so shut up already, lol

Same goes for the Tower of Terror. Enough! we heard the 'Gift shop' joke already.

Basically, general rule is keep it to yourself. We didn't pay $1900+ to hear you butcher the sound track. I was lucky enough this April that I didn't recall this happening at all the entire trip. Maybe people are getting the hint?

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

You'd fit in perfectly at Disneyland lol.

Thats funny LOL, I lost count of the ammount of Disney trips I have taken but one of my biggest life long destinations is Disneyland LOL. And I will be sure to visit theyre when they get theyre new light parade and im going to scream my lungs put because I am a 6 foot tall dorky and extremly loud Disney nerd .

 

[englanddg]

Bah, it all depends on how many Jalapeno Margarita's I've had. Catch me at EM Evening Hours on Spaceship Earth and I'm the guy belting out Tomorrows Child on the decent!

<kidding, seriously kidding...though, now I want to do that!>

 

[Californian Elitist]

Thats funny LOL, I lost count of the ammount of Disney trips I have taken but one of my biggest life long destinations is Disneyland LOL. And I will be sure to visit theyre when they get theyre new light parade and im going to scream my lungs put because I am a 6 foot tall dorky and extremly loud Disney nerd .

Scream all you want haha! I remember going on Pirates one day, and I bid on the wenches. My friend ended up doing the same and we got a man sitting behind us to do it, too and everyone started laughing. It was funny! I was in the elevator in Mansion and I heard the guy next to me quoting the spiel, so I joined in.

DL folk also like to scream and shout during the lifts on Space, Matterhorn and Thunder. I don't know if people find that annoying at WDW, but I'm guessing people do.

 

[lego606]

Scream all you want haha! I remember going on Pirates one day, and I bid on the wenches. My friend ended up doing the same and we got a man sitting behind us to do it, too and everyone started laughing. It was funny! I was in the elevator in Mansion and I heard the guy next to me quoting the spiel, so I joined in.

DL folk also like to scream and shout during the lifts on Space, Matterhorn and Thunder. I don't know if people find that annoying at WDW, but I'm guessing people do.

Some people in a boat I was in were playing along with that scene, then suddenly a woman in the front turned around and started shouting about privilege and sexism and etc.

 

[englanddg]

Some people in a boat I was in were playing along with that scene, then suddenly a woman in the front turned around and started shouting about privilege and sexism and etc.

Politics and Disney do not mix.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Last year at SWW my DD and I decided to get our dinner and to wait for Hyperspace Hoopla. Mind you this was a good 1 hour+ before the show began. We sat on the cement benches by some lovely people from the UK who were doing the same thing. Our plan was the kids would stand on the bench with the adults standing on the ground. Everybody could see, everybody happy. UNTIL right before the show we heard a "non-North American" family talking in perfect English plotting to take spots where our kids were. They jumped up there pushing the kids to the back. GRRRR! When I confronted them they acted like they didn't understand me. The look on their faces was classic when I spoke back to them in their native tongue! They got down and moved redfaced. I was so glad at that moment that my high school offered more than just Spanish as a foreign language!

 

[Californian Elitist]

Some people in a boat I was in were playing along with that scene, then suddenly a woman in the front turned around and started shouting about privilege and sexism and etc.

SMH.

 

[englanddg]

SMH.

Call me old...what is SMH?

 

[Sans Souci]

Call me old...what is SMH?

Shaking my head.

 

[Black Pearl]

My last trip, we caught a Country Bears show that a small child felt the urge to cry and yell all throughout while the parent merely kept them there. People were looking around, and I couldn't help but laugh at the situation. Kinda silly with exits all around and it not being even a ride to not simply take your party and step out.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Call me old...what is SMH?

Shaking my head.

 

[englanddg]

Shaking my head.

Don't shake your head at me! <grin>

rotflmao was the invention of MY generation!

 

[englanddg]

Back when we used to have to "text" each other with pagers and figure out what the 3 letter options spelt.

 

[englanddg]

</me grabs his cane>