what was the best WDW guest meltdown you've observed

[Monorail_Red_77]

During my stay at Poly on the DVC side, back in early Sept. this year. I over heard two CP(College Program) CM's chatting back and forth near me at the pool. Apparently the female CM had a guest stalker for quite a while. She mentioned that he would come to the pool and sit in a lounge chair near her and watch her for long periods of time for many days. Not sure what she did about it as I didn't want to intrude on their convo. Guess creepy guests like Disney too.
Another fun fact was the guy CM complaining about how much Disney takes out of his paycheck for rent and utilities. Something like $90/week per person. Makes the whole dorm they share worth about $2000 or so per month, something like that. I think he had five or so other CM's rooming with him in the dorm.

 

[danyoung56]

I had two fun things happen on the trip I just completed. The first one was at the tapstiles for the MK. A party was trying to pass through, and the 30-ish man and his wife had already been cleared when his mom, in a motorized ECV, had her pass not be accepted the first time. As you probably all know, Disney will check a pass a couple of times, call a supervisor over who will check the pass with an IPAD, and usually let the person in. Well, the man just went ballistic, stomping around, throwing his hands in the air, and freaking out while yelling "Just let her in! She's just an old lady and she can't walk! Just let her in!!!" You would've thought that she was being taken to the electric chair, the way this guy was carrying on. Very funny!

The other minor freak out was from me. I was on Kilimanjaro Safaris, and the driver had stopped briefly to allow people to take pictures. A couple rows in front of me, a lady stood up to get a pic. The driver of course asked everyone to remain seated. She ignored him. He repeated his request for everyone to sit down. She ignored him again. This ticked me off, so I loudly barked "SIT DOWN!" She did, and remained seated the rest of the ride. Everyone else around looked at me with a smile, as if to say thanks for doing that.

 

[Crystal J]

I figured I would write my own breakdown story - you never know what was going on to make someone break down.

I had been to WDW a ton of time - with friends, family, by myself and always got along with everyone and loved it and had a very enjoyable experience with zero issues - that was until my last trip.

I went with my mom and my sister (it was my sister's first trip). I am older and was 33 at the time and she was 29. Leading up to the trip I did 100% of the planning with minimal input from them (despite my asking) - all she told me she wanted to do was a princess meal, that was it. I got up at 5 AM central time to get our ADRs 180 days out, manage our FP+ - I did it all. Here is how the trip progressed to my breakdown:

Friday: Drive to Georgia from Illinois, pick her up at the airport (she flew in from the Minneapolis-St. Paul)

Saturday: Attend a cousin's wedding at which I was the photographer (Very long and very stressful day for me)

Sunday: Drive to Orlando; attend the Halloween Party - this is where she discovered there are characters, and you can wait in line and get your pictures taken with them

Monday: Epcot - we visited a lot of characters and spent most the time in line seeing them. I had to wait in line with her to take pictures. I did this all day - come evening time I wanted to see Illuminations and take some night pictures. She was angry since photography is stupid (unless she is in the image) and this was HER vacation and I shouldn't be allowed to take pictures. She threw such a fit that we left early.

Tuesday - Friday: I pulled a hip muscle and had to walk slower and was in a ton of pain the rest of the trip. This means they walked way faster than me and pretty much walked ahead of me and ignored me and had their own conversation I was not included in (that sucked). Also every ride that had 2 people I was by myself, and even eating at sci fi dine in I had to sit by myself. I told my mom several times I was being left out and the character meet & greets were getting crazy - we were missing a lot of other stuff waiting in line for all of them. The anti-photography attitude continued and I got hardly any personal images and was continually told this was HER vacation. She also complained about most the ADRs and how she would have rather gone to other places (I asked her for this about 200 days out - she told me nothing except her princess breakfast, which she got). This may sound like I am a whiner, but image going on a vacation you spent a lot of money to go on, had to plan it all - then get ignored by your own family and told you don't matter - it sucked.

Saturday: Ignored more, left behind then she wanted to skip another thing to wait in line for Baloo and King Louie - so I asked her a basic Jungle Book trivia question - she had no clue so I said we are not waiting in line for characters you know nothing about. She got ed and went on how this is HER vacation - I said fine, you go see them I am doing something else and walked off. Then I got a nasty phone call that I should not have left then and they don't know where they are going (note - they are 29/58 years old). Then we got in a shouting match when they found me. I am sure those around us were like - wow - look at those people. The generally most calm person lost it - I was so angry and upset I was even crying. Of course this was all my fault and I was blamed since I left them behind and it was her 1st trip. Needless to say it was an awkward rest of day - we when to ride EE and my sister still refused to sit with me and for the 1st time the whole trip, she rode by herself.

Sunday/Monday: A long awkward ride home (My sister flew home really early Sunday AM - I had to take her to the airport at like 4 AM). I was so angry that I spent my whole vacation ignored and treated like crap I hardly spoke to my mom on the way home. My mom knew I was upset for several days and did nothing to help diffuse the situation and kept letting her be a b word.

So next time you see a breakdown - it could be pressure that has been mounting for a week and is a stressed out person who is normally a really nice, polite and calm person who has a sister they don't get along with.

 

[JourneysEnd]

I figured I would write my own breakdown story - you never know what was going on to make someone break down.

I had been to WDW a ton of time - with friends, family, by myself and always got along with everyone and loved it and had a very enjoyable experience with zero issues - that was until my last trip.

I went with my mom and my sister (it was my sister's first trip). I am older and was 33 at the time and she was 29. Leading up to the trip I did 100% of the planning with minimal input from them (despite my asking) - all she told me she wanted to do was a princess meal, that was it. I got up at 5 AM central time to get our ADRs 180 days out, manage our FP+ - I did it all. Here is how the trip progressed to my breakdown:

Friday: Drive to Georgia from Illinois, pick her up at the airport (she flew in from the Minneapolis-St. Paul)

Saturday: Attend a cousin's wedding at which I was the photographer (Very long and very stressful day for me)

Sunday: Drive to Orlando; attend the Halloween Party - this is where she discovered there are characters, and you can wait in line and get your pictures taken with them

Monday: Epcot - we visited a lot of characters and spent most the time in line seeing them. I had to wait in line with her to take pictures. I did this all day - come evening time I wanted to see Illuminations and take some night pictures. She was angry since photography is stupid (unless she is in the image) and this was HER vacation and I shouldn't be allowed to take pictures. She threw such a fit that we left early.

Tuesday - Friday: I pulled a hip muscle and had to walk slower and was in a ton of pain the rest of the trip. This means they walked way faster than me and pretty much walked ahead of me and ignored me and had their own conversation I was not included in (that sucked). Also every ride that had 2 people I was by myself, and even eating at sci fi dine in I had to sit by myself. I told my mom several times I was being left out and the character meet & greets were getting crazy - we were missing a lot of other stuff waiting in line for all of them. The anti-photography attitude continued and I got hardly any personal images and was continually told this was HER vacation. She also complained about most the ADRs and how she would have rather gone to other places (I asked her for this about 200 days out - she told me nothing except her princess breakfast, which she got). This may sound like I am a whiner, but image going on a vacation you spent a lot of money to go on, had to plan it all - then get ignored by your own family and told you don't matter - it sucked.

Saturday: Ignored more, left behind then she wanted to skip another thing to wait in line for Baloo and King Louie - so I asked her a basic Jungle Book trivia question - she had no clue so I said we are not waiting in line for characters you know nothing about. She got ****ed and went on how this is HER vacation - I said fine, you go see them I am doing something else and walked off. Then I got a nasty phone call that I should not have left then and they don't know where they are going (note - they are 29/58 years old). Then we got in a shouting match when they found me. I am sure those around us were like - wow - look at those people. The generally most calm person lost it - I was so angry and upset I was even crying. Of course this was all my fault and I was blamed since I left them behind and it was her 1st trip. Needless to say it was an awkward rest of day - we when to ride EE and my sister still refused to sit with me and for the 1st time the whole trip, she rode by herself.

Sunday/Monday: A long awkward ride home (My sister flew home really early Sunday AM - I had to take her to the airport at like 4 AM). I was so angry that I spent my whole vacation ignored and treated like crap I hardly spoke to my mom on the way home. My mom knew I was upset for several days and did nothing to help diffuse the situation and kept letting her be a b word.

So next time you see a breakdown - it could be pressure that has been mounting for a week and is a stressed out person who is normally a really nice, polite and calm person who has a sister they don't get along with.

You were a lot nicer to them than I would have been. I have one of "those" familys. I've stop taking their BS and am now known as "the mean one" I wear it as a badge of honor.

 

[graphite1326]

I figured I would write my own breakdown story - you never know what was going on to make someone break down.

I had been to WDW a ton of time - with friends, family, by myself and always got along with everyone and loved it and had a very enjoyable experience with zero issues - that was until my last trip.

I went with my mom and my sister (it was my sister's first trip). I am older and was 33 at the time and she was 29. Leading up to the trip I did 100% of the planning with minimal input from them (despite my asking) - all she told me she wanted to do was a princess meal, that was it. I got up at 5 AM central time to get our ADRs 180 days out, manage our FP+ - I did it all. Here is how the trip progressed to my breakdown:

Friday: Drive to Georgia from Illinois, pick her up at the airport (she flew in from the Minneapolis-St. Paul)

Saturday: Attend a cousin's wedding at which I was the photographer (Very long and very stressful day for me)

Sunday: Drive to Orlando; attend the Halloween Party - this is where she discovered there are characters, and you can wait in line and get your pictures taken with them
Monday: Epcot - we visited a lot of characters and spent most the time in line seeing them. I had to wait in line with her to take pictures. I did this all day - come evening time I wanted to see Illuminations and take some night pictures. She was angry since photography is stupid (unless she is in the image) and this was HER vacation and I shouldn't be allowed to take pictures. She threw such a fit that we left early.

Tuesday - Friday: I pulled a hip muscle and had to walk slower and was in a ton of pain the rest of the trip. This means they walked way faster than me and pretty much walked ahead of me and ignored me and had their own conversation I was not included in (that sucked). Also every ride that had 2 people I was by myself, and even eating at sci fi dine in I had to sit by myself. I told my mom several times I was being left out and the character meet & greets were getting crazy - we were missing a lot of other stuff waiting in line for all of them. The anti-photography attitude continued and I got hardly any personal images and was continually told this was HER vacation. She also complained about most the ADRs and how she would have rather gone to other places (I asked her for this about 200 days out - she told me nothing except her princess breakfast, which she got). This may sound like I am a whiner, but image going on a vacation you spent a lot of money to go on, had to plan it all - then get ignored by your own family and told you don't matter - it sucked.

Saturday: Ignored more, left behind then she wanted to skip another thing to wait in line for Baloo and King Louie - so I asked her a basic Jungle Book trivia question - she had no clue so I said we are not waiting in line for characters you know nothing about. She got ****ed and went on how this is HER vacation - I said fine, you go see them I am doing something else and walked off. Then I got a nasty phone call that I should not have left then and they don't know where they are going (note - they are 29/58 years old). Then we got in a shouting match when they found me. I am sure those around us were like - wow - look at those people. The generally most calm person lost it - I was so angry and upset I was even crying. Of course this was all my fault and I was blamed since I left them behind and it was her 1st trip. Needless to say it was an awkward rest of day - we when to ride EE and my sister still refused to sit with me and for the 1st time the whole trip, she rode by herself.

Sunday/Monday: A long awkward ride home (My sister flew home really early Sunday AM - I had to take her to the airport at like 4 AM). I was so angry that I spent my whole vacation ignored and treated like crap I hardly spoke to my mom on the way home. My mom knew I was upset for several days and did nothing to help diffuse the situation and kept letting her be a b word.

So next time you see a breakdown - it could be pressure that has been mounting for a week and is a stressed out person who is normally a really nice, polite and calm person who has a sister they don't get along with.

I figured I would write my own breakdown story - you never know what was going on to make someone break down.

I had been to WDW a ton of time - with friends, family, by myself and always got along with everyone and loved it and had a very enjoyable experience with zero issues - that was until my last trip.

I went with my mom and my sister (it was my sister's first trip). I am older and was 33 at the time and she was 29. Leading up to the trip I did 100% of the planning with minimal input from them (despite my asking) - all she told me she wanted to do was a princess meal, that was it. I got up at 5 AM central time to get our ADRs 180 days out, manage our FP+ - I did it all. Here is how the trip progressed to my breakdown:

Friday: Drive to Georgia from Illinois, pick her up at the airport (she flew in from the Minneapolis-St. Paul)

Saturday: Attend a cousin's wedding at which I was the photographer (Very long and very stressful day for me)

Sunday: Drive to Orlando; attend the Halloween Party - this is where she discovered there are characters, and you can wait in line and get your pictures taken with them

Monday: Epcot - we visited a lot of characters and spent most the time in line seeing them. I had to wait in line with her to take pictures. I did this all day - come evening time I wanted to see Illuminations and take some night pictures. She was angry since photography is stupid (unless she is in the image) and this was HER vacation and I shouldn't be allowed to take pictures. She threw such a fit that we left early.

Tuesday - Friday: I pulled a hip muscle and had to walk slower and was in a ton of pain the rest of the trip. This means they walked way faster than me and pretty much walked ahead of me and ignored me and had their own conversation I was not included in (that sucked). Also every ride that had 2 people I was by myself, and even eating at sci fi dine in I had to sit by myself. I told my mom several times I was being left out and the character meet & greets were getting crazy - we were missing a lot of other stuff waiting in line for all of them. The anti-photography attitude continued and I got hardly any personal images and was continually told this was HER vacation. She also complained about most the ADRs and how she would have rather gone to other places (I asked her for this about 200 days out - she told me nothing except her princess breakfast, which she got). This may sound like I am a whiner, but image going on a vacation you spent a lot of money to go on, had to plan it all - then get ignored by your own family and told you don't matter - it sucked.

Saturday: Ignored more, left behind then she wanted to skip another thing to wait in line for Baloo and King Louie - so I asked her a basic Jungle Book trivia question - she had no clue so I said we are not waiting in line for characters you know nothing about. She got ****ed and went on how this is HER vacation - I said fine, you go see them I am doing something else and walked off. Then I got a nasty phone call that I should not have left then and they don't know where they are going (note - they are 29/58 years old). Then we got in a shouting match when they found me. I am sure those around us were like - wow - look at those people. The generally most calm person lost it - I was so angry and upset I was even crying. Of course this was all my fault and I was blamed since I left them behind and it was her 1st trip. Needless to say it was an awkward rest of day - we when to ride EE and my sister still refused to sit with me and for the 1st time the whole trip, she rode by herself.

Sunday/Monday: A long awkward ride home (My sister flew home really early Sunday AM - I had to take her to the airport at like 4 AM). I was so angry that I spent my whole vacation ignored and treated like crap I hardly spoke to my mom on the way home. My mom knew I was upset for several days and did nothing to help diffuse the situation and kept letting her be a b word.

So next time you see a breakdown - it could be pressure that has been mounting for a week and is a stressed out person who is normally a really nice, polite and calm person who has a sister they don't get along with.

You are a lot nicer than I would have been. I took my sister on her first trip and last as far as I am concerned. I told her months a head of time to get good sneakers and break them in by walking a lot. She got the sneakers but that is all. She slowed us way down and we missed a great deal. She got a blister on her heal from wearing brand new sneakers and trying to walk as much as we did. We were sitting in Germany and she saw a woman casually walking along. She says to me "see that woman walking, that's how fast I want us to go." Honestly she was going at a snails pace. My reply "That's not going to happen."

 

[graphite1326]

I have to post on this thread and thought I would never have to. In 20 years I have never seen a meltdown. This trip I saw 3. !st, we were loading the elevator on ToT. A British boy (accent) about ten started screaming and jumping all over the loading area saying he wanted to go alone. His parents just ignored him. He continued until the ride started. I was just about to say something when he shut up. 2nd, similar thing on Saorin. The boy again about ten didn't want to ride between his parents. Someone in my row turned to them and said HEY. The father took the boy by the arm and said they were leaving. The boy then changed his behavior and finished the ride. At least this father did something. 3rd, we were entering the Halloween party and just as we passed a couple with a child the man said "then lets just go the %$#@ home." I saw them later so they didn't. I can't believe how people let their kids get away with and how some adults behave.

 

[POLY LOVER]

I have to post on this thread and thought I would never have to. In 20 years I have never seen a meltdown. This trip I saw 3. !st, we were loading the elevator on ToT. A British boy (accent) about ten started screaming and jumping all over the loading area saying he wanted to go alone. His parents just ignored him. He continued until the ride started. I was just about to say something when he shut up. 2nd, similar thing on Saorin. The boy again about ten didn't want to ride between his parents. Someone in my row turned to them and said HEY. The father took the boy by the arm and said they were leaving. The boy then changed his behavior and finished the ride. At least this father did something. 3rd, we were entering the Halloween party and just as we passed a couple with a child the man said "then lets just go the %$#@ home." I saw them later so they didn't. I can't believe how people let their kids get away with and how some adults behave.

In these situations I always think about how much money was spent to make someone unhappy. As a parent you have to be just discussed.

 

[FigmentForver96]

I figured I would write my own breakdown story - you never know what was going on to make someone break down.

I had been to WDW a ton of time - with friends, family, by myself and always got along with everyone and loved it and had a very enjoyable experience with zero issues - that was until my last trip.

I went with my mom and my sister (it was my sister's first trip). I am older and was 33 at the time and she was 29. Leading up to the trip I did 100% of the planning with minimal input from them (despite my asking) - all she told me she wanted to do was a princess meal, that was it. I got up at 5 AM central time to get our ADRs 180 days out, manage our FP+ - I did it all. Here is how the trip progressed to my breakdown:

Friday: Drive to Georgia from Illinois, pick her up at the airport (she flew in from the Minneapolis-St. Paul)

Saturday: Attend a cousin's wedding at which I was the photographer (Very long and very stressful day for me)

Sunday: Drive to Orlando; attend the Halloween Party - this is where she discovered there are characters, and you can wait in line and get your pictures taken with them

Monday: Epcot - we visited a lot of characters and spent most the time in line seeing them. I had to wait in line with her to take pictures. I did this all day - come evening time I wanted to see Illuminations and take some night pictures. She was angry since photography is stupid (unless she is in the image) and this was HER vacation and I shouldn't be allowed to take pictures. She threw such a fit that we left early.

Tuesday - Friday: I pulled a hip muscle and had to walk slower and was in a ton of pain the rest of the trip. This means they walked way faster than me and pretty much walked ahead of me and ignored me and had their own conversation I was not included in (that sucked). Also every ride that had 2 people I was by myself, and even eating at sci fi dine in I had to sit by myself. I told my mom several times I was being left out and the character meet & greets were getting crazy - we were missing a lot of other stuff waiting in line for all of them. The anti-photography attitude continued and I got hardly any personal images and was continually told this was HER vacation. She also complained about most the ADRs and how she would have rather gone to other places (I asked her for this about 200 days out - she told me nothing except her princess breakfast, which she got). This may sound like I am a whiner, but image going on a vacation you spent a lot of money to go on, had to plan it all - then get ignored by your own family and told you don't matter - it sucked.

Saturday: Ignored more, left behind then she wanted to skip another thing to wait in line for Baloo and King Louie - so I asked her a basic Jungle Book trivia question - she had no clue so I said we are not waiting in line for characters you know nothing about. She got ****ed and went on how this is HER vacation - I said fine, you go see them I am doing something else and walked off. Then I got a nasty phone call that I should not have left then and they don't know where they are going (note - they are 29/58 years old). Then we got in a shouting match when they found me. I am sure those around us were like - wow - look at those people. The generally most calm person lost it - I was so angry and upset I was even crying. Of course this was all my fault and I was blamed since I left them behind and it was her 1st trip. Needless to say it was an awkward rest of day - we when to ride EE and my sister still refused to sit with me and for the 1st time the whole trip, she rode by herself.

Sunday/Monday: A long awkward ride home (My sister flew home really early Sunday AM - I had to take her to the airport at like 4 AM). I was so angry that I spent my whole vacation ignored and treated like crap I hardly spoke to my mom on the way home. My mom knew I was upset for several days and did nothing to help diffuse the situation and kept letting her be a b word.

So next time you see a breakdown - it could be pressure that has been mounting for a week and is a stressed out person who is normally a really nice, polite and calm person who has a sister they don't get along with.

Good for you! My sister tried to pull that crap once. Seeing how I funded her entire trip, she wasnt about to just walk over me. I was kind and made sure to let her pick what we did, but I wanted to really ride Sorian. She starts screaming in the middle of the entrance to sorian. I pulled her to the side and gave it to her. I chewed her end up out for treating me like crap and if she didn't work herself out I was going to drive us back home right then.

 

[Prince-1]

It'll be a grand and glorious day when Brazilian tour groups are banned from Walt Disney World.

Never will happen.

 

[POLY LOVER]

Never will happen.

can you imagine the PR hit they would take if they ever attempted something like that. You can ban an individual but never an entire group based on nationality.

 

[Matt_Black]

can you imagine the PR hit they would take if they ever attempted something like that. You can ban an individual but never an entire group based on nationality.

Not to mention that there are numerous state and federal laws that kind of look down on that sort of thing.

 

[Prince-1]

Not to mention that there are numerous state and federal laws that kind of look down on that sort of thing.

Always good to see the sheer ignorance of people. Yay, discrimination is fun!!!!

 

[POLY LOVER]

Not to mention that there are numerous state and federal laws that kind of look down on that sort of thing.

yes it would not go down as one of Disneys better decisions.

 

[KikoKea]

I have to post on this thread and thought I would never have to. In 20 years I have never seen a meltdown. This trip I saw 3. !st, we were loading the elevator on ToT. A British boy (accent) about ten started screaming and jumping all over the loading area saying he wanted to go alone. His parents just ignored him. He continued until the ride started. I was just about to say something when he shut up. 2nd, similar thing on Saorin. The boy again about ten didn't want to ride between his parents. Someone in my row turned to them and said HEY. The father took the boy by the arm and said they were leaving. The boy then changed his behavior and finished the ride. At least this father did something. 3rd, we were entering the Halloween party and just as we passed a couple with a child the man said "then lets just go the %$#@ home." I saw them later so they didn't. I can't believe how people let their kids get away with and how some adults behave.

Amazing and sad what people let their kids get away with. When we took our 2 boys out, we told them that if they misbehaved, we would leave...and worse. And, they knew we meant it. We were heading to a movie once, and they started fighting in the backseat. They got one warning, but kept it up. Hubby drove the van forward about 4 feet then stopped and without a word we got out, went inside the house, and left the boys in the van. Took them about 5 minutes before they came looking for us, wondering what was going on. After that, we never had a problem with them. (And, we did not take them to see the movie another night, either)

 

[OliveMcFly]

This kept me busy at work for an hour, thanks for the stories.
Here's my story. I was a CM at Fantasmic. We all know that you need to get there early if you want a seat. Well, I had a family arrive 5 minutes before show time and I directed them to standing only. The father flipped. He was inches from my face screaming about he paid for a ticket and blah blah blah. I called my manager over and he calmed him down a bit. He was offered a fastpass, he declined. My manager then asked "what is it you want sir" and he replied "I want your CM to apologize to me". My manager looked him right in the eye and said "absolutely not". He ended up standing to watch the show and left empty handed. I was so glad he stuck up for me and put that guy in his place.

 

[mf1972]

This kept me busy at work for an hour, thanks for the stories.
Here's my story. I was a CM at Fantasmic. We all know that you need to get there early if you want a seat. Well, I had a family arrive 5 minutes before show time and I directed them to standing only. The father flipped. He was inches from my face screaming about he paid for a ticket and blah blah blah. I called my manager over and he calmed him down a bit. He was offered a fastpass, he declined. My manager then asked "what is it you want sir" and he replied "I want your CM to apologize to me". My manager looked him right in the eye and said "absolutely not". He ended up standing to watch the show and left empty handed. I was so glad he stuck up for me and put that guy in his place.

that's cool your manager stuck up for u like that. not all management is the same.

 

[Mystic]

This past July we went to WDW for a few days over July 4. On our first morning at MK, we made our way into Guest Relations so I could get my DAS card for our trip. I'm waiting my turn in line to speak to a CM and when one indicates for me to approach I start making my way forward when out of nowhere this gentleman comes storming over ranting and raving about how that particular CM wasn't finished dealing with him. The CM had actually asked a manager to help this gentleman as his complaint was not something this CM could make a decision on and after handing the gentleman off to his manager he proceeded to try to help me. Well, this guy was having non of it. He basically went into a temper tantrum right then and there. We think the issue was that the CM had denied him a DAS for his child as his child had just been issued a 'stroller as wheelchair' pass but the gentleman was insisting on getting both passes and when Disney said no, he flipped.

Another meltdown we saw was at the Plaza Restaurant on our trip in 2014. We were waiting to be seated for dinner on our last night at the parks and my mom and I both had headaches, but hers was worse, going into migraine territory and the Move It, Shake It parade was taking place in the castle hub which was not helping her head any. Well, they take in this large party of people and not five minutes later one of the men with the party comes out and starts flipping out on the CMs at the podium because his party was not seated together and it was so and so's 7th birthday and they absolutely HAD to all be seated together, even though Disney does not guarantee this ability. Also, for those that have eaten at the Plaza, you know how tiny it is in there. Well, to accommodate this man having a tantrum in the middle of the podium area, the manager ended up having to ask people who had already started their meals and/or had just been seated to be moved to other tables. We ended up waiting an extra half hour past our ADR time, which is not pleasant in the best of circumstances, but when your head feels like it's going to explode it's ten times worse. The manager ended up giving everyone who was inconvenienced by this moron a free fastpass to any attraction (not 7DMT) in the park in compensation.

 

[Mystic]

I happen to agree with you. I am tired of people for whatever reason thinking they are somehow more entitled than other people for any unearned reason. Unpopular I know, but in the grand scheme of things, unless you are somehow actually better than me (some are), then you are no better than me and don't get to *insert entitled privilege here*. Ironically, that really gets some peoples hackles up.

You gave up time for a seat. To be asked to abandon your time investment is incredibly selfish.

If I want to give up some of my assets (time, energy, etc.) for another person I will, but don't vilify me if I chose not to give up one of these assets for whatever reason.

People always undervalue time. It boggles my mind. The most valuable commodity in the universe is squandered so readily. Weird. ...However people also readily steal it from one another. Considering its value, most are surprisingly very calm about it.

I agree. My mom and I were talking the other morning about this (we ride public transit a LOT at home so are familiar with buses etc). She's in her mid-60s and I've got back issues which flare up especially after a long day in the parks. We will stand on the bus if we get there and there is only standing room left, that fine, we don't care since as I said, we're familiar with bus transportation. But if we get a seat, we both have reasons for not giving up our seats. Also, why should I give up my seat with my bad back just so someone can seat their 4 year old on the seat. I wouldn't have a problem if the person sat down and put their child on their lap but no, their 4 year old is tired from spending all day riding around in a stroller and needs to sit down and put his feet all over the other guests.

 

[GoTheDistance]

Going along with the giving up your seat theme...

Last year, my husband and I were waiting to be seated at Boma (even with our ADR there was a bit of a wait!) and I was sitting on a bench near the staircase. My husband was making a phone call so I was by myself. After about 5 minutes, I noticed a woman who appeared to be in her late 40's staring at me. Over the next 10 minutes she continued to stare and I was a little weirded out but I was reading on my phone and tried not to give it much thought. A few minutes later, the woman walked over to me and asked me in a very sharp tone how long I planned to sit there. I was very taken aback but I simply said that I'm waiting for my table to be ready at Boma. She then started yelling at me in the middle of the lobby about how entitled kids have been ruining her vacation and how the youth of today should be more mindful of their elders (mind you i'm in my 20's I'm not 13) and how I was being ungrateful for being in Disney World! I was so shocked I had no idea how to respond. Luckily this was right in front of the check in desk and the CMs stepped in right away asking her to calm down. They then sat me right away but I was shaken!

I may look young but I have a chronic back condition and I am frequently in pain. I hate that people make assumptions

 

[PrincessRachelT]

Last night at DHS, we were walking to Osborne (for the official opening) and there was a mom, grandma, and two boys. The boys were very excited about seeing the lights, so they kept talking about it, but the mom was not. She quickly got annoyed and said "if I'm going to watch this light show, I need a beer. Maybe two." Her son responded "No mommy, you'll be okay". To which she said "I don't care what you think. Shut it or we are leaving". It was really sad.