What would you have done? (tour groups)

[janni518]

I've seen this issue come up a bit in other threads but on our last trip we were waiting for the parade to start in MK when a number of tour group members jumped/squeezed/stood in any space at the last minute.
I saw a woman with some kids (who had been waiting a LONG time) get very upset as a few of these guys were right up in her personal space.

Anyway, I exchanged a few words with them and it got a bit intense. I could tell the family was appreciative, but my wife was not as it did make the parade somewhat uncomfotable wondering if things would escalate.
Now that I'll be traveling w/a child of my own I hope this type of incident does not happen again. What would you do?? :brick:

I think I'd have to take it on a case by case basis. Suppose one of my kids had to use the bathroom after we were already in place. I kow I'd want people to be understanding when they came back and let them through.

Obvious rudeness may be another story. When I was younger I would have probably caused a ruckus but I'm mellowing in my old age and feel negative karma has no place in Disney. I'd most likely try to be diplomatic and work something out. Maybe allow the shorter people up front and ask those that can see over their heads to take a step back.


Been my experience that if you act like you assume people will be kind they most likely will. the ones that don't :shrug: well, are they really worth your time and energy?

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

We normally get there early and have the kids up front with me and DW behind. This has happened to us quite a few times. We are sitting there and people(Adults) feel free to just plop down right in front of the kids. Hello ... now I know they are kids but they are not invisible. Being one not to hold my thoughts in.. I do say something in my own unique way to get the point across and they usually do move. We have also been asked by other considerate parents if their kids can squeeze in up next to our kids front to which we have no problem making room for the kids. It so nice to see common sense in action.

That being said ... I have also seen older adults w/o kids sitting upfront, get upset because another family wants their kid about 4 yrs to see and asked nicely if the kid could scoot in up front. I had to look twice but I think they were red lasers that shot out of the older adults eyes. I mean c'mon. :veryconfu

 

[sarabi]

Try to be polite. Let them know you've been waiting a long time and would like them to stand behind you. If they can't do that, at least ask that the kids be able to stand in front of them so they can see.

Whenever I'm at the parks, I always let the kids behind me in front of me because I can see over their heads anyway for the parade.

 

[LoriMistress]

Hmmm, interesting. i'm going to go out on a limb and play devil's advocate :fork: and say that in their country, like much of continental Europe, they have a very different sense of "personal space" than Americans. It's not rude to be very close to someone in crowded conditions over there, so they percieved you as rude for blocking them from joining the crowd of people.

However, if you're going to come to America, read a travel guide or something. Observe that we like a bit more personal space than you do and adapt while you're here. I'd do the same thing in Europe, i wouldn't elbow people out of the way or make big displays trying to clear my god-given 6 sq ft. around me, i'd just accept that things are "different" where i am, and adjust accordingly.

What he said.

 

[BuzzLite_Fran]

It alwawys amazed me that at WDW some people can be so rude and inconsiderate. I rememebr a time that my wife, daughter and I had staked out our spot for watching Wishes.. It was on oneof the benches in the corcle area in front of the castle. Now we had planned this out, showed up an hour before the show was scheduled to start. Well We put our stroller next to the bench, my wife and I sat down and my daughter was sitting in the rented stroller.

After about 25 minutes or so my wife decided to go use the restroom, so she wouldnt be competing with thousands of others after the show was over, upon the great exodus. While she and my daughter was gone, a family of 4 showed up and the wife/mother asked if the remaining spots on the bench were taken (((now mind you I had layed items of ours down there so people would realize that the spots were taken.)) Also remember the bench was really only big enough for 3 people to sit comfortably.

I politely told her yes they were taken. She gave me a real ugly frown, and turned around to her husband and said "Well he said the bench was taken"

He looked over at me and I could tell he was not happy. Now if this was the end of it I would have thought nothing of it. About 5 minutes later after the initial confrontation the woman approached me and exclaimed "YOU KNOW its not really fair that you are holding this bench up I mean no one else is sitting there.!"
To this I kindly in the best was I knew how at the time told her that yes someone had been sitting there, and my wife and daughter were at the restroom and should be back any moment. She told me in a rather mean spirited tone!..... Well its just not fair! I then a little more firmly as I was getting a little annoyed at this point.... ma'am we got here 1 hour early just for the very reason to be able to sit in this spot, and I am sorry but it is taken. !
About that time my wide and daughter returned from navigating through the already big crowd gathering.

For the rest of the show the couple made rude remarks, and We could tell they were ticked off.

My question is this has something like this ever happeded to any of you? It just irks me when you show up early to get the spot you want and someone thinks they can just move in and try to bully their way into it, If they wanted the bench so bad they should have planned like us and showed up EARLY!:brick:

Rude people stink!!:hurl: :hurl:

 

[sublimesting]

At Rockin' Roller Coaster this summer a huge swarm of Brazilians came busting through the line where you actually get on the ride. The wife and I linked arms as we do for crowd control purposes. This teenage guy tried to pry our hands apart and couldn't but then his friend squirted around the side and reached between the wife and I and and tried to pull her friend through. We both smacked her arms down hard and yelled no. She looked at us with a real stupid look on her face and tried again (she looked so dumbfounded and could not fathom why her and all her friends would be stopped by us). Same thing only this time the wife was pulling her back behind us physically and yelling "Get back" in her face. Then the wife and I turned on the whole crowd and walked them back a pace or two and yelled get back, you stay here! One more tried to squeeze through but was given a very nice hockey hip check into the bar that settled the issue nicely.
You have to be very firm with some people. Don't throw any blows but if you have to use the body to get people off of you then do so. I have come to the discovery through some research and travel to South America that in that continent there are basically 2 types of people the rich and the servants. The rich feel they are entitled to whatever they want and servants are less than them and must obey at all times. They are very pushy because they feel they deserve it and don't have respect for us and feel we owe the mour spot in line etc. As you know Disney is very expensive and only the wealthier ones can visit, so that is who we're dealing with in large tour gropus: spoiled, "rich" snobby teens.

 

[Lucky]

Wow. What an experience. WDW should limit the size of groups more, or assign the larger ones a CM/security official to accompany them everywhere they go - including overnight at their resort. If that seems too expensive to WDW, well guess what, that's an indication of the costs they're inflicting on other guests now.

 

[mary219]

you know in wdw,I met some of the nicest people ever and truly the rudest people on the planet.Luckily it was more nice people than rude.But ,man,when people are rude in nature,they are absolutely repulsive.

 

[Since1976]

I definitely think there should be rules re: very large groups. I'm sure WDW already has regulations on how to deal with unruly mobs and riots. Perhaps these need to be refined or otherwise made clear to guests.