What is the most annoying thing you have experienced another guest doing at Disney?

[ssommerville]

Cutting in line at the baby changing area- this frustrates me so much

 

[disneyfav4ever]

When I was about to be seated at a TS restaurant, but the family at the table next to the one that was supposed to be mine had dumped their bags over what would've been my table. Not only was it rude, but the CM let them keep their bags there, and I had to wait longer to be seated.

 

[CookieGVB]

Apologies for the (brief I promise!) rant!

This was, without a doubt, the most annoying/upsetting thing I've experienced.

We were in the world last week, our last day in MK - we'd just checked out that morning and finished at the TT dessert party.

We're on the metro back to the Ticket and Transportation Centre, our compartment was pretty packed - our bench was full, the bench opposite was full, and there were maybe 6 people standing.

So, about half way to TTC, all hell breaks lose in our compartment. A child on the opposite bench had been repeatedly kicking the lady standing up - and I don't mean gently, I mean slamming his feet into the backs of her legs. She'd asked him to please stop, very very politely, a couple of times and he'd continued. She then asked his mother to please stop him - her response? "Well if you didn't look at him maybe he wouldn't kick you"!!!!

The woman, very calmly, just requested that the boy please apologise - one of the two boys, the one who hadn't kicked her, spat out "sorry" - the actual kicker, said nothing, just smirked. All the while, he was STILL kicking the woman, just gently knocking against her now. His mother said NOTHING. She literally turned her head and ignored the situation. The boy then kicked the woman, hard enough for us all to hear her gasp in the now silent compartment, burst into tears and squeezed through the other people over to our side.

We pull in, and the woman is still crying. The mother of the kicker is having a laugh about how silly she is - we get up behind this woman, waiting to get out and the mother tries to physically move us out of the way to get behind the woman her child had just been abusing. I was, at this point, livid!

I've never told anyone off at Disney, I've never had a cross word to say... or even thought of admonishing anyone. I'm not aggressive or confrontational... however our girls had just watched this entire thing, completely shocked. I wasn't going to let them think it's okay to sit by and watch someone abuse an innocent person and say nothing. So, I turned around and said "I'm sorry, but you really should have apologised. That wasn't right".

Oh my gosh! The names I was called! Screamed, in front of her children. She even tried to grab by 16 year old niece when we walked away.

I know speaking up will be taken as being confrontational - but I don't care. It was an awful thing to watch. I've never been so horrified!

I would have told the mother and the child that if the kicking continued I would no longer be polite and I would kick back. Of course I wouldn't, but that would have given them something to think about.

Our most annoying encounter was during the GMR. It is repeated often enough that there is no flash photography. Of course one guy took photo after photo with his flash. The CM as the gangster kept telling him to stop. Of course he pretended not to hear until the CM stopped the ride, jumped out and got in his face and said we weren't moving until the flash was turned off. The rest of us on the ride had to turn on him because the jerk kept laughing at the CM.

 

[wilkeliza]

Going back and forth between FP and Standby line.

Twice now (once at Big Thunder and once at Space Mountain) I have been in the fp line and the people on front of us think the CMs sent them through the wrong line. Both times thw family jumped over the railing realized they were wrong and then tried to get back in front of me. On the Big Thunder one I finally piped up. I was a CM at the time and told the gentleman very sternly that the CMs know what they are doing and he will not be jumping back and forth like that goong forward. Mind you the entirw time they were in front of us their group would stop and discuss if they were in the right line and stop anyone from moving past them once CMs started sending people down the ramp. I was so irritated.

When it was on Space Mountain it was a family in a wheelchair. They were so convinced the CM was wrong they switched lines about half way up. They got up to the top where the switchbacka started at the CMs told them if they would have to wait since they switched lines or go all the way back to where they switched.

 

[BabiesDaddy]

When a cm tells everyone in the room to keep moving over and everyone continues to stand there dumbfounded.

 

[Hobbes]

The people in front of me that put kids on shoulders as parades or fireworks start. Since I'm short now I can't see a thing

Me too-I found if I pick a family with a stoller and stand behind the stroller than no-one can then stand in front of me! (Although i probably look like I'm about to rifle through their goodies!! )

 

[FoxyGranny]

I was on the SafariJeep ride in Animal Kingdom behind a large family Mom, Dad, 2 preteen boys, 2 toddler girls and twin infants. Family of 8.
The Dad held one infant, the Mom the other.
First one of the preteen boys lost his hat. CM on deck got into jeep and used extension grabber to retrieve. Ok no biggy, it happens.
Then we began our trip through "jungle" To view the animals. The Mom places the baby she was holding beside her ( baby sitting up ) Mom proceeds to juggle an iPad and camera while baby proceeds to cry. The Mom keeps holding up her iPad to take pictures and occasionally grabs baby's arm. Baby bouncing beside her on the rough ride. Never once attempts to comfort the baby.
That poor baby wailed and screamed the entire ride and the Mom ignored him to take pictures.
That took the cake. What mother would ignore crying baby and hold up iPad?
Obviously the Mom in front of me. Plus the baby could have bounced and fell off seat. Dangerous.
She had the longest arms I have ever seen! No matter which side I turned to see the animal in view her iPad was blocking my view.

 

[BrianL]

For all those who've run into the dreaded flash photography on dark rides, just try to take a little solace in knowing that their pictures will turn out lousy! It helps me a little and keeps down the urge to toss their camera overboard.

 

[srauseo]

I hate when people haven't decided what to order even when they've been waiting in a really long line at Pecos Bill or some other counter service. Infuriating.

The most annoying thing on my last trip was probably drunk people at EPCOT being obnoxious and tacky, especially with CMs from abroad. Also the solo diner sitting in Tutto Gusto who talked on her cell phone the entire time.

I saw two women almost come to blows at the bus stop at AoA because one group cut under the ropes instead of walking through the queue.

Someone brought their lunch out to the pool deck at AoA and left all their trash, including half eaten food, under their lounge chairs. Rude and gross.

Also, I had to shush people in Haunted Mansion because they were talking over the voice in the stretching room. Generally, people seem to be tuning out recorded announcements. This happened at CRT breakfast, too.

 

[Amanda Esmeralda]

Apologies for the (brief I promise!) rant!

This was, without a doubt, the most annoying/upsetting thing I've experienced.

We were in the world last week, our last day in MK - we'd just checked out that morning and finished at the TT dessert party.

We're on the metro back to the Ticket and Transportation Centre, our compartment was pretty packed - our bench was full, the bench opposite was full, and there were maybe 6 people standing.

So, about half way to TTC, all hell breaks lose in our compartment. A child on the opposite bench had been repeatedly kicking the lady standing up - and I don't mean gently, I mean slamming his feet into the backs of her legs. She'd asked him to please stop, very very politely, a couple of times and he'd continued. She then asked his mother to please stop him - her response? "Well if you didn't look at him maybe he wouldn't kick you"!!!!

The woman, very calmly, just requested that the boy please apologise - one of the two boys, the one who hadn't kicked her, spat out "sorry" - the actual kicker, said nothing, just smirked. All the while, he was STILL kicking the woman, just gently knocking against her now. His mother said NOTHING. She literally turned her head and ignored the situation. The boy then kicked the woman, hard enough for us all to hear her gasp in the now silent compartment, burst into tears and squeezed through the other people over to our side.

We pull in, and the woman is still crying. The mother of the kicker is having a laugh about how silly she is - we get up behind this woman, waiting to get out and the mother tries to physically move us out of the way to get behind the woman her child had just been abusing. I was, at this point, livid!

I've never told anyone off at Disney, I've never had a cross word to say... or even thought of admonishing anyone. I'm not aggressive or confrontational... however our girls had just watched this entire thing, completely shocked. I wasn't going to let them think it's okay to sit by and watch someone abuse an innocent person and say nothing. So, I turned around and said "I'm sorry, but you really should have apologised. That wasn't right".

Oh my gosh! The names I was called! Screamed, in front of her children. She even tried to grab by 16 year old niece when we walked away.

I know speaking up will be taken as being confrontational - but I don't care. It was an awful thing to watch. I've never been so horrified!

I am so horrified by the things parents let their kids get away with. I had a kid kicking my back on a plane once. I tried to just deal but finally I turned around and said "You know that's not polite." His mom was like, "Oh he is just being a boy." Um, no. Sorry. If you want to let your kid be a holy terror at home, that's your problem. When it becomes my problem, it will become your kid's problem because I won't tolerate disrespect and especially physical force.

 

[wilkeliza]

I am so horrified by the things parents let their kids get away with. I had a kid kicking my back on a plane once. I tried to just deal but finally I turned around and said "You know that's not polite." His mom was like, "Oh he is just being a boy." Um, no. Sorry. If you want to let your kid be a holy terror at home, that's your problem. When it becomes my problem, it will become your kid's problem because I won't tolerate disrespect and especially physical force.

The one time I was upset over sitting next to a toddler on a flight was when a 3 year old next to me constantly kicked me under the arm rest. When I bright it up to dad he did nothing. I finally got the stewardess involved abs she told the dad if he couldn't control his child they would have to divert ashe remove him from the plane.

I totally get the back of the seat but going out of your way to kick the person next to toy and not in the super excited baby bounce much the malicious little kid kick was definitly something he should have been told was not okay.

 

[P'colaBeachBum]

hmmm...where do I start.

My top 4..

Strollers...my legs end up black and blue after being at MK.

Being shoved/touched/stepped on when in line. I like to have a personal bubble around me. Even the CM's on some rides try to cram people into a small area. Test Track comes to mind.

Women (and their children) that do not wash their hands after using the rest room. Big pet peeve and one reason why I get a flu shot before going to the World.

People that sit or have their kids sit on hand rails. Yeah, the germ thing again.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

People who no matter how many times the attendants SCREAM the directions, hold up the parking tram because they put their kids on the outside.

People with unnecessarily huge strollers. I know I don't have kids blah blah blah but every time I see someone approaching my bus/tram/whatever with a monster-truck stroller my heart sinks as I roll my eyes.

I don't do this because I would out my kids on the inside without the rule.

But most often, the announcements sound garbled to me. The volume doesn't matter if all I hear is Charlie Brown's teacher.

 

[lovewdwfun]

I went to Disney in September when it was very hot and I was very pregnant. I was in line for the bus when two other pregnant women came up on ECVs. They were, of course, let onto the bus first, which is fine. Their very large party joined them and they took up half of the bus. The rest of the party was full of 30-ish year old men. We should have had no problem getting a seat, but I had to stand, along with my two other young children (ages 2 and 4) while the men remained seated.

Of course, they were staying at a nearby hotel, so we seemed to catch them on nearly every bus! The men always boarded with the ECVs, took up half the bus, cut in front of everyone, and didn't give up their seats!

 

[NewmanFamily6]

We witnessed a mom allow her son to pee in the bush while waiting for Pooh instead of going to the bathroom.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

My pet peeve is the lack of chivalry on the busses. It burns my butt when grown men or young teens don't offer their seat to our elderly or even the little ones. Making a mother stand on a moving bus while holding a one year old so some overfed middle aged man or self centered teen can sit drives me nuts.get off your butt.

I listen to Disney stuff on live 365 and old monorail spiels clearly hint to give up your seat for those needing extra assistance. It seems that has all but dropped. And no we do not need to hear about invisible ailments.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Changing babies on restaurant tables...

 

[Disneyliscious]

I realize kids love Disney and parents want their kids to experience it. I took my kids when they were little and still take them to this day.

But these ginormous strollers are simply out of hand. You don't need to take everything but the kitchen sink on your trip to the park. Those strollers take up SO much space because SO many people use them. And then you have moms who are walking 3 wide with these things and you literally have to find a detour to get around them. Why can't they walk behind each other like others do?

And people with 6, 7, 8+ year old kids in strollers. For heavens sake people, take a break if your kid needs it but stop clogging up the parks with these strollers when your kid is plenty old enough to walk. All its doing is promoting laziness. Kids with medical conditions is different. To me, hauling your 7 year old around in a stroller is no different then cheating and saying you have a kid who is disabled to get to the front of the line. Sure, a large stroller doesn't get you front of the line access but it most certainly cheats other guests out of enjoying the park at times too. Its not just "you", its "you" and the thousands of others who do it combined.

This isn't Stroller World. Its not there for people with strollers to have any kind of privilege afforded to them. Its not there for people with strollers to confuse the flow of traffic in the parks because your disruption of strollers 3 wide is something you think you are entitled to.

I think a lot of the stroller issue could be solved if people would start using smaller strollers for their kids instead of using the car sized ones like shopping carts to carry all their things.

 

[JoeA]

This certainly isn't a "Disney thing" - I just think people are more rude now in general. Class and manners are an "old fashion" kinda thing, now.

But the worst I thing I have seen took place several years ago in the Japanese restaurant in EPCOT. A late 20-something dad was letting his kids throw food all over the place and a 60ish woman ask them to please stop. The dad started yelling. At the woman!

He was telling her he was going to "kick her freaking rear" and for her to mind her own "gosh darn business". I mean, he was SCREAMING at her and had his finger in her face. And he didn't use the words I used above. He used the "real thing".

I was "this close" to beating the crap out of the guy myself but thought that would just be another spectacle at the park and I get taken to Disney Jail myself, so I went and got the manager and they escorted the jackwad out of the park.

 

[slickpoetry]

Just remember that most people pushing those big strollers would much prefer to not be pushing those big strollers. Its not like they're doing it for fun. Or to ruin your day.