Have You Ever Had To Confront Another Guest's Poor Behavior?

[Lilsia]

This wasn't necessarily confrontational, but I was waiting for Happily Ever After in February last year during a solo trip. It was getting dark out and I was sitting against a railing that surrounds the hub grass with some bushes behind me. It was really crowded and a family was sitting next to me. The dad leans over and asks me if it's okay if his son (maybe 6 or 7 years old) pees in the bushes behind me. I get that it's crowded and the show would be starting soon, but I was uncomfortable that he asked because I really didn't want to be sitting next to this kid's pee spreading everywhere! I told him I don't have the authority to say yes or no to that and he should probably just find the nearest bathroom. He grumbled about it and his wife told him to stop and just take the kid to the bathroom. As he's walking away I hear him mumbling about how the kid is so young and why does it matter if he just pees behind me.

See, now this is something that really bothers me about parents of boys. Just because it is physically easier for them to go wherever they want, does not mean they should. I would have asked him if he had a daughter, would he let her pull her pants down for the world to see, and squat and pee right there. It is never OK for anyone to pee in public.

 

[katmigordon]

Why on earth haven't they instituted the line guides at ALL resorts bus stops?

Yeah, I was pretty surprised when I saw the free-for-all bus stop when we stayed at the Dolphin. I've seen users on this board call the value resort bus queues "people corrals"--but I'd rather be in a corral and know where I am in line than be part of an unorganized crowd. If I'm doing a more relaxed trip and missing rope drop it's fine (the buses never filled up when I was waiting for them at AKL my last trip, but I sort of made a point of sleeping in), but doing rope drop for AK from Coronado Springs back when FoP was less than a year old was extremely stressful. In contrast, rope drop for DHS from AoA in the first year of Galaxy's Edge was a cinch, and it was the orderly bus queues that made all the difference.

 

[katmigordon]

After considering the matter I think using my phone for this is probably a bad idea to. I might at some point film or take pictures with a non screened camera though. You know, like the old fashioned kind and with no flash.

Strictly my personal opinion, so please don't take offense. I'd still prefer it be out of sight. It's just distracting to everyone else on the ride. Not much different than using phones in a theater (which is why I rarely go to theaters anymore).

 

[luv2cheer92]

This wasn't necessarily confrontational, but I was waiting for Happily Ever After in February last year during a solo trip. It was getting dark out and I was sitting against a railing that surrounds the hub grass with some bushes behind me. It was really crowded and a family was sitting next to me. The dad leans over and asks me if it's okay if his son (maybe 6 or 7 years old) pees in the bushes behind me. I get that it's crowded and the show would be starting soon, but I was uncomfortable that he asked because I really didn't want to be sitting next to this kid's pee spreading everywhere! I told him I don't have the authority to say yes or no to that and he should probably just find the nearest bathroom. He grumbled about it and his wife told him to stop and just take the kid to the bathroom. As he's walking away I hear him mumbling about how the kid is so young and why does it matter if he just pees behind me.

I guess at least he asked? Lol, that's bizarre.

 

[Welsh_Dragon]

I guess at least he asked? Lol, that's bizarre.

I was at a safari park/Manor House in the U.K. last week and a mother placed her 4/5 year old in a planted section of a formal garden and told her to urinate. Lots of people all around the poor child and lots of loos available. My worst experience was taking Danish clients out for supper in Newcastle, England. As we walked up a hill on a main thoroughfare in Newcastle City centre at about 8pm, we came across two young woman, squatting, facing us on the pavement urinating. I had to steer the clients away from the trickles. Some people!

 

[Nice Work Pal]

Was there July 18th-25th. Staying at SSR, I see two empty beach chairs at the main pool, this girl comes running up to us and says she has them saved and pointed to the third beach chair with all of their stuff. I said ok but normally you should leave a towel on the chairs. She made some rude remark, the lady the row behind said “sir I have two empties right here” then made a loud comment about how rude the girl was.

Ive never seen as many line cutters as this last trip. Myself and other guests who were also tired of it confronted guests. They always try to play stupid

There were two lines at the baseline tap. CM was placing guests in each. I was with my 13 year old daughter. The two guys in the other line were placed there first but our line moved quicker. Get to the counter and they came bolting over rudely saying “we were in line first”. I said well there’s two lines. Didn’t make an issue of it and let them go. I then stayed in the middle of the two lines. The CM directed me to stand in a line, I said I’m staying here, apparently lines don’t matter according to these two gentlemen. Every person in line laughed loud because they saw what happened. When they left the guy behind me made a comment about how I handled that better than he would have.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

On the having to pee while in line subject. DH and I were at DL in June and were in the line for RotR. The line was quite long. There was a woman in line with a young boy who about the time we were halfway through the queue had to go to the bathroom so bad he just couldn't hold it. So someone in line had an empty gatorade bottle and she took him over into a corner and as discreetly as possible had him go into the bottle. I thankfully had some hand wipes with me that I gave her so she could clean her hands. Nobody in line was upset or offended. In fact everyone was very understanding and supportive and helped as much as they could. Now had she let him just pee anywhere I don't think that would have been the case.

 

[Travelgrrl]

This wasn't necessarily confrontational, but I was waiting for Happily Ever After in February last year during a solo trip. It was getting dark out and I was sitting against a railing that surrounds the hub grass with some bushes behind me. It was really crowded and a family was sitting next to me. The dad leans over and asks me if it's okay if his son (maybe 6 or 7 years old) pees in the bushes behind me. I get that it's crowded and the show would be starting soon, but I was uncomfortable that he asked because I really didn't want to be sitting next to this kid's pee spreading everywhere! I told him I don't have the authority to say yes or no to that and he should probably just find the nearest bathroom. He grumbled about it and his wife told him to stop and just take the kid to the bathroom. As he's walking away I hear him mumbling about how the kid is so young and why does it matter if he just pees behind me.

This reminds me of a time we were on an extended family trip to WDW and my nephew and his family came to stay for one night and go to the MK. They're kind of Florida hippies and they had trained their 2 year old to urinate outside, or down the shower drain (!), I guess eventually working him up to using the toilet? Anyway, a big group of us were at MK and he hops up on a planter and before anyone could stop him, whipped himself out and wee'd in the planter. His parents were mortified, but the poor kid was used to letting it all hang out.

 

[MS_Warrior]

After considering the matter I think using my phone for this is probably a bad idea to. I might at some point film or take pictures with a non screened camera though. You know, like the old fashioned kind and with no flash.

That’s what I use - if I take a camera. Otherwise, I‘ll use my phone except on rides.

 

[MomOTwins]

Just touched down in orlando for the start of our disney trip. The woman across the aisle from me gave her son a pencil and let him play “hammer in the nails” on the armrest, banging away as hard as he could. Kept expecting him to get bored and stop but he never did. Just bang bang bang for ages. Finally called in the flight attendant and he got the kiddo to stop.

 

[Jaydee51]

yesterday I was in line at Toy Story Mania and lady behind me kept stopping so close to me that she tapped my backpack continously. zero sense of personal space. I had to reach back and grab something in my bag and ofcourse bumped her and asked that she please not stand so close to me. she seemed shocked at the request however reluctantly gave me space. I could hear her sarcasticly asking her friend if the space was enough and I turned around and said "yes it is" and flashed a thumbs up! she didn't expect that but it shut her up.

 

[bumbershoot]

RnRC absolutely does go upside down, 3 times. A corkscrew is an inversion, meaning you go upside down. Plus it has two rollover loops as well.

Just and FYI, RnRC absolutely goes upside down. It's the very first thing that happens after the launch. It literally launches you into a loop.

A corkscrew is not the same as a big loop. If the person mentioning she can't go on other upside down rides can deal with RNRC, she can almost certainly deal with something like California Screamin' aka Incredicoaster.

That was my point.

In this ‘age’ I would be worried that if I put my hands on the child in any way, to stop him falling off me or to place him back on the ground etc., I would be exposing myself to a potential accusation.

Ah. That's not something I worry about. Especially at Disney or, if I ever went, Vegas. Any place where just about everywhere is on camera, I'm not concerned about someone overreacting. Proof can be found.

Thanks for replying—we’re actually heading to HS tomorrow and it still stressed me out not knowing if I should tell my kids not to play on stuff! I think that woman just had a few too many at the Cantina—that or had secretly joined the first order

Agreed. Or she just got tired of waiting for YOUR kids to be done playing so that SHE could play (by taking photos of her kids playing). Next time, pull out a camera so you're doing a photoshoot.

 

[luv2cheer92]

A corkscrew is not the same as a big loop. If the person mentioning she can't go on other upside down rides can deal with RNRC, she can almost certainly deal with something like California Screamin' aka Incredicoaster.

That was my point.



Ah. That's not something I worry about. Especially at Disney or, if I ever went, Vegas. Any place where just about everywhere is on camera, I'm not concerned about someone overreacting. Proof can be found.



Agreed. Or she just got tired of waiting for YOUR kids to be done playing so that SHE could play (by taking photos of her kids playing). Next time, pull out a camera so you're doing a photoshoot.

You said "RnRC doesn't actually go upside down", which is factually incorrect. No matter which way you try to spin it, it in fact goes upside down. There are a plethora of different types of inversions, some people can't handle any of them. The first inversion on RnRC is a rollover loop, with loop being right in the name, it is not a corkscrew. Yes, one of the 3 inversions is a corkscrew, but not all of them are.

 

[Jennasis]

A corkscrew is not the same as a big loop. If the person mentioning she can't go on other upside down rides can deal with RNRC, she can almost certainly deal with something like California Screamin' aka Incredicoaster.

That was my point.



Ah. That's not something I worry about. Especially at Disney or, if I ever went, Vegas. Any place where just about everywhere is on camera, I'm not concerned about someone overreacting. Proof can be found.



Agreed. Or she just got tired of waiting for YOUR kids to be done playing so that SHE could play (by taking photos of her kids playing). Next time, pull out a camera so you're doing a photoshoot.

I'm not sure what you're arguing? The very first thing RnRC does after the launch is into a loop (just like the one on the Incredicoaster). It goes upside down. Then there are 2 corkscrews later on in the ride.

 

[EveDallas]

don't be too hard on the parents with crying kids in line. My oldest had anxiety and even though he'd never been forced to ride, and we'd explain we would never ever force him, he would still occasionally cry while in line for a ride his younger sibling wanted to do. He was old enough to sit by himself while the rest of us rode and was always perfectly happy when we were done. We just needed him to stand in line with us.

And I was one of those awful parents forcing a crying kid onto a ride. Or that's how I'm sure it looked to others. In truth, I knew my own kid well enough to know that he would love Space Mountain, but he was over thinking it and freaking himself out - hence the crying. After the ride, he kept raving about it, like I knew he would.

 

[Lilsia]

And I was one of those awful parents forcing a crying kid onto a ride. Or that's how I'm sure it looked to others. In truth, I knew my own kid well enough to know that he would love Space Mountain, but he was over thinking it and freaking himself out - hence the crying. After the ride, he kept raving about it, like I knew he would.

My 2yo started crying in line for Dumbo. She was hot and tired, like the rest of us because the line was pretty long. Well she stopped crying as soon as the ride got going. But then started to cry again when we had to get off. LOL What can you do, kids cry?

 

[shawthorne44]

Thanks to this thread, I had a dream last night about being on a plane and a couple very near me were joining the mile-high club. I was disgusted and loudly told them what they were doing was "as sexy as peeing on the seat."

 

[Ecomommy09]

My 2yo started crying in line for Dumbo. She was hot and tired, like the rest of us because the line was pretty long. Well she stopped crying as soon as the ride got going. But then started to cry again when we had to get off. LOL What can you do, kids cry?

Can’t win with that one!!

 

[ScubaCat]

This is a resort situation (Beach Club), but it applies to the topic at hand.

At least once a year I get scolded by the Stormalong Bay pool chair police, which is ironically always a woman from New York stationed at one of the umbrella tables. I know she's from NY because the accent and decibel level makes it obvious; I am not prejudiced against New Yorkers (much ... KIDDING, relax people ) She's a different person each time, though. I guess there's a hidden facebook group in the Bronx or Staten Island that dispatches one member each time I'm planning to be there in order to ensure my compliance.

Last new years when they had the chaise chairs in groups for distancing, I was about 1/4 second from my towel landing on one of a group of three clearly unoccupied chaises (due to there being no belongs or towels whatsoever on, around, or under them) when the familiar "THOSE CHAIRS ARE OCCUPIED SIR!!!!" scream came from a table somewhere far, far away. It was boomingly loud and embarrassing like usual, but she was so far away this time I couldn't even locate her at first. I thought it wasn't possible this would happen again, but sure enough, there she was. She followed up with "YOU CAN'T COMINGLE BECAUSE OF COVID, SORRY, THEY'RE COMING BACK!!! THEY'RE JUST IN THE POOL RIGHT NOW!!!!" [The word "comingle" is still stuck in my brain from this event. That is a direct quote.]

In some situations, I'd consider disputing this, but my tolerance level is at the point now where it would inevitably devolve into a bad situation, so fortunately I was able to gather the small bit of sanity I have left and just left the area and found the next group of open chairs that fortunately wasn't being guarded by this illuminati-like cult from up north. My only response was to give her a clear shot of the palm of my hand as I walked away, and that was primarily done to try and block some of the sound waves from the ongoing commentary and scolding. I calm myself down by reminding myself "Imagine being her husband."

 

[DisneyOma]

yesterday I was in line at Toy Story Mania and lady behind me kept stopping so close to me that she tapped my backpack continously. zero sense of personal space. I had to reach back and grab something in my bag and ofcourse bumped her and asked that she please not stand so close to me. she seemed shocked at the request however reluctantly gave me space. I could hear her sarcasticly asking her friend if the space was enough and I turned around and said "yes it is" and flashed a thumbs up! she didn't expect that but it shut her up.

I think the same group was behind me in PotC today! After getting my heel stepped on 4 times, and me asking them to please be careful, one of them actually put a hand on my back!!! That was enough for me - I turned around and swept out my arm and asked if I could have a little space please??? That lasted about one minute and then they were on my heels again. I think I whacked one of them in the head with my backpack when I turned, not on purpose, but for goodness sake!