Its no secret that I love a trip to Disney. Every trip, to any park gets me so excited to be back in the magic, but occasionally there some things that other guests do that grind on me a tad and today I’m gonna have a little vent.
Guest who give CMs complicated cameras
There’s nothing wrong with having a fancy camera, but if you’re going to give it to a cast member to take your photo, at least have it turned on and set up how you want it. One time I saw a girl give a CM her Instax mini, still in some weird complicated case, and the poor woman had to try and work out how to get into the thing, and then work out how to actually use it.
People who sit down in queues
My sister is the biggest culprit for this. Now I totally get sitting down if there’s been an announcement of some kind of delay, but if you’re in a line that’s moving steadily (albeit slowly), I don’t see any point – all that happens is that you have to stand up again every few minutes to move forward, or do an awkward butt-shuffle along the floor.
Smoking outside of designated areas
Yes, I’m looking at you Disneyland Paris.. Disney are nice enough to let you smoke in the parks, the least you could do is stick to the set areas, rather than doing it in every line or public area.
Ruining the magic
Just because you know that there’s someone beneath the fur, doesn’t mean you have to make sure everyone else knows. Hearing guests say things like ‘that’s a different Cinderella than the one we saw yesterday’ loud enough for every kid in the vicinity to hear is not cool.
Being rude to CMs
There’s nothing cool about rude to staff in any situation, and Disney is no exception. Cast members will always do whatever they can to help you, but they aren’t responsible for a long wait time, closed rides, or whatever it is that has annoyed you. I hate seeing guests who think that they can throw a tantrum over any little thing and get their own way, and hurling abuse at CMs is just disgusting.
Line jumping/saving
I have absolutely no issue with people needing to duck out of queues for a quick toilet trip, and I also don’t mind if you bring your kid into the line a little bit later because they’re not good at long waits, but nothing is worse than 5-6 people pushing through saying that they’re family are further down, when it was just one person saving a spot for the rest of the group.
Walking around in chains of 4+
There’s nothing wrong with being a big group, but if you’re all walking side by side and no one can get around you, just be a little bit considerate of those who might want to get passed.
Holding up your iPad
It crushes my soul a little bit when you’re trying to watch a show or fireworks, and you can’t see because everyone’s just holding up their phone and filming something that the majority of them won’t even watch back. This feeling is tenfold when there’s that one person who holds up an iPad..
Apologies if this has come across as a minor rant, but I’m sure we all have those little things that bug us! What are yours?
Trying to push your child in front of me for a show/parade because you couldn’t be bothered to come early and wait for a good spot like I did. >.< it breaks me every time!
I can’t stand people who take photos on they’re iPads anyways haha! Its just silly if I’m honest and plus if it blocks the view of someone!
I’ve only been to Disney land Paris once when I was younger, and I was having a photo with Mickey, when this other lady literally pushed me off of him so that she could have her photo with him instead. Baring in mine I was only about 6 or 7 at the time, and this women was in her 20s! x
I’m all for holding up cameras or phones, but the Ipad thing really, really, bugs me!! 🙂 Tania Michele xx
Totally agree with all of these!!