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MrsJRZ · 12-08-2004

Thanks for all your encouragement, guys!! I guess it just came as such a surprise to us that people would waste so much time and energy at such a wonderful place as WDW!! It truly didn't spoil our experience, it just really shoved the fact directly in our faces what idiots people can really be. Matt, we did conspire with quite a few CM's who could no doubt write quite an interesting book about their experiences. Also, I got everything changed for our dining reservations, including Hoop Dee Doo, Candlelight Processional Dinner Package and they even refunded our extra ticket to the MVMCP!! The only things they couldn't help us with were the category of room we booked due to nothing else being available and of course, the annual pass ticket. I'm not exactly a small person (6'1" and not exactly skinny) and people (it seemed the smaller the meaner) just pushed through me. Speaking of cigarettes, a few years back, we were in Blizzard Beach. Back then, I don't believe smoking was really enforced or if it was, I don't remember the policy. Anyway, the people next to us were smoking up a storm. A party of 6 adults and a bunch of kids. Since it was busy, we didn't have the luxury of looking for another spot. Our daughter was running barefoot (it is a water park, right?) when she stepped on a lit cigarette butt and burned the souls of her foot bad enough that it spoiled the rest of the trip for her. These people were taking great care to flick the lit butts away from their group. We went to the CM's at guest services who were extremely reluctant to do or say anything. Even after explaining the situation and having her treated at the First Aid Station, they still didn't want to do anything. I wrote Disney an email after that and was told that the parks were going to be "totally non-smoking." People who smoke ignore it and the CM's are still reluctant to enforce it. We also had a huge issue with the many people who accompany 1 person in a wheelchair. This family of 10 (including 3 little ones in strollers) totally monopolized the wheelchair viewing area at MGM for the parade. The CM asked the women to repeatedly move the strollers so others who were in chairs could see. She refused saying that her monther in the chair "needed the strollers next to her." The last straw came when a group of special needs kids came (ages ranging from 3 to 14) and this woman made them sit behind her and her 2 women friends (who were all standing). The 3 people who were chaperoning these kids in wheelchairs complained to the CM's who again asked them to move and again she said there was plenty of room for them all - she wouldn't budge!! These kids stayed behind 3 adults for the entire parade - it's just a miracle my husband held his temper!! I was so totally disgusted with the lack of compassion for others less fortunate. We're planning another trip in February, so I'm hoping for a much happier group of people!!

12-08-2004	#14 (permalink)
MrsJRZ Mouseketeer Intern Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 6	Re: Very Cranky People At WDE Thanks for all your encouragement, guys!! I guess it just came as such a surprise to us that people would waste so much time and energy at such a wonderful place as WDW!! It truly didn't spoil our experience, it just really shoved the fact directly in our faces what idiots people can really be. Matt, we did conspire with quite a few CM's who could no doubt write quite an interesting book about their experiences. Also, I got everything changed for our dining reservations, including Hoop Dee Doo, Candlelight Processional Dinner Package and they even refunded our extra ticket to the MVMCP!! The only things they couldn't help us with were the category of room we booked due to nothing else being available and of course, the annual pass ticket. I'm not exactly a small person (6'1" and not exactly skinny) and people (it seemed the smaller the meaner) just pushed through me. Speaking of cigarettes, a few years back, we were in Blizzard Beach. Back then, I don't believe smoking was really enforced or if it was, I don't remember the policy. Anyway, the people next to us were smoking up a storm. A party of 6 adults and a bunch of kids. Since it was busy, we didn't have the luxury of looking for another spot. Our daughter was running barefoot (it is a water park, right?) when she stepped on a lit cigarette butt and burned the souls of her foot bad enough that it spoiled the rest of the trip for her. These people were taking great care to flick the lit butts away from their group. We went to the CM's at guest services who were extremely reluctant to do or say anything. Even after explaining the situation and having her treated at the First Aid Station, they still didn't want to do anything. I wrote Disney an email after that and was told that the parks were going to be "totally non-smoking." People who smoke ignore it and the CM's are still reluctant to enforce it. We also had a huge issue with the many people who accompany 1 person in a wheelchair. This family of 10 (including 3 little ones in strollers) totally monopolized the wheelchair viewing area at MGM for the parade. The CM asked the women to repeatedly move the strollers so others who were in chairs could see. She refused saying that her monther in the chair "needed the strollers next to her." The last straw came when a group of special needs kids came (ages ranging from 3 to 14) and this woman made them sit behind her and her 2 women friends (who were all standing). The 3 people who were chaperoning these kids in wheelchairs complained to the CM's who again asked them to move and again she said there was plenty of room for them all - she wouldn't budge!! These kids stayed behind 3 adults for the entire parade - it's just a miracle my husband held his temper!! I was so totally disgusted with the lack of compassion for others less fortunate. We're planning another trip in February, so I'm hoping for a much happier group of people!!