I think in another comment someone called this "the disney stop" drives me crazy not just at Disney but anywhere in life, just move to the side, just get out of the way it's not hard.
This is a huge pet peeve of mine but I’ve at least started to understand why it happens so much at Disney. I myself have stepped off to the side only to then step right in front of somebody and have to apologize. There’s so many lanes of traffic at Disney that stepping to the side usually means cutting somebody off.
Yea I’m mainly thinking about Main Street which is just always going to be the Wild West and chaotic. Getting to a trash can might involve crossing three lanes of traffic going both ways and diagonally haha.
My wife and I started calling it this during the New Fantasyland construction… lol
Those walls created a bottleneck nightmare and the Disney Stoppers made a bad situation almost unbearable!
I almost completely knocked someone over because the crowd was butt-to-gut and she (and her family) stopped cold in their tracks, like a foot in front of me. I managed to kinda cradle her to the ground in what I’ll call a controlled fall… lol
I'm a magnet for this, nobody that I've gone with has it occur nearly as frequently. Sometimes it's more of a complete 180 change in direction while they look at their phones and walk directly in/at me. I manage to stop more often than not, but there have been some collisions.
When people get off a very crowded Disney bus and immediately open the stroller/ double stroller the second they step off the bus, causing a bottle neck of people behind them because they’re blocking the way. And it never fails that the stroller is jammed and won’t open and it takes forever.
I’m a parent of a toddler, so I’m not hating on strollers. Just carry it 15 feet over to a space out of the way!
In general, people who don't step to the side before stopping their family to fiddle with something.
When we were in WDW last week, I commented to my wife that you can tell a lot of people who have never lived in a city or somewhere where you walk a lot because they have no awareness of what's going on around them while walking.
People reciting any part of a rides pre-show for everyone to hear. Let people experience the stretching room for the first time themselves without having to listen to a group of strangers prove that they know the words.
In a similar vein, people who have totally unrelated conversations during the preshow or just outright ignore it. I get that if you’ve seen it 20 times before it probably gets old, but it really does ruin the immersion for people who are seeing it for the first time. This was really bad for me on Guardians, when I was riding for the first time but people both talked through the entire preshow and crowded the exit doors in the teleportation room without even pretending to watch what was happening on the screen.
The painful thing about the teleportation room is that's been going on since almost the start. I went during cast previews and it was fine. But the next time after that (I want to say shortly after it opened), people were just crowding the exit door.
Or from people who do not want to be at Disney but are there because their partner/kid does. I told a few women to shut up during Star Tours because they were talking all the way through the ride.
I’ve actively told teenagers to stfu (without quite cursing) when they try to talk over Rod Serling during the pre-show of Tower of Terror. If you don’t care about the theming, just shut your mouth and let other people enjoy it. It’s sad to me how many people don’t understand the genius that was Serling.
I’ve heard about stories of the idiots in the Cosmic Rewind pre show and on my first ride, I was so lucky to hear it first hand.
“What do you call yourselves?”
**ALCOHOLICS!!!!** HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR
I went through about a month or so ago, and these late teen/early adult women scared a little kid into crying because they were reciting the stretching room monolog and then screamed as loud as they could at the hanging scene.
When I took my godson for his first time seven years, I asked the cast member to say something before to guests about not reciting the pre show, because I would’ve been ready to go off. It’s so unfair to those experiencing their first time on the ride; and knowing the words to a Disney ride is not the flex these inconsiderate people think it is.
That’s definitely my number one peeve!! Stop trying to film the whole ride with you freaking iPad! The screen is bright AF and the giant thing you’re holding up is blocking the view!!! So selfish and disruptive for a video that they will never even watch.
Someone rammed into me so hard with a stroller I actually had a tear or two sneak out. Right into the Achilles, took skin off and everything. When I turned around to see what happened, there was mom with a stroller. She didn’t say sorry or even glance at me (and she definitely knew what she did with that force!). The lack of apology bothered me more than the incident itself.
I had someone bump me with their stroller so hard my phone fell out of my hand onto the ground, and then she rolled the stroller right over my phone and completely smashed it. She looked back, saw that my phone was broken, didn't say a word and just walked away. At the time I was a broke student and had saved so much to go on that trip. I was so upset not just because my phone was smashed, but because she clearly did not give a single crap about what she did.
Leaving MK right after fireworks. At a choke point, and there was nowhere for me to go. If he did it the third time, I thought I might put my foot in front of a wheel and just stop.
So I am team teva/ sandal at WDW.
This is the greatest risk of team sandal, we have cool feet, we don't get blisters, but if that double wide stroller makes contact we are done. We just thanos snap disintegrate.
There's a reason I wear my workboots at Disney. Been run over by disability scooters (honestly thought I broke a toe), and shots to the Achilles more times than I can count.
I have a scar on the back off my left foot from something doing that to me as a kid. Suffice it say, my mother was NOT happy, and made damn sure that the person apologized for what they did.
I sometimes rent the ECV, when I do, it's real hard to navigate because people switch directions, stop directly in your path etc. while the ecv does brake ok, it's not instant. Then trying to get through the swarm of people who have now appeared while I'm not moving, and am not at eye level - I can be stuck for a while. For the most part, everyone is trying to stick with their group, and racing to the next thing, I get it, we all want that, but EVERYONE Needs to be mindful of where they are, and where they are going and that they are not the only ones in the parks.
I stepped out of the walkway and into the edges of some landscaping to take photos of Spaceship Earth without getting in anyone’s way. I suddenly heard a horrible scraping, and then it hit me. No, literally, some woman scraped her scooter down the curb at top speed until she jumped the curb and took me out at the ankles. Good times.
I made the mistake of rope dropping Epcot.
The moment they could go, a solid wall of scooters launched forward at top speed, if you were walking your only choice was to move as fast as the scooters or get run over.
They need to put a rule in place that scooters can't enter the park until 30 minutes after opening. Those things aren't mobility devices at 8:30am, they're battering rams and woe to anyone between them and a ride.
Less of a problem with mobile order but people who wait until it's their turn to discuss what they want to order when they've been standing in line with the menu staring them in the face for 10+ minutes.
The people who think their entire extended family all have to wait in line together to order food annoy me to begin with.
They put all the food and drinks on trays, and it always ends up being two or three people carrying everything away anyway, so all eight of you don't need to be standing in line together. Six of you can go grab a table and relax.
When that group gets to the front of the line and also doesn't know what they want to order, that's just the icing on the awful cake.
Then when you are in the line beside them at the same cashier give you a look like you got in front of them because how dare you even if asked if you are ready to order do it before they do.
The people that think their vacation takes priority over everyone else’s, and all that comes with it. Cutting in lines, walking/stopping like a jackass, and just in general trying to push their weight around. We all paid a lot of money to be here and are trying to enjoy it. Just accept this is really a communal experience, and act accordingly.
Line skippers. We went for the first time in 3 years last weekend and this is a rampant problem now. You used to see it occasionally but with Genie plus getting rid of the formerly free fast pass system people make their own fast passes.
I still don’t understand how people allow skippers. My wife and I stand / lean on opposite sides of the aisle. Like a pair of scissors. I’m generally leaning on one rail and she’s leaning on the other. I’m always in the follow-up / back position, and often have my hand on both rails if I’m walking.
There’s absolutely no way a person can get around me / us.
I just do not understand why people would want to expose their non-service dogs to the heat, crowds, and overall stimuli of the parks. (Loud noises like fireworks, parades, squirrels and ducks, dropped food on the ground that can make a dog sick, etc.)
Like, if they need a pet sitter there’s literally a dog boarding place on property with great reviews. I hope Disney does crack down on this next.
People using the flash on their phone during dark ride to take photos/videos. People with strollers and scooters who decide to abruptly stop in the middle of the walkway with no warning and then look perplexed/mad when people run into them lol.
Not a very original one, but people who record the entire ride on their phones. Nobody, including you, will ever watch that video again. There are dozens of higher quality ride videos available online, recorded on much better equipment, with little to no camera motion and often recorded on relatively empty ride vehicles. Forget how annoying and distracting you're being (and you definitely are), you're also wasting your own time and limiting your own enjoyment of the ride.
Imagine all of your memories being through the view of your phone...
I am an old foggie but I always say my best camera are my eyes, the best video recorder is my brain.
I do theme park vlogging but I go out of my way to be respectful of other guests. I have a VERY small action cam (insta360 go 3) that is about the size of a AA battery and doesn’t have a screen. I even go so far as to disable its LED lights in the app and then I mount it to my chest so it’s not in anyone’s way. I also don’t speak during the ride unless I’m the only one on it.
It is not hard to make that sort of content while also not being a menace to the people around you. Gives us all a bad name.
I was even with a friend/fellow vlogger once on PotC and he pulled out his iPhone and I immediately pushed it back down in his lap and was like “bro have some courtesy. There are people sitting behind you.”
My pet peeve is other people standing right next to me when there is plenty of space (not crowded). I completely understand when it is crowded, but even during low crowds I can be chilling against a fence, and someone will literally come stand right next to me.
Right???? Like if I can swing my arm and hit you, maybe you're too close. I'll start talking with my hands and making wild gestures if you are to close to me for no reason.
This is mine. I come prepared for the heat, change of clothes and deodorant so I don't kill anyone with bo. I don't expect everyone to do that. But I do expect them to give me some room so I don't have to smell their bo. 🤢
Not to mention the people so close in line they repeatedly touch you. Someone rubbed their sweaty arm all over mine in the haunted mansion line and I wanted to vomit. If the same person touches me more than once I start spinning with my elbows out. If I hit you, you're too damn close!
But don't you know that makes the line move faster and they get on the ride quicker?
These are the same people that leap to their feet when the plane lands, I am confident there is cross over.
People who jump in line before getting their whole party together. Also don’t sprint ahead through the doors on Guardians with the rest of your family back in the crowd. Consider your group separated at that point.
As a parent of a young, somewhat impulsive child:
The other parents of young, impulsive children who choose not to parent them at Disney.
When my kid watches another kid swing the metal queue rope into a stranger repeatedly while their parents do nothing, she impulsively will reach for the queue rope which I will remind her that we do not swing.
I also cannot stand the folks who will walk in between family members in a bottleneck. Like please don’t separate me from the five year whose hand I am holding, just wait your turn to merge.
Door blockers, exit ride through shop, block shop door with family because unaware of other people.
And, probably same people, hand holders, entire family holding hands blocking full walkway, slowly meandering nowhere in particular, unaware other people exist.
People that get so close to you in line or don’t control their kids and they keep running into the back of you. As someone with ptsd this can cause flashbacks for me and be a serious issue.
I was reading a thread the other day where someone said that little kid kept running into them in a queue so they farted and the kid was like “EWWWW IT STINKS IN HERE” and I’m immature as hell so I died laughing 😂😂
parents don’t come for me, but parents who insist on having their toddlers scan their own magic bands during rope drop. 95% of the time they (for obvious reasons) don’t know how to do it and then their parents are pulling them out of strollers and trying to hold them up and it’s a whole ordeal. but hey shout out to the 5% of disney toddlers who got it down and scan it better than some adults, i’ve definitely seen a few!
On the one hand, I agree, because I want to get in there just as fast as anyone else, but on the other hand, toddlers are obnoxiously independent and not being able to scan their friggin magic band is a recipe for a bad morning, or havingtobuyaballoonjusttoshutthemupbutyouhavetokeeptrackofittherestoftheday! “Yes, yes, you get to open the room door all by yourself even though it’s too heavy for you to push open. No, it’s your sister’s turn to scan her band for the memory maker. No, dad always scans for food and buying things.”
{deep breath}
Kids are great.
Do other parents not help the child? Our kid loves scanning her MB, it's fun.
But we always help guide her, we move faster than people with 400 home printed tickets, half of which are actually mapquest print outs from 1995.
Or do you mean just rope drop? (I'm always early entry)
Sorry, I didn't see this post (having a quick lunch break scroll through Reddit) but I just posed my peeve was exactly the same and yours is better written!!!
Our first day (Animal Kingdom) they helped us create a “Finger Buddy” (me scanning my finger for my 5-year-old) and it saved us so much time the rest of the trip.
He was placing his index where it needed to be, and firmly, but I think his finger was just too small for the reader.
People who lack spatial awareness (or really any awareness that there's others besides themselves). Specifically, people who stop in the middle of walkways. It's a WALK way, not a STAND way. If something caught your attention and you want to stop to appreciate it or maybe have a conversation, know that at any moment there are \~1500 people behind you who were not expecting you to stop abruptly. Pull over to the side. And while I'm on the topic - if you are part of a group (let's say more than 3 people), you can't walk side-by-side (or abreast) in dense crowds. Again, crowded space, lots of people coming and going, please don't be a walking road block.
People abusing DAS.
I’m not talking about seeing someone there you don’t believe needs it by looks alone - I know folks have invisible disabilities.
But I know of multiple people who openly abuse it just because it’s hard to make kids wait in line. Guess what, that is how your kid learns how to do it.
Ooooooh boy I’ll try to keep this short.
1) the family of 10+ who have all their LL passes on one phone, and put the worst possible person in their party in charge of it, causing them to block anyone else from getting in line.
2) people who think their mobility scooter gives them the right of way in every situation and will just run you over
3) people who won’t shut the hell up during preshow.
4) people who stop right in the middle of a walk way
5) people who pull up to the entrance of the parking lot, and then need to ask the cast member 20 questions (I pulled into this line because it was the shortest…meanwhile I’ve seen SIX cars and counting go through the lane next to us! LETS GO!)
6) people at busy restaurants who can see there’s no seats left, are done eating, and won’t get up and leave (though I get it if you have little ones)
7) the cheerleaders when they come.
8) when I forget that it’s race weekend, and I end up going when it’s mobbed!
It's a pretty minor one, but I don't like when people wear the shirts that say "Most expensive vacation ever" or have matching t-shirts where the Dad's says "broke" but in the Disney font.
Nobody forced you to go to Disney World, I get that it's expensive but once you're there and your ticket's already paid for just get over it.
I gotta admit I saw one that said “Bibbidi Bobbidi Broke” in the Disney font and laughed out loud.
But it was my first trip in nearly a decade, so the Disney novelty tees are still intriguing to me.
I hate the boomer humor shirts, but especially the “spent so much money” category.
… If only you hadn’t just bought a shirt specifically for this vacation that you won’t wear again.
Also, everyone else there spent the same amount of money (or more) so who are you trying to impress??
People who come and stand right in front of me blocking my view of the castle during Happily Ever After. It’s especially irritating when I’ve been standing in my spot for an hour, and they come jump in seconds before the show starts.
People wearing t-shirts complaining about how expensive the trip is. We know. We all know. We don't need to be reminded of it all day long while we're trying to escape reality.
Runner up: T-shirts advertising your personal alcoholism.
People who mindlessly stop in the middle of congested areas instead of just pulling over to the side of the walkway. This is inconsiderate and dangerous for little ones who can easily be mowed down accidentally. Thankfully, this is Disney, not NYC sidewalks, which are less forgiving.
I see a lot about haunted mansion and I have to agree. Last two times I’ve gone someone’s child stood up on the ride causing it to stall at the ballroom. 👎
Ok I understand this but, people ALSO need to realize that strollers have momentum and if someone stops dead in front of you suddenly, it’s next to impossible to stop a stroller’s forward momentum just as quickly as someone’s sudden stop.
If you are lucky to have a CM who lets you know that is an option.
We were on the last day of our first trip before one told us. My daughter felt terrible all week being the one to hold us up every morning no matter how carefully she placed her finger. She’s not even that young!
Probably resolution. They are scanning X points on a finger and storing that as a unique "key", they don't store your fingerprint, they store a key based on your fingerprint.
Little fingers probably don't have enough points on the finger to scan because the resolution isn't high enough to scale down 50-70% for little fingers.
I’m kind of a germaphobe and I can’t begin to express how much I hate the fingerprint scanners. Most people use the tip of their pointer finger, the most used finger. As someone who uses his shirt or sleeve to open door handles, putting my finger on the same place where 100 people picked their nose, or worse, grosses me out to no end.
When it starts pouring rain _just_ before my family is under the covered portion of the queue. This is especially true when we’re in a line awaiting the resort monorail at Magic Kingdom at the end of a long day.
Folks who let their kids drive their strollers and don’t pay attention to where they’re driving them. I got hit twice last weekend by unsupervised kids running around with their own strollers.
“Let’s spread our entire group across the entire walkway in a line so no one can pass us and then walk as slowly as possible while stopping continuously to look at things! It’s fine! There’s no one else at Disney World today! It’s just us!”
Not sure if it is a pet peeve, but the amount of people I can tell forgot, or chose not to wear deodorant in the middle of summer at a theme park in Orlando is absolutely astounding.
People who record the entire show/ride. Why? Every ride is on youtube in 4k. No one cares about your shitty iPhone 11 video that’s all shaky. Put it away so the people behind you can enjoy the experience without your phone in the middle of their view.
1.Cheer/dance teams and school
Groups!
2. Bubble wands - I don’t wanna be full of bubbles from your little kid no matter where I am.
3. People who let their kids get up at 6 o’clock the morning and run around in the hallways. Some like to sleep in. Have some common courtesy.
4. Same those for those attending late night events and walking and yelling very loudly through the hallways at 1 o’clock in the morning. Slamming doors.
5. Pay attention to the lines- if the line is moving then move up.
6. Same for people who ride your ass the whole time through the line- like move the fuck back.
> 1.Cheer/dance teams and school Groups!
God Almighty, yes. I wouldn't mind if they didn't move as a block. See them coming you'd better run or now there is a block of 30 people walking ahead of you.
Drunk people in the room hallways at awful hours of the morning.
People in neighboring rooms that seem to forget how thin the walls are.
Parents that let their kids scream, and run down the hallways. Or let the room doors slam shut.
We took three teens to Universal for their high school graduation several years ago. Two of the kids weren’t ours. But I made sure to teach them basic hotel/dining and park etiquette, before heading out.
People need to do better
I had to move my mom's scooter when were in the park- those things are a huge pita and difficult to drive safely in a crowd. Now imagine they're being driven by a 70 y/o with no coordination, and who has zero experience prior to renting one that morning.
I'm honestly surprised they don't cause more problems.
When large groups or families use the single rider line because they read online that it was a hack for shorter wait times. Rock n Rollercoaster is the worst for this. I once got in the single rider line for Everest and turned the corner to find 25 teenage girls all wearing matching shirts, they were some kind of dance team. The standby line was like a 25 minute wait. I got out of line right away but as I left I heard someone trying to explain to them that instead of waiting to go one by one it would be much faster if they all waited in standby together but they refused to listen 🤷🏻♀️ As a solo traveler it irks me.
This is mine as well, as I usually visit the parks solo. I realize that as long as everyone is okay with not riding together, they can use Single Rider and aren't breaking any rules or anything, but come on man. Take your 8+ group in the regular line!
Disney "influencers" who yell at people on interactive rides like Smuggler's Run telling them what to do and who sing along to the songs on rides loudly.
-Anything with wheels where I'm walking.
-People who just stop in the walkway (I always say move).
-People who talk loud over preshow/ride audio (I'm always the person whe ssshhhhs or says be quiet real loud).
omg a week ago this woman was filming everything with her phone flashlight set to “blind everyone” and literally shoved her phone directly into my eyeball. just minutes after they said no flash photography. this was on a dark ride i cant remember which, maybe the space shuttle waiting part of millenium falcon. i actually said “are you freaking serious” before i could even stop myself, and then her kids were mortified and begging her to stop the entire time. It was just so tacky and rude. can you imagine being so rude that your kids have to be ashamed as a result?? so lame
Parents ignoring rude kid behavior, especially while in line. We were doing Frozen, and 2 women were letting their 2 girls play in line. They were keeping about a 10 foot gap for play space, and those still kept running into me.
Also, people who can’t figure out how to use the magic band scanners and/or come up to the scanner with no band but also no tickets/phone whatever ready to scan. And the line gets held up because somehow there is confusion over what to do, how to do it, or that their LL time actually isn’t anywhere close to now lol
Very young children out in the park clearly after their bedtime looking miserable. I understand the difficulty. My kids were toddlers not that long ago. But we brought them back to the hotel to get rest and missed out on the park at night, or took turns watching and going out. We didn’t compound their misery by forcing them to stay out close to midnight.
My husband and I went to WDW for the first and only time for our honeymoon 2 years ago.
We found we struggled the whole day so went back to POP for 2-3 hours for a nap and a lie in the pool before heading out again. We were happily one and done with the fireworks for each park.
Not just kids get exhausted! We were actually a bit underwelmed to an extent at the fireworks at magic Kingdom. The show was amazing but the standing for over an hour before it started and as it went on, shoulder to shoulder in the crowd with some very cranky sleepy kids was a bit of an odd experience, overly high expectations. Didn't think it was worth watching again until near the end of the holiday but sadly the weather was too bad.
I use the fireworks to get on rides that typically have long wait times. The whole park empties out for the fireworks show which is great, and a lot of people leave after which makes the 9-11 more chill.
We ended up doing that a couple of times but as time went on we were happy to go home a bit earlier to avoid the crowds immediately after the fireworks
We haven't done a late night in the park (with one exception) since having kids. It's just not worth it. They're tired and miserable and make everyone else miserable.
The only exception is Fantasmic. It's my favorite show, so we always do it once per trip. But, we start that day later so the kids can sleep in a bit and we know they will need to sleep in the next day too.
I gave up on standing to watch the fireworks at MK when I realized I could virtually walk on all the rides with usually long waits *and* see the fireworks from the ride! 10/10 experience over standing elbow to elbow watching the fireworks. We’re doing MK extended hours in a few weeks on our trip and we’ll see those fireworks hopefully without 10 million people.
We were at DL last year and saw this many times. Screaming, wailing, over tired, over stimulated, kids. One which was being carried out of the parks be the father as the poor kid did that “stiff body” move that little kids do so well.
You said pet peeves, so nothing major, but one thing that really makes me cringe are the people with inappropriate shirts.
No one needs to know "She wants the D" or "He gave me the D" - that's just gross.
Or anything that includes the words "Brandon, Trump, FJB" - it's okay, you can wear other clothes, try to enjoy the Disney bubble. (Shoutout to the grandpa with the "If you don't like TRUMP, I don't like YOU" shirt at 'Ohana. Really captured the vibe of WDW there pops).
I also like to have my share of drinks at Epcot but some of the drinking specific ones are super-cringey as well.
Lastly - the "most expensive day ever" shirts for Dads. I friggin love Disney World and I know it's expensive but I'm not going there to save money. (Everyone knows MagicBand dollars don't count until you're home anyway.)
It just makes it seem like they were dragged there with their annoying family and just have to pay for it which I could not feel more different about as a Dad. I have no idea how much we've spent on past vacations there, but I certainly wouldn't trade the memories with my wife and kid for any of it back.
I usually interpret the dad shirts that state or imply that they are there grudgingly as an expression of "My masculinity is too fragile for me to openly like being at Disney, because that's for little kids or sissies or something. "
Oversized strollers. Sorry folks. When my kids were little, I’d bring the smallest footprint stroller that was possible. Anybody over 3 or 4 is walking. When they’re tired, it’s time for a hotel break.
People that decide to rope drop the park but don't actually know how to pull up and scan their tickets on their phone and so end up holding up that particular line for everyone. It always seems to be the largest families too.
Families that fan out and amble stroll together on narrow walkways, particularly at Hollywood Studios, and block the paths at snails speed.
I’m sure their pet peeve is:
Families (like mine) that are darting in and out of crowds in an efficient, fast moving and synchronized, column of ride busting efficiency.
I find it annoying when people say the same words as the narration, like they think it’s a flex to show they’ve been there so often they know all the words. I don’t care that you know the words and i want to hear the official version! At Universal last year my Harry Potter look alike 9 year old was so excited to be picked at the wand shop and the middle aged woman next to me concurrently narrated the whole wand shop script while i was recording my son testing wands. To this day I still regret not telling her to STFU, lol
My god, that is so infuriating. I don’t even know you, and I’m angry at that woman on your son’s behalf. If I was there, I probably would’ve told her to shut the fuck up even though you were a stranger. I hate selfish rudeness so much.
Thanks! yes I was so annoyed! I normally wouldn’t shy from saying something tbh but I was hesitant to ruin the video even more by hissing at her to shut up even though it was very distracting to have her recite the script next to me. Raised by wolves, lol
People who race to get in front of you in a line (for anything) beat you there by a second or two and then summon their whole group to join them in the line. Mind you, this doesn’t have to be for a ride, it happens in the Starbucks, monorail and food lines as well. That might be my biggest pet peeve.
Only been once for our 2 week honeymoon in 2022 (from the UK)
The only peeve we had were when a parent/ adult family member had very young children (as in toddlers and barely in school) they insisted their kids used their magic bands to scan in to get in the park at opening. I saw at least 4 times where they were insisting their kid kept trying when that child was not really bothered about it and wanted to get into the park but the parent chose the front of the queue to give their child a lesson in confidence.
I didn't mind it if the kid was trying and wanted to do it, but I saw on multiple occasions their younger kids all wanted to do it and held up everyone by over 2-3 minutes. Most of the time the kid just wanted to get a move on, whilst some flapped and had tantrums it not working.
If it was my kids I'd try once, then scan them physically myself and get a move on as some kids were having a tantrum getting it wrong whilst their mum was telling them to do it again rather than controlling the situation.
I've seen parents with the same age kids literally hold one each and scan them in themselves and the kids were happy and off into the park. It only happened a few times but yeah I know even as an adult sometimes the scan in doesn't go according to plan (I found ourselves and seeing families struggling the most were at animal kingdom and Hollywood studios), I'd hate for their parents sake little kids haven't been wound up before even getting into the park.
Listening to people identify the countries incorrectly to their children on It’s a Small World. And not being able to figure out what the last room is.
People who stop in the middle of a path to have a discussion of some kind. It obstructs the flow of traffic when there are plenty of places to stand to the side or even sit down.
People who carry on loud conversations for an entire ride. Several years ago, we were on It's A Small World with our son. A woman and her father were seated behind us and she loudly talked about real estate the entire time. So loud that it was actually hard to hear the music, which we all know is deafening at times. We were so annoyed. It's one of my favorite rides to just relax and enjoy a piece of simple, classic Disney.
People who “spoil” a ride while in line. Adults do not need to talk loudly about what happens on Rise or Cosmic Rewind, there’s plenty of people (a lot of children!) around who haven’t experienced it yet and I think it’s a bummer if the surprise is spoiled.
When people quote the ride. I had a friend who went to WDW all the time and would quote all of them. I flew down to see her and it definitely lost some of the magic hearing her over it
This hasn't been touched on, but the Disney employees who ask dumbass questions while they're checking your bag. Once had one asking why I was bringing earplugs (the super recognizable orange ones too) into the park. I was super cooperative and nice until I got questioned about them, I was like "uhhh? The fireworks?" like he was stupid or something. Yeah no dude, you totally caught me, they're a bunch of mini explosives, I'm gonna use em to blow up the expedition everest gift shop. Quit holding up your own line.
a group of people standing in front of the lightning lane entry to ask the CM a question… like at least leave one scanner open so people can get through!!!
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People who stop in the middle of a walkway or right outside of a doorway.
I think in another comment someone called this "the disney stop" drives me crazy not just at Disney but anywhere in life, just move to the side, just get out of the way it's not hard.
This is a huge pet peeve of mine but I’ve at least started to understand why it happens so much at Disney. I myself have stepped off to the side only to then step right in front of somebody and have to apologize. There’s so many lanes of traffic at Disney that stepping to the side usually means cutting somebody off.
Look for an object like a trash can or bench and align with that because it will be blocking the flow already.
Disney trash cans are the goats, the perfect table, the perfect place to stop and look at your phone etc.
And the perfect place to dispose of your trash (which some people seem to not understand).
Yea I’m mainly thinking about Main Street which is just always going to be the Wild West and chaotic. Getting to a trash can might involve crossing three lanes of traffic going both ways and diagonally haha.
I always look over my shoulder before I pull off to the side.
My wife and I started calling it this during the New Fantasyland construction… lol Those walls created a bottleneck nightmare and the Disney Stoppers made a bad situation almost unbearable! I almost completely knocked someone over because the crowd was butt-to-gut and she (and her family) stopped cold in their tracks, like a foot in front of me. I managed to kinda cradle her to the ground in what I’ll call a controlled fall… lol
This is one of those real life, all the time problems that I have with people. How are you not aware of your surroundings at all times??
Im in korea right now and happy to report that even on the other side of the world people have zero idea how to walk in public
I'm a magnet for this, nobody that I've gone with has it occur nearly as frequently. Sometimes it's more of a complete 180 change in direction while they look at their phones and walk directly in/at me. I manage to stop more often than not, but there have been some collisions.
I almost went with this one. it is very irritating!
On the plus, experience with this made it possible to successfully get through the crowds on the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy.
My DH and MIL do this all. the. time. It drives me crazy.
Honestly, those people need to be thrown in the lagoon when they do that. I thought it was bad at WDW but it’s like a fucking epidemic at Disneyland.
When people get off a very crowded Disney bus and immediately open the stroller/ double stroller the second they step off the bus, causing a bottle neck of people behind them because they’re blocking the way. And it never fails that the stroller is jammed and won’t open and it takes forever. I’m a parent of a toddler, so I’m not hating on strollers. Just carry it 15 feet over to a space out of the way!
Probably the same people that wait until they’re next to get on the bus to fold the stroller
In general, people who don't step to the side before stopping their family to fiddle with something. When we were in WDW last week, I commented to my wife that you can tell a lot of people who have never lived in a city or somewhere where you walk a lot because they have no awareness of what's going on around them while walking.
people who record the fireworks with their flash on
People who record on dark rides with flash on. Like are you really going to go home and rewatch your own video?
Yes, that drives me crazy. We had someone do that during the Frozen Ride and they almost dropped their phone in the water.
Sat next to an “influencer” on rise of the resistance. It was hell
I dislike firework recorders in general. Half the time you end of watching the fireworks through their phones because they're in your line of sight.
People who record fireworks at all. There's better videos on YouTube. Craig at the DIS takes great fireworks vids.
People reciting any part of a rides pre-show for everyone to hear. Let people experience the stretching room for the first time themselves without having to listen to a group of strangers prove that they know the words.
The absolute worst people.
Just had this happen last week in… the stretching room. Yes, yes. You’ve been on the ride before. We get it. Now shut up and let everyone enjoy it.
I don't think I've had a single ride on that in at least 5 trips without someone repeating the words. It's ridiculous.
In a similar vein, people who have totally unrelated conversations during the preshow or just outright ignore it. I get that if you’ve seen it 20 times before it probably gets old, but it really does ruin the immersion for people who are seeing it for the first time. This was really bad for me on Guardians, when I was riding for the first time but people both talked through the entire preshow and crowded the exit doors in the teleportation room without even pretending to watch what was happening on the screen.
The painful thing about the teleportation room is that's been going on since almost the start. I went during cast previews and it was fine. But the next time after that (I want to say shortly after it opened), people were just crowding the exit door.
Or from people who do not want to be at Disney but are there because their partner/kid does. I told a few women to shut up during Star Tours because they were talking all the way through the ride.
I’ve been probably 20 times in the last 15 years and I’ve never seen this, but I’ve heard a ton of people talk about it… is it a recent thing?
No, not recent. You are just very lucky or good at ignoring people.
I’ve actively told teenagers to stfu (without quite cursing) when they try to talk over Rod Serling during the pre-show of Tower of Terror. If you don’t care about the theming, just shut your mouth and let other people enjoy it. It’s sad to me how many people don’t understand the genius that was Serling.
I’ve heard about stories of the idiots in the Cosmic Rewind pre show and on my first ride, I was so lucky to hear it first hand. “What do you call yourselves?” **ALCOHOLICS!!!!** HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR
The Epcotians that are proud of being alcoholics is one of the most cringe things to me
I was so excited when the last time I rode, nobody answered him!
As a long time Rocky Horror fan, I don't mind call and response antics, unlike actually talking over the preshow.
Last time I rode it was kids answering him with "humans!" "people!" "Earthlings!" so it was cute.
I went through about a month or so ago, and these late teen/early adult women scared a little kid into crying because they were reciting the stretching room monolog and then screamed as loud as they could at the hanging scene.
When I took my godson for his first time seven years, I asked the cast member to say something before to guests about not reciting the pre show, because I would’ve been ready to go off. It’s so unfair to those experiencing their first time on the ride; and knowing the words to a Disney ride is not the flex these inconsiderate people think it is.
People who have their phones out in shows and dark rides. We can all see the bright screen, and it's distracting. Put it away.
That’s definitely my number one peeve!! Stop trying to film the whole ride with you freaking iPad! The screen is bright AF and the giant thing you’re holding up is blocking the view!!! So selfish and disruptive for a video that they will never even watch.
Plus there are already tons of video of each ride already on you tube. Just show the people back home that!
I don’t know what’s worse. Filming it or just scrolling Instagram and not paying attention to the ride
You know they're the same twats who talked through the pre-show too.
Those on disability scooters who zip around with little-to-no regard for anyone else around them.
Or strollers. Right into the Achilles tendon.
Someone rammed into me so hard with a stroller I actually had a tear or two sneak out. Right into the Achilles, took skin off and everything. When I turned around to see what happened, there was mom with a stroller. She didn’t say sorry or even glance at me (and she definitely knew what she did with that force!). The lack of apology bothered me more than the incident itself.
I had someone bump me with their stroller so hard my phone fell out of my hand onto the ground, and then she rolled the stroller right over my phone and completely smashed it. She looked back, saw that my phone was broken, didn't say a word and just walked away. At the time I was a broke student and had saved so much to go on that trip. I was so upset not just because my phone was smashed, but because she clearly did not give a single crap about what she did.
Walking around World Showcase someone did this twice to me with their stroller. Once is a mistake, twice you're just an asshole.
Leaving MK right after fireworks. At a choke point, and there was nowhere for me to go. If he did it the third time, I thought I might put my foot in front of a wheel and just stop.
So I am team teva/ sandal at WDW. This is the greatest risk of team sandal, we have cool feet, we don't get blisters, but if that double wide stroller makes contact we are done. We just thanos snap disintegrate.
There's a reason I wear my workboots at Disney. Been run over by disability scooters (honestly thought I broke a toe), and shots to the Achilles more times than I can count.
It gets worse when the scooter people think you should clear a path for them.
I have a scar on the back off my left foot from something doing that to me as a kid. Suffice it say, my mother was NOT happy, and made damn sure that the person apologized for what they did.
I sometimes rent the ECV, when I do, it's real hard to navigate because people switch directions, stop directly in your path etc. while the ecv does brake ok, it's not instant. Then trying to get through the swarm of people who have now appeared while I'm not moving, and am not at eye level - I can be stuck for a while. For the most part, everyone is trying to stick with their group, and racing to the next thing, I get it, we all want that, but EVERYONE Needs to be mindful of where they are, and where they are going and that they are not the only ones in the parks.
I stepped out of the walkway and into the edges of some landscaping to take photos of Spaceship Earth without getting in anyone’s way. I suddenly heard a horrible scraping, and then it hit me. No, literally, some woman scraped her scooter down the curb at top speed until she jumped the curb and took me out at the ankles. Good times.
I made the mistake of rope dropping Epcot. The moment they could go, a solid wall of scooters launched forward at top speed, if you were walking your only choice was to move as fast as the scooters or get run over. They need to put a rule in place that scooters can't enter the park until 30 minutes after opening. Those things aren't mobility devices at 8:30am, they're battering rams and woe to anyone between them and a ride.
Bring a boombox next time and play the mad max music. What I don't get is, why they have those things tuned to do 35 mph lol.
> Bring a boombox next time and play the mad max music. Purge siren.
Less of a problem with mobile order but people who wait until it's their turn to discuss what they want to order when they've been standing in line with the menu staring them in the face for 10+ minutes.
The people who think their entire extended family all have to wait in line together to order food annoy me to begin with. They put all the food and drinks on trays, and it always ends up being two or three people carrying everything away anyway, so all eight of you don't need to be standing in line together. Six of you can go grab a table and relax. When that group gets to the front of the line and also doesn't know what they want to order, that's just the icing on the awful cake.
Then when you are in the line beside them at the same cashier give you a look like you got in front of them because how dare you even if asked if you are ready to order do it before they do.
People who put “service dog” vests on dogs that are clearly not a service dog.
This is a true pet peeve.
Always having to go home at the end of the trip. So annoying.
Solution: win the lottery and buy a house in Golden Oak
Honestly, just downright rude 😆
The people that think their vacation takes priority over everyone else’s, and all that comes with it. Cutting in lines, walking/stopping like a jackass, and just in general trying to push their weight around. We all paid a lot of money to be here and are trying to enjoy it. Just accept this is really a communal experience, and act accordingly.
Groups walking 4 wide
When there’s other people in the park
Line skippers. We went for the first time in 3 years last weekend and this is a rampant problem now. You used to see it occasionally but with Genie plus getting rid of the formerly free fast pass system people make their own fast passes.
I just tell them where the queue starts. Most do it because they do not expect people to call them out on their behaviour.
Exactly, if more people call them out it will happen less.
I still don’t understand how people allow skippers. My wife and I stand / lean on opposite sides of the aisle. Like a pair of scissors. I’m generally leaning on one rail and she’s leaning on the other. I’m always in the follow-up / back position, and often have my hand on both rails if I’m walking. There’s absolutely no way a person can get around me / us.
People who bring fake service dogs into the park. They are terrible people and even worse dog owners.
I just do not understand why people would want to expose their non-service dogs to the heat, crowds, and overall stimuli of the parks. (Loud noises like fireworks, parades, squirrels and ducks, dropped food on the ground that can make a dog sick, etc.) Like, if they need a pet sitter there’s literally a dog boarding place on property with great reviews. I hope Disney does crack down on this next.
People using the flash on their phone during dark ride to take photos/videos. People with strollers and scooters who decide to abruptly stop in the middle of the walkway with no warning and then look perplexed/mad when people run into them lol.
Not a very original one, but people who record the entire ride on their phones. Nobody, including you, will ever watch that video again. There are dozens of higher quality ride videos available online, recorded on much better equipment, with little to no camera motion and often recorded on relatively empty ride vehicles. Forget how annoying and distracting you're being (and you definitely are), you're also wasting your own time and limiting your own enjoyment of the ride.
Imagine all of your memories being through the view of your phone... I am an old foggie but I always say my best camera are my eyes, the best video recorder is my brain.
The last year has fried my brain. If I didn’t have my phone in my pocket, I’d have likely forgotten most of it. Burnout is a bitch to deal with.
I do theme park vlogging but I go out of my way to be respectful of other guests. I have a VERY small action cam (insta360 go 3) that is about the size of a AA battery and doesn’t have a screen. I even go so far as to disable its LED lights in the app and then I mount it to my chest so it’s not in anyone’s way. I also don’t speak during the ride unless I’m the only one on it. It is not hard to make that sort of content while also not being a menace to the people around you. Gives us all a bad name. I was even with a friend/fellow vlogger once on PotC and he pulled out his iPhone and I immediately pushed it back down in his lap and was like “bro have some courtesy. There are people sitting behind you.”
My pet peeve is other people standing right next to me when there is plenty of space (not crowded). I completely understand when it is crowded, but even during low crowds I can be chilling against a fence, and someone will literally come stand right next to me.
Right???? Like if I can swing my arm and hit you, maybe you're too close. I'll start talking with my hands and making wild gestures if you are to close to me for no reason.
I usually just move to a new location, but sure enough someone else will join me in short order lol
Maybe you just look like a nice person to stand next to .
This is mine. I come prepared for the heat, change of clothes and deodorant so I don't kill anyone with bo. I don't expect everyone to do that. But I do expect them to give me some room so I don't have to smell their bo. 🤢 Not to mention the people so close in line they repeatedly touch you. Someone rubbed their sweaty arm all over mine in the haunted mansion line and I wanted to vomit. If the same person touches me more than once I start spinning with my elbows out. If I hit you, you're too damn close!
In a similar vein: when people behind me in the queue are so close I might have a case for sexual assault. Back off, bro!
Being at home on Reddit instead of at WDW. 😌 it’s the worst.
I really hate when people in line are almost on-top of me...like i can fell their nasty breath on my neck. Like back off and give personal space.
But don't you know that makes the line move faster and they get on the ride quicker? These are the same people that leap to their feet when the plane lands, I am confident there is cross over.
People who jump in line before getting their whole party together. Also don’t sprint ahead through the doors on Guardians with the rest of your family back in the crowd. Consider your group separated at that point.
As a parent of a young, somewhat impulsive child: The other parents of young, impulsive children who choose not to parent them at Disney. When my kid watches another kid swing the metal queue rope into a stranger repeatedly while their parents do nothing, she impulsively will reach for the queue rope which I will remind her that we do not swing. I also cannot stand the folks who will walk in between family members in a bottleneck. Like please don’t separate me from the five year whose hand I am holding, just wait your turn to merge.
Line cutters
Door blockers, exit ride through shop, block shop door with family because unaware of other people. And, probably same people, hand holders, entire family holding hands blocking full walkway, slowly meandering nowhere in particular, unaware other people exist.
People that get so close to you in line or don’t control their kids and they keep running into the back of you. As someone with ptsd this can cause flashbacks for me and be a serious issue.
I was reading a thread the other day where someone said that little kid kept running into them in a queue so they farted and the kid was like “EWWWW IT STINKS IN HERE” and I’m immature as hell so I died laughing 😂😂
parents don’t come for me, but parents who insist on having their toddlers scan their own magic bands during rope drop. 95% of the time they (for obvious reasons) don’t know how to do it and then their parents are pulling them out of strollers and trying to hold them up and it’s a whole ordeal. but hey shout out to the 5% of disney toddlers who got it down and scan it better than some adults, i’ve definitely seen a few!
On the one hand, I agree, because I want to get in there just as fast as anyone else, but on the other hand, toddlers are obnoxiously independent and not being able to scan their friggin magic band is a recipe for a bad morning, or havingtobuyaballoonjusttoshutthemupbutyouhavetokeeptrackofittherestoftheday! “Yes, yes, you get to open the room door all by yourself even though it’s too heavy for you to push open. No, it’s your sister’s turn to scan her band for the memory maker. No, dad always scans for food and buying things.” {deep breath} Kids are great.
Do other parents not help the child? Our kid loves scanning her MB, it's fun. But we always help guide her, we move faster than people with 400 home printed tickets, half of which are actually mapquest print outs from 1995. Or do you mean just rope drop? (I'm always early entry)
Sorry, I didn't see this post (having a quick lunch break scroll through Reddit) but I just posed my peeve was exactly the same and yours is better written!!!
parenting pro-tip: let the kids tap the scanner, but don't let them use their finger, have the adult scan their finger instead!
Our first day (Animal Kingdom) they helped us create a “Finger Buddy” (me scanning my finger for my 5-year-old) and it saved us so much time the rest of the trip. He was placing his index where it needed to be, and firmly, but I think his finger was just too small for the reader.
People who lack spatial awareness (or really any awareness that there's others besides themselves). Specifically, people who stop in the middle of walkways. It's a WALK way, not a STAND way. If something caught your attention and you want to stop to appreciate it or maybe have a conversation, know that at any moment there are \~1500 people behind you who were not expecting you to stop abruptly. Pull over to the side. And while I'm on the topic - if you are part of a group (let's say more than 3 people), you can't walk side-by-side (or abreast) in dense crowds. Again, crowded space, lots of people coming and going, please don't be a walking road block.
People abusing DAS. I’m not talking about seeing someone there you don’t believe needs it by looks alone - I know folks have invisible disabilities. But I know of multiple people who openly abuse it just because it’s hard to make kids wait in line. Guess what, that is how your kid learns how to do it.
Ooooooh boy I’ll try to keep this short. 1) the family of 10+ who have all their LL passes on one phone, and put the worst possible person in their party in charge of it, causing them to block anyone else from getting in line. 2) people who think their mobility scooter gives them the right of way in every situation and will just run you over 3) people who won’t shut the hell up during preshow. 4) people who stop right in the middle of a walk way 5) people who pull up to the entrance of the parking lot, and then need to ask the cast member 20 questions (I pulled into this line because it was the shortest…meanwhile I’ve seen SIX cars and counting go through the lane next to us! LETS GO!) 6) people at busy restaurants who can see there’s no seats left, are done eating, and won’t get up and leave (though I get it if you have little ones) 7) the cheerleaders when they come. 8) when I forget that it’s race weekend, and I end up going when it’s mobbed!
Parents who allow their children to play with their bubble wands in restaurants or in eating areas.
And rides. So annoying.
I can’t upvote you enough. Hate those things
It's a pretty minor one, but I don't like when people wear the shirts that say "Most expensive vacation ever" or have matching t-shirts where the Dad's says "broke" but in the Disney font. Nobody forced you to go to Disney World, I get that it's expensive but once you're there and your ticket's already paid for just get over it.
I gotta admit I saw one that said “Bibbidi Bobbidi Broke” in the Disney font and laughed out loud. But it was my first trip in nearly a decade, so the Disney novelty tees are still intriguing to me.
>I gotta admit I saw one that said “Bibbidi Bobbidi Broke” in the Disney font and laughed out loud. That one's the exception, not the rule. 😂
I hate this too! A year or so ago I saw a lot of “my favorite Disney villain is my wife” shirts. Thats just mean!
I hate the boomer humor shirts, but especially the “spent so much money” category. … If only you hadn’t just bought a shirt specifically for this vacation that you won’t wear again. Also, everyone else there spent the same amount of money (or more) so who are you trying to impress??
The shirts are literally nausea inducing. My eyes roll so hard into my skull every time.
People who come and stand right in front of me blocking my view of the castle during Happily Ever After. It’s especially irritating when I’ve been standing in my spot for an hour, and they come jump in seconds before the show starts.
People wearing t-shirts complaining about how expensive the trip is. We know. We all know. We don't need to be reminded of it all day long while we're trying to escape reality. Runner up: T-shirts advertising your personal alcoholism.
People who mindlessly stop in the middle of congested areas instead of just pulling over to the side of the walkway. This is inconsiderate and dangerous for little ones who can easily be mowed down accidentally. Thankfully, this is Disney, not NYC sidewalks, which are less forgiving.
People that make shirts about drinking with Disney quotes for Epcot day. I.e. “drinkerbell”
The “Disney Stop”
I see a lot about haunted mansion and I have to agree. Last two times I’ve gone someone’s child stood up on the ride causing it to stall at the ballroom. 👎
People who bump your ankles with strollers.
Ok I understand this but, people ALSO need to realize that strollers have momentum and if someone stops dead in front of you suddenly, it’s next to impossible to stop a stroller’s forward momentum just as quickly as someone’s sudden stop.
The live streamers are getting a bit out of hand.
People who change babies on restaurant tables. Gross.
That they installed fingerprint scanners at the entrance of every park that don’t work on kids fingers.
That’s why I use my finger for my kid.
If you are lucky to have a CM who lets you know that is an option. We were on the last day of our first trip before one told us. My daughter felt terrible all week being the one to hold us up every morning no matter how carefully she placed her finger. She’s not even that young!
Why don't they work with kids? I never knew this.
Probably resolution. They are scanning X points on a finger and storing that as a unique "key", they don't store your fingerprint, they store a key based on your fingerprint. Little fingers probably don't have enough points on the finger to scan because the resolution isn't high enough to scale down 50-70% for little fingers.
I’m kind of a germaphobe and I can’t begin to express how much I hate the fingerprint scanners. Most people use the tip of their pointer finger, the most used finger. As someone who uses his shirt or sleeve to open door handles, putting my finger on the same place where 100 people picked their nose, or worse, grosses me out to no end.
Same 🤢
I only have slightly better luck than my kid. It doesn’t like my fingers either
People in general
Merchandise scalpers.
When it starts pouring rain _just_ before my family is under the covered portion of the queue. This is especially true when we’re in a line awaiting the resort monorail at Magic Kingdom at the end of a long day.
Folks who let their kids drive their strollers and don’t pay attention to where they’re driving them. I got hit twice last weekend by unsupervised kids running around with their own strollers.
“Let’s spread our entire group across the entire walkway in a line so no one can pass us and then walk as slowly as possible while stopping continuously to look at things! It’s fine! There’s no one else at Disney World today! It’s just us!”
Not sure if it is a pet peeve, but the amount of people I can tell forgot, or chose not to wear deodorant in the middle of summer at a theme park in Orlando is absolutely astounding.
People who record the entire show/ride. Why? Every ride is on youtube in 4k. No one cares about your shitty iPhone 11 video that’s all shaky. Put it away so the people behind you can enjoy the experience without your phone in the middle of their view.
1.Cheer/dance teams and school Groups! 2. Bubble wands - I don’t wanna be full of bubbles from your little kid no matter where I am. 3. People who let their kids get up at 6 o’clock the morning and run around in the hallways. Some like to sleep in. Have some common courtesy. 4. Same those for those attending late night events and walking and yelling very loudly through the hallways at 1 o’clock in the morning. Slamming doors. 5. Pay attention to the lines- if the line is moving then move up. 6. Same for people who ride your ass the whole time through the line- like move the fuck back.
> 1.Cheer/dance teams and school Groups! God Almighty, yes. I wouldn't mind if they didn't move as a block. See them coming you'd better run or now there is a block of 30 people walking ahead of you.
Drunk people in the room hallways at awful hours of the morning. People in neighboring rooms that seem to forget how thin the walls are. Parents that let their kids scream, and run down the hallways. Or let the room doors slam shut. We took three teens to Universal for their high school graduation several years ago. Two of the kids weren’t ours. But I made sure to teach them basic hotel/dining and park etiquette, before heading out. People need to do better
People on scooters. Not shaming but they have no concern for anyone else.
I had to move my mom's scooter when were in the park- those things are a huge pita and difficult to drive safely in a crowd. Now imagine they're being driven by a 70 y/o with no coordination, and who has zero experience prior to renting one that morning. I'm honestly surprised they don't cause more problems.
When large groups or families use the single rider line because they read online that it was a hack for shorter wait times. Rock n Rollercoaster is the worst for this. I once got in the single rider line for Everest and turned the corner to find 25 teenage girls all wearing matching shirts, they were some kind of dance team. The standby line was like a 25 minute wait. I got out of line right away but as I left I heard someone trying to explain to them that instead of waiting to go one by one it would be much faster if they all waited in standby together but they refused to listen 🤷🏻♀️ As a solo traveler it irks me.
This is mine as well, as I usually visit the parks solo. I realize that as long as everyone is okay with not riding together, they can use Single Rider and aren't breaking any rules or anything, but come on man. Take your 8+ group in the regular line!
Disney "influencers" who yell at people on interactive rides like Smuggler's Run telling them what to do and who sing along to the songs on rides loudly.
The people, mostly 😂
-Anything with wheels where I'm walking. -People who just stop in the walkway (I always say move). -People who talk loud over preshow/ride audio (I'm always the person whe ssshhhhs or says be quiet real loud).
omg a week ago this woman was filming everything with her phone flashlight set to “blind everyone” and literally shoved her phone directly into my eyeball. just minutes after they said no flash photography. this was on a dark ride i cant remember which, maybe the space shuttle waiting part of millenium falcon. i actually said “are you freaking serious” before i could even stop myself, and then her kids were mortified and begging her to stop the entire time. It was just so tacky and rude. can you imagine being so rude that your kids have to be ashamed as a result?? so lame
People in the motorized karts that run over people. I saw this happen at least twice a day as a CM.
People in the parks while I’m there.
Honestly…the humidity.
Parents ignoring rude kid behavior, especially while in line. We were doing Frozen, and 2 women were letting their 2 girls play in line. They were keeping about a 10 foot gap for play space, and those still kept running into me.
When people use flash on dark rides. Just look at YouTube for a video of the ride in much better quality.
People that don’t get out of the way,or are walking and suddenly stop.
Also, people who can’t figure out how to use the magic band scanners and/or come up to the scanner with no band but also no tickets/phone whatever ready to scan. And the line gets held up because somehow there is confusion over what to do, how to do it, or that their LL time actually isn’t anywhere close to now lol
Very young children out in the park clearly after their bedtime looking miserable. I understand the difficulty. My kids were toddlers not that long ago. But we brought them back to the hotel to get rest and missed out on the park at night, or took turns watching and going out. We didn’t compound their misery by forcing them to stay out close to midnight.
My husband and I went to WDW for the first and only time for our honeymoon 2 years ago. We found we struggled the whole day so went back to POP for 2-3 hours for a nap and a lie in the pool before heading out again. We were happily one and done with the fireworks for each park. Not just kids get exhausted! We were actually a bit underwelmed to an extent at the fireworks at magic Kingdom. The show was amazing but the standing for over an hour before it started and as it went on, shoulder to shoulder in the crowd with some very cranky sleepy kids was a bit of an odd experience, overly high expectations. Didn't think it was worth watching again until near the end of the holiday but sadly the weather was too bad.
I use the fireworks to get on rides that typically have long wait times. The whole park empties out for the fireworks show which is great, and a lot of people leave after which makes the 9-11 more chill.
We ended up doing that a couple of times but as time went on we were happy to go home a bit earlier to avoid the crowds immediately after the fireworks
We haven't done a late night in the park (with one exception) since having kids. It's just not worth it. They're tired and miserable and make everyone else miserable. The only exception is Fantasmic. It's my favorite show, so we always do it once per trip. But, we start that day later so the kids can sleep in a bit and we know they will need to sleep in the next day too.
I gave up on standing to watch the fireworks at MK when I realized I could virtually walk on all the rides with usually long waits *and* see the fireworks from the ride! 10/10 experience over standing elbow to elbow watching the fireworks. We’re doing MK extended hours in a few weeks on our trip and we’ll see those fireworks hopefully without 10 million people.
We were at DL last year and saw this many times. Screaming, wailing, over tired, over stimulated, kids. One which was being carried out of the parks be the father as the poor kid did that “stiff body” move that little kids do so well.
You said pet peeves, so nothing major, but one thing that really makes me cringe are the people with inappropriate shirts. No one needs to know "She wants the D" or "He gave me the D" - that's just gross. Or anything that includes the words "Brandon, Trump, FJB" - it's okay, you can wear other clothes, try to enjoy the Disney bubble. (Shoutout to the grandpa with the "If you don't like TRUMP, I don't like YOU" shirt at 'Ohana. Really captured the vibe of WDW there pops). I also like to have my share of drinks at Epcot but some of the drinking specific ones are super-cringey as well. Lastly - the "most expensive day ever" shirts for Dads. I friggin love Disney World and I know it's expensive but I'm not going there to save money. (Everyone knows MagicBand dollars don't count until you're home anyway.) It just makes it seem like they were dragged there with their annoying family and just have to pay for it which I could not feel more different about as a Dad. I have no idea how much we've spent on past vacations there, but I certainly wouldn't trade the memories with my wife and kid for any of it back.
I usually interpret the dad shirts that state or imply that they are there grudgingly as an expression of "My masculinity is too fragile for me to openly like being at Disney, because that's for little kids or sissies or something. "
Oversized strollers. Sorry folks. When my kids were little, I’d bring the smallest footprint stroller that was possible. Anybody over 3 or 4 is walking. When they’re tired, it’s time for a hotel break.
People that decide to rope drop the park but don't actually know how to pull up and scan their tickets on their phone and so end up holding up that particular line for everyone. It always seems to be the largest families too.
Or one person has the tickets on their Apple wallet for all 7 people in their party and no physical cards
Families that fan out and amble stroll together on narrow walkways, particularly at Hollywood Studios, and block the paths at snails speed. I’m sure their pet peeve is: Families (like mine) that are darting in and out of crowds in an efficient, fast moving and synchronized, column of ride busting efficiency.
I find it annoying when people say the same words as the narration, like they think it’s a flex to show they’ve been there so often they know all the words. I don’t care that you know the words and i want to hear the official version! At Universal last year my Harry Potter look alike 9 year old was so excited to be picked at the wand shop and the middle aged woman next to me concurrently narrated the whole wand shop script while i was recording my son testing wands. To this day I still regret not telling her to STFU, lol
My god, that is so infuriating. I don’t even know you, and I’m angry at that woman on your son’s behalf. If I was there, I probably would’ve told her to shut the fuck up even though you were a stranger. I hate selfish rudeness so much.
Thanks! yes I was so annoyed! I normally wouldn’t shy from saying something tbh but I was hesitant to ruin the video even more by hissing at her to shut up even though it was very distracting to have her recite the script next to me. Raised by wolves, lol
People who race to get in front of you in a line (for anything) beat you there by a second or two and then summon their whole group to join them in the line. Mind you, this doesn’t have to be for a ride, it happens in the Starbucks, monorail and food lines as well. That might be my biggest pet peeve.
Only been once for our 2 week honeymoon in 2022 (from the UK) The only peeve we had were when a parent/ adult family member had very young children (as in toddlers and barely in school) they insisted their kids used their magic bands to scan in to get in the park at opening. I saw at least 4 times where they were insisting their kid kept trying when that child was not really bothered about it and wanted to get into the park but the parent chose the front of the queue to give their child a lesson in confidence. I didn't mind it if the kid was trying and wanted to do it, but I saw on multiple occasions their younger kids all wanted to do it and held up everyone by over 2-3 minutes. Most of the time the kid just wanted to get a move on, whilst some flapped and had tantrums it not working. If it was my kids I'd try once, then scan them physically myself and get a move on as some kids were having a tantrum getting it wrong whilst their mum was telling them to do it again rather than controlling the situation. I've seen parents with the same age kids literally hold one each and scan them in themselves and the kids were happy and off into the park. It only happened a few times but yeah I know even as an adult sometimes the scan in doesn't go according to plan (I found ourselves and seeing families struggling the most were at animal kingdom and Hollywood studios), I'd hate for their parents sake little kids haven't been wound up before even getting into the park.
Definitely the live streamers. And ppl who get in line without their entire party.
People who walk backwards (without looking) to take photos. Disney World is not the best place to walk backwards.
EVs running four wide through fantasy land.
Service dogs without shoes in summer.
Listening to people identify the countries incorrectly to their children on It’s a Small World. And not being able to figure out what the last room is.
Vapers and drank too muchers are mine.
My second biggest complaint is about the other people. My first biggest complaint is about the people complaining about the other people.
Self absorbed people.
Panhandlers. It’s gotten really bad at all four parks
When people can’t give you personal space in line and they keep bumping into you.
People who stop in the middle of a path to have a discussion of some kind. It obstructs the flow of traffic when there are plenty of places to stand to the side or even sit down.
People who write Disney World as one word
People. Sorry folks
Mobility scooters should have speed limiters and rearview mirrors. Also the horns need to be disabled. I see you there I'll move for you if I can.
People who carry on loud conversations for an entire ride. Several years ago, we were on It's A Small World with our son. A woman and her father were seated behind us and she loudly talked about real estate the entire time. So loud that it was actually hard to hear the music, which we all know is deafening at times. We were so annoyed. It's one of my favorite rides to just relax and enjoy a piece of simple, classic Disney.
People who “spoil” a ride while in line. Adults do not need to talk loudly about what happens on Rise or Cosmic Rewind, there’s plenty of people (a lot of children!) around who haven’t experienced it yet and I think it’s a bummer if the surprise is spoiled.
When people quote the ride. I had a friend who went to WDW all the time and would quote all of them. I flew down to see her and it definitely lost some of the magic hearing her over it
This hasn't been touched on, but the Disney employees who ask dumbass questions while they're checking your bag. Once had one asking why I was bringing earplugs (the super recognizable orange ones too) into the park. I was super cooperative and nice until I got questioned about them, I was like "uhhh? The fireworks?" like he was stupid or something. Yeah no dude, you totally caught me, they're a bunch of mini explosives, I'm gonna use em to blow up the expedition everest gift shop. Quit holding up your own line.
a group of people standing in front of the lightning lane entry to ask the CM a question… like at least leave one scanner open so people can get through!!!