Originally Posted By tigger_twin89 So I came home from DL last night, and I had a great time apart from probbly the most rude guest I have ever met in my life. So my BF, and my 2 friends and I got onto POTC and we got past the treasure (right before Jones) and then all the sudden the ride broke down (I guess they'd been having problems all day with the mechanics) and they came over the intercom and told us they were doing everything they could to get the rdie functioning, now we didnt have a problem with it, except the guy in the boat behind us was being annoying and yelling stupid stuff. Anyways after about 20 mintues a cast member came out and the lady two rows in front of us called her over and started yelling at the poor girl, "IM PREGNAT I CANT STAY HERE" and the poor CM told her "Mam, I cant let you out until the fire department get here, they are on their way" and the lady kept yelling at her and the poor girl looked like she was going to cry, meanwhile the poor lady behind us started hypervenalting, and needed medical attention, she should have been the first lady off but when the fire department arrived the pregnat lady started freaking out and litterally PUSHED her daughter out of the way to get off the boat first. The poor lady behind us had to wait for this lady to collect all her stuff and litterally run off. My BF turned to the cast member and asked her to take the poor lady off, that was sitting behind us, so that she could get the medical attention she needed. We werent in a hurry. But the pregnant lady was just so rude to the CM when there was nothing she could have done anyways. I felt terrible for her, so when we got off I thanked her for doing her job propperly. I believe she deserved a pay raise she was so poleit and when my BF asked her what was wrong she was very honest by saying she wasnt 100% sure but that her fellow co-workers where working on it. Other than that our trip was fantastic!
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl It's amazing how rude and just plain selfish some people are, huh?? Knowing me, I would have told the pregnant one to sit and shut up.... I mean, really.... what harm is anyone in sitting in the boat, waiting for a bit?? It only takes one or two people to make it bad for others. I just don't see how yelling at a CM is gonna help matters. It wasn't like she was the one who made the ride break down, geeeeezzzz!!! We have always had wonderful CM's when we go to Disneyland.... I am glad you had a great time other than the stupid lady...
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Just out of curiosity, isn't going down the drops or up the lift while pregnant much more dangerous than sitting in a boat? I've never been pregnant, nor will I ever be, but it seems like that would be no worse than sitting on a couch at home or on a bench in the park. Some people are so weird sometimes.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt >>Anyways after about 20 mintues a cast member came out and the lady two rows in front of us called her over and started yelling at the poor girl, "IM PREGNAT I CANT STAY HERE"<< Sounds to me that you are being kind in referring to her as a lady. On my last trip on Pirates we had to be subjected to a woman sitting in the rear of our boat who insisted on taking flash pictures throughout the ride. By the time we got to the fortress attack I was ready to throw her overboard. It was so irritating.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Having once been a pregnant lady I can understand how that boat seat would have gotten VERY uncomfortable. But that's no excuse to be rude, and she should have let them help the hyper-ventalating guest first. Pregnency is not a "shrew" license.
Originally Posted By avromark The sad thing is we will always run into people like this. Be glad she was gone. Karma will catch up. Of course having a nice person such as the CM shows that humans can be the nicest creatures imaginable.
Originally Posted By pecos bill Unfortunately, some women feel that pregnancy gives them an entitlement above all others, but it sure isnt an excuse for being a rude and impatient jerk. It's almost a certain bet that this same person is one of those idiots that you have to deal with in traffic every day.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal I'm going to say that while the Guest's behavior seems way out of line, I've seen Guests who have wet their pants while waiting to be evacuated from Pirates. It's not that I've heard stories, I was there when it happened. I've been pregnant and the bladder isn't very forgiving. Maybe she was about to wet her pants and sort of panicked. It's also possible that the woman was having a panic attack (another not too uncommon response to rides breaking down and a lengthy wait for evacuation). I don't excuse her behavior, but I'm not willing to throw the book at her either.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Having once been a pregnant lady I can understand how that boat seat would have gotten VERY uncomfortable." I can only imagine. The thing is, though, WHY go to Disneyland if you're pregnant and uncomfortable? Seems to me that's the last place a person in her condition should be.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL Anyways after about 20 mintues a cast member came out and the lady two rows in front of us called her over and started yelling at the poor girl, "IM PREGNAT I CANT STAY HERE" and the poor CM told her "Mam, I cant let you out until the fire department get here, they are on their way" What?! Since when do they need the fire dept to evac the ride unless there was an actual fire. If SOP has changed this much since I was there, then no wonder Disney doesn't pay much anymore.
Originally Posted By tigger_twin89 " What?! Since when do they need the fire dept to evac the ride unless there was an actual fire. If SOP has changed this much since I was there, then no wonder Disney doesn't pay much anymore." The area where we were was very wet and slippery i think it was just more for the saftey hazard than anything.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal No, my guess is it was a line that the CM was feeding the Guest to make them stay in place. Unless there was a fire, or something wrong where they thought there might be a fire, they do not need DFD to clear anything before evacuating. Usually evacuating the attraction involves getting more CM's to help with all of the exits and that takes time. That said, I do not have any knowledge of this particular incident and there may have been a fire or electrical malfunction or something. Trash can fires are exceedingly common at Disneyland, although since they're usually caused by cigarettes they're usually outside.
Originally Posted By ncnike7 I don't care how pregnant and uncomfortable a womanm is, pushing a kid out of the way so you can get off first? That is horrible.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal Yeah, if she's willing to push her own daughter out of the way then I am willing to bet she was having some sort of a panic attack. For anyone who hasn't had one, they're horrible. My guess is that it was unrelated to her being pregnant, or at least ancillary to it. Obviously this wasn't just someone who wanted to get off first so she could get to the Haunted Mansion before everyone else. My guess is it was either a bladder/bowel thing or a total panic attack. Sheesh.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal I just noticed, and should have before, that the OP said that the Disneyland Fire Dept. "showed up." I'm interested to know what they were wearing because a general evacuation of this attraction does not require DFD to show up. If they in fact were there then there was clearly something more than a break-down going on. Interesting....
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Sounds to me like she was panicking, doesn't excuse her in your face rudeness. Sheesh, some people. A friend of ours was stuck on Pirates for 45 minutes with their just potty trained 2 year old. They were so proud of her they didn't bring her pull ups to Disneyland. They sat and she peed. Oh well
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>"It's almost a certain bet that this same person is one of those idiots that you have to deal with in traffic every day."<< Surprisingly, most of the "idiots" that I deal with in traffic everyday are MEN! They're not pregnant-so what's THEIR excuse?
Originally Posted By pecos bill They have no excuse dlkozy, they are rude idiots, which is, by the way, common to both sexes. I was in no way belittling women, as the tone of your post seems to imply.
