Originally Posted By noahbear2008 I know I will get most likely get some mad people for posting this but I have to know if this is happening all the time now. Also, I have a two year old so I am a parent. I just got back from Disneyland and I was shocked and sadden by some of the behavior I experienced and witnessed. The worst thing I saw happened in the Tiki room. We went to see the show on Sunday night and it was half full. The show stared and several parents allowed their kids to dance and run (not walk) around the center Tiki statue and down the rows along with singing and yelling. At one point five kids were running around and it was like a kid/toddler Tiki mosh pit, My son was going crazy and wanted to get down and run too and I had to leave to keep him from restrained. It was so distracting and took away from the show. It was my sons first time seeing the show and it really ruined it. I was so upset that I talked to the cast member and they said that it was perfectly fine for the kids to do that. I can tell you that I was not the only person to leave. Has this happened to anyone else? Is this normal? What the heck is going on here?
Originally Posted By alexbook Once in a while, I've seen a kid running during part of the show, but never a whole gang of them. Maybe because it was Saturday night? I dunno.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I think this would have warranted a visit to City Hall-- to report the cast member who is letting this happen. When I have been in the Tiki Room with children they have been well behaved. If a couple of kids start misbehaving, it does spread (as you experienced). The cast member should have stepped in very quickly, and politely asked the parents to restrain their chidren, or take them out where they can be more rambunctious without distracting others!
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I agree 100% with DlandDug. It's ok for them to sway and sing in their seats. I even don't mind if they stand in their place and clap or whatever, but they are not supposed to be running around amuck.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>What the heck is going on here?<< The Tiki Room has been invaded by some dodos.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Parents think it's okay for their kids to do whatever they want to do.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I also agree 100% with DlandDug. A comment to Disneyland.com with the time of day and date and brief summary of how this was handled poorly by the CM is definitely in order. Hopefully you can take a few moments to do that noahbear2008, since your comments here will never be registered or seen by Tiki Room management. You've got to send a quick note via Disneyland.com!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Tiki Room needs to be under new management. No, wait, let me rephrase that...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Well, maybe you're actually on to something, Kar2oonMan, duckling! Maybe if they installed the Godess Polynesia--like they did in Florida--she could scare those little tykes into obedience!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt When I see the Tiki Room show I want to run around and go crazy too.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Where is the Disneyland cast member during the show? When I worked the Tiki Room in Florida, we had to sit inside during the show -- for just that kind of reason. Weird...
Originally Posted By noahbear2008 The cast member was sitting inside the Tiki room watching the whole thing and I walked up to him and asked him are kids allowed to dance around and go crazy like this and he looked at me like I was crazy and said of course. But he made sure that I didn't exit out the wrong door, that was not allowed at all. I agree CC about parents allowing their kids to do anything they want. While I was struggling with my little one outside waiting for the rest of my family to come out of the Tiki room one of the offending parents walked out with one of the little "angels" and said didn't you have a great time dancing around and looked right at me almost daring me to say something. I decided to take the high road and ignored the comment and the look, we were at Disneyland and I keep thinking be kind, be kind.
Originally Posted By noahbear2008 I am going to send an email, its just been a while since I have been to Disneyland so I didn't want to make a fuss if this is now common practice as the cast member indicated.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt There are two things with this story that really bother me. 1) Children ought to be taught that during a show you stay seated with their mouths shut so that they don't ruin it for others. 2) It seems like Disneyland is becoming more and more tolerant of boorish behavior making the place less appealing, especially for folks who have to spend thousands of dollars to visit the place. Hordes of people queued up all day, rude guests, surly local teens who recite every line of the attraction spiels, and kids running around while their parents sit idly by certainly doesn't sound like a place I want to visit anytime soon.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< If a couple of kids start misbehaving, it does spread (as you experienced). The cast member should have stepped in very quickly, and politely asked the parents to restrain their chidren, >>> Yep - I think it's called the "broken window theory." It has to be stopped at the beginning or it can quickly spiral out of control. Everyone should keep this in mind the next time they think a CM was short with them in telling them to obey a rule. Part of this is that the CMs know that if other guests observe you breaking a rule, then they think it's okay for them as well, and it can quickly become an out-of-control situation. And as far as them being "short" with you, ask yourself if it would have been necessary at all had you obeyed the rule in the first place.
Originally Posted By Bellella For me, the Tiki Room is a place to kick back, relax in a cool room, maybe enjoy a pineapple Dole whip, and watch a wonderful show that never gets old. It would definitely kill it for me to have to listen to a bunch of ill-behaved kids whose parents don't know any better. If the kids think they can get away with that, soon they'll think they can get away with any kind of bratty behavior. Fortunately, I've only seen that happen a few times.
Originally Posted By noahbear2008 Here Here Super Dry, we were standing in the wrong place for the parade and a cast member very apologetically asked us to move. We said we were sorry and moved to a new spot and he seemed relived that we didn't unleash the fury of God on him. Poor guy was just trying to do his job, we understood that but I heard him get yelled at a couple of times after that. Hans I don't want you to get the wrong idea, the Tiki room CM was the only cast member that we encountered that was rude, the rest of the time we had a great CM experience, however, the interaction with other guest not magical or even civil at some times. As I said in another post Disneyland is still amazing and magical the guests are not. My poor husband said, "I am Disneyed out not because I am sick of Disneyland, I am sick of the people who are in Disneyland."
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Hans I don't want you to get the wrong idea, the Tiki room CM was the only cast member that we encountered that was rude, the rest of the time we had a great CM experiences..." I'm not surprised. My experiences with DLR cast has always been excellent. For what they get paid it's a wonder that they can be so perky and positive all the time. "I said in another post Disneyland is still amazing and magical the guests are not. My poor husband said, "I am Disneyed out not because I am sick of Disneyland, I am sick of the people who are in Disneyland."" I'm with your husband.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost What exactly did the CM do that was rude? Disagree with your opinion or was it worse than that? I hope so, because disagreeing isn't rude.
