Originally Posted By Blufusion12 DDMAN26 . As long as they shave their arm pits and basically don't had sex in line with PDA in front of me like the french couple did yrs. ago at DS.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I was at the parks about a week ago and the cast members actually seemed to have the group thing under control. At Rockin Roller Coaster the cast member had the group leaders with stacks of cards line up at one specific Fast Pass machine, and the other four or five machines were for everyone else. They also repeatedly got on the loud speaker to have the group of about a hundred Argentinian teenaged girls stop chanting (his words were cheering, chanting, singing or clapping), and did it in both English and Spanish. To be fair, they never stopped for long and he had to keep repeating himself, but he tried.
Originally Posted By HRM >> "Large American groups can be just as disrespectful" << That's for sure! There seems to an extra feeling of entitlement there.
Originally Posted By dagobert Are these tour groups coming all year long? I'm asking because we have been to WDW in January 2008 and encountered them as well, but only in Epcot. Is this park their favourite? I guess they have been to all parks, but in Epcot we recognized their bad behaviour. However in their defense I have to say that on the Martin Luther King weekend we encountered some rude American teenager groups as well. Although they weren't chanting, but very good in line skipping.
Originally Posted By Megara God help us. Sounds awful. This would annoy me very much. This is why I go to Tokyo Disney Resort. Guest are very respectful.
Originally Posted By leemac <<This is why I go to Tokyo Disney Resort. Guest are very respectful.>> Just avoid any anniversary, attraction opening or the Countdown Parties! All bets are off then and it becomes an absolute frenzy of pushing and shoving. The 30th this past April was no different. Everyone peaceful and calm on their plastic sheets at the turnstiles until the gates open and then it is every man for himself. Carnage. It is always fun to watch them preparing for the anniversary presentation too. They lay down their sheets in front of the castle but it then some sense of entitlement takes over and they try to win the territory war in a passive aggressive way. Very entertaining. This year the CMs cut off entrance to the front area very quickly but it didn't stop guests lying to get into that area ("my friend is sat there already!"). The Japanese fans can be just as sneaky and rude as any others when it matters to them. Thankfully that isn't very often!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>Just avoid any anniversary, attraction opening or the Countdown Parties! All bets are off then and it becomes an absolute frenzy of pushing and shoving.<<< In that the last time I was in Japan was in 1970, it might have changed, but, I thought I was going to get killed while in line for tickets for the train in Osaka. Hundreds of people were making a real attempt to be first in line at the window. I was young, in the military and in good condition, but, people that must have been in their eighties were pushing me aside along with the rest of the population. Even when I was next and approaching the window, no more then a body length away to begin with, this older lady literally pushed me sideways and jumped in front of me. It was at that point that I was glad that my parents taught me not to hit women. Having experienced both the Japanese public and the Brazilian Tour Groups, I would have to say that by comparison the BTG's were like napping babies in a stroller. Must be they act differently in Theme Parks.
Originally Posted By planodisney I'm married to a Briazilian woman and even she hates the Brazilian tour groups. Absolutely will not go the 2 times of year she knows they will be there in mass. Dr. hans, as someone who is intimately familiar with Brazilians and Brazilian culture, they were getting a laugh at your expense. They LOVE to stereotype and make fun of Americans. Particularly about things like being overweight or wearing pulled up white socks or various other things they find amusing. Never seen you before in my life, but there was something about you that day that they wanted to be able to e-mail to their friends. I love Brazilians, but ive never met a people who love to make fun of other people as much as they do.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I had a bad experience with Japanese people in Honolulu. We got pushed without anyone saying sorry and had a guy budge in front of us during a street performance blowing smoke in my face. There are rude people everywhere and it's the size of the group that's the real problem.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Dr. hans, as someone who is intimately familiar with Brazilians and Brazilian culture, they were getting a laugh at your expense. They LOVE to stereotype and make fun of Americans. Particularly about things like being overweight or wearing pulled up white socks or various other things they find amusing. Never seen you before in my life, but there was something about you that day that they wanted to be able to e-mail to their friends." Darn. And I thought it was because they mistook me for Will Smith.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>And I thought it was because they mistook me for Will Smith.<< Awwww... You'll always be our Fresh Prince, Dr. Hans.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Lol, Hans what were you wearing that day? Maybe you were wearing your favorite Duffy shirt? Or maybe they thought you were cute! Who would make fun of such a good looking guy.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Awwww... You'll always be our Fresh Prince, Dr. Hans." I'm sure the Witches would agree Toony. "Lol, Hans what were you wearing that day?" Come to think of it was hot and muggy, so I may have been wearing my daisy dukes and cropped tank.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Well, I can't BELIEVE you would pose with a bunch of total stranger girls and get your picture with THEM before you've EVER had your picture taken with me, DOCTOR!! You've got some explaining to do!!!
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin planodisney, when would those times of year be? I also ran into a group in January. The year I was touring around Europe, the loudest group was in Versailles... Italians. And the most annoying in a restaurant... Americans.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros When I'm abroad, I love playing the 'find the Americans in a crowd' game. It's usually very easy, but not nessecarily because of behavior (though that's definitely a factor). If you get any large-ish group of people in another country, even if it's only ~10 people, they'll always stand out like a sore thumb
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "When I'm abroad, I love playing the 'find the Americans in a crowd' game." Funny, I play that game every time I'm in Union Square in downtown San Francisco. Except I'm trying to spot Europeans.
