Originally Posted By danyoung >I think you should have screamed "My eyes!!! My eyes!!! OMG MY EYES!!!"< I've almost done that. I'll usually say "OWW" very clearly when the first pic is snapped. And after the 2nd one I'l politely ask "would you please not do that?" Nothing wrong with a little courtesy. >The stretching room is my pet peeve for rude guest behavior.< I'm guilty of jumping on the bandwagon if there are others quoting along in the stretch room. I mean, it's a pretty good chance that most people have seen a ride that's been around in Florida since 1971 (and a couple years earlier in DL). But I also like the quiet, and the eeriness of Paul Frees' incredible voice.
Originally Posted By cmpaley >>Naw, I try to go out of my way to annoy people who come to the parks without any kids. I love to use my stroller on their Achilles tendons. ;p<< So that was YOU!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "I've had that same gripe about Country Bears. Those that have been a gazillion times hoot and holler and stomp their feet and since the sound system in that attraction is hardly state of the art, first timers cannot hear or understand the words. Not a good thing, in my opinion." Well, if I recall correctly, one of the lines was: "Clap you hands and stomp your feet, And try to keep right with 'em, One sure thing this Bear Band's got Is good ol' country rhythm." So, technically, they were only doing as instructed. I don't see how that is any different than stepping to the center of the stretching room or singing like the birdies sing in the Tiki Room. Sure, it may cover up some of the attraction's sound, but there are points when they encourage audience participation, and I'm never really against that (unless they ended up doing the Country Bears like Rocky Horror...that seems a little much).
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I thought they encouraged everyone to stomp and sing at Country Bears, too. But since it's been gone for years I wasn't sure.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Eek! There are actually LPers out there who do the "cardinal sin" of talking along? Ack! <I mean, it's a pretty good chance that most people have seen a ride that's been around in Florida since 1971 (and a couple years earlier in DL). > Don't forget though, many of us out there aren't as lucky as you folks who get to perhaps "frequent" the park (I've only been to DL once). As a rare park-attender, talking along would *greatly* annoy me, and take a good deal of the fun out of experiencing the attraction. I don't know if I would say anything, but I would probably glare at the offender/s at least. Thankfully, when I went to DL my so-far-only time I was able to ride the HM 10 times, so most of those were pleasant Stretching Room experiences. ;-) And now I can rest assured that if I ever run into 999Haunts in a HM (how appropriate, LOL), she would let me soak up the experience and let the mood and atmosphere envelop me. (your sister's a good egg, and your polite attitude shows she's in good company!)
Originally Posted By dsnykid My name is dsnykid, and I am a stretching room talker...... but I try really hard to whisper so that even Rob or my family can't even hear me. As for the Country Bear Jamboree and the Tiki Room, sing all you want, that's why they were put in place Well you can't sing in the Jamboree anymore, but you know what I mean
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>I thought they encouraged everyone to stomp and sing at Country Bears, too. But since it's been gone for years I wasn't sure.<<< Yes, that is a line in the show and it would seem that is what has been requested. If the songs were just regular run of the mill published music I would be OK with it. I'm not that against it anyway but I noticed that people that had never been to the show before were unable to hear the lyrics and it kind of spoiled the show for them and myself, as far as that goes. I do feel that everyone should have a good time so I'm not really adverse to it, I just hope that the future will see return visits to the show by those that had no idea what was being said. I will concede this one because it does verbally encourage it but I do wish they would improve the sound system so that things can be heard clearly. End of ramble.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ And you must be talking about WDW, because the attraction no longer exists at DLR!
Originally Posted By OrionLive I once visited Disneyland on an "off" day. I ran directly for Pirates of the Caribbean, and it appeared to be closed. I walked inside and there wasn't a single guest. I approached the loading dock and a cast member appeared and said that I had the whole ride to myself. "Just pick a boat!," she said. My OWN boat, and no one else on the whole ride?! It was a dream come true!! No talking, no singing, no flash photography. Until that day, I thought the screaming I always heard on the first drop was part of the soundtrack. It turns out that some goofball in every boat decides to scream. I will always have a pleasant memory of that silent SWOOSH as I went down the drops in my private boat. It may not have been the Year of a Million Dreams, but it surely made my day...
Originally Posted By BetsyinWonderland >>Naw, I try to go out of my way to annoy people who come to the parks without any kids. I love to use my stroller on their Achilles tendons. ;p<< Please don't run me over I may not have kids but I am a great big kid inside!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Betsyinwonderland - that's a joke. There have been many, many stroller topics on these boards over the years.
Originally Posted By boyumz OK, so I'll add my pet peeve. It infuriates me when someone insists on taking pictures with a flash inside POTC! It is clearly posted when you get on the ride that no flash photography is allowed, but I always get some knucklehead that refuses to comply. I've very loudly mentioned the rule as soon as Phil Photographer starts up and usually that's all it takes. But sometimes I just have to snatch that camera and throw it in the water. Just kidding, that part is just a dream I have!
Originally Posted By BetsyinWonderland SuzieQ- I assumed it was a joke, but you can never be too sure! My best friend and I were in Disneyland in 2005 and we got separated during the fireworks chaos and some huge lady pushed her to the ground and rammed her with a stroller! It was nuts! I spent the next day searching for the woman so I could yell at her In retrospect it was actually quite humorous!
Originally Posted By DramaMama07 I think I'll add my pet peeve to this and that is people who allow their children to climb all over the scenary (especially scenary marked with "no climbing" type signs)...or me for that matter. Has this happened to anyone else?
Originally Posted By RAM1984 All of the above. Flash pictures, children climbing(and some old enough to know better without their parent's reminders), stroller ramming, and remember the thread about poor Push quite a while back. The thing with unruly kids just really gets to me when the parents seem oblivious to it. I took my kids to Disneyland every other summer for many years and always felt like part of the Disney Magic was the way they seemed to just know they needed to respect the place. But if they did start to climb they were promptly stopped.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka My son kept climbing all over the railings around the trees in the picnic area at a Halloween LP meet at DL. I was trying to get around and meet everyone and I kept telling him to get down and he wouldn't. (He was 13 at the time.) It was really embarrassing. I swear that we don't let our kids do stuff like that.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Really, you guys, I hope this venting is making you feel better, but I think the best way to deal with these annoyances is to just not be annoyed. Why let it take away from your trip? Except for the stroller plow lady at the fireworks, it seems like the annoyers don't really mean to annoy. That fireworks story is interesting. I had seen a lady literally using a 3?-yr.-old in her arms as a battering ram as she practically knocked the lady next to me over and continued on her way to the spot she desired. The crowd in front of the castle before the fireworks sure offers interesting examples of human behavior!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <I think the best way to deal with these annoyances is to just not be annoyed. Why let it take away from your trip?> That is a wonderful attitude, and I admire people who can do that easily. But if you rarely get to a park and run into people acting obnoxiously, it's really hard to just "tune it out". I do think some people don't realize what they're doing, but I also think some do know and don't care---they just think they're "funny" or "cool" or wanna show off to their group.
Originally Posted By misty2 I am jotting down notes from this thread to take with me when I give our 100 high schoolers "the talk" before we show up in March!
