ktulu wrote:Wait until some kid knocks down an old lady and she breaks a hip, then instead of suing the kid's parents for being stupid, she'll sue Disney. They'll settle, and after a few of these they might actually start enforcing the rules.
This is the single biggest problem that I see at DL - consistency of enforcing rules/guidelines. Part of it has to do with CM's who actually give a damn about their jobs and do exactly as they are told by trainers and management. The other part is having management who won't cave under pressure to guests who yell and scream in order to get their way. You know damn well that there are CM's who don't do their jobs in the screening area and let contraban, including Heelies, get through to the gates. So on a subsequent visit a guest who is then confronted with the rules protests that, "we have been here X times before and no one said anything," forcing the CM to have to explain everything in full (including reasons) to a guest who now has an attitude.
Of course there is also the "but there is no sign" excuse when it comes to a lot of things. No signs saying "no climbing on the California letters", "no going over the fences into the planters", "no skateboards, bicycles, roller skates, Heelies", "no bringing outside food in", "no smoking" etc, etc, etc. If there were signage for all the rules (which we all know, the real SG's wouldn't bother reading), the parks and accompanying areas would be covered in signs, hence the need for CM's to do their jobs and remain consistent. And honestly, are any of the guests paying attention and taking to heart the new safety signs that got put up in the screening tents that feature Pumba and Timon? Does anyone out in the various lands hear anyone saying "it's a rope not a ride?"
But then again, this is why a Darwin award is necessary - let's hope that natural selection kills off enough of those SG's (both Jr. and Adult) that people who visit in future generations have more sense than to climb over a fence in the wrong area or skate into a grate.
