Rampant Illiteracy at WDW

[darph nader]

working at midway games [pay-per-play games] in california adventure, i always get guests who ask me how much it cost to play the game while there's a huge sign above me listing the prices.

all i do is give a blank stare and point at the gigantic sign.

Do they allow you to wear sunglasses? If they do,next time do your best Stevie Wonder impression,and point at the sign with your white cane with red tip.

(please forgive me Mr. Wonder)

[Pooh Bear Fan]

I don't know how you put up with it.
I was at Epcot on Friday, in the singles line at Test Track. I was there with my husband and son. At each place we saw the sign about groups WILL not be placed together, I checked with my son. Can you ride alone? Yep, this is my third time.
We get close to the front. We put Dad in line ahead of son, with me behind so that one of us would be with him before and one after.
Ok, we are almost next in line. A mom and her daughter are ahead of us. The CM points to a lane that only has one position left. The pair are holding hands. The mom says, but she is afraid, we have to ride together.



Hats off to the CM. I would have sent them back to the regular line. But he found a car with one in front and one in back and told her that was the best he could do.

He then did the same for my son and me. I told him that we were under the impression that we would not ride together, but we thank you for getting us in the same car. I also told him that I would have sent the pair back. He just laughed. He must deal with it all the time. :(

[Stitch _Lover_Sith]

Wow that sounds like some of the more intellegent ones. Where I work there are no hieght restritions on any of our rides and it states that, but you always get asked is there a height requirment. I think if you would read the signs then there would be no problem.

[Yeti Chaser]

Wow that sounds like some of the more intellegent ones. Where I work there are no hieght restritions on any of our rides and it states that, but you always get asked is there a height requirment. I think if you would read the signs then there would be no problem.

At a number of attractions there is not only a height requirement to ride, but minimum age to ride by themselves

[strlnblue]

I got an "@$$hole" comment for my trouble. I've also been told "Don't f**kin' lecture me" when I inform guests that they entered the FASTPASS line with out a FASTPASS, even though there's a large "FASTPASS ENTRANCE" sign above the corresponding queue entrance.

Aaron, I really wish Disney would hire some nice 6-foot-tall thugs to toss these cheaters out on their butts. As a guest, it enrages me when these morons cheat in the FASTPASS lines. It was rampant all over the MK when I went. Believe me, some guests are just as outraged that these people don't believe in waiting in line. Now, 99% of the time, I'm the most patient person in line. It was just that, because of work, I could only visit the MK in the last week of July, one of the busiest times of the whole year. I tried my best to take advantage of FASTPASS but of course, I failed to realize that there will always be a few assholes who will ignore the SEVEN FOOT LONG sign, cuss out the poor CM AND hold up the line! Really, you should have the right to wave, maybe, a cattle prod in their faces and tell them to either get a FASTPASS or use the normal line. I would recommend a metal baseball bat to get the point across! It would probably help keep tempers from flaring up to the boiling point more often than I can count! Although we don't show it on our faces, some guests are just as pissed that people give you grief over THEIR own refusal to follow simple rules. If I could do ANYTHING I wanted, I'd bring a switchblade and pop it open in front of their faces! It'd do wonders for the poor CMs who are being terrorized by these 30-year-old babies!

[tacoboy]

i remember i was seven and i visited MK and was waiting online for skyway to tomorrow land. i remember distinctly a woman cutting in front of us. we paid no heed. then a moment later she was followed by her husband and two kids.
my mom was peeved.
8 years later, different park, different state, different brand, I SAW THE SAME FAMILY AND THEY DID THE SAME THING!
:mad:

just goes to show that people will never learn
except for a certain tacoboy who found a security guard and kicked them out of the park! :D:

[dizneeluvr]

we were at AK on the Expedition Everest line. a large group of people, all wearing the same shirts were in front of us. they were arguing w/the CM about the height requirement because some of the kids weren't tall enough. but who would be the first to sue if one of those short people were injured on the ride? my kids aren't always tall enough for some rides and as much as they want to go on, it's not safe, that's why there are requirements. the illiteracy is rampant as well as the ignorance of many of these guests.

[Syndrome]

just goes to show that people will never learn
except for a certain tacoboy who found a security guard and kicked them out of the park! :D:

You're lucky that park was more responsive than Six Flags in Gurnee, IL. One Fright Fest season (when they press just about every breathing employee, plus all the bums and hoods they can kidnap off the street, into service as ride operators, since their usual college workers are gone), a group cut in front of us in one of the roller coaster lines. I am a very assertive person, but the jackasses blew me off. I alerted the ride operator when we reached the loading platform, and everyone behind me backed me up. The r/o rolled his eyes at me and said, "If you don't like it, learn to cut the lines too." My husband and I almost fainted in shock!!!

I complained at Guest Services, and they tried to buy me off with free passes. What good is that for a season pass holder? The only way to buy me off would have been to chop off Mr. Arrogant's nuts with a rusty ax. But there is no way they would reprimand any breathing soul who knows how to throw a switch and shows up for work in a reasonably sober condition.

Of course, the line jumping is so bad at that park, even in the regular season, that they hand out numbered tickets as you enter the ride lines. But even with that, I lost count of the number of times I'd see jumpers reach the loading area without a number, then argue with the ride operator when they are not allowed to board.

[Coastercameron]

Obviously said by a non park employee there. While his response to you was invalid and inappropriate, that employee was aware that security is helpless (esp at that park!), and in most cases, nothing can be done unless the employee witnesses it themselves.

[TalkingHands]

we were at AK on the Expedition Everest line. a large group of people, all wearing the same shirts were in front of us. they were arguing w/the CM about the height requirement because some of the kids weren't tall enough. but who would be the first to sue if one of those short people were injured on the ride? my kids aren't always tall enough for some rides and as much as they want to go on, it's not safe, that's why there are requirements. the illiteracy is rampant as well as the ignorance of many of these guests.

It doesn't matter if you are a kid or an adult, if you don't reach the height limit you should not be riding. Just common sense. Unfortunately many people have no common sense.